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[Henk Elegeert]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_Templi_Orientis

"
Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) (Order of the Temple of the East, or the Order
of Oriental Templars) is an international fraternal and religious
organization founded at the beginning of the 20th century. English author
and occultist Aleister Crowley has become the most well known member of the
order.

Originally it was intended to be modelled after and associated with
Freemasonry,[1] but under the leadership of Aleister Crowley, O.T.O. was
reorganized around the Law of Thelema as its central religious principle.
This Law—expressed as “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" [2]
and "Love is the law, love under will” [3]—was promulgated in 1904 with the
dictation of The Book of the Law.

Similar to many secret societies, O.T.O. membership is based on an
initiatory system with a series of degree ceremonies that use ritual drama
to establish fraternal bonds and impart spiritual and philosophical
teachings.

O.T.O. also includes the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (EGC) or Gnostic
Catholic Church, which is the ecclesiastical arm of the Order. Its central
rite, which is public, is called Liber XV, or the Gnostic Mass.
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... kijk zie je, altijd wel al geweten dat er iets vreemds mee was. ;)

Henk Elegeert

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