Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Reading Supplement for April 1

April 1 - Yod (Virgo, The Hermit)

Reading I: Liber VII, Cap V.


Officiant: There is a solemnity of the silence.
All: There is no more voice at all.
Officiant: Only Thy silence and Thy speech that worship me avail.
All: There is no more voice at all.

Reading II: "The Emerald Tablet of Hermes" by Hermes Trismegistus.

(No Responsory)

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Reading Supplement for March 31

March 31 - Kaph (Jupiter, Fortune)

Reading I: Liber VII, Cap III.


Officiant: The leaven taketh, and the bread shall be sweet; the ferment worketh.
All: And the wine shall be sweet.
Officiant: Wail, O ye folk of the grey land, for we have drunk your wine, and left ye but the bitter dregs. Yet from these we will distill ye a liquor beyond the nectar of the Gods.
All: And the wine shall be sweet.

Reading II: From Liber CDXVIII, The 20th Æthyr.

Officiant: The Great Wheel of Samsara. The Wheel of the Law. The Wheel of the Taro. The Wheel of the Heavens. The Wheel of Life. All these Wheels be one; yet of all these the Wheel of the TARO alone avails thee consciously.
All: And lo! thou art past through the Abyss.
Officiant: Then, when thou know'st the Wheel of Destiny complete, mayst thou perceive THAT Will which moved it first. (There is no first or last).
All: And lo! thou art past through the Abyss.

Monday, March 30, 2020

Reading Supplement for March 30

March 30 - Lamed (Libra, Adjustment)

Reading I: Liber LXV, Cap IV.


Officiant: Thou art the Word, O my darling, my lord, my master! O come to me, mix the fire and the water, all shall dissolve.
All: Thou art the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star.
Officiant: Arise, O serpent Apep, Thou art Adonai the beloved one!
All: Thou art the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star.

Reading II: From “The Spiritual Guide” by San Miguel de Molinos.

Officiant: Know that the straightest, most perfect and secure way of proficients is the way of darkness.
All: He made darkness his secret place.
Officiant: Proceed, persevere, pray, and hold thy peace, for thereby thou mayest enter into thine own nothingness.
All: He made darkness his secret place.

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Reading Supplement for March 29

March 29 - Mem (Water, The Hanged Man)

Reading I: Liber LXV, Cap III.


Officiant: But for me the lustral water, the great ablution, the dissolving of the soul in that resounding abyss.
All: O Thou light and delight, ravish me away into the milky ocean of the stars!
Officiant: I have bathed in Thee, and lost me in Thy stillness.
All: O Thou light and delight, ravish me away into the milky ocean of the stars!

Reading II: "I. N. R. I." by Frater Achad.

Officiant: INRI, Yod, Nun, Resh, Yod
All: Virgo, Isis, Mighty Mother. Scorpio, Apophis Destroyer
Officiant: Sol, Osiris, Slain and Risen. Isis, Apophis, Osiris
All: IAO!

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Reading Supplement for March 28

March 28 - Nun (Scorpio, Death)

Reading I:Liber Stellae Rubae.


Officiant: But in the Sacrament of the Gnosis, which is of the Spirit, is there naught hurtful.
All: And at its Manifestation thy Lion is consecrated by pure Light of Ecstasy.
Officiant: For its Elements are not only Food, but a true Incarnation and Quintessence of Life, Love, and Liberty
All: And at its Manifestation thy Lion is consecrated by pure Light of Ecstasy.

Reading II: From Liber CXI, Cap 192-194.

Officiant: Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart & rejoice!
All: We are one; we are none.
Officiant: There is no dread hereafter. There is the dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu.
All: We are one; we are none.

Friday, March 27, 2020

Reading Supplement for March 27

March 27 - Samekh (Sagittarius, Art)

Reading I: Liber DCCCXIII, Cap I-III.


(No Responsory)

Reading II: From “The Vision of the Universal Mercury” by G.H. Frater S.R.M.D.

(No Responsory)

Thursday, March 26, 2020

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.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

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.