Section 1. Initiates of at least ten years good stand-

ing may apply for a six months’ free residence in one of the established Homes. Applications will be dealt with by rotation. The final decision for granting a free residence to any applicant rests with the O. H. O,
Article XIX. g
This Constitution was first proclaimed, published/and issued under the hand and seal of the O. H. O, ip/Lon- don (England) on January 2224, A. D, 19067 Anno Ordinis 788, Anno V. L. 0,000, 000, 000.
This revised edition of the Constitution has bedn approved by me, and is now issued under my hand and seal this twenty second day of January A. D. 1817, Anno Ordinis 799, on Monte Verita, in the Republic of Ticino (Switzerland),
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This is a fac-simile of page 13 of the Constitution of the O. T. O. (A) It was first proclaimed and published in January 22, 1906, in London, England.
(B) The revised edition was issued and published on January 22, 1917, in Switzer- land—not in 1907, as misrepresented by Lewis.
(C) It was ordained and issued by Merlin (Theodor Reuss) as the Frater Superior and Outer Head of the O. T. O., and not by Theodor Reuss as the “Supreme Magus” of the Rosicrucian Order, whose name—Peregrinus—“appears on one of the Rosicrucian charters [?] granted to Imperator Lewis.” Reuss, who used both names: “Merlin” and “Peregrinus,’ although head of the O. T. O., was mot the Supreme Magus of the Rosicrucians and he did mot grant Lewis a charter. Those representations by Lewis are absolutely false and made with the willful intent to deceive.
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AN ANSWER TO LEWIS’ WHITE Cr) BOOK
FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION No. 55C
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ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS.
PN OD OOOO
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Synopsis oF DEGREES
CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS BY DEGREES
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| Johannis-Freimaurerei
Probationers
Minervals (Synods)
Craft Masonry
| Outer Circle.
The correspondence with candidates.
Preliminary state of preparation of candidates. Candidates may be admitted by correspondence.
| reemasonry. | The following Masonic Degrees of the Uni- Accepted Scottish Rite of 33 degrees, of the and of the Egyptian Rite of Misraim of 90 Masons, and candidates are made Freemasons the O. T. O. by virtue of a Charter issued on ker 33.9, 90.9, 96.0, 1X.°, at Manchester late So- Sanctuary for Great Britain an‘ Ireland,
1° Entered Apprentice (J ohannis-Eyeimaurer- Lehrling). 2° Companion (Johannis-Freimaurer-Geselle).
Loge Bleu 3.° Master Mason (Johannis-Freimaurer- Meister). | LJ :
1V.0| Scotch Masonry |/4°-6° Scotch Mason (Schottischer Obermeister.) i Schottische ; 110-129. St. Andrews Knight (Ritter v. Heiligen
Andreas-Maurerei Gewédlbe) Magonnerie Verte |/14°-15°. Royal Arch Mason (Prinz y. Jerusalem)
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v.«|Rose Croix Chapter | 169-189. Knights of Rose Croix (Ritter Rose Croix)
Rote Kapitel-Maurerei Chevallerie Rose Croix |
Knights of the Pelikan ]Prinz Maurer v. Knights of Kast & West)Schwarzen Adler
as oR VI.9| Historical Templars || 269-30. Knight Kadosh (Ritter Kadosch) Schwarze 31°-33°, Grand Inspector General (Tempel-Ritter).
Templer-Maurerei Templier Commandeur
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BY
NB! The 33.° is the last degree of ,,. Freemasonry“
(Continted on following page.)
This and Reproduction No. 55D (shown on the opposite page) are fac-simile repro- ductions of pages 14 and 15 of the Book of the Constitution of the O. T. O., showing the Synopsis of Degrees, Classification of Members by Degrees, etc., of the O. T. O. Reading across both pages it appears that the O. T. O. was organized under a Masonic Charter from the Sovereign Sanctuary for Great Britain and Ireland of the Ancient Primitive Rites of Memphis and Mizraim by John Yarker on September 24, 1902. This is also shown to be true at page 20 of the Oriflamme (our Reproduction No. 57N). Thus it appears that the O. T. O. is an order based upon Masonic Rites and is
in no sense a Rosicrucian Order, as Lewis falsely represents.
under Reproduction No. 55D, opposite page.
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See text, also notes
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FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION No. 55D eat ath soe ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS.
~ eee ses
meOr yb 3-0. .
SYNOPSIS OF CouRSE OF INSTRUCTION || CLASSIFICATION OF = : = MEMBERS | Pronaos | according to the _ Constitution of 1906
Theosophists. — Martinists, ORL nO: |
Probationers Class |
A : Novizen |
| Franc-Maconnerie. | a ee SS | ted Grand Council of Rites, of the Ancient and Antient Primitive Rite of Memphis of 95 degrees degrees, are dispensed and confered on Master || by the Directing Members (Fratres Superiores) of September 24th 1902, E. V. by Bro: John Yar- vereign Grand Master General of the Sovereign
sare p ee ae
The members of the Craft degrees (3 Johan-| } 0. T. O. y
nisgrade) receive full instruction in Cratt-Ma-|| | Students-Class, i
sonry, including the Katechismus of the first |! | Lay-Brothers
3 degrees of Freemasonry and an explanation | p fs cae i
of all the various Masonic Systems. i IL Daienbroder The members of the Scottish Masonic’! degrees and of the Rose Croix Chapter receive | full instruction in the scottish degrees of) Antient and Accepted Masonry. 1
i Renmark:
The members of the Rose Croix Chapter receive by instalments the special lectures;'The mere possession ot 1—10, called ,,The esoteric instruction“, and|! these various Masonic introductory remarks on the Passing into|) degrees does not consti- Rosicrucianism and Hermetic Science. tute a Member as an:
— Ah AM Oe
The last degrees (30° - 33".) of Masonry Seige properly so called — a full een the Templars and their cere- \ eee ae monies, includi ex : iti af 7 2 f Wancns hi Lio oa of Political Free-iig po, point ot view,
Der 33.%ist der letzt, : : “ull still considered a etzte Grad in der , Freimaurerei.! i , Lay-Brother,
(Fortsetzung aut nichster Seite.)
The reader will not fail to note that the 3rd to 7th degrees, inclusive, of the O. T. O., as shown on pp. 14 and 15, correspond to Craft Masonry (the Ist, 2nd and 3rd de- grees) and Scotch Masonry (the 4th to 33rd degrees, inclusive.) The Fifth Degree of the O. T. O. comprehends or corresponds to the Rose Croix Chapter or 18th degree of Scottish Rite Masonry, and that the Sixth Degree of the O. T. O. corresponds to the 20th to the 33d degree of the Scottish Masonry, including the Knights of Kadosh, etc. Therefore, it appears that the O. T. O. is not a part of the Rosicrucian Fraternity —no more so than Scottish Rite Masonry, which makes no claim to Rosicrucian affiliation.
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FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION No. 55E Gn ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS.
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DENOMINATION OF DEGREES
CLASSIFICATION
1 OF MEMBERS | SYNOPSIS OF INSTRUCTION
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| [ Mystic.
| Remark: Only atter a Member has passed
Mystic Masonry Vito Mystic Templar] (a) Theoreticus =|lcorresponds in O. T. O. to
| : the ,. Entered Apprentice“ in (Wicked = (b) Magus of Craft Masonry :
| Light = —- __|Icorresponds in O, T. O. to
||(¢) Grandmaster of! ike ae in Craft
Ligth, and Grand master of all Ma- | sonic Lodges =
corresponds in O. T. O. to the ,, Master Mason“ in Craft Masonry
Hsoleric Rosicrweians
has to practise that which | was taught in Degree VII. (b) Adeptus § =jsignifies the ,Practicus who has become technically per- : . fect in practising
| (ce) Princeps ='signifies the ,Adeptus“ who | ‘ hasachieved technical Results (d) Muminatus ='sienifies the ,Princeps“ who . mystically correctly inter- || preted the achieved techni- cal results
VIIL.® Oriental Templar) (a) Practicus = (White) ||
‘ Lkununism Illuminatus High Priest of the This supreme degree is dedi- Perfectus Sanctuarium | eated ane practi : Sanctum Sanctorum) cation of the mystically cor- es) rectly interpreted and reco- | gnised technical results.
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Supr. Rex Ops EO) Administration and | (Goldgelb) || Spiritual Direction
This and the reproduction on the opposite page are fac-simile reproductions of pages 16 and 17 of the Book of the Constitution of the O. T. O. These are complete and unmutilated. They are the same pages which Lewis tampered with and mutilated to make his lying falsified “Exhibit No. 8,’ (our Reproduction No. 54). See our Exhibit “N” and the text. Pages 14, 15, 16 and 17 (Reproductions Nos. 55C, 55D, 55E and 55F) show the complete classification of the degrees of the O. T. O. and their corre- sponding Masonic degrees. From this official classification, it appears that the tenth and last degree, Supreme King, is held only by the O. H. O. and administrators of the O. T. O. Crowley is shown to be a tenth degree member. See Oriflamme, p. 31, our Reproduction No. 57V. See the text and the opposite page.
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ALL OCCULT INSTRUCTION IS GIVEN GRATIS.
Rosicrucians + Tuminism.
through Ordinary Freemasonry may he become an O. T. O proper.
Mystische Manreret.
gleichbedeutend mit dem ,,Lebrling“ in der Johannis-Freimaurerei
gleichbedeutend mit dem ,,Gesellen“ in der Johannis-Freimaurerei
gleichbedeutend mit dem ,,Meister“ in der Johannis-Freimaurerei Esoterischer Rosenkreuzer. hat das im VII.° Gelehrte praktisch zu iiben
bezeichnet den Prakticus, der technisch per- fekt geworden ist.
bezeichnet den Adepten, der technische Er-|
folge erzielt hat. bezeichnet. den Prinzeps, der die erzielten Erfolge mystisch richtig erkannt hat.
Lllununatismus
Praktische Anwendung der mystisch richtig erkannten Erfolge.
Verwaltung und geistige Oberleitung des Ordens.
CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS
according to the Constitution of 1906
On TO: Initiates Class
Eingeweihte.
These are the real active Members of O. T. O. also called the Hermetic Brothers of Light, or Illuminati
Remark :
The totality of the degrees of the ORT AO:
constitute an yAcademia Masonica“
a High School of Mystic Masonry.
Exitus acta probat!
This and Reproduction No. 55E on the opposite page show the meaning of the term “Esoteric Rosicrucians,’ as used in the O. T. O. They also prove conclusively that the teachings of the O. T. O. are based upon Masonry and Masonic Rites—that: “The totality of the degrees of the O. T. O. constitute an ‘Academia Masonica, a high school of Mystic Masonry.” It was this proof which Lewis attempted to eliminate when he published mutilated and altered parts of these pages in his “Exhibit No. 8.” See text. Such base trickery and mutilation of documents, which he offered as evidence to sustain his false representations is a Badge of Fraud which gives the true measure
of his fraternal swindle.
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MESSAGE FROM MASTER THIRION. —-O—
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 Wilk 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 Sentimentality. Hate itself is almost like Love! Fighting most certainly is Love! ,As bro- thers fight ye! All the manly races of the worl¢ understand this, The Love of Liber Legis is always
~ bold, virile, ecstatic, even orgiastic. There is delicacy, but it is the delicacy of strenght. Mighty and terrible and glorious at it is, however, it is but the pennon upon the sacred lance of Will, the damascened inscription 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 Jugum and Libertas Evangelii which we once saw upon the little table above the Pastos of Our Father Christian
Rosencreutz. Avni 1 MEE gas See Address for Enquirers Theodor Reuss ~ ye Witeeriand),
This is a fac-simile reproduction of page 19, the last page of the Book of the Con- stitution of the O. T. O. Lewis, in strenuously denouncing Crowley as a notorious Black Magician, emphatically denies that he had any connection with the O. T. O., and charges him with fabricating and operating a spurious O. T. O. This, with other reproductions shown herein, prove that Crowley captured the O. T. O. in 1912 and dominated it thereafter; that it adopted his Black Magic sex doctrines, teachings and practices. Note that the “Message from Master Thirion”’ (Thirion is Crowley) is printed in the Book of the Constitution, over the name of Theodor Reuss, who greatly impaired his reputation and standing as an occultist because of his collaboration with Crowley in teaching the sex doctrines of the latter. Lewis knew all of this; he has this book, as shown by his “Exhibit No. 8.’ Therefore, his statements concerning these matters were deliberately and willfully made with malicious intent to deceive—it is another Badge of Fraud. :
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The above photos give proof that an R. ©. magazine was published in Germany and Austria in recent years, and its owner and publisher was ““T. Reuss-Willsson” (Pere: _grinus) the Supreme Magus. It also proves that 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, oo
Exhibit No. 10 —
This is another willful attempt to deceive with a mutilated, falsified exhibit. This is not an R. C., but an O. T. O. magazine. Note the letters I N R I, the symbol of the O. T. O. It deals only with members of the O. T. O. It does not show that Dr. Franz Hartmann was a Rosicrucian and it does not show Rosicrucian recognition of
the Lewis family racket. See the text.
FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION No. 57
J UBILAUMS-AUSGABE
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RIFLAMME
This is a fac-simile reproduction of the cover of the Oriflamme, Jubilee or Anni- versary issue, September, 1912, of an official organ of the O. T. O., to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the order. This entire magazine is reproduced herein immediately following this cover. This is an official copy, verified by one of the seals of the O. T. O. stamped on the upper right corner.
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Drew OreGanm iceliner, 332, 90° 96°, Xo + Aufgenommen in den Freimaurer-Orden in der Loge ,,Humanitas“, Or.. Neuhausl. gestorben am 8. Juni 1905 in Wien. gew. Erster Suveraner Ehren-General-Grossmeister in Deutschland und Grossbritannien des Ordens der Alten Freimaurer vom Memphis- und Misraim-Ritus. Dies Bild des geistigen Vaters unseres Ordens stammt aus d J 1895. O-T-0 DR. CARL KELLNER, WHO CONCEIVED AND FOUNDED THE O. T. O. AS AN ACADEMY OF MASONRY
Page 2, opposite, is blank. The German is freely translated, as follows: “Admitted in the Freemason Order of the Lodge ‘Humanitas’ in Neuhausl, died June 8, 1905, in Vienna, former First Sovereign Honorary Grand Master in Germany and Great Britain of the Order of the Old (Primitive) Freemasons of Memphis and Mizraim Rites. This photograph of the Spiritual Father of our Order dates back to the year £9 5nOnL Ow
Note that Dr. Kellner as the founder and Spiritual Father was one of the X° members, Reuss and Crowley being the other two, as we shall see.
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Br... Dr. Franz Hartmann, 33°, 90°, 95°, IX®. F Aufgenommen in den Freimaurer-Orden in der Loge ,, Washington", No. 12, Or... Georgetown, U. 8. A,, gestorben am 7. August 1912 in Kempten, gew. Erster General-Gross-Administrator des Ordens der Alten Freimaurer vom Memphis- und Misraim-Ritus in Deutschland. Ehren-Grossmeister des (33°) Grossorient von Deutschland. Mitbegriinder unseres Ordens OTTO DR. FRANZ HARTMANN, THE EMINENT AUTHOR, THEOSOPHIST, MASON AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE O. T. O.
Page 4, opposite, is blank. The German is freely translated as follows: “Admitted to the Freemason Order in the Washington Lodge, No. 12, in Georgetown, U. S. A., died on August 7, 1912, in Kempten, former General Grand Administrator of the Order of the Old (Primitive) Freemasons of the Memphis and Mizraim Rites in Germany.
Honorary Grandmaster of the (33°) Grand Orient of Germany, Co-founder of our Order,O7 L022
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Ere ier nrich Klein, 33°. 90°, 960, 1Xe.
Ehemals Mitglied der Johannis-Freimaurerloge »Der Pilger‘, No 233, Or... London. General-Gross-Registrar des Ordens der Alten Freimaurer vom Memphis- und Misraim-Ritus in Deutschland.
Mitbegriinder unseres Ordens
O7D@ MR. HEINRICH KLEIN, A MEMPHIS-MIZRAIM MASON AND CO-FOUNDER ORME TOR ©:
Page 6, opposite, is blank. The German is freely translated as follows: “Former member of the Johannis Freemason Lodge, “The Pilgrims,’ No. 238 in London, General Grand Recorder (or Secretary) of the Order of the Old (Primitive) Freemasons of the Memphis and Mizraim Rites in Germany, co-founder of our Order O. T. O.” The founder and the co-founders of the O. T. O. were all Masons of the Order of Mempuis-MiIzraiM.
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Br. Theodor Reu, 33°, 900, 960, Xo. Aufgenommen in den Freimaurcr-Orden in der Loge ,,Der Pilger“, No. 238, Or... London. Mitglied der Johannis-Loge , Humanidad", No. 240, Or.-. Paris, Hon. 33° in Amerika, Spanien, Rumanien, Griechenland, Itahen ete.
Suverainer General-Grossmeister ad vitam des Ordens der
AJten Freimaurer yom Memphis- und Misraim-Ritus
in Deutschland. (Dieses Bild uaseres Ordensmeisters ist aus dem Jahre 1895.)
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MR. THEODOR REUSS, CO-FOUNDER AND FIRST SECRET CHIEF OR O. H. O. OF GHEFONLs0:
Page 8, opposite, is blank. The German is freely translated as follows: ‘Admitted in the Freemason Order in the ‘Pilgrim’ Lodge, No. 238, in London. Member of the Johannis Lodge, ‘Humanidad,’ No. 240, in Paris, Honorary 33° in America, Spain, Rumania, Greece, Italy, etc. Sovereign General Grand Master, ad vitam, of the Order of the Old (Primitive) Freemasons of the Memphis and Mizraim Rites in Germany. (This photograph of the Master of our Order was taken in the year 1895.)”” Mr. Reuss died in 1924.
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Translation of Reproductions
Following a headline giving our Reproduction number and the page of the Oriflamme so reproduced is a free translation of the text appearing in German in the reproduction and on the page so designated. The translation of the German connects with the Eng- lish text shown only in the reproduction, as follows:
REPRODUCTION No. S7E OF PAGE 11
LNiRSt INof eV II Berlin and London, 1912 September
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ORDER OF THE ORIENTAL TEMPLARS AND THE SOVEREIGN SANCTUARY OF THE OLD FREEMASONS IN GERMANY
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MONITA “Oh, disciple ! Who seeks it, will suffer ; Who finds it, conceal it ; Who uses it, let no one know. He who is a true philosopher Shall remain unknown. Trust no one but God; He alone keeps his word. Choose the friend of your spirit; Be friendly towards all, But have faith in no one. Go only with God, If you do not want to be deceived. Experdo crede! For faithfulness has fled from Earth toward Heaven; Has deserted all those whose Spirit Is held fast to the Earth!
Exitus acta probat!”’
REPRODUCTION No. 57F OF PAGE 12
The upper half of page 12 is in English.. The lower half in German, translated as follows:
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“Our OrRpER.
“Our late Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brother, Dr. Franz Hartmann, 33°, 90°, 96°, IX°, wrote in the Oriflamme, second year, issue No. 2:
“The Order of the Ancient Freemasons of the Memphis and Mizraim Rites, which was founded by the Masters of Wisdom and whose branches extend over the entire world, has now also become active in Germany. Whether it will be successful or not depends on its members, and there is no doubt that the best and ablest persons in Germany will join this fraternal Order as soon as they realize its origin and purpose. This Order is still in its infancy here and not all who have joined it are able to cope with its problems.
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““The primary condition of membership is not extensive famili- arity with books, but a heart anxious to promote the welfare of hu- manity and which is capable of experiencing love, namely, of realiz- ing the unity of God in all creatures.
“The Order has already accomplished great things, as it has created a literature with the purpose of making known a higher con- ception of life than the material one hitherto prevalent.
“““Tnasmuch as the Order as such has no dogma, with the exception of the brotherhood of man, it does not afford its enemies any point of attack. Nor will any opposition prevent the Order from proceed- ing calmly and surely on its way. The “Light of the East,” despite all fog, will emerge victorious!’
‘Almost ten years have passed since these words of our late Brother, the Co-Founder of our Sovereign Sanctuary in Germany, appeared in print, and, therefore, this (Jubilee) Anniversary number of the Oriflamme, which appears under the mystic sign: I. N. R. L, is the most fitting medium to show to what extent the words of our late Brother have been fulfilled.
“At first our Order, by taking in and merging with existing or- ganizations, grew until it comprised about 1000 members. But this growth in numbers was accompanied by increasing internal strife, because, as Brother Hartmann wrote as far back as 1902, not all who had joined our Order were capable of coping with its prob- lems. As early as 1904 the first secession occurred in Berlin. In December, 1905, the Hamburg Order joined the so-called recog- nized Grand Lodge there. In 1910 the so-called Eberhart Lodges
again withdrew from our Order and were affiliated by admitting
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their members as ‘new members’ with the so-called recognized Ger- man Grand Lodges.
“But these mistakes and defections of the early years had the very good result that finally our Order was freed of all dissension, so
REPRODUCTION No. 57H OF PAGE 14
that today our Order consists, it is true, of only 500 members in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, but these are permeated by the true purpose of its existence and no longer flirt with the ‘recog- nized’ [Masonic] Lodges in order to receive an invitation to visit them.
“But against this reduced number of membership in Germany we have the great good, the final effects of which cannot be estimated, of the increasing influence of the Sovereign Sanctuary for the Ger- man Reich and the Oriental Templar Order in non-German coun- tries which were not organically connected with it.
“In the year 1908 French brothers requested a patent from the Master of our Order, whereupon there was founded by our Order,
under date of June 24, 1908, the
THE SUPREME GRAND COUNCIL GENERAL
des rites units de la Maconnerie Ancienne et Primitive Grand Orient pour la France et ses dependances in Paris. (A General Supreme Grand Council of the United Rites of the Ancient and Primitive Masonry for the Grand Orient of France and its Dependencies. )
“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 GROSSLOGE des orientalischen “empler-Ordens fur Grossbritannien und Irland (National Grand Lodge of the Oriental Templar Order for Great Britain and Ireland )
by our Order, which does not lack a certain piquancy (spicy taste
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that whets interest) 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 makes it appear advisable to describe in further detail the —
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development of our Order since its first public appearance in Ger-
many.
“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 Massonica’ [an Academy of Masonry] 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 conversations 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 Massonica and submitted reasons and data why the name ‘Orientalische T'empler’ (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 immediately 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. ‘The Rosicrucian
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esoteric teachings of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light were re- served for the few initiated 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.
“No one can be an Initiate of the O. T. O. who has not first re- ceived the three Johannis [Craft] Degrees of Freemasonry. (Our italics. )
“The O. T. O. admits men and women and confers upon both sexes all the degrees of Freemasonry without any distinction. [Editor’s Note: This is Co-Masonry. |
“Brother.:.Dr. Franz Hartmann declares with regard to our Or- der in his ‘First Instructions’ (English edition for seekers): See English text on pages 16, 17, 18. (Our Reproductions Nos. 57J, S7keand:o/L).
Re EROolUCliONn No.,5/7E OF PAGE .18
Following the English text, the German, translated, reads:
“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 degree consists in the fact that it supplies the properly prepared Brother with the PRACTICAL means to erect the true Temple of Solomon 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 inner 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
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true Freemasonry, the ““Wise Men of the East,’ and we also shall transmit it only by word of mouth. Obviously, however, the success of the practical instructions to obtain this secret again depends on the applicant himself.
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‘““Those Brothers who found this secret treasured it as a cher- ished, self-acquired possession and, in order not to be misunderstood or ridiculed by the everyday person, they revealed it by means of symbols, as we still do today.’
“Perhaps it is also proper to call attention here to what Fra.:. Merlin [Theodor Reuss] described in the Orifamme (1910 edition) as the aims and teachings of our Order.
“ “We seek towards a knowledge of the Creator of all worlds and towards the conscious Union with Him.
“We teach that the first requisite to find the Creator of All Worlds is to know ourselves actually and truly.
“ “This actual knowledge of ourselves is the cornerstone of the esoteric Temple in the human breast. After this first step has been climbed, the neophyte can start on his pilgrimage. But this must be done in ironclad silence. The way is dark, but from far away the Holy Grail lights the path of the earnestly seeking pilgrim with its blood-red fiery light of perfect, unselfish brotherly love. The pil- grim must go through many tests victorious, but the steadfast seeker is urged forward by the confraternity of Templars, the Esoteric Templar and the Rose Croix Templar, for whom the “Light of the East” in its greatest purity eternally lights the way.’
“Fra.-.Merlin [Theodor Reuss] then adds: ‘But as this is a purely esoteric goal and might turn the pilgrims completely away from this world, were our Order not sufficiently courageous to real- ize the practical consequences of our teachings for everyday life and as our Order has entered public life precisely to influence the life of men, the first aim of our Order in the esoteric-practical realiza- tion of our teachings is that in future the “Mother” is to be hon- ored as ‘“‘High Priestess” in her family.’
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“Every pregnant woman is a “Saint” in our eyes,’ says Fra.-. Merlin. ‘She is the symbol of human procreation from. the Godly power of creation.’
“The Mother, as High Priestess, shall be the ‘Keeper of the ee) Fire,’ the disseminator of the Mystical Blessing!
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“Our Order hopes to influence the life of our people in such a manner that ‘Motherhood’ again becomes the highest goal of Woman.
“In this way our Order proves that it does not merely follow abstract goals, but that it is capable of intervening energetically in the everyday life of our people whenever it is urgently necessary that they be educated to a correct understanding and interpretation of the duties of a nation with regard to its own future, particularly during the present era.
“Tt was a direct result 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 England, 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 Or- der in England.
“If we now refer to the prophetic words of our Brother.:.Dr. Franz Hartmann mentioned at the beginning hereof, we are able to declare with great gratification, A.D. 1912, that Brother.:.Hart- mann’s words have been realized fully and entirely.
‘“““No opposition has prevented the Order from proceeding calmly and surely on its way: “The Light of the East,” despite all fog, has emerged victorious!’
* * * * * *
“Concluding this, our Anniversary Survey, we again submit
briefly :
“Our Order is not a Freemason Order pure and simple, but each
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member of our Order, whether man or woman, for our Order is open to both sexes in the same degree, must pass through all the degrees of the Johannis Freemasons and also the High Masonic Degrees before he or she can become an Illuminated and Initiated member of our Order
“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,
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all the symbolism of FREEMASONRY and all systems of religion. “May our Order continue victorious as in the past.
“The Master of the Order.”
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 enlight- en earnest seekers.
“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 necessary for us to submit proof of this, for every daily newspaper contains the same amply.
“As introduction to our short ‘Revelation,’ let us quote the words of Przbyszewski, a great and. serious research worker in this field, who said:
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“““To the same extent that I would have been able to have pre- vented in the Middle Ages the existence of the Soul being detected 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 rela- tionship 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.
“Well, one of these means is a certain Yoga exercise.
“Brother.:.Kellner declares in his paper on Yoga:
“Yoga is a very old teaching which has been kept secret for a long time—at least, it is not very well known—which, by certain exercises, makes it possible for their youth to create the phenomena of artificial somnambulism at will.
ce
‘Depending on the method used to acquire Yoga, a distinction
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is made among the various kinds of Yoga, and the nerve centers (nadis) and ten different kinds of breathing (Vayus) play an im- portant part in this connection.
“The old Indian physiological designations for the ten Vayus (breathing) are: Prana (in the heart) ; Apana (in the region of the anus) ; Samana (in the region of the navel) ; Udana (in the larynx) ; Vyana (in the entire body); Napa (in the reproductive organ) ; Kurma (opens the eyes); Krikara (causes sneezing); Devadatta (causes yawning); Dhananjaya (penetrates the external, coarse
body).
“Now, sexual magic is concerned with the Vayus Napa (in the reproductive organs), mentioned sixth.
“ “This exercise is called “The Transmutation of the Reproductive Energy.”
“ “This exercise of the transmutation of the reproductive energy is not done for the purpose of sexual excesses, but in order to strengthen the eternal God Power on the earthly plane requiring sexually strong, perfect persons, both of male and female sex.
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“The reproductive energy is a process of creation. It is a Godly act !
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‘In the reproductive organ (male and female) there is concen- trated in the smallest space the greatest vital force.
“ “During the rather complicated exercise the performer of the exercise must concentrate all his thoughts on withdrawing and lift- ing the reproductive energy from the organ into the solar plexus, where he “wills” that it be stored for transmutation purposes. This is connected with precisely controlled breathing. The act of the transmutation of energy is connected with this, and finally the great “merging” or reunion occurs and the performer becomes the seer while remaining fully conscious and experiences what he sees.
“This is white sexual magic!’ ”
NEWS OF THE ORDER “Upon the suggestion of Brother.:.M. McB. Thomson, 33°, 90°,
96°, our Order has entered into friendly relations with the Ameri- can Masonic Federation and has appointed the following brothers as friendly representatives at the Supreme Lodge of the American Masonic Federation.
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“Brother.:.M. McB. Thomson, 33°, 90°, 96°, as General Grand Representative; Brother.-.Robert E. England, 33°, 90°, 95°, as ap- pointed General Grand Representative; further, Brother.:.Franz Blust, 33°, 90°, 95°, as Grand Representative with the Grand Lodge of California, and Brother.-. Herman Muller, 32°, 86°, 90°, as appointed Grand Deputy to the Representative there.
“According to the desire and request of the IIl.-.Brother.-.John Yarker, 33°, 90°, 97°, Sovereign General Grand Master, ad vitam, of the Old (Primitive) Freemasons of the Memphis and Miz- raim Rites in Great Britain and Ireland, the Master of our Order has made the business manager of the Co-Masonry Lodges estab- lished by Mrs. Annie Besant, 33°, 90°, 96°, in England, namely, to Brother.:.J. J. Wedgwood, of London, an honorary Master Free- mason and attached him to the Lodge of the ‘Holy Grail’ in Mu- nich as honorary member.”
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“From the report of the Treasurer of the Order, Fra Argosinus, it appears that our Order (O. T. O.) possessed marks 30,400 on September 30th, this year, invested in 4 per cent interest-bearing government papers. Therefore, also from a purely material point of view, our Order has fulfilled the prophetic words of our late Brother.*.Dr. Franz Hartmann.”
LITERATURE
“TI. 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—Of ficial organ of the Grand Orient of Germany. The publisher is Dr. Carl Lauer, Schulstrasse 30, Ludwig- shafen a. Rhein.
“THE Equinox—Offcial organ of the O. T. O. in England. The publisher is Aleister Crowley, 3 Great James Street, Bedford Row, London, W. C. Every volume costs shillings 10/6.
“L’Initiation—Offcial organ of the Memphis and Mizraim Rites and the O. T. O. in France. The publisher is Dr. Papus, 15 Rue Seguier, Paris. Price: 12 francs per year.
“THE UNIVERSAL FREEMASON—Official organ of the American Masonic Federation. The publisher is M. McB. Thomson, 585 Main Street, Evanston, Wyo., U. S. A.” [Thomson was convicted of Masonic fraud. See Part One of this chapter, supra. |
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Umtliches Organ des Grdens der Orientalijchen Cempler u. des Suveranen Santtuarium der Alten Freimaurer in Deutfchland.
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MONITA.
O, Schiller!
Wer es suchet, der leide, Wer. es find’, der schweige, Wer es hat, der verberge es, Wer es brauchet, tu’ es unbekannt. Wer ein wahrer Philosoph ist, Der bleibe ungenannt. Traue niemand als Gott, Der allein halt sein Wort. Deines Gemiites Freund erwahlen sollst, Sei mit jedermann freundlich, Traue aber niemand. Sei niemand geheim als Gott, Willst du nicht betrogen sein!
Eaperdo crede! Denn Treue ist von der Erde gen Himmel Geflohen, hat alle Menschen verlassen, deren Gemiit an der Erde klebet!
Exitus acta probat ! This is a fac-simile of the title page (11) of the Oriflamme. Page 10, opposite, is
blank. It is the Jubilee issue, September, 1912, of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the O. T. O. in 1902, under a Masonic Charter of the Order of Memphis-Mizraim.
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CHARGE.
TO CANDIDATES.
To the earnest Disciple his Teacher takes the place of Father and Mother, says the Book of Discipline in the Schools of ,Dzyan*. For whereas they gave him his body and its faculties, its life and casual form, the Teacher shows him how to develop the inner faculties for the acquisition of the Eternal Wisdom.
To the Disciple each Fellow-Disciple becomes a Brother and Sister, a portion of himself, for his inter- ests and aspirations are theirs, his welfare interwoven with theirs, his progress helped or hindered by their intelligence and behaviour through the intimacy brought about by their co-discipleship.
As the limbs defend the head and heart of the body they belong to, so have the Disciples to defend the head and the heart of the body they belong to, in this case the O T. O,, from injary.
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UNSER ORDEN.
Unser verstorbener Ehren-Grofmeister Br. Dr. Franz Hartmann, 33°, 90°, 96°, [X° schrieb in der , Oriflamme*, Jahrgang II, No. 2.
,»Der von den Meistern der Weisheit ins Dasein gerufene Orden der Alten Freimaurer vom Memphis- und Misraim-Ritus, dessen Zweige sich tiber die ganze Welt verbreiten, hat nun auch in Deutschland seine Tatigkeit begonnen. Ob nun diese Tatigkeit einen Erfolg haben wird, das wird von der Tiichtigkeit seiner Mitglieder abhaingen, und es ist kein Zweifel, dafi die besten Krafte Deutschlands dieser Verbriiderung beitreten werden, sobaid sie nur den Ursprung und den Zweck derselben erkennen. Noch ist der Orden hier in seiner Kindheit, und nicht alle, die sich ihm ange- schlossen haben, sind seiner Aufgabe ge- wachsen,
This is a fac-simile of page 12 of the Oriflamme. The quoted statement of Dr. Franz Hartmann shows that the O. T. O. is founded upon the Masonic Rites of Memphis and’ Mizraim. That it was originally a Masonic Order, or closely allied thereto. See translation, also the text.
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Erste Bedingung zur Aufnahme ist nicht eine groke Belesenheit, sondern ein zur Férderung des Wobhles der Menschheit geneigtes Herz, welches fahig ist, die LIEBE, das heift, das (zur Tat gewordene) BewuBtsein der Ein- heit Gottes in allen Geschipfen, zu empfinden.
Der Orden hat bereits GroSes geleistet, indem er eine Literatur ins Leben rief, welche den Zweck hat, eine hdhere Lebensanschauung als die bisherige mate- rielle, zu verbreiten.
Da der Orden als solcher, mit Ausnahme der allge- meinen Menschenverbriiderung, keinerlei Dogma hat, so bietet er auch seinen Feinden keinerlei Angriffspunkte dar. Alle Angriftfe werden aber den Orden nicht hindern, sicher und ruhig seinen Weg zu gehen; das ,Licht vom Osten* wird, trotz aller Nebel, siegreich bleiben !“
Fast 10 Jahre sind vergangen, seit’ jene Worte unseres verstorbenen Bruders, dem Mitbegriinder unseres Suverénen Sanktuarium in Deutschland, im Druck er- schienen sind, und es ist daher diese Jubilaums-Nummer der ,Oriflamme‘, die unter dem mystischen Zeichen: H.W. WR. &. erscheint, der geeignetste Platz, um nachzu- prifen, inwieweit sich die Worte unseres verstorbenen Mitbruders erfiillt haben.
Zunachst wuchs Unser Orden durch Aufnahmen und Angliederung bestehender Organisationen, bis er die stattliche Zahl von ungefaihr 1000 Mitglieder erreichte. Dieses numerische Wachsen ging aber Hand in Hand mit wachsenden inneren Zinkereien und Streitigkeiten, weil eben, wie Br. Hartmann schon 1902 geschrieben hatte, nicht alle, die sich Unserm Orden auschlossen, dessen Aufgaben gewacbsen waren. Schon 1904 kam es in Berlin zur ersten Sezession. Im Dezember 1905 gingen die Hamourger zur sogenannten anerkannten Grofloge dortselbst tiber. Und 1910 traten die sogenannten Eberhart-Logen aus Unserem Orden wieder aus, und wurden, durch ,Neu-Aufnahme“ der Mitglieder, ver- schiedenen, sogenannten anerkannten deutschen Grof- logen angegliédert.
Diese Irrungen und Wirrungen der ersten Jahre haben aber das grofe Gute gezeitigt, da endlich eine definitive Klarung in Unserm Orden eintrat, so daf heute
This is a fac-simile of page 13 of the Oriflamme. Literature appearing under the mystic sign I. N. R. I. identifies it as being officially O. T. O. Therefore, the magazine shown in Lewis’ “Exhibit No. 10,’ our Reproduction No. 56, is an official O. T. O. publication. See translation of this page.
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Unser Orden zwar nur mehr zirka 500 Mitglieder in Deutschland, Oestreich und der Schweiz zahlt, diese aber vom wahren Zweck Unseres Ordens durchdrungen sind, und nicht mit einem Auge nach den , Anerkannten“ Logen, um Verkehr und Zulassung als Besuchende, schielen.
Dieser Einbuffe an Za!.] der Mitglieder in Deutsch- land steht aber als, in seiner End-Wirkung noch gar nicht abzuschatzender, Gewinn gegentiber, Zuwachs an Einflu8 des Souverdnen Sanktuarium fiir das Deutsche Reich und des mit ihm organisch verbundenen Orienta- lischen Templer-Ordens in auferdeutschen Landern.
Im Jahre 1908 erbaten sich franzdsische Brtider einen Freibrief von Unserem Ordensmeister, worauf von Unserm Orden, sub datum 24. Juni 1908, der
SUPREME GRAND CONSEIL GENERAL DES Rites Unis DE LA MACONNERIE ANCIENNE ET P RIMITIVE GRAND ORIENT POUR LA FRANCE ET SES DEPENDANCES A PaRIs. gestiftet wurde.
Von ganz besonderer Wichtigkeit ist jedoch die Ausdehnung des Hinflusses Unseres Ordens auf die sla- vischen Lander Europas.
Durch Stiftungs-Urkunde vom 1. Juni 1912 wurde von Unserem Orden eine
NATIONAL - GROSSLOGE DES ORIENTALISCHEN TEMPLER - ORDENS FUR DIE SLAVISCHEN LANDER gegriindet.
_ Und die, unter gleichem Datum erfolgte, Griindung
einer NATIONAL - GROSSLOGE DES ORIENTALISCHEN TEMPLER - ORDENS FUR GROSSBRITANNIEN UND JRLAND durch Unseren Orden entbebrt nicht eines pikanten Bei- geschmackes fiir alle, die mit den einschlagigen Ver- haltnissen vertraut sind.
_ Gerade diese jiingste Grundung Unseres Ordens, und die damit verbundene Ausdehnung des Einflusses der besonderen Ordenslehren des O. T. O. auf englisches Gebiet, lift es angezeigt erscheinen, auf die Entwick-
This is a fac-simile of page 14 of the Oriflamme. It shows the granting of an O. T. O. charter to Aleister Crowley, covering all English-speaking countries, in 1912, including the U. S. A. (See translation of this and page 15.) It proves that Crowley has been Lewis’ Secret Chief at all times since Lewis’ affiliation with the O. T. O. And Lewis teaches the Black Magic of his Secret Chief (see our Reproduction No. 59), which the O. T. O. and Theodor Reuss adopted and began teaching in 1912. See text.
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lung, die Unser Orden seit seinem ersten éffentlichen Erscheinen in Deutschland genommen. hat, etwas naher hier einzugehen.
Der geistige Vater des neuorganisierten Orientalischen Templer-Ordens war der verstorbene Suverdue-Ehren- General-Grofimeister in Deutschland und Grofbritannien, Br... Dr. Carl Kellner, 33°, $0°, 96°, X°, Auf seinen vielen und weiten Reisen in Europa, Amerika und Klein- Asien war Br.:. Kellner in Berithrung gekommen mit einer Organisation, welche den Namen fiihrte ,The Her- metic Brotherhood of Light*. Die Anregungen, die er durch seine Beriihrung mit dieser Organisation empfan- gen hatte, verbunden mit anderen, hier nicht weiter zu detaillierenden Umstanden, gebaren in Br.-. Kellner den Wunsch, eine Art ,Academia Massonica“ zu griinden, welche suchenden Briidern die Bekanntschaft mit allen existierenden Maurer .-. Graden und Systemen ermég- lichen sollte. Im Jahre 1895 hatte Br... Kellner lange Unterredungen mit Br.:. ReuS in Berlin, wie diese seine Idee verwirklicht werden kénnte. Im Verlaufe der Unterhandlungen mit Br... Reuf lieS Br.-. Kellner den zuerst vorgeschlagenen Titel , Academia Massonica“ fal- len, und legte Griinde und Unterlagen vor fir Annahme der Bezeichnung ,Orientalische Templer“. Diese Ver- handlungen fiihiten damals, 1895 zu keinem positiven Resultate, da Br... Reuf zu jenem Zeitpunkte noch mit dem von ihm re-aktivierten Illuminaten-Orden beschaf- tigt war, und diese Organisation, sowie die darin neben Br... Reuf an leitender Stelle tatigen Personen, dem Br... Kellner nicht sympathisch waren.
Als dann Juni 1902 die endgiltige Trennung zwi- schen Br.:. Reuf und seinem Schiiler Leopold E. ein- getreten war, setzte sich Br... Kellner sofort in Ver- bindung mit Br... ReuS und veranlafite die Erwerbung eines Freibriefes fiir Einfiihrung des Memphis- und Mis- raim-Ritus der Freimaurerei in Deutschland, weil Br.:. Kellner diesen Ritus mit seinen 90 bezw. 95 Graden als den geeignetsten hielt, seine Idee betreffs Hinfiithrung einer ,Art* maurerischer Akademie zu verwirklichen. Die rosenkreuzerischen, esoterischen Lehren der ,Her- metic Brotherhood of Light“ wurden reserviert fiir die
This fac-simile of page 15 of the Oriflamme shows that the O. T. O., based upon the Masonic Rites of Memphis and Mizraim, was originally founded as a Masonic Academy for the teaching of “all-existing Masonic degrees and systems.” It later, in 1912, adopted the Black Magic-Sex doctrines of Crowley, which Lewis also teaches. The O. T. O. is not a Rosicrucian Order or in any way affliated therewith.
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wenigen Hingeweihten des Okkulten Inneren Kreises. Die Erkeuntuis-Stufen dieses Inneren Kreises von Ein- geweihten liefen mit den hédchsten Graden des Mem- phis- und Misraim-Ritus parallel. uud diese , Kingeweih- ten* bildeten den geheimen Stamm des Orientali- schen Templer-Ordens.
Ks kann niemand ein ,Hingeweihter’ des O. T. O. werden, der nicht. vorher die drei Johannis-Grade der Freimaurerei empfangen hat.
Der O. T. O. nimmt Manner und Frauen auf, und erteilt beiden Geschlechtern gleichmafig die simtlichen Grade der Freimanrerei,
Br... Dr. Franz Hartmann sagt in seiner: ,Ersten Instruktion* (englische Ausgabe fiir Suchende), tiber Unseren Orden:
Let it be known that there exists, unknown to the great crowd, a very ancient order of sages, whose object is the amelioration and spiritual elevation of mankind, by means of conquering error and aiding men and wo- men in their efforts of attainiug the power of recognis- ing the truth. This Order has existed already in the most remote and prehistorical times and it has mani- fested its activity secretly and openly in the world under different names and in various forms; it has caused social and political revolutions and proved to be the rock of salvation in times of danger and misfortune. — Into this sacred Society no one can be admitted by another, unless he has the power to enter it himself by virtue of his own interior illumination; neither can any one after he has once entered, be expelled, unless he should expell himself by becoming unfaithful to his principles and forget again the truths which he has learned by his own experience.
In regard to the spiritual aspect of this Secret Order, one of the Brothers says:
,Our community is the Society of the Children of Light, who live in the light and have attained immor- tality therein. In our school we are instructed directly by Divine Wisdom, the Celestial Bride, whose will is free and who selects as her disciples those who are de- voted to her. The mysteries which we are taught em-
This fac-simile of page 16 of the Oriflamme shows that the so-called “Rosicrucian esoteric teachings” of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light are, in fact, the teachings of the “highest degrees of the Rites of Memphis and Mizraim.” Originally the O. T. O. based its teachings on certain Masonic Rites and later adopted the sex-magic of Crowley. It does not claim to be a Rosicrucian Order or afhliated therewith. That is just another of Lewis’ misrepresentations and fraudulent devices used to promote his Masonic-Rosicrucian swindle.
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brace everything that can possibly be known in regard to God, Nature and Man.
We all study only one book, the book of nature, in which the keys to all secrets are contained, and we follow the only possible method in studying it, that of experience. Our place of meeting is the Temple of the Holy Spirit prevading the universe; easily to be found by the elect, but for ever hidden from the eyes of the vulgar.
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As to the external organization of that Society, it will be necessary to give a glance at its history, which has been one and the same in all times. Whenever that spiritual Society manifested itself on the outward plane and appeared in the world, it consisted at its beginning of a few able and enlightened people, forming a nucleus around which others were attracted. But invariably,the more such a Society grew in numbers, the more became attracted to it elements, such as were not able to under- stand or follow its principles; people who joined it for the purpose of gratifying their own ambition or for making the Society serve their own ends, obtained the majority over those that were pure. Thereupon the healthy portion of it retired from the field and conti- nued their benevolent work in secrecy, while the re- maining portion became diseased and disrupted, and sooner or later died disgraced and profanised. For the Spirit had departed from them.
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From the above it will be clear that the first and most necessary requirement of the new disciple is that he will keep silent in regard to all that concerns the Society to which he is admitted. Not that there is anything in that Society which needs to be afraid of being known to the virtuous and good; but it is not necessary that things which are elevated and sacred should be exposed to the gaze of the vulgar and be be- spattered by them with mud. This would only impede the Society in its work,
Another necessary requirement is mutual confidence between the teacher and the disciple; because a disciple
This is a fac-simile of page 17 of the Oriflamme. The description of the original O. T. O. by Dr. Hartmann in English, beginning on page 15 and ending on page 18, is also a splendid description of all mystery schools and genuine White Magic occult and mystic orders or societies. It will be read and appreciated by all serious students of occultism and mysticism. It states the requirements to be followed by all seekers of “the Way” and “the Path” to Wisdom, Light and Immortality.
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who has no faith in his master cannot be taught or guided by him. There may be things which will ap- pear strange, and for which no reasons can be given to the beginner, but when the disciple has attained a certain state of development, all will be clear to him
or her. * *
From all this it follows as a matter of course that the next requisite is obedience, Its object is the realiz- ation of true manhood and womanhood and the attain- ment of conscicus immortality in the realization of the highest state of existence and perfection through the power of divine and unlimited love.
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Und die Brr.-. Dr. Carl Kellner und Theodor Reu8 in dem von ihnen gemeinsam gezeichneten, und in der historischen Ausgabe der ,Oriflamme“, A. D. 1904, veréffentlichten Manifesto, schrieben: .
Eines der Geheimnisse, die Unser Orden in seinem héchsten Grade besitzt, bestent darin, daf’ er dem ge- horig vorbereiteten Bruder die praktischen Mittel liefert, den wahren Tempel Salomos im Menschen auf- zurichten, das ,verlorene Wort“ wiederzufinden, das heiBt, dak Unser Orden dem eingeweihten und auser- wahlten Bruder die praktischen Mittel liefert, die ihn in den Stand setzen, sich schon in diesem irdischen Leben Beweise seiner Unsterblichkeit zu verschaffen.
Diese praktischen Mittel sind aber keine ,Geister- beschworungen“, oder andere ,spiritistische Praktiken*, sondern es sind Mittel, die sich nur mit der inneren Stimme und mit den inneren Sinnen des Kandidaten selbst beschaftigen, und die alle spiritistischen Praktiken direkt und strengstens ausschliefen und verdammen.
Dieses Geheimnis ist eines der wahren maur.-. Ge- heimnisse und eben ausschlieflich das Geheimnis der okkulten Hochgrade Unseres Ordens. Es ist auf Unsern Orden durch miindliche Ueberlieferung von den Vatern aller wahren Freimaurerei den ,weisen Mannern des Ostens“ tberkommen und wird auch von uns nur wieder miindlich weitergegeben. Selbstverstaéndlich hangt aber der Erfolg dieses praktischen Unterrichts zur Erlangung
This is a fac-simile of page 18 of the Oriflamme. The joint manifesto of Dr. Carl Kellner and Theodor Reuss. in 1904 shows conclusively that the original O. T. O., before it came under the domination of Crowley in 1912, was a Masonic Order or allied therewith. It did not issue a Rosicrucian Charter to Lewis. That is just another of his false representations and fraudulent devices to promote his Masonic-Rosicrucian swindle.
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Diejenigen Briider, welche dieses Geheimnis nun gefunden hatten, bewahrten es als ein késtliches selbst- errungenes Kigentum, und um von den Alltagsmenschen nicht verkannt, oder gar verspottet zu werden, verbar- gen sie es unter Symbolen, so, wie wir das heute noch tun.
SchlieBlich diirfte noch angezeigt sein, auch darauf hinzuweisen, was Fra... Merlin in der ,Oriflamme“ (Ausgabe 1910) sagte tiber das, was Unser Orden lehrt und erstrebt.
» Wir streben nach der Erkenntnis des Schdpfers aller Welten, und nach der bewuSten Vereinigung mit ihm.
, Wir lehren, die erste Vorbedingung auf dem Weze zur Erkenntnis des Schépfers aller Welten ist die wahre, wirkliche Selbsterkenntnis.
yDiese wirkliche Selbsterkenntnis ist der Grund- stein zum esoterischen Tempel in des Menschen Bruast. Ist diese Vorstufe erklommen, dann kann der Neophyt seine Wanderschaft beginnen. Dieselbe muf unter eiser- nem Schweigen gaschehen. Der Weg ist dunkel, aber aus der Ferue wirft der Heilige Gral seinen blutroten, feurigen Schein der selbstlosesten Menschenliebe auf den Weg des ernstsuchenden Wanderers. Schwere Proben hat der Wanderer zu bestehen, aber dem wahrhaft Staud- haften winkt die Gemeinschaft der Temple-isen, der eso- terischen Templer und Rosenkreuzer, denen das_, Licht vom Osten“ ewig erstrahlt in héchter Reinheit.4
Fra.:. Merlin bemerkt dann hiezu: Da dieses Ziel jedoch ein rein esoterisches ist, und zur vélligen Welt- abgewandtheit der Gefahrten fiihren kénnte, wenn Unser Orden nicht den Mut hatte, die praktischen Konsequen- zen aus unseren Lehren fir das Alltagsleben zu ziehen, Unser Orden aber gerade um deswillen an die Oeffent- lichkeit getreten ist, um auf das Leben der Menschen Einflu8 zu nehmen, so erstrebt unser Orden, in esoterisch- praktischer Durchfiihrung Unserer Lehren, zunachst da- hin zu wirken, da in Zukunft die ,Mutter* als ,Hohe- priesterin“ in ihrer Familie verehrt werde. Jedes ,Ge-
This is a fac-simile of page 19 of the Orifamme. Here it is revealed that originally the members of the O. T. O. were taught to seek “Conscious Union with Him.” This is Eastern Mysticism of Modern Theosophy, of which Dr. Franz Hartmann was one of the ablest exponents in the Western World, but it is not Rosicrucianism.
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segnete Weib* ist uns eine ,Heilige’, sagt Fra.:. Merlin, sie ist das Symbol ,der Menschwerdung der gottlichen Schépfungskraft“. Die Mutter soll als Hohepriesterin die ,Hiiterin des heiligen Feuers*, die ,Ausspenderin des Mystischen Segens“ sein!
Unser Orden hofft dadurch im Leben unseres Vol- kes dahin zu wirken, dafi die ,Mutterschaft“ wieder das hiéchste Ziel des Weibes wird.
Damit dokumentiert Unser Orden, daf er nicht nur abstrakte Ziele verfolgt, sondern es auch versteht, prak- tisch da einzugreifen im Alltagsleben unseres Volkes, wo eine Erziehung zum richtigen Versténdnis und zur rich- tigen Anuffassung der Pflichten eines Volkes gegentber seiner eigenen Zukunft, gerade in den gegenwartigen Zeitlaufen, dringend hotwendig geworden ist.
Gerade diese praktische Seite der Tatigkeit Unseres Ordens hat es nun zur Folge gehabt, dafi englische Briider Freimaurer an unsern Ordensmeister herange- treten sind mit der Bitte, eine National-Grofloge Unseres Ordens in Grofbritannien zu stiften, Denn gerade Eng- land, mit seiner extremen ,Mutterschaft-verneinenden* Frauenbewegung (Suffragettes), hat eine Erziehung zur Mutterschaft am allerdringendsten nétig. So kam es, daf wir, die wir uns im Jahre 1902 von England einen Freibrief erkauften, um die Grade des Memphis- und Misraim-Ritus in Deutschland bearbeiten zu kénnen, im Jahre 1912 englischen Briidern kostenlos einen Frei- brief gewahrten, um die okkulten Grdde des Orienta- lischen Templer-Ordens in England einzufiihren.
Wenn wir nun zuriickgreifen auf die eingangs er- wahnten prophetischen Worte unseres Br.-. Dr. Franz Hartmann, so kénnen wir A. D. 1912 mit grofer Be- friedigung konstatieren, daf sich Br... Hartmanns Worte voll und ganz bewahrheitet haben:
Alle Angriffe haben Unsern Orden nicht hindern kinnen, sicher und ruhig semen Weg zu gehen; das ,Licht vom Osten" ast, trotz aller Nebel, siegreich geblieben !
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Zum Schluf unseres Jubiliums-Riickblickes kon- statieren wir also nochmals kurz: Unser Orden ist kein Freimaurer-Orden pure et
This is a fac-simile of page 20 of the Oriflamme. Here it is revealed that in 1902 the O. T. O. secured its charter of the Freemasonic Rites of Memphis and Mizraim from England by purchase and that in 1912 it gave Crowley a charter “without charge” for England and all English-speaking countries after it had adopted his Black Sex Magic, which Lewis now teaches in his fraternal racket and Masonic- Rosicrucian swindle. See translation and the text.
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simple, aber jedes Mitglied Unseres Ordens, sei es Mann oder Frau, denn Unser Orden steht beiden Geschlechtern gleichmafig offen, muf durch die simtlichen Grade der Johannis- Freimaurerei, wie auch der Hochgrad-Maurerei, hindurch gehen, ehe ein Mitglied ein Erleuchteter und Eingeweihter Unseres Ordens werden kann.
Unser Orden besitzt den Schliissel, der alle maurer.*. und hermetischen Geheimnisse erschlieft, es ist die Lehre von der Sexual-Magie, und diese Lehre erklart restlos alle Ritsel der Natur, alle freimaure- rische Symbolik, und alle Religions-Systeme.
Mége Unser Orden auch weiterhin siegreich bleiben wie bisher!
DER ORDENSMEISTER.
MYSTERIA MYSTICA MAXIMA.
Am Schlusse des vorstehenden Artikels wurde er- klart, da8 der Schlissel zur ErschlieBung des, allen frei- maurerischen Symbolen unterliegenden Geheimnisses, die Lehre von der Sexual-Magie ist.
Obgleich nun diese Lehre von der Sexual-Magie eben das Geheimnis des O. T. O. ist, und sich nicht eig- net zur Publikation in einer Druckschrift, welche wei- testen Kreisen zugeht, so hat die Ordensleitung doch beschlossen, zur Information wahrhaft Suchender, einen ganz kleinen Zipfel des Schleiers, der unser Geheimnis bedeckt, hier in dieser Jubiliums-Ausgabe der Oriflamme zu heben.
Wir haben es gar nicht nétig die ,Oeffentlichkeit- erst darum um Entschuldigung zu bitten, daf wir es wagen, diese delikate Frage hier dffentlich anzuschneiden, denn es steht doch fest, daf die Sexual-Frage die bren- nendste Frage unserer Zeit geworden ist. Beweise hie- fir brauchen wir auch nicht anzufiihren, jede Tages- zeitung enthalt solche in Hiille und Fille.
Als Einleitung zu unserer kleinen , Knthtllung” wollen wir aber die Worte Przybyszewskis, eines grofen, ernsten Forschers auf diesem Gebiete, zitieren, der sagte:
,Hbensowenig wie ich etwas dagegen zu tun ver- mag, dai im ganzen Mittelalter die seelischen Offen-
This fac-simile of page 21 of the Oriflamme reveals the abandonment of its original White Magic-Sex teachings and the adoption in 1912 of the Black Magic-Sex teachings of Crowley. These are set forth under the “Mysteria Mystica Maxima,” the name of the English-speaking branch of the O. T. O., which has been under the immediate and exclusive supervision of Crowley since 1912. And Lewis denies his Secret Chief—but
teaches his doctrines!
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barungen durchweg nur auf dem Gebiete des religidsen Lebens zu finden sind, ebensowenig kann ich etwas an der Tatsache andern, da in unserer Zeit die Seele sich nur in dem Verhdltnis der Geschlechter zu ein- ander offenbart. Man mag dafiir der Seele die Vor- wtrfe machen, nicht mir.“
Wir sagen in unserm Manifeste, daf{ wir dem ge- hérig vorbereiteten Bruder die praktischen Mittel liefern, sich schon in diesem irdischen Leben Beweise seiner Unsterblichkeit zu verschaffen.
Wohlan, eines dieser Mittel ist eine gewisse Yoga- Uebung.
Br. Dr. Kellner sagt in seiner Schrift tber Yoga: Yoga ist eine sehr alte und lange geheim gehaltene, jedenfalls wenig bekannte Lehre, welche durch gewisse Uebungen ihren Jiinger in den Stand setzt, die Er- scheinungen des kiinstlichen Somnambulismus willkir- lich .an sich hervorzurufen.
Je nach Art der zur Erreichung von Yoga ange- wandten Verfahren, unterscheidet man verschiedene Arten von Yoga, und eine wichtige Rolle spielen dabei die Nervenzentren (Nadis) und 10 verschiedene Arten von Atem (Vayus).
Die altindischen physiologischen Bezeichnungen fiir die 10 Vayus sind: Prana (im Herzen), Apana (in der Gegend des Anus), Samana (in der Nabelgegend), Udana (in der Kehle), Vyana (im ganzen Korper), Napa (im Reproduktionsorgan), Kurma (6ffnet die Augenlider), Krikara (verursacht Niesen), Devadatta (verursacht Gah- nen), Dhananjaya (durchdringt den auferen groben Koér-
er). : Mit den an sechster Stelle genannten Vayus Napa (im Reproduktionsorgan) beschaftigt sich nun die Sexual- Magie. r
Diese Ubung wird genannt ,die Transmutation der Reproduktions-Energie“.
Diese Uebung der Transmutation der Reproduktions- Energie wird nicht gemacht zu sexuellen Exzessen, son- dern zur Stérkung der Ewigen Gotteskraft auf der ir- dischen Ebene, wozu sexual starke, vollkommene Men- schen, mannlichen und weiblichen Geschlechts, nétig sind.
This fac-simile of page 22 of the Oriflamme reveals that the teachings of the O. T. O. embrace the Yoga teachings of Asia, as also taught in the West by the Theosophical Society. We do not condemn these teachings, but they are mot Rosicrucian teachings, which is further proof that the O. T. O. is not a Rose Cross Order. Lewis condemns the teaching of Yoga (See Vol. I, pp. 326 to 333), but he teaches Yoga and claims a Rosicrucian “charter” from and close affiliation: with the O. T. O., which also teaches Yoga. It is just another of his fraudulent devices.
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Die Reproduktions-Energie ist Schépfungs-Prozess. Gottlicher Aktus!
Im Reproduktions-Organ (mannlich und weiblich) ist auf den kleinsten Raum die grifte Vital-Kraft kon- zentriert.
Im Verlaufe der ziemlich umstandlichen Uebung konzentriert der Uebende seine Gedanken, da8 er die Reproduktions-Energie aus dem Organ heraufzieht zum Solar-Plexus (Sonnengeflecht), wo er ,will“, dafB es auf- gespeichert werde zu Transmutationszwecken. Damit wird ein genau geregeltes Atmen verbunden. Daran schlieBt sich der Aktus der Transmutation der Energie, und schlieflich tritt die Grode Vereinigung ein, wo der Uebende zum Seher wird — bei vollem BewuStsein, — und das Gesehene erlebt.
Dies ist weifke Sexual-Magie!
ORDENS - NACHRICHTEN.
Auf Veranlassung des S. E. Br.'. M. McB. Thomson, 33°, 90°, 96°, ist unser Orden in freundschaftliche Be- ziehungen getreten zu der American Masonic Federation und hat folgende Briider zu Freund- schafts-Reprasentanten bei der Supreme Lodge of the American Masonic Federation ernannt:
Br... M. McB. Tomson, 33°, 90°, 96° zum General Grof-Reprasentanten; Br... Robert E. England, 33°, 90°, 95°, zum deputierten General Grof-Repriasentanten ; ferner den Br... Franz Blust, 33°, 90°, 95°, zum GroB- Reprasentanten hei der GroSloge von Kalifornien, und den Br... Hermann Miiller, 32°, 86°, 900, zum Depu- tierten Grofi-Reprisentanten ebendaselbst.
Auf Wunsch und Antrag des M... Ill... Bro... John Yarker, 33°, 90°, 97°, Suverdner General Grofmeister ad vitum der Alten Freimaurer vom Memphis- und Mis- raim-Ritus in Grof-Britannien und Irland, hat unser Ordensmeister dem geschaftlichen Leiter der von Mrs. Annie Besant, 33°, 90°, 96°, in England gegriindeten, »Co-Masonry“-Logen, Br... J. J. Wedgwood in London, ein Patent als Freimaurer-Meister ausgestellt und den-
This fac-simile of page 23 of the Oriflamme tells us that M. McB. Thomson was the General Grand Representative of the O. T. O. in the U. S. A. in and prior to 1912. Thomson was convicted of Masonic Fraud. See Part One of this chapter, supra. It also appears that John Yarker and the O. T. O. recognized the Co-Masonry established in England and the United States by Mrs. Annie Besant, 33°, 90°, 96°, which the consistent (?) Mr. Lewis vigorously condemns in the U. S. A. but approved in Europe at the Fuposi convention in 1934 at Brussels.
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Aus dem Bericht unseres Ordensschatzmeisters, Fra Argosinus, geht hervor, daf} Unser Orden (0, T. O.) am 30. Sept. a. c, tber ein Vermégen von M. 30 400 verfigte, welche Summe in 4 Prozent Zinsen tragenden Staats- Papieren angelegt ist. Also auch rein materiell hat unser Orden die prophetischen Worte unseres verstorhenen Br... Dr. Franz Hartmann erfillt.
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