It is my understanding that the O.T.O. is a purely Masonic
organization wherein a certain philosophy of life is learnt and
magickal power gained. It is distinct from the A:.A:. because it
lacks initiation into the internal mysteries which constitues the
A:.A:. curriculum. Whithin the higher degrees of O.T.O., for
example, one is taught how to create an element six times heavier
than Uranium... Whereas within the higher degrees of A:.A:. one
consumates the interior annihilation which effects the transcendence
of space-time itself.
In a message dated 08/28/2000 9:36:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... How then, are you differentiating OTO from AA?...
Krishadawn11@...
Aug 28, 2000 4:40 pm
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law, ... {snip} ... It is my understanding that the O.T.O. is a purely Masonic organization wherein a certain...
Cameron
cbailes@...
Aug 28, 2000 6:20 pm
... About the same way I differentiate OTO from G.D., BOTA, the Church of Scientology, and the Roman Catholic Church (and a million other paths). All...
Rodney Orpheus
rodney@...
Aug 28, 2000 5:03 pm
Care Circulus and Dear Rodney, How do you figure the RC Church "ostensibly contain(s) methods of achieving some form of spiritual progress"? In my experience...
John Bonanno
johnnyb@...
Aug 29, 2000 12:15 am
In a message dated 08/28/2000 10:06:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... I am trying to understand exactly what you are saying. The above response seems to imply...
Krishadawn11@...
Aug 28, 2000 5:11 pm
... I don't believe I ever said this. Try making your troll a bit more subtle next time. -- Rodney Orpheus http://www.cassandracomplex.net...
Rodney Orpheus
rodney@...
Aug 28, 2000 5:20 pm
In a message dated 08/28/2000 10:22:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... No such thing... That is what your words seemed to imply. But thats fine.. End of...
Krishadawn11@...
Aug 28, 2000 6:12 pm
93 ... os·ten·si·ble (-stns-bl) adj. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive -- Rodney Orpheus http://www.cassandracomplex.net...
Rodney Orpheus
rodney@...
Aug 29, 2000 9:02 am
Care Circulus, and Rodney, Ah! Now I understand. So the OTO and the other groups you lumped together only appear to contain these methods. ... Johnnyb...
John Bonanno
johnnyb@...
Aug 29, 2000 10:04 am
... That is not a precise interpretation of the contextual meaning of the word "ostensibly." ... And that is an even less precise interpretation. (Though...
sparrow
magdalene@...
Aug 29, 2000 3:10 pm
... So, how does a thing 'representably contain methods'? Does it carry said methods under it's pookey hat? Martijn. DE nederlandsche CACAOFABRIEK ...
Martijn Benders
maanantai@...
Aug 29, 2000 10:57 am
93 ... No, also incorrect. What I VERY CLEARLY said was that each group *represented itself* as having a method of spiritual progress. I made no comment on the...
Rodney Orpheus
rodney@...
Aug 29, 2000 3:34 pm
... 'All ostensibly contain methods of achieving some form of spiritual progress. ' What Mr Orpheus wants to say here, is that said groups '*present* said ...
Martijn Benders
maanantai@...
Aug 29, 2000 5:20 pm
93 Martijn. In a message dated 8/29/00 1:22:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... It's good to know that pretentious eurotrash coffeehouse pontification isn't...
rikb2@...
Aug 29, 2000 7:41 pm
... You'd probably say that to anyone who works with language. I suppose Americans are so tuned to chestbeat channel they think bluff over semantic errors is...
Martijn Benders
maanantai@...
Aug 29, 2000 8:08 pm
... Er, Marty, that should be "bluffing", not "bluff". And "Somehow" is a useless modifier. :P :P :P...
Zack Dubnoff
zackd@...
Aug 29, 2000 9:21 pm
In a message dated 8/29/00 4:11:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... No, just those who turn to tight-assed grammar and style flames when their poor grasp of...
rikb2@...
Aug 29, 2000 9:23 pm
... Bluff is a perfectly normal english term and it was used entirely correct in above sentence structure. 'Somehow' in above sentence is specifically not a...
Martijn Benders
maanantai@...
Aug 29, 2000 9:32 pm
... "correctly in the above sentence structure" ... "'Somehow' in the above sentence" ... Not pointless -- amusing. Your claims of virtuosity, put forth with...
sparrow
magdalene@...
Aug 29, 2000 10:24 pm
... So now correcting someone who played semantic bluff poker is a style flame. You're lucky I never opened my mouth about those 'artworks' on your webpage. ...
Martijn Benders
maanantai@...
Aug 29, 2000 9:56 pm
... Right. That is, on the first mistake. The second is not wrong at all. ... Nope. ... I do find it charming you and the mighty reverend found each other in ...
Martijn Benders
maanantai@...
Aug 29, 2000 10:37 pm
In a message dated 8/29/00 6:06:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Semantic bluff poker? I got Rodney's intended meaning -- the same one he had to re-explain in...
rikb2@...
Aug 29, 2000 11:23 pm
... So what? His pedantic dictionairy style reply and his ridiculous claim that his supposed opponents were completely inept at english when they asked a...
Martijn Benders
maanantai@...
Aug 30, 2000 12:02 am
... [eGroups] group! ... I'll cede the point on "Somehow", since that's a matter of style, but you are dead wrong on "bluff". The sentence structure calls for...
Zack Dubnoff
zackd@...
Aug 30, 2000 12:33 am
Zack Dubnoff wrote: 'Somehow' in above sentence is ... But you forget the fact that 'bluff' isn't necessarily a verb here. The word has approximately twelve...
Martijn Benders
maanantai@...
Aug 30, 2000 8:47 am
93 In article <39AA4566.499DC082@...>, Rodney Orpheus <rodney@...> writes ... 'The O.T.O. is, so to speak, the quintessence of Freemasonry, and...
Cavalorn
cavalorn@...
Aug 30, 2000 5:43 pm
93 ... Well, if we're going to play that game: "...the body known as the Ancient Order of Oriental Templars. It is a modern School of the Magi." - Franz...
Rodney Orpheus
rodney@...
Aug 30, 2000 9:55 pm
... Oh, do let's. :) ... Templars. It is a ... Instruction As well as being descended from a geunine and unbroken line of Adepti all the way back to Merlin and...
Cavalorn
cavalorn@...
Sep 2, 2000 5:56 pm
... Nice grammatical error, for a first instruction. I wonder if this is a question of lineage. Martijn. DE nederlandsche CACAOFABRIEK ...
Martijn Benders
maanantai@...
Aug 30, 2000 11:09 pm
93 ... The three dots at the beginning mean it's an excerpt from a longer sentence. Martijn, I'm genuinely trying to help you here when I say that your ...