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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:vii, attributed to The Chariot.
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. We will be switching to a "Year A" ritual this year, which is the ritual we performed up until the "Year B" ritual we did last year last year with a few modifications. The first readings are according to an arrangement by M. Dionysus Rogers. The second readings are from the Office of the Readings by the Companions of Monsalvat with some switches and substitutions we have made over the years.
Like last year, we will be streaming the Office of the Readings this year, mostly via Facebook Live. You can find these virtual events on our Leaping Laughter OTO page on Facebook here. We will stream the readings every evening starting around 8 PM from tomorrow evening through April 10th, but barring any technical issues and/or difficulties, we will leave the videos up once they are created so you don't have to watch them at that exact time.
Rituals
The Rite of the Office of the Readings - Year A
Readings
March 19
Liber VII, Prologue of the Unborn.
March 20 - Saturn/Earth, The Universe
March 21 - Fire/Spirit, The Aeon
From "The Four Zoas" by William Blake - "Night the Ninth, Being The Last Judgment"
March 22 - Sol, The Sun
From "A Mithraic Ritual" Translated by GRS Mead. Cap I, II, and XIII.
March 23 - Pisces, The Moon
"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
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
From Liber CXI, Cap 192-194.
March 29 - Water, The Hanged Man
"I. N. R. I." by Frater Achad.
March 30 - Libra, Adjustment
Selections from “The Spiritual Guide” by San Miguel de Molinos.
March 31 - Jupiter, Fortune
From Liber CDXVIII, The 20th Æthyr.
April 1 - Virgo, The Hermit
"The Emerald Tablet of Hermes" by Hermes Trismegistus.
April 2 - Leo, Lust
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
From Liber DCCCXXXVII, The Law of Liberty.
April 5 - Taurus, The Hierophant
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
From Liber CDXVIII, The 7th Æthyr.
April 8 - Luna, The Priestess
April 9 - Mercury, The Magus
April 10 - Air, The Fool
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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