Mystery of Mystery: A Primer of Thelemic Ecclesiastical Gnosticism

This book deals exclusively with the central ritual of the Ordo Templi Orientis: Liber XV The Gnostic Mass. This public ceremony was written by Aleister Crowley in an effort to fulfill the religious needs of mankind. Crowley's motto of "The Method of Science, the Aim of Religion" is aptly portrayed both within the ritual itself and by the exhaustive study. Written by two of our most prominent Bishops, Tau Apiryon [David Scriven] and Soror Helena [Lynn Scriven], it promises to be the reference piece for many years to come. The first section deals primarily with the history of the Gnostic Church from its early years to the present. In the second section the Mass itself is fully explored in many points of its significant from the actual performance of the ritual to the symbology hidden therein. As an extra bonus, for the first time ever, there is a 110 page listing of biographical references on each and every Saint which composes the third section. No greater research on this subject has ever been presented in one volume.