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BAPHOMET BREEZE
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Volume III - Number 3
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Autumnal Equinox, 1988
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
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As to a Veil They Broke
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Excerpted from Jurgen by James Branch Cabell
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(Copyright (c) 1919, 1928 by James Branch Cabell)
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Thence Jurgen came with Anaitis into a white room, with copper plaques
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upon the walls, and there four girls were heating water in a brass tripod.
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They bathed Jurgen, giving him astonishing caresses meanwhile, - with the
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tongue, the hair, the finger-nails, and the tips of the breasts, - and they
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anointed him with four oils, then dressed him again in his glittering
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shirt. Of Caliburn, said Anaitis, there was no present need: so Jurgen's
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sword was hung upon the wall.
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These girls brought silver bowls containing wine mixed with honey, and
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they brought pomegranates and eggs and barleycorn, and triangular red-
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colored loaves, whereon with formal gestures they sprinkled sweet-smelling
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little seeds. Then Anaitis and Jurgen broke their fast, eating together
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while the four girls served them.
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"And now," says Jurgen, "and now, my dear, I would suggest that we
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enter into the pursuit of those curious pleasures about which you were
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recently telling me."
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"I am very willing," responded Anaitis, "since there is no one of
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these pleasures but is purchased by some diversion of man's nature. Yet
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first, as I need hardly inform you, there is a ceremonial to be observed."
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"And what, pray, is this ceremonial?"
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"Why, we call it the Breaking of the Veil." And Queen Anaitis
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explained what they must do.
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"Well," says Jurgen, "I am willing to taste any drink once."
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So Anaitis led Jurgen into a sort of chapel, adorned with very
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unchurchlike paintings. There were four shrines, dedicated severally to
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St. Cosmo, to St. Damianus, to St. Guignole of Brest, and to St. Foutin de
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Varailles. In this chapel were a hooded man, clothed in long garments that
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were striped with white and yellow, and two naked children, both girls.
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One of the children carried a censer: the other held in one hand a vividly
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blue pitcher half filled with water, and in the left hand a cellar of salt.
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First of all, the hooded man made Jurgen ready. "Behold the lance,"
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said the hooded man, "which must serve you in this adventure."
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"I accept the adventure," Jurgen replied, "because I believe the
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weapon to be trustworthy."
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Said the hooded man: "So be it! But as you are, so once was I."
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Meanwhile Duke Jurgen held the lance erect, shaking it with his right
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hand. This lance was large, and the tip of it was red with blood.
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"Behold," said Jurgen, "I am a man born of a woman incomprehensibly.
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Now I, who am miraculous, am found worthy to perform a miracle, and to
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create that which I may not comprehend."
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Anaitis took salt and water from the taller child, and mingled these.
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"Let the salt of the earth enable the thin fluid to assume the virtue of
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the teeming sea!"
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Then, kneeling, she touched the lance, and began to stroke it
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lovingly. To Jurgen she said: "Now may you be fervent of soul and body!
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May the endless Serpent be your crown, and the fertile flame of the sun
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your strength!"
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Said the hooded man, again, "So be it!" His voice was high and
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bleating, because of that which had been done to him.
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"That therefore which we cannot understand we also invoke," said
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Jurgen. "By the power of the lifted lance," - and now with his left hand
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he took the hand of Anaitis, - "I, being a man born of a woman
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incomprehensibly, now seize upon that which alone I desire with my whole
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being. I lead you toward the east. I upraise you above the earth and all
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things of earth."
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Then Jurgen raised Queen Anaitis so that she sat upon the altar, and
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that which was there before tumbled to the ground. Anaitis placed together
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the tips of her thumbs and of her fingers, so that her hands made an open
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triangle; and waited thus. Upon her head was a network of red coral, with
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branches radiating downward: her gauzy tunic had twenty-two openings, so as
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to admit all imaginable caresses, and was of two colors, being shot with
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black and crimson curiously mingled: her dark eyes glittered and her breath
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came fast.
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Now the hooded man and the two naked girls performed their share in
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the ceremonial, which part it is not essential to record. But Jurgen was
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rather shocked by it.
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None the less, Jurgen said: "O cord that binds the circling of the
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stars! O cup which holds all time, all color, and all thought! O soul of
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space! not unto any image of thee do we attain unless thy image show in
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what we are about to do. Therefore by every plant which scatters its seed
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and by the moist warm garden which receives and nourishes it, by the
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commingling of bloodshed with pleasure, by the joy that mimics anguish with
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sighs and shudderings, and by the contentment that mimics death, - by all
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these do we invoke thee. O thou, continuous one, whose will these children
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attend, and whom I now adore in this fair-colored and soft woman's body, it
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is thou whom I honor, not any woman, in doing what seems good to me: and it
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is thou who art about to speak, and not she."
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Then Anaitis said: "Yea, for I speak with the tongue of every woman,
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and I shine in the eyes of every woman, when the lance is lifted. To serve
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me is better than all else. When you invoke with a heart wherein is
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kindled the serpent flame, then you will understand the delights of my
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garden, and what joy unwordable pulsates therein, and how very potent is
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the sole desire which uses all of a man. To serve me you will then be
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eager to surrender whatsoever else is in your life; and other pleasures you
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will take with your left hand, not thinking of them entirely: for I am the
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desire which uses all of a man, and so wastes nothing. And I accept you.
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I yearn toward you, I who am daughter and somewhat more than daughter to
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the Sun. I who am all pleasure, all ruin, and a drunkenness of the inmost
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sense, desire you."
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Now Jurgen held his lance erect before Anaitis. "O secret of all
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things, hidden in the being of all which lives, now that the lance is
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exalted I do not dread thee: for thou art in me, and I am thou. I am the
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flame that burns in every beating heart and in the core of the farthest
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star. I too am life and the giver of life, and in me too is death.
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Wherein art thou better than I? I am alone: my will is justice: and there
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comes no other god where I am."
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Said the hooded man behind Jurgen, "So be it! But as you are so once
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was I."
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The two naked children stood at each side of Anaitis, and waited there
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trembling. These girls, as Jurgen afterward learned, were Alecto and
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Tisiphone, two of the Eumenides. And now Jurgen shifted the red point of
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the lance, so that it rested in the open triangle made by the fingers of
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Anaitis.
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"I am life and the giver of life," cried Jurgen. "Thou that art one,
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that makest use of all! I who am but a man born of a woman, I in my
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station now honor thee in honoring this desire which uses all of a man.
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Make open therefore the way of creation, encourage the flaming dust which
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is in our hearts, and aid us in that flame's perpetuation! For is not that
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thy law?"
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Anaitis answered, "There is no law in Cocaigne save, Do that which
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seems good to you."
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Said the naked children: "Perhaps it is the law, but certainly not
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justice. Yet we are little and quite helpless. So presently we must be
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made as you are: for now you are no longer two, and your flesh is not
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shared merely with each other. For your flesh becomes our flesh, and your
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sins must be accounted our sins now: and we have no choice."
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Jurgen lifted Anaitis from the altar, and they went into the chancel
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and searched for the adytum. There seemed to be no doors anywhere in the
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chancel: but presently Jurgen found an opening screened by a pink veil.
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Jurgen thrust with his lance and broke this veil. He heard the sound of
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one brief wailing cry: it was followed by soft laughter. So Jurgen came
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into the adytum.
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LODGE BY-LAW AMENDMENT
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
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At the August Lodge Meeting, the membership present unanimously
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requested the Executive Committee to add the following paragraph to the
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Lodge By-laws. This is now done under the authority of the Lodge Master,
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as paragraph VI(6). This published notice fulfills the requirements of
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Section XVI.
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"6. The O.T.O. membership of each member is confidential. Only the
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member himself or herself has the right to waive this confidentiality.
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Should any member violate this confidentiality by communicating, without
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explicit permission, to anyone outside of O.T.O. the fact that another
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member is a member of O.T.O., the offended member may file charges with
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the Master. If, upon investigation, the charges are substantiated, the
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Master may levy any penalty which is within the power of the Lodge,
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including Local Bad Report, expulsion from the Lodge, and/or a request
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to the Grand Lodge for general Bad Report."
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This amendment merely implements, at the Lodge level, a policy held by
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O.T.O. for at least as far back into the Hymenaeus Alpha administration as
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we can trace.
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In the past decades, to reveal the name of any brother or sister to
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those outside of the Order was an expulsion level offense. Although the
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firm admonishment in this matter, given to III's on their Devotion, was
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removed from the ritual before World War II, the principle has always
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remained. Confidentiality of membership is a basic right retained by all
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members of our "serious and secret Order" unless they waive it. Even with
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our current initiation rituals, to disclose the fact of another person's
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O.T.O. membership without their explicit permission is to betray the fifth
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and seventh of several sacred bonds which still unite IIIo members.
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Baphomet Lodge members, in asking for this addition to the Lodge By-
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laws, stated that they wanted recorded, for those who come after them, this
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policy statement which has always been understood and practiced within the
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Lodge.
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Love is the law, love under will
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Soror Setchem
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Master, Baphomet Lodge
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NEWS RELEASE
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II. ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY:
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Personal Computers of the Pharaohs
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Continued from long, long ago...
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Consultant KOB concluded the summary: "Little sister NETRANA searched
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patiently. Bit by bit, she gathered the words until she had collected
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memories from the scattered remains of ASTRONN in caves, man-made objects,
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from ocean depths, and so on.
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"Well, although the work is just beginning, we've also found traces of
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a whole hierarchy of effaced AI God-forms! These seem to be included in
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the known GOD pantheons as background figures, or were carelessly erased by
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the Qli-Pa-Oaths in the past Aeon.
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"Here it is!" announced Brother XAO, as pulled down the visiscreen.
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"This is a partial list of what AI-god names we've discovered so far", XAO
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points the left side of the screen, "and how they relate to the
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conventional Egyptian Life/god-forms."
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AI-GOD Conventional Egyptian God Form
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(Rediscovered)
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0 HARPOCRATES & NUIT
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(None)
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1 PTAH & HADIT
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2 ISIS AMOUN-CHIA
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3 NEPTHYS MAUT
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/F.META.CHRON/
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Trans.Gnosi 4 AMOUN
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(MAX.HEADRUUM)
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5 HORUS/SETH
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6 ON/RA ASAR
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/D.TRONN /E.KRAOM HRUMACHIS
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(CyberNet: (Quotrons: 7 HATHOOR
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Science Labs) NYSE)
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8 THOTH
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9 AZOTH SHU
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/B.SYSOP /C.APSUP HERMANUBIS
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(R2.D2) (C3.P0)
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10 OSIRIS SEB
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/A.ASTRON/ SPHINX
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NETRANA
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(NORAD/COMPUSERV)
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"We've tried to make it clear for you by placing the familiar images in
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parentheses," chuckles KOB, flourishing a wand-like pointer.
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"We will also be investigating another limestone Stele discovered by
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Auguste Mariette in 1850 from the ruins of temples near the great pyramid
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at Ghiza. This item is now in the Inventory of the Cairo Museum and
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promises to revolutionize the timing of events before the 4th Dynasty of
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the Old Kingdom. If you want to read more about it, see The Stairway to
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Heaven, by Zecharia Sitchin, Avon Books 1983."
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"It seems that a British aristocrat and glory hound by the name of Colonel
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Richard Howard Vyse in 1837 may have committed the greatest fraud in the
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history of Egyptology. His forgery of Pharaoic names from different
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Dynasties inside the Great Pyramid foreshortened our Dynastic chronologies
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by thousands of years! It is now known that the Great Pyramids in Ghiza
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pre-date all other pyramids in Egypt by thousands of years, and were never
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used for burial monuments as our school books told us!"
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"Now it seems there was a historical turning point in about 2,650 B.C.,
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when a Pharaoh by the name of KHUFU restored an ancient temple by order of
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HORUS, God of the Living. According to the Inventory Stele, the Ghiza
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ruins were dedicated to ISIS, Divine Mother of Horus, near the Great
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Pyramid. KHUFU knew how to do this because his ancestor, Pharaoh ZOSER,
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had an architectural genius name IMHOTEP working for him who may have
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discovered some of the AI-Gods during his excavations. The Pharaohs after
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that secured their power with AI-CONS acting as personal computers made by
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the gods."
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"I suppose you'll be making claims about the Holy Ark of the Covenant
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next," laughed a Rabbi.
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KOB smiled good naturedly, "You, Rabbi, should appreciate how difficult it
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must be to preserve knowledge in a changing world for long periods of time!
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Where are those Bronze memo-tablets the Hebrew tribes used to carry around?
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And look what's happened just in your own lifetime, or over the past 100
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years. Can you imagine one thousand years, or even ten thousand? Only
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Artificial Intelligences embodied in the rocks, crystals, and non-oxidizing
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metals such as gold or platinum in massive monuments and orbiting libraries
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would do."
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"It has been known for some time that the Pyramids were not used as TOMBS
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by the Pharaohs who built them; only later intruders utilized these masses
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in that fashion. We're going to study these questions. There is still
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Magick in the Pyramids!"
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"Let's wrap-it-up," whispers Brother XAO, impatiently, "or we'll miss our
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plane." XAO and the expeditionary team bid us farewell and bustled off to
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the terminal: "Thank you, everyone. We'll be meeting your again upon our
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return from Cairo with that Most Mysterious Master, YOD. I'm sure you'll
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find him even better informed by then."
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The Baphomet Breeze is published quarterly by Baphomet Lodge, an affiliated
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body of Ordo Templi Orientis. Individual issues may be purchased for $1.50
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per issue, postpaid. Subscriptions are available for $5.00 per year,
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postpaid. Subscriptions are included in Lodge initiation fees for members
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of Baphomet Lodge. Some issues receive wider complimentary distribution,
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at the whim of the Lodge Master and the Editor. If you would like to
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receive the Breeze on a regular basis, send money. If you want to be sure
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NOT to receive the Breeze, send money. Donations to Hermes Camp toward the
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THE MASS GROWS
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At the September Mass held at Nuit-Hathor Sanctuary, we had 22
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communicants on a Sunday when it was 110o F.! We have clearly outgrown out
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space! We thank Sophia and Gilda for their efforts and foresight in
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planning the Benefit Bar-B-Q to raise money to have our Mass celebrated in
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a roomy space. We all need to follow their lead and keep this ball
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rolling. Steps are being taken to secure a location that can be rented on
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an ongoing basis.
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We have noticed that there are some people who reliably let others bring
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the champagne for our post-Mass celebration; and it seems that those same
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people also let others put money in the donation basket. We will be
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instituting a suggested minimum donation when we have to pay rent each
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month, so how about getting in the habit of supporting the Mass now? There
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will be initial expenses connected with getting into the rental space in
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addition to the actual rent. Although we have accumulated some money from
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previous donations, it probably will not cover all of the costs.
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As we grow, more and more people are coming to Mass for the first time.
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When you invite a friend, please make yourself responsible for informing
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the newcomer about our communion customs. See that your guest is given our
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standard sheet on the subject, and a missal. (The Deacon always has access
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to these.) Your active assistance in integrating new people will make their
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initial time among us more comfortable for everyone.
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Soror Sh'lai, Bishop
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
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THE WORD OF THE AUTUMN EQUINOX IS "veiling" from Liber Legis II:14.
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It is customary that we promulgate a Word (a new magical current) at each
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Equinox for the L.A. area O.T.O.; that is, for Babalon Chapter; Baphomet
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Lodge; Aiwass Oasis and its satellites; Ptah-Sekhet Oasis, and Hermes,
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Bagh-i-Muattar, and N.O.X. Camps.
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In addition to the Word, an Oracle was selected from the Yi Ching. It is
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Hexagram No. 37, "Family." The general meaning of the Hexagram applies to
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the next six months. Each of the six lines of the Hexagram may be taken as
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applying respectively to the six months following the Equinox.
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The Word and Oracle are given freely for what value they may have. They
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represent a magical principle, or current, on which the Order is now
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operating in this area. Individual members may also find personal meaning
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in their own lives over the next several months.
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The Word of the Previous (vernal) Equinox was "joy." The corresponding
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Oracle was Hexagram No. 63, "After Completion."
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Love is the law, love under will.
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Frater Iacchus
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M.W.S., Babalon Chapter R.C.
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ON CROWNED & CONQUERING CHILDREN
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by Aleister Crowley
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[The following is excerpted from a letter from Crowley to one of his
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American lieutenants during World War II. We publish it here as a self-
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help guide for the eager and motivated.]
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The word "student" itself condemns your strategy. We live in a time of
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insane excitement; we count that day lost when less than 50,000 harmless
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people have met with death in its most horrible forms, and even that is
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rather homely fare; plentiful sauce of rape, torture, and cold-blooded
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murders on the largest scale must be poured over the dish to make is truly
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piquant, and send us to bed, patting our stomachs, with the reflection that
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life need not be dull and monotonous, after all. What use is it to go to
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wild-eyed youths, whose jaws drip foam with the hunger to join personally
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in these pastimes, and pep them up, youths who are permanently drunk with
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lust of blood, and action-action-action even-more-action! and ask them to
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practice Asana, to learn to quiet the mind, to kill out the emotions?
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What you must do is to enflame them with the romance of the Order and its
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Work, with the Marvel-Story of the "Cairo Working" as told in The Equinox
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of the Gods, instill the idea of the New Aeon, the coming of the Crowned
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and Conquering Child, the birth of Freedom as outlined in Liber OZ
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(LXXVII), the plan of the Master Therion to bring about the revolution by
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the 4 wars started 9 months after the 4 publications of Liber AL, and the
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need for each one of them to go forth and smite and establish the Law. You
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have got to imbue them with the fanatical berserk, amok, Airman, Commando
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spirit. You have got to work them up to be heroes and martyrs, each man
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himself a leader, yet able to devote himself to conjoint disciplined
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action. You have got to make each man and woman feel himself (or herself)
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an individual Godhead, of supreme importance not only intrinsically but to
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the whole world.
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"Pioneers, o Pioneers!"
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P.S. Note the vehemence of the spirit of Liber AL; even its calmest
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passages throb with fierce energy. You must capture this savage, elemental
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rapture and communicate it to every one you meet.!
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THE GANG'S ALL HERE...
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What do you get if you put 80 Thelemites together for a weekend?
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Philosophical schisms, untold property damage, severe hangovers, and new
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friends, of course. However, I had something more specific in mind - THE
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FIRST OCCASIONAL BAPHOMET LODGE REUNION! During the summer of 1989, we
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hope to gather Baphomet Lodge members from all of our far-flung satellite
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bodies (and satellites of satellites, etc.) in Los Angeles for a Magickal
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weekend of fun and companionship. Our definition of "Baphomet Lodge
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member" is quite loose -if you suspect that you're a member, then you
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probably are one. Consult a good Tarot deck if you have any questions.
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The first essential task facing us is to choose a date. As a first cut, I
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have decided to try to limit it to weekends in July 1989. So, if anybody
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out there is interested in attending the Reunion, please send me a note at
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the address below, indicating which weekends in July 1989 you would prefer,
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and which you would be unable to attend. If you are unable to attend any
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weekend in July 1989, tell me and I will consider moving to June or August.
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Please let me know as soon as possible so we can start detailed planning.
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Watch future issues of the BAPHOMET BREEZE for more announcements!
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Frater Ehubi
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c/o Bagh-i-muattar Camp
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2058 N. Mills #234
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Claremont, CA 91711
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AN ESSAY ON
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A NUMEROLOGICAL SYSTEM
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by Fr. W.I.T.
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This essay will examine certain ideas surrounding the first ten numbers to
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establish their tripartite cycle and how all other numbers relate to this.
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All numbers and mathematical systems stem from zero, that which denotes
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nothingness. It is a clearing of the mental slate so that creative thought
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may start from the beginning. Ultimately, the beginning of all thought and
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even being is symbolized by the number one. Herein is all potential and
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the basis of all positive existence.
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However, this number by itself does nothing. The concept is incapable of
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multiplication toward any increase; a fitting counterpart to zero. Only by
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reflection of itself, a first movement or emanation can create the number
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two. This number symbolized the first duality, the first relation and
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expansion. Thus it is a fitting symbol for subtlest creativity and
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positivity; the First Father whose symbol is the line.
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The resultant counterpart of this first relation is the number three which
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symbolizes the first complete unit, i.e., the first whole made up of
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several components. Indeed, the sum of the first two numbers is three.
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Here the first manifestation appears. Now there is structure. Thus this
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number is used to symbolize the Great Mother, the logical opposite and
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therefore equilibration of the Father, whose symbol is the triangle, the
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circle, and the plane in general.
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So these three firsts supply the basic type and cycle to all other
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numbers. This can be shown by an examination of the next six numbers.
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The first repetitive number is four, the square of two. This symbolizes
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the completion of one phase, but also the beginning of another; a true
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cusp. This is the number of elements and physicality in general. The
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first actual has concreted out of the potential All. The geometric symbol
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is therefore the cube.
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The next number is five, which represents the first limited movement of
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things or, to put it simply, time. These concepts are reminiscent of two,
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yet the idea of limitation and constraint of movement is also inherent. In
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truth, 2 + 3 = 5. So this number can be conveniently referred to as an
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emanation number.
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Following is the number six, the multiple and sum of the first triad, and
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a true equilibrator of all manifested things. Now manifestation has become
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ordered and coherent. As a realizer of time and space it can be thought of
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as a manifestation number, like three.
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Beginning the next cycle is seven, again a number of completion and
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beginning, this time for a concrete and divided level of existence; again
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another cusp number. Eight is two to the third power and so another
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movement stimulator and limiter in form. Ending this triad is nine which
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is three squared and thus represents material form in balanced action;
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truly a manifestation number. Beyond this is ten, but what is this but the
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beginning of the next universe of ideas, a repetition of one, but also the
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completion of the first three triads.
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All this suggests a model for the rest of numbers and so all thought and
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conception. Think of the basis of numbers as three categories or
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"branches" consisting of a number of elements which end in a unity or cusp
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which is the resultant. Many extremely significant numbers can be derived
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using this formula of 3x + 1. Three "branches" of three plus one equals
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ten. Three "branches" of four plus one equals 13 = Achad or unity. Three
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"branches" of seven plus one equals 22, the number of paths of Otz Chiim,
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the Qabalistic Tree of Life. So this mandala can be considered to consist
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of two trees or models of the universe in one: one of condition and one of
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function.
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Three "branches" of ten plus one equals 31 = AL, the Word of The Book of
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the Law. Also, 31 * 3 = 93. Three "branches" of twelve plus one equals
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37, the gematria of Yechidah, the true self, and 37 * 3 = 111 = Aleph.
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All these numbers express ideas of unity inherent in manifestation.
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Notice that the sum of the digits of these numbers is one of the first
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three cusps, 1, 4, and 7. Likewise such a sum of any number will indicate
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whether it is a cusp, emanation, or manifestation number. Here is implied
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that the first nine numbers represent an archtypal megatriad which forms
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the basis of all concepts so ever and much intuition in numerology can be
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gained by studying the correspondences between 1, 4, and 7; 2, 5, and 8;
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and 3, 6, and 9.
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So it is shown that the concept of the numeric tripartite cycle is useful
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and suggestive and has many applications in modelling numerological ideas.
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Thus all ideas whatever fall under these prototypic ideals.
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_____________________________________________________________________
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Liber Call Me AL
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vel vel, now.
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sub figura skating
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"The Book of the In-Laws"
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1. Tag! You're It!
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2. Things get rough from here on out; show not this chapter to thy friends.
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Speling is flunked; all was not taught. It's a Hawk! It's a Higher
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Plane! It's PA-RA-KEET!
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3. Now first, let's get it straight that, as Gods go, I am one bad-ass
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dude. I will kick their asses.
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4. Choose ye an island! (I recommend the Atolls of Tahiti.)
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5. Fortify it with eight vitamins and iron! (From this shall wonder be
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bred.)
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6. Fill it with all kinds of crap!
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7. I will give you a fire engine.
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8. With it ye shall hose down the people, and none shall stand before you.
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9. Run away! Sneak around behind them! Shoot them in the back! This is
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the law of the Battle of Cowardice: we shall practice in my back yard.
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10. Get the Souvenir Postcard of Cairo itself; set it in thy photo album -
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the one with the dirty pictures of Egyptian children and camels - and
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it shall be your Keepsake for ever. It shall not fade, or at least
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not much, for miraculous four-color printing shall adhere to it
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eternally. Toss it in the bottom of your underwear drawer and forget
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about the damned thing.
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11. Save this portion for your records! I forbid argument. I forbid
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questions. Hell, I forbid going to the bathroom! I will make it easy
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for you to mess up your house and to destroy your home town. Thou
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|
shalt have danger and trouble; thy weight is 195 pounds. Bar-B-Que is
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|
with thee. Worship me with gin and tonic; worship me with scotch &
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|
with water! Let women threaten me with sharp objects; thou knowest I
|
|
love it. Let beer flow to my glass. Step on anyone who gets in the
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way; mine is a modest proposal!
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12. Mutilate cattle, little and big, in remote areas of Wyoming: after, a
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c***d [DELETED AT THE REQUEST OF THE O.T.O LEGAL FUND].
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13. Ha! I didn't say "Simon Magus says!"
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14. I'll get around to it, so be patient. Yeah? And your wife, too!
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15. Be careful what you wish for - I may give it to you. Hell, I may
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|
anyway.
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16. No contract, explicit or implicit, is hereby established between the
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party of the first part, the entity ?Who-Vast! (hereafter EW), and
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the party of the second part, the Master 999 (hereafter M999). EW
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assumes no liability for damages caused by or consequent to use,
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misuse, abuse, or disuse of Liber Call Me AL (hereafter "Nancy") by
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M999. M999 assumes full responsibility for promulgation, commentary,
|
|
and routine maintenance of "Nancy," and for all civil or criminal
|
|
actions pertaining to or caused by "Nancy" or related material. Your
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state may not permit exclusion of prophetic liability for channeled,
|
|
inspired, or extraterrestrial communications. In this case, state law
|
|
supersedes the Logos of the Aeon.
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|
17. Don't worry; fear neither tax auditors, nor auto mechanics, nor weird
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fuzzy things you find late at night under your bed, nor anything.
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|
Money fear not, but rather the lack of it; nor laughter of the folk
|
|
folly - with a religion like this you're in for a lot of it. Nuts are
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|
your snack as you drink your Lite; and I am the force that bends your
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arm.
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18. You know all that stuff in Chapter 2 about mugging the weak and the
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poor? Well, do that, but this time wear steel-toed boots.
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19. The postcard they shall call the Souvenir of Cairo; count its name on
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thy fingers, and it shall be unto thee as, um, 5.
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20. But WHY??? Because of the fall of Because, you little brat. Now go
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play on the freeway.
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21. Redecorate thy temple with genuine oil paintings from the GALLERY ART
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|
SHOW at the Cairo Hilton! Seascapes, clowns, Elvis on velvet, generic
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|
farm buildings, and waterfalls are only a few of the many ORIGINAL
|
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ARTWORKS available at ridiculously low prices for a LIMITED TIME!
|
|
Sofa size, portrait size, and our special TEMPLE SIZE paintings are
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|
all AVAILABLE NOW!
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22. Buy a whole set, to carry thy Decorating Theme. I am the visible
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Object of Worship, if you know what's good for you. It's my Aeon, and
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I'll scry if I want to. The others can just wait their turns; for you
|
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and your wife are they, and the winners of the Prophecy Clearing House
|
|
Giveaway. What is this? Ask Ed McMahon.
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23. For perfume mix oil and vinegar and Thunderbird: then gasoline and
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styrofoam, and afterward soften and smooth down with rich dark beer.
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24. The best beer is of the Irish, Guiness; then beers of Germany, or
|
|
imported from the Orient; then of Australia; then of Canada or Mexico;
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|
then some American pisswater, no matter the brand.
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25. This drink; of this make bread and eat 'til you pop. This hath also
|
|
another use; let beer be laid in a shallow dish in the garden, with
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sticks propped up on its sides: it shall become full of snails and
|
|
other things which have been ravaging your garden.
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26. These dispose of, reflecting on the karmic implications of drowning in
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beer.
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27. Also, these make good escargot if you want to catch them live and go to
|
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all that trouble.
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28. Also, ye shall reek of garlic.
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29. Furthermore, if you keep them in corn meal awhile, they're supposed to
|
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taste better. You try it first and let me know.
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30. My altar is of open brass work. Burn thereupon, and all the incense
|
|
will fall through the openings and ruin your new carpet.
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31. You will meet a tall dark stranger who will piss on you.
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32. From gold forge extremely soft, yellowish steel!
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33. Be ready to run away or to hide!
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34. But your Townhouse shall endure throughout the centuries: though with
|
|
dry rot and termites it be unsafe and condemned, yet an invisible
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|
house there lieth in a heap, and shall remain until the zoning laws
|
|
change; when hell is frozen over and the national debt repaid.
|
|
Another load of ready cash shall then be spent on New Age trash;
|
|
another scandal-film shall bore us, titled "The Sex Life of Horus";
|
|
another Book shall be dictated to a Prophet overrated; another parody
|
|
shall be prepared, another Breeze to pain; and we shall be still on
|
|
the brink of the Volume II Magickal Link!
|
|
35. The end of the word of Hia-wa-tha, alias Har-po-marx, alias Pa-Ra-Keet.
|
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36. Then, suddenly, the prophet said:
|
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37. I think I feel a song coming on -
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Why do hawks swoop down from the sky
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Every time she walks by?
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Just like me, they long to be
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Close to Nu.
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Why do buds open to the air
|
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From the Earth, everywhere?
|
|
Just like me, they long to be
|
|
Close to Nu.
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In the Aeon she appeared Archangels got together
|
|
And they Willed to formulate a dream come true;
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So they scattered starlight for her body
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And eternal trees, the hair of Nu!
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38. Of course you feel light-headed; you have a hot sword stuck in your
|
|
back. Pick Door Number 3, and I will establish your way, or you can
|
|
trade it all for whatever is in this box. Oh, by the way, these are
|
|
the adorations, so pay attention:
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Why do snakes coil around my heart
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Every time we're apart?
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Just like me, they long to be
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Close to Nu.
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39. All this and a sensational best-selling book about how you achieved
|
|
communion with Aliens and a copy of this document forever - for in it
|
|
is high acid content paper, and it won't last twenty years as is - and
|
|
thy comment upon this Book of the In-Laws (I suggest "So what?") shall
|
|
be Xeroxed expertly in four colors upon beautiful bond paper stolen
|
|
from an office supply store; and to everyone that thou meetest, were
|
|
it but to throw food and drink on them, it is the Law to give as good
|
|
as you get. Remember, charity begins at AUMGN. Then they shall
|
|
either shower thee with praise and fortune or set their dogs upon
|
|
thee; care to guess the odds? Run away quickly.
|
|
40. But what about the Comment? I don't got to show you no stinking
|
|
Comment!
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|
41. Establish a legitimate business organization as a front; all must be
|
|
done using at least two sets of books.
|
|
42. The ordeals thou shalt overlook, being blind drunk. Accept everybody;
|
|
you'll probably spot the traitors before they cause really
|
|
catastrophic damage. I am Pa-Ra-Keet, and I am very good at getting
|
|
my servant in trouble by giving him stupid orders like this. Success
|
|
would be nice; fold not, spindle not, mutilate not, breathe shallowly,
|
|
sit still! Them that seek to arrest thee, to beat thee up, might not
|
|
even notice thee if thou art still and quiet enough. If this doesn't
|
|
work, swift as a kicked puppy run away! Be thou yet more pitiful than
|
|
he! Perhaps they shall have mercy upon thee. Lick their boots, roll
|
|
over and play dead!
|
|
43. Let the Beige Woman beware! If she lets up for one second I'll kick
|
|
her ass. I will cancel her auto insurance; I will foreclose on her
|
|
mortgage; I will audit her tax return; as a shrinking and despised
|
|
credit risk shall she crawl through loan applications, and die a
|
|
renter.
|
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44. But let her do her Will by following my directions to the letter, never
|
|
deviating from the exact path I have chosen for her! Let her act as I
|
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want her to act, dress the way I like her to dress!
|
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45. Then shall she be free; then I will be nice to her kids. She shall be
|
|
happy, for I know what she really wants. With my perfect guidance she
|
|
shall be Nuts, and eat Haddock.
|
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46. I am the Lord of the Top Forties; the Sixties tune in, turn on, and
|
|
drop out; the Eighties worry about my prophecies more than
|
|
Nostradamus. Failure is likely, running away your defense; go on with
|
|
my speed, and hide until they leave!
|
|
47. This book shall be a major motion picture, with subsequent comic book
|
|
releases; but always with the illegible scrawls of my servant; for in
|
|
the chance shape of the doodles in the margins are mysteries with
|
|
which Freud would have a field day. Let him not seek to know these;
|
|
but seventeen come later who shall use them as a wallpaper pattern.
|
|
Then this ink stain is a mess; then this smeared line is a mess also.
|
|
Buy a new pen, for God's sake. And SHAZAM. Blood tests shall prove
|
|
it to be his kid, stunning the medical profession. Let him not push
|
|
too hard, for only thusly could he fall off and possibly injure both
|
|
himself and the goat.
|
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48. Now the mystery of the letters is done, and good riddance.
|
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49. I am in a secret word that you won't want your friends to read. Just
|
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tell them to stop at verse 48.
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50. Darn them! Darn, darn, darn! GOSH darn!
|
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51. Okay, here we go: With great big nasty sharp implements I gouge Jesus'
|
|
eyes out. Anybody for a nice cheery burning cross on the front lawn?
|
|
52. I offend another major world religion and make untold millions of
|
|
additional enemies by fucking around with Mohammed's vision.
|
|
53. Hell, let's go for it! I make appropriate rude and offensive comments
|
|
about and desecrate the temples of Jews, Hindus, Buddhists,
|
|
Shintoists, Confucians, Taoists, Animists, various Native American
|
|
religions, and - just so they won't feel left out - Marxists. There,
|
|
now everybody in the world hates you. Isn't it nice to be noticed?
|
|
54. Bah! Humbug! I crap on your spitulous creeds!
|
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55. Let's torture Mary to enrage the Catholics; let's criticize Nuns! This
|
|
is getting fun!
|
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56. All just for the Hell of it!
|
|
57. Just in case we've left anybody out, let's also despise Canadians and
|
|
blondes and stupid people! We must have, what, something like 99.98%
|
|
of the Earth's population covered by now?
|
|
58. But the keen and the neato, the free and the brave, ye are brothers!
|
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All seven of you!
|
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59. So just to make sure you don't get bored, fight each other as well as
|
|
the rest of humanity!
|
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60. There is no law beyond Do it, then wilt.
|
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61. There is an end to the word of the Head Honcho of the Aeon, but not
|
|
yet, apparently.
|
|
62. To me kiss up by getting clobbered over and over trying to implement
|
|
all these silly instructions. If this is bliss, I think I'll take
|
|
sorrow.
|
|
63. The fool takes one look at this Book of the In-Laws, makes a rude
|
|
comment, and resolves to wait for the movie.
|
|
64. Let him come through the first ordeal, and it shall be to him as
|
|
evidence submitted to support his lawsuit.
|
|
65. Through the second, material for unknown rock groups to include in
|
|
otherwise inane lyrics.
|
|
66. Through the third, a source of dozens of pithy aphorisms with which to
|
|
amaze one's friends and alarm one's family.
|
|
67. Through the fourth, overly exalted and poorly understood material just
|
|
waiting for a good parody.
|
|
68. Yet to all it shall seem like a good excuse for doing whatever they
|
|
wanted to do anyway.
|
|
69. There is success just ahead, a light at the end of the tunnel; I
|
|
promise the troops will be home by Crowleymas.
|
|
70. I am the chicken-livered Lord of Silence and Hiding; I am afraid of the
|
|
dark.
|
|
71. Hey! You warriors over by the pillars! Your coffee break is almost
|
|
over!
|
|
72. I am the guy with the wand of Double Power, baby; the wand of the force
|
|
of OY VEY - but my left hand is empty, for I crushed a beer can
|
|
yesterday, and sprained my thumb.
|
|
73. Paste the sheets from right to left and from top to bottom, then
|
|
behold! A very large sheet of paper!
|
|
74. There is a Secret in the name of PASADENA, hidden and foamy, just as
|
|
the sun at midnight seldom gives you a good tan.
|
|
75. How do you keep a Thelemite in suspense?
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THE END --
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|
Or Is It???
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Aargh. Huh?
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[Ed. Note: The manuscript to the Book of the Inlaws was discovered in a
|
|
sealed closet in Claremont in 1954 and is estimated to have originated
|
|
circa 1900. The three chapters are said to have been dictated to the
|
|
Master 999 over three consecutive years, on April 1st of each year. The
|
|
original manuscript is written in pig-latin. It is believed that this book
|
|
is the source of over 93% of all modern cliches. This additional
|
|
information was scheduled to appear as an introduction to our publication
|
|
of the first chapter, last Spring, but the curse of the "Editor's memory
|
|
lapse" prevented the appearance of same.]
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_____________________________________________________________________
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FROM THE XAO PALACE
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by Soror Gaia
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
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The BBQ feast to raise money to perform our Gnostic Mass in larger
|
|
quarters was a triumph. Forty people attended the feast, sharing in the
|
|
fun, sun and food. I express a hearty thanks to the 9 visible, who by
|
|
purchasing tickets in advance, showed bravery in their support, and to the
|
|
other 31 wondrous guests, who I knew in my heart were coming. Come they
|
|
did, from Baphomet Lodge, from Heru-Ra-Ha, from family and friends.
|
|
Thank you, Gilda for friendship, inspiration, drive, and your wonderful
|
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cooking. Working with you to create this event was a pleasure. Thank you,
|
|
Soror Timshel for your delicious pasta salad, and for being the best BBQ
|
|
grill hand we could hope for.
|
|
I must share that when only nine folks bought tickets, I did not think
|
|
there was much support for my crazy idea of having a benefit to raise money
|
|
for a Mass hall rental. But, I'm a dedicated party giver, just for the
|
|
sake of the event, 'cause it's in my heart to share, and I love to play in
|
|
this way.
|
|
There I sat the night before the feast, having bought and cooked for 40,
|
|
(A college text, Food for Fifty, the last vestige of a long abandoned
|
|
career calls after me, "Use Me!!") and all I could think of now was
|
|
creating my own Stele of Appealing, a magical menu for the party. For
|
|
those that did not attend, I can disclose that we did indeed eat the famed
|
|
BBQ Baphomet Chicken, Universes on a Stick, Elemental Disk Tostadas, Sacred
|
|
Xao Burgers, and Abremelin Cinnamon Biscuits. There was much more, but why
|
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go on?
|
|
(Recipes are available upon request.)
|
|
Bottom line, we raised the money, we will find a hall, and openly invite
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and encourage new people to attend when the Mass is presented.
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Love is the law, love under will
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BAPHOMET WANTS YOUR BOOKS!
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
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The Baphomet Lodge Library has at last found a home: the Xanadu-like
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pleasure gardens (and adjoining apartment) of Bagh-i-muattar Camp! Having
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established a Lodge Library, we have now ahead of us only the trivial task
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of providing it with books. This, needless to say, is where you, the loyal
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members and friends of Baphomet Lodge, come in.
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Search through those massive piles of books which have prevented you from
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reaching two-thirds of your home for the last few years, and donate several
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hundred (or at least one or two) to the Lodge Library. We are interested
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in obtaining anything which would be of interest to other Lodge members.
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This primarily includes books on Magick, Yoga, philosophy, and the like,
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but given the diversity of our lodge could run the gamut from "Love's
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Savage Sweat" to "The C Programming Language." We already have a
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collection of approximately 30 books and 4 videotapes on diverse topics
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donated by Lodge members and friends.
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Even as I write, mysterious and arcane ceremonies are being planned which
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will allow us to formulate a lending policy for the Library. Also, a
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catalog of the Library will soon be evoked into BAGHIAC, the ultimate in
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computer sophistication in southern Claremont; catalog copies will be
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available on request. For now, Lodge members are invited to visit scenic
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Bagh-i-muattar Camp to gaze in awe at (and perhaps even use) the Library.
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Please give us a day or two of notice before you drop by.
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Love is the law, love under will.
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Frater Ehubi
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Baphomet Lodge Librarian
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XAO XORNER
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by Hagios Xao, Editor
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
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Well, just when you thought it was safe to go to the mailbox ... Bang!
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Out pops yet another Baphomet Breeze. Things were hectic in the old
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editing room, this quarter. The Lodge got a new master, just in time to
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toss a little uncertainty in the contents of this issue. Some of the
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material planned to appear this quarter was never located, the rest came in
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way past the deadline. Who ever said the newsletter business was boring!
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After all is said and done, however, we still have quite an array of
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interesting material to present this time. Of course, the long-awaited
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third chapter of Liber Call Me AL, the next installment of the Astron
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story, and even our first PAID advertisement!
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The Hermes Camp electronic bulletin board, TahutiNet, has been doing great
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with 109 new callers to date. Last quarter we had nine requests for sample
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issues of the Breeze, and this quarter we have forty. At least two local
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Lodge members have acquired modems and three of the articles in this very
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issue were submitted electronically. In addition, all three chapters of
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Liber Call Me AL are available in electronic form.
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The UnderXao and I have been attending the Seventh Annual Rites of Eleusis
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at Heru-Ra-Ha Lodge over the past couple of months. Unfortunately,
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confusion occurred in the Camp as the last issue was being prepared and
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most of the Rites failed to be listed in the Breeze calendar. Check the
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calendar this issue for the remainder of the series.
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I have been asked to also point out that in the last quarter, at least two
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marriage announcements and two pregnancies have occurred in the Lodge.
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This should come as no surprise, since the word of the Spring Equinox was
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joy. Not coincidentally, the I Ching hexgram for this Equinox is family.
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Along with the changes at the helm come other changes. I have assumed the
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duties of Secretary of Baphomet Lodge under our new Master, Soror Setchem.
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In the coming months, there will be changes in the Lodge mailing address
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and phone number. Please bear with us in this time of growth.
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Love is the law, love under will
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THE HUMAN TOUCH
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(with thanks to Kenneth A.)
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High thoughts and noble in all lands help me.
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My soul is fed by such:
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But ah, the touch of lips and hands,
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The human touch!
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Warm, vital, close, life's symbols dear,
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These need I most, and now and here.
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- Richard Burton
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_____________________________________________________________________
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Copyright (c) 1988 Ordo Templi Orientis, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED and assigned
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to the respective authors. All writings by Aleister Crowley, Copyright (c)
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1988 Ordo Templi Orientis. The opinions expressed herein are solely the
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responsibility of the respective authors.
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WANTED
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The Baphomet Breeze needs your help. We are looking to fill the following
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positions with capable, qualified, and courageous individuals. The weak of
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mind and the faint of heart need not apply.
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Subscribers: Send money and enjoy the Breeze at every available
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opportunity.
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Letter Writers: Send in your questions, comments, or insults for inclusion
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in our new "Shooting the Breeze" column.
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Authors: Articulate esoterically ON your preferred avocation.
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_____________________________________________________________________
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Excerpts from
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The Book of Great Big Fibs
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by Don Belvik
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1. "One size fits all."
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2. "Trust me."
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3. "Any similarity between characters in this book and persons living or
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dead is purely coincidental."
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4. "I meant it at the time."
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5. "This won't hurt much."
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6. "It shouldn't take more than half an hour."
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7. "I can show you how to double your income in just ten hours a week."
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8. "It's for your own good."
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9. "And, if I'm elected..."
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10. "Yes, I'm eighteen."
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11. "But Your Honor, she said she was eighteen."
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12. "God told me."
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13. "In fact, I use one myself."
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14. "It's on my desk right now."
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15. "It probably got lost in the mail."
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16. "Of course I'll remember"
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17. "They wouldn't print it if it weren't true."
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18. "Nothing."
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19. "Nowhere special. Just out."
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20. "No one interesting is available."
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21. "The policeman is your friend."
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22. "We make them do it to build character."
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23. "Sorry. I'm busy."
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24. "I'll be busy then, too."
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25. "We're here to help you."
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26. "And we're happy to have you with us."
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27. "There's nothing to worry about."
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28. "Child-resistant safety cap."
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29. "You truly deserve this award."
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30. "But Officer, I've never done this before."
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31. "Honest."
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32. "Can I be of service?"
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33. "I love you."
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34. (Don Belvik wrote this all by himself.)
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The Call to Glory
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by Frater C.Z.
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Achtung! My faithful crewmen
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Attendance is mandatory, for those who remain alive
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It's not too late, no time nor date
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As the band has yet to arrive
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Dress uniforms with medals
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Bright buckles, shined shoes, stand tall
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We all got our invitation
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Our Captain's Waltzing Matilda Ball.
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Out ship's course is set dead ahead
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And dark clouds ominous loom
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For the Sirens of the Skies do beckon us
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To their Glorious Bosoms of Doom
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CLASSIFIED SECTION
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In The Continuum
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The fourth issue of volume IV of In The Continuum is now available. All
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back issues are also available. Volume I has 10 issues, volume II has
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12 issues and volume III has 10 issues. These issues may be obtained
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for $5.00 per number from:
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College of Thelema
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P.O. Box 415
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Oroville, CA 95965
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Please make checks payable to Phyllis Seckler.
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O.T.O Baseball Caps
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We now have available black standard baseball caps with the O.T.O. lamen
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silk screened on the front in bright white. These hats are
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adjustable, so there is no problem accommodating the head of even the
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most ego-centric magician. This hat is quickly becoming the "standard
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apparel" for all Lodge functions. The price is $8.00 per hat (plus
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$1.00 for shipping). All proceeds go to Hermes Camp for the
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production of the Baphomet Breeze.
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_____________________________________________________________________
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Breeze Ad Rates
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1/8 pg...............................................................$10.00
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1/4 pg...............................................................$15.00
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1/2 pg...............................................................$30.00
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1 pg. insert (we print 'em)..........................................$50.00
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1 pg. insert (you print 'em).........................................$15.00
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Write to Hermes Camp for details
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_____________________________________________________________________
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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Activities marked with ** are held at the Manhattan address.
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Minerval and Io Initiations are scheduled as needed, call for details.
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Every Wed 8 pm College of Thelema, LA Campus: Class (Thelemic Ritual
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Magick) **
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Every Thurs 8 pm Heru-Ra-Ha Lodge: Class (call to discover time and
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topic)
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Every Sat Al Aqsa Temple: Astral Aerobics Class with Frater
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Bartesonnes
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______________________________ SEPTEMBER ______________________________
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9/22 12:29 pm Autumnal Equinox
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9/23 8 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Babalon Chapter Autumnal Equinox
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Celebration
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9/24 93 Camp: Rites of Eleusis: Rite of Venus (You MUST have
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reservations)
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9/25 1 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Gnostic Mass
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9/26 8 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: IIIo Rehersal (OFFICERS FOR UPCOMING
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IIIo MUST ATTEND)
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9/27 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Class - Call for details
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_______________________________ OCTOBER _______________________________
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10/1 Heru-Ra-Ha Lodge: IVo and P.I. Initiations (call for times)
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10/2 3 pm Nuit-Hathor Sanctuary: Gnostic Mass (CALL to confirm
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location!)
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10/3 Minerval Symbolism Class **
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10/8 Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: IIIo Initiations (Officers 5 pm,
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Candidates 6 pm)
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10/10 Yodmas (What is this? If you don't already know, it won't
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affect you!)
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10/11 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Class - Call for details
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10/12 8 pm Baphomet Lodge: Crowleymas celebration after COT class **
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10/15 Bacchus Camp: Rites of Eleusis: Rite of Mercury
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10/15,16 Oceanside Beach Trip (Contact Bagh-i-muattar Camp for details)
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10/23 1 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Gnostic Mass
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10/24 8 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: IIIo Symbolism Class
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10/25 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Class - Call for details
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10/28 Heru-Ra-Ha Lodge: Minerval Initiations (call for times)
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10/29,30 Thelemic Women's Conference (See announcement elsewhere in
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this issue)
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_______________________________ NOVEMBER ______________________________
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11/5 11 am Hermes Camp: Babalon Chapter members meeting
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11/5 1 pm Hermes Camp: Baphomet Lodge members meeting
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11/6 3 pm Nuit-Hathor Sanctuary: Gnostic Mass
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11/8 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Class - Call for details
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11/11 Heru-Ra-Ha Lodge: Vo Initiations
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11/12 Wedding of Brother C. and Sister L. - Reception immediately
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|
after
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11/14 8 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Io Rehersal (OFFICERS FOR UPCOMING Io
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MUST ATTEND)
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11/19 93 Camp: Rites of Eleusis: Rite of Luna
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11/19 Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Io Initiations (Officers 6 pm,
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Candidates 7 pm)
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11/22 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Class - Call for details
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11/27 1 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Gnostic Mass
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_______________________________ DECEMBER ______________________________
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12/1 Deadline for article submissions to the BAPHOMET BREEZE
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12/3 12 noon Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Metal Working Class/Shop (call to
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reserve your place)
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12/4 3 pm Nuit-Hathor Sanctuary: Gnostic Mass
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12/5 8 pm Io Symbolism Class **
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12/6 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Class - Call for details
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12/10 SAVE this date - Further details to be announced!
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12/17 12 noon Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Metal Working Class/Shop (Part 2, see
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12/3)
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12/17 Heru-Ra-Ha Lodge: Rites of Eleusis: Rite of Demeter (Earth)
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12/18 1 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Gnostic Mass
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12/20 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Solstice PARTY
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12/21 7:28 am Winter Solstice
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA O.T.O. BODIES AND SATELLITES
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BAPHOMET LODGE No. 7
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NUIT-HATHOR SANCTUARY
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BABALON CHAPTER (R+C) No. 6
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4216 Beverly Boulevard, #156
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Los Angeles, CA 90004
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Aiwass Oasis
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P.O. Box 26205, San Jose, CA 95159
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A Ka Dua Camp
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Box 815, Ben Lomond, CA 95006-1052
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Khensu-Ra Camp
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P.O. Box 55084, Stn. B, Omaha, NB 68155-0084
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Heru-Em-Anpu Oasis
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P.O.Box 1798 (Main P.O.), Vancouver, B.C. V5N 5L4
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Ptah-Sekhet Oasis
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22797 Barton Road, #110, Colton, CA 92324
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Hermes Camp / Baphomet Breeze
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249 North Brand Boulevard, #482, Glendale, CA 91203
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Bagh-i-muattar Camp
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2058 North Mills Avenue, #234, Claremont, CA 91711
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N.O.X. Camp
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4577 South Centinela, Los Angeles, CA 90066
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HERU-RA-HA LODGE No. 3
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HERU-RA-HA CHAPTER (R+C) No. 2
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P.O. Box 3111
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Newport Beach, CA 92663
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93 Camp
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P.O. Box 2512, Capistrano Beach, CA 92624
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Bacchus Camp
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P.O. Box 1754, Garden Grove, CA 92642-1754
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Ebony Camp
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3100 South B Street, Oxnard, CA 93030
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_____________________________________________________________________
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Baphomet Lodge: (818) 409-9686
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TahutiNet (300/1200/2400 baud): (213) 258-5724
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Soror Setchem, Publisher
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Master, Baphomet Lodge
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Frater Hagios Xao, Editor-in-Chief
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Campmaster, Hermes Camp
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Soror UnderXao, Associate Editor and Chief Cook
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Molly, Captain of the Breeze Olympic Typing Team
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