From the Master of the Oasis:

Care Fratres Sororesque,

The next few months will be very busy for our Oasis and we would like to make sure that you know about some of the events that we will either be doing or attending that relate to Thelema.

• August 12, 2010 e.v. – The Feast of the First Night of the Prophet and His Bride: Always an Oasis favorite, we will be celebrating what is ostensibly the Thelemic version of Valentine’s Day at a local eatery.
• September 11, 2010 e.v. – North Texas Pagan Pride Day at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff at 3839 West Kiest Boulevard, Dallas, TX from 12 – 10 PM – ‎. Bubastis Oasis will have a booth there with informational materials and all manner of goodies for sale. I will also be giving a lecture on the “Gods of Thelema” at 2 PM. More information is available at the NtxPPD site: http://dfwppd.org/. Come by and say, “93!”
• September 19, 2010 e.v., 6:00 PM – Autumnal Equinox Celebration – One of the “rituals of the elements” (in this case for Air) mentioned in the Book of the Law (AL II:36). The event will be held at Bubastis Oasis and will consist of a group rite and attendant feast.
• October 9/10, 2010 e.v. – Pastoral Counseling Workshop – Bubastis Oasis is proud to host this USGL program on behalf of the Psychology Guild of OTO and for the benefit of the region’s EGC Clergy. More information on the weekend including cost, prerequisites and registration can be found on this site.
• October 12, 2010 e.v. – The Feast of Life for Saint Sir Aleister Crowley – Popularly called “Crowleymas” this will be a Thelemic Social Night event where local initiates and non-members mingle, feast, tipple and chat. Keep an eye on our calendar for location details.
• November 13/14, 2010 e.v. – TOTOCON – Scarlet Woman Lodge in Austin presents this their third annual Texas OTO Conference in our state’s capital. I will be representing Bubastis Oasis by presenting a discussion on the principles of Thelemic feasting. More information can be found on their site: http://www.scarletwoman.org/totocon3.html
• Other items of interest which you may wish to attend are our regular public celebrations of the Gnostic Mass on the following dates: August 22, September 12 & 26, and October 24. We also have a practical yoga study group that meets at our Temple on the first Wednesdays of the month and degree specific study groups that meet regularly.

Also, if you are not already a member I encourage interested parties to join our Yahoo Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bubastis in order to keep up with any changes made to our event calendar or to just discuss your interests.

Finally, if you have any questions concerning any of the above events feel free to e-mail either me or the Oasis Secretary at secretary@bubastis-oto.org

Nu is our refuge as Hadit our light; and Ra-Hoor-Khuit is the strength, force, vigour, of our arms.

Frater Nur-i-Siyah

Master, Bubastis Oasis

OTO-USGL

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