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The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O.
(S.B. stabs Cand.)
S.B.: Swear to aid the Order with the last penny of your purse.
(K.S. takes any money and removes his insignia, garters and shoes.)
Swear to love the Order with Body and Soul in the p(erson) of any D(ame) or K(night) who d(emands)
it!
(Note. A.C. altered the original ‘swear to love’ to ‘swear to exhibit charity to’ — this later alteration
being in pencil.)
Cand.: I swear, etc.
(A Kt. or Dme. not his voucher, takes and gives kiss.)
S.B.: Swear to devote your whole energies to the Will of the Order and the Dominion of T(he) S(acred)
L(aw).
Cand.: I swear, etc.
(Kisses V.S.L. 7 times.)
S.B.: If you break this oath, you will ever be pursued by the unsleeping vengeance of the Order; nay, the
avenger shall arise, even from the Tomb.
(S.B. goes to Candidate’s left, as G.C. starts up (from the Tomb) T. In his hand is the Roll of the Oath.)
G.C.: You will seal this oath with your heart’s blood!
(K.S. draws C.’s blood with his stiletto (cutting) a St. Andrew’s Cross on right arm. S.B. receives it in
cup. Cand. dips his thumb in the blood, and seals the Oath. K.S. binds up Cand.’s wound.)
G.C.: It is sworn. Follow me, that I may offer up the blood to our lady Babalon.
(G.C. goes to temple and enters. S.B. and K.S. remaining in their stations within and without. Temple is
lighted only by the Sanctuary lamp. The three companions form the triangle about the Candidate. G.C.
goes to C.B. and kneels, offering Cup. C.B. drinks, lifts her kirtle from which he takes the phial of oil.)
G.C.: (Within triangle. Anoints crown of C.’s head.)
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