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OTA Calendar for 2026
Hear Ye All!
The O.T.A.will be holden its fifty-second consecutive
performance of
Adonia
Summer Solstice
at Rivendell on
June 20th 2026
Arrive at dusk. Dress warmly, bring food and drink. See our new Pavilion.
This is an invitational event so clear any additional guests with us by phone
or email.
Baal (He-man): "Who dares to roll the drum of battle!"
"Who comes upon me from the North ?"
Mot (Skeletor) "I am Mot, thy royal brother; Prince of Darkness,
Death, and Gloom. Thou hast lived thy fruitful
Season, now tis time to seak thy Tomb!"
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Nuptiae at Rivendell, March 21, 2026
Posted by Zandria on May 22, 2026 at 2:30pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Photos taken by Frater Thabion and Collage created by Soror Zandria.
My most recent work with the Ars Almadel
Posted by Frater Agnóstos on May 14, 2026 at 9:30am 1 Comment 3 Likes
I made this Almadel using/referencing Master Thabion's Book of Solomon's Magick and Joseph Peterson's Lesser Key. I molded my square and my candles using beeswax under the Day and Hour of SOL. I then used a very fine tip brush to line the engravings with gold paint. The beautiful clear quartz ball was purchased years ago and is one of my favorite tools used in my temple.
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THE MAGIC ROCK
by Brian Lee Added December 1, 2024 at 5:22pm
Using a doorway as a medium to discretely impart a daily blessing
by Frater Laetus Added December 23, 2022 at 1:37pm
Dark Mirror
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by Abc123 Added January 26, 2021 at 2:50pm
Second Attempt at the Triangle of Art
by George Paul Luttmann Added January 2, 2021 at 10:06pm
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The Hermetic Hour
Secrets of the Purple People: Phoenicians & the Hermetic Tradition
The Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will present a discussion on the ancient Phoenicians and the Hermetic Tradition. This follows last week's review of "Jesus the Phoenician" by Karim el Koussa. The references for this evening's discussion will be the recent "Phoenician Secrets" by Sandford Holst and "The Phoenicians, the Purple Empire of the Ancient World" by Gerald Herm, Our focus will be on Phoenician contributions to, and influence on, Western occultism and magick. It has recently been established that the Phoenician culture is one of the oldest in the world. It's roots go back nine thousand years. The Phoenicians were building and sailing ocean-going ships long before the Pyramids were built. The first pyramid was built by European architects brought from Malta to Egypt by Phoenician contractors. The Phoenicians were very secretive about their business and their religion. We will discuss their astrological religion (the Labors of Hercules), their magical alphabet (the real origin of the Qabalah) and their possible connection with Atlantis. So, if you want to voyage with the Purple People on ancient seas, tune in and we'll hoist the mainsheet.
Orphic Hymns: Guiding Souls Through the Celestial Spheres
The Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will present a discussion of The Orphic Hymns which are the Western Esoteric Tradition's oldest liturgy. These hymns to the planets, the gods and goddesses, the stars and all aspects of ancient Greek mythology were used by the Orphic sect before the Golden Age of Greece, in the days of Pythagoras, to guide the dead souls on their spiritual journey up through the celestial spheres and into the realm of the zodiac and beyond. This was a special and separate aspect of Greek mysticism which had its influence on Pythagoras, the Gnostics, the Mithraites, and the Italian Renaissance Hermetics. Most recently Christopher Warnock has included the hymns in his "Planetary Magick." We will concentrate on the 18th century Thomas Taylor translation -- which we use -- and read a Robert Graves poem combining a number of Orphic memorials into a connected instruction which may have played some part in the Eleusinian Mysteries. So. if you want to know what that strange stuff they sing to harp music accompaniment at the beginning of Seasonals, then tune in and we'll take you back three thousand years.
"The Hermetic Link" a Review with Freeman Presson
The Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will present a review on a very important recent book on the Hermetic Tradition by Dutch author Jacob Slavenburg titled: "The Hermetic Link." Reviewing this book will be a team effort between the host and our esteemed guest Frater Ophis (Freeman Presson) who beat us to the punch and reviewed Slavenburg's book on his website two years ago. How did we miss it? No excuse because it should not have been missed. Certainly there have been other surveys of the Hermetic Tradition, usually combined with other related elements such as Kabbalah, Rosicrucianism, magick, etc. but this is the best and most complete tracing of the great Hermetic Gnosis from ancient Egypt, through Alexandria, Harran, the Dark Ages, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the so-called "Enlightenment" and the present modern age. Slavenburg takes us from Zosimus to the Kybalion in a sympathetic, very thoughtful and comfortably philosophical style. He quotes Peter Kingsley ("Reality") frequently and does as good a job as Kingsley in getting across the deepest meaning of the Hermetic Mystery (the Great I AM) - perhaps he does it better in that he uses excerpts from Hermes to reveal the treasure we ardent Hermetic devotees hold so dear, whereas Kingsley in Reality depended on pre-Hermetic Parmenides and Empedocles. If all this is Greek to you, it shouldn't be and Slavenburg goes a long way toward establishing the true and enduring magnificence of our venerable Tradition. Tune in and get yourself Hermetically sealed. (Preserved for the next incarnation.)
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