The Order of the G∴B∴G∴
Its Origins and Beginning
INTRODUCTION
It is my conviction that the founder of the G.’.B.’.G.’. was the greatest and most efficient teacher
of this Century in that field of occultism known as Magick’. ( all members of the Order have
concurred in this) I make no statement as to the height if his Initiation; only that he was the
greatest and most efficient teacher, and upon this alone it seems sufficient to postulate that he
had a dispensation.
Now, be it known that being the greatest teacher does not mean a great pedagogue, per se! The
head of this Order knew what to teach to get the best and most rapid results, how to teach it and
how to get the best response from the neophytes. All of this is included in this exposition of The
Complete Magick Curriculum of the Secret Order G.’.B.’.G.’.
It is a mistake to evaluate one’s personality against his ability and attainments, but some
identification of a person is expected- Here is a brief statement about the head and founder of this
Order.
In the outer world his name was C. F. Russell; his magickal name was frater Genesthai. Some
further identification is to be had from the book The Great Beast by John Symonds. Russell was
the man who had a tiff with Crowley at the Ab in Cefalu, Italy, about giving up his room. Russell
went up on “The Rock” for a magical retirement and had been there sixty hours without food or
water- Jane Wolf (called Elizabeth Fox in Symond’s book) took food and water to Russell and
brought him down.
Jane Wolf, whom I knew for years, told me that Crowley recognized the attainment of Russell and
had given Russell his blessing for him to found his own Order—naturally based on these three
points:
(I) Liber Legis, (2) Thelema, (3) The Aeon Of Horus.
The foregoing is given more for the purpose of providing an outline of the lineal descent and
character of the Order.
In this we begin with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn founded in England in 1887. This
was the one and only great Order with a di