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Oliver St. John received initial training in the Hermetic Art by working through an experimental five-year course written by W.E. Butler, an Initiate of occultist Dion Fortune's Fraternity of the Inner Light. On completion of this in-depth study and practice of the Western Mystery Tradition, he accepted the Law of Thelema, the magical current that was unearthed through the mediumship of Aleister and Rose Crowley. This led him to found the Ordo Astri (Order of the Star) Hermetic college in 2000 e.v., and to join Kenneth Grant's Typhonian Order (formerly Typhonian OTO) in the same year. Over the course of time Oliver St. John has also worked with the late Mary Long (author and student of Dion Fortune), Gareth Knight, Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki (co-founder of the Servants of the Light Association) and Lady Olivia Robertson (co-founder of the Fellowship of Isis).

 

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Hermetic Qabalah More Detail
Hermetic Qabalah By Oliver St. John
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Reawakening the Serpent Power allows the release of the energies required to transcend the ordinary perceptions of the mind for the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian... More > Angel. The Angel or supranatural power of divinity can assist us to reopen the doorway to unity that marks the return to the Garden of Eden. The Serpent Power ascending the twenty-two pathways of the Tree of Life is the hidden key that, when directed by the will of the Holy Guardian Angel, can unlock the gateway that isolates the aspect of consciousness trapped in matter or Malkuth. Thus the way is opened for liberation by reunion with the immortal principle of spirit represented by Kether on the Tree of Life.< Less
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Stella Tenebrae Volume One Number 1 By Oliver St. John
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The creative stream issuing from the Thelemic current or Hermetic Light cannot be set in stone tablets for all time – our methods and our rituals are constantly evolving. The products of... More > magical work may also include poetry, essays, short stories and illustrations or other art. With valuable contributions made by Order members and others, there was a need for a series of Journals to make all this available to those with a serious interest in Hermetic magick and philosophy. This, the first number, edited by the author of "The Ending of the Words", "Hermetic Qabalah" and "Ritual Magick", contains fifteen articles and essays and is fully illustrated throughout. The final piece, "Lost Words of the Aeon" by Oliver St John & Sophie di Jorio, is a chapter that was not included in published editions of "The Ending of the Words".< Less
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The Ending of the Words - Magical Philosophy of Aleister Crowley By Oliver St. John, Sophie di Jorio
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Third Special Edition (Crown Quarto, 152 pages, full colour). The Ending of the Words examines the thought and philosophy of the English magician Aleister Crowley through the lens of practical... More > research. With an in-depth presentation of the source Tradition, the book introduces Thelema, the Law of the New Aeon declared by Crowley, to a modern readership. Includes a comprehensive glossary of Egyptian, Qabalistic and Thelemic terminology essential to the study of The Book of the Law.< Less
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Third Edition (Crown Quarto, 152 pages, fully illustrated). The Ending of the Words examines the thought and philosophy of the English magician Aleister Crowley through the lens of practical... More > research. With an in-depth presentation of the source Tradition, the book introduces Thelema, the Law of the New Aeon declared by Crowley, to a modern readership. Includes a comprehensive glossary of Egyptian, Qabalistic and Thelemic terminology essential to the study of The Book of the Law.< Less
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Ritual Magick – The Rites and Ceremonies of Hermetic Light By Oliver St. John
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"Ritual Magick – The Rites and Ceremonies of Hermetic Light" takes theory into practice, revealing the unique system of magical Initiation of Ordo Astri, the Order of the Star. The... More > Kemetic and Thelemic stellar rites of the Order are collected together here in seven volumes, taking the aspirant from Probationer, whose task is to “Know Thyself”, to Adeptus Minor whose sole task is to obtain the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. The rituals are accompanied by lucid explanatory texts and are illustrated throughout.< Less
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The Ending of the Words : Magical Philosophy of Aleister Crowley By Oliver St. John, Sophie di Jorio
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The Ending of the Words examines the thought and philosophy of the English magician Aleister Crowley through the lens of practical research. With an in-depth presentation of the source Tradition, the... More > book introduces Thelema, the Law of the New Aeon declared by Crowley, to a modern readership. Includes a comprehensive glossary of Egyptian, Qabalistic and Thelemic terminology essential to the study of The Book of the Law.< Less
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Reawakening the Serpent Power allows the release of the energies required to transcend the ordinary perceptions of the mind for the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian... More > Angel. The Angel or supranatural power of divinity can assist us to reopen the doorway to unity that marks the return to the Garden of Eden. The Serpent Power ascending the twenty-two pathways of the Tree of Life is the hidden key that, when directed by the will of the Holy Guardian Angel, can unlock the gateway that isolates the aspect of consciousness trapped in matter or Malkuth. Thus the way is opened for liberation by reunion with the immortal principle of spirit represented by Kether on the Tree of Life.< Less
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"Ritual Magick - The Rites and Ceremonies of Hermetic Light" takes theory into practice, revealing the unique system of magical Initiation of Ordo Astri, the Order of the Star. The Kemetic... More > and Thelemic stellar rites of the Order are collected together here in seven volumes, taking the aspirant from Probationer, whose task is to "Know Thyself", to Adeptus Minor whose sole task is to obtain the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. The rituals are accompanied by lucid explanatory texts and are illustrated throughout.< Less