The Squares of Bedlam
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The Squares of Bedlam is the name given to certain arrangements of letters (consonants) in equal order squares used in AMG ADA. In wider use, the term refers to depictions of the letters in an AMG ADA chant (or key) displayed as a mnemonic in a Temple so that adepts may remember the chant (key) being used in the rite.
The principle set of squares is a "magick square" of the order 7 x 7 which has been known in AMG ADA since the beginning. At some point a set of symbols were created - or adopted - so that depictions of vernacular text within a Temple context could be avoided. These symbols represent the nine consonantal sounds found in AMG ADA chants (keys).
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The Foundation enlisted a circle of about fifteen people and embarked on an ambitious program to develop AMG ADA into a recognized mode of Western magick. Its main strategy was to take AMG ADA to the internet in order to bring it to a wider audience.
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Like other occult organisations, however, it was quickly made dysfunctional through in-fighting and the contest of egos. Taking AMG ADA to the internet also tended to attract characters whose influence was disruptive and unhelpful.
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In 2003 Steve Epworth - a very accomplished occultist, an acknowledged expert on sex magick, and the main inspiration behind the Foundation - tragically died of a drug overdose. Carla Spenning took over for a short while but soon the Foundation's work went into recess and was eventually discontinued.
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The legacy of the Foundation, finally, was to act as a collection point for many diverse strands of information about AMG ADA. It failed to meet nearly all its objectives but it brought together and gave new impetus to the drive to develop the Magica Fraxinus as a viable alternative system of Western sexual magick.
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