The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

MANIFESTO OF THE 0.T.O. These houses are secret fortresses of Truth, Light, Power and Love, and their position is only disclosed under an oath of secrecy to those entitled to make use of them. They are also temples of true worship, specially conse- crated by Nature to bring out of a man all that is best in him. 5. The authority of the O.T.O. is concentrated in the O.H.O. (Outer Head of the Order), or Frater Superior. The name of the person occupying this office is never dis- closed except to his immediate representatives. 6. The Authority of the O.H.O. in all English-speaking countries is delegated by charter to the Most Holy, Most Illustrious, Most Illuminated, and Most Puissant Baphomet X° Rex Summus Sanctissimus 33°, 90°, 96°, Past Grand Master of the United States of America, Grand Master of Ireland, Iona, and All the Britains, Grand Master of the Knights of the Holy Ghost, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Order of the Temple, Most Wise Sovereign of the Order of the Rosy Cross, Grand Zerubbabel of the Order of the Holy Royal Arch of Enoch, etc. etc. etc., National Grand Master General ad vitam of the O.T.O. 7. The National Grand Master General ad vitam is as- sisted by two principal officers, the Grand Treasurer Gen- eral and the Grand Secretary General. There are many other officers, but they do not concern those to whom the present manifesto is addressed. 8. The whole of the Knowledge dispersed among the bodies mentioned in paragraph 2 has been sifted and concen- trated in the following degrees. 201