Online Class: Robe Making-the Base Layer (Open) – 6:00pm Sun 22 Mar, 2020

$10 ($5 for dues-current WBL members)

Discussion on how to construct a basic robe with variations — how to use commercial patterns, historic patterns, draft your own from measurements.

EDIT: register by paying your $10 fee ($5 for dues-current WBL members) by PayPal to treasurer@williamblakeoto.org. Please indicate this is for the Online Robe-making Class for 3/22. Visit our website www.williamblakeoto.org.

Facilitator: Soror Lirio

Gnostic Mass (Open) – 4:00pm Sun Feb 16, 2020

gold cup

Baptism and/or confirmation available by advance request. Please email contact@williamblakeoto.org to request either sacrament.

The Gnostic Mass will begin promptly at 4:00pm. Please arrive no earlier than 3:30pm and no later than 3:55pm. (Mass team is encouraged to arrived at 3:00pm for setup.)

If this is your first time at a Gnostic Mass, it’s a good idea to read the ritual ahead of time, so you’ll have some idea of what to expect. You can also watch a video 93 Impressions of a Gnostic Mass, or a video of the full Gnostic Mass.

$10 admission; free for dues-current WBL members. Admission fee waived for first-time visitors.

Feast of Saint Giordano Bruno the Martyr (Open) – 6:00pm Sun Feb 16, 2020

Added to the list of EGC Saints on Feb 17, 2000 e.v., in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of his martyrdom, Giordano Bruno was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist. Learn more about him in this post-mass presentation. A small communal meal will be offered with the class, but your contribution of a food selection or non-alcoholic beverage is always welcome.

$10 admission, $5 for dues-current WBL members; free for those who bring food to share.

Gnostic Mass (Open) – 4:00pm Sun Jan 19, 2020

Baptism and/or confirmation available by advance request. Please email contact@williamblakeoto.org to request either sacrament.

The Gnostic Mass will begin promptly at 4:00pm. Please arrive no earlier than 3:30pm and no later than 3:55pm. (Mass team is encouraged to arrived at 3:00pm for setup.)

If this is your first time at a Gnostic Mass, it’s a good idea to read the ritual ahead of time, so you’ll have some idea of what to expect. You can also watch the video 93 Impressions of a Gnostic Mass, or a video of the full Gnostic Mass.

$10 admission; free for dues-current WBL members. Admission fee waived for first-time visitors.

Class: Robert Anton Wilson and Thelema – 6:00pm Sun Jan 19, 2020

Author Robert Anton Wilson’s greater feast is on January 11.  This class will examine the Thelemic influences on his writings, the effect of his work on the writings of others, and how his work may be influencing Thelema today.  Did he influence you? He is the author of the Illuminatus! Trilogy, Schrodinger’s Cat Trilogy, Masks of the Illuminati and many more works. Com join in and bring snacks to share!

Facilitator:  Sr Lirio

Gnostic Mass (Open) – 4:00pm Sun Jan 19, 2020

Baptism and/or confirmation available by advance request. Please email contact@williamblakeoto.org to request either sacrament.

The Gnostic Mass will begin promptly at 4:00pm. Please arrive no earlier than 3:30pm and no later than 3:55pm. (Mass team is encouraged to arrived at 3:00pm for setup.)

If this is your first time at a Gnostic Mass, it’s a good idea to read the ritual ahead of time, so you’ll have some idea of what to expect. You can also watch a video 93 Impressions of a Gnostic Mass, or a video of the full Gnostic Mass.

$10 admission; free for dues-current WBL members. Admission fee waived for first-time visitors.

Winter Solstice Potluck and Gift Exchange (Open) – 6:00pm Sun. Dec. 22, 2019

The sun shining through snow-covered evergreens

Join your siblings and friends to celebrate the return of the sun with a brief ceremony followed by a gift exchange and a potluck feast. Please bring a gift or less to place under our Solstice Tree! We’ll assign numbers to each gift, then you’ll draw a number from a hat to find out which gift you get to take home. You will have the opportunity to exchange the gift with someone else if that turns out to be desirable. The feast will be made up from potluck contributions, so please remember to bring a dish to share! If you aren’t sure what to bring, please email contact@williamblakeoto.org for suggestions.

Please arrive no earlier than 5:30pm and no later than 5:55pm. This event is free to everyone who brings a gift and a dish for the potluck.