Lon Milo Duquette

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Lon Milo DuQuette

Lon Milo DuQuette (born July 11, 1948), AKA Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford, American writer, lecturer, and occultist best known as an author who applies humor in the field of Western Hermeticism.

Since 1975 he has been a National and International governing officer of Ordo Templi Orientis, one of the most influential (and controversial) magical societies of the 20th Century. Since 1996 he has been the O.T.O.'s United States Deputy Grand Master and one of the most visible members of the secret society.

Many of DuQuette's books have been dedicated to analyzing and exploring the works of Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), an English occultist, poet and philosopher.

He also writes on subjects treating on the Western mystical traditions including; Freemasonry, Tarot, Qabalah, ceremonial magic, Enochian magic of Dr. John Dee, and spirit evocation, Goetia. He is perhaps best known for his autobiography, My Life with the Spirits.

Born in Long Beach, California and raised in Columbus Nebraska, he was an anti-Vietnam War activist in the mid 1960s. He was also a studio musician and recording artist in the 1970s, releasing two singles and an album, Charley D. and Milo, on the Epic Records label.^{[citation needed]}

He frequently appears on radio and television as a guest expert on subjects involving the occult.

He is on the faculty of the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York where he teaches The Western Magical Tradition. He is also Archbishop of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, the ecclesiastical arm of Ordo Templi Orientis.

He is married to his high school sweetheart, Constance Jean Duquette. They live in Costa Mesa, California and have one son, Jean-Paul.

[edit] Bibliography

DuQuette, Lon Milo: My Life With the Spirits: The Adventures of a Modern Magician, Weiser Books, 1999.
DuQuette, Lon Milo: Accidental Christ: The Story of Jesus as Told by His Uncle, Thelema Aura Publishing, 2007.
DuQuette, Lon Milo: Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot, Weiser Books, 2003.
DuQuette, Lon Milo: Tarot of Ceremonial Magick: A Pictorial Synthesis of Three Great Pillars of Magick: Enochian, Goetia, Astrology, Weiser Books, 1995.
DuQuette, Lon Milo: The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford: Dilettante's Guide to What You Do and Do Not Need to Know to Become a Qabalist, Weiser Books, 2001.
DuQuette, Lon Milo: Angels, Demons & Gods of the New Millennium, Weiser Books, 1997.
DuQuette, Lon Milo: The Book Of Ordinary Oracles, Weiser Books, 2005.
DuQuette, Lon Milo: The Magick of Aleister Crowley: A Handbook of the Rituals of Thelema, Weiser Books, 2003.
DuQuette, Lon Milo: The Key to Solomon's Key: Secrets of Magic and Masonry, Ccc Publishing, 2006.
DuQuette, Lon Milo: & Aleister Crowley, Christopher Hyatt: Aleister Crowley's Illustrated Goetia: Sexual Evocation, New Falcon, 1992.
DuQuette, Lon Milo: & Aleister Crowley, Christopher Hyatt: Enochian World of Aleister Crowley: Enochian Sex Magick, New Falcon, 1991.
DuQuette, Lon Milo: & Christopher Hyatt: Sex Magic, Tantra & Tarot: The Way of the Secret Lover, New Falcon, 1991.
DuQuette, Lon Milo: & Christopher Hyatt: Taboo, New Falcon, 1992.

[edit] Videotapes and DVDs

Lon Milo DuQuette's Enochian Magick - The Art of Angelic Evocation, Hooded Man Productions. 1994.
Qabalah For the Rest of Us, Cydonia, Inc. 2002.
Lon Milo DuQuette Live and Uncensored -- Tarot Kabbalah & Oracles, Cydonia, Inc. 2005.