stackyFACTSForget the Great British Baking Show, early twentieth-century occultists had their own highly unsanitary version of a technical challenge.
Forget the Great British Baking Show, early twentieth-century occultists had their own highly unsanitary version of a technical challenge. The secretive Ordo Templi Orientis utilized 'Cakes of Light' in their mystical ceremonies. According to Aleister Crowley's recipe, these cookies required honey, oil, wine, and a dash of fresh blood or semen. It was meant to symbolize consuming divine energy, but mostly it just symbolized a massive violation of basic food safety laws.
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