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The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O.
M.W.S.: v Very excellent and Perfect Princes, be pleased to assist me to open the Chapter of the Holy
Order of Rose Croix of Heredom!
(All rise.)
Very excellent and perfect Grand Marshal, see that the Castle Gates are duly guarded, and that all is
secure within.
(The door is tested. The Grand Marshal receives the first three signs from all present.)
G.M.: All is secure both within and without.
M.W.S.: What is the hour?
H.P.: It is the hour when the Veil of the Temple was rent in twain,
When darkness began to outspread the earth,
When the altar was thrown down,
The Star called Wormwood fell upon the earth,
When the Blazing Star was eclipsed,
The Sacred Tau was defiled with blood and water, the word was lost, and despair and tribulation visited
us.
(Solemn musick.)
M.W.S.: Since the Royal Art has experienced such dire calamities, it is our duty, very Excellent and
Perfect Princes to retrieve the loss; and may the influence of Truth, Silence, and Love prosper our
endeavours to recover the Lost Word.
(He lays down the Crucifix and tramples upon it.)
Therefore, with my heel upon the head of the Great Serpent I declare this Chapter of Rose Croix duly
opened in the name of BABALON and THE BEAST conjoined, of the Secret Savior and of IAO.
(Applause.)
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