GNOSTIC CATHOLIC CHURCHES
Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica
Wandering Bishops
Episcopi Vagantes
Eglise Gnostiqe Catholique
Eglise Gnostique Universelle A compilation by
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The technical term for the bishopric in the context of the O.T.O. Phenomenon is Wandering Bishop or Episcopi Vagantes. This status is not defined by character qualities, not by education or theological position. These bishops are not elected by a canonical church, are not proposed as an ordain by a suffragan and not bound to a historical episcopal see or consecrated by an 'official' bishop according to the canonical procedure.
A 'real' bishop is not a successor of a sole apostle because only the synod/college of bishops in toto is heir to the college of the apostles.
Therefore: no Wandering Bishop has a 'real' apostolic succession. There is no Holy Ghost in Wandering-Bishop-consecrations.
The instrumentum consecrationis is of no apostolic value. Nevertheless, Wandering Bishops are collectors of papers and diplomas...
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Spermo-Gnostics and the Ordo Templi Orientis
Introduction to the "Ascetic and Libertine Gnostics" [version July 99]
The Secrets of the O.T.O.
The Correct Gnosticism: the ascetic roots of
the O.T.O.
Smoke Gets In Your Aiwass. All about Angels and Abramelin
History of the
Stranded Bishops
siehe auch die
deutsche Seite Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica
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Chevalier Le Clément de St.-Marcq: "L'Eucharistie"
(About the Sacred Spermatophagy. Reuss said that this book of 1906
contained the ultimate secret of the OTO: the more sperm you eat, the
more the manifestation of the Christ takes place within you: no women
necessary for that). fascimile re-printed in: P.R. Koenig: "Der Grosse Theodor Reuss Reader", ARW, Muenchen 1997; Reuss called this pamphlet a
revealing of the central secret of the OTO: only sperm contains the Logos: no women needed. Reuss wrote to Le Clément the following meaningful lines (we
carefully reproduce his jargon): "I enclose two numbers of the "Oriflamme"
which will show you that the Order of the Oriental Templars is in possesion
of that same knowledge contained in your "L'Eucharistie"". In effect, we
find in the "Oriflamme", published in 1912, this, which clears the matter:
"Our Order is in possession of the key which opens all the masonic and
hermetic secrets: it is the doctrine of sexual magic, and this doctrine
explains, leaving nothing in the dark, all masonic symbolism, every
religious system". The quote is in chapter X (La question du satanisme) of René Guénon's "L'Erreur Spirite", originally published 1923
Joannès Bricaud: Doctrine de la Gnose 1907, english PDF
Joannès Bricaud: Homélie,
février 1908
J. Bricaud: Profession de Foi, 1908
J. Bricaud: Église Gnostique Universelle
Les Statuts publiés dans La Gnose, Organe officiel de l'Église Gnostique Universelle, fondé et dirigé par René Guénon (1909-1912): l'Église de Fabre des Essarts / Synésius. Après une rupture cette Église devint l'Église officielle des Martinistes.
Rituel Gnostique
Joanny Bricaud: La Gnose et l'Église gnostique moderne, janvier
1911
S.-J. Esclarmonde: Bref Exposé De La Doctrine Gnostique, Credo Gnostique, 1913
Czesław Czyński - Punar Bhava, Martinism,
Gérard Encausse - Papus, Mysteria, Oriflamme, Theodor Reuss, VII° Ordo Templi Orientis, Order of the Illuminati, Eglise Gnostique Universelle, Baphomet in Polen, Jan Korwin-Czarnomski, Mikołaj Mikołajewicz Czaplin, Stanisław Sławomir Jastrzębiec-Kozłowski.
Rafal T. Prinke:
Polish Satanism & Sexmagic
German version: Polnischer Satanismus und Sexualmagie
Czesław Czyński: Triomphe de l'Occultisme. Preface by Gérard Encause / Papus. A detailed account of the affair André Gilevitsch - Gilewicz
Zbigniew Łagosz:
NA OBRZEŻACH RELIGII I FILOZOFII
CZESŁAW CZYŃSKI
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Theodor Reuss and the O.T.O.
Role-model for Reuss'/Crowley's Gnostic Mass: The Tridentine Ritual
Theodor Reuss' invitation: Congress der Föderation der
Universellen Freimaurer, 1920: Joanny Bricaud's proposal to make Reuss'/Crowley's Gnostic Mass the central religion of all 18° Freemasons
Programme of Construction and Guiding Principles of the Gnostic Neo Christians called O.T.O. (printed 1920)
The Gnostic Neo-Christians (1917)
The True Secret of Freemasonry and the Mystery of the Holy Mass (manuscript of approx.
1917)
Ernst Tristan Kurtzahn, member of Theodor Reuss' O.T.O., wrote in 1925 about ascetic sexmagic in his book Die Gnostiker. About the Gnostic Catholic Church,
Androgyn + Gynandria, E.C.H. Peithmann, Peryt Shou, and the immissio membri virilis in vaginam in avoidance of the ejaculatio seminis
Stephan Hoeller:
Position Paper Concerning the Thelemite or Crowleyan Gnostic Churches. About the importance of magical
succession without schisms; about valid and proper intention of
consecrations, and that one Mass no Church doth make
Study a version of Stephan
Hoeller's Mass that was modified by the
EGA's late Primate, Roger St. Victor Herard (Tau Charles)
facsimile of the originals of above texts can be found in Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica
Some of them were scanned and converted to text by Stephen Luzny.
Homepage: Maps and Magick
Aleister Crowley appointing William B. Crow
Patriarch of the thelemic Gnostic Catholic Church
Other O.T.O.-versions
The Threepenny Gnostic Opera with charters of e.g. Manuel Cabrera Lamparter, William W. Webb et. al.
The Gnostic Lineages of the O.T.O.A. and related organisations and Churches
Der O.T.O.A.-Reader contains a lot of further picture material
"Ljuben je zakon" or "ljubav pod voljom"? O.T.O. and O.T.O.A. in former "Yugoslavia"
O.T.O. groups and O.T.O.A. in Italy
My O.T.O.A. 1987-1991
How William Breeze lost an Apostolic Succession
Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua
Ein Leben fuer die Rose (Arnoldo
Krumm-Heller's Gnosticism plus a description of Reuss', Crowley's and Krumm-Heller's
spermo-gnosis: a comparison with the Fraternitas Saturni.)
Arnoldo Krumm-Heller's Gnostic Mass for the
Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua
Fraternitas Saturni
See also: Too Hot To Handle.
The gnostic aspect of the Fraternitas Saturni:
Eugen Grosche: Die Sakralen Kulte der Loge,
1930 (About Chrestos)
Eugen Grosche: Das Weltliche
Kloster, 1953 (About the Saturnian Monastery)
Books
Materialien zum OTO (facsimiles of
documents: the Order Degree System, Reuss' charters, the Gnostic Mass
in Brazil, the Eucharist in Brazil, Michael Bertiaux' Gnostic Church)
Der Grosse Theodor Reuss Reader
(facsimile material only: e.g. Theodor Reuss' translation/collaboration
of/on Liber XV: the Gnostic Mass of the Ordo Templi Orientis, as a
facsimile of the German 1917-version
Reuss' and Crowley's Gnostic Mass in O.T.O. Rituals and Sexmagick
Preface of the book Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica
More about all this in Andreas Huettl and Peter-R. Koenig: Satan - Jünger, Jäger und Justiz
My intent is to mirror puzzle pieces of the O.T.O.-phenomenon.
If
you have annotations, corrections, suggestions or complaints
do not
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