Name William Breeze | Education Harvard University | |
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Similar People Grady Louis McMurtry, Marcelo Ramos Motta, James Wasserman, Kenneth Grant, Aleister Crowley Title Outer Head (Frater Superior) and Caliph (international leader) of "Caliphate" O.T.O.; Sovereign Patriarch and Primate of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (E.G.C.) Born 1955 (age 67–68) Religion Thelema Nationality American Citizenship United States Denomination Gnostic Catholic Church Lineage Official church succession Alma mater Harvard University Other names Hymenaeus Beta Occupation Author, musician, priest, human rights campaigner Order Ordo Templi Orientis Period in office 1986–present Consecration August 12, 1974 by E.G.C. bishop Jack Hogg | ||
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William Breeze (born August 12, 1955) is an American musician, occultist, member of the band Coil, and the current international leader of Ordo Templi Orientis. Under the name Hymenaeus Beta he is a leading editor of the occult works of English author Aleister Crowley, the founder of the philosophy and religion of Thelema.
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- Aleister crowley william breeze and mason 1860 have in common
- The SOTO is the only real OTO
- Music
- Occult
- Editorial work
- Aleister Crowleys writings
- References
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Music
Breeze came to prominence in the late 1990s and the early years of his career worked with poet-percussionist and Velvet Underground cofounder Angus MacLise. Breeze played electric viola, mandolin, guitar, bass and electronics. Footage of Breeze performing alongside Maclise was shown at the exhibition Dreamweapon: The Art and Life of Angus MacLise (1938 – 1979) from May 10–29, 2011 curated by Johan Kugelberg and Will Swofford Cameron.
Breeze has played with Psychic TV and appears on the recordings Thee Fractured Garden (1995), Cold Blue Torch (1995), Trip Reset (1996) and Spatial Memory (1996) and is mostly credited as playing viola and viola synthesizer. He was a member of Coil from 1997 through 2004, playing electric viola. He is currently a member of the band Current 93.
Occult
Breeze has been involved in the occult since the 1970s. He was involved in the publishing of Aleister Crowley's Magical and Philosophical Commentaries on The Book of the Law (edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant; 93 Publishing, 1974) and was a student of Marcelo Ramos Motta, who described him as "an ex-Probationer who failed to keep his Oath and perform his Task and was cut contact with as a result." In 1978, Breeze was initiated into the Minerval degree of Ordo Templi Orientis. During the next few years, he advanced through the Man of Earth degrees of O.T.O., taking his IV° & P.I. at Tahuti Lodge in New York City in January 1985.
After the passing of Caliph Hymenaeus Alpha (Grady McMurtry), Breeze was chosen to lead the Ordo Templi Orientis as the Frater Superior through a special election conducted among all active IX° members of the O.T.O. Upon his election, he adopted the name Hymenaeus Beta.
Editorial work
Breeze is known in the occult community (under his pseudonym Hymenaeus Beta) as the editor of several of the works of Aleister Crowley.
Some of the works he has edited include:
Aleister Crowley's writings
In 2015 Breeze, a specialist in the works of Aleister Crowley and the current copyright holder of Crowley's writings, released some of Crowley's unseen, previously unpublished material. Anthology of Aleister Crowley's uncollected writings was published by Wordsworth Editions.