Ululatus Lunaris

Ululatus Lunaris, the Howl of the Moon Ritual, as recorded in the Codex Bestiae Lunae. On the night of the full moon the initiate is led into the Circle of Stone. At the circle’s center rises the black stone altar, ancient and unmarked by time, its surface drinking both shadow and light. As the moon reaches its zenith, the Order gathers and the Mass of the Night begins. "Sub luna plena, voca bestiam." Blood is drawn, not as punishment, but as remembrance, and placed upon the altar. Moonlight falls upon it, pale and unyielding, and the two are bound by oath and word. As the chanting rises, the initiate calls not to the sky, but to the thing that sleeps beneath flesh and bone. Convulsions follow. Pain is inevitable. The body rebels as the primal memory awakens and the eyes catch the moonlight with an unnatural gleam. This is the Signum Lunaris, proof that the Moon has answered. Not all endure. Those who fail are taken by silence, their breath stolen back by the night. The Codex records them without shame, for the Moon does not judge. She only chooses. "Qui superstes est, Lunafavoritus fit" Those who rise again are named Lunafavoriti, the Moon-Favored. They have been marked, howled and been heard. They have crossed the threshold and returned. "Signum Lunaris revelatur." Marked, changed, and claimed, they are dismissed from the Circle and sealed until the next full moon, when they may attempt the greater transformation. Thus ends the Howl of the Moon Ritual. Thus begins the path toward Incantatio Lupina when the transformation can be fully completed. [Intro – Spoken] Sub luna plena… voca bestiam… Under the full moon… call the beast… (chanting) [Verse - Spoken] Sanguis et lux, pacto sacrato! Carne tua et sanguine tuo, formam accipies! Ululatus primus, surrexit! In tenebris viget memoria veterum! [Chorus - Choir] “Sub Luna! Sub Luna! Sub Luna!” “Sub Luna! Sub Luna! Sub Luna!” “Ululatus! Ululatus! Ululatus!” “Ululatus! Ululatus! Ululatus!” “Ululatus! Ululatus! Ululatus!” [Verse - Spoken, screams] Convulsions et dolor… Intra te, bestia surgit! Oculi lucent, ululatus resonat…! Within you, the beast rises! Eyes glow, the howl resounds… (chant) [Chorus - Choir] “Sub Luna! Sub Luna! Sub Luna!” (screaming, mad laughter) “Sub Luna! Sub Luna! Sub Luna!” “Ululatus! Ululatus! Ululatus!” “Ululatus! Ululatus! Ululatus!” “Ululatus! Ululatus! Ululatus!” (screaming, howling) [Bridge, screaming] “Ululatus! Ululatus! Ululatus!” “Qui superstes est, Lunafavoritus fit!” [Chorus - Choir] “Sub Luna! Sub Luna! Sub Luna!” (screaming, mad laughter) “Sub Luna! Sub Luna! Sub Luna!” “Ululatus! Ululatus! Ululatus!” “Ululatus! Ululatus! Ululatus!” “Ululatus! Ululatus! Ululatus!” [Final Chorus - chanted, Choir, full power] “Sub Luna! Sub Luna! Sub Luna!” “Ululatus! “Ego ululo! Ego sum bestia!” “Signum Lunaris revelatur!” “Sub Luna! Sub Luna! " [Outro - Spoken] Sub luna… voca bestiam… Ululatus Lunaris…