At the end of the 2000, Gabriel Lopez de Rojas, after receiving the first ranks of the Society OTO-Astrum Argentum de David Bersson, direct descendant of the OTO of Aleister Crowley, and to represent it in Spain, was unmarked of her and his chaotic situation and reconstructed the only inheriting OTO of the OTO of Crowley.
On February of year 2001, thus, Gabriel Lopez de Rojas founded on Barcelona (Spain) our Societas OTO (Ordo Templi Orientalis), uniting the degrees of the Rite of the Society OTO-Astrum Argentum de David Bersson, heir of the Old and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraïm of the OTO of Aleister Crowley, with degrees of the Operative Rite of the Illuminated ones of Baviera of 13 degrees of initiation, that he had elaborated in period 1995-2000 for the Illuminati Order. This paramasónica order was founded by him on the spring of 1995, in Barcelona, Spain, after contacting with the Illuminati of the United States.
Really, in the first months of year 2001, the Rite of our Societas OTO, with the name of Operative Rite of Memphis-Misraïm, it was structured in 7 degrees of initiation: Probationer, Minerval, Magister, Kadosh Templario, Chief inspector of the Illuminati, Illuminated Priest, Rex Summus Sanctissimus, with two internal orders, the Ordo Astrum Argentum and a Ecclesia Gnóstica. The first degrees came from the Rite of the Society OTO-Astrum Argentum, heir of the Old and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraïm of the OTO of Aleister Crowley, and the superior degrees came from the Illuminati Order, although with the elevated tántricas lessons more of the OTO, because these lessons already were contemplated in those degrees years ago.
In February of the 2003, the Frater Daniel Dragnea, Sovereign of the Order of Memphis of Rumania, granted to him to of Red the maximum degree of its Egyptian Rite of XXIº degrees, the degree Royal Arch or XXº. In April of the 2003, from Red it received the rank XIIº, Ra-Hoor-Khuit, of the Egyptian Rite of Memphis of the Arcane Order of But and the Black Crow of Brazil. And the 1 of May of the 2003, occultist Italian Frank G. Ripel, degree 99º and Great Hierophante of the Egyptian Masonry of the Old and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraïm, granted to Lopez de Rojas the degree 96º or National Head for Spain, with authority for the degrees 1º-95º, whereas the 1 of August of the 2003 beside the point granted to the degree 97º or Substitute to him of the Head the International for the countries of Castilian and Portuguese language. The Egyptian Masonry of the Old and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraïm de Frank G. Ripel descended from Francesco Brunelli, Great Master of Old and Traditional the Martinista Order and of the Old and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraïm in Italy; and of Robert Ambelain, Great World-wide Master of this Rite.
With those high degrees (96º and 97º) in the Old and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraïm of Italy, etc…, Lopez de Rojas enriched the Rite of Societas OTO a posteriori. And, in September of year 2003, the Rite of Societas OTO was structured completely, with the denomination Operative Rite of Memphis-Misraïm, in 10 degrees: Probationer, Minerval, Smaller and Greater Magician, Royal Arch, Sovereign Prince of the Rosacruz, Kadosh Horseman, Sovereign Great Chief inspector, Inspecting Illuminated Great Consagrador, Illuminated Priest Great Conservative, Rex Summus Sanctissimus. The first degrees came from the Rite of the Society OTO-Astrum Argentum, heir of the Old and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraïm of the OTO of Aleister Crowley, and the superior degrees came from the Illuminati Order, although all the structure of the Rite, however, already was enriched essentially by the Old and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraïm. Degree XIº of the OTO of Crowley was contemplated like extension of degree IXº.
The one of Bersson-Motta-Germer-Crowley can be said that our Societas OTO belongs to the only direct descending lineage of Aleister Crowley; that she is the unique one that leaves from the Illuminati; and that has a masónica tradition difficult to surpass, by the enormous wealth of the Rites of which it was nourished.
Societas OTO and its Rite assume the System of initiation of the OHO Gabriel Lopez de denominated Rojas Rojismo.
The international extension of Societas OTO has been a constant from its foundation. Societas OTO has affiliated in more than twenty-five countries of America and Europe, with mainly Venerable or National Heads, chapters (lodges), etc.
Mentioned maximum person in charge or OHO (Outer Head of the Order) of our Societas OTO have been until the present Gabriel Lopez de Rojas, and its main work has consisted of guarding by the structure, the Rite and the lessons of Societas OTO, as well as taking care of the members that have required it. He will be the person in charge to name his successor.
The Illuminati Order, next to Societas OTO, constituted in the winter of 2006 the Sovereign Rojista Republic, like new Supranational State for the great number of members of both orders.
In 1 November of 2006, Gabriel Lopez de Rojas retired definitively of both orders and named a Supreme Advice made up of a triunvirato headed by the Frater Bakunin XIIIº like international person in charge of the Illuminati Order and Societas OTO, only organism from that date with responsibility to affiliate and to transmit degrees.
THE DEGREES OF WORK AND THE INITIATION
The objective of Societas OTO is to transmit a transforming initiation, for which it uses the Operative Rite of Memphis-Misraïm and its degrees and assumes the Rojismo.
The member of Societas OTO must work of individual form all the degrees, since the degrees and the lessons are perfectly comprehensible and the true initiation is a question of one same one. The degrees are a simple symbolic map by which he must progress with his effort.
Following this line of argumentation, it is possible to add that Societas OTO does not make any type of forced work in lodge or temple, since considers that the authentic initiation is individual, a concept of the own Aleister Crowley that applied to its autoiniciaciones in the Astrum Argentum and that his successor Karl Germer assumed when recognizing in letter dated in 20 of September of 1957 Marcelo Ramos Motta.
Societas OTO, however, yes offers the possibility to its members of making a shared ritualístico work, in case they wish it.
THE DEGREES AND THE MATERIAL THAT IS GIVEN TO THE MEMBERS
Since there are saying, all the structure of our Societas OTO is based on the Operative Rite of Memphis-Misraïm of 10 degrees.
With each degree of the Operative Rite of Memphis-Misraïm of Societas OTO, in addition, the member of Societas OTO receives ranks of two internal orders, the Ordo Astrum Argentum and the Ecclesia Gnóstica, and the degrees, the rituals and the lessons of the Old and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraïm. The following table expresses the explained thing.
OPERATIVE RITE OF MEMPHIS-MISRAÏM OF SOCIETAS OTO:
THE DEGREES AND THE MATERIAL THAT IS GIVEN TO THE MEMBERS
DEGREES
OPERATIVE RITE OF MEMPHIS-MISRAÏM
ORDO ASTRUM ARGENTUM
ECCLESIA GNÓSTICA
OLD AND PRIMITIVE RITE OF MEMPHIS-MISRAÏM
Degree 1º
Probationer Iº
Neophyte
Degree 2º
Minerval IIº
Dominus Liminis
Degree 3º
Magician Smaller and Greater IIIº
Degree 4º
Royal Arch IVº
Adeptus
Apprentice 1º, Companion 2º,
Teacher 3º,
Royal Arch 13º
Degrees
5º, 6º, 7º
(they are given together)
Sovereign Prince of the Rosacruz Vº,
Horseman Kadosh VIº,
Great sovereign
Chief inspector VIIº
Magister Templi
Sovereign Prince of the Rosacruz 18º,
Kadosh horseman 30º,
Great sovereign
Chief inspector 33º
Degree 8º
Illuminated inspector
Great Consagrador VIIIº
Magus
Great Consagrador 66º
Degree 9º
Illuminated priest
Great Conservative IXº
Ipsissimus
Degrees of the Ecclesia Gnóstica
Sublimate Teacher of
Great Work 90º (Misraïm) and
Great Conservative 95º (Memphis)
Degree 10º
Rex Summus Sanctissimus Xº
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