ECCLESIAE GNOSTICAE CATHOLICAE
shrine where the Graal is exalted. He kisses the
Book of the Law three times, opens it, and places
it upon the super-altar. He turns West.
Tue Deacon. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the
Law. I proclaim the Law of Light, Life, Love, and Lib-
erty in the name of IAO.
Tue ConGrEGATION. Love is the law, love under will.
The Deacon goes to his place between the altar of
incense and the font, faces east, and gives the
step and sign of aMananda Brother. All imitate
him.
THE DEACON AND ALL THE PEOPLE. I believe in one secret
and ineffable LORD; and in one Star in the Company of
Stars of whose fire we are created, and to which we shall
return; and in one Father of Life, Mystery of Mystery, in
His name CHAOS, the sole viceregent of the Sun upon the
Earth; and in one Air the nourisher of all that breathes.
And I believe in one Earth, the Mother of us all, and in
one Womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they
shall rest, Mystery of Mystery, in Her name BABALON.
And I believe in the Serpent and the Lion, Mystery of
Mystery, in His name BAPHOMET.
And I believe in one Gnostic and Catholic Church of Light,
Life, Love and Liberty, the Word of whose Law is
THELEMA.
And I believe in the communion of Saints.
And, forasmuch as meat and drink are transmuted in us
daily into spiritual substance, I believe in the Miracle of the
Mass.
And I confess one Baptism of Wisdom, whereby we ac-
complish the Miracle of Incarnation.
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