Sir (Edward Alexander) Aleister Crowley (1875 e.v. – Ixxi e.n.) by T. Apiryon English poet, painter, mountaineer, magician, and prophet, the physical vehicle of TO MEGA THERION. Head of A∴ A∴ and head of O.T.O. in the English-speaking world under Reuss, and Reuss’s successor as O.H.O of O.T.O. Crowley wrote Liber XV, the Gnostic Mass,
Comments Off on Sir Aleister Crowley(1810-1875 e.v.) by T. Apiryon Usually known by his pseudonym “Eliphas Lévi Zahed,” which is a translation of his name into Hebrew, this Parisian was almost single-handedly responsible for the popular resurgence of the Secret Traditions in the 19th Century. Lévi synthesized Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Qabalism, Gnosticism, Masonry, Rosicrucianism, Alchemy, Tarot, Mesmerism, Spiritism, along with
Comments Off on Alphonse Louis Constant(1555-1595 e.v.) by T. Apiryon Irish alchemist and magician. Kelly is best known for his travels with John Dee and work his work for Dee as a “skryer” or visionary medium; but he was also a noted alchemist on his own right, publishing three alchemical works: The Stone of the Philosophers, The Humid Way, and
Comments Off on Sir Edward Kelly(1431-1503 e.v.) by T. Apiryon Added to the list of Saints in 1929/30 e.v. Spanish-born Rodric Borgia (born Rodrigo Lanzol, later adopting his mother’s family name of Borja, italianized as Borgia) is remembered by Catholics as one of the most “decadent” of the Renaissance Popes. Alexander VI was in fact a popular Pope during his
Comments Off on Roderic Borgia, Pope Alexander the Sixth(1378-1484 e.v./mythic) by T. Apiryon Legendary German hero of the Fama Fraternitas and Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz of Andrea (q.v.), and founder of the Rosicrucians. Crowley considered Christian Rosencreutz to have been a man, under a different name, who was a Master of the Temple. See Part III of The Heart of the Master.
Comments Off on Christian Rosencreutz(1243-1314 e.v.) by T. Apiryon Jacques de Molay. Twenty-second and last Grand Master of the Knights Templar. See Part III of The Heart of the Master. The Knights Templar were founded in 1118 e.v. to protect pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem, and established their headquarters at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The Order lasted
Comments Off on Jacobus Burgundus Molensis the MartyrHippolytus of Rome(170 – 235 e.v.) by T. Apiryon Greek ecclesiastical writer, Bishop of Portus, and the first “Antipope.” He was an orthodox Father of the Christian Church, a Roman Catholic Saint, and a disciple of Irenaeus. Author of a large body of early ecclesiastical writings, among which is the famous Apostolic Tradition which was
Comments Off on Hippolytus(155-233 e.v.) by T. Apiryon Also known as Bar-Daisan. A Gnostic Christian poet from the Syrian city-state of Edessa (now called Urfa, or Sanliurfa, in southern Turkey), possibly of the Valentinian lineage. Some scholars refer to him as “the last of the Gnostics” because he may have been the last major teacher to attempt to
Comments Off on Bardesanes(c. 582-507 b.c.e.) by T. Apiryon Added to the list of Saints in 1929/30 e.v. Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, music theorist, initiate of the Orphic Mysteries and religious cult leader. See Part III of The Heart of the Master. Pythagoras was born at Samos, the great-grandson of the philosopher Hippasos. In his studies, he travelled
Comments Off on Pythagoras(born c. 4 b.c.e., vanished c. 96 e.v.) by T. Apiryon Also known as Apollon, and Apollonius of Tyana. Cappadocian philosopher of the Pythagorean school. See Part III of The Heart of the Master. Born into the noble family of Tyana, Apollonius was educated by a Pythagorean philosopher in Tarsus. In his later youth, disgusted
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