On Saturday 20th November Tamion Encampment will be hosting a series of Man of Earth Initiations (presently being offered are I*, II* and III* initiations.) This event is open for attendance by any O.T.O. initiates of the relevant degree or higher.
For anybody wishing to be initiated into any of these degrees within the O.T.O., you must already have been initiated to the degree previous to the one which you wish to be admitted to… and have completed any requirements of your current grade (e.g. any time lapses that must occur between one degree and another.) You must also complete an Application for Advancement form (available from Soror Kim Huggens at kimhuggens[at]yahoo[dot]co[do]uk) and get it to Tamion Encampment before October 15th 2010 in order to be considered for this round of initiations.
Please note the above deadline date, applications for these initiations are now closed.
The events will take place in South Wales,at our regular veune. Members of I* and above, please arrive from 2pm to assist with the building of the temple. Candidates for the I*, please arrive at 3.30pm.
I can confirm that the highly culinary II* members of Tamion will be providing a GRAND FEAST for this event! We will be asking for a small contribution towards the cost from any members attending who are not either being initiated on the day or who aren’t officering for the initiations. This will be in the region of £3 per person.
Any further questions, or to get an Application for Advancement form, please contact Soror Kim Huggens at kimhuggens[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk
On the weekend of 2nd/3rd October, Tamion Encampment will be hosting a Magickal Weekend of OTO Goodness! This will include four separate workshops, plus plenty of opportunity to socialize. Email Soror Kim (kimhuggens[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk) for venue details.
Day 1 is open to initiates of Minerval degree or higher ONLY. Day 2 is open to everybody who wishes to attend, whether you are an initiate of OTO or not.
Day 1: Saturday 2nd (Initiates Only)
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1:00pm – Minerval Class, discussion, and lunch. This class is designed to discuss and explain the symbolism of the Minerval initiation, and will be extremely useful for our five new initiates. It is also an opportunity to discuss experiences of the Minerval grade, and any question/thoughts raised by the study guide.
4:00pm – Astral Temple Working. This magickal working is designed to create a group astral temple for use in further group ritual and meditation – a shared space for all Tamionites that can be used both together and individually. Everybody will contribute features to this astral space and have their own place in it.
7:00pm – Dinner at Burj-al-Arab (Open to All) An evening of relaxing with the finest Arabic/Moroccan food Cardiff has to offer, in a beautiful restaurant local to the venue. Look to spend about £10- £15 for your meal here, though the restaurant provides complimentary soup, fruit and Moroccan mint tea with every main meal; also highly recommended are their juices – all freshly made, and served in large, hollowed out fruit! Dinner may be followed by drinks at Milgis (a wonderful vegetarian coffee shop/cafe/art gallery which has a yurt in its garden, and sells chilli hot chocolate!) and/or shisha in one of the many shisha gardens available.
Day 2: Sunday 3rd (Open to All)
11:00am – Book 4 and the Magick of Thelema. A study group/discussion of the magickal techniques and perspectives presented in Book 4, Part III: Magick in Theory and Practice. You can read the text of this online if you don’t have a hard copy: http://hermetic.com/crowley/book-4/aba3.html
1:00pm – Lunch. Om nom noms, and a *very* brief discussion of the practice of Will in the daily lives of Thelemites.
2:00pm – Paint Your Own Stele of Revealing. A lighthearted and creative end to our weekend, with an opportunity to paint your own version of the Stele of Revealing. For information about the Stele and its role in Thelema, plus the line drawing created by Cathryn Orchard that we shall be using, see here: http://tamion.abrahadabra.net/stele-of-revealing/ All equipment will be supplied.
Accommodation:
For those travelling outside of Cardiff who will need places to stay overnight, various Tamionites are willing to host and provide places to sleep. They won’t all be the most luxurious, but we promise to make our floors and couches as hospitable, warm, and comfy as possible. Please be aware that all current Tamionites who could host are cat owners, so if you have an allergy let us know and we will put you in a cat-free room in the house with the least fluffy cat (and provide piriton!)
If you wish to attend this weekend, or any particular part of it, please contact Soror Kim at kimhuggens[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk for details of the venue. For restaurant booking reasons, I also need to know if you will be joining us for dinner on the Saturday night, and for purposes of lunch and breakfasts, please let me know if you have any dietary requirements.
