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Wanga

2005-11-02T13:17:32Z

Deloyola:

Wanga (or Mare Wanga) is one of the magical practicises of the [[Voodoo]], related to the [[patuá]] of Brazilian [[Candomblé]]. It´s made of certain materials (the exact nature of them varies form Wanga to Wanga, according the desired results) that are conected inside bootle or pocket. The recipient is then closed and carried by protection, healing or luck.

Each Wanga is dedicated do a certain [[Lwa]], being closed by a certain tie knew as the [[Lwa]]'s "point". The point brings the energy of that Lwa to inside the Wanga. Specialy powerfull Wangas may need also a full ritual to accomplish, with songs and dances related to that [[Lwa]].

Glossary of Thelema

2005-11-02T13:09:40Z

Deloyola: /* O */

This is a glossary of terms found within the religion and philosophy of [[Thelema]].

With only a few exceptions, please refrain from listing terms found within the field of [[magick]], which should instead be listed in the [[Glossary of Magick]].
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==0-9==
*'''[[0=2]].'''
*'''[[Numbers in Thelema|11]].'''
*'''[[Numbers in Thelema|31]].'''
*'''[[Numbers in Thelema|56]].'''
*'''[[93]].''' A number which symbolizes "Thelema" and "Agape". Often used as a shorthand for the Law of Thelema, and used as an informal greeting between Thelemites.
*'''[[Numbers in Thelema|418]].'''
*'''[[Numbers in Thelema|666]].'''
==A==
*'''[[A.'.A.'.]].'''
*'''[[Abrahadabra]].'''
*'''[[Abramelin]].'''
*'''[[Abyss]].'''
*'''[[Aeon]].'''
*'''[[Agape]].'''
*'''[[Aiwass]].'''
*'''[[Ankh-af-na-khonsu]].'''
*'''[[AUMGN]].'''

==B==
*'''[[Babalon]].'''
*'''[[Baphomet]].'''
*'''The Beast.'''
*'''Black Brothers.'''
*'''[[Body of Light]].'''
*'''[[Boleskine]].'''
*'''[[The Book of the Law]].'''
*'''[[Book of Thoth]].'''
==C==
*'''[[Cake of Light]].'''
*'''[[Cefalu]].'''
*'''[[City of the Pyramids]].'''
*'''[[Chaos]].'''
*'''[[Aleister Crowley|Crowley, Aleister]].'''
==D==

==E==
*'''[[Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica]].'''
*'''[[Equinox of the Gods]].'''
==F==

==G==
*'''[[Genius]].'''
*'''[[Gnosis]].'''
*'''[[Godform]].'''
*'''[[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|Golden Dawn]].'''
*'''[[The Gnostic Mass|Gnostic Mass]].'''
*'''Grade.'''
*'''[[The Great Work|Great Work]].'''
==H==
*'''[[Hadit]].'''
*'''[[Holy Guardian Angel]].'''
*'''[[Horus]].'''
==I==
*'''[[IAO]].'''
*'''[[IHVH]].'''
*'''Imperator.'''
*'''[[INRI]].'''
==J==

==K==
*'''[[Khabs]].'''
*'''[[Khu]].'''
*'''[[Kiblah]].'''
==L==
*'''[[Lamen]].'''
*'''Law of Thelema.'''
*'''Liber.'''
*'''[[The Book of the Law|Liber AL]].'''
*'''[[The Book of the Law|Liber Legis]].'''
*'''[[LVX]].'''
==M==
*'''[[Macrocosm]].'''
*'''[[Magick]].'''
*'''[[Microcosm]].'''
*'''[[M.'.M.'.M.'.]].'''
==N==
*'''[[Night of Pan]].'''
*'''[[NOX]].'''
*'''[[Nuit]].'''
==O==
*'''[[Obeah]].'''
*'''[[Wanga]].'''
*'''[[Ordo Templi Orientis]].'''

==P==
*'''[[Pax Templi]].'''
*'''Praemonstrator.'''
==Q==
*'''[[Qabalah]].'''
==R==
*'''[[Ra-Hoor-Khuit]].'''
*'''[[Rood]].'''
*'''[[Rosy Cross]].'''
==S==
*'''[[Secret Chiefs]].'''
*'''[[Stele of Revealing]].'''
==T==
*'''[[Tetragrammaton]].'''
*'''[[Thelema]].'''
*'''Thelemite.'''
*'''[[To Mega Therion]].'''
*'''[[Tree of Life]].'''
*'''[[True Will]].'''
==U==

==V==

==W==
*'''[[Wanga]].'''
*'''[[Will]].'''
==X==

==Y==

==Z==

[[Category:Thelema]][[Category:Glossaries]]

Obeah

2005-11-02T13:01:08Z

Deloyola:

The Obeah refers to the Jamaican afro-american religion related to Brazilian [[Candomblé]], the Caribean [[Santeria]] or the Haitian [[Voodoo]].

In the Jamaican patois the term "Obeah Mon", or "Obeah Man" means "Father of the Saints", where the "Saints" are the gods and other spiritual entities.

The Obeah is an initiatory and secret religion, practiced onlu by a selected few. To an Obeah Mon is alowed the use of any religious or magic system fueled by the powers of the Obeah but, depending of the case, he may concern to the repercutions from the gods and the natural order of the things caused by his acts.

Obeah

2005-11-02T12:52:22Z

Deloyola: Religions

The Obeah refers to the Jamaican afro-american religion related to Brazilian Candomblé, the Caribean Santeria or the Haitian Voodoo.

In the Jamaican patois the term "Obeah Mon", or "Obeah Man" means "Father of the Saints", where the "Saints" are the gods and other spiritual entities.

Esoteric Organizations

2005-05-30T18:20:14Z

Deloyola:

*[[Ordo Templi Orientis]]
*[[A.'.A.'.]]
*[[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|The Golden Dawn]]
*[[Freemasonry]]
*[[Knights Templar]]
*[[Abbey of Thelema]]

* [[Society Ordo Templi Orientis]] (non-O.T.O. group)

*[[Ancient Rosae Crucis]]
*[[Builders of the Adytum]]
*[[Fraternitas L.V.X. Occulta]]
*[[Fraternitas Rosae Crucis]]
*[[Theosophical Society]]
*[[Rosicrucians]]
*[[Hermetic Brotherhood of Light]]
*[[Order of the Eastern Star]]
*[[Typhonian OTO]]
*[[Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia]]
*[[Martinism]]

Esoteric Organizations

2005-05-30T18:19:38Z

Deloyola:

Esoteric Organizations

2005-05-30T18:18:54Z

Deloyola:

*[[Ordo Templi Orientis]]
*[[A.'.A.'.]]
*[[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|The Golden Dawn]]
*[[Freemasonry]]
*[[Knights Templar]]
*[[Abbey of Thelema]]

* [[Society - Ordo Templi Orientis]]

*[[Ancient Rosae Crucis]]
*[[Builders of the Adytum]]
*[[Fraternitas L.V.X. Occulta]]
*[[Fraternitas Rosae Crucis]]
*[[Theosophical Society]]
*[[Rosicrucians]]
*[[Hermetic Brotherhood of Light]]
*[[Order of the Eastern Star]]
*[[Typhonian OTO]]
*[[Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia]]
*[[Martinism]]

Esoteric Organizations

2005-05-30T18:18:37Z

Deloyola:

Marcelo Ramos Motta

2005-05-30T18:17:44Z

Deloyola:

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 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]], [[Blavatsky]], [[Edward Bulwer-Lynton]], [[Patânjali]], [[Paracelso]] and [[Arnold Krumm-Heller]]. Because of his link with Krumm-Heller's work, he became interested in the [[Rosacrucians]] 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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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]]).

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:

* Ordem de Thelema ([[Order of Thelema]])
* [[Society Ordo Templi Orientis]]

Society Ordo Templi Orientis

2005-05-30T18:15:55Z

Deloyola: Society founded by [[Marcelo Ramos Motta] in Brazil, copying the structure and rituals from O.T.O.

Founded by [[Marcelo Ramos Motta]] in 1978[[EV|e.v.]] in Brazil, trully had never any kind of link (magical, traditional ou legal) with the original [[Ordo Templi Orientis]]. S.-O.T.O. is described as a "fraternal organization", incorporated as a church in 1978 after Motta reportedly had a falling-out with the three remaining contemporaries of the founder of O.T.O. ([[Aleister Crowley]], 1875-1947) who had joined together and restarted O.T.O. in California after 1969.

By the laws of S.-O.T.O., Motta should receive regularly the diaries keept form all the members, who also had to sent to Motta even their personal correspondence for review. He was the sole decision-maker and all commitments in life were subject to his approval, especially any involvements with anyone outside the group. If someone was accused to say something that was not from Motta's approval, the member could be sanctioned in various levels by Motta. His mannes was so hostile that almost all the members left the group, but the most devoted followers. To affiliate it was required to sign a "letter patent" (with the legal value of a contract) which demanded a payment of 1,000 times the anual salary of the candidate if (s)he revealed anything considered secret - also nude pictures of the candidadte was demanded along the applications.

Motta claimed a unique and privileged access to the "Truth" and anyone who questioned his "spiritual authority" was therefore "insane" and "diseased" and had to be "cut off". As he kept all the personal diaries of all the members he could twist the informations found there as "proofs" of his accusations. Motta wrote in his S.-O.T.O. Constitution that members could call for the "elimination of the culprit" for anyone expelled for "crimes" against SOTO. In other places he makes it clear that "traitors" should be killed. Leaving SOTO was your "magical death".

==S.-O.T.O. Today==

The integrity of the group was held most by the strong personality of Marcelo Motta. After his death almost all brazilian members spread and Motta's legacy was kept by two of his international folowers. Those ones splited S.-O.T.O. in two different groups, each one claiming to be not the only "true" Society O.T.O. but the only "true" Ordo Templi Orientis.

Those two groups are commanded by David Bersson ("Frater Sphinx") of Pittsburgh, PA and William Barden ("Frater Thelema") of Melbourne, Australia. Both, most Bersson, use to threaten former members and "enemies", with death, eternal damnation and a stream of abusive, libellous, privacy-invading invective and lies. Everyone who left their group or who disagrees with them will be ceaselessly defamed because all them should have been "executed" years ago for their "crimes".

Another group that emmerged from S.-O.T.O. was the [[H.O.O.R.]], the Holly Order of RaHoorKuit, that mantains a diferente kind of work from its brother-groups.

S.-O.T.O. was always a tiny group, with less than 100 members at its height over several countries.

Society Ordo Templi Orientis

2005-05-30T18:15:36Z

Deloyola: Society founded by [[Marcelo Ramos Motta] in Brazil, copying the structure and rituals from O.T.O.

Founded by [[Marcelo Ramos Motta]] in 1978[[EV|e.v.]] in Brazil, trully had never any kind of link (magical, traditional ou legal) with the original [[Ordo Templi Orientis]]. S.-O.T.O. is described as a "fraternal organization", incorporated as a church in 1978 after Motta reportedly had a falling-out with the three remaining contemporaries of the founder of O.T.O. ([[Aleister Crowley]], 1875-1947) who had joined together and restarted O.T.O. in California after 1969.

By the laws of S.-O.T.O., Motta should receive regularly the diaries keept form all the members, who also had to sent to Motta even their personal correspondence for review. He was the sole decision-maker and all commitments in life were subject to his approval, especially any involvements with anyone outside the group. If someone was accused to say something that was not from Motta's approval, the member could be sanctioned in various levels by Motta. His mannes was so hostile that almost all the members left the group, but the most devoted followers. To affiliate it was required to sign a "letter patent" (with the legal value of a contract) which demanded a payment of 1,000 times the anual salary of the candidate if (s)he revealed anything considered secret - also nude pictures of the candidadte was demanded along the applications.

Motta claimed a unique and privileged access to the "Truth" and anyone who questioned his "spiritual authority" was therefore "insane" and "diseased" and had to be "cut off". As he kept all the personal diaries of all the members he could twist the informations found there as "proofs" of his accusations. Motta wrote in his S.-O.T.O. Constitution that members could call for the "elimination of the culprit" for anyone expelled for "crimes" against SOTO. In other places he makes it clear that "traitors" should be killed. Leaving SOTO was your "magical death".

===S.-O.T.O. Today===

The integrity of the group was held most by the strong personality of Marcelo Motta. After his death almost all brazilian members spread and Motta's legacy was kept by two of his international folowers. Those ones splited S.-O.T.O. in two different groups, each one claiming to be not the only "true" Society O.T.O. but the only "true" Ordo Templi Orientis.

Those two groups are commanded by David Bersson ("Frater Sphinx") of Pittsburgh, PA and William Barden ("Frater Thelema") of Melbourne, Australia. Both, most Bersson, use to threaten former members and "enemies", with death, eternal damnation and a stream of abusive, libellous, privacy-invading invective and lies. Everyone who left their group or who disagrees with them will be ceaselessly defamed because all them should have been "executed" years ago for their "crimes".

Another group that emmerged from S.-O.T.O. was the [[H.O.O.R.]], the Holly Order of RaHoorKuit, that mantains a diferente kind of work from its brother-groups.

S.-O.T.O. was always a tiny group, with less than 100 members at its height over several countries.

Marcelo Ramos Motta

2005-05-30T17:49:41Z

Deloyola: The fist thelemic writer in Brazil, member of 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 fist thelemic writer in Brazil, 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]], [[Blavatsky]], [[Edward Bulwer-Lynton]], [[Patânjali]], [[Paracelso]] and [[Arnold Krumm-Heller]]. Because of his link with Krumm-Heller's work, he became interested in the [[Rosacrucians]] 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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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]]).

In the early 80's 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. From the later 70's he manifested some paranoyd feelings that got stronger until become a true mental disorder at the end of his life.

==Motta Groups==

Marcelo Motta founded two thelemic oriented groups in Brazil:

* Ordem de Thelema ([[Order of Thelema]])
* [[Society Ordo Templi Orientis]]

Marcelo Ramos Motta

2005-05-30T17:48:15Z

Deloyola: Biography of Marcelo Ramos Motta

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 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]], [[Blavatsky]], [[Edward Bulwer-Lynton]], [[Patânjali]], [[Paracelso]] and [[Arnold Krumm-Heller]]. Because of his link with Krumm-Heller's work, he becane interested in the [[Rosacrians]] 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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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]]).

In the early 80's 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. From the later 70's he manifested some paranoyd feelings that got stronger until become a true mental disorder at the end of his life.

==Motta Groups==

Marcelo Motta founded two thelemic oriented groups in Brazil:

* Ordem de Thelema ([[Order of Thelema]])
* [[Society Ordo Templi Orientis]]

Marcelo Ramos Motta

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Deloyola: Biography of Marcelo Ramos Motta

Marcelo Ramos Motta (Jul 27th, 1931 [[EV|e.v.]] - Aug 26th, 1987[[EV|e.v.]]) was the fist thelemic writer in Brazil, member of [[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 [[Eliphas Levi]], [[Papus]], [[Blavatsky]], [[Edward Bulwer-Lynton]], [[Patânjali]], [[Paracelso]] and [[Arnold Krumm-Heller]]. Because of his link with Krumm-Heller's work, he becane interested in the [[Rosacrians]] mysteries, what became his most deep research topic. But his first contact with an true rosacrucian society, the brazilain branch of [[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".

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.

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.

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.

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 [[Astrum Argentum|A.'.A.'.]] and Motta choosed tha last one.

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.

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.

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.

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]]).

In the early 80's 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. From the later 70's he manifested some paranoyd feelings that got stronger until become a true mental disorder at the end of his life.

==Motta Groups==

Marcelo Motta founded two thelemic oriented groups in Brazil:

* Ordem de Thelema ([[Order of Thelema]])
* [[Society Ordo Templi Orientis]]

Personalities in Thelema

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*'''[[The Gnostic Saints]]'''—listed in Liber XV, [[the Gnostic Mass]]
*'''[[Aleister Crowley]]''' (1875–1947) Prophet of [[Thelema]], Scribe of [[the Book of the Law]], OHO of [[Ordo Templi Orientis|O.T.O.]] from 1922 to 1947

==Past Grand Masters of O.T.O.==
*'''[[Karl Germer]]''' (1885-1962) Fr. Saturnus, Outer Head of O.T.O. from 1947 until his death in 1962
*'''[[Charles Stansfeld Jones]]''' (1886-1950) Fr. Parzival X° for the United States, elected Crowley as Frater Superior
*'''[[Carl Kellner]]''' (1851-1905) Fr. Renatus, spiritual founder of Ordo Templi Oriestis
*'''[[Grady McMurtry]]''' (1918-1985) Fr. Hymenaeus Alpha X°, OHO of Ordo Templi Orientis from 1965 to 1985
*'''[[Theodor Reuss]]''' (1855-1923) Fr. Merlin or Peregrinus, first OHO of Ordo Templi Orientis
*'''[[Wilfred Talbot Smith]]''' (1885-1957) Fr. Ramaka X°, first priest in a public Gnostic Mass

==Crowley's Scarlet Women==
*'''[[Rose Edith Crowley]]''' (1874-1932) Rose Edith Kelly, first wife of Aleister Crowley, the first [[Babalon|Scarlet Woman]]
*'''[[Mary Desti]]''' (1878-1927) Soror Virakam, Crowley's second Scarlet Woman
*'''[[Jane Foster]]''' Soror Hilarion
*'''[[Leah Hirsig]]''' (1883–1951) Soror Alostrael, A Scarlet Woman, companion of Crowley, co-founder of Cefalù
*'''[[Roddie Minor]]''' "The Camel"
*'''[[Maria de Miramar]]''' (1894-196?) The second wife of Aleister Crowley
*'''[[Dorothy Olsen]]''' Sr. Astrid, a Scarlet Woman; student and companion of Crowley
*'''[[Leila Waddell]]''' (1880–1932) LAYLAH, companion of Crowley, inspiration for The Book of Lies, accomplished violinist

==Notable members of O.T.O.==
*'''[[Kenneth Anger]]''' experimental filmmaker, author of ''Hollywood Babylon''
*'''[[J.F.C. Fuller]]''' (1876-1966) British general, military historian, acquaintance of Aleister Crowley
*'''[[Franz Hartmann]]''' (1838 - 1912) Theosophical and Rosicrucian scholar, co-founder of Ordo Templi Orientis
*'''[[Regina Kahl]]''' (1891-1945) member of Agape Lodge #2 O.T.O., first priestess in a public Gnostic Mass
*'''[[Heinrich Klein]]''' (?-1913) a co-founder of Ordo Templi Orientis
*'''[[Frederick Mellinger]]''' (1890-1970) Fr. Merlinus
*'''[[Hermann Metzger]]''' (1919-1990) Fr. Paragranus
*'''[[Jack Parsons]]''' (1914-1952) Fr. Belarion, co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), writer of [[The Babalon Working]], co-founder of Agape Lodge #2 O.T.O.
*'''[[Israel Regardie]]''' (1907-1985) Crowley's secretary and personal student, later a member of the Stella Matutina offshoot of the Golden Dawn, and popularizer of Golden Dawn magic
*'''[[Phyllis Seckler]]''' (1917-2004) Sr. Meral IXº O.T.O., founder College of Thelema
*'''[[Jane Wolfe]]''' (1875-1958) Sr. Estai, acquaintance of Aleister Crowley, resident at [[Cefalù]], actress in silent films

==Notable members of A.'.A.'.==
*'''[[Frank Bennett]]''' Fra. Progradior, a star pupil of Crowley's at Cefalu
*'''[[Mary Butts]]''' (1892-1937) Sor. Rhodon, literary author, resident at [[Cefalù]]
*'''[[J.F.C. Fuller]]''' Fra. Non Sine Fulmine, military officer, author of ''The Star in the West''
*'''[[George Cecil Jones]]''' Fra. Volo Noscere, member of the Golden Dawn and founder, with Aleister Crowley, of the A.'.A.'.
*'''[[Charles Stansfeld Jones]]''' (1886-1950) Fra. O.I.V.V.I.O. 8°=3# , discovered the Key of the Law
*'''[[Victor Neuburg]]''' (1883-1940) Fra. Omnia Vincam, scribe of ''The Vision and the Voice'', companion of Crowley, Poet
*'''[[C.F. Russell]]''' Fra. Genesthai
*'''[[Austin Osman Spare]]''' Fra. Yihoveaum, notable occult artist and innovative magician
*'''[[Jane Wolfe]]''' (1875-1958) Sor. Estai, acquaintance of Aleister Crowley, resident at [[Cefalù]], actress in silent films
*'''[[Gerald Yorke]]''' (1901-1983) Fra. Volo Intelligere, preeminent archivist of Crowley materials
*'''[[Marcelo Ramos Motta]]''' (1931-1987) Fra. Parsival. First Astrum Argentum instructor in South-America. Karl Germer's discupule. Author of the fist thelemic texts in Brazil ("Letter to a Mason" and "Calling the Sons of the Sun"). Musician. Founder of the Society Ordo Templi Orientis (a non-O.T.O. grop).

==Notable members of the Golden Dawn==
*'''[[Julian Baker]]''' Fra. Causa Scientiae, chemist, introduced Crowley to the Golden Dawn
*'''[[Allan Bennett]]''' (1872-1923) Fra. Iehi Aour, member of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|Golden Dawn]], teacher of Aleister Crowley, founder of the Buddhist Society
*'''[[Dion Fortune]]''' (1891-1946) member of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|Golden Dawn]], esoteric author, founder of the ''Society of the Inner Light''
*'''[[George Cecil Jones]]''' Fra. D.D.S., member of the Golden Dawn and founder, with Aleister Crowley, of the A.'.A.'.
*'''[[Samuel Mathers]]''' (1854-1918) Fra. Deo Duce Comite Ferro, founder of the Golden Dawn, teacher and later enemy of Crowley
*'''[[A.E. Waite]]''' (1857-1942) occultist, co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck, member of the Golden Dawn, founder of the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross
*'''[[William Butler Yeats]]''' (1865-1939) Fra. Demon est Deus Inversus, poet, mystic, member of the Golden Dawn
*'''[[William Wynn Westcott]]''' (1848-1925) Fra. Non Omnis Moriar, co-founder of the Golden Dawn, Supreme Magus of S.R.I.A., Freemason, member Theosophical Society

==Personalities in Gnosticism==
*'''[[Jean Bricaud]]''' (1881-1934) A founder of the Gnostic Catholic Church
*'''[[Jules Doinel]]''' (1842-1903) founder of The Gnostic Church
*'''[[Gerard Encausse|Gérard Encausse]]''' (1865-1916) A founder of the Gnostic Catholic Church

==Other occult personalities==
*'''[[Helena Blavatsky]]''' (1831-1891) Founder of the [[Theosophical Society]]
*'''[[John Dee]]''' (1527-1608) British mathematician, astronomer and consultant to Elizabeth I; discoverer of Enochian magick
*'''[[Anna Kingsford]]''' (1846-1888) author; founder and leader of the Hermetic Society
*'''[[Alphonse Louis Constant|Eliphas Levi]]''' (1810-1875) a highly influential magician of the 19th century, author of ''Transcendental Magic''.
*'''[[Paschal Beverly Randolph]]''' (1825-1875)Brotherhood of Eulis, Fratres Rosae Crucis, H.B. of L.
*'''[[Harry Smith]]''' (1923-1991) filmmaker, ethnomusicologist, folklorist, archivist, E.G.C. bishop
*'''[[John Yarker]]''' (1833-1913) English Masonic scholar and organizer, issued charters used by [[Theodor Reuss]] to establish Masonic features of O.T.O.

11

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Deloyola:

The number 11 means, in the Tree of Life, the Sphere of [[Daath]]. In the Hebraic Language [[Daath]] means "knowledge" or "Abyss", being the [[Sephirotj|Sephirah]] located in the limit between the Superior Triad ([[Kether]], [[Chockmah]] and [[Binah]]) and the [[Sephirot]] located at the more manifested world. [[Daath]] is where takes place fenomenom usualy known as the "[[Black Night of the Soul]]", when the adept stands at the mental state represented by the [[daemon]] [[Choronzon]]. Transpass this state of the mind is essencial to reach the consecution of the [[Great Work]]. To reach [[Daath]] is necessary, first, to take contact with the [[Holly Guardian Angel]], who conducts the adept and helps him to reach the [[Abyss]] safely.
This number also have the simbolism of the unipn of the [[Microcosmos]] and the [[Macrocosmos]], as the sum of the 5 and the 6, being the 5 related to the [[Pentagram]] and the 6 related to the [[Hexagram]]. So, 11 joins the meanings of both the correlations and means the All.