Oh boy. I suppose the time has come to start introducing you to the Ordo Templi Orientis (“Order of the Temple of the East”). You’ll often see them refer to themselves as the O.T.O., and that’s because their abbreviation has…certain…symbolism. Founded by German theosophists (because of course it was), the O.T.O. was an attempted revivalContinue reading “Devious Poetry (part six)”
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Devious Poetry (part five)
The ankh is an Egyptian heiroglyph which means “life”, or “the key of life”. In fact, it is a magical symbol to wish life and health for someone, which explains how Isis was able to bring Osiris back from the dead. The ankh is also a portal between life and death, which helps explain whyContinue reading “Devious Poetry (part five)”
Devious Poetry (part four)
In the last post, we discussed how the Thelemites believe we have gone through three aeons, and that the fourth is either already here, or is currently overlapping the third, or is coming very soon. Before I continue, consider the Buddhist symbolism of the yin-yang, the belief that all things should be in “perfect balance”.Continue reading “Devious Poetry (part four)”
Nick Enlowe 