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Also in 1912, Crowley published the Manifesto of the M M M ,
in which M M M
was identified as the British Section of the O.T.O., which "includes all
countries where English is generally spoken." O.T.O. was described in
this document as
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...a body of initiates in whose hands are concentrated the wisdom and
knowledge of the following bodies:
1.
The Gnostic Catholic Church.
2. The Order of the Knights of the Holy Ghost.
3. The Order of the Illuminati.
4. The Order of the Temple.
5. The Order of the Knights of St. John.
6. The Order of the Knights of Malta.
7. The Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre.
8. The Hidden Church of the Holy Grail.
9. The Rosicrucian Order.
10. The Holy Order of Rose Croix of Heredom.
11. The Order of the Holy Royal Arch of Enoch.
12. The Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry (33 degrees).
13. The Rite of Memphis (97 degrees).
14. The Rite of Mizraim (90 degrees).
15. The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Masonry (33 degrees).
16. The Swedenborgian Rite of Masonry.
17. The Order of the Martinists.
18. The Order of the Sat Bhai
19. The Hermetic Brotherhood of Light.
20. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn),
and many other orders of equal merit, if of less fame. It does not include
the A A
with which august Body it is, however, in close alliance.
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The Manifesto of the M M M
also gave the following scheme of organization for the Order:
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0 |
Minerval |
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I |
M. |
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II |
M.. |
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III |
M
P M
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IV |
Companion
of the Holy Royal Arch of Enoch.
Prince of Jerusalem.
Knight of the East and of the West. |
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V |
Sovereign
Prince of Rose Croix. (Knight of the Pelican and Eagle.)
Member of the Senate of Knight Hermetic Philosophers Knights of the
Red Eagle. |
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VI |
Illustrious
Knight (Templar) of the Order of Kadosch, and Companion of the Holy
Graal.
Grand Inquisitor Commander, Member of the Grand Tribunal.
Prince of the Royal Secret. |
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VII |
Very
Illustrious Sovereign Grand Inspector General.
Member of the Supreme Grand Council. |
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VIII |
Perfect
Pontiff of the Illuminati. |
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IX |
Initiate
of the Sanctuary of the Gnosis. |
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X |
Rex
Summus Sanctissimus (Supreme and Most Holy King). |
The
September, 1912 issue of the Oriflamme included a similar listing
of a ten-degree system:
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Prüfling
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II |
Minerval |
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III |
Johannis-Freimaurer
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IV |
Schottischer-(Andreas-)
Maurer |
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V |
Rose
Croix-Maurer. |
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VI |
Templer-Rosenkreuzer.
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VII |
Mystischer
Templer |
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VIII |
Orientalischer
Templer |
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IX |
Vollkommener
Illuminat |
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X |
Supremus
Rex |
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