Open to all members III* and higher in good standing and USGL dues current.

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti is a black-and-white documentary film of approximately 52 minutes. It is about dance and possession in Haitian vodou that was shot by experimental filmmaker Maya Deren between 1947 and 1954.

In 1981, twenty years after Deren's death, the film was completed by Deren's third husband Teiji Ito (1935-1982) and his wife Cherel Winett Ito (1947-1999). Most of the film consists of images of dancing and bodies in motion during rituals in Rada and Petro services.

Deren had studied dance as well as photography and filmmaking. She originally went to Haiti, with the funding from a Guggenheim fellowship, and the stated intention of filming the dancing that forms a crucial part of the vodou ceremony. In 1953, Deren's book Divine Horsemen: The Voodoo Gods of Haiti, on the subject of vodou, was published by Vanguard Press.

The film that resulted, however, reflected Deren's increasing personal engagement with vodou and its practitioners. While this ultimately resulted in Deren disregarding the guidelines of the fellowship, Deren was able to record scenes that probably would have been inaccessible to other filmmakers.

The film will be followed by a lecture about the film, and discussion. Open to all!

Ritual of the Starry Abode 
The starry abode is traditionally the afterlife, but in this ritual it refers to the zodiacal realm in which we manifest our dreams. 
This ritual will be led by Sister M. 
Open to all.

Open to OTO members in the Lover's Triade in good standing

Join us for a performance of Liber XV: The Gnostic Mass, the central public and private ritual of Ordo Templi Orientis. Written by Aleister Crowley in 1913, the Mass is a powerful ceremony of the union of the divine feminine and masculine, celebrating the mysteries of Thelema through dramatic ritual, symbolism, and eucharist.

All are welcome to attend and witness this living ritual of Thelemic spirituality.