Occasionalism

Occasionalism is a philosophical theory about causation which says that neither matter nor mind can be a true cause of events. Instead, all events are taken to be caused by God. The theory states that the constant conjunction between causes and effects only occurs because in every instance where the cause is present, God wills [...]

Book of the Law

Dictated to Aleister Crowley in Cairo in 1904. Foundation of the OTO

Tlön

From the Jorge Luis Borges story, Tlon, Uqbar, Orbus Tertius…. Tlön is a false world which becomes real through the operation of a mysterious conspiratorial group of false-history creators. The contact and the habit of Tlön have disintegrated this world. Enchanted by its rigor, humanity forgets over and again that it is a rigor of [...]

Thule Society

Thule-Gesellschaft A racist occult society based on ethnic and historical Germany identity. It was founded in 17, 1918, by Rudolf von Sebottendorff, and included several prominent members of the Nazi party. The Thule Society maintained contacts with followers of Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky. Sebottendorf was also Freemason in the Grand Orient of Turkey. The Thule [...]

Lafayette Ronald Hubbard

(b. March 13, 1911 in Tilden, Nebraska – d.January 24, 1986 in Creston, California) Pulp science fiction author Navy lieutenant (repeatedly deemed unfit for command) Crowleyan adept in the OTO Bigamist, with Sara Northrup (former girlfriend of Jack Parsons Convicted felon (sentenced for fraud in France) Chronic sufferer of arthritis, bursitis, and conjunctivitis Founder of [...]

Roswell Incident

In early July of , something crashed in the desert about 40 miles outside of the town of Roswell, on the ranch of . The wreckage (weather balloon/atomic test detection device/wayward UFO and/or its accompanying alien corpses) was first taken to Roswell Army Air Field, which at the time was the site of the only [...]

Scientology

A religion founded by L Ron Hubbard who based it partially on Aleister Crowley’s philosophy and imagery. According to L Ron Hubbard Jr, his father said that Scientology actually began on December 1st, 1947 — the day Aleister Crowley died. Rose Cross of the Golden Dawn and the Scientology Cross: According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica: [...]

MAJI

One of many references to or Majestic 12 According to Bill Cooper, MAJI stands for Majestic Agency for Joint Intelligence. Also: a reference to the “wise men” in the Bible.

John Bevan

Lieutenant-Colonel John Bevan, a stockbroker who became head of the London Controlling Section.

London Controlling Section

Part of a disinformation group set up during World War II, code-named the “Martians”. The LCS was set up in Churchill’s personal headquarters and was skilled in “Special Means” weaponry. The chief of the LCS was Colonel John Bevan, who had the title “Controller of Deception.” Other members included Wing Commander Dennis Wheatley of the [...]

Baphomet

Baphomet was the name of the speaking head which the Knights Templar allegedly worshiped. It has been suggested that this head — sometimes described as similar to a computer — was the secret which the Templars found, the thing which made them the most powerful economic force in Medieval Europe, and that was the secret [...]

Babalon

What Aleister Crowley considered this to be a name for a god-like entity, far beyond summoning, and considered Hubbard and Parsons idiots for even attempting to do so (more specifically, he referred to “the idiocy of these louts”). Some researchers such as Jacques Vallee suggest that such entities have already been in contact throughout human [...]

Ordo Templi Orientis

Also: Order of the Golden Dawn (disputed) Occult organization made famous by Aleister Crowley. It’s implied that their system of secret ritual was designed around contact with non-human intelligences. Links http://www.rotten.com/library/conspiracy/oto/

Unidentified Flying Object

aka: UFOBJ The term UFO was popularized by Edward J Ruppelt in the early 50′s to avoid the goofy hoaxing associations of the term flying saucer. Links Project for the Exposure of Hidden Institutions: UFO Documents

John Carter

The pseudonym of the annonymous biographer of Jack Parsons who wrote Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons. Carter examines Parsons with the perspective of a detailed knowledge of magickal practice.

Edward Kelley

aka: Edward Kelly, Edward Talbot 16th century alchemist. Called The Crop-Eared Wizard because he’d had his ears cropped for earlier sorcery. Kelley used John Dee as his seer. Kelley’s “angels” sometimes communicated in a special “angelic” or Enochian language. Dee and Kelley claimed the language was given to them by angels. Some have remarked on [...]

John Dee

(b.1527 – d.1608) Renaissance scholar, alchemist, magician, spy. With shewstone which John Dee and Kelly used to contact angelic beings is in the British Museum.(Carter, 109-115). Comparisons have been made between the relationship of John Dee and Edward Kelly to the relationship of John Parsons and L Ron Hubbard

Bruce Roberts

Magician. Author. Aleister Crowley.

Argenteum Astrum

aka: A∴A∴ Occult organization founded by Aleister Crowley as an organization beyond the highest ranks of the OTO According to Kenneth Grant: “The one place in Crowley’s writings where he gives the meaning of the initials A∴A∴ is in his magical record (Cefalu, 1921) where it appears as ACTHP APLOC. This is a corrupt Graeco-Coptic [...]

Otto Billig

Author of the book Flying Saucers: Magic in the Skies (1982).

Aiwass

Unearthly entity first contacted by (or contactor of) in Cairo, 1901 who dictated the to him. Crowley subsequently became head of the OTO.

Enochian

The angelic language in which the Keys of Enoch were written. Beam of light. See also: Enoch

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