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Ordo Templi Orientis
A pseudo-Masonic occult society of self-styled “Warrior Monks” sworn to
uphold the religion of Thelema (an outlandish mixture of pseudo-Egyptian
divine revelation supposedly received by British occultist Aleister Crowley in
1904 via a channeled text entitled 
The Book of the Law
, whose central tenet can
be summed up by the statement “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the
law”), the Ordo Templi Orientis (literally “Order of the Temple of the East”) 

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seems about as far away from the Christian ideology behind the historic Knights 
Templar as possible. Yet its manifesto (published in 1919) maintains that in its 
hands is “concentrated the wisdom and knowledge” not only of several esoteric 
schools of thought (some entirely fictional) but also, most significantly, of the 
Knights Templar (of whose last Grandmaster, Jacques de Molay, was elected as
“saint” in their central religious rite, the Gnostic Mass. It is also worth noting
that their website indicates a physical presence in the greater Boston area called
the Knights Templar Oasis.) It is also worth noting here that the same manifesto
includes the Order of the Illuminati and indeed, one of their degrees is referred
to as “Illuminated.”
While in terms of social influence, the O.T.O. seems somewhat small 
(current worldwide numbers are estimated at a little more than 3,000 and most 
members tend to be categorized as disenchanted members of lower or middle 
class families), reports of drug abuse and sexual misconduct have been plaguing 
the cult for well over 30 years. Numerous mysterious deaths have been noted in 
conjunction with the O.T.O., and allegations of rape and intimidation
(sometimes by higher-ups within the ranks) have been launched by former
members on numerous occasions over the years.