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4. To implement sinister strategy—i.e., to
presence the acausal (or “the dark forces”) via
nexions and so change evolution. One
immediate aim is to presence acausal energies
in a particular way so creating a new aeon and
then a new, higher, civilization from the
energies unleashed. (Order of Nine Angles
1994, website)
In other words, in addition to promoting individual
development in the manner of the LHP
tradition, the Order of Nine Angles sees itself as
setting in motion energies—particularly magical
energies—that will usher in a new culture and
civilization. As noted by Beest, “what Satanism
represents is basically an energy for change.
Evolution.”
For Further Reading:
Baddeley, Gavin. Lucifer Rising: Sin, Devil Worship
and Rock’n’Roll. London: Plexus, 1999.
Harvey, Graham. “Satanism in Britain Today.”
Journal of Contemporary Religion 10:3. 1995.
Hexagon Archive. “Order Of Nine Angles.”
http://www.hexagonarchive.com/ONA.htmOrd
er of Nine Angles. The Sinister Path—An
Introduction to Traditional Satanism. Houston,
TX: Vindex Press, 1994.
Order of the Black Ram
The Satanic organization known as Order of the
Black Ram has its foundation in the belief in
Aryan racial superiority, and is associated with
the National Renaissance Party, a neo-Nazi
organization. It is believed that each race embodies
a racial soul, which is manifested in its culture
and philosophy. The order, which stresses individuality,
draws upon such varied sources as the
writings of Anton LaVey, Robert Heinlein’s novel,
Stranger in a Strange Land, and neopaganism. Its
headquarters were located in suburban Detroit,
Michigan, where its periodical, Liber Venifica, was
published.
See also Church of Satan
For Further Reading:
Parker, John. At the Heart of Darkness: Witchcraft,
Black Magic and Satanism Today. New York:
Citadel, 1993.
Ordo Lux Kethri
The Ordo Lux Kethri was formed in 1982 by April
Schadler Bishop and Michael Albion Macdonald,
of the Builders of the Adytum. The order, which is
also known as the Order of the Kethric Light, is
depicted as a fraternal order, and is similar to the
Rosicrucian one. Among its teachings are the
cabala, alchemy, ritual magic, and hermetic meditation,
including the techniques of visualization
and astral travel of Franz Bardon.
For Further Reading:
Bardon, Franz. The Practice of Magical Evocation.
Wuppertal, Germany: Deiter Rueggeberg, 1970.
Macdonald, Michael-Albion. The Secret of Secrets.
Berkeley Heights, NJ: Heptangle, 1986.
Ordo Templi Astarte
The Ordo Templi Astarte (Order of the Temple of
Astarte, OTA) also known as Church of Hermetic
Science, constitutes a ritual magic group established
in 1970 for the practice of cabalistic magick
in the Western tradition. It is based upon Jungian
psychology, and describes magick as a system of
ritual hypnotic induction calling upon archetypal
forms from the unconscious and allowing them to
be visualized for a number of purposes, including
psychotherapy.
The order’s history can be traced back to
Aleister Crowley through Louis Culling, who
maintained that after leaving C. F. Russell, who
was deviating from Crowley’s teachings, he
received a charter for an autonomous lodge. He
turned this charter to the OTA leadership just
before his death. According to the order, the
charter contains the secret rituals of the Ordo
Templi Orientis. The group does not describe
itself as fully Thelemic, although it operates with
a Thelemic charter, since members do not initiate
or operate ceremonially under a Thelemic
protection. The single lodge of the OTA, led by
Carroll Runyon (Frater Aleyin), is located in
Pasadena, although there has been a second lodge
that operated in Pittsburgh in the 1970s. The
Seventh Ray, published in Pasadena, is the periodical
of the order.
See also Crowley, Aleister; Magic and Magical
Groups