The Ordway new era., 1910-10-14

last drop Of blood. To thee I give my
self. oh Lucifer. body and soul. Oh.
Lucifer. do with me as thou seest ft
to glorify thy name. Accept my hum
bic prayer and shed thy light upon
my way. And when. o Lucifer. my
last hour comes. thou wilt find me
calm and without fear to terror. ready
to be transferred to thy glory Of the
eternal fires. Amen"
The "postulant." or person desirous
OF entering the circle. must repeat
this. word for word. He-or she
Is Heavily veiled In black in an ante
room. as candidates are similarly pre-
pared who enter legitimate secret or
ders. Then the "postulant" is brought
before the Council Of Wears Of He'll"
who are seated upon a dais ready to
receive such applicants for admission
to the Church Of Satan" as have been
proposed for membership by one al
ready initiated. or have brought cre-
dentials from some foreign Church Of
Satan"
The night I was there to take photo
graphs a woman was the "postulant."
AS she approached the throne" rs
the dais Is called. she was command.
ed to drop to her knees.
Now put up your hands In the atti.
tude Of prayer!" commanded the su.
preme vicar
Then n long and blasphemous set
speech was delivered by the Bishop
OF He'll" rs the chief person on the
throne" calls himself. without equiv.
ocation. Standing with staff in hand.
he held an outstretched hand over the
woman's head and read from little
book the pledge Of Lucifer." rs he
called 1t. Then followed strange
oaths and much blasphemy. could
recognize no one-all were garbed In
black robes and wore black masks
which entirely covered their faces.
On the arm Of each one present was
prominently displayed n white horned
head-the lineament Of Satan.
Masks Hide Worshipers' Faces.
All present wore masks. except the
woman who was being initiated. and
her head was swathed in black veil
ing. Then she repeated the creed
OF Lucifcr." and was duly declared an
initiate. Then came more incanta-
tions. directed toward large white
sheets spread upon the floor. On one
painted in black was what THE Bish.
op of He'll termed the Great Tri.
angle" On the other were curious
symbols an, figures. surrounded by a
great circle.
For the invocation OF Satan" said
the bishop"
Then he took his place in the circle
and faced the triangle. With SOL
cmn voice he slowly rccitcd long
tumble of words meant to bring about
the naturalization of Lucifer Ac-
cording to this uncanny person Luci-
fer does not always care to incarnate
himself At any rate he wasn't In the
flesh that night. 1t was explained
to me, however. that II Satan Is in the
humor and the hour is propitious. the
assembled devotees will see the prince
of darkness like spirit rise from the
triangle and join the group Of worship
ers. Satan was very shy that eve
ming and did not materialize.
The Invocation ended. the diabol-
lists marched slowly around the room
uttering prayers for his aid-all pray
ers In mockery of regular forms OF
worship. Candles furnished the only
light and in their weird and uncanny
shadows the effects were CHASTITY, with
the black-robed. masked figures march
ing slowly around. mumbling their in
| carnations.
To the "God Of EVIL"
On the wall scarlet flame show
ed weirdly through the dim light. I
walked near It and read copy Of the
verses inscribed to "Kakadaimon." or
God of Evil" written by George Syl-
vester viereck, a young poet of New