We will be holding lots of initiations in the next few months at Tamion Camp. Times for these events will be confirmed with those that have contacted the Camp wishing to attend in advance. Times listed here may be subject to change.
- Minerval Initiations - Saturday 9th May, 7pm
This is the first initiation into O.T.O. and is open to all people who are free and of full age, with two sponsors who are already members of the Order.
Application for initiation on this date is now closed. Please see our initiation pages for more information.
This will be a late night event for those with transport. For anyone arriving by public transport, please contact us in advance and we will make arrangements for you.
- Minerval Ritual Class -Friday 22nd May, 7pm
This class is intended for those who have recently received initiation into the degree of Minerval and is also very useful for all initiates to take a closer look at the text of the ritual.
It is highly recommended that those who have recently taken this initiation attend this class to enable them to discuss it further with the initiator.
It is open to those initiated to Minerval and above only, ritual scripts will be provided.
- Man of Earth Initiations – Saturday 18th July, 10am onwards
The Man of Earth triad encompasses the first 4 degrees of O.T.O. and we will be holding initiations from I* to III*. Application for initiation is open to all those initiated to Minerval and above. Forms must be completed and returned to the Body Master no later than 10th June for initiation on this date.
To attend any of these events please email the Camp in advance.
The Gnostic Mass Class taught by Tau Orpheus on Saturday 25th April was a very great success. It was wonderful to see so many people in attendance and so many new faces. We very much hope that the day was as enjoyable as it was informative and that we see many of the same faces, and even more new ones, again in the future.
Saturday 25th April
2.30pm – 6.30pm
This ever popular class on Liber XV The Gnostic Mass will be taught by the writer and musician Rodney Orpheus.
If you are interested in learning more about this ritual and its function as the central private and public ceremony of O.T.O. then this is a very informative and enjoyable way of doing so.
The class will begin at 2.30pm with building up the temple and culminate in a full performance of the Gnostic Mass.
Please arrive in plenty of time for a prompt start as there is a lot to cover in this class.
If you are able to bring with you a copy of the Gnostic Mass text this would be extremely helpful. It can be found online with extremely informative annotations by Soror Helena and Tau Apiryon at http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/gnostic_mass.htm
We will be meeting in a central Cardiff location within a few minutes walking distance of both Cardiff Central and Queen Street stations.
If you would like to attend then please email us in advance for full details.
Today is the last day of the three day feast for the writing of The Book of The Law.
The final chapter is dedicated to Ra-Hoor-Khuit.
We really hope that you have enjoyed the three days of feasting and that we may see you at Tamion Camp in the near future.
Fear not at all; fear neither men nor Fates, nor gods, nor anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any other power in heaven or upon the earth or under the earth. Nu is your refuge as Hadit your light; and I am the strength, force, vigour, of your arms. – - [III:17]
Happy second day of the three day feast of the writing of The Book of The Law!
The second chapter is dedicated to Hadit and many Thelemites refer to today as ‘Hadit Day’. Have a wonderful feast day however you celebrate it.
I am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet therefore is theknowledge of me the knowledge of death. – - [II:6]
Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of the Law, contains three chapters, each of which was written down in one hour, beginning at noon, on April 8, April 9, and April 10 in 1904.
Chapter II verse 38 says: A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law.
Today is the first day of that three day feast.
The first chapter is dedicated to Nuit and many Thelemites refer to today as ‘Nuit Day’. Here at Tamion Camp we would like to wish you all a very splendourous celebration of this feast day!
But to love me is better than all things: if under the night stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the Serpent flame therein, thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom. For one kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all; but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. Ye shall gather goods and store of women and spices; ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the earth in spendour & pride; but always in the love of me, and so shall ye come to my joy. I charge you earnestly to come before me in a single robe, and covered with a rich headdress. I love you! I yearn to you! Pale or purple, veiled or voluptuous, I who am all pleasure and purple, and drunkenness of the innermost sense, desire you. Put on the wings, and arouse the coiled splendour within you: come unto me! – - [I:61]
