Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 288 pages
- Published by: Weiser Books
- Edition: Revised Edition July 1990
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0877287198
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0877287193
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Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
- Weighs: 1 pounds
Reader ReviewsConfused by numerous web sites ? Web sites disappear, leaving you even more confused ? If you want to research the (in)famous org, known as the O.T.O. ("Ordo Templi Orientis"), this is the book you need to get started. I once believed the OTO was a lot different than it actually is, due to various factions claiming the name "OTO." However, this book clears everything up and relates the story of the Lawsuit that settled the matter, once and for all. The "Official" OTO, with legal rights to the name, and Tax-exempt status, is explained & explored, in-depth, in "The Equinox : The Review of Scientific Illuminism : The Official Organ of the O.T.O. [ Volume III ] Number 10." I have been researching occultism, religion, anthropology, etc. for over ten years, and this is the only book I have ever found that gives an adequate, accurate and concise explanation of the OTO, Thelema, & Crowley's Raison d'etre. Anyone can build a website, but this book contains the Legal information, related to the OTO, Crowley's estate, etc. The Bonus materials are good reading and make-up for the dryness of some of the technicalities involved in explaining the history of the OTO. This volume contains "The Book of The Law," clarifications about the religion of "Thelema," & Masonic / Templar connections to the organization of the OTO. Anyone researching religion, occultism, "Secret Societies," Crowley, Thelema, Masonry, Anthropology or Sociology should definitely put this one on their wish list. This is not the most exciting book you will ever read, but it IS crammed with information, in an easy to ingest format. Also, purchasing this book is like buying several for the price of one!
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