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O.T.O. is dedicated to the high purpose of securing the Liberty of the Individual and his or her advancement in Light, Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, and Power through Beauty, Courage, and Wit, on the Foundation of Universal Brotherhood.</p> <p>Ordo Templi Orientis is the first of the great Old Æon orders to accept <a title="The Book of the Law" href="http://lib.oto-usa.org/libri/liber0220.html"><em>The Book of the Law</em></a>, received by <a title="Aleister Crowley" href="http://oto-usa.org/?page_id=167">Aleister Crowley</a> in 1904 <small>EV</small>. This book proclaims a New Æon in human thought, culture and religion. The Æon arises from a single supreme injunction: the Law of <a title="Thelema" href="http://oto-usa.org/?page_id=161">Thelema</a>, which is <strong>Do what thou wilt</strong>.</p> <p><a title="USGL" href="http://oto-usa.org/?page_id=163">U.S. Grand Lodge</a> is the governing body of O.T.O. in the United States. It is the most populous and active branch of O.T.O., with many <a title="Locations" href="https://oto-usa.org/locations/">local bodies</a> spread throughout the country.</p> <p>Ordo Templi Orientis has two constituent rites, <strong>Mysteria Mystica Maxima</strong> and <strong>Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica</strong>.</p> <ul> <li>Mysteria Mystica Maxima (M∴M∴M∴) is the <a href="http://oto-usa.org/oto/initiation/">initiatory</a> arm of O.T.O.</li> <li><a href="http://oto-usa.org/oto/egc/">Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica</a> (E.G.C.), the Gnostic Catholic Church, is the ecclesiastical arm of O.T.O. It confers sacraments including the eucharist of the <a href="http://lib.oto-usa.org/libri/liber0015.html">Gnostic Mass</a>, baptism, confirmation, and ordination.</li> </ul> <p>Many O.T.O. events are open to the public. Those who wish to learn more about O.T.O. are encouraged to attend our public events. 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