On more than a few occasions, I've been asked or have heard comments regarding this or that A.'.A.'. "lineage". As far as I'm aware, Crowley made no mention of A.'.A.'. "lineages" (let alone O.T.O. "lineages"...), and based on this and other reasons, I hold that the term doesn't apply to the A.'.A ( Read more... )

that today is the birthday of Major-General John Frederick Charles Fuller, CB, CBE, DSO.  Editor and illustrator.  The first Chancellor of the A.'.A.'., "in which he was Frater Per Ardua (Lat., "through difficulties") and Frater Non Sine Fulmine (Lat., "not without a thunderbolt").

...the [A∴A∴] system which was given to me to put forward is only one of many. “Above the Abyss” all these technical wrinkles are ironed out.

The caveat is that "these technical wrinkles are ironed out" "Above the Abyss". The "Abyss" is a term specific to a Grade within the A.'.A.'. system - and above that would be the Supernals, or where the A.'.A ( Read more... )