The Fraternitas Saturni

Stephen Flowers lets the cat out of the bag on the subject of the Fraternitas Saturni and takes us into the richly Faustian world of Germanic occultism from which the order emerged, created out of a heady brew of Freemasonry, astrology, Golden Dawn magic, Crowleys Thelema, and much more. With its detailed descriptions of the orders rituals and practices, this book is an eye-opener with a vengeance. * Christopher McIntosh, Ph.D., author of Eliphas Lvi and the French Occult Revival * The Western esoteric tradition, from which this books subject emerges, has now gained acceptance as a branch of the Western canon worthy of scholarly inquiry and as a discipline deserving of its seat in the academy. Flowers casts light on one of the 20th centurys most secretive, intriguing (and misunderstood) occult orders, the Fraternitas Saturni. This is a fascinating and highly readable study of the Orders tantric, astrosophical, and Nietzchean doctrines; their Gnostic sexual cosmologies and practices; their quasi-masonic structure; the Orders enigmatic and innovative figures such as FS Grand Master Gregor A. Gregorius; and the influence of Aleister Crowley, Thelema, and the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) on the Brotherhood. * Stephen J. King (Shiva X), Grand Master, Ordo Templi Orientis * Germanys contribution to the Western magical tradition reaches back, in modern form, to the medieval Grail myths, the founding of the original Rosicrucian Order and its many later derivatives, the quasi-masonic operations of the Bavarian Illuminati, Germanys legendary influence on the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and, of course, its role in the founding and early development of the Ordo Templi Orientis. The Fraternitas Saturni Order is heir to all of these, and Stephen Flowers, Ph.D., has devoted decades to expanding and deepening the research that led to his first groundbreaking book on the Order. This fourth revised and enlarged edition may at last represent the completion of that herculean task as it more deeply explores and communicates the Orders mysteries to a yet wider audience. Critically, Flowers elucidates at length on the primary characteristic that makes the Fraternitas Saturni so unique--its dual emphasis on social lodge work and group ritual, balanced by its curriculum of disciplined individual practices that must be accomplished in silence by each member. * James Wasserman, author of The Mystery Traditions * "This is recommended reading for all interested in secret fraternities." * Paul Young, New Dawn Magazine *

Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D., received his doctorate in Germanic languages and medieval studies from the University of Texas at Austin and studied the history of occultism at the University of Gttingen, Germany. The author of more than 24 books, including Lords of the Left-Hand Path and Original Magic, he lives near Smithville, Texas.

Abbreviations Foreword by Frater UD Preface to the Fourth Edition Introduction Seeking the Light in Darkness Chapter 1 A History of the Fraternitas Saturni Distant Roots Rebirth The FOGC .: 99 :. The Ordo Templi Orientis and Aleister Crowley Interregnum Renewal Discords and Harmonies Chapter 2 Doctrines of the Fraternitas Saturni Lux e Tenebris Lucet et Luceat Saturn Gnosis The Saturnian Archetype Aim of the Fraternitas Saturni--The Lodge Concept The Way of Saturn Astral Gnosis Astrosophy Aeonic Cosmosophy: The Dark Side of the Aquarian Age The Luciferian Principle The Yoga of the Dark Light: Fraternitas Saturni Sexual Mysticism Nietzschean Thelemism Chapter 3 Organizaion of the Fraternitas Saturni The Initiatory Path The Thirty-Three Degrees and Their Work Chapter 4 Magical Work Magical Training Lodge Rituals The Saturnian Liturgy The Saturnian Sacraments Lodge Rites A Note on Electrical Magic Secret Sex-Magical Practices of the Fraternitas Saturni Experimental and Magical use of the Pendulum Astrology and Sex Magic APPENDICES Appendix A Ritual Missae Fraternitas Saturni Appendix B Ritual Missae for the Grand and Festival Lodge Appendix C Ritual Missae for the Master Lodge of the Fraternitas Saturni Appendix D Gradus Pentalphae Appendix E Statement of Relations between Myself, Aleister Crowley, and Heinrich Trnker (1925) Appendix F The Constitution of the Fraternitas Saturni Appendix G Letter from Gregor A. Gregorius to Aleister Crowley (1926) Appendix H Letter from Gregor A. Gregorius to Aleister Crowley (1927) Appendix I An Initiation Ritual of the FOGC .: 99 :. Appendix J The Rosicrucians and the Bavarian Illuminati Appendix K An Outline of Adonism Appendix L Instructions Appended to Liber I by Master Pacitius Notes Bibliography Index