Part in the Reorganization of Rosicrucianism.’ ”

(Td 39.)
The thundering, roaring lion of pseudo Rosicrucianism and fra- ternal racketeering goes to London to meet the British Lion—or, rather, the officers of the spurious AMORC of England, operating under his inspiration, to be banqueted, honored and praised some more.
And while there “Dr.’’ Lewis was “heartily welcomed” by the Bacon Society of England and made a “profoundly impressive” address on “‘Bacon’s Part in the Reorganization of Rosicrucianism. ” Some say he founded the order. Lewis also said that once—oh, well, it is all too wonderful to believe! Perhaps we should not believe it—in all probability it is not true.
Not to Glorify—But to Dezfy! For Purposes Unworthy of a God
Italics Are Ours. “T trust that my many references to the honors bestowed upon our Imperator will not appear as at- Oh, Certainly Not! tempts to glorify him. I am recording the facts [!], but I tell them with joy because I know what these Strenuous Labors! many weeks of long hours, tedious moments, sleep- less nights and ‘heavy study and thought will mean Glorious Work! to the future of our glorious work [!!] in America.
It has been a partial [?] vacation for most of us, but it has been exhausting and telling in its drain upon the mental and physical strength of our Im- To the Glory of God perator. He gives no personal acceptance to any of and for the World! the honors so generously bestowed. To him each incident is a stone in the superstructure of the Rosi- crucian work [?] in all parts of the world.” (Jd.,
p. 3/93)
To be sure no gullible or credulous person could possibly get the idea that an effort had been made in this glowing report of ful- some praise of ‘our Imperator” to glorify him. However, the observant and thoughtful may see that the attempt had been made deliberately to deify him for the unconceivably base purpose of mercenary racketeering in Brotherly Love and Holy Aspirations.
This, indeed, was a great story to tell to the paying members 494
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of AMORC, who paid the expenses of the Lewis family on their protracted “partial” vacation abroad. Certainly, it demonstrated beyond all question that the money was well spent!
This story, here told of how Lewis labored so strenuously and exhausted his physical and mental strength, in the many weeks of long hours, tedious moments, sleepless nights, of heavy study and deep thought to acquire all of these great honors so generously bestowed, not for himself personally—ah, no—but for the glorious work in America and as building stones in the superstructure of the W ork in all parts of the world, is not borne out, but is flatly contra- dicted and was entirely repudiated by his subsequent statements and testimony in court whereby he claimed all “these honors”’ and all “this authority’ was his personal property for the exclusive use and continuing benefit of himself and family, as we shall show in Chapter Six.
Thanks to Seven Governments It Is All So Wonderful!
“We are resting now in London awaiting the day when our ship shall start across the ocean for the Western World. Everywhere we have been most
Italics Are Ours. cordially treated, and in fairness to the governments
of the seven or more countries in which we have lin- Courting Favors gered for a few day or more at a time, I must say of Governments. that we have seen no unkindnesses, no unpleasant
embarrassments, no dangers of any kind, despite the stories that were so prevalent in American news- papers before we sailed on August first.
“It has been the most momentous, most far-reach-
It Was So Glorious ing and glorious period in the whole of our North for Our Imperator. American activities and very appropriately celebrates *Tis Too Bad That the quarter-century anniversary of our Imperator’s the Fuposr Failed! work in behalf of the Order.” (Jd., p. 380.)
Pretenders and racketeers must of necessity count the favors of governments. The continued existence and success of their busi- ness depends, to some extent, on the inactivities of governmental officials, hence the effort to lull them to sleep with praise. Not only has Lewis praised governments, but he has attempted to create the impression that he is very close to and highly esteemed by
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officials of governments, and he has continually had official consulate stamps placed upon letters, papers, and spurious documents, to leave the false impression that such official stamps authenticate such documents.
A “Marvelous Success’ Which “Turned to Ashes and Anon”
“T must pay our respects also to the noble men and women of Europe and other lands who made this great convention a marvelous success [!]. To bring into realization a dream of many years and to plan every detail of such a busy week is no small task. The amount of personal correspondence pass-
Italics Are Ours.
How Successful ?
Whose Dream?
Mallinger Did the Corresponding. It
Was Not So Heavy.
ing between the convention secretary and the hun- dreds [?] of representatives of various organizations throughout the world, covering a period of many
years [?], the study and classification of their sub- mitted documents, the selection of delegates and the preparation of research matter in a number of lan- guages, was an almost superhuman task for a small group of authorized [?] committeemen in Brussels. Too much appreciation can never be expressed to the Venerable [Illustrious Imperator of Europe and his staff and to Dr. Jean Mallinger.
“Now the great task of international correspond- ence falls to Dr. Mallinger’s hands and to the Fed- eration Secretary, Jllustrious Frater Marc Lanval. Every one of the Fraters and Sorores displayed the utmost consideration and enthusiasm, and it was a great pleasure to meet with these charming person- alities from so many countries.” (Jd., p. 380.)
Selection of the Delegates Important.
Who Authorized ?
Special Thanks to Jean Mallinger
Fuposi Now in Hands of Mallinger and Marc Lanval.
Throughout this report, the effort is apparent upon its face to leave the false impression that this so-called Congress or Conven- tion was a huge meeting of delegates from outstanding, worth- while and authentic Mystic Societies and Occult Orders from all over the world; that it was inspired, ordained and directed by the Great White Brotherhood, and that it was of international scope, and of vast importance, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was a small and insignificant meeting principally composed of clandestine Masons, pretenders and usurpers and representatives of fabricated
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and spurious orders, meeting with a few deceived and misguided mystics, occultists and representatives of reputable orders and societies. Indeed, as we have seen, it was, from its inception, the master scheme of an arch impostor, and the meeting—if we can dignify it by calling it a convention or congress—was at all times under his perfect control and cunning manipulation.
In view of this true state of facts, the labored effort made, in the two paragraphs last above set forth, by the use of suave tactics and silken, oily language, to leave the false impression that said meeting was a “great convention” and a “marvelous success,”’ is obviously preposterous—so much so that it must raise serious and well-founded suspicion and therefore becomes a Badge of Fraud.
However, these two paragraphs are more than Badges of Fraud. They tell the inside story and contain corroborative evidence which makes complete the proof of Lewis’ said scheme to use the meeting and some innocent, upright individuals of good standing for his personal ends and as a fraudulent device as aforesaid.
The European Confederates
The “Authorized Committeemen”’
It was Jean Mallinger, his cunning and able European confed- erate, with his newly made clandestine Masons, who constituted the “small group of authorized committeemen in Brussels’’—duly authorized by Lewis. It was Lawyer Mallinger who did all of the correspondence, not with the “hundreds of representatives of vari- ous organizations throughout the world,” covering a period of “many years,’ but during the years 1933 and 1934, principally with persons residing in Belgium, France, Italy and Switzerland. It was Dr. Mallinger who induced a few worthy men to attend, and reputable societies to send representatives to the meeting; who selected the great majority of the delegates * to control the meeting, and who called the meeting to bring “into realization a dream of many years,’ as planned and designed by Lewis in his master scheme. It was Advocate Mallinger who controlled the “‘Venerable Illustrious Imperator of Europe”’ and caused him to preside at the meeting and to praise ‘our Imperator”’ and his “great work in
8 See the Exposé of the French Masons, p. 249, supra, where it is shown that “the delegates were selected in secret session.”
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America.” It was Friend Mallinger who made the Lewistonian scheme and fraudulent device a seemingly ‘‘marvelous success.” It was International Correspondent Mallinger, assisted by Federation Secretary Marc Lanval, who took care of all of the “sub rosa” trickery and crooked business of the Fuposi after it had been fabri- cated by chicanery, under cover of deception, and who certified to the authenticity of Lewis’ spurious R. C. Order and Family Racket. Therefore, Lewis duly acknowledges such outstanding and superb services with grateful acknowledgment and inexpressible appre- ciation, thereby revealing the conspiracy with his European Masonic confederates and accepting the joint liability for their nefarious acts, which have been fully exposed and are now generally known in Europe.
Now, Mallinger was deeply interested in a scheme to set up a clandestine Masonic Supreme Grand Lodge or Sovereign Sanctuary in Europe. Lewis, who has long used Masons and Masonry to promote his spurious and fraudulent Masonic-Rose Cross business in America, was vitally interested in setting up an International R. C. Council to give plausible appearance to the regularity of his faked and spurious Rosicrucian claims and to certify to the authen- ticity of his fraternal racket or hierarchy of fraud. And, Marc Lanval, not particularly interested in Masonry or the Rosy Cross, was intent on spreading his fallacious and detestable sex doctrines and practices. Thus, the unholy trinity of usurpers, impostors and sexologists, with their strange community of divergent interests, formed an ultra sub rosa inner council of “wire-pullers” by which they controlled the Fuposli, sat in judgment upon all regular and authentic occult orders, mystic societies and fraternities of the world, and caused the Fuposi to recognize their superior worth and to certify to their unusual virtues.
Lewis, the Hierophant of the Great White Lodge of Tibet, gave Mallinger and his clandestine and expelled Masons a “Ma- sonic’ charter, recognized and authenticated their Co-Masonic lodges and female Masonry. Mallinger and Lewis approved of Lanval’s League of Heliophile Propaganda of liberty, nudism and La Karezza doctrine of sex perversion. And Lanval, the Great Chancellor, sent the kiss of peace® to our great American Imperator and certified to the Rosicrucian authenticity of his family racket
8 See our Reproduction No. 52, to be presently reviewed in the text.
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and to the regularity of his hierarchy of fraud, which finally settled all questions of Rosicrucian authority, regularity and authenticity “for us in North America.’ Therefore, in connection with this most unusual state of facts, the remaining portion of Lewis’ glow- ing account of his achievements and his “offcial’’ report of the Fuposi becomes most interesting and revealing.
Rostcrucian Authenticity Settled “For Us in North America’—But How?
Italics Are Ours. “For us in North America, this world conclave
means the ultimate and final settlement of a century- Settled by Lewis old dispute among the uninitiated seekers for the in Favor of Lewis. mystical paths. How often we in America and Can-
ada have heard it said by perplexed seekers, editors, publishers, researchers and curious alike, ‘Why does not some competent body of individuals declare Propaganda to which of the claimants for recognition are authentic Reverse the Facts. and which are merely pretenders?’ With a large number of indiscriminate publishers of alluring books claiming Rosicrucian and Great White Lodge connections on one hand and a.number of radically different movements of strange philosophies claiming Rosicrucian and mystical authenticity on the other The Devil a hand, and a sort of a free-for-all use of the word Saint Would Be! Rosicrucian and other ancient terms and symbols for purely commercial uses, it was rather disquiet- ing to the sincere and careful seeker, most especially
in America.’ (Id., p. 380.)
This fraternal racketeer and pseudo occultist humbug extraor- dinary, having created this ‘“‘century-old dispute’? some twenty-one years ago by the fabrication of his spurious Masonically promoted R. C. Order, “for purely commercial uses,”’ goes to Europe and set up his own plausible contrivance and fraudulent device which finally settled all questions of Rosicrucian authority and authenticity for us in North America.
Most criminals would create their own court, acquit themselves and create devices to carry on their careers of crime, if they were smart enough and sufficiently cunning to do so. However, when they attempt to do so they always provide the evidence for their
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own conviction and ultimately settle, beyond doubt, the question of their guilt.
The devil, when a saint he would be, assumes all the virtues of the angels and accuses the saints and angels of using their high and holy offices for unworthy purposes and “for purely commercial uses,’ then proceeds to collect royal revenues and holy tithes from his deluded victims for his own use and for the glory of his hier- archy of cunning deception with “Great White Lodge connections.”
By and with the foregoing bit of cunning propaganda to reverse the facts, Lewis has settled a Badge of Fraud upon his fraternal business and mystical enterprise that should leave no doubt in the minds of “‘perplexed seekers, editors, publishers, researchers or the curious.”
But how was the Rosicrucian authenticity of the Lewistonian hierarchy finally settled “for us in North America’? Well, that was easy. Lewis founded the Fuposr and created the “Supreme Triangle’ of competent judges, whose ‘“‘decrees must be final,’ and with the assistance of his willing and obliging confederates, Dr. Mallinger, lawyer and advocate, and Illustrious Frater Marc Lan- val, engineer and sexologist, the entire matter was settled, ex parte, and finally, and so certified under the hand and seal of Marc Lanval with the Kiss of Peace.”
However, there are two very pertinent facts and conclusive cir- cumstances which the reader and investigators must take into con- sideration in connection herewith and keep in mind, to wit:
(1) When Lewis had the opportunity to submit the question of his authority and the Rosicrucian authenticity of his organization to a competent body for investigation and final decision in America, he refused to do so.*
(2) And, when it was charged that his organization is a family racket, a delusion and a fraud, he paid Fifteen Thousand Dollars to prevent the truth being proven in an American Court,” and later went abroad and established his own court. Let us continue with his report of the proceedings in his court, which is:
10 See our Reproduction No. 52.
1 See Book Three, Volume One, pp. 131 to 171, both inclusive. 2 See Chapter One, this volume, supra.
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“A Truly Competent Body” of Last and Final Jurisdiction
Italics Are Ours. “Now a truly competent body composed of the highest recognized officers of the oldest and most authenticated mystical and initiatic orders and so- cieties of the world has examined the charters, pa- pers of origin, doctrines and teachings of each other
Vicious and False and invited all claimants to submit their evidence for Propaganda Is a similar examination. The result was the gradual Badge of Fraud. falling by the wayside of dozens of small organiza-
tions in America and Europe which could not, or would not, attempt to prove any of the claims they have been making so bombastically for many years.”
ds p2330:)
The bold arrogance with which this vicious propaganda was issued is unprecedented. It is absolutely false, and Mrs. Ralph M. Lewis did not write it. We exonerate her fully. It is the product of an unscrupulous heart and distorted imagination. It was con- ceived, written and circulated by the Imperator of the Lewistonian Hierarchy.
The “truly competent body, composed of the highest recognized officers of the oldest and most authenticated mystical and initiatic orders and societies,’ is the “Supreme Triangle,’ composed of “Dr.” H. Spencer Lewis, who fabricated his mystical racket in the year A.D., 1915; Dr. Victor Blanchard, who instituted his clandes- tine orders in the year 1920, and Mr. Danthine, “known only to the world as Sar Hieronymus,’ who became the Dean of the fabricated Rose »k Croix University of Belgium and the spurious AMORC of Europe about the year 1932 or 1933, A.D. As for hoary age, these bodies fail to qualify, and as to the competency of the above-named gentlemen to pass upon the teachings, doctrines and authenticity of the occult orders, mystic societies and fraternities of the world— why, it is ridiculous—a huge Joke, a crude buffoonery !
Lewis has put his brother members of the ‘Supreme Triangle” in an embarrassing position. Neither Blanchard nor Danthine has laid claims to such competency or asserted such prerogatives. The truth of the matter is that neither the delegates nor persons in the meeting nor members of the Fuposi, nor the “Imperators”’ of the “Supreme Triangle” examined or passed upon the teachings, doc-
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trines and charters of any of the organizations represented at the meeting. That was not the purpose of the meeting. Lewis and Mallinger only invited a few authentic organizations to participate —and only those they felt sure they could deceive and use—their credentials needed no examination or certification. As to their own, they knew they could not stand the test, so they certified to them in the manner aforesaid.
Now, the authentic Rose Cross Orders in Europe and America were not invited to participate or “to submit their evidence for similar examination,” and they did not fall by the ‘“‘wayside because they could not, or would not, attempt to prove any of the claims they have been making so bombastically for so many years.” That is willful and vicious propaganda, vociferously made by a bombastic pretender. It is a grandiloquent Badge of Fraud.
When Impostors Judge They Become “Eminent H1storians”
Italics Are Ours. “The fourteen organizations or orders finally rec- Eminent Historians— ognized by the eminent historians and archivists of Mallinger, Lanval Europe and having indisputable authenticity and and ‘‘Dr.” Lewis! recognized authorization, include those which have
been known to students and investigators for four centuries or more or trace their continuous exist-
Pure Ballyhoo! ence into the dark ages. No more competent body
of judges of initiatic orders could be formed any- Presumptuous where in the world [!]. Its decisions and decrees Charlatans Only must be final [!!], since there are no other groups Make Such Claims. or individuals outside of this new Federation which They Are Badges can impeach or even question the high competency of Fraud. of knowledge or unbiased attitude of such a con-
clave [!!!]. That AMORC of North America is the only Rosicrucian Order representative of this Federation in the Western World is a satisfactory solution to the many problems which have con- fronted the investigator for many years.” (Id.,
p. 380.)
When the founder and the perpetrators of this scheme called the Fuposi, namely, Lewis and his confederates, Mallinger and Lanval—all pretenders and impostors—sit in judgment upon the legitimate and authentic orders, societies and fraternities of the
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world, they suddenly become “eminent”’ historians and archivists— keepers of the records. Very well, let us keep their records straight for them. Of the twelve organizations represented at the meeting and the two admitted afterward to the Fupos!, none of them can trace their origin and existence back through many years of time. This is true of the few legitimate organizations that were repre- sented at the so-called convention and that accepted membership in Fuposi, and incidentally it may be noted that none of said legiti- mate organizations were represented on the “Supreme Triangle”’ or among the officers, and their representatives on the Advisory Council were in the hopeless minority. The great majority, practi- cally all of the so-called orders that were represented at said meet- ing, were clandestine and spurious, the oldest of them having been instituted or fabricated but a few years ago, most of them having been fabricated since the year 1930.
Therefore, all this Lewistonian propaganda about these fourteen organizations “having indisputable authenticity and recognized authorization,’ some of which can trace their existence for more than four centuries and others into the dark ages, is pure ballyhoo. Upon its face it is suspicious, and when it is made known that AMORC of North America is the only “Rosicrucian Order”’ rep- resenting the Fuposi in the Western World, the growing suspicion becomes grave.
Whenever anyone tells you that the representative of only four- teen orders in convention assembled are the most competent body of judges in the world of philosophy, occultism, mysticism and fraternalism and of the authenticity and regularity of the occult orders, mystic societies and fraternities of all the world, you would conclude, with charity and jest, that it ‘was just a huge joke—that someone was merely jesting. Because you know that fourteen such orders, even though they be real orders, with more or less occult illumination, mystic intuition and general erudition, did not and could not possess a monopoly on wisdom and truth and that they were not the most competent or the only competent body in the world on such subjects. Moreover, you would know that if they were real, genuine and worthy orders and societies they would not be so presumptuous as to make such a ridiculous and childish claim—nor would they permit anyone to make such a bombastic and presump- tuous claim in their behalf.
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Over-Presumptuous Clams Loud-Speaking Badges of Fraud
However, when you are told that “no more competent body of judges of initiatic orders could be formed anywhere in the world” ; that ‘‘its decisions and decrees must be final,” and that “no other groups or individuals outside of this new Federation can impeach or even question the high competency of knowledge or unbiased attitude’ of such judges; and at the same time you know that such statements have been made with reference to the so-called governing body of the Fupost, namely, the “Supreme Triangle,” composed of H. Spencer Lewis and two others, but under his absolute control, which said body, or International Secretary Lanval, in its name, certified that Lewis’ fabricated and spurious R. C. Order is the only genuine Rosicrucian Order in America, and you are aware of the fact that no such claim was made in the official report published in Europe,’ but that the claim is made only in America by Lewis, who has an axe to grind, then you begin to realize what it is all about and you can see the foul scheming and despicable trickery, as well as the reason therefor, behind it all.
It is then that you realize and know, absolutely know, that these ridiculous claims so vociferously and imprudently made by Lewis are loud-speaking Badges of Fraud.
The Certificate of the F-U-D-0-S-I By Marc Lanval
We have reviewed and quoted in full and verbatim Mr. Lewis’ report of the convention of Brussels and the Fuposi. In the same magazine in which his said report was published, he also published several very small fac-similes of ‘“‘Interesting Documents,” * which he says were issued to “Imperator H. Spencer Lewis’”—for his sole use and benefit, we suppose—at the recent ‘‘Rosicrucian and Fed- eration Convention and Congresses,” held in Brussels, Belgium. In the center of these small fac-similes of ‘Interesting Documents”’ is the Certificate of the Fuposi, by Marc Lanval, International
3’The report published as a supplement to La Rose Croix which we have hereto- fore reviewed. 4 The Rosicrucian Digest, November, 1934, p. 396.
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Sexologist and Secretary of the Fuposi. In his latest propaganda booklet, The Secret Heritage,’ he published a larger fac-simile of the letter of transmittal and the last paragraph or the last part of the four separate pages of this most memorable and extraor- dinary (!!) “Certificate of the Fuposi,” by Marc Lanval and Sar Helios, one and the same. This certificate is reproduced herein® for convenience and study of the reader. It can be read with the aid of a good reading glass.
In view of the most unusual and astounding claims set forth in the foregoing report in the paragraphs numbered ‘‘(1)” to “(8),” both inclusive, it will be interesting and informative to read and review said certificate, shown in our fac-simile reproduction No. 52; perhaps it will be a revelation.
The heading and salutation of the document, in not altogether classical Latin, reads thus: Pe DO. Ss. T
FEDERATION UNIVERSALIS DIRIGENS ORDIUS SOCIETATESQUE: INITIATIONIS
PAX VERITAS TOLERANTIA SALUTEM SUPER OMNES PUNCTOS SACRI TRIANGULI mite EP EOTA
“FRA: Spencer H. Lewis, Imperator AMORC Cathedra Magni Corallani (?) Valla Braseilensi ( Belgia) Dia: 23 Mensi 9 Anna: 34 “VALLE St. Jose, California, U.S. A.
Magnus Cancellarium—Scriptor, Pacia Osculum Salutemque suam tibi mittit, in Luce Veritatis—Salve Frater!”
5 First Edition, copyrighted 1935, Official Publication No. 17. 6 Our Reproduction No. 52 at end of this part.
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This may be freely translated and Anglicized to read thus:
Te a) sae:
“FEDERATION UNIVERSAL DIRECTING ORDERS AND SOCIETIES OF INITIATION
PEACE PROD TOLERANCE
“Greetings on All Points of the Sacred Triangle Halleluiah! (Praise Ye the Lord) “Fra: Spencer H. Lewis, Imperator AMORC
“Valley of San Jose, California, U.S. A. Within the Cathedral Walls of Charle- magne of Belgium,’ September 23, 1934
“The Great Chancellor—the writer, sends you the Kiss of Peace and his greetings, in the Light of Truth—Hail Brother!”
This Kiss of Peace, indeed, it is a most magnificent and fitting greeting for the Great Chancellor, Sexologist and international advocate of Nudism* to send from Europe to his friend and close associate, the Reverend Sobhita Bhikku, arch pretender, fore- most fabricator of R. C. Orders and illuminated teacher of Aleister Crowley’s Black Magic Sex doctrine: ‘Do what thou wilt,”® in America!
It may also be noted that the greetings are on All Points of the Triangle, which is a Masonic greeting of Masons of the Order of ~ Memphis-Mizraim. However, you may conclude, as we have con- cluded, that Frater Marc Lanval was overgenerous and perhaps overenthusiastic with his “‘Halleluiahs,” because, after all, nothing had been accomplished for which the Lord should be praised or for which He was in any way responsible.
7 The translator, who is an excellent Latin scholar, is not sure of the correctness of this translation of these two lines—the Latin text is not very clear. However, it pur- ports to have been written and dated within the walls of some cathedral in Belgium, no doubt entirely mythical.
8 See our Reproductions Nos. 53, 53A and 53B.
® See our Reproduction No. 59 of Lewis’ lesson embodying the Crowley Black Magic doctrine. Also see Part Five to follow.
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The document of ‘Certification’ continues, including the greet- ings in Latin aboye translated, as follows:
Kiss of Peace. Light of Truth.
Italics Are Ours. “Perfect Plan.”
Very Illustrious Spencer H. Lewis.
“Unanimously.”
The Symbol Is a Masonic Apron.
Seals—Documents ?
Great Honors!
Duly Obeyed.
“The Great Chancellor—the writer—sends you
the Kiss of Peace and his greetings in the Light of
Truth—Hail, Brother!
“He wishes to send herewith the true and exact translation of the Perfect Plan of the Labors of the Universal Convent of the Initiatic Orders which took place in the Valley of Brussels on the 14th of August, 1934.
“He wishes to call the attention of his V.°.TIIl.: B.-.Spencer H. Lewis, Imperator, AMORC, tad member of the Supreme Triangle of the Fupost1, on the Par. No. 4, Sheet 3, of this document, which says:
““Tt is to be noted that the Convent de- cides at unanimity to recognize the AMORC as the ONLY regular Rosicrucian Association in North America.’
“He wishes to inform him that the blocks repre- senting the Fuposi’s symbol have been posted to him as registrated matter. The big one is intended to be used in The Rosicrucian Digest and other pub- lications; the other one must only be used on letter paper, being the official mark of recognition as AMORC, member of the Fupost.
“He would be obliged to receive acknowledgment of this seal, also of the documents herewith con- tained.
“He wishes to request AMORC to appoint the TWo members of the Interinitiatic Permanent Com- mittee, as decided at the Convent.
“He wishes to remind the V.:.III.°.B.:.Impera- tor of all the &imdest regards and love of all his Brothers in Europe, and he informs him that the different agreeable missions which came forth out of his letter of September 10th have been duly fulfilled.
“He wishes to express the interest with which he expects tidings and news for the Fuposr from the V.:.Il.:.B.-. Imperator and ... Pax Profunda Om-
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nibus Heminibus Bonae Voluntatis! Tibique Onctu- kan Fraternaum Stann (Profound Peace to All Men Profound Peace. of Good Will, etc.) ! “Fra Magnus Secratarius: “( Brother Great Secretary), “(Masonic Seal) Sar Helios, etc.”
From the foregoing we learn that the ‘‘Perfect Plan of the Labors”’ of the Fupos! took place and were completed, as certified, on August 14, 1934, that is, within one day. Therefore, the elab- orate description of the “Great European Conclave,” with its vast preparation, long daily sessions and nightly initiations, etc., etc., may not be true, after all. As a matter of fact, the main meeting of so-called delegates was held and adjourned the same day. The other meetings, if any, were meetings of Lewis with his confed- erates, whereby his master scheme aforesaid was perfected and put into execution.
One Brother Fakir to Another
With its “Halleluiah,” the Lord be praised; with its “Kiss of Peace” in the “Light of Truth” and with its “profound peace to all men of good will,” this very much overdone, overglowing and overaffectionate letter of the Great Chancellor, “Fra Magnus Secratarius” and notorious nudist advocate to “‘his Very Illustrious Brother, Spencer H. Lewis, Imperator, AMORC,” the Reverend Sobhita Bhikku of the Great White Lodge of Tibet and promoter extraordinary of fabricated mystical orders, beyond all doubt, is an outstanding classic in the fantastic literature of humbuggery and fraternal racketeering. Collusion between the Thrice-Illustrious Imperator and his Great Chancellor is written all over it. Indeed, dressed in its highly colorful language and plentitude of exagger- ated certification, it is an aurora borealis of chicanery, reflecting its myriads of dark shades across its fair-speaking face from the deep pit of collusive deception.
To be sure that such is the case, let us reason together. If the certificate transmitted had been a genuine certificate by a righteous power and a competent authority certifying to an authentic and undeniable fact, instead of a falsified, fabricated document designed to be used as a fraudulent device, it would have been submitted
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with a simple letter. There is no need to gild the lily. If it had been a genuine document really attesting to the facts its purports to certify, Lewis would have published the document in its entirety, since the document is the best evidence of its contents. The fact that he published this much overdrawn letter of fulsome praise with only small parts of the document, for which he claims so much but which in reality established nothing save the fraud it would perpetuate, indeed, all in all, they are most suspicious circumstances
and Badges of Fraud.
Parts of the Alleged Certificate as Published by Lewis
Let us examine the parts of the four-page certificate by the Great Chancellor purporting to give the ‘‘Perfect Plan of the Labors” of the Fuposi and to authenticate Lewis’ spurious R. C. Order in America. That which purports to be the end of page | (as shown in our said Reproduction No. 52) is as follows:
Italics Are Ours. “These delegates spoke in succession in order to trace the high importance of this Convent, which
‘The High Purpose and showed itself indispensable to the salvage of Hu-
Sub Rosa Purpose. manity on account of the troubled period in which we actually live. At unanimity it was decided to start the Convent Labors on the same day in secret, Sub Rosa session in which should take part the sole delegates of the different Orders represented at the Convent.”
This is sealed and attested by Marc Lanval under his nom de plume, Sar Helios.
Here again, in another short paragraph of another “official’’ document, a large portion of the true story of the Fupos! is retold and clearly indicated. The delegates met in a speech-making ses- sion, stressing the high aims of the federation, so indispensable to the salvation of humanity; to glorify the Imperator of North America, who originated and fathered the great idea; to pass “unanimously” and perfunctorily the resolutions prepared and care- fully arranged in advance; to appoint the committees, and to elect the officers, all of which was done in accordance with the well-laid plans of Lewis. And the meeting adjourned, with all the committees
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named by Lewis’ confederates and the “Supreme Triangle” in his control, as has been shown. When the fireworks of the main meet- ing were over, then the working out of the master scheme of the Reverend Sobhita Bhikku, alias H. Spencer Lewis, Imperator, with his confederates in ‘“‘secret Sub Rosa session,’’ was accomplished, producing the results herein discussed, among which is this cer- tificate of the authenticity of Lewis’ fraternal racket and the “true and exact translation of the perfect plan of the labors” of the FuDosI.
The Great International Chancellor How and Why Appointed
The conclusion of the second page of the certificate, as published by Lewis and shown in our reproduction above noted, reads thus:
Italics Are Ours. “Permanent International Secretary. An interna- tional permanent secretary will be immediately es- Duties Defined. tablished in the Valley of Brussels. Its mission will
be not only to keep regular and constant relations between all affiliated Orders, but also to bring to- gether all possible interesting documentation, in or- der to be able to document the affiliates on all in- itiatic problems. Every. six months reports will be published on the activities of all the affiliated Orders by this organization. The Convent delegates at unanimity, after the proposition of Ill.:.Bb.-.Spencer
How Appointed. H. Lewis and John Mallinger, our V.:.Ill1.:.B.°. Marc Lanval, engineer, 33°.:.8.:.I-:-and HERM:: to this post of grand interinitiatic secretary.”
This page is signed and sealed in the same manner as page 1. »
The statements of the objects of the office of the International Secretary and his duties here stated are the same as stated in the official report published in Europe in the Rose > Croix magazine which we have reviewed. ‘There is nothing here or in the other pub- lished “official” report that would indicate that it was his duty to cer- tify to the authenticity of unauthentic orders or fraternal rackets. That was the “Convent Labors” which were worked out in “secret Sub Rosa session” of Lewis and Mallinger, with Marc Lanval.
This certificate, as well as other pertinent facts appearing in this
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volume, shows why Marc Lanval, engineer, was appointed Inter- national Secretary. This paragraph reveals to us how he was ap- pointed. It was upon the motion of H. Spencer Lewis, seconded by his aide de camp, Jean Mallinger, and approved unanimously by meeting under their perfect control. The entire inside story of the aforesaid master scheme of Lewis is so completely told by this document, as well as other documents of the Fupos! referred to or published by him, that it needs no further comment from us. Let official investigators take due notice and proceed accordingly.
It is a trifle mystifying how page 3 of this remarkable (!) cer- tificate could show the statement: ‘‘Moreover are represented and admitted in the Fuposi,”’ which should precede Number One of the orders admitted, whereas it is shown as immediately preceding orders Numbers Eleven and Twelve, admitted. Well, perhaps, Mr. Lewis just ‘‘fixed it’—that is, as he has “fixed” other documents. The “‘supposed-to-be” conclusion of page 3 is shown thus:
“Nforeover, are represented and admitted in the Fupost: Note This Church. “11/ The Universal Gnostic Church, of which Fra Sar Yesyr is the delegate. “12/ The Brotherhood of the Illuminated Brother of the R. C., whose delegate is Fra Amertis. “Other Orders, Societies and Brotherhoods may be admitted later after application and recognition.”
The conclusion of this page is signed and sealed as the preceding pages. In passing, let us record, for the record, that the Universal Gnostic Church was not represented by Fra Sar Yesyr, Victor Blanchard. We have in our files the statement of the head of that Church that Mr. Blanchard nor no one else had authority to repre- sent that Church at the Brussels meeting of clandestine Masons, pseudo occultists, pretenders and deceived occultists. Moreover, Mr. Lewis does not include it in his list of FUDOsI organizations published in April, 1935, which we shall presently discuss.
The Inside Scheme as Certified by Marc Lanval,
Alias Sar Helios
The conclusion of page 4, the concluding page of this uniquely constructed document of reckless absurdity which indiscreetly re-
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veals that which it would conceal and exposes the plot of the schem- ers whose devices and projects it was intended to aid, concluded under a rare and unique certification by the Great Chancellor, sex- ologist and nudist advocate—one of Lewis’ ready and handy con- federates, as follows:
Italics Are Ours. “, . of all races, of all religious opinions. Fra Blanchard magnifies the true brotherly love and the good will bestowed to the young organization by all the delegates. Fra Spencer Lewis calls for three cheers
The Conspirators in ritual battery for Fra Mallinger, Fra Lanval and
Reveal Themselves. Fra Delaive, who did the spiritual and material or- ganization of the Convent. After a few words of thanks by Fra Mallinger, the Convent is definitely closed in a spirit of warm and brotherly enthusiasm.
Under Supervision. “By order of wHaT is Above, under the super- Supreme Triangle vision of the Supreme Triangle of the Fupost, I, Under Control of Marc Lanval, certify, in quality of GT. Secret :: H. Spencer Lewis. Inter: : this translation to be truly and exactly made ~
from the original in French signed and sealed by the proper authorities, each of these four sheets bearing my signature and seal.”
Thus it was, and so it is, that the chief designer of the master scheme of the Fuposi, upon seeing his scheme apparently worked out and his device constructed, in his indiscreet enthusiasm and momentary gratitude, called for “three cheers in ritual battery” for Mallinger, Lanval and Delaive, his trinity of discredited and clandestine Masons, “who did the spiritual (!) and material or- ganization of the Convent” and the “wire-pulling’” and manipula- tion at the Great Conclave of Charlatans and Impostors. Thus he revealed the personnel, the reckless band of conspirators, who ostensibly organized a federation of mystic orders and fraternal societies in the name of universal brotherhood, to be used as a fraudulent device to promote world-wide fraternal racketeering and mystic swindling in connection with clandestine and spurious. orders, societies and fraternities.
We learned about Brothers Mallinger, Lanval and Delaive, the
discredited and Clandestine Masons, who conspired with Brother Lewis, alias the Reverend Sobhita Bhikku, under his spurious.
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Masonic Charter’ of the Great White Lodge of Tibet, to form a clandestine Sovereign Sanctuary of the Freemasonic Rites of Mem- phis-Mizraim and to establish Female or Co-Masonry. It will be particularly recalled that Frater Delaive, alias Sar Kopras, is the director and head of the Co-Masonic section of the clandestine operations. If the reader will kindly turn to our Reproduction of this alleged certificate,” it will at once be seen that the certificate is made under what purports to be the seal of a Mason and under the grand seal of the Fupos!, which contains a Masonic apron with its flap turned up as it is worn in a certain degree of Masonry. Thus it is revealed, and the fact, as we have heretofore shown, corrob- orated, that Lewis conspired with these scheming Clandestine Masons to secure this faked certificate of the Rosicrucian authen- ticity of his Masonically promoted fraternal swindle in America.
Self-Directed, Falsified Certificate Made Under
His Own Supervision
From the beginning and in all his statements, Lewis has used the utmost endeavors and the greatest cunning to make it appear that it was the learned and distinguished delegates and high initi- ates of all the leading initiatic orders of the world in attendance at the greatest and by far the most important world-wide conclave, who examined into his claims to Rosicrucian authority in America and who certified to their authenticity—but, lo and behold! here we have Brother Marc Lanval, revealing the truth and certifying to the fact that it was done not by the Fupos! in convention assembled, but merely “under the supervision of the Supreme Triangle,” con- trolled by Lewis. Therefore, it is in effect, a self-made and self- directed falsified certification of an absolutely false state of facts, made by Lewis for his own use and sole benefit, and as a fraudulent device for the further promotion of his family racket and fraternal swindle.
To strengthen and sustain this device and to give unjustified dignity and substantial standing to the Fupost, in his official organ,
1 See Exposé of the Sovereign Sanctuary of France, Order Memphis-Mizraim, Part One, this chapter, pp. 249 and 251, supra.
2 See Reproduction No. 52.
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in April, 1935,° Lewis says that:
Mallinger, et al., “Although a committee had been at work for over
the Committee. four years analyzing the claims, the teachings, the principles and ceremonies of a score of organizations which were being considered possible applicants for admission into the federation, only sixteen or seven- teen organizations were invited to send officers and delegates to the congress. Fourteen of these were tentatively admitted until the newly formed creden-
New Committee Also tial committee could function properly; and since
Mallinger’s Cohorts. that congress was held, the official report of this committee has included an official list of the organi- zations admitted to the federation and now forming that federation.”
This statement sustains and corroborates the facts heretofore shown, that for three or four years before this congress of clandes- tine, spurious and deceived orders assembled, Mallinger and his dis- credited Masons in conspiracy with Lewis had been creating spurious orders and perfecting the scheme and device called the Fupos!. Mallinger and his cohorts were the original “Committee,” and they were also the “newly formed credential committee’’ of the con- gress. At no time since the scheme and device was first conceived by Lewis and its execution was begun in 1931 by Mallinger and his cohorts, in conspiracy with Lewis, have they lost control of the machinery which created and which has since operated and con- trolled the Fuposi for their own purposes and in furtherance of their schemes and devices.
Here it is revealed that all occult orders, mystic societies and fraternities of the world were not invited to submit their claims and teachings to an authorized, qualified and genuine committee for the purpose of forming a real and worthy federation of organi- zations for the uplift of mankind and the realization of true broth- erhood, with peace on earth and good will to men. Only a “‘score”’ of organizations, clandestine, spurious or otherwise, were consid- ered by ‘‘a committee” composed of Lewis, Mallinger and their co- conspirators, as being useful in the perfection of their schemes and devices; “‘only sixteen or seventeen were invited” to participate in
3 The Rosicrucian Digest, April, 1935, p. 97. This is an elaborate propagandistic article which all investigators and students of occult frauds should carefully study in the light of the facts set forth in this work. It begins at p. 95 and concludes on p. 99.
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the ‘“‘“Great Conclave”’ and only fourteen of these were found to be available and useful for the formation of the Fuposi and the cre- ation of the perfected fraudulent device.
In the above-mentioned article, written by Lewis, ‘“The Impera- tor,” under the heading of “Our International Federation,’ and immediately following the foregoing quotation therefrom, he gives a complete list of the organizations of the alleged federation, as finally arranged, doctored and fixed up by Lewis, Mallinger, Lanval et al., as follows:
“Our International Federation” “By the Imperator”
“The name of the federation as adopted during
The Fuposi in the congress last July [?] was (in French) ‘Federa- French and Latin. tion Universelle des Ordres et Societes Initiatiques,’ But in English It or, in the Latin, ‘Federatio Universalis Dirigens Spells Fraudulent Ordines Sccietatesque Initiationis.’ It will be no- Device. ticed that in this official name (the initials of which
give us the abbreviated form Fuposr) the word in- itiatic or the qualifying word relating to initiations is very definite. —he present list of the allied or- ganizations is as follows: Ordre de la Rose Croix
Mostly Spurious Universitaire, Ordre de la AMORC, Ordre Oc- Orders Fabricated cultiste de Hermes Trismegistus, Ordre Martiniste, by Mallinger and Confraternite des Freres Illumines de la Rose H. Spencer Lewis Croix, Ordre des Samaritains Inconnus, Ordre Kab-
balistique de la Rose Croix, Societe Alchemique de France, La Rose Croix Interieure et Invisible, Les Polaires, Ordre National des Druides, Clairamorc della Italia, Soc. Italiano di Psicbiologia, Cona Bru- derschaft, LEglise Gnostique Universelle, Ordre Brahmanique Russe.” (The Rosicrucian Digest, April, 1935, pp. 97 and 98.)
“In this way we wish to state definitely that the AMORC of North America is not allied in any
AMORC Now Allied sense or in any way, or interested in any way, se-
Only With Fupost. cretly or outwardly, with any other organizations than those stated in the foregoing list of the Fupost Federation. “Tt is interesting to note that a large number of The Effort to Make the organizations in the Federation are actual Rosi-
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an International crucian bodies of antiquity or Rosicrucian in nature. R. C. Council. This indicates how deeply rooted the principles and teachings of Rosicrucianism have become in the va- rious mystical and Hermetic organizations formed or created within the past centuries.” (Jd., p. 99.)
The studied and labored effort is here seen to make an “‘Interna- tional R. C. Council” out of the Fuposi so as to give support and plausible credibility to the foregoing falacious certificate of Marc Lanval that AMORC is the only Rosicrucian organization in America.
A Spurious Masonic Congress Creating an International R. C. Council
Notwithstanding the fact that the Congress of Brussels, August, 1934, was held principally by discredited Masons and representa- tives of clandestine and fabricated Masonic bodies of the Free- masonic Rites of Memphis-Mizraim, Lewis has carefully concealed that state of facts in his propaganda and his effort to use it as a Rosicrucian Congress and an International R. C. Council to give plausible authenticity to his spurious R. C. Order and fraternal racket.
To make it more impressive for the credulous and more attrac- tive for the gullible, he gives the name of all the organizations alleged to be affliated with the Fuposi in French, even to his own AMORC, which he calls “Ordre de la AMORC.”’ Aside from the few legitimate organizations which originally adhered to the Fuposi on account of deception and under misapprehension, all of the organizations listed by Lewis are clandestine organizations or outright fabrications, most of them having been fabricated by Mal- linger and his discredited Masonic cohorts under the plans and inspiration of “our great American Imperator.’ Of the fourteen organizations listed as originally adhering to the Fuposi, not a single one, strictly speaking, is a Rosicrucian Order, and it is certain, most certain, that no worthy and legitimate order, in any way affliated with the Rosy Cross or teaching Rosicrucian philosophy, would have joined in said Congress of Clandestinism or would they have become afhliated with the Fuposi, had the truth and the facts been known.
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Although many of the organizations of the Fuposi are mere fabrications and have taken and plagiarized Rosicrucian names, so as to give them the appearance of being R. C. Orders, yet Mr. Lewis tells us that: Over in Europe groups of persons could not organize themselves into a society and willfully or maliciously adopt the name of another organization as is so often done here in America.” He should have said “‘as I have done here in America.”’* Continuing he said, ‘“There could not be in Europe five or six Rosi- crucian organizations, each claiming to be the genuine one, for each of them would have to immediately prove itself to be either real or a simulation.”’ Yet he lists several fabricated organizations having Rosicrucian names, all from Europe, as part of the Fuposi. Continuing, he further says: ‘And no one there would think of deliberately stealing or appropriating the name and symbols of another recognized organization.” ” Probably not, until he showed them the way and taught them how to do it. Here is a deliberate attempt to divert suspicion from the fabricated and spurious R. C. Orders adhering to the Fuposi. On the face of the record and the known facts and circumstances of the formation of the FuposlI, it becomes and is another Badge of Fraud.
AMORC Adheres Only to the Fudosi So Says “Dr.” Lewis, “Our Imperator’
Let it be particularly noted and definitely remembered by the reader and investigator that in April, 1935, H. Spencer Lewis definitely stated that: ““4MORC of North America 1s not allied in any sense or in any way, nor interested in any way, secretly or out- wardly, with any other organizations than those stated in the fore- going list of the Fuposi.” That statement is definite and positive. He disassociates himself from all other organizations, and adheres only to the Fuposit. Upon his grand scheme and capital device, called the Fupost, he staked his all. By this definite action he allied himself with European clandestine Masonry of the Freemasonic Rites of Memphis-Mizraim, thus forming the international alli- ance of clandestine Masonry and spurious Rosicrucianism. But,
4 See Book Four, Volume One, pp. 176 to 267.
5 These quoted statements of Lewis are from the Rosicrucian Forum, December, 1934, Volume Five, pp. 68-69.
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now that the Great Congress of Clandestinism has been exposed in both hemispheres and the Fuposi has gone with the wind, one wonders what has become of the mythical International R. C. Council, of which Mr. Lewis is still the Vice-President.
However, according to latest accounts, he still adheres to the defunct Fuposi and the mythical International R. C. Council. In The Rosicrucian Digest, December, 1936, he published a full-page photograph of himself (5 x 7% inches), with the following state- ment printed beneath it, viz.:
“Dr. H. Spencer Lewis, F. R. C.” “Imperator of AMORC for North and South America; Vice-
President of the International Rosicrucian Council; Legate of the Fupos!; Honorary Member of various arcane and philosophical brotherhoods; Vice-President of the Bacon Society of England; Cross of Honor and Knight of the Order of the Flag, U. S. A.; Cross of Honor of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of France, Belgium and Switzerland ;* Chevalier of the Corda Fraters of Italy; Generalissimo for North and South America of the Ma- litia Crucifera Evangelica;’ Chancellor of Rose Croix University, U.S. A.; Doctor of Sciences of the Rose Croix University of Bel-: gium; Sovereign Grand Master of the Martinist Order of North America.” (Italics are ours.)
Aside from the evidence of megalomania presented by the fore- going statement, it also confirms the intention of Mr. Lewis to introduce into the United States the clandestine Martinist Order of Victor Blanchard.* Here he again boldly reasserts his claim to the Sovereign Grand Mastership in North America of that clan- destine Masonic Order in promotion and furtherance of his frater- nal racket and Masonic-Rose Cross swindle. Again he asserts signal honors and high academic degrees from the Rose Croix Uni- versity of Belgium—that fabricated institution which arrogantly proclaims itself to be the “Ruler of the Sciences and the Arts.’’®
6 See our Reproduction No. 41 and text of Part One of this chapter, pp. 231 to 235, supra.
™ See Book Two, Volume One, pp. 88 to 127, to which Mr. Lewis made no reply or reference in his White Book D.
8 See Part One, this chapter, pp. 257 to 261, supra. ®° See our Reproduction No. 48A.
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Here he asserts the academic degree of S. D., Doctor of Sciences. Heretofore, it will be recalled that in his testimony in court he asserted the academic degree of Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy. Apparently both of these claims are asserted under his ‘Important Rosicrucian Document No. 1,’’*° which confers neither of these degrees, and by right could not confer such academic degrees.’ Therefore, this preposterous claim to a degree of Doctor of Sci- ences from this hollow and counterfeit university becomes and is just another Badge of Fraud among the many which point to the most despicable, intricate and expansive fraternal fraud since time began.
The Fudosi a Device of Fraud Designed to Promote Fraternal Swindles
Dressed in the fantastic vestments of a world-wide movement for the universal federation of all occult orders, mystical societies and fraternities for the salvation of the world; with a fair-speaking tongue proclaiming the brotherhood of man, with peace on earth and good will to men; with the sublime object of eradicating all economic, social, religious and other conflicts from among the nations and races of men; declaring itself to be the ultimate Utopia, and with “Excelsior” inscribed upon its escutcheon, the FUDOSI was ushered into existence and proclaimed to the world by a band of discredited and clandestine Masons of the Freemasonic Order of Memphis-Mizraim, who assembled in the city of Brussels on Au- gust 14, 1934, to meet the representatives of the Great White Brotherhood Lodge of Tibet, “Dr.” H. Spencer Lewis, from the United States of America, alias the Right Reverend Sobhita Bhikku, otherwise ‘‘Rex, Universitatis Illuminati,’ for the aforesaid noble purposes and high objects—so modestly asserted, so graciously declared and so virtuously proclaimed to the world.
However, not all who assembled on that memorable day in that “never-to-be-forgotten” convention, were pseudo occultists, Masonic impostors, Rosicrucian pretenders or fraternal racketeers; a few were real occultists, representatives of worth-while organizations
10 See our Reproduction No. 49 of his Important Document No. 1.
1 See our Reproduction No. 50 for other titles asserted, including the academic degree of Ph.D.
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and men of high purpose, but they were there laboring under decep- tion and misapprehension and were in the hopeless minority. Be- sides, they did not know the real purpose of the meeting. If they had known they would not have been present, lending dignity and their good names to the questionable proceedings.
Yet, nevertheless, as soon as the convention had assembled under the tongue of good report, and its high purposes and worthy objects had been declared by resolutions carefully prepared, designedly pre- sented and unanimously carried, the Great American Imperator, with the obliging assistance of his cunning confederate, Lawyer Mallinger, backed up by his discredited Masonic henchmen, con- verted it into a meeting for the endorsement of clandestine Masonry and the approval of Female or Co-Masonry; for the establishment of a Supreme Triangle to recognize and to certify to the authen- ticity of clandestine Masonry and spurious Rosicrucianism, and es- pecially to recognize and certify to the regularity of the family racket and Masonic-Rosicrucian swindle of the Lewistonian Hier- archy of fraternal fraud in the U. S. A., and to appoint an Inter- national Secretary to so certify, which was accordingly so done under the Great Seal of the Fupost and the Masonic Seal, 33° of the aforesaid “Brother Magnus Secretarius.”’
Therefore, in the light of what has gone before, especially in this part and Part One of this chapter, and in view of all the cir- cumstances of the case, it 1s obvious and certain beyond cavil and doubt, that the fair-faced and fantastically clothed Fuposi is a ne- farious, fraudulent device, cunningly designed and now used with the intent and for the purposes aforesaid.
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The above photo shows the cover and one inside pee of France’s most dignified —
and ae publication. Note that it is the official publication of the Rosici cian Alchemical Society of France, and the French AMORC. Note also that its director- owner and editor—is the very eminent F. Jollivet Castelot. This photo prov
that it reported the FUDOSI Convention, and issued a new “Fama” about it.
“Exhibit No. 7,” from White Book D, p. 23, is another gross misrepresentation. The “Fama Fraternitatis,’ page (a), does not relate to “Die FUDOSI,” page (b). See text.
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H. SPENCER LEWIS, PH. D., F. R.C.
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THE O. T. O—CROWLEY AND LEWIS
A short time ago we published a Brochure entitled “AN ExPosE OF THE IMPERATOR OF AMORC—His Pilfering Charlatanism— His Connection With Aleister Crowley, Notorious Black Magician, and the O. T. O.,* in which we showed by a chain of circumstances and other evidence, the close connection between ‘“‘Dr.’’ Lewis, the Imperator of the Hierarchy of Fraternal Racketeering, and Aleis- ter Crowley and his Black Magic as taught since 1912 in the O. T. O. For lack of space allowed for that Brochure we did not present all the evidence on the subject, but awaited the reply of Mr. Lewis, with the anticipated assurance that he would ‘“‘hang himself’ when he attempted to explain and to avoid our charges. Our anticipations were correct. He did “‘hang himself,” in his reply which we shall now consider, with the presentation of additional evidence, which shows how perfectly he slipped the noose around his neck. In his White Book D, at page 31 under his own specially stated’? charge and answer Number Four, in which he restates our charge, as follows:
“Clymer also charges with many bombastic statements and vitriolic words that a certain ‘sign’ in the form of connected crosses, used by Imperator H. Spencer Lewis before his official signature on docu- ments, is an invention of one Crowley, of England, and used by no one else but Crowley and Imperator Lewis and, therefore, a ‘confes- sion’ on the part of Imperator Lewis that he is owned and controlled and the whole AMORC organization owned and controlled by Crowley—a black magician of Europe—and that the whole teachings and rituals of AMORC are filled with the Crowley black magic ideas; and that Imperator Lewis is ‘selling out’ the AMORC to Crowley little by little. He claims that the Rosicrucian affiliated organization known as ‘Ordre Temple Orientis’ (O. T. O.), which name appears on one of the Rosicrucian charters [|?] granted to Im-
1 Republished as Book Five in Volume One, pp. 269 to 400, both inclusive.
2 As to his method of restating and confusing our charges and various charges made by others and his manner of making his own charges and then answering them, see especially Chapter Two, pp. 81 to 125, supra.
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perator Lewis,> [our italics] is an organization owned and con- trolled, invented and designed by Crowley and is a black magic organization formed by Crowley in 1911; and that other symbols appearing on the said charter were invented by Crowley and owned and controlled by him and constitute further ‘confessions’ by Impera- tor Lewis that AMORC is a part of Crowley’s black magic organi- zation.” ((White Book D, p. 31.)
The student and investigator will get a much better and clearer idea of our charges from the Brochure or Book Five in Volume I,* than from the foregoing statement.
THE SUBTERFUGE OF HIS REPLY As Made by His “Voluntary Committee’
‘The evidence which this committee has seen and verified shows that in all the AMORC records and advices to AMORC officers in North America it is officially proclaimed that Crowley is in bad re- pute in Europe and has never been a part of any genuine Rosicrucian organization. He did in 1911 appropriate and adopt for himself without permission certain ancient Rosicrucian signs, symbols and titles, just as did Randolph before Clymer, and just as Clymer has done as Randolph’s successor. The committee has seen indisputable evidence in Waite’s book, Wittemans’ book and the books of other Masonic and Rosicrucian historians of Europe and in America, to the effect that the Order of the Oriental Temple was affliated with the genuine Rosicrucian organization as far back as the Seventeenth Century in Europe, and in 1895 John Yarker, eminent Masonic historian in London, was Supreme Magus of the O. T. O. Theodor Reuss-(Willsson) ‘Peregrinus’ was the elected successor to Yarker. It has seen records of conventions of the O. T. O. held in Europe in 1906 and 1908.° (See Photo Exhibit No. 6.) It has seen a copy of the Constitution of the O. T. O. published in Austria and Germany in 1907, proving that the organization was a large one before 1911.°
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3 This refers to his “Important Rosicrucian Document No. 4,” which we have trans- lated and discussed in Part One of this chapter. It is mot a Rosicrucian charter, only a certificate that has been used by him as a fraudulent device. See pp. 228 to 231 and 281 to 283, supra.
4 Brochure, pp. 65 to 122, inclusive, Volume One, pp. 335 to 391, inclusive.
5 This refers to the Masonic Congress of Paris, June, 1908, discussed at length in Part Two of this chapter, pp. 303 to 314, supra.
6 In 1912 it only had 500 members. See Oriflamme, pp. 13-14, our Reproductions 57G and 57H and the translation thereof near the end of this part.
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It has seen evidence to prove that the charter [!] granted to H. Spencer Lewis in the name of the O. T. O. was not granted by Crowley, but by the well-known European mystic, Magus Theodor Reuss-Willsson, of Munich, whose Latin official name is known all over Europe as ‘Peregrinus.’
“It has seen much evidence to prove that the ecclesiastical cross emblem which the Imperator, H. Spencer Lewis, uses before his name on official documents was not invented by Mr. Crowley,’ but was in use on Masonic and Rosicrucian documents in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, and the committee reproduces herewith photographs of Roumanian Masonic documents and other documents dating as far back as 1882, showing similar or identical marks made before the signatures of officers who were in no wise connected with or known to Crowley.’ Crowley must have been a mere child in those years. This documentary evidence is presented herewith in this report. The other symbols referred to by Mr. Crowley and the numbers 7-7-7 stated by Clymer to be one of Crowley’s symbols have been found of ancient usage in Rosicrucian documents and in no sense belonging to or controlled by Mr. Crowley.” (Jd., p. 31.)
After a careful consideration of our charges, the reader will at once recognize the various stratagems and subterfuges employed by Lewis to avoid them. However, having failed to produce any real documentary proof to sustain his bombastic denials, he offers the testimony of his deceived and deluded paying members, as follows:
Testimony From the Convention “Unanimously” Offered
“Furthermore, the members at the Convention testified from the floor of the Convention that, although a majority of them had been in the organization seven or eight years and a large number over twelve years, no member had ever found in the teachings, rituals or
work of AMORC the /east indication of black magic formulas, black
7 We did not so charge. For discussion of Lewis’ wrongful use of Masonic seals, see Chapter Three, pp. 141-142, supra. We shall further consider this subject in this part.
8 Crowley was a member of the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Rites of Memphis and Mizraim for Great Britain and Ireland. See our Reproductions Nos. 60, 60A and 60B. However, it is doubtful if he should have used his Masonic seal with his signature of Baphomet.
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magic principles or black magic ideas,? and that the progression of the lectures and lessons and the principles contained in them would prevent the introduction of black magic unless all of the thousands of lectures already in use by AMORC were completely controverted, perverted and contradicted. [Our italics.] The fact that Crowley willfully and wrongly used after 1911 some of the early Rosicrucian emblems (and not until 1919 did he use a few of the O. T. O.1 em- blems) does not constitute what Clymer claims is a ‘confession’ on the part of Imperator Lewis as being associated with Crowley. By such reasoning Crowley must have sponsored all Masonic Lodges formed in England or America since 1911, because such Lodges use some of the symbols which Crowley used in 1911 to 1918 and which he arbitrarily adopted without warrant.
“Therefore, this absurd and deliberately malicious statement was wholly and completely negated by the committee and the members of the convention. It is the most wicked of Clymer’s false inventions —a potion of poison concocted by Clymer with full knowledge that it was a lie—a deliberate lie.”
Our charges were not “absurd and deliberately malicious.” ‘They were and are true—absolutely and wholly true. Now that we have Lewis’ attempted reply and subterfuge in lieu of an honest and straightforward answer, we shall consider each of his claims and all matters directly incidental thereto and show that they are all false—that they are only Badges of Fraud, clearly indicating that he has deliberately deceived his members and committee; that he has used his recognition by and his membership in the O. T. O. as a fraudulent device, and that he does teach and inculcate the Black Mazgic-Sex doctrines of Crowley and the O. T. O., as well as other strange and detestable sex ideas—at least for the advanced mem-
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9 The members who had been in the organization over 12 years, and who should have completed the tenth and eleventh grade work, evidently are not familiar with the lessons, or otherwise they conveniently forgot about the lessons in the tenth and elev- enth grades. See Lesson No. 58, tenth grade, pages 3 and 4, to be presently quoted, and Lesson 10, eleventh grade, page 3, shown in our Reproduction No. 59, near the end of this part.
1 Mr. Lewis conveniently avoids the fact that Crowley was given a charter by the O. T. O. in June, 1912, with jurisdiction over the English-speaking nations, including the United States, and also Mr. Lewis, as we shall presently show.
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Other Mutilations of Documents Another Outstanding Badge of Fraud
In his ‘Exhibit No. 8,” shown on page 24 of White Book D,’ parts of pages 16 and 17 of the synopsis of the Degrees of the O. T. O., as printed with the Constitution of 1917,° are shown. This exhibit was made in an attempt to show that the O. T. O. is a Rosicrucian organization and that Crowley did not sign his O. T. O. ‘“Rosicrucian Charter.’”’* We shall presently consider whether Crowley signed his ‘‘Charter.’’ We shall here and now consider the upper portion of ‘Exhibit No. 8” and show unto you a crude example of his “‘expert’’ mutilation of documents to sus- tain his occult fraud and fraternal swindle. To fully demonstrate this willful crookedness and “magical” deception of the Imperator of Fraternal Racketeering, we have made a plate—our Exhibit ‘““N”’—reproducing the upper part of his ‘Exhibit No. 8,” beneath which we reproduce the same parts of the same pages 16 and 17 of the book of the Constitution of the O. T. O.° Let the reader make careful comparison of these parts of pages as mutilated and reproduced by Lewis and as they were before they were so muti- lated and falsified. Accordingly, it will be noted that on the lower half or the unmutilated part the line indicated by the word “com- pare” with the arrow pointing to it reads: “ONLY AFTER A MEMBER HAS PASSED THROUGH ORDINARY FREEMASONRY MAY HE BECOME AN O. T. O. PROPER.”’ Note that there is a perpendicular line to the right of the above quotation. On the mutilated part of the same pages reproduced by Lewis the line above quoted and printed in capital letters is obliterated. Another is pasted over it so as to make it read: “. . . hall be the custodian of the archives and the library of the O. T. O.” This substituted line is also indicated by the word “‘compare’’ with an arrow pointing to it. Please note that the letters ‘“O. T. O.” extended over and beyond the perpendicular line on the right, which made it necessary to erase the perpendicu- lar line. If you will look at this closely with a magnifying glass, you
2 See our Reproduction No. 54. 3 See our Reproductions Nos. 55, 55B, 55E and 55F.
* His “Important Rosicrucian Document No. 4,’ our Reproduction No. 40, Part I, pp. 281-283, supra. 5 See our Reproductions Nos. 54, 55E and 55F.
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can see the mark of the erasure on the Lewis “Exhibit No. 8,” par- ticularly immediately under the ‘“O” of O. T. O. Where did he get this line to paste over the line he desired to obliterate? From Article IX, Section 1, of the Constitution of the O. T. O., as shown
on page 9, which reads:
‘Section 1. The O. H. O. shall be the custodian of the Archives and Library of the O. T. O.”
This is the same style of type as used on pages 16 and 17, hence these lines were cut out of page 9 and pasted over the part indicated on pages 16 and 17 of the Lewis ‘Exhibit No. 8.” Part of the first line from Section 1 of Article IX was cut out and pasted on the part of page 16, shown in the Lewis ‘‘Exhibit No. 8,” which reads: hall be the custodian of.’ The second line was cut out and pasted in on page 17, which reads: “the Archives and Library of the O. T. O.” Tricky? Yes, crooked—deliberate treachery! And done with the willful intent to deceive, but not done with the usual Lewistonian cunningness—it is grossly executed and easily detected —indeed, it is a particular Badge of Fraud, which tells of the intri- cate and numberless devices and almost infinite varieties of despic- able chicanery employed by the Imperator of Hierarchial fraternal racketeering to sustain his family racket.
Is the O. T. O. a Rose Cross Order? This Question Conclusively Settled
Although Lewis has repeatedly claimed that the O. T. O. issued to him a Rosicrucian charter, which we have seen was, in fact, no charter at all, Rosicrucian or otherwise; yet, he has used the O. T. O. as a fraudulent device in so many ways that it becomes necessary to inquire into and to establish the exact nature of the O. T. O., before and after Crowley's domination thereof with his Black Magic-Sex doctrines, in order to get a correct understanding of the extent and the various ways in which Lewis has used it as a fraudu- lent device to promote his Masonic-Rosicrucian swindle.
Before the O. T. O. accepted the Crowley sex teachings and became thoroughly Crowleyized in 1912, it was a mystical Masonic Order, based upon the ancient and primitive Freemasonic Rites of Memphis and Mizraim, as we shall presently show from official
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documents issued by the O. T. O. Indeed, so far as we have been able to ascertain, the O. T. O. has never claimed to be a Rose Cross Order, or in any way affliated with the Rosicrucian Fraternity. That is the obvious reason why Lewis deleted the statement, that: “Only after a member has passed through Ordinary Freemasonry may he become an O. T. O. proper’’—because it clearly showed the O. T. O. to be a Masonic Order, or affliated therewith—and not a Rosicrucian organization or afhliated therewith. However, he did not carry his deleting process far enough, because it is shown on his “‘Exhibit No. 8” at the place marked ‘‘A”—“B” near the right center margin of our Reproduction No. 54, under “Remark” that “The totality of the degrees of the O. T. O. constitute an ACADEMIA OF Masonica’’—that is, an Academy of Masonry.
The O. T. O. an Academy of Masonry
It appears from the Introduction to the Book of the Constitution erthe ©. IO. page 5, issued in 1917, that:
“The O. T. O. (Ordo Templi Orientis) is a body of Initiates in whose hands are concentrated the secret knowledge of all Oriental Orders and all the existing Masonic Degrees. \ts Chiefs are Initiates of the highest rank and recognized as such by all capable of such recognition in every country in the world. The Order is interna- tional and has existing connections in every civilized country of the world. Every man or woman who becomes a member of the O. T. O. has an indefeasible right to the first three degrees of Masonry.” (Italics are ours.)
It further appears from the ‘Synopsis of Degrees, Classification of Members by Degrees,” etc., as shown on pages 14 and 15 of the Book of the Constitution, 1917, of the O. T. O.,° that:
“The following Masonic Degrees of the United Grand Council of Rites, of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of 33 degrees, of | the Ancient Primitive Rite of Memphis of 95 degrees and of the Egyptian Rite of Mizraim of 90 degrees are dispensed and conferred on Master Masons, and candidates are made Freemasons by the Di- recting Members (Frater Superiores) of the O. T. O. by virtue of a Charter issued on September 24, 1902, E. V., by Bro. John Yarker, 33°, 90°, 96°, IX°, at Manchester, late Sovereign Grand Master
6 See our Reproductions Nos. 55C and 55D; the quoted matter reads across both pages.
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AN ANSWER TO LEWIS’ WHITE (7?) BOOK De
General of the Sovereign Sanctuary for Great Britain and Ireland.”
[Our italics. ]
The Synopsis of Degrees shown on pages 14 to 17, both inclu- sive,” of the Book of the Constitution of 1917, shows clearly and beyond question that the O. T. O. as originally conceived and the classification of members by degrees according to its Constitution of 1906 was based upon the above-mentioned Masonic Rites.
Oriflamme—Jubilee Issue 1912 An Official Organ of the O. T. O.
In September, 1912, on the Tenth Anniversary of the founding or thea bO ate Oriflamme published a special or jubilee edi- tion,® in English one German, giving a very complete history of the O. T. O., its origin, nature and objects—also a very clear idea of its teachings. This special edition of the Oriflamme, an official organ of the O. T. O., alone completely refutes Lewis’ numerous misrepresentations, expressed and implied, with reference to the O. T. O. and his Rosicrucian authority and recognition therefrom and thereby. Moreover, it makes plain the many ways in which he has used the O. T. O. as a device to promote and carry on his fraternal enterprise, and especially emphasizes his specialized device of using Masonry and Masonic organizations as a means of bolster- ing and promoting his spurious R. C. organization and fraternal fraud. Since this edition of the Oriflamme was limited and circu- lated principally among the membership of the O. T. O. and is now rare and copies are almost unobtainable, we have reproduced, in fac-simile, the entire magazine, being our Reproductions Num- bers 57 to 57W, both inclusive. Space will not permit us to point out in detail how completely this official publication disproves the various false contentions and statements made by Lewis concerning the O. T. O., therefore, the readers, students and investigators, with. this publication now available, will find it possible and interesting to make their own comparisons and investigations. However, we shall take the space to point out a few of the major misrepresenta- tions which are thereby completely refuted.
7 See our Reproductions Nos. 55C, 55D, 55E and 55F.
8 A copy of this edition of the Oriflamme and other rare documents have been fur- nished to us from the archives of the Order in France.
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Coming back to a further consideration of the evidence which establishes the fact that the O. T. O. was an order based entirely on Masonic Rites, as originally conceived and organized in 1902, before it was Crowley-ized in 1912 and converted into a Black Magic organization under the domination of Crowley and before it began to teach his strange, abhorrent sex doctrines and practices, under the slogan “Do What Thou Wilt,’ in this edition of the Oriflamme is published the photographs of the founder and co- founders of the O. T. O. and also those most prominently asso- ciated with it at that time (September, 1912). Beneath the photo- graphs’ are printed the fraternal connections, association and antece- dents, as well as the relative standing of each in the newly formed Masonic Order of the O. T. O. From these it appears that the founder, the co-founders and all those most prominently associated therewith were high Masons of the Order of Memphis-Mizraim, and exclusively so—not one is described as being a Rosicrucian or in any way associated with the Order of the Rose Cross. More- over, when it was organized its founders did not seek Rosicrucian approval or authority, nor a Rose Cross charter—but organized it under a Masonic charter of the Rites of Memphis and Mizraim, which its founders purchased from John Yarker,* of England.
The O. T. O. Is Co-Masonic On page 16 of the said Oriflamme? it is declared that:
“No one can be an ‘Initiate’ of the O. T. O. who has not first re- ceived the three Johannis [Craft] Degrees of Freemasonry.
“The O. T. O. admits men AND women and confers upon both sexes all the degrees of Freemasonry without any distinction.” (Our italics. )
Here is the official public declaration that the O. T. O. is not only
Masonic in its nature, that no one can be a member who is not a Master Mason, but also that it is Co-Masonic and confers ALL THE
9 Note carefully and study closely our Reproductions Nos. 57A, 57B, 57C, 57D, 578, 57T, 57U and 57V. Beneath each of said reproductions we give a free translation of the descriptive matter appearing thereon in German.
1 See our Reproduction No. 57N and translation of page 20 of the Orifamme. 2 See our Reproduction No. 57J.
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DEGREES OF MasoNRY ON WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN.® On the
preceding page of the same publication* the object and purpose which Dr. Carl Kellner® had in mind in founding the O. T. O., in September, 1902, are clearly set forth as follows:
“The Spiritual Father of the newly organized Oriental Templar Order was the late Sovereign Honorary Grand Master in Germany and Great Britain, Brother.:.Dr. Carl Kellner, 33°, 90°, 96°, X°. During his many and extensive trips in Europe, America and Asia Minor, Brother.:.Kellner came in contact with an organization which bore the name The Hermetic Brotherhood of Light. The stimulation which he received through his contact with this organi- zation, in conjunction with other circumstances which shall not be described further here, created the desire in Brother.:.Kellner to found an ‘Academia Masonica’ which would enable all brothers so desiring to become acquainted with all existing Masonic degrees and systems. In the year 1895 Brother.-.Kellner had long conversa- tions with Brother.:.Reuss in Berlin as to how his idea could be realized. In the course of the conferences with Brother.:.Reuss, Brother.:.Kellner dropped the title, first suggested, of ‘Academia Masonica’ and submitted reasons and data why the name ‘Orien- talische Templer’ (Oriental Templars) should be adopted. These negotiations did not lead to any positive results at the time® (1895), as Brother.:.Reuss was still busy with the Illuminati Order, to which he had given a new stimulus, and as this organization, to- gether with the persons who, except Brother.:.Reuss, were at the head of same, were not approved by Brother.:.Kellner.
‘When, then, in June, 1902, the final separation occurred between Brother.:.Reuss and his disciple, Leopold E., Brother.-.Kellner im- mediately communicated with Brother.-.Reuss and caused steps to be taken for the acquisition of a Charter admitting the Memphis and Mizraim Rites of Freemasonry in Germany, for the reason that Brother.:.Kellner considered these Rites, with their 95 and 90 de- grees respectively, as the most suitable ones to realize his idea with regard to the founding of a ‘Masonic Academy.’ ” [Italics are ours. ]
3 See Parts I and II this chapter, supra, also our Reproductions Nos. 44 and 44A. 4 Oriflamme, p. 15, our Reproduction No. 571.
5 See our Reproduction of Crowley’s statement, Volume One, p. 376, our Reproduc- tion No. 19.
6 Let it be noted that the O. T. O. was not organized in 1895, that all of the efforts at that time came to naught, and that it was not organized until 1902, and then under a Masonic charter. Also that John Yarker was not the Supreme Magus of it in 1895, as claimed by Lewis at p. 31 of his White (?) Book D.
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O. T. O. Manifesto of 1904
If there is, or could be, any doubt that the O. T. O. was origi- nally conceived and organized as a Masonic Order with the secret work—exoteric and esoteric, symbolical and mystical—based en- tirely upon the Masonic Rites of Memphis and Mizraim, that lin- gering doubt must be dispelled by the following statement found on page 18 of the same issue,’ to wit:
“And Brothers.:.Dr. Carl Kellner and Theodor Reuss, in the
manifesto published in the historical issue of the Oriflamme A.D. 1904, and signed by them jointly, wrote:
““One of the secrets which our Order possesses to its highest de- gree consists in the fact that it supplies the properly prepared brother with the PRACTICAL means to erect the true J'emple of Solo- mon in Man and to find again the “lost word’’: namely, that our Order supplies to the initiated and chosen brother the practical means to obtain proof of his immortality even during his earthly existence.
“ “But these practical means are no witches’ incantations or other “spiritualistic practices,” but concern themselves only with the in- ner voice and the inner senses of the applicant and rigidly exclude and condemn all spiritualistic practices.
““This secret is one of the true secrets of .*.Masonry and exclu- sively the secret of the Occult High Degree of our Order. It has come down to our Order by word of mouth from the fathers of all true Freemasonry, the ““Wise Men of the East,’”’ and we also shall transmit it only by word of mouth.’”’ [Italics are ours. |
This official declaration, or early manifesto, signed jointly by Dr. Carl Kellner, the Founder and “Spiritual Father,” and Theodor Reuss, the first Secret Chief or Outer Head of the O. T. O., when taken in connection with the official statements made in the Book of the Constitution and the Oriflamme hereinbefore set forth, proves conclusively that the O. T. O., as originally conceived and organ- ized, was a Masonic Order exclusively. ‘This is true notwithstand- ing the references in said statements to the Rose Croix and Esoteric Rosicrucians, which we shall presently consider and present in their true light and meaning.
7 The Oriflamme, p. 18, our Reproduction No. 57L.
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John Yarker, Eminent Masonic Historian “Supreme Magus of the O. T. O. in 1895,” Says Lewis
In this connection the reader will remember that the Imperator of the Hierarchy of Fraternal Racketeering declared and repre- sented through his convenient mouthpiece, his voluntary fact-find- ing committee, that:
“The committee has seen indisputable evidence in Waite’s book, Wittemans’ book and the books of other Masonic and Rosicrucian historians of Europe and in America, to the effect that the Order of the Oriental Temple was affliated with the genuine Rosicrucian or- ganization as far back as the Seventeenth Century in Europe, and in 1895 John Yarker, eminent Masonic historian in London, was Su- preme Magus of the O. T. O. Theodor Reuss-(Willsson) ‘Pere- grinus’ was the elected successor to Yarker. It has seen records of a convention of the O. T. O. held in Europe in 1906 and 1908.5 (See Photo Exhibit No. 6),° and it has seen a copy of the Consti- tution of the O. T. O. published in Austria and Germany in 1907, proving that the organization was a large one before 1911. It has seen evidence to prove that the charter (?) granted to H. Spencer Lewis in the name of the O. T. O. was not granted by Crowley, but by the well-known European mystic, Magus Theodor Reuss- Willsson, of Munich, whose Latin official name is known all over Europe as ‘Peregrinus.’ ”’
A more flagrant misrepresentation can scarcely be imagined. Every statement is absolutely false. The fact that he did not take the personal responsibility for the statement but ostensibly made it in the names of others and hid behind ‘‘the committee” makes it a most noticeable Badge of Fraud.
To be sure the O. T. O. was not “affiliated with the genuine Rosicrucian Order” or any other order in the Seventeenth Century in Kurope—since the Order of the Oriental Templars was not or- ganized in Europe until 1902. And, of course, John Yarker was not Supreme Magus of the O. T. O. in 1895, nor at any time. The only connection John Yarker had with the O. T. O. was to sell its found- ers a Masonic Charter of the Order Memphis-Mizraim,? to become
8 Refers to material shown in our Reproductions Nos. 44, 44A, 45 to 45E. See Part Two, supra.
® “Photo Exhibit No. 6” is shown in our Reproduction No. 43. 1On page 20 of the Oriflamme, our Reproduction No. 57N, the following statement
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an honorary member thereof, and request the O. T. O. to recognize the Co-Masonic organization established by Mrs. Annie Besant,’ which Lewis so vehemently condemned, as we have seen in Part Two, pp. 300 to 302, inclusive, supra. Indeed, and most assuredly, the committee saw no evidence to prove that a charter* was granted to H. Spencer Lewis in the name of the O. T. O.—because, as we have seen, no charter was granted to him. His much-exhibited and over-stressed “‘charter’’ is only an honorary membership certificate. We shall presently discuss Crowley’s connection with the O. T. O. and his relation to the aforesaid certificate.
Dr. Franz Hartmann The Theosophist and Mason
In our Exposé of the Imperator of AMORC and his Pilfering Charlatanism, republished as Book Five of Volume I of this work, we exposed his use of the published works of Dr. Hartmann‘ as higher secret Rosicrucian teachings. In his reply® he admitted that the material of Hartmann so used was not “fundamental Rosi- crucian teachings.’’® However, to confuse the issue and to provide a means of escape for himself from an untenable position, he in-
appears: “It was a direct resu!t of this practical side of the activity of our Order that English Freemason Brothers approached the Master of our Order with the request to found a National Grand Lodge of our Order in Great Britain, for particularly Eng- land, with its extreme ‘mother negating woman’s movement’ (Suffragettes), is most in need of such training for motherhood. Thus it came about that in the year 1902 we who had obtained a Charter by purchase in England, in the year 1902, so that we would be able to use the degrees of the Memphis and Mizraim Rites in Germany, granted our English brothers a charter without charge in the year 1912, in order to introduce the occult degrees of the Oriental Templar Order in England.”
2On pages 23 and 24 of the Oriflamme, our Reproductions Nos. 57Q and 57R, it is said: “According to the desire and request of the IIl.:.Brother.:.John Yarker, 33°, 90°, 97° Sovereign General Grandmaster, ad vitam, of the Old Freemasons of the Memphis and Mizraim Rites in Great Britain and Ireland, the Master of our Order has made the business manager of the Co-Masonry Lodges, established by Mrs. Annie Besant, 33°, 90°, 96° in England, namely to Brother.:.J. J. Wedgwood, of London, an honor- ary Master Freemason, and attached him to the Lodge of the ‘Holy Grail’ in Munich, as an honorary member.”
3 This refers to his “Important Rosicrucian Document No. 4.” See our Reproduction No. 40, also Part One of this chapter, pp. 228 to 231, supra.
4 See Volume One, pp. 286 to 307.
5 White Book D, pp. 32-33.
6 See Chapter Two, pp. 89 to 92, supra.
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sisted on arguing, notwithstanding his said admissions, that Dr. Hartmann was a Rosicrucian, and produced his ‘Exhibit No. 10” to ‘“‘prove” his assertion.” In reply to his self-stated and confused charge Number Seven, we discussed this subject,* in Chapter Two, and advised that we would reproduce his said “Exhibit No. 10” and give further consideration thereto in connection with the subject matter of this part of this chapter.
Although the Rosicrucian membership of Dr. Hartmann has little or no bearing on the main issue of Lewis’ family racket being a fraudulent Rose Cross Order, we will, however, dispose of this false claim to further demonstrate that even the immaterial and irrelevant claims which he makes in support of his house of cards and fraternal racketeering are mere subterfuges.
After having his ‘“‘committee”’ find certain ‘‘facts’” which are not facts at all, but wholly untrue, he concludes in the name of the committee, as follows:
“That Hartmann was for a time a Theosophist and that at times he veiled his Rosicrucian connections, as many hundreds and thou- sands have done in the past and are doing in the present, does not constitute proof that he was not a recognized and active Frater of the Rosicrucians. Mr. Clymer either willfully falsified when he said that Franz Hartmann was never a member of the Rosicrucians or he knows nothing about Rosicrucian history—which is unique in one who claims to be ‘Grand Master of the World.’ ”®
An Occultist and Scholar
But Not a Rosicrucian
Dr. Franz Hartmann was a man of irreproachable character, a scholar and an able writer on occult and mystic subjects. He wrote under a Rosicrucian title,” published a volume of their secret sym- bols,? and a well-considered book on the Life and Teachings of Paracelsus, the spiritual father of the Rosicrucians. Because of this and by reason of the fact that very little reliable information has
7 For his “Exhibit No. 10” see our Reproduction No. 56. 8 See Chapter Two, pp. 105 to 107, supra.
9 White Book D, p. 33.
1 Among the Rosicrucians.
2 The Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians.
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ever been available as to who were or are Rosicrucians, many research writers have fallen into the error of classifying many real occultists and mystics as Rosicrucians who were never members of or in any way connected with the order.
Therefore, it is possible to find well-considered research writers of high standing erroneously classifying Dr. Hartmann as a Rosi- crucian, notwithstanding that he was not a member of the August Fraternity. However, we are in a position to show his fraternal affiliations as stated and published shortly after his death by men with whom he was most closely and fraternally associated.
We have heretofore shown that he was a distinguished member of the Theosophical Society. This is conceded to be true by Mr. Lewis. His further and complete fraternal afhliations are given by the high officials of the O. T. O. in the Jubilee issue of the Ori- flamme, 1912. On page 5 of said issue appears a picture of Dr. Hartmann,* under which, with the sole exception of his affiliation with the Theosophical Society, his fraternal affiliations are stated as follows:
“Brother.:.Dr. Franz Hartmann, 33°, 90°, 95°, IX°, admitted to the Masonic Order in the Washington Lodge, No. 12, in George- town, U.S. A., died August 7, 1912, in Kempten, former General Grand Administrator of the Order of the Old (Primitive) Free- masons of the Memphis and Mizraim Rites in Germany. Honorary Grand Master of the (33°) Grand Orient of Germany, Co- FOUNDER OF OUR Orpber, O. T. O.”
The Complete Record
Thus is presented the complete record of his fraternal affiliations and associations. He was a Theosophist, a Mason and a Co- FouNDER of the Order of Oriental Templars. He was a lovable character and a true occultist. He died at about the time the O. T. O. appointed Aleister Crowley Grand Master * of the English section and accepted his sex teachings and became a Black Magic Order of Crowley, as we shall presently see. Dr. Hartmann con- demned Black Magic in no uncertain terms in his well-considered work on Magic, White and Black. Dr. Hartmann was not a Rosi-
3 See our Reproduction No. 57B. *See our Reproduction No. 57H.
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crucian; it is a matter of regret that he was not. Had he been, we would acknowledge the fact with pride and satisfactioné We make denial of it because Lewis is attempting to misrepresent the true facts to aid the promotion of his fraudulent R. C. Order and Mystic Swindle.
The Lewis “Exhibit No. 10”
As further evidence of his assertion that Dr. Hartmann was a Rosicrucian, he has his committee refer to his ‘‘Exhibit No. 10,”° which is a mutilated and deleted page alleged to be from a maga- zine, ‘“Der Rafentreuzer,”’ said to have been published in 1921 by Theodor Reuss, then the supreme head of the O. T. O., of which he says:
“The above photos give proof that an R. C. magazine was pub- lished in Germany and Austria in recent years, and its owner and publisher was ‘IT’. Reuss-Willsson’ (Peregrinus), the Supreme Ma- gus. It proves Dr. Franz Hartmann was a ‘Frater’ of the R. C. It also proves that AMORC of North America was duly recognized by the foreign branches.”
It shows upon its face that it is an O. T. O. publication because it is published under the mystic sign of the O. T. O., which 1s: I N RI, under which sign or symbol Theodor Reuss published all official matters concerning the O. T. O.° In accordance with Article XV of its Constitution, it is, therefore, an O. T. O. publication and not an R. C. magazine, as is claimed by Lewis.
Since Dr. Hartmann was a‘co-founder of the O. T. O. it is not strange that his name appears in O. T. O. literature along with Dr. Carl Kellner and Theodor Reuss, other co-founders. Certainly— most certainly—it is no evidence of the fact and it does not prove that he was a Rosicrucian.
It is noted that the ‘“‘R > C”’ appears on the cover of the maga- zine and the word ‘“‘Rosenkreuzer,”’ the German word for Rosicru- cian, is used. As we shall presently see, the letters “R. C.”’ and the words Rose Cross, as used in all O. T. O. literature, do not
5 See White Book D, p. 26, which we have reproduced herein in our Reproduction No. 56, for convenience of reference.
6 See Article XV of the Constitution of the O. T. O., p. 12, shown in our Reproduc- tion No. 55A. This will be presently considered at length.
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refer to the Rose Cross Order, or the Rosicrucian fraternity, but to the Rose Croix Masonic degrees of the O. T. O. and that the term ‘“‘Rosicrucian”’ is only used in its general or generic sense, and was never intended to be nor was it used by the O. T. O. as being descriptive of the R. C. Order or Rosicrucian Fraternity. All this was made very clear—unmistakably clear—by Dr. Hartmann,’ when he said:
“.. The name ‘Rosicrucian Order’ or the ‘Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross’ .. . is a comparatively modern invention and was first used by Johann Valentin Andreae, who invented the story of the knight, Christian Rosencreuz . . . when he wrote his celebrated Fama Fraternitatis. Before his pamphlet appeared the name Rosi- crucian did not mean a person belonging to some certain organized society by that name, but it was a generic name applied to all occult- ists, adepts, alchemists or, in fact, to anybody who was or pretended to be in possession of some occult knowledge and who was, therefore, supposed to be acquainted with the secret signification of the Rose and the Cross symbols... .” ({Our italics. ]
It should, therefore, be clear to all that the use of the letters and symbols “R »>k C”’ and the general term, ‘‘Rosicrucians,’’ in this particular magazine and in all O. T. O. literature has no reference whatever to the Rosicrucian Order or Fraternity.
AMORCG “Duly Recognized”
Lewis asserts that the lower half of the mutilated page of the O. T. O. publication shown in his “Exhibit No. 10” “also proves that AMORC of North America was duly recognized by foreign branches’’—of what branches and by whom he does not say—and he asks to “note the listing of the American branch of AMORC.”
Suppose we take a look at this ‘“‘evidence,”’ which is just about as good and is as reliable as any he has offered. The particular matter to which he points is an announcement made by himself to the effect that the Executive Committee of the AMORC in San Francisco has decided to summon its members to do something. What it was cannot be ascertained because of his mutilation to hide
7 Among the Rosicrucians, Second Edition, pp. 39-40; also see Brochure, Exposé of the Imperator of AMORC, pp. 24-25, or Volume One, pp. 293-249. This statement of Dr. Hartmann was omitted from Lewis’ lessons copied from said book. Rather sig- nificant, is it not?
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or blot out the truth—for the truth of the matter is that it does not prove recognition of Lewis’ family enterprise and his spurious, fraudulent R. C. Order by anyone for any purpose, and it confers upon him no right to operate a fraternal swindle. It is simply an announcement, paid for by Lewis or voluntarily inserted as a news item, by the editor of the O. T. O. magazine. Marvellous evidence of due recognition! It is another Badge of Fraud which tends to prove, as all of his evidence does prove, that his statements are false, that his R. C. Order is spurious and fraudulent.
However, this ‘‘evidence,”’ like all evidence which he has offered to prove the Rosicrucian authority and regularity of his spurious R. C. Order and fraternal racket, when carefully examined and stripped of its veneer of trickery, camouflage and plausibility, fails completely to sustain his claims, but on the contrary shows unmis- takably another of the innumerable fraudulent devices employed by him to promote and support his Masonic-Rosicrucian swindle.
Is the O. T. O. a Rosicrucian Order? None But Lewis, and He, Alone, Says It Is
The O. T. O., in its literature, has never held itself to be a Rosicrucian Order, or as having any connection with the August Fraternity. On the contrary, it has clearly negated any such idea, as we shall presently see. We have recently carefully searched and reviewed all of Aleister Crowley’s publications, and find that he makes no claim to Rosicrucian authority, nor does he assert any connection whatever between the O. T. O. and the Rosicrucian Fraternity.* Therefore, it appears that Lewis is alone—all alone— in his claim that the O. T. O. is a Rosicrucian Order, and that his
SIn his first Manifesto in September, 1913, as National Grand Master General, ad vitam of the O. T. O. of all English-speaking countries, Mr. Crowley claims as one of his titles, the title of “Most Wise Sovereign of the Order of the Rosy Cross” (see our Reproduction No. 19A, Volume One, p. 378). However, this should not be construed as a claim on his part that the O. T. O. is connected with the Order of the Rosy Cross. He was at one time a member of the Golden Dawn (see Volume One, page 348) and he is a member and high officer of the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Ancient and Primitive Rites of Memphis-Mizraim for Great Britain and Ireland (see our Reproductions Nos. 60, 60A and 60B) which has a Rose Croix order or degree, there- fore, it is from one or the other of these sources which he claims such a title and not from or through the O. T. O. unless it be in the general or generic sense as explained by Dr. Hartmann, hereinbefore set forth.
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claim is not supported by Crowley, the Secret Chief of the new O. T. O., or by Dr. Hartmann, a co-founder of the original O. T. O., as founded by occultists of high repute, before it accepted the Black Magic-Sex teachings of Master Thirion® (Crowley) in O12.
Although the terms Rose Croix Chapter, Knights of the Rose Croix (Ritter Rose Croix), Chevallerie Rose Croix and Esoteric Rosicrucians’ are used in the official documents of the O. T. O. and in the classification of its degrees and members, yet an examination of these clearly reveals that those terms are used in their Masonic’ application and not in their strict Rosicrucian meaning or in any true Rosicrucian significance. The meaning of the term ‘‘Esoteric Rosicrucians”’ is defined in Section I of Article XV of the Constitu- tion of the O. T. O., which provides: “There shall be a Literary and Masonic Association connected with the O. T. O. to be known as The Esoteric Rosicrucians.’* Therefore, the Esoteric Rosicru- cians are not Rosicrucians in any true or proper sense of the word, but it is the name given to a Literary and Masonic Association
formed within the O. T. O.
The classification of the degrees and members of the O. T. O. shown on pages 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the Book of the Constitution * make it entirely clear and leave no doubt that the term “Rose Croix”’ is used only in its Masonic meaning and application.
Further light is thrown upon the meaning of the ‘“‘Esoteric Rosi- crucian’”’ teachings as used in the O. T. O. in the Orifamme. On the bottom of page 15 and the top of page 16 (our Reproductions Nos. 57H and 57J) it is stated that:
“The Rosicrucian esoteric teachings of the ‘Hermetic Brother- hood of Light’ were reserved for the few initiates into the Occult of the Internal Circle. The various steps of this Internal Circle of Initiated runs parallel to the highest degrees of the Memphis and Mizraim Rites, and these ‘Initiates’ constitute the secret branch of
the Oriental Templar Order.” [Our italics. ]
2 See our Reproductions Nos. 55G, 57H and 57V. 1 See our Reproductions Nos. 55C, 55D, 55E and 55F.
2The Hermetic Brotherhood of Light. See our Reproductions D, p. 127, Volume I of this work, being afhliated Order 9. Also our Reproduction 57].
8 See our Reproduction No. 55A. Note the part indicated by “A.” * Our Reproductions Nos. 55C, 55D, 55E and 55F.
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From this it appears that the term “‘Rosicrucian Esoteric teach- ings” is not intended to mean the teachings of the Rose Cross Order or the Rosicrucian Fraternity, but is intended to relate only to the secret teachings of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light, which run parallel to the high degrees of the Masonic Rites of Memphis and Mizraim and explanatory thereof.
Mystic Masonry of the O. T. O. Of What It Consists
An ‘Esoteric Rosicrucian” of the O. T. O. is one who practices the Mystic Masonry as taught by the Ordo Templi Orientis, ac- cording to classifications set forth on page 16 of the Book of the Constitution,® as follows:
“Mystic Masonry.
“VII° Mystic Templar (violet) (A) Theoreticus corresponds in O. T. O. to the ‘Entered Apprentice’ in Craft Masonry. (B) Magus of Light corresponds in the O. T. O. to ‘Companion’ in Craft Masonry. (C) Grand Master of Light and Grand Master of all Masonic Lodges corresponds in O. T. O. to the “Master Mason’ in Craft Masonry.” [Our italics. ]
“VIII° Oriental Templar (white) (A) Practicus has to practice that which was taught in Degree VII. (B) Adeptus signifies the ‘Practicus’ who has become technically perfect in practice. (C) Princeps signifies the ‘Adeptus’ who has achieved technical results. (D) Illuminatus signifies the ‘Princeps’ who mystically correctly interpreted the achieved technical results.”
To make assurances doubly certain that the O. T. O., as it was originally conceived and organized in 1902 and as it became when it was Crowley-ized after 1912, never claimed at any time, under the leadership of either Theodor Reuss or Aleister Crowley, that the O. IT. O. was in any way associated with the Rosicrucian Fra- ternity or that the Order of the Rosy Cross was in any way or to any degree affliated with the O. T. O., we quote from an official Manifesto of the O. T. O., issued by Crowley to all English-speak- ing nations, published in The Equinox, one of the official organs* of the O. T. O., which gives a complete list of the fourteen bodies,
5 Shown in our Reproduction No. 55E. ; 6 See our Reproductions Nos. 55A (as indicated by letter “B’’) and 57R.
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orders or fraternities composing or affliated with the O. T. O., as follows:
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“PEACE, TOLERANCE, TRUTH; $ALUTATION ON ALL POINTS OF THE TRIANGLE; RESPECT TO THE ORDER. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN; GREETING AND HEALTH?
“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole Law.
“The O. T. O. is a body of initiates_in whose hands are con- centrated the wisdom and knowledge of the following bodies:
“1. The Gnostic Catholic Church. “2. The Order of the Knights of the Holy Ghost. “3. The Order of the Illuminati.® “4. The Order of the Temple (Knights Templar). “5. The Order of the Knights of St. John. “6. The Order of the Knights of Malta. “7, The Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. “8, The Hidden Church of the Holy Grail. “Q. The Hermetic Brotherhood of Light. “10. The Order of the Rose Croix of Hiredom. “11. The Order of the Holy Royal Arch of Enoch. “12. The Ancient and Primitive Rite of Masonry (33 degrees). “13. The Rite of Memphis (97 degrees). | “14. The Rite of Mizraim (90 degrees).’”® “15. The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Masonry (33 degrees).
On page 198 of The Equinox (not shown in our Reproduction D, but a continuation thereof) the following additional orders are listed, viz.:
‘This is a typical salutation used in the Freemasonic Rites of Memphis and Miz- raim. It is to be found on many of Lewis’ “Important” documents. He says Crowley never uses it. See note 3, page 31, White Book D.
8 This was the order in which Theodor Reuss was interested and conducting in 1895 when Dr. Carl Kellner first approached him on the organization of the O. T. O., which delayed the organization of the O. T. O. until 1902. (See our Reproduction No. 571 of page 15 of the Oriflamme.) After Dr. Kellner’s death, this order was made a part of the O. T. O.
®The Manifesto referred to is partially shown in our fac-simile Reproductions A, B, C, CC and D. (D is copied above) on pages 123 to 127 of Volume One hereof. These were published by Crowley in Volume Three, No. 1, of The Equinox, at Detroit, Michigan, in March, 1919.
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“16. The Swedenborgian Rite of Masonry. “17, The Order of the Martinist. “18. The Order of the Sat Bhai.” The A.-.A.-+. which Crowley founded, it is stated, is not included in the O. T. O., but that “august body is closely allied.”
The Rosicrucian Fraternity and the Order of the Rosy Cross is conspicuous by its absence from the foregoing list of orders and organizations claimed to be affliated or associated with the O. T.O.
Therefore, from the foregoing, it clearly appears, beyond per- adventure of doubt, that the O. T. O. is not a Rosicrucian organiza- tion, or afhliated therewith; that it lays no claims to Rosicrucian authority or R. C. secret teachings; that it grants no Rosicrucian charters, and that it is not in a position to grant Rosicrucian recog- nition to the Lewis family racket, as claimed by him under his O. T. O. charter (?)—that “Important Rosicrucian Document No. 4’’—certain it is that it is not a charter—and, most of all, it is not an important Rosicrucian document. At the most it is only use- ful as a Fraudulent Device!
Is Crowley a Chief of the O. T. O.2 Lewis Says No—Let Us See
In reply to our accusation that he had confessed his connection and association with Aleister'Crowley, founder of the new O. T. O., or the Crowley-ized O. T. O., Lewis had his committee find and declare, on his behalf, that:
“The fact that Crowley willfully and wrongly used after 1911 some of the early Rosicrucian emblems (AND NoT UNTIL 1919 pr HE USE A FEW OF THE O. T. O. EMBLEMS) does not constitute what Clymer claims is a ‘confession’ on the part of the Imperator as being associated with Crowley. By such reasoning Crowley must have sponsored all Masonic Lodges formed in England or America since 1911, because such Lodges use some of the symbols which Crowley used in 1911 to 1918 and which he arbitrarily adopted without warrant. Therefore, this absurd and deliberately malicious statement was wholly and completely negated by the committee and the members of the convention. It is the most wicked of Clymer’s
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false inventions—a potion of poison concocted by Clymer with full knowledge that it was a lie—a deliberate lie.’’ (Italics are ours.*) Our statement of Lewis’ association and affiliation with Crowley and the O. T. O., now thoroughly Crowley-ized, was and is based upon his own statements and a large amount of other evidence, facts and circumstances.? It was and is not absurd, malicious or false. It is not a “‘potion of poison concocted”? by us—it is not a ‘most wicked, false invention.” It is true—absolutely true. If Mr. Lewis desires to disassociate himself from Aleister Crowley it will be necessary for him to do more than denounce Clymer and make ‘‘grand-stand” plays, as above. It will be necessary for him to denounce the O. T. O. and abandon all his many claims and titles thereunder, because Mr. Crowley and his Black Magic-Sex doc- trines are now and have been an integral part of the O. T. O. siicesjune:!, 1912.
Crowley National Grand Master of the O. T. O. for All English-S peaking Countries
In the Special Tenth Anniversary issue of the Oriflamme, on page 14, continuing on page 15, it was announced in September, 1912, that on June Ist of that year the O. T. O. had granted a charter to Mr. Crowley covering all English-speaking territory— which included the United States of America—as follows:
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The extension of the influence of our Order to the Slav coun- tries of Europe is, however, of special importance.
“By charter of June 1, 1912, there was founded by our Order a National Grossloge des Orientalischen Templer-Ordens fur die Slavishen Lander (National Grand Lodge of the Oriental Templar Order for the Slavonic Countries) and the foundation on the same date of a NATIONAL GrossLocE des Orientalischen Templer-Ordens fur Grossbritannien und Irland (National Grand Lodge of the Ori- ental Templar Order for Great Britain and Ireland) by our Order, which does not lack a certain piquancy (spicy taste that whets inter-
1 White Book D, p. 32.
2 See Brochure, Exposé of the Imperator of AMORC, or Book Five, Volume One, pp. 335 to 391, also our Reproductions Nos. 18 to 32, both inclusive, in Volume One.
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est) for all those familiar with the situation.
“Especially this recent establishment of our Order and the re- sultant extension of the influence of the special principles of the Order of the O. T. O. to English-speaking territory make it appear advisable to describe in further detail the development of our Order since its first public appearance in Germany.” (Italics are ours.*)
The ‘‘certain piquancy”’ or “spicy taste’? of so much interest, as we shall later reveal, was the adoption of Crowley’s Sex Magic by the O. T. O. and its Supreme Magus and Outer Head, Theodor Reuss—it was the Crowley-izing of the O. T. O.
On page 31 of the same issue is shown the photograph of the Baphomet, the head of the O. T. O. in all English-speaking lands from 1912 to 1924, when he became the Secret Chief of the O. T.O. Beneath the picture is printed a description in German, which is freely translated as follows:
“Brother. :.Aleister Crowley, 33°, 90°, 96°, X°, National Grand Master for Great Britain and Ireland of the ‘Mysteria Mystica Maxima of the Order of Oriental Templars,’ O. T. O.’’4
Mysteria Mystica Maxima
In an open letter of Baphomet to those who wish to join the order, it is stated that:
“The M.:.M.:.M.:. (Mysteria Mystica Maxima) is the name of the British Section of the O. T. O. This includes all countries
where English is generally spoken.” ®
Not only is this recognized by the O. T. O., as shown by the publication of Crowley’s picture and the foregoing statement be- neath it, but his organ, The Equinox, was made an official organ of the O. T. O.,° and his Black Magic-Sex doctrine, “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law,’ was recognized and adopted by the O. T. O. and Theodor Reuss '—Peregrinus—who signed the
3 See our Reproductions Nos. 57H and 571 of pages 14 and 15 of the Oriflamme. 4 See our Reproduction No. 57V. 5 Shown in our Reproduction No. 58. See also Reproduction No. 58A.
6 See Article XV of the Constitution of the O. T. O., our Reproduction No. 55A, part marked “B,” also p. 24 of the Oriflamme, our Reproduction No. 57R.
7 See our Reproduction No. 55G.
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O. T. O. “charter” (?), granted to Imperator Lewis that ‘“‘Impor- tant Rosicrucian Document No. 4.”’
In this connection it will be interesting to the reader and investi- gator to refer to Crowley’s first Manifesto issued for the Mysteria Mystica Maxima, or the English-speaking section of the O. T. O., in The Equinox, Volume I, No. 8, September, 1912. Part of this Manifesto is shown in our fac-simile Reproduction No. 18, on page 376 of Volume I, or on page 105 of our Brochure: dn Exposé of the Imperator of .1MORC. Also another Manifesto shown in our Reproductions A, B, C, CC and D, Volume I, pages 123 to 127, both inclusive, and Reproductions Nos. 19 and 19A, Volume I, pages 377 and 378, which said Manifesto was published by Crow- ley in The Equinox, Volume III, No. 1, March, 1919, in Detroit, Michigan, while he was actively in charge of the O. T. O. in the United States.
It will be noted that in his Manifesto*® of March, 1919, Mr.
Crowley proclaims to the world that:
“The Authority of the O. T. O. is concentrated in the O. H. O. (Outer Head of the Order or Frater Superior® .
“The Authority of the O. H. O. in all English-speaking countries is delegated by charter to the Most Holy, Most Illustrious, Most Illuminated and Most Puissant Baphomet X° Rex Summus Sanc- tissimus 33°, 90°, 96° [that is to say, Aleister Crowley], Past Grand Master of the United States of America... etc., etc., etc., National Grand Master General ad vitam of the O. T. O.”?
It would appear, therefore, that his claim to the delegation by charter of full authority of the O. T. O. in all English-speaking countries is well established and that it has so existed, since June 1, 1912, the date of the granting of said charter and the establishment of the Mysteria Mystica Maxima.
8 The Equinox, Volume Three, No. 1, March, 1919, our Reproduction No. 19A, shown on p. 378 of Volume One hereof.
9 This is so provided in Article IV of the Constitution of the O. T. O. Some of the powers of the O. H. O. are shown in our Reproductions Nos. 55A and 55B.
1 Shown in our Reproduction No. 19A, Volume One, p. 378; in the Brochure, p. 107.
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Crowley and Lewts Their Use of Masonic Signature Seals
In our said Brochure, An Exposé of the Imperator of AMORC,* we pointed to the use of similar Masonic signature seals by Lewis and Crowley as one of the many circumstances tending to prove the close connection between them.* Evidently this suggestion and this evidence was quite disturbing to Mr. Lewis’ peace of mind, since he has made strenuous efforts to argue away the implication; pub- lished his ‘“‘Exhibit No. 9,” showing a number of Masonic signature seals‘ similar to the one he uses officially in connection with his alleged Rosicrucian signature—which no real Rosicrucian would do —and then, to settle the matter, he has his committee say that:
“Tt has seen much evidence to prove that the ecclesiastical cross emblem which the Imperator, H. Spencer Lewis, uses before his name on official documents was not invented by Mr. Crowley, but was in use on Masonic and Rosicrucian documents in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, and the committee reproduces herewith photographs of Roumanian Masonic documents and other documents dating as far back as 1882, showing similar or identical marks made before the signatures’ of officers who were in no wise connected with or known to Crowley. Crowley must have been a mere child in those years. ‘This documentary evidence is presented herewith in this report.’ ®
Here again we see his constant and continuing effort to confuse Masonry and Rosicrucianism, and to Masonically promote his frau- dulent R. C. Order. As a matter of fact, official Rosicrucian docu- ments do not carry Masonic signature seals. Therefore, the com- mittee saw no Rosicrucian documents bearing such seals.
Aside from his high connections and powerful position in the O. T. O., a Masonic organization operating under a charter from the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Freemasonic Order of Memphis- Mizraim for Great Britain and Ireland, Mr. Crowley—along with Theodor Reuss, former O. H. O. of the O. T. O.—was a high
2 Republished as Book Five, Volume One.
3 See our Reproductions Nos. 30 and 31 and text; Brochure, pp. 89 to 94, or Volume One, pp. 360 to 365.
4 White Book D, p. 25, which we discussed in Chapter Three, pp. 141-142, supra.
5 Refers to his “Exhibit No. 9.”
8 White Book D, p. 31.
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officer of said Sovereign Sanctuary for Great Britain and Ireland.’ Therefore, Crowley did not usurp the right to use such Masonic signature seals as intimated by Lewis, but rightfully used it by virtue of his official position and high standing in said Masonic Rites and Sovereign Sanctuary and in the O. T. O.
Under Dominion of Saint Crowley
Lewis’ Rights Come From Same Source
If Mr. Lewis has the right to use a similar seal such as he has used, it is by virtue of the certificate of honorary membership in the O. T. O. and the Sovereign Sanctuary for Switzerland, Ger- many and Austria of the Freemasonic Rites of Memphis and Miz- raim granted to him by Peregrinus—Theodor Reuss—under the personal seal of Crowley* (the third seal from the left). There- fore, if he rightfully uses such Masonic seal, he must use it by the same right and in the same connection in which Crowley uses it, since their Masonry, if it be authentic, comes from the same origi- nal source.
In this connection let it be noted that Lewis stresses his close connection with Theodor Reuss and vigorously attempts to dis- associate himself from Aleister Crowley. However, it is a vain effort, because we see here® that Reuss and Crowley were closely associated in the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Ancient and Primitive Rites of Memphis and Mizraim for Great Britain and Ireland, as they were in the O. T. O. during Reuss’ lifetime.’
Now, if Lewis claims the right to use such Masonic signature seal as coming to him from John Yarker, whom he says was “‘an eminent Masonic historian,” through the certificate of honorable membership’ issued to him by Theodor Reuss, then the use by him of such seal shows a close connection with Crowley—that is obvi- ous in view of the facts herein shown.
However, let it be remembered that said honorary membership
7 See our Reproductions Nos. 60, 60A and 60B, showing the election of the successor of John Yarker, as Sovereign Grand Master General, especially Reproduction No. 60B.
8 See our Reproduction No. 40, Part One, this chapter, pp. 281 to 283, supra.
9 As shown in our fac-simile Reproductions Nos. 60, 60A and 60B. 1 Mr. Theodor Reuss died in 1924. 2 His “Important Rosicrucian Document No. 4,” our Reproduction No. 40.
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certificate was not issued until July 30, 1921, whereas Lewis adopted said Masonic signature seal (or similar thereto) in 1915 for himself as “The Sacred Insignia of the Grand Master General of the AMORC,* which raises the pertinent question, by what right did he adopt such Masonic seal in 1915 as a Rosicrucian sym- bol and by what right did he use it from 1915 to 1921? Irrespec- tive of the answer to these questions, it is apparent that he has been using a Masonic signature seal or similar thereto as a device to Ma- sonically promote his spurious Rosicrucian Order since he insti- tuted said Masonic-Rosicrucian swindle in 1915, with himself as Grand Master General* thereof—a Masonic title used in the Order Memphis-Mizraim.
Is Crowley Secret Chief? Is He Lewis’ Present Secret Chief?
Although on February 16, 1934, Lewis affectionately referred to the Secret Chief of the O. T. O. who granted him a charter (!) in 1921 and the present Secret Chief of the O. T. O.,° yet he denies that Saint Edward Aleister Crowley® is the present Secret Chief or O. H. O. of the O. T. O., and denounces him as a notorious Black Magician. In view of which and our aforesaid charge,’ may we not further inquire into the facts of the case?
We have heretofore seen that, by charter issued on June 1, 1912, by Theodor Reuss, giving and delegating all his powers as O. H. O. of the O. T. O. to Aleister Crowley in English-speaking territory, he became and has since remained the Secret Chief of the O. T. O. in the United States of America, wherein Mr. Lewis resides, and that when Theodor Reuss issued said certificate of honorary mem- bership to Lewis,* he did so under Crowley’s personal seal, thus recognizing Crowley’s dominion over Lewis. Therefore, whatever
3 See lower right corner of our Reproduction No. 68. In this connection see also and note carefully our Reproductions Nos. 67 and 69 to be found near end of Chapter Five.
4 See our Reproduction No. 67, showing the first officers of AMORC.
5 Shown fully in our Reproduction No. 32, Volume One, p. 389, Brochure, p. 117.
6 See our Reproduction No 60B, where the title of “saint” is given to Crowley.
7 See Volume One, pp. 335 to 391 of said Brochure, an Exposé of the Imperator of AMORC. 8 Our Reproduction No. 40, Part One of this Chapter, pp. 381-383, supra.
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right, “powers, authorities and privileges which have not yet been exercised by the Imperator of AMORC in North .1merica’’*® which Lewis may still claim thereunder must be exercised under the do- minion and authority of Saint Edward Aleister Crowley, whom he denounces as an “untouchable,” notorious Black Magician.
But did not Crowley succeed Theodor Reuss as O. H. O. and Supreme Secret Chief of the O. T. O. after the passing or the death of the latter in 1924? And is Crowley now the Secret Chief of Mr. Lewis and the O. T. O.? Indeed, such is the case! Moreover, Crowley succeeded Theodor Reuss by right of succession under the rules and regulations of the O. T. O.
Crowley Successor to Reuss Became Supreme Secret Chief in 1924
If the reader will kindly turn to page 16 of the Book of the Constitution of the O. T. O.,* it will be seen that the Tenth Degree is honorary, that it is held only by the administrators and spiritual directors of the Order and by the O. H. O. The “Denomination of Degrees” and the ‘Classification of Members” as to this last de- gree of the O. T. O. is: “X° Supr. Rex. O. H. O. Administration and Spiritual Direction.”” Thus it appears that none save Tenth Degree Members may be the Supreme King, O. H. O., or Secret Cinet of the O. T. O.
Now, if you will kindly turn to our reproduction of the Ori- flamme,* it will be seen that, of the co-founders and prominent members of the O. T. O., only Dr. Carl Kellner, Spiritual Father; Theodor Reuss, first O. H. O. or Secret Chief, and Aleister Crow- ley, National Grand Master of the Mysteria Mystica Maxima, were the only Tenth Degree members,® and that all others were only Ninth Degree members.* Dr. Carl Kellner and Theodor Reuss being deceased, the latter in 1924, Crowley is the only living : Tenth Degree member, and, having previously been Chief in all
9 See Lewis’ description of his O. T. O. charter (!) or “Important Rosicrucian Document No. 4,’ Volume One, pp. 345-346, or the Brochure, p. 75.
1 Our Reproduction No. 55E.
2 Reproductions Nos. 57 to 57W, both inclusive.
3 See our Reproductions Nos. 57A, 57D and 57V.
4 See our Reproductions Nos. 57B, 57C, 57S, 57T and 570.
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English-speaking countries, he was by right and under all the facts and circumstances of the case the natural and rightful successor of Theodor Reuss as the O. H. O. or Secret Chief of the O. T. O. and of Mr. Lewis, who has claimed so much under the O. T. O. There- fore, in view of these and other facts and circumstances to follow herein, it must be concluded that Aleister Crowley is the present SECRET CHIEF and SuPREME O. H..O. of the O. T. O. wherever it exists or functions.
Theodor Reuss and Crowley And Crowley's Black Magic-Sex Teachings
The late Theodor Reuss was an occultist of worth. He enjoyed a high standing in occult circles. He was well reputed and respected by all occultists. It has been noted that Lewis praises Mr. Reuss, whose reputation was good; that he claims his connection with the O. T. O. and his most unusual rights, titles and prerogatives there- under through him and by virtue of the honorary membership cer- tificate’ which Reuss issued to him. On the other hand, it has also been noted that, while clinging to Theodor Reuss, he denounces Crowley, whose reputation as an occultist is not so good, as a Nororious Brack MacIcIAN and his Black Magic-Sex Teachings as abominable and unfit to be a part of the literature in any home.
However, the connection between Mr. Reuss and Mr. Crowley was much closer than we have heretofore shown or hinted. In Crowley’s notorious and detestable Black Magic-Sex Doctrines they saw eye to eye; and from 1912, for a period of ten years, they worked hand in hand, spreading and promulgating these de- plorable teachings, as a result of which Mr. Reuss’ reputation as an occult leader suffered severely, but during the last two years of his life he was not active in teaching the Crowley doctrines and practices and gained back part of the respect that had been ac- corded to him in former years in occult and fraternal circles.
Lewis’ “W hiz-Bang’” Alibi
In addition to the denunciation which we have heretofore quoted, again in The Rosicrucian Digest, August, 1935, pages 265 and 266,
5 Lewis’ “Important Rosicrucian Document No. 4,” our Reproduction No. 40.
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Lewis delivered another bitter and indignant (!) denunciation of Crowley and his sex teachings, as follows:
“This man [meaning the writer] says, for instance, that the Im- perator of AMORC has as his ‘secret chief’ one international and infamous character known as Crowley, and that through this de- plorable character known as Crowley the Imperator of AMORC works his ‘black magic.’ Now every member who has passed beyond the second or third degree or who has ever inquired of us regarding the character known as Crowley knows that we have very strongly and very definitely condemned all of the sex teachings® and other so- called philosophic ideas proclaimed by Mr. Crowley as being unfit to be a part of the literature to be found in any home, or to be read by any person of a clean mind. Mr. Crowley has been exposed many, many times in Europe, and, according to newspaper accounts, it is al- leged he was even required to leave certain countries and never enter them again, including the United States. Mr. Crowley has never had any contact with our organization or a single officer of it, and we would immediately expel from AMORC any member that was associated with Mr. Crowley and his work. The farmer in Pennsylvania’ knows this only too well, and he knows how bitterly we have con- demned some of his philosophic writings and preachings upon the sex question, and, therefore, he seeks to confuse the issue by wanting his few followers to keep away from any contact with AMORC because of AMORC’s ‘black magic.’ Could anything be more ab-
surd in the field of mystical literature?” (Italics are ours. )
The “Razzle-Dazzle’ of Sex Lewis’ Attempt to Escape His Black Magic
It is not our purpose here and now to discuss the sex question. It is a profound and sacred subject when rightly understood that has suffered greatly and brought into disrepute by too much of the wrong kind of discussion by those entirely ignorant of its true sig- nificance and sublime nature. However, it is necessary to give the subject passing and brief consideration to refute Lewis’ ‘‘holier- than-thou” attitude and his ugly and false insinuations.
For several years he has charged the Randolph Foundation of ® Yet this inconsistent “Imperator” and fraternal racketeer teaches the Crowley
Black Magic-Sex doctrines, which he “so very strongly and very definitely condemned.” See our Reproduction No. 59, to be later considered.
™See Chapter Three, pp. 132-133, supra.
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the authentic Rose Cross Order in America with the teaching of unwholesome and undesirable sex teachings, and then, with self- righteous and assumed indignation, proclaimed that he and his organization were entirely free from all sex teachings. A specific instance is found in his so-called ‘“‘Rosicrucian Manual,” Sixth Edi- tion, 1934, on page 7, as follows:
. This means that it [the AMORC] does Nor publish books claiming to contain Rosicrucian fundamentals, rituals, secrets, rites © or TEACHINGS, does not deal with sex problems, sex practices or in- dulgences under the guise of higher occult teachings,’ etc. (Our italics. )
The mystery of sex is the hidden and little-understood principle underlying all Nature—the basic principle of all things, both ani- mate and inanimate. The principle of sex is taught in all mystery schools, in the higher occult sciences, and finds application in all magic—both white and black. The sex principle in its application may be and is subject to right use or abuse. When rightly used it is the higher law of generation and regeneration, which transmutes the gross into the finer—which leads upward to salvation and the immortalization of the soul. As such it is the law of the White Brotherhood—a basis of White Magic. When misused, abused and perverted, it becomes the inverse law of the Black Brotherhood, which leads to destruction and becomes a part of the arts of Black Magic.
The Randolph Foundation of the authentic Rosicrucian Frater- nity in America does teach the high law of generation and regenera- tion—the sex doctrines of the White Brotherhood—the White Magic of Sex. The manifold blessings that these teachings and holy practices have brought to mankind are a source of pride and satisfaction. Those interested in these wholesome teachings will find a general treatment in PuH1LosopHy OF Fire and Race RE- GENERATION by the author, and a more specified treatment of the wondrous White Magic of Sex, in Euxis, by Dr. P. B. Randolph.* If Mr. Lewis were an occultist, instead of a rank charlatan and pre- tender, if he had only a slight understanding of genuine occultism
8 Published by the Philosophical Publishing Company, Quakertown, Penna. Eulis is a private book, which can only be obtained upon subscription and under the condi- tions prescribed. The higher occult teachings are only available to members of the Order.
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or mysticism, he would be able to distinguish between good and bad sex teachings and would not indiscriminately condemn all teachings on the subject, especially the truly worthy and higher sex teachings of the Randolph Foundation of the authentic Fraternity of the Rose Cross in America.
However, his bitter denunciation of our teachings is a part of his general plan to discredit the authentic Order to promote his own spurious R. C. Order.® So, also, his bitter denunciation of Crowley is designed to hide his own perverted sex teachings—which are the Black Magic-Sex Teachings of Crowley and of the modern- ized O. T. O., with which he claims the closest connection.
The Sex Teachings of the O. T. O. It Adopted the Black Magic of Crowley
We have set forth the foregoing statements of Lewis to show that they are subterfuges and devices in aid of his fraternal racket. Let us now consider the evidence which proves them to be such. We have heretofore shown that when the O. T. O. granted a char- ter on June 1, 1912, to Crowley covering all English-speaking coun- tries, Theodor Reuss—Peregrinus—the Supreme Chief or Caput of the Order, remarked in the Oriflamme,’ that the granting of said charter to Crowley ‘‘does not lack a certain piquancy” or spicy taste ‘for those familiar with the situation,” which means that then and there Theodor Reuss and the O. T. O. adopted the Black Magic-Sex Teachings of Crowley.
In writing on this same subject, in relation to the Law of The- lima, which is his Black Magic-Sex Doctrine, Mr. Crowley, in 1919, made the following statement in the official organ of the O. T. O., to wit:
“In the first place he [meaning himself] availed himself of a cer- tain organization of which he was offered the control, namely, the O. T. O. This great Order accepted the Law? immediately and was justified by the sudden and great revival of its activities. The law
®See Chapter Three, supra. 1 Our Reproduction No. 57 of page 14 thereof.
2 Refers to the Black Magic formula of Crowley: “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.”
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was given to our founder® twelve years ago. The O. T. O. came into his hands eight years later in the vulgar year 1912....
“However, with the sudden growth of the O. T. O. from 1912 E. V. onward, he began to perceive the method of putting the Law into general practice, of making it possible for men and women to live in accordance with their wills, etc.” *
This claim of Crowley as to his control ovér the O. T. O. and its immediate acceptance of his sex doctrines must be well taken, be- cause it is fully substantiated by a statement on page 19 of the Book of the Constitution of the O. T. O., which is a “Message from Master Thirion’ (Crowley), setting forth his notorious Black Magic-Sex formula, “Love Is the Law, Love Under Will.” This statement appears above the printed statement reading: ‘‘Address for Enquirers: Theodor Reuss’’—the name Theodor Reuss being stamped thereon with a rubber stamp.’ The statement is as follows:
“MESSAGE FROM MASTER THIRION
“For our great comfort it is written in the Book of the Law:
“Love Is the Law, Love Under Will.
“This is to be taken as meaning that while Will is the Law, the nature of that Will is Love. But this Love is, as it were, a by- product of that Will; it does not contradict or supersede that Will; and if apparent contradiction should arise in any crisis, it is the Will that will guide us aright. Love is easily counterfeited. Lo, while in the Book of the Law is much of Love, there is no word of Sentimen- tality. Hate itself is almost like Love! Fighting most certainly is Love. ‘As Brothers fight ye!’ All the manly races of the world un- derstand this. The Love of Liber Legis is always bold, virile, ecstatic, even orgiastic. There is delicacy, but it is the delicacy of strength. Mighty and terrible and glorious as it is, however, it is but the pennon upon the sacred lance of Will, the damascened in-
3 Refers to the A.-.A.:. as founded by Crowley. See our Reproduction No. 27, Vol- ume One, p. 388.
4 The Equinox, Volume Three, No. 1, p. 231, Crowley writing on the subject “Con- cerning the Law of Thelima.” «
5 See our Reproduction No. 55G of page 19 of the O. T. O. Constitution. The par- ticular copy of the Constitution of the O. T. O., from which our Reproductions were made, is under an official seal of Theodor Reuss—Peregrinus. See upper right corner of our Reproduction No. 55. This same seal appears on Lewis’ “Important Rosicrucian Document No. 4,” next to name of Peregrinus, our Reproduction No. 40, Part One, this chapter, p. 283, supra.
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scription upon the swords of the Knight-monks of Thelima.
“It is the apotheosis of Freedom, but it is also the strictest possible bond. It is that harmony of Legis Jogum and Libertas Evangelii which we once saw upon the little table above the Pastos of Our Father Christian Rosencreutz.”
A more direct or brutally frank statement of the Black Magic of Sex could scarcely be made. The reference to Father Christian Rosencreutz therein is without justification. Let it here be re- corded and proclaimed that at no time have the Rosicrucians given countenance to such detestable Black Magic doctrines as therein set forth. However, with the foregoing statement printed in the Book of the Constitution, it is certain that the O. T. O. and Theodor Reuss adopted the Crowley sex teachings as therein set forth.
The O. T. O. Sex Magic Said to Explain Masonic Symbols
The Book of the Constitution, in which appears the uncondi- tional acceptance of the Crowley sex teachings by the O. T. O. and its O. H. O., Theodor Reuss, was published in 1917. This was five years prior to the issuance in 1921 by Peregrinus (Theodor Reuss) of the Honorary Membership Certificate to H. Spencer Lewis.° However, five years prior to the issuance of the Book of the Con- stitution, the Master of the Order in the Jubilee issue of the Ovi- flamme, 1912, had much to say concerning the teaching of Sexual Magic by the O. T. O. The reader will recall that shortly prior to the publication of said Jubilee issue, the O. T. O. had granted a charter to Aleister Crowley, granting unto him all the powers of the O. H. O. in all English-speaking countries,” and had accepted his sex teachings or the Law of Thelima. On page 21 of the Jubilee issue an interesting statement appears, as follows:
“Our Order possesses the KEY which opens up all Masonic.: .and Hermetic secrets; namely, the teaching of sexual magic; and this teaching explains, without exception, all the secrets of Nature, all the symbolism of FREEMASONRY and all systems of religion.
® His “Important Rosicrucian Document No. 4.” See our Reproduction No. 40 and the translation thereof in Part One, this chapter, pp. 281-283, supra.
* See p. 14 of the Oriflamme, our Reproduction No. 571.
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“May our Order continue victorious as in the past.
“The Master of the Order.” ®
In addition to having a pronouncement on Sexual Magic of the O. T. O. we have further proof that the O. T. O. was not and is not a Rosicrucian Order or affliated therewith. Continuing on the same page are further statements relating to the sex teachings of the Order, under the title of Mysteria Mystica Maxima, which is the name of the British section of the O. T. O., including all countries where English is generally spoken,° in further previous recognition of Mr. Crowley and his Black Magic-Sex Doctrines, as follows:
“MYSTERIA MYSTICA MAXIMA
“At the conclusion of the foregoing article it was stated that the key opening up the secret which underlies all Freemasonic symbols was the teaching of sexual magic.
“Now, although this teaching of sexual magic is the secret of the O. T. O. and is not suitable for publication in a pamphlet which reaches wide circles, nevertheless, the Management of the Order has decided to lift a very small tip of the veil which conceals our secret, in this Anniversary (Jubilee) Number of the Oriflamme, to enlighten earnest seekers.”’
This article, which “lifts a’ very small tip of the veil,” which conceals the sex_teachings. of the O.,.T..O., reveals-suticenteca convey an accurate idea of their nature. However, the reader and investigator will find them fully revealed in the writings of Crowley in The Equinox and in his world-wide notoriety as a Black Magi- cian. The article continues:
“We need not apologize to the public for daring to touch openly on this delicate question here, for there is not the slightest doubt that the sexual question is the burning question of our times. It is not nec- essary for us to submit proof of this, for every daily newspaper con- tains the same amply.
“As introduction to our short ‘Revelation,’ let us quote the words
8 Oriflamme, 1912, p. 21, our Reproduction No. 570 (see translation). 8 See our Reproduction No. 58.
1 This Anniversary Issue of the Oriflamme was a limited issue, intended only for the members of the O..T. O. and their trusted friends. It will be noted that the copy which we reproduce herein is sealed with the seal of the Order. See our Reproduction No. 57. Note the seal stamped on the upper right corner of the cover.
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of Przbyszewski, a great and serious research worker in this field, who said, “To the same extent that I would have been able to have prevented in the Middle Ages the existence of the Soul being de- tected in realms of religious life, can I now change or alter the fixed fact that nowadays the Soul reveals itself only in the intercourse or relationship of the two sexes to each other. The Soul must be re- proached for this, not I.’
“We say in our manifesto that we supply the properly prepared brother with the practical means to obtain proof of his immortality even during his earthly existence.
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“Well, one of these means is a certain Yoga exercise.” ”
The O. T. O. Teaches Yoga
Following the foregoing quotation is a brief explanation of the Yoga teachings of the O. T. O. from the writings of Dr. Kellner, the originator of the order. May we digress to point out that Yoga as taught in the East and by the O. T. O. is not a Rosicrucian teaching and is a doctrine and practice which does not fit into the philosophy of Rosicrucians. Literally, the word Yoga means union. Its meaning and the practice of Yoga are entirely consistent with the declared aims and teachings of the O. T. O., as declared by Theo- dor Reuss, writing under the name of Merlin,® in the 1910 edition of the Oriflamme, viz.: ‘‘We seek towards the Conscious Union with Him.”* This is in line with the teaching of the Theosophical Society, of which Dr. Franz Hartmann was an honored member and upon which he wrote profoundly with depth of understanding. It is the Mysticism of the East of which we offer no criticism. Profound as it may be, it is not Rosicrucian philosophy. We have heretofore stated the distinction between Mysticism and Rosicru- cianism in Volume I of this work, at page 308, to which reference is made.’ Here we have further and corroborative proof that the O. T. O. as originally organized and after it came under the control
2 The Oriflamme, pp. 21 and 22, our Reproductions Nos. 570 and 57P. This article relating to Yoga and the sex teachings of the O. T. O. is continued through p. 23 of our Reproduction No. 57Q. (See translation near close of this chapter.)
3 Theodor Reuss-Willsson was also known as Peregrinus and Merlin. With the latter name, Merlin, as the Frater Superior or O. H. O. of the O. T. O., he signed the Constitution of 1917. See our Reproduction No. 55B.
4 The Oriflamme, 1912, p. 19, our Reproduction No. 57M. 5 For the same statement see said Brochure, p. 38.
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of Crowley, during and after the year 1912, was and is not a Rosicrucian Order or affiliated therewith.
The Official Organ of the O. T. O. Crowley's Organ, The Equinox
In the Constitution of the O. T. O., on page 12, at the place designated ‘‘B” on our Reproduction No. 55B, it is declared that the Oriflamme and The Equinox are the official organs of the O. T. O. The Equinox was and is the personal organ of Aleister Crowley.
In the Oriflamme, 1912, on page 24, the official literature and organs of the O. T. O. are listed as follows:
“LITERATURE
“T. N. R. I.—Under this title there appear the publications of the Order of the Oriental Templars. The publisher is “Theodor Reuss, 4 Duke Street, Adelphi, London.
“OrIFLAMME—-Official organ of the Grand Orient of Germany. The publisher is Dr. Carl Lauer, Schulstrasse, 30, Lud- wigshafen a. Rhein.
“THe Equinox—Official Organ of the O. T. O. in England. The publisher is Aleister Crowley, 3 Great James Street, Bed- ford Row, London, W..C. Every volume costs shillings 10/6.
“L/ I NitIATION—~Official organ of the Memphis and Mizraim Rites and the O. T. O. in France. The publisher is Dr. Papus, 15 Rue Seguier, Paris, France. Price: 12 Francs per year.
“Tue UNIversAL FREEMASON—Offcial organ of the American Masonic Federation. The publisher is M. McB. Thomson, 585 Main Street, Evanston, Wyo., U. S. A.” ®
Not only were Crowley’s Black Magic-Sex Teachings recognized and adopted by the O. T. O. in addition thereto, his personal organ, the official organ of his A.-.A.:.was made an official organ of the
O. T. O. Of all the official organs of the O. T. O., The Equinox
6 Our Reproduction No. 57R. The reader may note that The Universal Freemason published by M. McB. Thomson, was recognized literature of the O. T. O. and that the O. T. O. recognized and entered into friendly relations with the American Masonic Federation. See Oriflamme, p. 23, our Reproduction No. 57Q. This was the Masonic Fraud for which M. McB. Thomson was convicted, which was discussed in Part One of this chapter, supra.
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is the only one which has survived and exists today.
The O. T. O. Since 1912 Under the Domination of Crowley
We believe that it has been conclusively established by the fore- going proof produced that Crowley’s influence became dominant in the O. T. O. in 1912 and that it has since continued. However, in justice to Mr. Crowley, we desire to make a correction. In our Brochure, dn Exposé of the Imperator of AMORC, republished as