Ordo Templi Orientis USA has posted a new video presentation to its YouTube channel; it was originally produced by the Education Committee of U.S. Grand Lodge. In this presentation David Blakely discuss Gnostic Saint Elias Ashmole:
“St. Elias Ashmole (1617 – 1692) bridged the divide between the Elizabethan Rosicrucianism of John Dee and Robert Fludd and the Masonic Illuminism of the Restoration. Ashmole lived many lives – as an astrologer and an alchemist, as a soldier and a lawyer, and as a Freemason and a scientist at the dawn of the Enlightenment. We will explore all of these facets, and more, of this man whose personal collection formed the basis of the famed Ashmolean Library and preserved the Enochian writings of Dee and Kelly. John Aubrey called Ashmore ‘A mighty good man.’
David Blakeley currently serves in the O.T.O. as Most Wise Sovereign of Baphomet Chapter, R+C in Austin, TX and on the editorial board of The Pelican. He is a Past Master of Bubastis Oasis in Dallas, TX, an ordained Priest of the E.G.C. since 2000, and a chartered Initiator since 2005.”
Have a look:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl1L1YfOlKQ.
