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The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O.
3° in the darkness of death.
You were raised, but only ‘in the son’; it is not the individual life of man, but the life of the race, which
passes through the darkness of the 3°.
This is the first initiation to the life within, and you have not yet found light.
(All draw swords and point them at C. 3 principals, however, forming a pyramid above his head, as to
utter the word. Z. is behind him.)
Let that blessing be bestowed upon the Candidate!
(An assistant lights the flashlight, and the hoodwink is for a moment lifted and replaced. All cry aloud:
‘Declare the Word!’ Principals, however, whisper it as taught.)
(Pause. Three return to the thrones, having veiled W. Pause.)
Z.: Declare the word.
H.: Declare the word.
J.: Declare the word.
(Pause.)
Herald: (For Can.) The word has not been communicated to me.
J.: The Candidate, although restored to light, has not seen the Word. I demand his expulsion.
H.: The Candidate, although the Word was uttered in his hearing has not heard the word. I demand his
expulsion.
Z.: It is in flame and glory that the word is first revealed.
Herald: (For Can.) I demand the communication of the word.
Z.: Do you agree?
H.: I agree.
J.: I agree.
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