Liber CDXV

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Reference in Grimoire

L.DCLXXI is the "Building of the Pyramid" a ritual of A∴A∴. See John St. John for sketch.

Asperge me Domine hyssopo et mundabor; lavabis me et super nivem dealbabor.[1]

Per Sanctum mysterium. By the figurative mystery of these holy vestments etc. from Goetia.
Orationes dei operis i.e. any chosen as suitable from Equinox or elsewhere.
Tu que es oc "Thou who are I" from "The Ship."
Quia patris es "For of the Father and the Son" from "The Ship".
GRIMORUM SANCTISSIUM.
ARCANUM ARCANORUM QUOD CONTINET NONDUM
REVELANDUM IPSIS REGIBUS SUPREMIS O.T.O.
GRIMORIUM QUOD BAPHOMET XI SUO ............... FECIT.
De templo.[2]
  1. Oriente. Cubiculum.[3]
  2. Occidente. Tabula dei invocandi.[4]
  3. Septentrione. Sacerdos.[5]
  4. Meridione. Ignis cum thuribulo K.t;l;[6]
  5. Centro. Lapis quadratus cum Imagine DEI MAXIMI INOENTIS NEFANDI INEFFABILIS SANCTISSIMI et cum ferro, tintinnabulo, Oleo. Virgo. Stet Imago juxta librum THELEMA.[7]
De Ceremonio Principii.[8]
Fiat ut in L. DCLXXI dicitur, sed antea virgo lavabitur cum verbis Asperge me k.t.l., et habilimenta ponat cum verbis.[9]
Per sanctum Mysterium k.t.l.[10]
Ita Pyramis fiat. Tunc virgo lavabit sacerdotem et vestimenta ponat ut supra ordinatur.[11]
(Hic dicat virgo orationes dei operiso.)[12]
fol II.
De Ceremonio thuribuli.[13]
Manibus accendat et ignem et sacerdotem virgo, dicens: Accendat in nobis Dominus ignem sui amoris et flammam aeternae caritatis.[14]
Notes:

[1] "Thou wilt sprinkle me, Lord, with hyssop and I shall be cleansed. Thou wilt wash me, and I shall be washed whiter than snow."

[2] "Of the temple"

[3] "In the east. A bed."

[4] "In the west. Tablet of invocation."

[5] "In the north. The priest."

[6] "In the south. Fire and censer, etc."

[7] "In the center. Square stone with the image of MOST HIGH GOD [prob. "inventis", FINDING] UNSPEAKABLE INEFFABLE MOST HOLY and with iron, bell, oil. Virgin. Beside these stands The Book of the Law."

[8] "Of the first ceremony."

[9] "Let it be done as said in Liber 671, but before the virgin is washed with the words "Asperge me" etc., and clothed and equipped with the words."

[10] "By the holy mystery etc."

[11] "Thus is the Pyramid. Then the virgin washes the priest and makes his vestments as directed."

[12] "Here the virgin speaks the words of the operation."

[13] "Of the ceremony of the censer"

[14] "By hand the virgin inflames and fires [? and ?] the priest, saying: Inflame in us Lord the fire of your love and the flame of eternal charity."

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