Sunday May 13th, 2012, at 2pm
Tahuti Lodge, O.T.O.
under the aegis of Ordo Templi Orientis & Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica
is pleased to present:
A Public Celebration of Aleister Crowley's Gnostic Mass
our central ritual both public and private.
An ideal introduction into the Mysteries &anmp; Magick of O.T.O.
Presented under the auspices of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, and Ordo Templi Orientis
Between Astor Place and East 4th St.
Directly across from The Public Theater.
Elevator to the 3rd & 4th Floors.
For directions and transit info see here:
http://440studios.com/how-do-i-get-there/
For more information about Ordo Templi Orientis:
http://oto-usa.org
For more information about Tahuti Lodge, O.T.O., NYC:
http://www.tahutilodge.org
This event is Open
18+ to attend
Please RSVP For Mass by emailing: tahutilodge@tahutilodge.org
Suggested donation for this event, $10
Crowley, on writing the O.T.O. Gnostic Mass:
[The Mass of the Gnostic Catholic Church was composed] for the use of the O.T.O., the central ceremony of its public and private celebration, corresponding to the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church.
Human nature demands (in the case of most people) the satisfaction of the religious instinct, and, to very many, this may best be done by ceremonial means. I wished therefore to construct a ritual through which people might enter into ecstasy as they have always done under the influence of appropriate ritual.
In recent years, there has been an increasing failure to attain this object, because the established cults shock their intellectual convictions and outrage their common sense. Thus their minds criticize their enthusiasm; they are as unable to consummate the union of their individual souls with the universal soul as a bridegroom would be to consummate his marriage if his love were constantly reminded that its assumptions were intellectually absurd.
I resolved that my Ritual should celebrate the sublimity of the operation of universal forces without introducing disputable metaphysical theories. I would neither make nor imply any statement about nature, which would not be endorsed by the most materialistic man of science. On the surface this may sound difficult; but in practice I found it perfectly simple to combine the most rigidly rational conceptions of phenomena with the most exalted and enthusiastic celebration of their sublimity.
Please RSVP For Mass by emailing: tahutilodge@tahutilodge.org
For more on O.T.O. please visit http://www.oto-usa.org
