{"id":2503,"date":"2019-09-24T15:43:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T12:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basileus-oto.org\/?page_id=2503"},"modified":"2023-10-12T16:23:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T13:23:48","slug":"oto-first-degree-oto-study-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/basileus-oto.org\/ru\/oto-first-degree-oto-study-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Guide for the I\u00ba"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">O.T.O. STUDY GUIDE &#8212; I\u00ba<br \/>\nLUSTRATION<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u00ba \u2013 Lustration \u2013 Man and Brother, or Woman and Sister<\/p>\n<p>Element: Water. Chakra: Vishuddha.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Child experiences Birth.\u201d Magick Without Tears<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt chooses to enter into relations with the solar system. It incarnates. I explain the significance of birth and the conditions established by the process.\u201d The Confessions of Aleister Crowley<\/p>\n<p><em>Recommended for Study:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; I\u00b0 of Freemasonry \u2013 Entered Apprentice<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Liber AL<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus, sub figura XC<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Book 4, Part I, Chapters 1-4<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Book 4, Part II, Chapter 12 (The Robe)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; MTP, Chapters 13 (Banishings and Purifications) and 167, Part I (The Oath)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; MWT, Chapters 14, 45, 46<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Liber E, especially sections III, IV, VI<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Liber O, section IV: The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Dogme et Rituel de Haute Magie, Part 2, Chapter I<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Eight Lectures on Yoga, by Aleister Crowley<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 777: Columns I, II, III, VII, XII<\/p>\n<p><em>Recommended Practices:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Study and practice of Yama<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Asana: stilling the body<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Pranayama: breath (spirit) control<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Lesser rituals of the Pentagram and Hexagram<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Lunar Adorations (The Mantra Gayatri (Book 4, Part I, Chapter 2)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Meditate on the Tarot Trumps The Star, The Priestess and The Empress<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Relaxation exercises &#038; techniques of purification<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Visualization practices in general<\/p>\n<p>It is advisable to continue practicing the Sun adoration (Liber Resh vel Helios).<\/p>\n<p><em>Supplementary Reading:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Liber CCXLII, AHA! by Aleister Crowley<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Raja Yoga, by Vivekananda<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; \u201cPsychology of Hashish\u201d, by \u2018Oliver Haddo\u2019 (Aleister Crowley)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; A general study of hypnotism and mesmerism<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; \u201cBefore the Beginning of Years\u201d from Atalanta in Calydon, by A.C. Swinburne<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Lunar Adorations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The gayatri mantra is given in Book 4 Part II thus:<\/p>\n<p>Aum tat savitur varenyam<br \/>\nBhargo devasya dhimahi<br \/>\nDhiyo yo nah pracodayat<\/p>\n<p>Crowley gives the translation: \u201cO! let us strictly meditate on the adorable light of that divine Savitri. May she enlighten our minds!\u201d The mantra was suggested by Crowley as a lunar adoration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CATECHISM OF THE FIRST DEGREE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Q: Where were you first prepared for your initiation?<br \/>\nA: In heart verily.<br \/>\nQ: Where next?<br \/>\nA: In a convenient place, hard by a spring.<br \/>\nQ: How long did you remain there?<br \/>\nA: For nine moons.<br \/>\nQ: Where were you initiated?<br \/>\nA: In an Oasis.<br \/>\nQ: At what hour?<br \/>\nA: Dawn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O.T.O. STUDY GUIDE &#8212; I\u00ba LUSTRATION &nbsp; I\u00ba \u2013 Lustration \u2013 Man and Brother, or Woman and Sister Element: Water. Chakra: Vishuddha. \u201cThe Child experiences Birth.\u201d Magick Without Tears \u201cIt chooses to enter into relations with the solar system. It incarnates. 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