He or she begins by ringing the bell nine times while turning counterclockwise. Following this, the magician performs the appropriate ritual for the occasion. The content is left pretty much up to the celebrant, including whatever deity he wishes to invoke. After the ritual, he or she closes the ceremony, reversing the opening procedure. As the Workings are supposedly magical in nature and not for the purposes of worship, the emotional response is more important than the procedure one uses summoning it.
Gods exist as they are evoked to meaningful existence by the individual psyche.
Aside from its initial renegade Church of Satan converts, Temple of Set membership has been recruited primarily through ads in the San Francisco Yellow Pages and computer bulletin boards. Initiates must be eighteen or older, and applications must be approved by the Council of Nine. Considering Aquino's intellectual emphasis and his extensive required reading lists, it is not surprising that the educational level of the cult is fairly high. Typical occupations include college student, teacher, accountant, computer programmer, secretary. Yet, according to Gini Graham Scott, who studied the cult in the early 1980s, outside occupational status doesn't count for much within the group.