Friday, March 17, 2023

Office of the Readings for 2023


Happy Thelemic New Year, everyone! It's that time again, for the Office of the Readings.


Like last year, the Office of the Readings will be presented at Leaping Laughter Lodge, the Minneapolis local body of Ordo Templi Orientis.


This post will remain the top article here for the duration of the Thelemic Holy Days, from March 19th to April 10th.


The Rite of the Office of the Readings is performed for all of the readings beginning on March 20th.


The Prologue of the Unborn on March 19th is presented on its own and followed by silent meditation.


The Invocation of Horus will be performed on the evening of March 20th prior to that day's Office of the Readings.


Rituals


The Invocation of Horus

The Rite of the Office of the Readings


Readings


March 19

Liber VII, Prologue of the Unborn.


March 20 - Saturn/Earth, The Universe


Liber LXV, Cap I.

Liber VII, Cap II.


March 21 - Fire/Spirit, The Aeon


Liber LXV, Cap IV.

From The Four Zoas by William Blake.


March 22 - Sol, The Sun

Liber VII, Cap IV.

From A Mithraic Ritual Translated by GRS Mead.


March 23 - Pisces, The Moon


Liber VII, Cap VI.

From Dark Night of the Soul, Book II, Cap 8 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.

From Liber CXI, Cap 174-175.


March 27 - Sagittarius, Art


Liber DCCCXIII, Cap VII.

From The Vision of the Universal Mercury by G.H. Frater S.R.M.D.


March 28 - Scorpio, Death


From Liber Arcanorum.

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 DCCCXIII, Cap I-V.

Liber Libræ.


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 Stellae Rubeæ.

From The Daughter of Fortitude Received by Sir Edward Kelley.


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 LXV, Cap II.

From Liber DCCCXXXVII, The Law of Liberty.


April 5 - Taurus, The Hierophant


Liber LXV, Cap V.

From On Christ and Antichrist by Hippolytus, Cap 2.


April 6 - Aquarius, The Star


Liber DCCCXIII, Cap VI.

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. Our Office of the Readings series is based on this ritual series by the Companions of Monsalvat.


Monday, March 6, 2023

Via Solis Pisces Elixir Rite - Year Six

Today's Magick Monday post is a full script for the Pisces Elixir Rite that we will be performing tomorrow, March 7th at the Tuesday Ritual Workshop starting around 8 PM CST at the lodge.


0. The Temple


The ritual space is set up with an altar table in the center. The bell chime, banishing dagger, and invoking wand are placed on the altar. In the center of the altar is placed a cup of wine for creating the elixir, within the Table of Art corresponding to Pisces.


The sign Pisces is attributed to the powers of "Bewitchment" and "Casting Illusions." So this is the power that you would call upon to cast classic magical operations such as "glamours" and the like. Spells that act directly on your own mind or those of others would also qualify. And, since magical powers are descriptive, not prescriptive, this can be scaled up to include all sorts of contemporary issues in our society. The Via Solis Elixir Rites were written by Michele Montserrat in 2010 for the Comselh Ananael magical working group.


I. Opening


Officiant inhales fully, placing the banishing dagger at his or her lips. The air is then expelled as the dagger is swept backwards.


Officiant: Bahlasti! Ompehda!


Officiant then performs the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.


Officiant: We take refuge in Nuit, the blue-lidded daughter of sunset, the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night sky, as we issue the call to the awakened nature of all beings, for every man and every woman is a star.


All: MAKAShANaH


Officiant: We take refuge in Hadit, the secret flame that burns in every heart of man and in the core of every star, as we issue the call to our own awakened natures, arousing the coiled serpent about to spring.


All: ABRAHADABRA


Officiant: We take refuge in Heru-Ra-Ha, who wields the wand of double power, the wand of the force of Coph Nia, but whose left hand is empty for he has crushed an universe and naught remains, as we unite our awakened natures with those of all beings everywhere and everywhen, dissolving all obstacles and healing all suffering.


All: AUMGN


Officiant: For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.


All: All is pure and present are and has always been so, for existence is pure joy; all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass and done; but there is that which remains. To this realization we commit ourselves – pure and total presence. So mote it be.


Bell chime.