Horizon, Ordo Templi Orientis | The Spirit in the Letter: Truth and the Gnostic Mass | A lecture by Entelecheia @horizon-oto | Uploaded September 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
In this lecture Entelecheia leads us on a journey of discovery of the mystical truth underlying the Gnostic Mass. Starting with Crowley's description of the Gnostic Mass in Confessions, we consider how the Gnostic Mass serves as a form of nature worship. We then follow the trail of objective truth down into the recesses of the individual's soul to understand the nature of internal truth and how the drama of the Gnostic Mass brings it alive as a love story.
00:00 Audience enters
01:43 Introduction
07:09 Disclaimer
09:50 Interpretation
15:38 Claim
17:45 Crowley's description of the mass
25:45 Labor and Enjoyment
29:38 Procreation
34:05 The Cult of the Sun
46:37 On the nature of Truth
1:02:30 On the nature of Love
1:09:04 Mass's depiction of Truth and Love
1:18:23 Summary
1:23:47 Outro
1:24:45 Audience questions
Entelecheia has been a member of O.T.O. and Horizon Lodge since 2014. He is an ordained Priest and Deacon in E.G.C. His areas of interest and research include western philosophy and esotericism. He has a Masters degree in philosophy. His website is lapis-mercurii.org.
Support Horizon: seattle-oto.org/contact-us/donate
In this lecture Entelecheia leads us on a journey of discovery of the mystical truth underlying the Gnostic Mass. Starting with Crowley's description of the Gnostic Mass in Confessions, we consider how the Gnostic Mass serves as a form of nature worship. We then follow the trail of objective truth down into the recesses of the individual's soul to understand the nature of internal truth and how the drama of the Gnostic Mass brings it alive as a love story.
00:00 Audience enters
01:43 Introduction
07:09 Disclaimer
09:50 Interpretation
15:38 Claim
17:45 Crowley's description of the mass
25:45 Labor and Enjoyment
29:38 Procreation
34:05 The Cult of the Sun
46:37 On the nature of Truth
1:02:30 On the nature of Love
1:09:04 Mass's depiction of Truth and Love
1:18:23 Summary
1:23:47 Outro
1:24:45 Audience questions
Entelecheia has been a member of O.T.O. and Horizon Lodge since 2014. He is an ordained Priest and Deacon in E.G.C. His areas of interest and research include western philosophy and esotericism. He has a Masters degree in philosophy. His website is lapis-mercurii.org.
Support Horizon: seattle-oto.org/contact-us/donate
