Solar Mandala Ritual – Cronusis 2002
Composed for use by Thelesis Camp, OTO
November 2002 ev by Frater Nefer-Khabs
Saturday 12/21, 6PM, Unitarian Church, Phil., PA
Altar in center
Air dagger sits on E. edge
Appropriately colored candles are set at the 4 quarters
Candles are handed out to all congregants as they enter;
Also paper and pencils and they should write down a wish for the coming year and deposit that in a bowl placed in the North
Congregants are arranged in a ring around inner circle of celebrants (seated inside area of circles cast)
In the E.: Cronus/Leo, Airy aspect of Fire = stable; yellow greenish; frankincense; weapon is Discipline embodied as black box with 12 holes cut into it, like a clock face and Sickle
In the S.: Zeus, Aries, Fiery aspect of Fire = most volatile, eruptile; scarlet; dragon’s blood; weapon is Energy
In the W.: Rhea, Sagittarius, Watery aspect of Fire = most receptive to influence; blue; Lign-aloes; chalice of wine
In the N.: Gaea, Capricorn, Earthy aspect of Fire = stable; indigo; musk, civet; weapon is lamp and large stone
In the Center: Ouranos dressed in white and black, a Wand tucked into his belt,
*priestess of Rhea purifies circle with salted water, deosil
*priest of Cronus sanctifies circle with incense, deosil, leaves censer on altar afterwards
* Celebrants process into ritual space from the E., led by Ouranos followed by Cronus, Gaea, Rhea, Zeus; circle deosil 3 times; then Ouranos moves from E. to center and all the others continue; Zeus stops in his place, Rhea stops at her, Gaea stops in hers and Cronus in his – they all converge on altar and place their weapons on it and return to their places
*Ouranos rings bell 1-3-3-3-1 and says “Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law” and all answer: “Love Is The Law, Love Under Will”
*All harmonize by chanting “OM” till they feel attuned
*banishing by Star Ruby or LBRP
*opening by Watchtower
*Each celebrant recites their passage, adapted from “Liber Resh” in turn
Cronus:
Hail unto thee who art Ra in thy rising
even unto thee who art Ra in thy strength
Who travellest over the Heavens in thy bark at the uprising of the Sun
Tahuti standeth in his splendor at the prow and Ra-Hoor abidest in the helm
Hail unto thee from the abodes of Night
[goes to altar, deposits incense, retrieves weapon and returns to place]
Zeus:
Hail unto thee who art A Hathoor in thy triumphing
even unto thee who art A Hathoor in thy beauty
Who travellest over the Heavens in thy bark at the midcourse of the Sun
Tahuti standeth in his splendor at the prow and Ra-Hoor abidest in the helm
Hail unto thee from the abodes of morning
[goes to altar, deposits incense and returns to place]
Rhea:
Hail unto thee who art Thoum in thy setting
even unto thee who art Thoum in thy joy
Who travellest over the Heavens in thy bark at the downgoing of the Sun
Tahuti standeth in his splendor at the prow and Ra-Hoor abidest in the helm
Hail unto thee from the abodes of Day
Hail unto thee from the abodes of day
[goes to altar, deposits incense, retrieves weapon and returns to place]
Gaea:
Hail unto thee who art Khepher-ra in thy hiding
even unto thee who art Khepher-ra in thy silence
Who travellest over the Heavens in thy bark at the midnight hour of the Sun
Tahuti standeth in his splendor at the prow and Ra-Hoor abidest in the helm
Hail unto thee from the abodes of evening
[goes to altar, deposits incense, retrieves weapon and returns to place]
*Then, all present recite the Adoration together:
Unity uttermost showed, I adore the might of Thy breath
Supreme and terrible God who makest the gods and death to tremble before thee
I, I adore thee
Appear on the throne of Ra, open the ways of the Khu
Lighten the ways of the Ka, the ways of the Khabs runs thru
To stir me or still me, AUM, let it fill me
So that Thy light is in me and it’s red flame is a sword in my hand to push thy Order
There is a secret door that I shall make to establish thy way in all the quarters
These are the adorations as Thou hast written, as it is said
The light is mine, its rays consume me,
I have made a secret door into the house of Ra and Thoum
Of Khepher-ra and A Hathoor
I am thy Theban o’ Men Thu the prophet Ankh F N Khonsu
By Bes N Maut my breast I beat by wise Ta Nech I weave my spell
Show thy star splendor O Nuit
Bid me within thine house to dwell
O winged snake of light Hadit, abide with me Ra Hoor Khuit
*They invoke their respective God-form by the manner of invocation they choose (i.e. Star Hexagram, Reguli, meditation, etc.) simultaneously;
*afterwards, they all sit on the floor, and light their candles
*Zeus lights candle of first person behind him and hands over matches indicating that they should pass matches to person to their lert
*celebrants sit, curled up tightly and Cronus begins pore-breathing the Element of Air (hot and moist and light/steamy), Zeus of Fire (hot and dry and expanding/exploding like surface of the Sun, Rhea of Water (cold and moist and contracting/becoming slime)
Gaea:
[stands] First of all, Chaos came into being
And then I, Gaea, the Broad Earth
I am the Great Mother.
Coupled with my consort, I bring forth all the living.
I am many-breasted and eagerly spout abundance upon my offspring, each and every one, whom I love dearly, equally -- the ugly as well as the lovely.
When any one of these is denied, shut away in the darkness.
I am moved to sadness and anger and demand vengeance .
Then came forth Tartarus, and also Eros
and other goddesses and gods of the sky and waters.
Then, I, brought forth an equal to myself, Ouranos
[she begins to pore breath the Element of Earth, cold and dry and heavy]
[stands]
I am Ouranos, the light of the bright stars set in the vaulting flesh of indigo sky.
I am the flame that burns in the heart of every living being and the core of every star.
I am Life and the giver of Life, but to know me while incarnate, you know your visit has beginning and end.
Remember all ye: you undertake incarnation for pure joy and misadventure; all sorrows are sharp, thrilling spices you’re seeking after; they pass and are done, but there is that which remains.
Seeds quicken and sprout in the soil and the flesh at my caress. Then are blasted. Then, their seeds sprout in turn.
I am the source of the River of Life-force that flows into the flesh world and back out.
I am the enterer at the Gate Of Life who later opens the Death’s Gate, then Life’s.
My pleasure is to come and go and go and come as it pleases me, world without end -- or reason. Aumgn.
[Ouranos: begins to dance and leap ecstatically, circling Gaea deosil 3 times; he should imagine himself as composed of energy that seeks to break away and extend its influence i.e. geysers of bright fire seeking to break free of the Sun’s gravity, or being on the brink of orgasm; and constantly changing physical forms, if possible they should be the forms of the gods and goddesses mentioned hereafter but any forms will suffice – he can imagine returning to certain forms if desired; there are no constraints; then he stops and dances in front of Gaea, pulls out the Wand and projects some of his energy at her through it which she mixes with her Earth energy]
Gaea:
[Gaea reads through written wishes and discharges mixed energy to empower them]
And I lay with him and brought forth Oceanus, Hyperion and Iapetus
also Theia and Rhea
[Gaea discharges mixed energy at Rhea, and Rhea stands]
Themis and Mnemosyne
and Phoebe and Tethys
And after them, Cronus, most dreadful of my children. [Gaea discharges mixed energy to Cronus and he stands]
And he hated his vigorous father from his birth.
Then I gave birth to the Cyclopes,
Also, Cottus, Briareus and Gyges.
And they were hated by Ouranos,
And as soon as each was born, he hid him in the depths of the Earth.
[Ouranos: returns to his place – still consumed by sexual ecstasy and changing forms]
My children, if you have the Will, we shall make your sinful father pay for his outrage, hiding your brothers deep beneath the earth, for he plotted shameless deeds from the first.
Cronus:
I am Cronus, and I would set apart day from night, the dark from the light
The now from the then, death from life.
I would subject Chaos and continuity to order and reason’s limits.
Time is my sceptre and I make an ending appear as beginning and beginning an end.
[Cronus: walks the circle widdershins 3 times and stops before Gaea]
Mother, I, Cronus, shall take it upon myself to accomplish this deed since I have no feeling for my father, who plotted shameful deeds from the first.
Gaea: Son, lie in wait for your evil father who is coming to lay over me, filled with the longing of love and bringing with him the darkness. When he spreads himself out, come forth and strike! [she begins pore breathing Earth again]
[Cronus stands directly behind her; he imagines Air separating into sensations of Heat, then Moistness, alternating repeatedly]
Ouranos: I, Ouranos, come bringing the night, filled with the longing of love to lie over you, my Beloved.
[Ouranos begins to dance ecstatically around Gaea again; he puts all his energy into the Wand; he circles deosil three times]
Cronus steps away from Gaea, stops Ouranos, waves the scyth, pulls Wand from his waist band and closes it in black box with 12 holes cut in it, in a circle, like a clock face; he imagines box becoming hot, the moist alternately, allowing a burst of energy during “hot” phase; Ouranos hangs his head down, covers his loins with his hands and returns directly to the center, dejected, head hanging; he is drained of energy]
Cronus: Thus are my brothers the Titans avenged on you who plotted shameless deads from the first!
[Cronus circles Widdershins 3 times, bringing the box to Rhea; then both hold it
Ouranos rings bell once]
“I am Rhea
You know Who I Am, you’ve stared at the Sun
For I Am the One, Who loves changing from Nothing to One
Then to every thing.
This is the creation of the Mater-Real World
Which I bring forth through the pain of division.
I, Rhea, was joined in wedlock to Cronus, my brother, and bore him glorious children: [she draws a pulse of hot energy from the Wand, mixes it with her energy and projects it to Cronus where it disappears as he absorbs it, imagining a sensation of moisture at the recitation of each name]
Hestia, Demeter and Hera,
Hades, Poseidon, the earth-shaker
and wise Zeus.
[Zeus raises his head but remains seated]
But unceasing grief holds me in sorrow for great Cronus swallowed our children as they came forth from my womb that none might supplant him as King of the Immortals.
For our parents, Gaea and starry Ouranos, had decreed he would be overpowered by his own son.
[Cronus returns to his place with the box, circling widdershins 3 times
Rhea kneels between Gaea and Ouranos]
Rhea: O dear parents, Gaea the broad Earth and starry Ouranos
Contrive a plan with me so that I might bear this dear child
Without the knowledge of Cronus
And take vengeance on him for the children he has already swallowed.
Gaea: Come dear daughter and we will bear you away to broad Crete to bear this child in secrecy from relentless Cronus.
I will take your dear child Zeus to nourish and rear.
I will hide him in a deep cave below the depths of my sacred earth
On heavily wooded Mt. Aegeum.
[Gaea carries stone and hands it to Rhea]
Now take this great stone wrapped in swaddling clothes and put it in the arms of Cronus.
[Gaea returns to her place.
Rhea then walks deosil, carries it to Cronus, hands it to him and returns to her place, continuing around Deosil, goes back to pore breathing Water and sharing bursts of energy with wine in chalice, imagining them existing as separate pods of opposite forces; dark/light, hot/cold, etc.]
Cronus: With this meal I cheat my farther of his vengeance upon me.
Rhea: As time rolled by, Zeus grew to be a beautiful youth
[Zeus stands up]
Zeus:
“I am Zeus whose Rule Is Love, Love Under Will
All happenstance and history comes through my orgies
Power leaps upon possibility as the Ram mounts the Ewe
Rhea: and I brought Zeus to Olympus without Cronus recognizing him.
[Rhea circles deosil to Zeus, takes him by the hand and circles deosil, stopping before Cronus]
Rhea: Behold, lord, the new cupbearer, a beautiful boy to feast your eyes upon.
Cronus: Lovely! Now, go and fetch me nectar for I grow weary with the passing of this and each day, each week, every month and of the years, each in their turn.
[Rhea and Zeus turn away from Cronus; Rhea hands him chalice]
Rhea: You must mix mustard and salt with the nectar, that Cronus may vomit forth my children.
[Zeus mixes his energy into the wine’s and commands all the opposites to dissolve into one another]
And when he has released my children back into light and life you shall avenge my father Ouranos and fulfill his decree that you overpower your father, Cronus, as he did his father, Ouranos and supplant him as King of the Immortals in turn!
[Zeus turns to Cronus; presents him with cup]
Zeus: Drink so that a vigorous King may sit upon the throne again my lord.
[Cronus drinks, imagines himself as steam/hot and moist united a set afloat; he takes lid off the box; Zeus grabs Wand, walks to Ouranos and who imagine it’s energy filling him with continuous ecstatic energy; Cronus tears box to pieces]
All: The King is dead! Long live the King!
[Ouranos stands at altar; all the deities depart, pick up their sacrament for Communion of senses and place it on the altar and stand around Ouraos; he projects ecstatic energy to them all and they project their particular energy back at him for a few minutes – as he breathes out and discharges energy, they breath in, and vice versa. The the third out-breath from Ouranos is to the sacraments–
Ouranos stands to the W. of the altar, Zeus approaches the E. side
Ouranos picks up rose, offers it to Zeus to smell, Zeus takes it, smells and returns to Ouranos
Ouranos moves to the N., Zeus moves to the S.
Ouranos picks up lamp, offers it to Zeus who holds his hands over the flame
Ouranos moves to the E. of the altar, Zeus moves to the W.
Oranos picks up chalice and offers it to Zeus, who takes, drinks and hands it back
Ouranos moves to the S. of the altar, offers plate of bread and salt to Zeus, who takes a piece and eats.
Ouranos steps back and Zeus basically takes his place as dispenser of sacraments to Rhea
After Rhea communicates she takes Zeus’ place. Then Gaea takes her place, Cronus takes her place and then Cronus dispenses sacraments to all congregants. As each congregant approaches the altat they reach up and grasp their original wish and absorb it. After they communicate, they imagine the sacraments nourishing the wish, which wil act thru them thru the coming year.
*Closing by Watchtower
*LBRP
*Ouranos rings bell 3-5-3
End