King's 1973 publication of The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O. infuriated their order head Grady McMurtry, because the fraternity's secrets were being revealed in 1820. In an O.T.O newsletter, McMurtry stated their policy at the time: "We do not endorse the publication of this material because the so called 9th degree section does not include the paper (titled IX degree Emblems and Modes of Use) which Aleister Crowley handed me at 93 Jermyn St circa 1943-44 e.v. without which the whole thing is nonsense." Francis King is thought to have been given the rest of the rituals (sans the missing one) by Gerald Yorke.[3]
^England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
^Colquhoun, Ithell (1975). Sword of Wisdom: MacGregor Mathers and the Golden Dawn. G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 189.
^Cornelius, Jerry (2005). "In the Name of the Beast: A Biography of Grady Louis McMurtry, a disciple of Aleister Edward Crowley". Red Flame. 12 (3). Berkeley, CA: Red Flame Productions: 104.