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"The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment, let it never appear, in any place in its own name, but always covered by another name, and another occupation."

Candidates seeking to Petition for membership, and to initiate themselves in the initiatic System of the O.·.A.·.I.·. , must be eighteen years of age or older and they must be serious in their efforts to understand and execute the Great Work. Men and Women of the Order are in no way obligated to religiously Self-Initiate into the Order and they may contribute to the Great Work of the Order in accordance with their own True Will. They may remain Aspirants (Probationers) of the Order in virtue of their own Free-Will & accord.

Persons may also submit the required information via Postal Mail to the addresses of the Order provided in Public Contact Information. Fee must be made payable to: O.·.A.·.I.·. Members living outside the United States need to contribute their dues with an International Money Order. Not all men and women whom Petition for membership in the Order are accepted. If the O.·.A.·.I.·. does not accept your Petition, your payment of annual dues will be returned to you.

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O	A	I
Man/Scarlet Woman of Earth	The Lovers	The Hermit
1st Degree	2nd Degree	3rd Degree
Birth	Life	Death
Neophyte	Adept	Magister/Magistra

If the serious Postulant is permitted to progress to Neophyte of the Order, s/he may then receive the Oath of the Probationer (Neophyte) and construct his/her own rite of Self-Initiation into the man/woman of Earth grade. The Probationer must then submit his/her signed Oath and Rite of Self-Initiation to the Government of the Order before formal performance of the Rite. It is only by official dispensation from the invisible government of the Order a Frater or Soror Probationer may then religiously initiate into the grade of the Neophyte I°. Subsequent to successfully performing a rite of Self-Initiation, a Frater or Soror will be certified as a Man/Woman of Earth. After five years of studies, religious purification and consecration, the man/woman of Earth in the O.·.A.·.I.·. may seek further progression into the Order, to Initiate as an Adept of the Order, to partake of the theistic mysteries and tribulations of the Lovers Grade. If the man/woman of Earth is permitted to Initiate into the Lovers grade, s/he may then receive the Oath of the Lovers {Adept} and construct his/her own dire rite of Self-Initiation into the Lovers. The O.H.O. Imperator/Imperatrix must preside over this silent rite of self-initiation into the Lovers grade. The man/woman of Earth will then be obligated to submit his/her signed oath and rite of Self-Initiation to the government of the Order subsequent to performing the Rite. It is only by official dispensation from the Order that the man/woman of Earth may then initiate into grade of the Lovers II°. Subsequent to the successful performance of a serious Rite of Self-Initiation, the Man/Woman of Earth receives certification as an Lover/Adept of the O.·.A.·.I.·.

Subsequent to six years of sacral study, religiosity, and remorseless psychological Work, the Lover of the O.·.A.·.I.·. may seek further initiation into the Order, to take the grave "Oath of the Abyss" to partake of the mysteries of the Hermit grade in the Triad of O.·.A.·.I.·. The mysteries of the Hermit/Magister are at once carnal and insubstantial, æthereal and earthly, Qlifotic and unbeholden; left to the Magister/Magistra to declare and cultivate her/his Garden. It is only by dispensation from the hand and seal of the O.H.O. Imperator/Imperatrix that the Lover-Adept may receive the "Oath of the Abyss" and initiate as a Hermit III°. The elect work of the Hermit is to become a 'Star of the Serpent,' and 'Epopt of the Illuminati,' S/He is then cast forth in the Black Sanctuary of the Pyramids strewn asunder upon the cremation grounds to await annihilation. the Hermit of Light and of Darkness elevates and illumines Mankind according to whichever forms of action and non-action their Law deems apt. The Hermit of the Abyss exists as Illuminati, invisible, insubstantial, earthly Potentate whom executes the Great Work.

The O.·.A.·. I.·. does not conduct Initiation Ceremonies for its Fratres and Sorores. The system of the O.·.A.·. I.·. is entirely a Self-Initiatic Corpus. In the O.·.A.·. I.·. no Frater or Soror can be Initiated by another, as it is by the virtue of his or her own interior illumination to enter into the Secret Sanctuary. The religious Body of the O.·.A.·. I.·. embodies Fratres and Sorores whom are self-determined & daring enough to work out their own religious reformation and elevation, disciplined enough to do their own sacred inquisitions, and self-governed enough to execute their own manifest destinies in the Great Work. Fratres and Sorores of the Order initiate and preside over his/her own black Art under the designs of Illuminism and the Kindred Sciences, to be free of all social, political, & religious obstructions; to entirely rely upon his/her own Will to execute the Great Work . Religious life and initiation commands an abandonment of security, conventionality, and safety. Initiation mauls the perception of truth and lies to where nothing is true and the personal Will is seen as a bewitching naked illusion. Those whom fortify the personal refuse tribulations and ordeals proclaim themselves slaves with their battle cries of religious fundamentalism and intolerance. The Religious Body of the O.·.A.·. I.·. is a triad of self-progression and religious initiation, called the man/woman of Earth, the Lover, and the Hermit. Before progressing within the Supernal Triad of the O.·.A.·. I.·. , the Aspirant must first undergo and endure the ordeals and tribulations of a grade of Probationer. In the grade of Probationer each initiate consecrates and purifies their flesh and spirit each according to their own interior passions formulating their own rebellion in hell and tribulation upon the earth. The Probationer grade is not truly a grade in the proper sense of the word, but a time of trial and tribulation for elect initiation into the Order. Subsequent to nine months of probationary contemplation and Work, the serious Postulant to the O.·.A.·. I.·. may appeal for Self- Initiation into the outer Order proper, to partake of the sabbatic Mysteries and arcane Arts of the man/scarlet woman of Earth. The task of the Postulant as a Probationer is to begin the sacred ceremony of self-study and the application of a design of "Illuminism" called Religious Science.

If the wise and solemn Probationer is accepted to Initiate into the Grade of the man/scarlet Woman of Earth, s/he may then receive the Oath of the man/scarlet woman of Earth and construct his/her own Rite of Self-Initiation. The Probationer then is obligated to submit his/her signed Oath and Rite of Self-Initiation to the Order before performing the ritual. It is only by dispensation from the Order that the Probationer may then initiate him/herself as a man/scarlet woman of Earth. Subsequent to the Probationer successfully performing the dire and solemn Rite of Self-Initiation, s/he will then be certified as a man/scarlet woman of Earth, an acolyte of antichristendom. Candidates are obligated to diligently study the revolutionary principles set forth in the Book of the Law, to commit to magickal study works of a diverse nature in order to progress and cultivate theirselves in the enlightened Life of a true Initiate. Initiation in the real sense of the word, as used on the Kabbalistic path, occurs when the individual, in spite of having a religion and belief, sentiments and ideas about mysticism and magick, feels that s/he should take a step in a direction which s/he is uncertain; when s/he takes the first step, that is an initiation.

Initiation is the means of Self-reformation where men and women are strewn asunder into the endless Sea. The Path of Initiation arrogates strength & skill of Will, occult initiation is a dire ordeal of the deathless soul as the initiate is often bewitched by the devouring Dragon of Choronzon in the Veils of the bloody Abyss. The root of the word itself stems the Latin noun initium, which literally means 'beginning'; 'a commencement anew'. Thus initiation means the beginning of a new perception and attitude toward life, death, and rebirth. Moreover, it is the entry into entirely new archetypes of existence. Initiation means, above all, spiritual maturity and reformation -- a definite mark in the epoch of human spiritual history. It is in such a revelation of the secrets of one's intimate destiny, being, and True Will that the candidate accomplishes Initiation. Initiates of the arcane Arts, are the secret few lonely hissing serpents whom are above the worms of the river styx, learning well the lessons of the Path, ready to win the Rose of the Adept, and burn in the cremation grounds as a Babe of the Abyss.

Self-Initiation is a Sacrament of intimate religiosity; it is the reformation of one's Sovereign Soul or True Self in accordance with the archetypal forces which burn the psyche in the agony of ecstasy, and the means of realizing one's True Will, or Genius. Self-Initiation is the Mystery of Iniquity, as one formulates anew expressions of the interior and exterior Multiverse. Governed by the Light of Illuminism, Self-Initiation is the key to Religious Science, the lost Mysteries of Iniquity, the entry into mastery. Initiation is veritable not by claims, but by Works. Initiation is truly the key to enlightenment.

Ordo Antichristianus Illuminati^® {O.·.A.·.I.·.}, a private religious fraternity, instructs men and women in theology opposed to Christian Protestantism & ecclesiastic organization. O.·.A.·.I.·. Initiates present academic theses to such collegiate organizations as American Academy of Religion and Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.. O.·.A.·.I.·. Initiates deconstruct Christian-oriented Initiatic heritage of the Western Mystery School.

O.·.A.·.I.·. is a Religious Order dedicated to prospect religious, sexual & psychological mysteries of the sacred feminine. O.·.A.·.I.·. is an exterior college and guild under the auspices of the "Western" and "Eastern" Mystery Schools. O.·.A.·.I.·. is the thesis of the sacred feminine, the antithesis of Protestant Christianity as an ecclesia, not as a populace or spiritual practice, the synthesis of the former and the latter.

O.·.A.·.I.·. derives from Initiatic inheritance of the "Golden Dawn," and its religious collegiate of Rosicruciana, Freemasonry, Tantra, Cabala, Tarot, Hermeticism, sabbatic witchcraft, Alchemy, and Sufism. O.·.A.·.I.·. is an Initiatic Inheritrix of the Golden Dawn defined in minute detail by the secret value of the letters, numbers, sounds, virtues, in Nature, and all other functions of inherited destiny.

O.·.A.·.I.·. prospects the traditions of sexual occultism and the Secret Teachings of All Ages. O.·.A.·.I.·. is not a social organization. O.·.A.·.I.·. is a private religious fraternity of self-initiation ordained in silence. O.·.A.·.I.·. does not Charter official Temples, Lodges, Grottoes, or Churches of Worship. Antediluvian magic{k} is latent within the heart of every woman and every man of the Order. O.·.A.·.I.·. Matrons and Brethren of their own predilection ordain and prospect ceremonial rites & arts of religion and faith.

O.·.A.·.I.·. is a triad of three Grades of self-Initiation called the Hermit, the Lover, and the man of Earth. The progressive Triad of initiation derives from the supernal emanations contained in the Sefirot of the Holy Qabalah.

O.·.A.·.I.·. is unaffiliated with, nor does the O.·.A.·.I.·. represent in any way other organizations. Women and Men seeking to Petition for membership, and initiate themselves into the O.·.A.·.I.·., must be eighteen years of age or older, and must be serious in efforts to ordain the Path and execute the Great Work.