The Anthem (page 3 of 4) Priest: Thou who art I, beyond all I am, Who hast no nature and no name, Who art, when all but thou art gone, Thou, centre and secret of the Sun, Thou, hidden spring of all things known And unknown, Thou aloof, alone, Thou, the true fire within the reed Brooding and breeding, source and seed Of life, love, liberty and light, Thou beyond speech and beyond sight, Thee I invoke, my faint fresh fire Kindling as my intents aspire, Thee I invoke, abiding one, Thee, centre and secret of the Sun, And that most holy mystery Of which the vehicle am I. Appear, most awful and most mild, As it is lawful, in thy child! Chorus: For of the Father and the Son The Holy Spirit is the norm; Male-female, quintessential, one, Man-being veiled in woman-form. Glory and worship in the highest, Thou Dove, mankind that deifiest, Being that race, most royally run To spring sunshine through winter storm. Glory and worship be to Thee, Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree! Men: Glory to Thee from gilded tomb! Women: Glory to Thee from waiting womb! Men: Glory to Thee from earth unploughed! Women: Glory to Thee from virgin vowed! Men: Glory to Thee, true Unity Of the eternal Trinity! Women: Glory to Thee, thou sire and dam And self of I am that I am! Men: Glory to Thee, beyond all term, Thy spring of sperm, thy seed and germ! Women: Glory to Thee, eternal Sun, Thou One in Three, Thou Three in One! All: Glory and worship unto Thee, Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree! Priest: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. People: Love is the law, love under will. The Creed (page 2 of 4; handwritten note at top left: “Jack Angove”) Deacon: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I proclaim the Law of Light, Life, Love and Liberty in the name of IAO. Congregation: Love is the law, love under will. Deacon & People: I believe in one secret and ineffable LORD; and in one Star in the Company of Stars of whose fire we are created, and to which we shall return; and in one Father of Life, Mystery of Mystery, in His name CHAOS, the sole viceregent of the Sun upon the Earth; and in one Air the nourisher of all that breathes. And I believe in one Earth, the Mother of us all, and in one Womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, Mystery of Mystery, in Her name BABALON. And I believe in the Serpent and the Lion, Mystery of Mystery, in His name BAPHOMET. And I believe in one Gnostic and Catholic Church of Light, Life, Love and Liberty, the Word of whose Law is THELEMA. And I believe in the communion of Saints. And, forasmuch as meat and drink are transmuted in us daily into spiritual substance, I believe in the Miracle of the Mass. And I confess one Baptism of Wisdom, whereby we accomplish the Miracle of Incarnation. And I confess my life one, individual and eternal that was, and is, and is to come. AUMN. AUMN. AUMN. Priestess: Be the LORD present among us! People: So mote it be. The Collects The Deacon reads the body of the 11 Collects before the congregation. At the end of each, the congregation declares, So mote it be!
