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1.1.: New member From: Sheri S.

2.: The Language of Orthodoxy From: Kenaz Filan

3.: TAHUTI LODGE CALENDAR OF OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVENTS for OCTOBER, 2 From: Tahuti Lodge

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1.1.: New member

Posted by: "Sheri S." sheris@rocketmail.com sheris@rocketmail.com

Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:54 pm (PDT)

Nice to meet u Leslie. I hope you find the group helpful.

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2.: The Language of Orthodoxy

Posted by: "Kenaz Filan" kenazfilan@gmail.com houngancoquilledumer

Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:56 pm (PDT)

[from http://kenazfilan.blogspot.com]

Many feel that organized
religion<http://www.amazon.com/Organized-religions-dogma-Sleeve-T-shirt/dp/B000HVLMSQ?ie=UTF8&tag=kenfil-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969>is
a barrier to spiritual attainment, not a way to heaven. The old slurs
against "Popish
tyranny<http://www.amazon.com/Annals-Progress-Persecutions-Reformed-Churches/dp/1146031408?ie=UTF8&tag=kenfil-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969>"
are now thrown at all creeds: grasping superstitious bureaucracies that
impede freedom, innovation and one's personal relationship with the Higher
Power. Hating on orthodoxies has become a favorite new orthodoxy: heresy
for heresy's sake is preferred to rigid and exclusive proclamations.

There are good reasons for these concerns. Any organization is liable to
fall prey to groupthink<http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=kenfil-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=groupthink>and
CYA behaviors. Rote memorization can replace passionate devotion:
political
jockeying and corporate in-fighting may serve its leaders better than
piety<http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=kenfil-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=a%20man%20for%20all%20seasons>.
But I wonder if we aren't missing the role organized religion can play in
grounding and effectuating the spiritual experience. Its rigidity and
conservatism can provide a powerful structure within which Ecstasy can be
transmuted into the Word and from there into the Deed.

Every language must have an underlying
grammar<http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=kenfil-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=noam%20chomsky>,
a structure upon which sounds, characters and gestures are combined in
certain constrained and predictable ways. Mystics may experience the Divine
in a lightning flash which transcends all language - but in its aftermath of
their vision they must try to incorporate the vision into their daily life.
To describe it to themselves - and later to others - they will use the words
and symbols of their culture. Of course, this incorporates a chance for
error. It also offers a way of communicating, however imperfectly, the
vision of the ineffable.

Since Freud<http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Psychology-Psychoanalysis-Beginners-ebook/dp/B002RKSQKC?ie=UTF8&tag=kenfil-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969>and
Jung<http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=kenfil-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=jung>we
have concentrated on personal interpretations of dreams: we focus on
what
the symbols mean to the dreamer. A similar focus prevails in many spiritual
and theological circles. Faced with the immanence of the Gods, we ask what
impact Their presence has on the seer. Pantheons are recast as images and
reflections of some nebulous undifferentiated Divine Force, or as
psychodramas playing out inside the shaman's skull. Their role as protectors
and progenitors of the clan, the city or the people is subjugated to their
new role as therapist: They become a resource to be tapped for
self-improvement, something to be exploited rather than worshipped.

A living tradition provides us a different lens for viewing our experience
and a different language for communicating it. It gives us access to the
teachings of others who have been touched by the
Gods<http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Down-Spirits-Traditions-Techniques/dp/159477269X?ie=UTF8&tag=kenfil-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969>,
to their techniques and their coping mechanisms: it provides information
which is vetted by centuries of profitable use. It also gives us goals and
guideposts against which we may measure our visions. This can help us to
separate the spiritual experience from wish-fulfillment. The line between
enlightenment and self-delusion can be a fine one: having history to draw
upon can provide useful checks and balances.

Orthodoxy<http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=kenfil-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=orthodoxy>forces
us to deal with uncomfortable issues in its taboos, restrictions and
moral requirements. We may approach its strictures as reformers or as
reactionaries: we may follow its rules with varying degrees of adherence.
But we must engage with and be shaped by them nonetheless: we must allow its
worldview to color our own. We must address problems we would rather avoid
and account for transgressions we might prefer to bury. In a self-led
spiritual quest, we may never find our way outside our comfort zones and may
never account for difficult questions.

Eliade<http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=kenfil-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Eliade>referred
to shamans as "technicians
of the sacred<http://www.amazon.com/Technicians-Sacred-Poetries-America-Expanded/dp/0520049128?ie=UTF8&tag=kenfil-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969>."
A similar label might be applied to those who serve in a priestly rather
than a mystical capacity. They apply the principles of their religion to
their faith-community and serve as earthly representatives of their God/s.
Their technology is their vocabulary, their mythology, their philosophy,
their skills in dealing with their congregation - the tools with which they
bring together the divine and the sacred. If their approach is less direct
and spectacular than the shamanic one, it is no less effectual. By
preserving the language of their faith, they help to ensure its
continuation.

--
kenaz filan
kenazfilan @ gmail.com | 917 267 7469
kenazfilan.blogspot.com | www.kenazfilan.com
author:
the haitian vodou handbook
vodou love magic
drawing down the spirits (w/raven kaldera)
vodou money magic
the power of the poppy (forthcoming)
the new orleans voodoo handbook (forthcoming)

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3.: TAHUTI LODGE CALENDAR OF OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVENTS for OCTOBER, 2

Posted by: "Tahuti Lodge" tahuti_lodge@yahoo.com tahuti_lodge

Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:57 pm (PDT)

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

TAHUTI LODGE
ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS
NYC

CALENDAR OF OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVENTS for
OCTOBER, 2010 EV

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Sunday, October 3, 2010 e.v., 3:00 pm

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

In Manhattan

LOCATION: SANTOS PARTY HOUSE
96 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10013
(212) 584-5492
www.santospartyhouse.com

For more information about Tahuti Lodge, O.T.O., NYC:
www.tahutilodge.org/

For more information about
Ordo Templi Orientis: http://oto-usa.org/

This Event is OPEN
18+ to attend

Please RSVP: tahutilodge@tahutilodge.org to attend
Suggested donation for this event, $10

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Thursday, October 7, 2010 e.v.

MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE STUDY GROUP

OPEN EVENT: 7:45 pm

We will be studying this most important textbook on
magick theory and practice
a chapter at a time.

Please bring your copy of MTP or download

Chapter 7: THE MAGICAL MEMORY

&

Chapter 8: OF EQUILIBRIUM, AND OF THE GENERAL AND PARTICULAR METHOD
OF PREPARATION OF THE FURNITURE OF THE TEMPLE AND OF THE INSTRUMENTS OF ART.

Please down load these from the web and read them in advance.

http://hermetic.com/crowley/book-4/chap7.html

&

http://hermetic.com/crowley/book-4/chap8.html

Although handouts will be available for participants, please read the material beforehand online so we can get a lively discussion going.

You can find the entire text of MTP online here: http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/aba/

RSVP tahutilodge@tahutilodge.org for additional information and instructions.

* * * * *

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2010 e.v.

Tahuti Lodge, Ordo Templi Orientis is proud to present

THE THOTH TAROT

WITH ACCLAIMED AUTHOR LON MILO DUQUETTE

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN MANHATTAN

4:00 – 7:00 pm

NOT TO BE MISSED!

"The Rosetta Stone of The Book of Thoth and the Thoth Tarot."
That's what critics call DuQuette's book, Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot.

For nearly 40 years the Thoth Tarot has been one of the best selling and most popular Tarot decks in the world.
Designed by the controversial magician, Aleister Crowley, and painted by Lady Frieda Harris
it is considered by many to be the most important magical object d'art of the 20th century –
It is also one of the most misunderstood.

Join Crowley expert and Certified Tarot Grand Master, Lon Milo DuQuette, for An in-depth and delightfully entertaining look at the artistic mysteries and the secrets of sexual alchemy hidden in stunning imagery of the 78 cards of the Thoth Tarot.

For more information: http://tarot.tahutilodge.org

THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN MANHATTAN

440 STUDIOS
440 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10003-6919

STUDIO 4A

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/

http://www.tahutilodge.org/

Admission is $25 in Advance
and $30 at the Door /Day of the event

Seating is VERY LIMITED.
Please reserve your seat using Paypal

For more information: http://tarot.tahutilodge.org

Send Paypal payment to: treasurer@tahutilodge.org
You will get a confirmation for your payment by email.

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010 e.v.

CROWLEYMASS

OPEN EVENT held at a Public Venue

7:00 pm

Please join the Brethren and Friends of Tahuti Lodge in celebration of our Prophet's birthday.
We will be gathering at Grassroots public house located at 20 Saint Marks Place,
New York, NY, at 7:00 pm.

Bring your favorite piece of Crowley poetry to read, share a story, and have a pint with our motley-crew
of fun-loving initiates and friends as we toast Uncle Al.

Please do not contact Grassroots Tavern for information about this event.

If you need information or directions, contact Tahuti Lodge at tahutilodge@tahutilodge.org

No need to RSVP for this event, just come on down and look for a rowdy bunch of Thelemites
Carousing under a Happy Birthday Banner.

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Saturday, October 16, 2010 e.v.

TAROT STUDY GROUP: A Continuing Series

OPEN EVENT: 4:30 PM

This Session we will explore ATU X: The Wheel of Fortune

A different card will be studied each month, in a continuing series on the Tarot.

Our aim is to provide a forum to encourage the study and exploration of Tarot.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own Tarot deck and any books they have
found helpful in understanding the topic at hand.

While Thelemic Tarot images will often be the centerpiece of our discussions,
participants are encouraged to bring a variety of decks to compare and contrast the
variety of interpretations of a given card.

So please bring our favorite deck or book and contribute to the discussion!

To RSVP for this event and receive directions, please email tahutilodge@tahutilodge.org

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Sunday, October 17,2010 e.v.

A PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF ALEISTER CROWLEY'S

LIBER XV: THE GNOSTIC MASS

OPEN EVENT – 2:00 pm

Tahuti Lodge, O.T.O., invites you to join us for a public celebration of
Liber XV: The Gnostic Mass,
our central ritual both public and private.

An ideal introduction into the Mysteries and Magick of O.T.O.

Presented under the auspices of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, and Ordo Templi Orientis

This Event will take place at our dedicated Temple

To RSVP for this event and receive directions, please email
tahutilodge@tahutilodge.org

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Saturday, October 23, 2010 e.v.

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OASIS EXPOSITION
AT
TAHUTI LODGE

Tahuti Lodge is delighted to welcome
our Brethren from Knights Templar Oasis, O.T.O., in Salem MA

for a series of short presentations on
MAGICK & INITIATION,
followed by a Public Celebration of
Aleister Crowley's Gnostic Mass

OPEN EVENTS from 2:00 –6:00 pm

2:00 pm - Thelema, Crowley, and the Yi King by Brother Steven Ryan

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

3:00 pm - Orphic Initiation: Unity Nethermost Showed by Frater Hippokleides

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

4:00 pm – Public celebration of the Gnostic Mass performed by Sister Beth, Brother Mike & Brother Steven.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Please check our website for more information on this NOT-TO-BE-MISSED exciting event!

To RSVP for this event and receive directions, please email
tahutilodge@tahutilodge.org

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Friday, October 29,2010 e.v.

SAMHAIN

RITUAL & FEAST

OPEN EVENT – 8:00 pm

You are cordially invited to join the Brethren and friends of
Tahuti Lodge, O.T.O.,
for our annual seasonal celebration of Samhain.

We invite you to please bring a dish and/or beverage to share for the feast.

To RSVP for this event and receive directions, please email
tahutilodge@tahutilodge.org

* * * * *

There is a suggested contribution for most events of $5.00 to help cover the cost of renting and maintaining our temple facility.

Love is the law, love under will.

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