Fellowship of Ma-Ion
Fellowship of Ma-Ion
Secret magic order founded by "Frater Achad" (Charles Stansfeld Jones ), a close associate and magical child of magician Aleister Crowley. The order was based on interpretations of the Kabalistic Tree of Life and The Book of the Law, the thelemic magic text channeled by Crowley. The Book of the Law announces the new aeon of Horus, the Egyptian deity referred to by Crowley as "the Crowned and Conquering Child." Jones announced the coming of the Ma-Ion or Aeon of Maat, the Egyptian goddess of truth and justice. The Ma-Ion was to succeed the Aeon of Horus, an idea that proved unacceptable to most thelemic magicians. The fellowship as such no longer exists, but its impetus has been carried on by contemporary Maatian magic groups such as the Ordo Adeptorum Invisiblum.
Sources:
Achad, Frater. Anatomy of the Body of God. Chicago: Collegium ad Spiritum Sanctum, 1925.
——. Liber 31. San Francisco: Level Press, 1974.
——. XXXI Hymns to the Star Goddess. Chicago: Will Ransom, 1923. Reprint, Kenilworth, Ill.: Ordo Adeptorum Invisiblum, 1983.
Skia, Persona. O.A.I. Manifesto: Origin, History, Organization. Kenilworth, Ill.: Ordo Adeptorum Invisiblum, 1982.