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The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O.
the Head of the Great Serpent is exalted. The Veil of the Temple is rent asunder.
(G.M. flings aside.)
Our altars are thrown down; the sacred Tau is defiled with Blood and Water; the Star called Wormwood
is fallen upon the earth; and the Blazing Star is eclipsed.
Also, the Word is lost.
(Slow musick.)
M.W.S.: Nevertheless, we rejoice that you have arrived at this hour of peril: your strength and courage
may assist us to retrieve our loss, and recover the Word.
Worthy Sir (Noble Dame) I direct you to travel 33 years, 11 to the South, 11 to the West, 11 to the North,
returning to me in the East to report the results of your travels.
(G.M. leads Postulant 11 circles deosil and then takes him to the Southern Pillar, where he finds T; 11
circles, and to Western Pillar, where he finds S; 11 circles and to Northern Pillar, where he finds L. He is
then brought to head of M.W.S.)
G.M.: Holy Father, I beg to present to you B... (S...) who has completed the 33 years travel imposed on
him (or her).
M.W.S.: What have you discovered?
Introducer: I have searched in and about the Pillars in the South, West, and North for the Lost Word, but
have only succeeded in finding the letters T., S., and L.
M.W.S.: I congratulate you on the success which has already rewarded your exertions. These letters are
the initials of the virtues by whose assistance you may be led to the recovery of the Lost Word. T. stands
for Truth, S. stands for Silence, L. for Love, while in conjunction ... (he checks himself). But before I can
explain myself further, I must call upon you to take a solemn obligation to keep inviolate the Secrets and
Mysteries of our Holy Order. Are you willing to do this?
Postulant: I am.
M.W.S.: Then remove from my breast the heavy burden which oppresses me, and cast it behind you,
replacing it by the Volume of the Sacred Law, about which you will arrange the three letters in the form
of a triangle; interlock the fingers of your hands and place the palms upon my forehead, look into my
eyes and say after me;
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