Grady Louis McMurtry

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Grady L. McMurtry
Grady Louis McMurtry as an officer in 1941
Born	October 18, 1918 Big Cabin, Oklahoma
Died	July 12, 1985(1985-07-12) (aged 66) Martinez, California
Education	University of California, Berkeley
Occupation(s)	Caliph, OTO

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Key figures Ankh-af-na-Khonsu François Rabelais Aleister Crowley Jane Wolfe Karl Germer Wilfred Talbot Smith Helen Parsons Smith Jack Parsons Phyllis Seckler Grady McMurtry Marjorie Cameron Sara Northrup Kenneth Grant Kenneth Anger Marcelo Ramos Motta James Lees Nema Andahadna Christopher Hyatt
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Methods Banishing Body of light Bornless Ritual Cake of Light English Qaballa Enochian magic Goetia Mass of the Phoenix Night of Pan Sex magic Tree of life
Thelemic texts Aleister Crowley bibliography Kenneth Grant bibliography Marcelo Motta bibliography Thelemic texts
Organizations A∴A∴ O∴A∴A∴ Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (EGC) Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) Society Ordo Templi Orientis (SOTO) Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn Typhonian Order (TOTO)
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Grady Louis McMurtry (October 18, 1918 – July 12, 1985) was an American ceremonial magician, student of occult writer Aleister Crowley, and an adherent of Thelema. He is best known for reviving the fraternal organization Ordo Templi Orientis, which he headed from 1971 until his death in 1985.^[1][2]