Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. This is a correction to my previous post about the addition of Dr. Paschal Beverly Randolph to the list of Saints in the Gnostic Mass. Dr. Randolph’s name is to be placed between those of Hargrave Jennings and Carl Kellner. Love is the law,
Comments Off on P.B. Randolph: CorrectionDo what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. On November 9, 2024, e.v., the O.H.O. announced to the Areopagus that he had added Dr. Paschal Beverly Randolph to the list of saints of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica. Randolph’s name is to be added to the (non-italicized) list between those of Hargrave Jennings and
Comments Off on Paschal Beverly Randolph added to list of E.G.C. SaintsDo what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Back in 1994 e.v., while I was still G.S.G. (and before U.S.G.L. had even been formed), I gave a lecture on the Gnostic Mass in East Chicago, IN. The Local Master at the time videotaped that lecture. That (rather poor-quality) video has now surfaced
Comments Off on Old VideoDo what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Thanks to some diligent research into obscure German Freemasonic writings by Frater Superior Hymenaeus Beta, the identity of obscure Gnostic Saint William of Schyren has been definitively established as William of Hirsau, a Benedictine abbot of the late 11th century e.v. William’s claim to
Comments Off on Positive Identification of William of SchyrenI’ve updated most of the E.G.C. rituals on the Rituals page to accommodate potential use by a Deacon Sacerdote.
Comments Off on Update to E.G.C. RitualsThere is a typo in Liber XV included in published editions of Mystery of Mystery that I’d like to point out. In the collect The Saints, the phrase, “manifest they glory unto men” should be “manifest thy glory unto men.” This typo does not occur in the online edition of Liber XV included on this
Comments Off on An ErratumI cannot speak for areas outside the U.S., but the sacerdotal clergy of E.G.C. within the U.S.A. are fully empowered to perform same-sex marriages in states where it is legal to do so.
Comments Off on Same-Sex UnionsWith the approval of the Frater Superior, I am making a few modifications to the U.S. E.G.C. Manual, one of which establishes a new clerical office, that of Deacon-Sacerdote. If you are an ordained Deacon in E.G.C., when you take the K.E.W. initiation in M.M.M., you may, as always, choose to pursue service within E.G.C.
Comments Off on Deacon-SacerdoteI have updated the Ordination of a Deacon ritual. The substance of the update is to elevate the status of the diaconate by placing it under the direct supervision of the episcopate rather than under that delegated to the priesthood. I am no longer inclined to consider the role of Deacon to be inherently subsidiary
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