{"collection":"Ordo Templi Orientis","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_oto_lib101_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_oto_lib101_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_oto_lib101_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/oto/lib101.htm","summary":"This is an organizational regulation document issued by Aleister Crowley in his capacity as head of the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), originally published in *The Equinox* in 1919 and later reprinted with editorial notes for American use. Structured as a quasi-legal epistle and organized by the twelve astrological houses, it codifies the mutual duties and privileges of O.T.O. members in material and social life \u2014 covering topics including financial mutual aid, lodge dues, dispute arbitration (lawsuits between members are absolutely forbidden), marriage, inheritance, treatment of servants, and care for the sick and elderly. A central thread is the practical application of Thelema's \"Do what thou wilt\" ethos: members are expected to prefer fellow members in business dealings, evangelise the Law to outsiders, and gradually build Brotherhood-linked commercial enterprises. Notably, the document instructs members to regard non-initiates as possessing \"no rights of any kind,\" likening them to \"troglodytes\" deserving only animal-like kindness, while also directing that enemies in wartime be treated as brothers once inside a lodge. The text is of interest primarily to scholars of Western esotericism, the history of ceremonial magic orders, or Thelemic religion, as it reveals how Crowley envisioned the O.T.O. functioning as a comprehensive parallel social institution rather than merely a ritual fraternity.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"An Open Letter to those who may wish to join the Order","tradition":"Ordo Templi Orientis","translated_text":null,"word_count":3821}