Sam Webster

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sam Webster is a writer, Thelemite, Adept of the Golden Dawn, and Bishop Tau Ty of Ecclesia Gnostica Universalis,^[1] as well as an initiate of Wiccan, Buddhist, and Indian Tantric lines. In 2001, he was the subject of Modern Pagans - An Investigation of Contemporary Ritual, a feature article in the acclaimed counter-cultural journal RE/Search. ^[2]

He is a well-known writer in the pagan and occult communities, having had his works published in many topical magazines and journals. Many of his essays on Pagan Dharma and Thelema have also been made available online (see Writings).

Mr. Webster holds a Master of Divinity degree. He was trained at the Meadville/Lombard Theological School at the University of Chicago and the Starr King School for the Ministry at the Graduate Theological Uniion in Berkeley.

He has founded (or cofounded) several occult and pagan organizations, including the Chthonic Auranian Templars of Thelema (1985), and the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn (2002). He currently directs Academy Arkadia, a school of the pagan magickal arts, sponsors the Twilight Gathering, and serves the Pagan community as a priest of Hermes.

Contents 1 Writings 1.1 Pagan Dharma Essays 1.2 Thelemic Essays and Rituals 1.3 Miscellaneous Essays 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Writings

[edit] Pagan Dharma Essays

• Process in the Symbolic Re-Creation of the World, 1992.
• Pagan Dharma, 1997.
• Pagan Dharma 2. 1999.
• Entering the Buddhadharma, 2002.

[edit] Thelemic Essays and Rituals

• Constellation, 1984.
• What's Crowley got to do with Thelema, Anyway?, 1988.
• The Rite of the Milk of the Stars, 1990.
• The House of Khabs, 1991.
• The Star Child, 1991.
• The World as Lover Working, 1993.
• A Thelemic Ganachakra, 2001. (see Ganachakra)

[edit] Miscellaneous Essays

• Abyss and Back, 1988.
• A metaphor is something like a bucket, 1988.
• Rite of Passage Structure in the Japanese Accession Ceremonies, 1992.
• Changing Society through Ritual, 1993.
• What is Polytheism and how I became Polytheistic, 1993.
• The Bones of Sex and Spirit, 1996.
• Why I call Myself Pagan, 1999.
• Ritual, Magick & How Pagans will Save the World, 2004.
• The Pagan Agenda, 2005.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Ecclesia Gnostica Universalis: College of Bishops
2. ^ RE/Search #16: Modern Pagans - An Investigation of Contemporary Ritual, 2001. ISBN 1-889307-10-6

[edit] References

• Free Encyclopedia of Thelema (2006). Sam Webster. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
  • Sam Webster: Initiate of the Mysteries. Retrieved Aug. 1, 2005.
• Vale, V. and John Sulak (2001). Modern Pagans. San Francisco: Re/Search Publications. ISBN 1-889307-10-6

[edit] External links

• Academy Arkadia
• Chthonic Auranian Templars of Thelema
• Ecclesia Gnostica Universalis
• Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn