Happy Thelemic New Year, everyone! It's that time again, for the Office of the Readings.
The Thelemic dates that you may see written online are arrived at by counting the number of 22-year cycles since 1904 to obtain the upper case Roman numeral, and then counting the years of the current cycle starting with zero to get the lower case one. Within each 22-year cycle, many Thelemites ascribe the Major Arcana trumps of the Tarot to the years in order starting with The Fool and ending with The Universe. According to this, the year that we're about to enter into is V:vi, attributed to The Lovers.
This post will remain the top article here for the duration of the Thelemic Holy Days which end on April 10th. The Rite of the Office of the Readings is performed for all of the readings beginning on March 20th. This year we have a modified ritual that we are calling the "Year B" rite and a (slightly) different list of first readings from M. Dionysus Rogers. The second readings are mostly unchanged from previous years.
This is also a weird year in other ways, with the COVID-19 pandemic currently underway. We had originally planned to hold these rites publicly at Leaping Laughter Lodge, our local Twin Cities body of Ordo Templi Orientis, and at Paganicon 2020. But Paganicon has been rescheduled to September and in-person OTO events in the United States are currently on hold.
Therefore, we will be streaming the Office of the Readings instead via Facebook Live. You can like our Leaping Laughter OTO page on Facebook here. We will stream the readings every evening starting around 8 PM until April 10th, but we will leave the videos up once they are created so you don't have to watch them at that exact time.
Rituals
The Invocation of Horus
The Rite of the Office of the Readings - Year B
Readings
March 19
Liber VII, Prologue of the Unborn.
March 20 - Saturn/Earth, The Universe
Liber VII, Cap II.
Liber Libræ.
March 21 - Fire/Spirit, The Aeon
Liber LXV, Cap V.
From "The Four Zoas" by William Blake - "Night the Ninth, Being The Last Judgment"
March 22 - Sol, The Sun
Liber VII, Cap IV.
From "A Mithraic Ritual" Translated by GRS Mead. Cap I, II, and XIII.
March 23 - Pisces, The Moon
Liber VII, Cap VI.
"The Dark Night of the Soul" by San Juan de la Cruz.
March 24 - Aries, The Emperor
Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus.
From the “Tao Te Ching” by Lao Tzu, Cap 37 and 39.
March 25 - Mars, The Tower
Liber VII, Cap I.
From Liber CDXVIII, The 16th Æthyr.
March 26 - Capricornus, The Devil
Liber A'ash.
Relevant to Liber A'ash is my solution to the mystery of the duck.
From Liber CXI, Cap 174-175.
March 27 - Sagittarius, Art
Liber DCCCXIII, Cap I-III.
From “The Vision of the Universal Mercury” by G.H. Frater S.R.M.D.
March 28 - Scorpio, Death
Liber Stellae Rubae.
From Liber CXI, Cap 192-194.
March 29 - Water, The Hanged Man
Liber LXV, Cap III.
"I. N. R. I." by Frater Achad.
March 30 - Libra, Adjustment
Liber LXV, Cap IV.
Selections from “The Spiritual Guide” by San Miguel de Molinos.
March 31 - Jupiter, Fortune
Liber VII, Cap III.
From Liber CDXVIII, The 20th Æthyr.
April 1 - Virgo, The Hermit
Liber VII, Cap V.
"The Emerald Tablet of Hermes" by Hermes Trismegistus.
April 2 - Leo, Lust
Liber LXV, Cap II.
From “The Daughter of Fortitude” Received by Edward Kelly.
April 3 - Cancer, The Chariot
Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni.
"Maha Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra" (The Heart Sutra, Buddhist text. Translation by the Kuan Um School of Zen).
April 4 - Gemini, The Lovers
Liber B vel Magi.
From Liber DCCCXXXVII, The Law of Liberty.
April 5 - Taurus, The Hierophant
Liber LXV, Cap I.
From “On Christ and Antichrist” by Hippolytus, Cap 2.
April 6 - Aquarius, The Star
Liber DCCCXIII, Cap IV-VII.
From “The Thunder, Perfect Mind” (Gnostic text).
April 7 - Venus, The Empress
Liber VII, Cap VII.
From Liber CDXVIII, The 7th Æthyr.
April 8 - Luna, The Priestess
Liber AL, Cap I.
April 9 - Mercury, The Magus
Liber AL, Cap II.
April 10 - Air, The Fool
Liber AL, Cap III.
If you would like to perform this series and have questions, feel free to e-mail me here. All Office of the Readings posts may be viewed here.
The Thelemic dates that you may see written online are arrived at by counting the number of 22-year cycles since 1904 to obtain the upper case Roman numeral, and then counting the years of the current cycle starting with zero to get the lower case one. Within each 22-year cycle, many Thelemites ascribe the Major Arcana trumps of the Tarot to the years in order starting with The Fool and ending with The Universe. According to this, the year that we're about to enter into is V:vi, attributed to The Lovers.
This post will remain the top article here for the duration of the Thelemic Holy Days which end on April 10th. The Rite of the Office of the Readings is performed for all of the readings beginning on March 20th. This year we have a modified ritual that we are calling the "Year B" rite and a (slightly) different list of first readings from M. Dionysus Rogers. The second readings are mostly unchanged from previous years.
This is also a weird year in other ways, with the COVID-19 pandemic currently underway. We had originally planned to hold these rites publicly at Leaping Laughter Lodge, our local Twin Cities body of Ordo Templi Orientis, and at Paganicon 2020. But Paganicon has been rescheduled to September and in-person OTO events in the United States are currently on hold.
Therefore, we will be streaming the Office of the Readings instead via Facebook Live. You can like our Leaping Laughter OTO page on Facebook here. We will stream the readings every evening starting around 8 PM until April 10th, but we will leave the videos up once they are created so you don't have to watch them at that exact time.
Rituals
The Invocation of Horus
The Rite of the Office of the Readings - Year B
Readings
March 19
Liber VII, Prologue of the Unborn.
March 20 - Saturn/Earth, The Universe
Liber VII, Cap II.
Liber Libræ.
March 21 - Fire/Spirit, The Aeon
Liber LXV, Cap V.
From "The Four Zoas" by William Blake - "Night the Ninth, Being The Last Judgment"
March 22 - Sol, The Sun
Liber VII, Cap IV.
From "A Mithraic Ritual" Translated by GRS Mead. Cap I, II, and XIII.
March 23 - Pisces, The Moon
Liber VII, Cap VI.
"The Dark Night of the Soul" by San Juan de la Cruz.
March 24 - Aries, The Emperor
Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus.
From the “Tao Te Ching” by Lao Tzu, Cap 37 and 39.
March 25 - Mars, The Tower
Liber VII, Cap I.
From Liber CDXVIII, The 16th Æthyr.
March 26 - Capricornus, The Devil
Liber A'ash.
Relevant to Liber A'ash is my solution to the mystery of the duck.
From Liber CXI, Cap 174-175.
March 27 - Sagittarius, Art
Liber DCCCXIII, Cap I-III.
From “The Vision of the Universal Mercury” by G.H. Frater S.R.M.D.
March 28 - Scorpio, Death
Liber Stellae Rubae.
From Liber CXI, Cap 192-194.
March 29 - Water, The Hanged Man
Liber LXV, Cap III.
"I. N. R. I." by Frater Achad.
March 30 - Libra, Adjustment
Liber LXV, Cap IV.
Selections from “The Spiritual Guide” by San Miguel de Molinos.
March 31 - Jupiter, Fortune
Liber VII, Cap III.
From Liber CDXVIII, The 20th Æthyr.
April 1 - Virgo, The Hermit
Liber VII, Cap V.
"The Emerald Tablet of Hermes" by Hermes Trismegistus.
April 2 - Leo, Lust
Liber LXV, Cap II.
From “The Daughter of Fortitude” Received by Edward Kelly.
April 3 - Cancer, The Chariot
Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni.
"Maha Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra" (The Heart Sutra, Buddhist text. Translation by the Kuan Um School of Zen).
April 4 - Gemini, The Lovers
Liber B vel Magi.
From Liber DCCCXXXVII, The Law of Liberty.
April 5 - Taurus, The Hierophant
Liber LXV, Cap I.
From “On Christ and Antichrist” by Hippolytus, Cap 2.
April 6 - Aquarius, The Star
Liber DCCCXIII, Cap IV-VII.
From “The Thunder, Perfect Mind” (Gnostic text).
April 7 - Venus, The Empress
Liber VII, Cap VII.
From Liber CDXVIII, The 7th Æthyr.
April 8 - Luna, The Priestess
Liber AL, Cap I.
April 9 - Mercury, The Magus
Liber AL, Cap II.
April 10 - Air, The Fool
Liber AL, Cap III.
If you would like to perform this series and have questions, feel free to e-mail me here. All Office of the Readings posts may be viewed here.
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