28 Facts About William Breeze

Son of a US Army serviceman, he was born in Paris, France, where his father, Colonel William Breeze, was on a tour of duty.

In late 1970s, William Breeze helped to publish Aleister Crowley's Magical and Philosophical Commentaries on The Book of the Law; William Breeze was co-owner of the publishing company, 93 Publishing.

In 1979, when William Breeze was 24 years old, he met Grady McMurtry.

In 1983 William Breeze founded Phoenix lodge in Montreal becoming a Master of it.

In that year, William Breeze succeeded McMurtry as Acting Outer Head of OTO, after all active IX-degree members met in order to elect McMurtry's successor.

William Breeze was nominated by Helen Parsons Smith, a widow of Wilfred Talbot Smith, who was a founder of Agape Lodge.

In 1986 William Breeze succeeded McMurtry as the Patriarch of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, the liturgical arm of OT.

In 1986, William Breeze co-joined the separate Gnostic Catholic Church with OTO.

On October 10,2014, William Breeze was unanimously re-elected de jure Outer Head of the Order by a council of Grand Masters.

William Breeze did the design and editorial work, and James Wasserman handled typesetting and the layout, production and proofreading.

The 1996 edition of The Law is for All edited by William Breeze is based upon the original manuscript of Louis Wilkinson and has an introduction by the material's original editor.

In May 2013 William Breeze made available his own researches, undertaken for the definitive edition of Liber Legis.

III, No 10, edited by William Breeze, went to press, featuring the core OT.

William Breeze wrote an extensive introduction and showcased a group of contemporary Thelemic poets and artists, along with a section on Kenneth Anger's films.

Under William Breeze, OTO's publishing efforts have undergone a process of standardisation, and many previously unpublished works have been made available through William Breeze's meticulous editorial efforts.

In 1990 William Breeze undertook research for the definitive edition of Crowley's Confessions, becoming the biography's co-editor.

In 1991 William Breeze published an edition of Liber Aleph vel CXI: The Book of Wisdom or Folly, which was a reissue of 1962 edition published by Thelema Publishing Co.

William Breeze was the sister of Scientology founder's wife Sara Northrup Hollister.

William Breeze first came in contact with her when he worked with Peter Macfarlane who ran 93 Publishing, a small publishing company in Canada where Smith's deceased second husband used to live.

Parsons Smith asked for William Breeze's help and assistance with publishing of some of Crowley's limited edition works which she was gifted during her membership of Agape Lodge and her marriage to Jack Parsons.

William Breeze became good friends with Breeze and was later instrumental in Outer Head of The Order elections, nominating Breeze as the candidate to head the Order after passing of Grady McMurtry.

On February 10,2015, William Breeze chaired a panel discussion dedicated to Cameron and her work, which was held at Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

In 1980s William Breeze together with Marjorie Cameron acted as co-editor of a compilation of essays authored by Jack Parsons' who was a rocket scientist and founding member of Agape Lodge.

In 2008 William Breeze acted as editor of Jack Parsons' Three Essays on Freedom published by Teitan Press.

William Breeze has played with Psychic TV and appears on the recordings Thee Fractured Garden, Cold Blue Torch, Trip Reset and Spatial Memory and is mostly credited as playing viola and viola synthesizer.

William Breeze was a member of Coil as an electric viola player from 1997 through 2000.

William Breeze has appeared live as a member of Current 93, an experimental music group founded by David Tibet.

William Breeze made a significant contribution to enhancing religious freedom internationally through various means such as creation of public and private spaces for positive inter-faith exchanges.