J.
Edward CorneliusJ.
Edward Cornelius
A magician of some standing in the Thelemic Community, Jerry presents a selection of his artworks here for the first time.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. J. Edward Cornelius, fraternally known as Frater Achad Osher 583, was born in New Haven Connecticut into an extremely old New England family in July of 1951. He is the eleventh direct descendant of Captain Aaron Cornelius whose ship arrived in America in 1645 and who was one of four men who founded Flushing, Long Island. On his mother's side he is a direct descendant of Mary Sanford, the last woman hung for witchcraft in Connecticut on June 13th 1662 (almost thirty years before the witchcraft hysteria broke out in Salem Village). He is an accomplished occult artist with many of his oil paintings gracing the walls of the old Edwardian home which he and his wife own in Berkeley, California. He has had a strong interest in Crowley's works since the late 1960s although the group in which he was initiated was far more pagan. The private Crowley library and archive of the Corneliuses is considered one of the largest in the world. In the mid-seventies he began corresponding with Grady Louis McMurtry (1918-1985), or Frater Hymenaeus Alpha 777, the past world leader of Crowley's Ordo Templi Orientis. Shortly thereafter he joined the Order. He considered Grady a good friend and personal mentor. In fact Grady spent time at his house in Connecticut on several occasions. J. Edward has remained an OTO Member for almost twenty-three years which is an impressive record within the ranks. He has always been directly involved in writing, teaching, publishing, or a political or legal capacity since the beginning and has given literally hundreds of lectures within the OTO over the years. Love is the law, love under will.
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