William Breeze was born in Paris, France on 12 August 1955. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) As part of his musical training he is believed to have studied one term at Harvard University in the 1970s. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. He is a musician who plays electric viola, mandolin, guitar, bass and electronics. Breeze is also the current international leader of Ordo Templi Orientis under the name Hymenaeus Beta, under which name he is an editor of occult works. Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO ( Order of the Temple of the East, or the Order of Oriental Templars) is an international fraternal and Religious
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Breeze was a member of Coil from 1997 through 2004, playing electric viola. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Breeze is currently a member of the band Current 93. Current 93 are an eclectic British Experimental music group working since the early 1980s in folk -based musical forms
Breeze has also played with Psychic TV and appears on Thee Fractured Garden (1995), Cold Blue Torch (1995), Trip Reset (1996) and Spatial Memory (1996) and is mostly credited as playing viola and viola synthesizer. Psychic TV (sometimes spelled Psychick TV) or PTV, is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic punk electronic and experimental music Cold Blue Torch is an album by Psychic TV. Trip Reset is a 1996 album credited to Genesis P-Orridge and Psychic TV featuring The Angels of Light.
Breeze has been involved in the occult since the 1970s. The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden" He was involved in the publishing of Aleister Crowley's Magical and Philosophical Commentaries on the Book of the Law (edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant; 93 Publishing, 1974) and was a student of Marcelo Ramos Motta, who described him as "an ex-Probationer who failed to keep his Oath and perform his Task and was cut contact with as a result. Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (ˈkroʊli (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947 was a British Occultist Writer, mountaineer John Symonds (b March 12 1914, Battersea, London - d October 21 2006) was an English novelist biographer playwright Kenneth Grant (born 1924 is a British Occultist and head of the Magical order which he calls Ordo Templi Orientis but which is commonly referred to as Marcelo Ramos Motta ( June 27, 1931 – August 26, 1987) was a Thelemic writer in Brazil, member of A∴A∴. "[1] In 1978, Breeze was initiated into the Minerval degree of the Ordo Templi Orientis. Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO ( Order of the Temple of the East, or the Order of Oriental Templars) is an international fraternal and Religious During the next few years, he advanced through the Man of Earth degrees of O. T. O. , taking his IV° & P. I. at Tahuti Lodge in New York City in January of 1985. The City of New York Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)
Following the death of Caliph Hymenaeus Alpha (Grady McMurtry), Breeze was elected as the new Caliph of the Ordo Templi Orientis in a special election by all the active IX° members of O. Grady Louis McMurtry ( October 18, 1918 – July 12, 1985) was a student of Aleister Crowley and an adherent of Thelema. Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO ( Order of the Temple of the East, or the Order of Oriental Templars) is an international fraternal and Religious T. O. He assumed the name Hymenaeus Beta. His role as official OHO has yet to be granted to him, as the necessary requirements for such recognition have not yet been met. As such, he should be described as acting OHO of Ordo Templi Orientis.
Breeze is well-known in the occult community (under his pseudonym Hymenaeus Beta) as the editor of several of the works of Aleister Crowley. Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (ˈkroʊli (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947 was a British Occultist Writer, mountaineer
The works he has edited include:
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| NAME | Breeze, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beta, Hymenaeus (pseudonym) |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Musician; Caliph of Ordo Templi Orientis |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12 August 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris, France |
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