Bardesanes

Bardesanes, Bardaisan, Bar Daiṣān

“In more remote times, the constituent originating assemblies of the O.T.O. included such men as: … Bardesanes”—Liber LII Manifesto of the O.T.O.

• Feast of Bardesanes, born July 11, 154 at Edessa, Turkey
• Died c. 222 at Edessa, Turkey

Bardesanes appears in all versions of the Saints of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica in Liber XV, published during Aleister Crowley's lifetime. Bardesanes is on the short list in all versions except the first (International), and is therefore a name celebrated all at performances unless one is specifically using the historical Saints list from the International version.

• Bardesanes

• Liber LII Manifesto of the O.T.O.
• saints
• A Liturgical Calendar for Thelemic Gnosticism
• ORIGIN AND ANTIQUITY OF THE ARCANE SCHOOLS. CHAPTER III. ARYAN CIVILISATION AND MYSTERIES.

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