As the JAMS’ and KLF’s oeuvres progressed, aspects of Mu and Atlantis were synthesised by Cauty and Drummond with elements of other actual and fictional islands. The latter identity was derived from Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson’s Illuminatus trilogy of novels in which the aforementioned “ancients” were a secret brotherhood involved in combatting the rival Illuminati, who originated in Atlantis. Key to their mythological project was their association with the fictional lost island-continent of Mu (with the band name JAMs being an abbreviation for ‘Justified Ancients of Mu Mu’). The JAMs and The KLF, two overlapping popular music ensembles led by British multi-media performers Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond, were notable for both the success they had with a batch of singles in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the complex mythology they constructed and celebrated in song lyrics, music videos, press releases and short films. In fact there are many revelations of this sort to be found.Shima: the international journal of research into island cultures, 2016, 10 (2), pp. It's also a great place to see what liberties have been taken with the degrees by the AASR-SJ, such as the non-nonsensical combination of the 9th and 10th Degree into one, or the watering-down of the Rose Croix degree to pander to the politically correct. This is pretty much the only place where you can get published versions of what are, essentially, the degrees performed by the AASR-SJ today. The lectures in "The Magnum Opus" are very similar to their final form in the later work. The lectures, which are not part of the degree ceremonies, were later separated, edited, and published as the famous (or infamous, depending on who is misquoting it) "Morals and Dogma".
That said, it is a very complete and essential study document to understand the Scottish Rite degrees of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States. The work was not accepted, and additional editing was done before the degrees were accepted. The lectures, which are not part of the degree ceremonies, were later separated, edited, and published as the famous (or infamous, depe The Magnum Opus was the first edition of Scottish Rite degrees that Pike submitted for approval to the Supreme Council.
The Magnum Opus was the first edition of Scottish Rite degrees that Pike submitted for approval to the Supreme Council.
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