Jamie Coen

Jamey Coen (Soror Mahadevi) is an Ordained Priestess of the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, the Ecclesiastical branch of the Ordo Templi Orientis, and an Initiate of the OTO since 2006. Since 2008, she has performed dozens of Masses all over the Midwest. She is also a Chartered Initiator on the OTO, and a practitioner of Ceremonial magick, Shamanism and witchcraft. She is a Licensed Massage therapist, a Bellydancer and a fire performer. Originally from Detroit, Michigan, she now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, Jason Lee (Frater Apallon), also an initiate of OTO and Priest of EGC.

The Gnostic Mass

The Gnostic Mass, or Liber XV, was composed by Aleister Crowley in 1913 after seeing an Eastern Orthodox Mass in Moscow, Russia. It is often described as the central public and private ritual of the Ordo Templi Orientis. Even though the mass may be somewhat similar in structure to a traditional mass, it diverges greatly as a celebration of the principles of Thelema. Liber XV is performed with five officers including the Priest, Priestess, Deacon and the children (not actual children but adults robed in black and white), who play a role similar to acolytes. The focus of the rite is the blessing and consumption of the Host, the means by which participants may access the divine.