Path: typhoon.sonic.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.thelema,alt.consciousness.mysticism,talk.religion.misc Subject: Re: Recently Deceased A.'.A.'. Member References: From: 333 Reply-To: spam@luckymojo.com User-Agent: nn/6.6.0 Lines: 23 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 05:28:46 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.201.242.18 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sonic.net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 1089437326 208.201.242.18 (Fri, 09 Jul 2004 22:28:46 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 22:28:46 PDT Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:47760 alt.magick:378997 alt.thelema:148 alt.consciousness.mysticism:61768 talk.religion.misc:413306 50040709 viii om "Alan OBrien" : #> What was the name of the eminent A A member who died recently? There was a #> link to a phototgraph of her provided on this NG but I have lost it. paulhume@comcast.net (Paul Hume): # Phyllis Seckler, who was also known by her Order name, Soror Meral. she was the head of 418 Lodge, and edited "In The Continuum", which was integral to a particular AA line (Crowley/GCJones=>Jane Wolfe if my research is at all accurate). it is said that the AA is a facet or subdomain of the GWB, which is at points contested or overaggrandized. amusing in-fighting within the (c)OTO had AA-lines at its instigation and basis (Motta vs Wolfe lines, apparently, and membership squabbling infecting the highest echelon of the former (Hymenaeus Beta being one dogmatic type, if complaints and his extreme statements be believed, at odds with the other(s); cf. fights with Fr. Graeb and others, who were convinced disciplinary actions taken against them were on account of their involvement with the "wrong A.'.A.'."!). I'm sure Fr. Koenig has all the dirt somewhere on his website. 333