Saturday's Lunch with Lon

It has been a tradition for the last few NOTOCONs that we have a Lunch with Lon Milo DuQuette on one of the days of the conference.  We will be having a great Middle Eastern Buffet Lunch with our venerated and wise  U.S. Deputy National Grand Master.  The lunch is included in the price of registration for the conference.

The Buffet Menu is as follows:

-Fattouch Salad

-Hummus with Pita Chips

-Vegetable Curry Cous Cous Salad

-Chicken Brochettes with Eggplant and Yellow Squash

-Pasta Tossed with a Warm Olive Oil and Basil Sauce with Sundried Tomatoes and Pecorino Cheese

-Dessert and Beverage

The topic of Brother Lon's talk is as follows: 

“…for there are also of my friends who be hermits.”—The Hermits of the O.T.O.

Lon Milo DuQuette

For most of us, our work in the O.T.O. is focused on the mysteries and activities of the Man of Earth and Lovers triads—degree initiations, Gnostic Masses, and the education and social programs that enhance our mastery and understanding of Thelema. It takes many years to progress through these degrees, and at each step of our initiatory journey we are challenged by serious personal and magical ordeals that try our spiritual integrity, and test our patience and tenacity. In order for us to prevail and advance, our O.T.O. careers oblige us to grow to and evolve! But grow and evolve into what? Ironically, the goal of our years of butting heads with the militantly independent wills of our fellows in the Thelemic community...the goal of laboring to make the great Thelemic experiment work on a societal level...is to become a “Hermit”. Join OTO Hermit, U.S. Deputy Grand Master General Lon Milo DuQuette as he shares his thoughts and unique perspective on what it means to be a Hermit in the OTO. Not tyled.

Lon Milo DuQuette

Lon Milo DuQuette is a distinguished and well-known author of books on magickal practice, Thelema, Qabala, and myriad other subjects. He currently holds the positions of O.T.O. Hermit and U.S. Deputy National Grand Master of the O.T.O.

Detroit Highlights II - The Henry Ford

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, (also known as the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village), is in the Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn, just minutes from our NOTOCON hotel, the Hyatt Regency Dearborn. It is the nation's "largest indoor-outdoor history museum" complex.

Named for its founder, the noted automobile industrialist Henry Ford, and based on his desire to preserve items of historical significance and portray the Industrial Revolution, the property houses a vast array of famous homes, machinery, exhibits, and Americana. The collection contains many rare exhibits including John F. Kennedy's presidential limousine, Abraham Lincoln's chair from Ford's Theatre, R. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House, the Allegheny Steam Locomotive, Thomas Edison's laboratory, the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, the Firestone Farm (still an actual working farm), the Rosa Parks bus, and a huge number of classic cars, industrial and farm equipment, and items from everyday life from our nation's founding to the present.

Henry Ford said of his museum:

“ I am collecting the history of our people as written into things their hands made and used.... When we are through, we shall have reproduced American life as lived, and that, I think, is the best way of preserving at least a part of our history and tradition...”

Having grown up here in Metro Detroit, I have spent many days exploring the Museum and Village. My family went every year to both: once in the summer to the Village and once during the colder months to the Museum. It is truly a gem!

The complex is only minutes away, by car, from the Hyatt, our NOTOCON VIII hotel.

Museum hours are 9:30 AM - 5 PM, 7 days a week and admission is currently:
Adult: $15.00
Senior (62+): $14.00
Youth (5-12): $11.00
Children under 5: Free

Village hours are also 9:30 AM - 5 PM, 7 days a week. Admission for the Village is currently:
Adult: $22.00
Senior (62+): $21.00
Youth (5-12): $16.00
Children under 5: Free
Unlimited Daily Ride Pass* $10.00
* Children < 5 free

It is actually hard to see everything in either the Museum OR the Village in one day, so if you want to see everything, plan on spending two full days. Our special $99 rate at the Hyatt goes for a couple of days before and after the actual dates of NOTOCON proper, so take advantage and see this wonder of American hisory.

Visit http://www.thehenryford.org/ for more information.

Love is the law, love under will.

Speakers and Presentations Pages Now Up

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

The Speakers and Presentations pages are now up and active on the NOTOCON VIII website. Please visit http://viii.notocon.org/speakers.html for the Speakers page and http://viii.notocon.org/presentation.html for the Presentations page.

Love is the law, love under will.