ECCLESIAE GNOSTICAE CATHOLICAE
He then gives the Lance to the Priestess, and gives
the three penal signs.
He then kneels, and worships the Lance with both
hands.
Penitential music.
Tue PRIEST. I ama man among men.
He takes again the Lance, and lowers it. He rises.
Tue PRIEST. How should I be worthy to administer the
virtues to the Brethren?
The Priestess takes from the child the water and the
salt, and mixes them in the font.
Tue Priestess. Let the salt of Earth admonish the Water
to bear the virtue of the Great Sea. (Genuflects.) Mother,
be thou adored.
She returns to the West. *K on PRIEST with open
hand doth she make, over his forehead, breast, and
body.
Be the PRIEST pure of body and soul!
The Priestess takes the censer from the child, and
places it on the small altar. She puts incense
therein.
Let the Fire and the Air make sweet the world! (Genu-
flects.)
Father, be thou adored.
She returns West, and makes * with the censer be-
fore the PRIEST, thrice as before.
Be the PRIEST fervent of body and soul!
(The children resume their weapons as they are done
with.)
The DEacon now takes the consecrated Robe from
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