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Saints of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica

A list of Gnostic Saints from Liber XV, The Gnostic Mass, the primary public and private ritual of Ecclesia Gnostica
Catholica.

There are three accepted versions of Liber XV published by Aleister Crowley, each having some differences but
are all accepted as official for performances by EGC. There are also Saints added posthumously based on notes.
There are, additionally, Saints that were included by Theodor Reuss.

Gnostic Saints
Names in italic are on the “short list” for truncated performances of Liber XV. There is no short list indicated in the
first publication as it appears in The International.

Gnostic Saint International Equinox Magick in Theory and Posthumous

Practice

Lao Tze Laotz Laotze Lao-Tze

Siddhârtha Siddhartha Siddhartha Siddhartha

Krishna Krishna Krishna Krishna

Tahuti Tahuti Tahuti Tahuti

Mosheh Mosheh Mosheh Mosheh

Dionysus Dionysus Dionysus Dionysus

Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed

To Mega Thêrion Therion To Mega Therion To Mega Therion

Hermês Hermes Hermes Hermes

Pan Pan Pan Pan

Priapus Priapus Priapus Priapus

Osiris Osiris Osiris Osiris

Melchizedek Melchitzdek Melchizedek Melchizedeck

Khem Khem Khem Khem

Amoun Amoun Amoun Amoun

Mentu Mentu Mentu Mentu

Hêraclês Heracles Heracles Heracles

Orpheus Orpheus Orpheus Orpheus

Odysseus Odysseus Odysseus Odysseus

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Odysseus Odysseus Odysseus Odysseus

Publius Vergilius Vergilius Vergilius Vergilius

Maro

Gaius Valerius Catullus Catulus Catallus

Catullus

Marcus Valerius Matialis Martialis Martialis

Martialis

François Rabelais Rabelais Rabelais

Rabelais

Algernon Charles Swinburne Swinburne Swinburne

Swinburne

Apollonius Apollonius Tyanæus Apollonius Tyanaeus Apollonius Tynaeus

Tyanæus

Simon Magus Simon Magus Simon Magus Simon Magus

Manes Manes Manes Manes

Pythagoras Pythagoras Pythagoras

Basilides Basilides Basilides Basilides

Valentinus Valentinus Valentinus Valentinus

Bardesanes Bardensanes Bardesanes Bardesanes

Hippolytus Hippolytus Hyppolytus Hyppolytus

Merlin Merlin Merlin Merlin

Arthur Arthur Arthur Arthur

Kamuret Kamuret Kamuret

Parzival Parzival Parzival Parzival

Carolus Magnus Carolus Magnus Carolus Magnus Carolus Magnus

William of William of Schryen William of Schyren William of Schyren

Schyren

Frederick of Frederick of Frederick of Frederick of

Hohenstaufen Hoenstaufen Hohenstaufen Hohenstaufen

Roger Bacon Roger Bacon Roger Bacon Roger Bacon

Jacques de Jacobus Burgundus Jacobus Burgundus Jacobus Burgundus

Molay Molensis the Martyr Molensis the Martyr Molensis the Martyr

Christian Christian Rosencreutz Christian Rosenkreutz Christian Rosenkreutz

Rosencreutz

Ulrich von Hutten Ulrich von Hutten Ulrich von Hutten Ulrich von Hutten

Paracelsus Paracelsus Paracelsus Paracelsus

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Paracelsus Paracelsus Paracelsus Paracelsus

Michael Maier Michael Maier Michael Maier Michael Maier

Roderic Borgia Roderic Borgia Pope Roderic Borgia Pope

Alexander the Sixth Alexander the Sixth

Jacob Boehme Jacob Boehme Jacob Boehme Jacob Boehme

Francis Bacon Francis Bacon Lord Francis Bacon Lord Francis Bacon Lord
Verulam Verulam Verulam

Andrea Andrea Andrea Andrea

Robertus de Robertus de Fluctibus Robertus de Fluctibus Robertus de Fluctibus

Fluctibus

Giordano Bruno Giordano

Bruno

Johannes Dee Johannes Dee Johannes Dee Johannes Dee

Edward Kelly Sir Edward Kelly Sir Edward Kelly Sir Edward Kelly

Thomas Thomas Vaughan Thomas Vaughan Thomas Vaughan

Vaughan

Elias Ashmole Elias Ashmole Elias Ashmole Elias Ashmole

Molinos Molinos Molinos Molinos

Adam Weishaupt Adam Weishaupt

Wolfgang von Wolfgang von Goethe Wolfgang von Goethe Wolfgang von Goethe
Goethe

William Blake William Blake

Ludovicus Rex Ludovicus Rex Bavariae Ludovicus Rex Bavariae Ludovicus Rex Bavariae
Bavariæ

Richard Wagner R…W… Richard Wagner Richard Wagner

Ludwig von Ludwig von Fischer

Fischer

Alphonse Louis Alphonse Louis Constant Alphonse Louis Constant

Constant

Friedrich F…N… Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche

Nietzsche

Hargrave Hargrave Jennings Hargrave Jennings Hargrave Jennings

Jennings

Carl Kellner Carl Kellner Carl Kellner Carl Kellner

Forlong dux Forlong dux Forlong dux Forlong dux

Richard Payne Sir Richard Payne Sir Richard Payne Knight Sir Richard Payne Knight
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Richard Payne Sir Richard Payne Sir Richard Payne Knight Sir Richard Payne Knight
Knight Knight

Richard Francis Sir Richard Francis Sir Richard Francis Sir Richard Francis
Burton Burton Burton Burton

Paul Gauguin Paul Gaugin

Gérard Encausse Doctor Gerard Doctor Gérard Encausse Doctor Gérard Encausse
Encausse

Theodor Reuss Doctor T … R … Doctor Theodor Reuss Doctor Theodor Reuss

Aleister Crowley Sir A … C … Sir Aleister Crowley Sir Aleister Crowley

Grady Louis Grady Louis

McMurtry McMurtry

Gnostic Saints of Theodor Reuss

Theodor Reuss included Dante Alighieri, Ludwig von Fisher, Franz Hartmann, and Charles Detré in the list of
Gnostic Saints in his 1920 translation of Liber XV, The Gnostic Mass into German. The first three appear in Liber
LII Manifesto of the O.T.O.. Ludwig von Fisher was included by Aleister Crowley in the original publication of the
Gnostic Mass in The International, but subsequently dropped him from the list.

Outer Head of the Order

The end of the list of Gnostic Saints is comprised of the each past OHO of OTO, although whilst Aleister Crowley
was current OHO of OTO, he placed himself on the list here. Some performances of Liber XV include Hymenaeus
Alpha, Grady Louis McMurtry, at the end; and presumably Hymenaeus Beta, William Breeze, would be included
when he passes his office to another.

Women
There are no women on this list. Two references that may be of interest may help to explain this fact.

“The names of women members are never divulged.”—Liber LII Manifesto of the O.T.O.

In a note about The Saints collect of Liber XV, Helena and Tau Apiryon offer a quote from Hymenaeus Beta,
current OHO of OTO:

In his address to the Women’s Conference in 1996 (see The Magical Link, Fall 1997 e.v.), the Patriarch
Hymenaeus Beta described the Gnostic Mass as a ‘celebration of the sexual polarities and their cosmic and
natural interplay’ from a male perspective, having been written by a man. With regard to the list of Saints, he
said, ‘It is a list of the small handful of men and man-gods who, in the opinion of the author of the Mass,
understood the divinity of woman. […] Someday, perhaps not soon, but who knows, a woman adept of the
Sovereign Sanctuary will manifest the genius to compose a Mass in which the female takes the more active
role, and the male the more passive (as with siva and sakti in Hinduism) — in which the Deacon, speaking for
the Priestess, can claim communion with the women in history that have perceived the divinity of man.'”

References
Liber XV {Book 15} O. T. O.
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Liber XV (The International)

Liber XV (Equinox)
Liber XV (Magick in Theory and Practice / Book 4 )
Ecclesiae Gnosticae Catholicae Canon Missae
Liber XV O.T.O. Ecclesiae Gnosticae Catholicae Canon Missae
Liber LII Manifesto of the O.T.O.; compare the list of saints to “the constituent originating assemblies of the
O.T.O. included such men as” list
2013/02/24/my-right-foot-or-the-potentially-awkward-issue-of-inappropriately-adoring-body-parts/
(http://library.hrmtc.com/2013/02/24/my-right-foot-or-the-potentially-awkward-issue-of-inappropriately-
adoring-body-parts/)
“It seems the vocal Thelemic majority is unable to reconcile how they interpret what they read in Liber AL
with the Saints Crowley chose for Liber XV. […] Almost none of the Saints were Thelemites or Gnostics in
the traditional sense. And yet they are called to manifestation during the performance of Liber XV.”—A Short
Article on The Subject of Thelemic Gnosticism

See also
Gnostic Saint
Order of the Lion
Order of the Eagle
Jubilee Saints Project

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