THE MASS OF CHAOS (B)

Invocation of Baphomet

This rite may be performed as a sacrament of invocation to raise a particular

manifestation of energy for inspiration, divination or communion with

particular domains of consciousness. It may be performed as an act of

enchantment in which spells are projected to modify physical reality. It may

also be performed to consecrate magical instruments, or to evoke entities for

later use.

The rite consists of six parts:

1. Preparation:

The preparation will include the making ready of the site, the erection of circles

and triangles, the placing of instruments and weapons, and the administration

of any chemical or botanical elixirs that may be employed to heighten gnosis.

Banishing rituals, meditation, circle dances, and other forms of preparatory

gnosis may be used to prepare the participants.

2. Statement of Intent:

The statement of intent must be formulated as simply, forcefully, and precisely

as possible. Holding aloft any material basis that is to be used in the rite, the

officiating priest/priestess intones the words, "It is our will_______________",

adding whatever the aim of the rite is to be. The material basis may be some

foodstuff for subsequent consecration and consumption. It may be a sigil with

which to cast an enchantment or a talisman, amulet, or fetish for consecration.

In the event that the basis is to be a sexual elixir, then the priest or priestess

stands empty-handed for the sacrifice is to be of their own bodies.

3. Invocation of Chaos:

The Invocation of Chaos is effected by a barbarous incantation delivered in

conjunction with gnostic methods of the operator's choice. The supreme

animadversion to Chaos is given below, together with a translation which is as

accurate as possible within the primitive logic structure of the English

language. Drawing the Star of Chaos in the air above the circle and assisted by

the visualisations of the same by the other participants, the priest/priestess

begins:

OL - SONUF - VAROSAGAI - GOHU

I - Reign - Over You - Saith

VOUINA - VABZIR - DE - TEHOM - QUADMONAH

The Dragon - Eagle - of - the Primal Chaos

ZIR - ILE - IAIDA - DAYES PRAF - ELILA

I Am - the First - the Highest - That Live In - the First Aether

ZIRDO - KIAFI - CAOSAGO - MOSPELEH - TELOCH

I Am - the Terror - of the Earth - the Horns - of Death

PANPIRA - MALPIRGAY - CAOSAGI

Pouring Down - the Fires of Life - On the Earth

ZAZAS ZAZAS NASATANATA ZAZAS

This last line cannot be translated

The eight-rayed Star of Chaos radiant is visualised above the circle throughout,

and sacrifices of incenses, blood, or sexual elixirs may be made.

4. Invocation of Baphomet:

The priest or priestess who is to assume the manifestation of Baphomet attires

and visualizes himself in the traditional god-form of the power source.

Baphomet, as the representation of the terrestrial life-current, appears as a

horned theriomorphic deity of the androgynous, winged, reptilian, mammalian,

and human aspect. The priest/priestess arouses within himself a resurgence of

the Chi, or Kundalini, or Sacred Firesnake, as it is variously known. Other

participants may assist by delivering such incantations as the incomparable

"Hymn to Pan", by projecting a visualization of the averse pentagram into the

priest/priestess, and if need be, by administering the Osculum Infame. (This socalled

obscene kiss to the devil's hindquarters has been much misunderstood.

All that is required is that one breathes onto the peritoneum, the space between

the genitals and the anus - inside of which the kundalini awaits to be aroused.)

The priest/priestess then completes the invocation with the Aeonic Litany:

IN THE FIRST AEON, I WAS THE GREAT SPIRIT

IN THE SECOND AEON, MEN KNEW ME AS THE HORNED GOD,

PANGENITOR PANPHAGE

IN THE THIRD AEON, I WAS THE DARK ONE THE DEVIL

IN THE FOURTH AEON, MEN KNOW ME NOT, FOR I AM THE HIDDEN

ONE

IN THIS NEW AEON, I APPEAR BEFORE YOU AS BAPHOMET

THE GOD BEFORE ALL GODS WHO SHALL ENDURE TO THE END

OF THE EARTH

The priest/priestess as Baphomet now takes any material basis being used as a

focus for the rite and consecrates it to the purpose of the ritual by whatever

means the god wills in him, perhaps by speech, by gesture, or by some

unexpected means.

5. The Oath:

The oath marks the culmination of the rite. Holding the material basis aloft, the

priest/priestess and all participants affirm

THIS IS MY WILL

If the basis be a sacrament, it is then consumed. If it is a sigil, it is destroyed or

hidden, while a consecrated object is covered and concealed for later use.

6. The Closing:

The closing may necessitate an exorcism of the priest/priestess if the trance or

possession is deep. Any Baphomet symbols and paraphernalia are removed,

and an upright pentagram is drawn over the priest/priestess. A full facial

lustration with cold water is administered, and he is called forth by his ordinary

name until he responds.

A final banishing closes this rite.