Reading Supplement for March 26

March 26 - A'ayin (Capricornus, The Devil)

Reading I: Liber A'ash

Officiant: Who worshippeth me must worship me with many rites.
All: Come, O my God, and let us embrace!
Officiant: There is no act or passion that shall not be a hymn in mine honour.
All: Come, O my God, and let us embrace!

Reading II: From Liber CXI, Cap 174-175

Officiant: They that walk upon their hands shall build the holy place.
All: For they shall be filled with the vigour of the goat.
Officiant: Blessed are they who have turned the Eye of Hoor unto the zenith,
All: For they shall be filled with the vigour of the goat.

Reading Supplement for March 25

March 25 - Peh (Mars, The Tower)

Reading I: Liber VII, Cap I

Officiant: Violent and vivid smote the levin flash. Once the tower rocked and cracked beneath its lash, caught inextinguishable fire; was ash.
All: Ascend in the flame of the pyre, O my soul!
Officiant: Up! The ruddy clouds hang over thee! It is the storm. There is a flaming gash in the sky.
All: Ascend in the flame of the pyre, O my soul!

Reading II: From Liber CDXVIII, The 16th Æthyr

Officiant: And every mystery that hath not been revealed from the foundation of the world he shall reveal unto his chosen.
All: And the spirit of prophecy shall come upon me
Officiant: The angels shall come unto them and walk with them, and the great gods of heaven shall be their guests.
All: And the spirit of prophecy shall come upon me.

Reading Supplement for March 24

March 24 - Tzaddi (Aries, The Emperor)

Reading I: Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus.

Officiant: With courage conquering fear shall ye approach me: ye shall lay down your heads upon mine altar, expecting the sweep of the sword.
All: My blood shall stain Thy fiery feet with litanies of Love in Anguish.
Officiant: But the first kiss of love shall be radiant on your lips; and all my darkness and terror shall turn to light and joy.
All: My blood shall stain Thy fiery feet with litanies of Love in Anguish.

Reading II: From the “Tao Te Ching” by Lao Tzu, Cap 37 and 39.

Officiant: The law shall give light to every one that hath it in his heart,
All: and by that wisdom let him govern himself.
Officiant: What is Happiness but the Issue of the Harmony of our Consciousness with our Truth, and the Conformity of Will with Action?
All: And by that wisdom let him govern himself.

Reading Supplement for March 23

March 23 – Qoph (Pisces, The Moon)

Reading I: Liber VII, Cap VI.

Officiant: The night falls like a spangled cloak from the shoulders of a prince upon a slave.
All: He rises a free man!
Officiant: And at last I smite myself into him as a vision smiteth into a stone, and whom I call must follow.
All: He rises a free man!

Reading II: "The Dark Night of the Soul" by San Juan de la Cruz.

Officiant: The Body of Man is but his Shadow; it cometh and goeth even as the Tides of the Ocean.
All: He only is in Darkness who is hidden by that shadow from the Light of His True Self.
Officiant: For thy Changes are not Phases of Thee, but of the Phantoms which thou mistakest for thy Self.
All: He only is in Darkness who is hidden by that shadow from the Light of His True Self.

Reading Supplement for March 22

March 22 - Resh (Sun, The Sun)

Reading I: Liber VII, Cap IV

Officiant: Blow, all ye trumpets, for the Angel will loose his hands from the mouth of the lion.
All: And his roaring shall enkindle the worlds.
Officiant: Then was the countenance of time darkened, and the true light shone forth.
All: And his roaring shall enkindle the worlds.

Reading II: From "A Mithraic Ritual" translated by GRS Mead. Cap I, II, and XIII.

Officiant: Hail Lord, thou Master of the Water!
All: I pass away in being made Great, and, having been made Great, I die.
Officiant: Hail! Founder of the Earth! Hail, Prince of Breath!
All: I pass away in being made Great, and, having been made Great, I die.

Reading Supplement for March 21

March 21 – Shin (Fire/Spirit, The Aeon)

Reading I: Liber LXV, Cap V

Officiant: And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne in his father's house.
All: Yet the music of my spears shall be a song of freedom.
Officiant: In that day, saith the Lord of Hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall.
All: Yet the music of my spears shall be a song of freedom.

Reading II: St. William Blake -- from The Four Zoas, "Night the Ninth, Being the Last Judgment."

Officiant: How is it we have walk'd thro' fires & yet are not consum'd?
All: How is it that all things are chang'd even as in ancient times?
Officiant: The dark Religions are departed & sweet Science reigns.
All: All things are chang'd even as in ancient times.

Reading Supplement for March 20th

March 20 – Tav (Saturn/Earth, The Universe)

Reading I: Liber Liberi Cap II, Cap II.

Officiant: Long hast thou slept, O great God Terminus! Awake Thou! wait no more!
All: There shall be an end.
Officiant: Lazily, hungrily, ardently, patiently, so will I work.
All: There shall be an end.

Reading II: Liber Libræ.

Officiant: Wisdom says: be strong! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal; refine thy rapture!
All: There is no Rule, but that of Balance.
Officiant: The Problem is ever to bring the Appetite into right Relation with the Will. Thus thou mayst fast or feast;
All: There is no Rule, but that of Balance.

Rite of the Office of Readings - Year B

It's that time of year again, for the Office of the Readings!

This year we will be shaking things up a bit and going with a new set of "Year B" readings assembled by M. Dionysius Rogers. Going forward these will be alternated with the "Year A" version from the Companions of Monsalvat that we have been using up to this point.

We also have made a few "Year B" changes to the Rite of the Office of the Readings, which can be found here. The updated list of readings for the 2020 season and "B" years will follow soon.

This ritual is adapted by Lalitha from the ORDO SUNYATA VAJRA’s DIAMOND SAPPHIRE GEM of RADIANT LIGHT, Version 8.0; Vernal Holy Days: Office of Readings by M. Dionysius Rogers; and Office of Readings for the High Holy Days by the Companions of Monsalvat.

0. PREPARATION

Consecration of the People with holy oil upon entry.

Purification of the Temple by Water and Consecration of the Temple by Fire, with Introit Music: March 20 through 25, Depth of Catastrophe by Alizadeh; March 26 through April 1, Ninth Aethyr Canticle; April 2 through April 7, 169 Cries; and for the Days of the Feast: April 8 - Sirt im Sasani, April 9 - Horus, and April 10 - Annua Gaudia by Moore.

I. OPENING

Officiant: BAHLASTI! OMPEHDA!

Officiant performs Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram or Star Ruby. Bell Chime.

Officiant: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

All: Love is the law, love under will.

II. FORMULATION of the LIGHT

Officiant performs Lesser Invoking Ritual of the Hexagram or Star Sapphire.

Officiant: If they say to you, where did you come from?, say to them, We came from the light. If they say to you, Is it you?, say, We are its children, and we are the elect of the living father. If they ask you, What is the sign of your father in you?, say to them, It is movement and repose. (Gospel of Thomas, Saying Number 70)

All: Now I begin to pray, thou child
Holy thy name and undefiled
Thy reign is come, thy will is done
Here is the bread, here is the blood
Bring me through midnight to the Sun
Save me from evil and from good
That thy one crown of all the ten
Even now and here be mine.
AMEN.

Bell Chime.