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Marcelo Ramos Motta (Jul 27th, 1931 e.v. - Aug 26th, 1987 e.v.) was the first Thelemic writer in Brazil, a member of Astrum Argentum, and founder of the Brazilian Society Ordo Templi Orientis.

Marcelo Motta was born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Very little is known about his childhood, only that he was born into a German family and received a very strict education, amplified by his admission to the Military Academy of Rio de Janeiro. His father was a follower of the doctrine of Allan Kardec and his mother was Catholic. According to Motta, by the age of 11 he had read the books of Eliphas Levi, Papus, Blavatsky, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Patânjali, Paraclesus and Arnold Krumm-Heller. Through Krumm-Heller's work, he became interested in the Rosicrucian mysteries. But his first contact with a true Rosicrucian society, the Brazilian branch of AMORC, did not satisfy him, and he started his search for an initiatory school of the sort he found in Krumm-Heller's novel "Rose-Croix."

Motta had a deep disgust for Catholicism (the predominant religion in Brazil), which he saw as the disruption of the will to live. For the rest of his life, he was occupied with a vision of the Anti-Christ as he perceived it, extant in Rome.

During his time at the military academy, he became interested in Astrology and Tarot, among other esoteric topics. At the age of 17 he made contact with the Fraternitas Rosacruciana Antiqua, Krumm-Heller's Rosicrucian order where Motta took his first initiations in 1948, at the age of 17. Local political tension impelled him to move to Europe and then to the United States. His mission on this voyage, given by the Brazilian leadership of the FRA, was to meet Parsival Krumm-Heller (son of Arnond Krumm-Heller and then legal leader of FRA) and mediate the contacts between the Brazilian group and the international leadership.

Motta's first contact with Thelema was through J. Symond's book The Great Beast. Later, in the USA, P. Krumm-Heller introduced Motta to Karl Germer, leader of the Ordo Templi Orientis at that time. Germer gave to Motta the choice between O.T.O. and A.'.A.'. and Motta chose the latter.

Returning to Brazil in 1962, Motta translated and published Crowley's Liber Aleph and "Calling the Sons of the Sun," the first Thelemic writings published in Brazil. From this year to 1987, Motta had numerous A.'.A.'. students under his tutelage, and tried to establish an O.T.O. Lodge in Brazil, though he was never a member of Ordo Templi Orientis.

Marcelo Motta was the instructor of two very well known A.'. A.'. probationers, Paulo Coelho and Raul Seixas. Another famous student of Motta's was Euclydes Lacerda de Almeida, who later founded two Thelemic groups in Brazil, the Ordem dos Cavaleiros de Thelema (Order of Knights of Thelema) and the Sociedade Novo Aeon (New Aeon Society).

In 1978 Motta tried a take-over of the leadership of O.T.O. from Grady McMurtry. According to some sources, Germer told his wife, Sasha, that he left the control of O.T.O. to Motta. Sasha wrote a letter to Motta to this effect, but he never received it. Nevertheless, Motta tried to assume O.T.O. leadership. But in legal proceedings that took place in the US, his claim to the leadership and copyrights of Crowley's Order and work were dismissed. He then founded S.-O.T.O., a group wholly separate from the O.T.O.

Motta never had any kind of economic stability, jumping from job to job and making a living as an English teacher, aided by the help of his followers at S.-O.T.O.. He died on August 26th, 1987, at the city of Teresópolis (Brazil) at the age of 53. Motta was, allegedly and by his own admission, an alcoholic who suffered from extreme paranoid delusions (for example, he reportedly believed that he was the real target of the JFK assassination, that the CIA and Israeli secret service were targeting him for decades, etc.).

Today, in Brazil, Frater Thor ( Euclydes Lacerda de Almeida) keeps his memory with A.'.A.'. .

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Motta Groups

Marcelo Motta founded two Thelemic groups in Brazil:

Ordem de Thelema (Order of Thelema)
Society Ordo Templi Orientis
Adjuvo(Motta)'s branch of A.'.A.'. in Brazil (http://www.astrumargentum.org)

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-Marcelo Ramos Motta (Jul 27th, 1931 [[EV|e.v.]] - Aug 26th, 1987[[EV|e.v.]]) was the fist thelemic writer in Brazil, member of [[A.'.A.'.|Astrum Argentum]] and founder of the brazilian [[Society Ordo Templi Orientis]].
+Marcelo Ramos Motta (Jul 27th, 1931 [[EV|e.v.]] - Aug 26th, 1987 [[EV|e.v.]]) was the first Thelemic writer in Brazil, a member of [[A.'.A.'.|Astrum Argentum]], and founder of the Brazilian [[Society Ordo Templi Orientis]].
-Marcelo Motta was born in July 27th, 1931 e.v. at the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Very few is known about his childhood, only that he was born inside a german family, receiving a very strict education, amplificated by his admission at the Military Academy of Rio de Janeiro. His father was a follower of the doctrine of Allan Kardec (very popular in Brazil) and his mother was catholic and was the most present and important figure on Motta's life. According his legend, at the age of 11 he had read the books of [[Alphonse Louis Constant|Eliphas  Levi]],  [[Papus]],  [[Helena Blavatsky|Blavatsky]],  [[Edward Bulwer-Lynton]], [[Patânjali]],  [[Paracelso]] and [[Arnold Krumm-Heller]]. Because of his link with Krumm-Heller's work, he became interested in the [[Rosicrucians|Rosicrucian]] mysteries, what became his most deep research topic. But his first contact with an true rosacrucian society, the brazilain branch of [[Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis|AMORC]], did not sactisfied him and he started his search for an initiatory school at as he found in Krumm-Heller's novel "Rose-Croix".
+Marcelo Motta was born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Very little is known about his childhood, only that he was born into a German family and received a very strict education, amplified by his admission to the Military Academy of Rio de Janeiro. His father was a follower of the doctrine of Allan Kardec and his mother was Catholic. According to Motta, by the age of 11 he had read the books of [[Alphonse Louis Constant|Eliphas  Levi]],  [[Gerard Encausse|Papus]],  [[Helena Blavatsky|Blavatsky]],  [[Edward Bulwer-Lytton]], [[Patânjali]],  [[Paraclesus]] and [[Arnold Krumm-Heller]]. Through Krumm-Heller's work, he became interested in the [[Rosicrucians|Rosicrucian]] mysteries. But his first contact with a true Rosicrucian society, the Brazilian branch of [[Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis|AMORC]], did not satisfy him, and he started his search for an initiatory school of the sort he found in Krumm-Heller's novel "Rose-Croix."
-Motta had a deep disguise for the catholicism (predominant religion in Brazil), that was defined by him as the disruption of the will to live. Motta said that once he had a glance of the true mean of cristianity of Rome in the world and the own [[Anti-Christ]] was there, and that vision became present, for the rest of his life, at his writings and very life.
+Motta had a deep disgust for Catholicism (the predominant religion in Brazil), which he saw as the disruption of the will to live.  For the rest of his life, he was occupied with a vision of the [[Anti-Christ]] as he perceived it, extant in Rome.
-His times at the Military Academy of Rio de Janeiro gave him a sense of dotu and discipline, which he applied on his occult researches. At those times he got great interest in Astrology, Tarot and so on. Those interests were not vey common among the M.A. studants, what made him a some kind of "freak", but gave him some knowledge to take argues with his Philosophy teacher that became famous for years. A great degree of miopy blocked his admission at the brazilian Air Force School, takin him out of the military career.
+During his time at the military academy, he became interested in Astrology and Tarot, among other esoteric topics. At the age of 17 he made contact with the [[Fraternitas Rosacruciana Antiqua]], Krumm-Heller's Rosicrucian order where Motta took his first initiations in 1948, at the age of 17. Local political tension impelled him to move to Europe and then to the United States. His mission on this voyage, given by the Brazilian leadership of the FRA, was to meet Parsival Krumm-Heller (son of Arnond Krumm-Heller and then legal leader of FRA) and mediate the contacts between the Brazilian group and the international leadership.
-At the age of 17 he took contact with the [[Fraternitas Rosacruciana Antiqua]], Krumm-Heller's rosacrucian order where Motta took his first initiations in 1948, at the age of 17. The crescent state of familiar tension impeled him to move to Europe and then to USA, where he completed his studies of English Language. For this voyage he had, by request of brazilian leadershipf of FRA, the mission of to meet Parsival Krumm-Heller (son of Arnond Krumm-Heller and then lelgal leader of FRA) and intermediate the contacts of the brazilian group and the international leadership.
+Motta's first contact with Thelema was through J. Symond's book ''The Great Beast''. Later, in the USA, P. Krumm-Heller introduced Motta to [[Karl Germer]], leader of the [[Ordo Templi Orientis]] at that time. Germer gave to Motta the choice between [[Ordo Templi Orientis|O.T.O.]] and [[A.'.A.'.]] and Motta chose the latter.
-The first contact of Motta with Thelema was by the book "The Great Beast", from J. Symons, that he read at Portugal. Those was a partial biography of Aleister Crowley and brought to him a lot of questions. He saw lots of conections between the Law of Thelema and parts of his initiations at FRA, but he had never heard about Thelema or Crowley, or even Master Therion. And more, the book gave him some serious doubts about the Crowley's initiations because that biography showed Crowley as a Satanist. Asking P. Krumm-Heller about that, received from his superior lots of material about Thelema and Crowley, readings that changem completly Motta's oppinion about Aleister Crowley and his methods and philosophy. Latter, in USA, P. Krumm-Heller introduces Motta to [[Karl Germer]], leader of the [[Ordo Templi Orientis]] by that times. Germer gave to Motta the choice among [[Ordo Templi Orientis|O.T.O.]] and [[A.'.A.'.]] and Motta choosed tha last one.
+Returning to Brazil in 1962, Motta translated and published Crowley's ''Liber Aleph'' and "Calling the Sons of the Sun," the first Thelemic writings published in Brazil. From this year to 1987, Motta had numerous A.'.A.'. students under his tutelage, and tried to establish an O.T.O. Lodge in Brazil, though he was never a member of Ordo Templi Orientis.
-His period in USA also resulted on the mariage with an unnamed woman, from who he divorced latter, and with the born of two also unnamed children. He ever refused to talk about this aspect of his life.
+Marcelo Motta was the instructor of two very well known A.'. A.'. probationers, [[Paulo Coelho]] and [[Raul Seixas]].  Another famous student of Motta's was [[Euclydes Lacerda de Almeida]], who later founded two Thelemic groups in Brazil, the Ordem dos Cavaleiros de Thelema ([[Order of Knights of Thelema]]) and the Sociedade Novo Aeon ([[New Aeon Society]]).
-Returning to Brazil, in 1962, Motta translates and publiches Crowley's "Liber Aleph" and, later, "Calling the Sons of the Sun", the fist thelemic writing in Brazil. From this year to 1987 Motta, as a true member of A.'.A.'. had numerous studants, even americans, under his tutel. He also tried to stablish an O.T.O. Lodge in Brazil, what was strange because he never was a member of Ordo Templi Orientis.
+In 1978 Motta tried a take-over of the leadership of O.T.O. from [[Grady McMurtry]]. According to some sources, Germer told his wife, Sasha, that he left the control of O.T.O. to Motta. Sasha wrote a letter to Motta to this effect, but he never received it. Nevertheless, Motta tried to assume O.T.O. leadership. But in legal proceedings that took place in the US, his claim to the leadership and copyrights of Crowley's Order and work were dismissed.  He then founded [[Society Ordo Templi Orientis|S.-O.T.O.]], a group wholly separate from the O.T.O.
-Marcelo Motta was the instructor of two very well known A.'. A.'. [[Probationists]], [[Paulo Coelho]] e [[Raul Seixas]]. Coelho later had abbandoned Thelema and started to follow the catholic misticism, mixed with some [[Sufi]] knowledge and some kind of "candy" Thelemic philosophy. Those mix was translated to lots of best-seller books that gave Coelho a great degree of international projection. Seixas, a musician, left any kind of thelemic and magic formal training but followed the principles of Thelema for all his life and even today lots of people in Brazil listen his songs and take contact with Thelema without even to know this.
+Motta never had any kind of economic stability, jumping from job to job and making a living as an English teacher, aided by the help of his followers at S.-O.T.O.. He died on August 26th, 1987, at the city of Teresópolis (Brazil) at the age of 53. Motta was, allegedly and by his own admission, an alcoholic who suffered from extreme paranoid delusions (for example, he reportedly believed that he was the real target of the JFK assassination, that the CIA and Israeli secret service were targeting him for decades, etc.).
-Another famos Motta's studant was [[Euclydes Lacerda de Almeida]], who later founded two Thelemic groups in Brazil, the Ordem dos Cavaleiros de Thelema ([[Order of Knights of Thelema]]) and the Sociedade Novo Aeon ([[New Aeon Society]]).
+Today, in Brazil, Frater Thor ( [[Euclydes Lacerda de Almeida]]) keeps his memory with  A.'.A.'. .
-In 1978 Motta tried a take over of the leadership of O.T.O. from [[Graddy McMutrry]]. Accordin someones, Germer would said to his whife, [[Sasha Germer|Sasha]] that he left the control of O.T.O. to Motta. Sasha would wrote a letter to Motta with this information. But there were never any kind of confirmation of this and even Motta said that he never received that letter. But even so Motta, who was never a member of the Ordem, tried to assume O.T.O. leadership. But in a legal process taht took place in USA, was decided that had no right to claim that, nor the copyrights of Crowleys work. This resulted in the foundation of [[Society Ordo Templi Orientis|S.-O.T.O.]], not even a dissidence form O.T.O. bur a whole new group.
-Motta never had any kind of economic stability, jumping from a job to another and living most of his studants as an English teacher and from the help of his folowers at S.-O.T.O.. He died on August 26th, 1987, at the city of Teresópolis (Brazil) at the age of 53. Motta was, allegedly and by his own admission, an alcoholic who suffered from extreme paranoid delusions (for example, he reportedly believes that he was the real target of the JFK assassination, the CIA and Israeli secret service were targeting him for decades, etc.).
 ==Motta Groups==
-Marcelo Motta founded two thelemic oriented groups in Brazil:
+Marcelo Motta founded two Thelemic groups in Brazil:
 * Ordem de Thelema ([[Order of Thelema]])
 * [[Society Ordo Templi Orientis]]
+*[http://www.astrumargentum.org Adjuvo(Motta)'s branch of A.'.A.'. in Brazil]