From: locklin@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Lupo the Butcher)
Subject: Re: Grimoir?
Organization: Campus Crusade for Cthulhu
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 02:04:42 GMT
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In article <1992Dec13.182915.3373@rose.com> mark.terka@rose.com (mark terka) writes:
>
>Date Entered: 12-13-92 13:21
>I recently came across this translation of an old Grimoir. It sounds like
>a sex magic rite related to Thelema, but I'm not too sure. Anyone else
>familiar with this?

Well, for starters, the association of sex-magick with "Thelema" is a Crowleyan
idea. "Thelema" was first used, in the meaning associated with it today, by a
monk  (was it in the 12th or 14th century?) by the name of Rabbalais in his
various tracts, most notably "Gargantua and Pantagruel".

As far as this "Grimoire" it is far to graphic to be even of Crowley's time.
Crowley, who wrote some rather self-explanatory pornography, was suprisingly
circumspect in his explanations of "sex-magick" operations. I assume he had
a good reason for this (other than protecting the rites from the profane, which
 he never tried to do for the various "Golden Dawn" secrets),but I do not know 
what they were. My guess is that it is a modern work.

It is my understanding that the old "grimoires" of sex-magick in the western
tradition are even more circumspect than Crowley. Various references to 
creating "homonoculi" using various, er, bodily secretions & the sundry
"alchemal" texts have been pointed to as guarded references to western
"sex-magick" rituals. Milage may vary.

The eastern (and south american) were far more explanatory, giving detailed
instructions and (gasp) pictures. I suppose it IS debatable weather the Chimu
pottery depicts Sex-magick or simply people having fun (with various tantric
positions & sex with deities & imaginary beasties). This is a question for
those wiser than I & actually has no bearing on this "Grimoire".



> 
>    This Grimoire, which contains the Secret of Secrets not yet revealed,
> was made by the Supreme King O.T.O. Baphomet X  M... himself.
>
>
>                       Regarding the Temple.
>
>           1.  East     ...............    Altar
>           2.  West     ...............    Tablet of god to be invoked
>           3.  North    ...............    Priestess {or Priest}
>           4.  South    ...............    Fire with thurible. etc.
>           5.  Center   ...............    Four-sided Stone with:
>
>             Images of the God
>             Most Great, Ineffable, Unspoken Secret
>             and with sword, bell, oil
>             The Virgin.  Place the image beside the Book Thelema.
>
>  
>                    Regarding the First Ceremony.
> 
> Let it done be as Book 671 has said, but first let the Virgin be purified
> with the words: "Asperge me..." etc., and put off her garments with the
> words: "Per sanctum Mysterium," etc. Thus is the Pyramid raised.  Then the
> Virgin purifies the priest, and removes his vestments as is above ordained.
>
>    (Here the virgin states the orations of this work of god).
>
> 
>                Regarding the Ceremony of the Thurible.
> 
>    Let the virgin kindle the fire and the priest with her hands, saying:
> 
> "Accendat in nobis Dominus ignem sui amoris et flamman aeternae caritatis."
> 
> 
>                 Regarding the Ceremony of Dedication.
> 
>    The virgin invokes the image of the God Most Huge, Ineffable, Secret, not
> to be spoken of, with these words. --- "Tu qui es prater omnia...x.t.l."
> Neither does she relinquish the other image.
>  
> 
>                     Regarding the Final Sacrifice
> 
>    Then the priest breaks the silence with the words of the holy versicle of 
> the particular god being invoked
>    He enters the Holy of Holies.
>    Beware; beware; beware.
>    Two who are become ONE sing without interuption, and in high voice,
> the words of the holy versicles.
> 
> 
> MDNM                  Regarding the Blessing of the Blessing
> 
> Having spent the dew, the woman says these words "Quia patris et filii s.s." 
> etc.
> 
> 
>                      Regarding the Final Ceremony
>  
> Let it be done as it has been said in Book 671.
>
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>
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