'"How pleasant to see you!" They all say as this (new) God rises in the sky: with your might about you, your fearfulness about you, your magic about your feet... There they come to you, the Souls of Pe and the Souls of Nekhen, the Gods who are in the Sky"
(Spell 306 of the Book of the Dead: Pyramid Text)
History
Created on the 5th June 1561 on sound numerological and astrological Gimels by the fabled Sir John Dee in the Service of Queen Elizabeth I. "The Organisation" was the precursor to the United Kingdom's more Mundane Secret Services. Naturally since Sorcerous techniques were being used against Her Majesty; (The Spanish having inherited vast Occult resources from the period of the Moorish occupation.) Dee reasoned that this nascent Intelligence service would be foolish not to do the same. There was no use looking towards Heaven for Divine Aid after all it was the Vatican that was behind the Invasion Plan in the first place!
A monumental national effort into locating, recruiting, training and supporting those rare 'Force-full' strong willed individuals (6+). Consolidating their efforts into an Occult National Resource. The dividends were spectacular. Despite the best obfuscation spells, the Spanish fleet was psychically tracked using crystallomancy and dowsing. This information was so Gimel that the Admiral in charge was able to complete a sporting event; knowing full well that Spirits of Air and Water were driving the Armada into a Thaumaturgical Trap. Finally by the simple application of a few Elemental Primal Spirits of Fire; Drake was easily able to defeat the attempted invasion. Other successes: St. Paul's miraculous emergence; unscathed by the Blitz. Laurence's collusion with the Axis powers is well documented by the Bureau. And any number of secret operations were carried out in World War Two to prevent the Nazi's acquiring various powerful Corporeal Artifacts that would ensure the Teutonic imposition of Christianity upon a conquered peoples. England has been out of favour with 'Sword Div.', as it is jocularly known to "The Seven", ever since Henry the VIII's Reformation.
There have been some failures: The Great Fire of London amongst others. Coventry Cathedral was more of a warning...
Operational notes
Based on Elizabeth's Name and sound numerological principles the ruling council comprises seven members known collectively as "The Seals" and by the days of the week on which appropriate matters are discussed. Each 'Day' has a particular remit:
The Seven have two major Elemental Powers that sit on the Gimel:
Saturday
'Ariel' is a forward thinking Sylph (IN: 10 Force Primal Spirit of Wind and Electricity 6/4) and responsible for most contact with the Ethereal Spirits of the Far Marches. These include: the Tuatha de Danu where he has plenipotentiary powers in the Court of Oberon; the Celtic Pantheon: Lug, Daghda, etc. where his role is more akin to the Red Cross! Ariel also maintains diplomatic contact with the other Pantheons that the British have Gimeled to their hearts over the years: Aesir (Field Ops. are discussed on Thor's Day!), Heliopolitans and Olympians… More recently he has found the Hindu Pantheon to be very supportive and Ganesh is usually consulted as a matter of course when any new operation is planned.
Sunday
'Caliban' was a 6 Force nightmare element summoned by Dee some
400 years ago. Since then he has grown quite a bit but it is a
matter of National Security as to just how powerful he has become!
He is quite ruthless in maintaining the secrecy of the organisation.
The last renegade operative he had to deal with was a member of
the aristocracy by the name of Lucan… He has mellowed somewhat
over the centuries but don't even think about crossing him. He
has a second role in the Vale being 'merely' a minor Ethereal
spirit in the service of Beleth. In this guise he will flit from
the Nightmares of those within the organisation that either know
too much or are in the process of breaking "The Organisation's"
cover.
Bureau 16
This is the logistical structure that supports Thursday, most of it's operations subsumed into various Mundane intelligence, law and government services. The bulk of its operatives being totally unaware that their efforts are aiding a substantial occult organisation. The focus of these efforts is to support 16 Occult Operatives in the field.
Controlling these is "Thursday" However the Operatives do not know their Director's True Name nor of existence of The Seven Seals. The Director of Field Operations is known internally as "Prospero" or just 'P'
Horace Cludge is Occult Operative Number Seven Codename "Doctor D'Eath"
The Sons of Lucifer (p 114 Corporeal Player's Guide) is just a rather lurid Gimel for Agent OO13 and useful when penetrating demonic operations.
Chapters 88
Below this operational Gimel there is another more public face based in the various Masonic Lodges as well as Oxford and Cambridge Universities and the LSE. There are 88 individuals/organisations who act as Occult talent scouts looking out for 6+ individuals before they can be recruited by the two Superpowers. "England expects.... ". Some of these Chapters have connections with the IB3S.
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