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	*[http://www.~~hermetic~~.com/~~osiris/rmotpmale.htm On~~ the Mass of the Phoenix]~~, by Fr~~. ~~Osiris~~		*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6xfYhz_Eds A video demonstration of the Mass of the Phoenix].

	==References==		==References==

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'''The Mass of the Phoenix''' (technically called [[Liber]] XLIV or 44) is a [[Eucharist|eucharistic]] [[ritual]] written by [[Aleister Crowley]], which first appeared in ''The Book of Lies'', Chapter 44, in 1913. The Mass of the Phoenix is an official ritual of the [[A.'.A.'.]]

==The ritual==

From ''Magick, Book 4:''

:''The Magician, his breast bare, stands before an altar on which are his [[Burin]], [[Bell]], [[Thurible]], and two of the [[Cake of Light|Cakes of Light]]. In the [[Ritual Signs|Sign of the Enterer]] he reaches West across the [[Altar]], and cries:''

::'''Hail Ra, that goest in thy bark Into the caverns of the Dark!'''

:''He gives the sign of Silence, and takes the Bell, and Fire, in his hands.''

::'''East of the Altar see me stand With light and musick in my hand!'''

:''He strikes Eleven times upon the Bell 333 – 55555 – 333 and places the Fire in the Thurible.''

::'''I strike the Bell: I light the Flame; I utter the mysterious Name. ABRAHADABRA'''

:''He strikes eleven times upon the Bell.''

::'''Now I begin to pray: Thou Child, Holy Thy name and undefiled! Thy reign is come; Thy will is done. Here is the Bread; here is the Blood. Bring me through midnight to the Sun! Save me from Evil and from Good! That Thy one crown of all the Ten Even now and here be mine. AMEN.'''

:''He puts the first Cake on the Fire of the Thurible.''

::'''I burn the Incense-cake, proclaim These adorations of Thy name.'''

:''He makes them as in Liber Legis, and strikes again Eleven times upon the Bell. With the Burin he then makes upon his breast the proper sign.''

::'''Behold this bleeding breast of mine Gashed with the sacramental sign!'''

:''He puts the second Cake to the wound.''

::'''I stanch the Blood; the wafer soaks It up, and the high priest invokes!'''

:''He eats the second Cake.''

::'''This Bread I eat. This Oath I swear As I enflame myself with prayer: "There is no grace: there is no guilt: This is the Law: DO WHAT THOU WILT!"'''

:''He strikes Eleven times upon the Bell, and cries''

::'''ABRAHADABRA. I entered in with woe; with mirth I now go forth, and with thanksgiving, To do my pleasure on the earth Among the legions of the living.'''

:''He goeth forth.''

==Explication==

From ''The Book of Lies:"

:[44] is the special number of [[Horus]]; it is the Hebrew blood, and the multiplication of the [[4]] by the [[11]], the number of Magick, explains 4 in its finest sense. But see in particular the accounts in Equinox I, vii of the circumstances of the [[Equinox of the Gods]].

:The word "[[Phoenix]]" may be taken as including the idea of "[[Pelican]]", the bird, which is fabled to feeds its young from the blood of its own breast. Yet the two ideas, though cognate, are not identical, and "Phoenix" is the more accurate symbol.

:This chapter is explained in Chapter 62.

Chapter 62 from ''The Book of Lies:''

'''TWIG?'''

The Phoenix hath a Bell for Sound; Fire for Sight; a
Knife for Touch; two cakes, one for taste, the other
for smell.
He standeth before the Altar of the Universe at
Sunset, when Earth-life fades.
He summons the Universe, and crowns it with
MAGICK Light to replace the sun of natural light.
He prays unto, and give homage to, [[Ra-Hoor-Khuit]];
to Him he then sacrifices.
The first cake, burnt, illustrates the profit drawn
from the scheme of incarnation.
The second, mixt with his life's blood and eaten,
illustrates the use of the lower life to feed the
higher life.
He then takes the [[Magical Oath|Oath]] and becomes free—un
conditioned—the Absolute.
Burning up the Flame of his Prayer, and born
again—the Phoenix!

Crowley's comment:
:Twig? = dost thou understand? Also the Phoenix takes twigs to kindle the fire in which it burns itself.

==See also==
*[[Eucharist]]
*[[The Gnostic Mass]]
*[[Magick in Theory & Practice#Rituals of Thelema|Rituals of Thelema]]
*[[Ritual Signs]]

==External links==
*[http://www.hermetic.com/osiris/rmotpmale.htm On the Mass of the Phoenix], by Fr. Osiris

==References==
*Crowley, Aleister. (1997). ''Magick: Book 4. 2nd ed.'' "Liber O." York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.
*____. (1978). ''The Book of Lies.'' New York: S. Weiser.
*DuQuette, Lon Milo. (1993). ''The Magick of Thelema.'' York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.

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