Bishop Tau Orpheus presents a training workshop for O.T.O. members with a vocation to work as Novice Clergy within the E.G.C. Places are limited to O.T.O. initiates who have a strong desire to work as officers within the Gnostic Mass or who are already doing so.
The class will begin with building up the temple and a full performance of the Gnostic Mass will be held after the class which members are also encouraged to attend.
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
Attendees are also encouraged to bring their own white robe.
If you would like to attend then please contact us in advance for full details.
There will be a feast and business meeting at our Cardiff location on November 7. All initiated members of the Order are welcome to attend – we’d love to see as many people as possible from the South West area, since we’ll be laying out plans for the next months activities. If you would like to come, please RSVP for details, or leave a message on our Facebook page.
As the name would suggest, please bring a pot of food to add to the pile!
On Saturday July 18 Tamion Camp hosted First Degree initiations at our Cardiff location. With three chartered initiators and several other officers working around the clock, twelve Minervals from Tamion Camp, Sheesah-Naaga Camp, and Mihrab Camp entered the ranks of our Order as full initiates. Many thanks to the Brethren who attended, many of whom travelled a long way; and special thanks to those who cooked delicious food throughout the day to keep everyone’s bodies sustained.
We will be holding a weekend of initiations on the third weekend of July. Please see our initiation pages for more information on initiation into O.T.O.
Minerval Initiations - Friday 17th July, 8pm
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 forms are available from the Body Master and must be completed and returned before 1oth June for initiation on this date must .
This will be a late night event and arriving by your own transport is recommended. For anyone arriving by public transport, please contact us in advance and we will make arrangements with you.
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 Wednesday 20th May for initiation on this date.
Saturday 7th March 2009 12pm
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.
We will be walking through the ritual and discovering its workings by exploring it and asking questions. This will not be a dry ‘sit down and be lectured to’ class so come prepared to get involved and ask any questions you might have.
It is open to those initiated to Minerval and above only, ritual scripts will be provided.
Please arrive at 12pm for a light lunch before the class which will continue as long as in ncessary for everyone to ask thier questions. We will finish no later than 4.30pm
We will be hosting Minerval initiations performed by a visiting chartered initiator from UK Grand Lodge. If you have previously been initiated into OTO then you are very welcome to attend this event.
Attendees are strongly encouraged to dress appropriately for the Minervals, please contact the secretary for further details of dress code.
Please contact the Camp secretary in advance to confirm your attendance at tamion@oto-uk.org
The Minerval is the first initiation into Ordo Templi Orientis. If you would like to be initiated at Tamion Encampment please email the body well in advance. There us further information on initiation here.
