Social - Thelemic Coffee Night (Houston)

Social - Thelemic Coffee Night (Houston)

DATES: Monday May 19, 2008, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
(This event repeats every other week.)
LOCATION: Cafe Brasil, 2604 Dunlavy St, Houston, TX 77006
CONTACT: http://www.starrybayo...
FAMILY FRIENDLY: Kids are welcome, use your discretion

This event is hosted by the Starry Bayou Encampment of the OTO. It is a chance to meet members of the OTO and ask questions, for fellowship with other Thelemic practitioners and to learn about the other events that Starry Bayou offers.

Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) (Order of the Temple of the East, or the Order of Oriental Templars) is an international fraternal and religious organization founded at the beginning of the 20th century. Originally it was intended to be tied to and modelled on Freemasonry, but under the leadship of Aleister Crowley was reorganized based on the Law of Thelema as its central religious and organizational principle. O.T.O. membership is based on an initiatory system with a series of degree ceremonies that use ritual drama to establish fraternal bonds and impart spiritual and philosophical teachings.

The concept of Thelema was revived by Aleister Crowley in 1904 when he transcribed The Book of the Law, which contains both the word Thelema in Greek as well as the phrase "Do what thou wilt." From this, Crowley took Thelema as the name of the philosophical, mystical and religious system which he subsequently developed, which includes ideas from occultism, Yoga, and both Eastern and Western mysticism, especially the Qabalah.

The Starry Bayou Encampment is endeavoring to offer the Gnostic Mass in Houston once again on a regular basis, in addition to classes and ritual events.

This event is posted in support of the Witch, Wiccan, druidic, shamanic, heathen, vodun, and all other magik communities. However; this event will most likely not be attended by an Organizer of The Houston Metroplex Witches Meetup Group.