Otti Votavova

Yet another of Neurocam's Management has taken her name from a figure from the past. I have noticed that there are two divisions within the Neurocam Management Structure. There are those like Gertrude Zelle and Maxwell Knight who take their names from history purtaining to espoinage. Then there are those like Robert Henley and Otti Votavova who take their mythical names from associations purtaining to Crowley, the occult, OTO and Magick.

So heres a little info on our Otti, which I had stumbled across in my archives and never mad a connection too till tonight.

Otti Votavova avers that Hitler belonged to the legendary "FOCG" or "99 Lodge" of black magick, described in Frabato The Magician and Fire And Ice (see the bibliography). Apart from this, Hitler and some of his intimate friends were supposed to be members of the "Thule Order," which was the external instrument of a group of powerful Tibetan black magicians.

Franz Bardon was the oldest of 13 children, and the only son of a very devout Christian mystic, Viktor Bardon. Although he had achieved a certain amount of spiritual advancement, Viktor felt that he was unable to obtain and advanced initiation, and prayed that he receive this blessing. The story is that an advanced soul entered the body of his son Franz to become Viktor's initiator.
In later life, Bardon became a stage magician who gained some fame in Germany in the 1920's and 1930's under the stage name "Frabato". According to his student and close friend Otti Votavova. I have not yet been able to positively identify Bardon as a member of the Fraternity of Saturn. While recognizing the power and validity of sex magick, Bardon emphatically discourages the student from dabbling in it until he understands its full implications.

By the way Otti Votavova is a female and I wonder if our Neurocam equivelent is female too?

Bardon made use of the ancient four elements - Fire, Earth, Air and Water - plus Akasha, or Quintessence. His attributions of the elements are essentially the same as those in other systems and books.: Water for emotions, intuition; Fire for aggressiveness, passion, etc. In his view, the skillful magician was one who could manipulate the Elements to achieve desired effects. Of course, before the student could become master of the Elements, he had to harmonize and control the manifestations of all Elements in his own being.