Saints of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Gnostic Saints of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica are a series of historical and mythological figures commemorated within Thelema. They were first listed in Liber XV, the Gnostic Mass, which is the central rite of Ordo Templi Orientis and its ecclesiastical arm, Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica. They are found in the fifth Collect of Liber XV, entitled "The Saints".
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Background
In Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, as in the Catholic and Orthodox churches, a saint is usually officially recognized after his or her death, though Aleister Crowley was certainly alive when he wrote Liber XV and included himself in the list.
All of the Saints listed in the Gnostic Mass are male, and are invoked during the Collect.[1]
Modern additions
The list of Saints in Liber XV remained static from the original writing in 1913 until relatively recently. However, because the original list contains the names of four previous Patriarchs of EGC, Gerard Encausse, Carl Kellner, Theodor Reuss and Aleister Crowley, this has now been taken as a precedent for the addition of the names of succeeding Patriarchs, Karl Germer and Grady McMurtry.
The current Patriarch of EGC, Hymenaeus Beta, has exercised his authority to canonise further Gnostic Saints, and two have been officially added to the original list. William Blake was so recognized in Fall 1997 e.v. based on Crowley's essay "William Blake," which described him as such.[2] Giordano Bruno was added to the list on February 17, 2000 e.v., the 400th anniversary of his martyrdom.[3]
In the Collect, some names are italicised. In ordinary masses only names in italics are commemorated, with the full list reserved for special masses.
Full list
The saints of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica has been described as follows:[4][5]
A
- Amoun
- Andrea
- Apollonius Tyanæus
- Arthur
- Elias Ashmole
B
- Francis Bacon Lord Verulam
- Roger Bacon
- Bardesanes
- Basilides
- William Blake[6]
- Roderic Borgia Pope Alexander the Sixth
- Giordano Bruno
- Sir Richard Francis Burton
- Jacob Boehme
C
D
- Johannes Dee
- Dionysus
E
- Doctor Gérard Encausse
F
- Robertus de Fluctibus
- Frederick of Hohenstaufen
- Forlong dux (James George Roche Forlong)[7]
- Ludwig von Fischer[8]
G
- Paul Gauguin
- Karl Johannes Germer
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
H
- Heracles
- Hermes
- Hippolytus
- Ulrich von Hutten
J
K
- Kamuret
- Sir Edward Kelly
- Carl Kellner
- Khem
- Sir Richard Payne Knight
- Krishna
L
- Laotze
- Alphonse Louis Constant
- Ludovicus Rex Bavariæ
M
- Carolus Magnus and his Paladins
- Michael Maier
- Manes
- Martialis
- Major Grady Louis McMurtry
- Melchizedek
- Mentu
- Merlin
- Jacobus Burgundus Molensis the Martyr
- Molinos
- Mosheh
- Mohammed
N
O
P
- Pan
- Paracelsus
- Parzival
- Paul Gauguin
- Priapus
- Pythagoras
R
- Rabelais
- Doctor Theodore Reuss
- Christian Rosenkreuz
S
- Siddhartha
- Simon Magus
- Swinburne
T
- Tahuti
- To Mega Therion
V
W
Notes
- ↑ The Gnostic Mass: Annotations and Commentary by Helena and Tau Apiryon (2004)
- ↑ Crowley, Aleister The Revival of Magick (1998) Thelema Media ISBN 978-0-9726583-9-3
- ↑ Agape: The Official Organ of the U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis Volume IX, Number 1 (2007)
- ↑ Wasserman, Bishop James (ed.) Current List of Saints (2007)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/gmnotes.htm#Blake
- ↑ http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/forlong.htm
- ↑ http://hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib15-international.html Ctrl+F Ludwig Von Fischer
- ↑ http://hermetic.com/sabazius/schyren.htm
References
- Apiryon & Helena Mystery of Mystery: A Primer of Thelemic Ecclesiastical Gnosticism (2001) Red Flame ISBN 0-9712376-1-1
- Wasserman, James & Wasserman, Nancy To Perfect This Feast (2009) Sekmet Books ISBN 978-0-9718870-3-9
- Liber XV, The Gnostic Mass
