Ordo Templi Orientis U.S.A.
Policy Memorandum EGC-2001-1
23 November 2001 e.v.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Section III.A.2.b. of the U.S. E.G.C. Manual sets forth the requirements for a "Public Celebration" of the Gnostic Mass.  Such requirements include recognized Clerical Member status within Ordo Templi Orientis as either Priest, Priestess, Bishop, or Auxiliary Bishop for at least one of the three principal celebrating officers.  This requirement may be waived by the Primate or the Patriarch in developing areas where the Gnostic Mass is being celebrated by Novices under the supervision of a Bishop.

The E.G.C. Manual does not currently address the O.T.O. membership status of the other principal celebrating officers when one of them is a recognized Priest, Priestess, Bishop, or Auxiliary Bishop.  This policy memorandum is intended to clarify our policy in this regard.

For any Public Celebration of the Gnostic Mass where one or two of the three principal celebrating officers is a Clerical Member of E.G.C. with recognized status as Priest, Priestess, Bishop, or Auxiliary Bishop, the remaining officer(s) shall be Initiate Members of O.T.O. in good standing of at least the degree of Minerval, subject to the detailed conditions set forth in Part II.C. of the U.S. E.G.C. Manual, "The Clergy."

This memorandum constitutes a supplement to the U.S. E.G.C. Manual and is effective immediately.

Love is the law, love under will.

Sabazius Xº
National Grand Master General
Primate and Presiding Bishop