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Gosh! When did OTO make Crowley's writing an optional extra? I tried to find a reference for that but couldnt.
Well, I wouldnt say that was the case. OTO has a long history of being a kinda eclectic repositry (check the 'Secret Conference' stuff). Also the only thing the OTO will insist on in an OTO group is that the specific OTO mysteries and buisness is operated as it wants.
If you want to practice your own traditions as well, the OTO doesnt say "You cant do that / we dont do that." In this regard it is very liberal. Its up to groups and individuals what they want to do. Some might not like that. But I think its better to have a bit of diversity in unity. And whats the dif anyway if they are all going along the same initiatory current?
I myself ran up against this in the OTO many years ago. The thinly veiled snicker because some of the OTO worked with the local pagans at times.
But we put on enjoyable, effective and fantastic rituals performed with joy and beauty when we got it together (a LOT better than any of the traditionalist snickerers )
Gosh! When did OTO make Crowley's writing an optional extra? I tried to find a reference for that but couldnt.
Well, I wouldnt say that was the case. OTO has a long history of being a kinda eclectic repositry (check the 'Secret Conference' stuff). Also the only thing the OTO will insist on in an OTO group is that the specific OTO mysteries and buisness is operated as it wants.
If you want to practice your own traditions as well, the OTO doesnt say "You cant do that / we dont do that." In this regard it is very liberal. Its up to groups and individuals what they want to do. Some might not like that. But I think its better to have a bit of diversity in unity. And whats the dif anyway if they are all going along the same initiatory current?
I myself ran up against this in the OTO many years ago. The thinly veiled snicker because some of the OTO worked with the local pagans at times.
But we put on enjoyable, effective and fantastic rituals performed with joy and beauty when we got it together (a LOT better than any of the traditionalist snickerers )