In the Tantras, the Trikona is the sign of Shakti. A red triangle with one point down is also the special sign of Horus. As such, the fig is an appropriate symbol of Babalon, Binah or Shakti. Based on the attributions of traditional European palmistry, the thumb, index and medius are attributed to Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, respectively. Based on Golden Dawn elemental attributions, thumb, index and medius correspond to Spirit, Water and Earth, respectively.
Taking these two systems together, the elemental symbolism of this gesture is Spirit between Water, Earth, Air and Fire; i. Spirit in the midst of all four elements: the pentagram. It is less disruptive to the flow of the ritual if the Children wait to replace their weapons until the Priest has kissed the Book of the Law, and has knelt in adoration.
During the course of the Gnostic Mass, the priest and priestess are called upon to kiss various ceremonial objects, and each other. A kiss is, first and foremost, a gesture of love and unity. It is also a gesture of sealing or possession, of indicating the establishment of an intimate personal link which will persist even after physical contact has ended. It is also a gesture of greeting and reception, and can, therefore, be used to indicate acceptance of an offering.
Ptah, the ancient Creator God of Memphis. The Lance is held upright with both hands, right above left. These circumambulations are Deosil, as this is a solar ritual. In the Roman Catholic Church, genuflection is a gesture both of adoration and of humble supplication.
In the Thelemic E. In the Hindu System, the joining of the hands palm to palm is known as the Anjali Mudra. This mudra is part of the standard form of salutation, usually coupled with the utterance of the word Namaste. It is customarily made at the level of the breast when saluting a friend or a peer; at the level of the brow when saluting a teacher, elder or other venerable personage; and raised above the head when saluting a Deity.
The most straightforward interrpretation of the rubric would be that each individual joins hands above his or her own head, which is the gesture interpreted above.
In some areas, however, local custom has the members of the congregation joining hands with each other over the level of their heads. To be consistent with the language of the rubric, this practice requires the participation of the Deacon and the children from their place between the font and the small altar.
As the script states later, the Priestess may resume her robe or her inner, white robe , if necessary, before the Veil is again opened. If possible, the Priestesses should stand to deliver her oration, in keeping with the injunction of AL I The Rituals of the Elements are rites intended to generate particular forms of energy according to the nature, will and magical formula of each of the five elements: Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and Spirit.
Four of these may be elaborated as the Feasts of the Times, held at the equinoxes and solstices of each solar year, when the sun enters into each of the four cardinal signs of the tropical zodiac attributed to the four elements of Fire Aries — March equinox , Water Cancer — June solstice , Air Libra — September equinox and Earth Capricorn — December solstice. They were married in a civil ceremony at Dingwall on August 12, , although the wedding was not properly recorded until several days later.
Rose later played an important role in the events surrounding the reception of The Book of the Law. It is to be observed on April 8, 9 and 10 of each year, beginning at high noon on each day. Crowley actually began the invocation ceremony around PM on Saturday, March 19, , and completed it just after midnight. The result of the invocation came during the early morning hours of Sunday, March 20, the day before the March equinox, as the announcement that the Equinox of the Gods was immanent.
Interestingly, there are exactly 22 days between the Feast for the Supreme Ritual and the final day of the Feast for the Three Days of the Writing of the Book of the Law. It is celebrated within the A:. The Priest may at this point, with good effect, trace a Cross before the Veil, then form a Cross with his body, as in the Sign of Light or first sign of L. May he be praised! The one great of Power! The Spirit great of Dignity, who places fear of himself among the gods!
Unity uttermost showed! Some circumstances may require that the Priestess resume her robe, but nobody has the right to insist to her that she leave it off. It is an exclamation of either joy or sorrow, and was one of the cries used to invoke Dionysus. Abrasax is the name given to a composite solar divinity who was depicted in a number of talismans dating from the 1st — 3rd centuries e.
Abrasax was formerly, and erroneously, believed to have been the invention of Basilides; but was used by some Gnostics as an alternate name of the Demiurge. The number corresponded to the number of days in the solar year, and thus contributed to the solar symbolism of the name. Pan was the Arkadian god of flocks and shepherds, of trees, forests and wildlife, of the hot noonday stillness, and of freedom and fertility.
Mighty One, Oh! Deathless One, Oh! Invincible lit. Clearly, the Priestess must have her knees fairly close together to allow the Priest to do this. To intone is to recite in a singing or chanting voice. Our collects are eleven such short prayers see previous comments on the number eleven. All eleven are traditionally read or recited at each Mass. The Collects are an essential part of Liber XV, and there is nothing in Liber XV that would indicate that they are in any way optional.
The Sun is a concrete, natural symbol of God; partakes of many of the traditional attributes of God; and is in fact identical with God from one point of view. The earth, which includes all tangible things, including our own bodies, is composed of the same substance as the Sun. Annual and diurnal motion refers to seasonal and daily rhythms. Effulgence means glory, splendour, and power.
Let the Sun be an example to us. Their differences depend on different aspects of the Solar Current, which embraces the concepts of sovereignty; the power of life, death and resurrection; immortality; constancy within periodicity; and civilization.
As the Sun is visible and sensible, the Lord Hadit is not. Kether is hidden behind Tiphareth. The Sun shines down upon all of us, the Lord shines forth from within each of us. The Ninth Sephirah is Yesod, attributed to the Moon. The Moon governs other nightly activities as well. The Moon has long provided an agricultural clock relied upon by farmers, and governs the tides, which are, of course, of interest to seafarers; and which are reflected in the feminine Mystery of the Tides of Blood.
The Feminine is classically receptive, but practically creative. The office of gladness, of the joy of incarnation, is active, not passive. This Collect proclaims our historical current throughout its various phases.
The italicized names represent the main thread of the current. These men were the keepers of the sacred flame, whether they knew it or desired it or not. In a personal sense, this collect represents the acknowledgment of our own magical currents, our own past lives, ancestors, teachers and heroes.
The brief portraits contained in the linked files are presented as an introduction to the lives, personalities and works of the saints of the Gnostic Catholic Church. They are not intended as detailed biographies. Some of the saints are too obscure to provide us with more than brief speculative sketches, and the biographies of others such as Paracelsus , Bacon , Goethe , Wagner , Nietzsche , Gauguin , Burton and Crowley occupy volumes.
The emphasis herein has been placed on the significance of each saint to the transmission and development of the Thelemic Gnosis: the significance of some saints is a result of their works; of others, their life stories. In all cases, a list of the references used to prepare these portraits has been furnished for those who wish to investigate the saints more fully. Sainthood, in the context of Thelema, should not be confused with common notions or conventional western theological conceptions regarding sainthood.
In Liber Astarte, Crowley gives an implicit definition of a Saint as one who has perfected his or her devotion to his or her deity. This definition is a somewhat broader one than that set forth in The Vision and the Voice. Thus, while the list begins with a roster of the Magi, similar to the lists provided in The Book of Lies, Liber Aleph, and The Heart of the Master, it continues with a list of solar-phallic gods and mythical heroes, followed by a list of poets, Gnostics, figures from the Grail mythos, medieval conquerors, reformers and opponents of Papal oppression, Alchemists, Mystics, Magicians and Rosicrucians, and those associated with the founding of the O.
The list contains 22 italicized names, and excluding the recently-added William Blake 70 names total. The reason for this is not certain, though it has been the topic of considerable speculation. There is some evidence that O. Some believe that the invocation of the Saints of Liber XV was intended to inform the office of the Priest in his role as a male adorant of the Priestess in her role as Goddess incarnate. With regard to the list of Saints, he said,.
This Collect may be viewed as the feminine counterpart to the masculine Saints. Mother Earth is the source of life, on whose surface cling the oceans and the atmosphere, and whose molten center radiates heat from within, as the Sun radiates heat and light from above. Pastors are shepherds, and husbandmen are animal-tenders. This is the last of the seven Universal Collects.
When taken in context with the symbolic correspondences between the following Collects and the O. The seven planets. The twelve signs of the zodiac are combinations of the three principles and the four elements, the ten Sephiroth are the seven planets added to the three Principles— in fact, all thirty-two paths are constituted by the Three, the Four, and the Seven.
This is the first of the four Occasional Collects. This Collect refers to unions between one person and another, but also to other unions, such as with an action, a desire, or an idea. The tenth and eleventh Collects are adaptations of a passage from the Golden Dawn Requiem ceremony:.
And unto him, from whose mortal eyes the veil of physical life hath fallen, grant that there may be the accomplishment of his True Will.
Should he will absorption in the Infinite, or to be united with his chosen and preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve the labour and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another or in any star, or aught else, unto him may there be granted the accomplishment of his true will. This may be done by making the first three crosses in a vertical plane above both the paten and cup, and the final two crosses in a horizontal plane above the paten and cup, respectively.
The crosses and other actions performed at the Altar can be difficult for the people to see. The Priest and Priestess should endeavor to make their gestures in such a way that at least part of the congregation will be able to follow their actions.
When the Host is being handled after it has been consecrated, it has been my personal practice for many years to hold the Paten beneath it in order to catch any consecrated crumbs which may fall. However, many follow the rubric exactly as stated. The identical instruction is given again shortly, without the priest having had any opportunity to relinquish the Cup. The Host must be held directly above the Cup.
According to Forlong, the Mass should be celebrated in the morning hours, and, ideally, the elevation of the host should be timed to occur precisely at mid-day. The rubric does not specify who strikes the bell, but common practice has the Deacon striking it; even though the Deacon is typically holding the Lance at this point.
It was published in , the year of its writing, in the Equinox, Vol. I, No. The Priestess will henceforth be able to hold the Lance for the Priest as needed. Frater H. Grand Lodge of O. The sheet music is available as a PDF file here. Prometheus is said to have brought fire to mankind, having stolen it from the Sun and brought it to Earth in a hollow reed.
The wine is that of Bacchus, the Holy Spirit of Ecstasy. It is both the process of incarnation and of illumination. This word is unique to Thelema. This shaking giveth the Peace of Satiate Lust.
Immortality jetteth from my skull, And music from my vulva. Immortality jetteth from my vulva also, For my Whoredom is a sweet scent like a seven-stringed instrument, Played unto God the Invisible, the all-ruler, That goeth along giving the shrill scream of orgasm.
This gesture is used in the Roman Catholic Church to signify either grief, penitence or fellowship. It is given in threes when it accompanies the following passages in the Roman Catholic Mass:. To us also, thy sinful servants, who put our trust in thy countless acts of mercy, deign to grant some share and fellowship with thy holy apostles and martyrs: with John, Stephen, etc.
As a gesture of grief, it symbolizes pain in the heart; as a gesture of penitence, it symbolizes self-denial; as a gesture of fellowship it symbolizes the bond of brotherly love. Of these three traditional interpretations, only the symbolism of fellowship is pertinent when this gesture is used in the Gnostic Mass. In the Gnostic Mass, striking the breast occurs in two instances.
In the first instance, the Priest strikes his breast, once— just before addressing the Saints— whose Essence has already been invoked by the Deacon. In this instance, striking the breast symbolizes fidelity and fellowship with the Saints. The symbolism of fidelity and fellowship is reinforced and extended when all present repeat the gesture, encompassing the entire congregation in the fellowship of Saints. In the second instance, the Priest strikes his breast, evidently thrice, while invoking the Lion and Serpent prior to communion.
This time, the people of the congregation do not repeat the gesture. In this instance, the striking of the breast does not symbolize fidelity and fellowship; neither does it symbolize grief or penitence or self-denial, as it does in the Roman Catholic Mass. In the Roman Catholic Mass, striking of the breast is always performed by gently tapping the breastbone with the tips of the fingers of the right hand, as a gesture of self-denial and humble supplication.
Personally, I give myself a solid, audible thump with my right fist for the Saints, and with both fists together, simultaneously, for the Lion and Serpent. The Epiklesis, also spelled Epiclesis which is found in the Orthodox liturgy but is absent from the Roman Catholic liturgy, is an invocation of the Holy Spirit over the Elements and the Congregation.
It begins with these words:. The Elements being conjoined within the Cup, the Lion andSerpent are called to manifest therein. The Lion is Meithras , the Serpent is Abrasax.
The Destroyer is that which imposes limitations. That which destroys the Destroyer is Babalon, ecstasy of experience. It was obtained originally from a line from Chapter 42 on plate 32 of the Egyptian Book of the Dead,.
See you not how even our dreams, our wishes, all that we are, dates back to hidden ancestor-work? Only the Freudians go not far enough; the glowing seed that made my mind so brilliant had its origin in the Father of all brilliance, Our Lord the Sun.
We neither think, nor feel, nor perceive, nor are, any other thing than that all-bounteous, all-beautiful One, that Lord in his splendour and his ecstasy that cometh and goeth in his chariot upon high, giving light and praise, yet neither moveth nor uttereth any Voice! For there is nothing in the Universe that is not of that Unity — rejoice! All paths are spectra, in the prism of consciousness, of that One Light….
The rubric does not call for any response to this declaration from the People. Therefore, each communicant should be provided with his or her own individual goblet of wine.
The individual goblets of wine may be poured in advance, or at the time of communion, from any appropriate vessel. However, the rubric is clear. Furthermore, the Cakes of Light and the wine received by the People remain, despite such efforts, fundamentally different from those consumed by the Priest. This is forbidden knowledge—forbidden by the Church because it could lead to the enlightenment and empowerment of those who heard it and applied it in their lives.
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These intimate evening Eucharistic services are conducted by Gnostic clergy. This service lasts approximately one hour. Sunday services are conducted by Most Rev.
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