Oxford Golden Dawn Occult Society - Symposium of Thelemic Magick

We can confirm that there will be available ONLY at the "Thelema Beyond Crowley" conference, a special commemorative edition of 93 copies of "Remembering Aleister Crowley" signed by Kenneth Grant, in a special slipcase blind stamped with the Mark of the Beast.

Also available will be a limited edition of 177 copies of Austin Osman Spare's lithograph "The New Eden". Both will be available from Fulgur at a special "conference price".

Starfire Publishing Ltd will have a bookstall, selling all of their previous publications.

In addition, the authors Nema, Martin Starr, Mary Hedger, Mogg Morgan, Lionel Snell and Andrew Collins will be signing copies of their books on the day. No other book signings in the UK are arranged.

Demand for, and interest in, this Conference has far exceeded our expectations: tickets are strictly limited to 400 only, and they're going fast. So far, attendees are coming from UK, and from as far afield as America, Bosnia, Italy, Sweden, Japan and Australia; attendees confirmed so far include Robert Ansell (Fulgur), Gavin W. Semple (author of "Zos Kia", and "A Portrait of Frank Letchford"), Henrik Bogdan (author of "The Kenneth Grant Bibliography"), Jonathan Davies (Midian Books), Paul Feazey (lashtal.com), Roberto Migliussi (translator of "Anatema di Zos"), Clive Harper (author of "Notes towards a Revised Bibliography of Austin Osman Spare", and senior COTO member), and Ben Fernee (Caduceus Books).

Come and meet some of the most important faces on the Thelemic/magickal scene today! This conference will decide the future of Thelema in the 21st Century: come and have your say!

One hundred years ago, Aleister Crowley received The Book of the Law in Cairo. Thelema is not something which suddenly appeared out of nowhere in April 1904. On the contrary: it arose from antecedents, and is a living, growing, dynamic current. On this special anniversary, there are some fundamental questions to be considered:

· How might we anticipate and facilitate its development in our magical and mystical work?

Discussing these questions and much more, and celebrating the reception of The Book of the Law, the Conference takes place at the Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 on Saturday, 10th April 2004, 10am - 8pm. Reflecting the diversity of Thelema and the force and fire of the Aeon of Horus, a variety of international speakers will be taking up the themes of the Conference. They include Martin Starr, Margaret Ingalls, Andrew Collins, Mary Hedger, Lionel Snell, Carl Abrahamsson, Christina Harrington, Mogg Morgan, and Michael Staley. The Conference will end with a discussion, involving speakers and audience, drawing conclusions from what we have heard during the day. A social event will follow later in the evening.

Tickets are £20 in advance, or £25 on the day. Payment must be in Sterling only please:

· By credit card. There are two methods - via the internet using our PayPal account (simply go into www.paypal.com and send payment to starfire.publishing@virgin.net) or direct from The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London WC1 (020 7405 2120).

· By post. UK cheque, postal order or International Money Order, payable to Starfire Publishing Ltd., and sent to Starfire Publishing Ltd, BCM Starfire, London WC1N 3XX, UK.

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About the Speakers

Martin P. Starr is an author and lecturer whose research focus is the history of Western Esotericism, with particular interest in Freemasonry, Theosophy and Thelema and related movements. He is the editor of the Teitan Press series of works by Aleister Crowley and is the author of The Unknown God: W. T. Smith and the Thelemites (2003), the premier biographical study of Crowley's contemporary followers in North America, told through the life of their de facto leader, Wilfred Talbot Smith. Martin is 44 and resides in Chicago where he is active in the Caxton Club and fraternal bodies too numerous to mention by name. The title of Martin’s talk is A Hundred Years Hence: Visions of a Thelemic Future.

Nema / Margaret Ingalls discovered Thelema in the writings of Aleister Crowley about three decades ago. Since then, she's written Maat Magick: a Guide to Self-Initiation; The Way of Mystery: Magick, Mysticism & Self-Transcendence; The Priesthood: Parameters and

Responsibilities, and various magazine articles. She's a former member of the Typhonian O.T.O., an Initiate in Adi Nath Tantra, a High Priestess and Elder in the Church of Pantheist Wicca, and a co-founder of the Horus-Maat Lodge. She lives with her husband Mike, a mage and cellist, in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains in Hocking County, Ohio. Nema has entitled her talk The Evolution of Maat Magick: from Cornfields to Cyberspace.

Andrew Collins is an historical writer, and the author of several internationally acclaimed books on such subjects as the origins of angels, the greater antiquity of Egyptian civilisation and Plato's Atlantis as a memory of the Caribbean island of Cuba. He is also the founder of the psychic questing movement, and has held a special interest in the life and magick of Aleister Crowley for 25 years. Aged 47, Andrew lives in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, with his wife Sue. Andrew will be speaking on The Spirit of Aleister Crowley – accessible or not?

Michael Staley is a prominent member of the Typhonian O.T.O., founder and editor of the magical journal Starfire, and director of Starfire Publishing Ltd. He has written a number of substantial articles for Starfire on a variety of topics, and is currently writing a book on Initiation: The Cosmic Sweep. Aged 52, Michael lives in north-west London. He will be speaking on The Book of the Law: The Letter Killeth, But the Spirit Giveth Life. One hundred years on, it is surely time for the dynamism at the heart of The Book of the Law to emerge from the trappings of Crowleyanity.

Mary Hedger is the author of two Thelemic novels: History of Fun, Book 1 and the second volume Occult High, due to be published by Mandrake of Oxford on the day of this Conference, April 10^th. She will be speaking together with Mogg Morgan on Sex Magick Since Crowley.

Lionel Snell is a senior member of the Caliphate O.T.O. and a long-time junior in the IOT. He is better known as Ramsey Dukes, explorer of ideas and writer on magic and rationalism. His early writings did much to encourage interest in Austin Spare and were an important influence on the chaos magic current. He was born in 1945, studied pure mathematics (and Crowley) at Cambridge, earns a little money as a freelance writer and publishes his own books under the imprint The Mouse That Spins. Lionel will be speaking on Information Assault In The Digital Aeon - all numbers are infinite and every man and every woman is a star.

Carl Abrahamsson was born in Stockholm in 1966. His training ground was in the Temple of Psychic Youth and the Church of Satan, and he has been a member of the Caliphate O.T.O. since 1989. He has published the research journal The Fenris Wolf since 1988, has published Crowley and LaVey material in Swedish, and also directs the Institute of Comparative Magico-anthropology. Carl will be speaking on Thelema and Politics - can Thelema have a tangible effect without delving into a very sensitive area?

Christina Oakley Harrington is an historian of religion and magic with a doctorate from University College London, and is published by Oxford University Press. Nowadays she is to be found at Treadwells bookshop in Covent Garden, which specialises in the history of esoteric movements. Christina will be speaking on The Will to Power and the Aristocracy of Dionysis: Crowley, Nietzsche and The Book of the Law.

Mogg Morgan is a former member of the Typhonian O.T.O., a founder of the Oxford Golden Dawn Occult Society and a Zonule holder of east/west Tantrik order AMOOKOS. His daytime job is CEO of innovative ‘new edge’ publisher Mandrake of Oxford. He has published several books and articles, including Isis in India; Ayurveda: Medicine of the Gods; The English Mahatma (a Tankhem novel), and as ‘Katon Shual’ a book on Sexual Magick. His most recent book is: Tankhem: Meditations on Seth Magick. Mogg will be speaking together with Mary Hedger on Sex Magick Since Crowley.

Regular updates will be emailed out giving further details as the programme develops.

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