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Jane Wolfe Diary Entry Saturday, 21 September 1935
The ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS was started in the United States of America by putting on the reception degree of Minerval on the sands some distance out from Playa Del Rey, Calif.
Before leaving for the "desert", Brother Smith [Wilfred Talbot Smith] gave a short talk on the history of the Order, its antiquity, and mentioned some of the Great Ones who had gained their wisdom through Its formulae and gave in return weight and dignity to It. He reminded the candidates of the solemnity of the occasion and pointed them towards the importance of the step they were taking.
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