{"id":41,"date":"2013-12-08T06:33:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T02:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b-oto.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2019-03-22T22:52:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T20:52:37","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/b-oto.org\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2431\" src=\"https:\/\/b-oto.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/lamen000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Basileus Ordo Templi Orientis<\/strong> (B.O.T.O., Basilian Order of the Temple of the East) is an illuministic and initiatory project whose activities are based on the initiation system of the Ordo Templi Orientis. The order is acknowledged as the subject of genuine O.T.O. tradition by the A. Krumm-Heller\u2019s lineage.<\/p>\n<p>The project\u2019s objective is to facilitate man\u2019s intense advancement along the path of the Great Work by employing the mysteries of the East and West. This work consists in passing the succession of grades that represent the degrees of initiation:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Third Triad<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u2014 <\/strong><strong>The Man of Earth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>0\u00b0 \u2013 Minerval. (Symbolic of) Conception.<br \/>\nI\u00b0 \u2013 Man. Birth.<br \/>\nII\u00b0 \u2013 Magician. Life.<br \/>\nIII\u00b0 \u2013 Master Magician. Death.<br \/>\nIV\u00b0 \u2013 Perfect Magician &#038; Companion of the Holy Royal Arch of Enoch. The Degree of the Council of Princes of Jerusalem \u2013 Perfect Initiate. The Experience of the World Beyond Death and Total Annihilation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Outside All Triads<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Degree of the Knight of the East &#038; West.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Second Triad<\/strong><strong> \u2014 <\/strong><strong>The Lover<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>V\u00b0 \u2013 Sovereign Prince of the Rose-Croix and Knight of the Pelican and Eagle. Member of the Senate of Knight Hermetic Philosophers, Knights of the Red Eagle.<br \/>\nVI\u00b0 \u2013 Illustrious Knight Templar of the Order of Kadosch &#038; Companion of the Holy Grail. Grand Inquisitor Commander, Member of the Grand Tribunal. Prince of the Royal Secret.<br \/>\nVII\u00b0 \u2013 Sovereign Grand Inspector General. Member of the Supreme Grand Council.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The First Triad<\/strong><strong> \u2014 <\/strong><strong>The Hermit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>VIII\u00b0 \u2013 Pontiff of the Illuminati.<br \/>\nIX\u00b0 \u2013 Perfect Illuminatus. Initiate of the Sanctuary of the Gnosis.<br \/>\nX\u00b0 \u2013 Sovereign Grand Master. Supreme and Holy King.<br \/>\nXI\u00b0 \u2013\u00a0Baphomet.<\/p>\n<p>The degrees of the Man of Earth triad are imbued with profound philosophical meaning \u2013 they symbolize the candidate\u2019s path in eternity, where the ego is attracted to the solar system, then the child experiences birth, the man experiences life, death, the world beyond death, and then this entire cycle is withdrawn into annihilation. The degrees of the Second and First Triads are elaborations of the II\u00b0 and expound the teachings of initiates with regard to life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For an access to the O.T.O. initiation system, see the <a href=\"\/\/b-oto.org\/en\/oto-program\/\">Initiation<\/a> section.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Contact: <a href=\"mailto:93@b-oto.org\">93@b-oto.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basileus Ordo Templi Orientis (B.O.T.O., Basilian Order of the Temple of the East) is an illuministic and initiatory project whose activities are based on the initiation system of the Ordo Templi Orientis. The order is acknowledged as the subject of genuine O.T.O. tradition by the A. Krumm-Heller\u2019s lineage. The project\u2019s objective is to facilitate man\u2019s &#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/b-oto.org\/en\/about-us\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-alnihila","post-41"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/b-oto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/b-oto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/b-oto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b-oto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b-oto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/b-oto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1968,"href":"https:\/\/b-oto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/1968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/b-oto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}