Allen H. Greenfield
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Allen H. Greenfield also known by his ecclesiastical name Tau Sir Hasirim, is an American occult
ist, ceremonial magician, UFOlogist
, writer
, editor
, and Gnostic
Bishop
of Ecclesia Gnostica Universalis who resides in Atlanta, Georgia
. His book The Story of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light
is one of the few sources of information on this subject. His book The Compleat Rite of Memphis is a comprehensive history of an Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry
, and he edited an authorized, annotated edition of the work Liber Thirty-One by Charles Stansfeld Jones
.
He was elected and consecrated a Bishop by the Holy Synod
of the Neopythagorean Gnostic Church in 1986. In 1987 he was extended recognition as a Bishop within the Gnostic Catholic Church
- Ordo Templi Orientis
(OTO) and was consecrated in New York in November 1988. His episcopal title "Tau" is sometimes abbreviated as "T" and prefixed to his legal name, and thus he may also be referred to as T Allen Greenfield. A former editor of the OTO journal LAShTAL, Greenfield has more recently become a critic of the Order's upper management. In February 2006, he called for their resignation and stepped down from all managerial duties in protest, issuing a strong criticism of the current Outer Head of the Order, William Breeze
.
A past (elected) member of the Society for Psychical Research
and the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
(from 1960), he has twice been the recipient of the "UFOlogist of the Year Award" of the National UFO Conference
(1972 and 1992). He is a Borderland Science Research Associate (BSRA), and has conducted on-site UFO and alien abduction investigations in Brooksville, FL, Pascagoula, MS and Brown Mountain, NC. His book Secret Cipher of the UFOnauts was reviewed by Robert Anton Wilson
in his book Everything is Under Control. This review discusses how Greenfield builds on the principles established in Carl Jung
's 1952 book, Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky. He is also a past President of the Atlanta Science Fiction Organization (ASFOII), and the editor of the periodical The Paraufologist.
He is the father of three sons. His eldest son, Alex Greenfield, is a network television writer and producer.
Occult
The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus , referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g...
ist, ceremonial magician, UFOlogist
Ufology
Ufology is a neologism coined to describe the collective efforts of those who study reports and associated evidence of unidentified flying objects . UFOs have been subject to various investigations over the years by governments, independent groups, and scientists...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
, and Gnostic
Gnosticism
Gnosticism is a scholarly term for a set of religious beliefs and spiritual practices common to early Christianity, Hellenistic Judaism, Greco-Roman mystery religions, Zoroastrianism , and Neoplatonism.A common characteristic of some of these groups was the teaching that the realisation of Gnosis...
Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of Ecclesia Gnostica Universalis who resides in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. His book The Story of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light
Hermetic Brotherhood of Light
The Hermetic Brotherhood of Light was a Fraternity that descended from the Frates Lucis in the late 18th century , and was the seed from which Ordo Templi Orientis was created...
is one of the few sources of information on this subject. His book The Compleat Rite of Memphis is a comprehensive history of an Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry
Ancient and Primitive Rite
The Ancient and Primitive Rite, also called the Order of the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Mizraim, is a Masonic Rite first popularized by John Yarker and generally considered clandestine by Masonic organizations within the UGLE framework....
, and he edited an authorized, annotated edition of the work Liber Thirty-One by Charles Stansfeld Jones
Charles Stansfeld Jones
Charles Stansfeld Jones , aka Frater Achad, was an occultist and ceremonial magician. An early aspirant to A∴A∴ who "claimed" the grade of Magister Templi as a Neophyte. He also became an O.T.O. initiate, serving as the principal organizer for that order in British Columbia, Canada...
.
He was elected and consecrated a Bishop by the Holy Synod
Holy Synod
In several of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches and Eastern Catholic Churches, the patriarch or head bishop is elected by a group of bishops called the Holy Synod...
of the Neopythagorean Gnostic Church in 1986. In 1987 he was extended recognition as a Bishop within the Gnostic Catholic Church
Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica
Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica , or the Gnostic Catholic Church, is the ecclesiastical arm of Ordo Templi Orientis , an international fraternal initiatory organization devoted to promulgating the Law of Thelema. Thelema is a philosophical, mystical and religious system elaborated by Aleister Crowley,...
- Ordo Templi Orientis
Ordo Templi Orientis
Ordo Templi Orientis is an international fraternal and religious organization founded at the beginning of the 20th century...
(OTO) and was consecrated in New York in November 1988. His episcopal title "Tau" is sometimes abbreviated as "T" and prefixed to his legal name, and thus he may also be referred to as T Allen Greenfield. A former editor of the OTO journal LAShTAL, Greenfield has more recently become a critic of the Order's upper management. In February 2006, he called for their resignation and stepped down from all managerial duties in protest, issuing a strong criticism of the current Outer Head of the Order, William Breeze
William Breeze
William Breeze was born in Paris, France on 12 August 1955 and is an American musician and occultist, best known as a member of Coil and as the current international leader of Ordo Templi Orientis...
.
A past (elected) member of the Society for Psychical Research
Society for Psychical Research
The Society for Psychical Research is a non-profit organisation in the United Kingdom. Its stated purpose is to understand "events and abilities commonly described as psychic or paranormal by promoting and supporting important research in this area" and to "examine allegedly paranormal phenomena...
and the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena
The National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena was a civilian unidentified flying object research group active in the United States from the 1950s to the 1980s.-Overview:...
(from 1960), he has twice been the recipient of the "UFOlogist of the Year Award" of the National UFO Conference
National UFO Conference
The ' is an annual conference held in Hollywood, California. The conference is based in San Diego, California. Its stated mission is "to present top researchers in the field of ufology who will share their ongoing and current research." The National UFO Conference is the longest active conference...
(1972 and 1992). He is a Borderland Science Research Associate (BSRA), and has conducted on-site UFO and alien abduction investigations in Brooksville, FL, Pascagoula, MS and Brown Mountain, NC. His book Secret Cipher of the UFOnauts was reviewed by Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson , known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic...
in his book Everything is Under Control. This review discusses how Greenfield builds on the principles established in Carl Jung
Carl Jung
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of Analytical Psychology. Jung is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as "by nature religious" and make it the focus of exploration. Jung is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream analysis and...
's 1952 book, Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky. He is also a past President of the Atlanta Science Fiction Organization (ASFOII), and the editor of the periodical The Paraufologist.
He is the father of three sons. His eldest son, Alex Greenfield, is a network television writer and producer.
Quotations
- "The future must be built from the best material of past and present, and on the grave of those elements in both which were/are adverse to human life and living." (quoted in Adler, p. 375)
- "We are dulled by technological overload." (quoted in Adler, p. 393)
- "The scientific establishment is an organized faith that contributes heavily to our present sorry state as a civilization." (quoted in Adler, p. 397)
Books
- Silver Bridge, by Gray Barker, introduction by Allen Greenfield. Saucerian Books, 1970. Library of Congress Catalogue Number 70-119512.
- Saucers and Saucerers. PANP Press, 1975.
- Secret Cipher of the UFOnauts. Illuminet Press, 1994; Revised Edition Manutius Press, 2005. ISBN 1-4116-6759-X
- The Story of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light. Looking Glass Press, 1997. ISBN 9188708039
- The Compleat Rite of Memphis. Luxor Press, 1998. ISBN 1891948016
- Liber Thirty-One (The Authorized Edition by C.S. Jones (Frater Achad)Charles Stansfeld JonesCharles Stansfeld Jones , aka Frater Achad, was an occultist and ceremonial magician. An early aspirant to A∴A∴ who "claimed" the grade of Magister Templi as a Neophyte. He also became an O.T.O. initiate, serving as the principal organizer for that order in British Columbia, Canada...
; edited and annotated by T Allen Greenfield. Luxor Press, 1998. ISBN 1891948008 - The Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult. Edited by Richard MetzgerRichard MetzgerRichard Metzger is a television host and author. He was the host of the TV show Disinformation , The Disinformation Company and its website, Disinfo.com...
; Allen Greenfield, contributor. Disinformation Books, 2003. ISBN 097139427X - Secret Rituals of the Men in Black. Manutius Press, 2005. ISBN 1-4116-6764-6
- The Roots of Modern Magick: Glimpses of the Authentic Tradition from 1700-2000, An Anthology. Revised edition, Manutius Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4116-8978-7
Articles
- A True History of Witchcraft, 1992. Internet Sacred Text Archive. (An ongoing essay project that was included in Richard MetzgerRichard MetzgerRichard Metzger is a television host and author. He was the host of the TV show Disinformation , The Disinformation Company and its website, Disinfo.com...
's anthology from DisinfoDisinfoThe Disinformation Company is a privately held, limited American publishing company that focuses in current affairs titles and seeks to expose disinformation. It is headquartered in New York City, New York...
rmation's The Book of Lies in 2003) - The Frankist Ecstatics of the Eighteenth Century in Agape, Vol. 1, No. 2, February 1998
- Hermetic Brotherhood Revisited: Thoughts on the Antiquity & Continuity of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light in The Scarlet Letter, Vol. V, No. 2, December 1998
- Paschal Beverly Randolph: Sexual Magick in the 19th Century, 2000.
- Emma Hardinge Britten and the Origins of OTO, 2002.
- Inquisition In 21st Century America, Greenfield's personal account of how he was thrown out of the Ordo Templi OrientisOrdo Templi OrientisOrdo Templi Orientis is an international fraternal and religious organization founded at the beginning of the 20th century...
, censored in U.S.A. but available from Russian Basileus Ordo Templi Orientis - "Supermen" in Gray Lodge Occult Review, Issue #2, December 2002
- "A Most Unusual Cast of Characters" in Gray Lodge Occult Review, Issue #17, June 2005
Reviews
- Book Review: Secret Cipher of the UFOnauts in Saucer Smear, Volume 42, No. 1, January 5, 1995.
- Reviews: "Secret Cipher of The UFOnauts by Allen H. Greenfield" in Nexus New Times Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 24, Feb-March, 1995.
- Secret Cipher of the UFOnauts: Reviewed by Dean James in Journal of Possible Paradigms, Issue 5, Spring 1998.