Grady Louis McMurtry

Greater Feast of Grady Louis McMurtry, Hymenæus Alpha, died July 12, 1985 at Martinez, California in Hermeneuticon at Hermetic Library

Grady Louis McMurtry X°, Hymenæus Alpha, Ὺμεναιος Α

“During the IInd World War, two Californian O.T.O. members traveled to Europe on military assignments, Grady Louis McMurtry (also known as Hymenaeus Alpha) and Frederic Mellinger. McMurtry went earlier and visited Aleister Crowley on several occasions while on leave. At that time, Crowley made McMurtry a IXth Degree O.T.O. member, duly documented, and ultimately made McMurtry the chief O.T.O. officer in charge of O.T.O. work in California and the United States, under Karl Germer. Crowley also notified McMurtry that Germer was to be Crowley's successor as Head of O.T.O., but that McMurtry should hold himself prepared to succeed Germer. Mellinger visited Crowley after McMurtry was rotated back to the United States.”—OTO History



Grady Louis McMurtry appears in no versions of the Saints of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica in Liber XV, published during Aleister Crowley's lifetime. However, as a past Outer Head of the Order, of Ordo Templi Orientis, his name can optionally be added to the end of the list of Gnostic Saints, which concludes with a list of people who have held that office.

Gnostic Saint International Equinox Magick in Theory and Practice Posthumous
Grady Louis McMurtry       Grady Louis McMurtry



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