Jimmy Page turns 81 today. Best known as the guitarist, main songwriter and producer of the England rock band Led Zeppelin he’s also the best known devotee of Thelema and at various times owned Crowley’s former estate, Boleskine House, bankrolled… Continue Reading
Some lovely folks have posted the 1948 doctoral thesis of the late Hymenaeus Alpha, aka Grady Louis McMurtry, “The Millenial Glow: Myth and Magic in the Marxist Ethics.” For those who tuned in late, McMurtry invoked emergency powers given him… Continue Reading
These magnificent Egyptian paintings were done by Lola D. Wolfe; a Ninth Degree member of the Ordo Templi Orients who served as Grand Secretary General under Hymenaeus Alpha (aka Grady L. McMurtry). On July 3rd, 1982 e.v. Lola was chartered to… Continue Reading
The Grady McMurtry Project is a website is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Grady L. McMurtry, also known as Hymenaeus Alpha 777, hosted by Blazing Star, O.T.O. The online introduction explains: “The Grady McMurtry Project” takes its name from the… Continue Reading
July 12 was the 30th anniversary of the Greater Fest of Major Grady Louis McMurtry, Gnostic Saint and first head of Ordo Templi Orientis following the death of Karl Germer, who celebrated his Greater Feast without specifying a successor. This… Continue Reading
In 1981, initiates of the Ordo Templi Orientis began performing Aleister Crowley’s Rites of Eleusis dramas in California. Revived by Lady Chandria and Vandimir McAirt, backyard productions of these mythic dramas became popular and took on a life of their… Continue Reading