An Invocation to Narcissus

Thespian Hunter with locks unshorn

Beautiful Warrior and River-born

Thou Narcissus, from water depths I call

And resurrect thee from thy fatal fall.

No man or woman on this earth

Neither from common folk or noble birth

The icon of thine soul’s true Divinity

Could mortal men ever wish they be.

They chased thee in frenzy, both day and night,

And when they could not catch thee, they cursed the light,

And called the vengeance of gods upon all thine days

Until thou foundest thee in thine own watery gaze.

A god in the water with a haunting stare

With shapely red lips and wavy black hair

And a face that shone brighter than a hundred suns

Forging a bond where Thou and God are One.

Reaching out to a beauty never before seen

Towards the sight of thine true God thou didst lean

And in the water, thou gave that God all thine power

And graced this earth with thine Holy Flower.

O Narcissus, who didst die for love of self and God

Immortalized in myth, I give thee laud

Awaken in me a sacred love of me

To look at God and to be what I see.

Narcissus

Narcissus was a Thespian boy whose beauty was so extraordinary that every man and woman around him instantly fell in love.  His mother, in order to protect him from his own vanity diligently kept him from his own reflection.

Eventually, for one reason or another, depending on the particular version of the myth, Narcissus sees his reflection in a lake.  So enamored by his own beauty, he reached for his reflection and slipped into the water, drowning to his demise.  The gods, in honor of his beauty, created the narcissus flower whose petals point towards its own reflection in the water.  While there are the obvious lessons of the consequences of vanity and narcissism, there is greater, secret and esoteric lesson in seeing the one true Beloved in one’s own self.  The drowning in the water is an ancient precursor to baptism, not only because of the aquatic nature of the action, but also because of the reflective nature of its revelation, the sacrificial nature of an older self and a resurrection in a new form.  In Christian baptism, those are the themes that are expressed and the same themes are found here.  Thus one of the scripted rites is a initiatory ritual of baptism.

Narcissus is the god of self-love.  While that is an important and virtuous quality to attain, there is a deeper current that requires that experience of gnosis, the knowledge that who one turly is, is an image of the Divine.  He is the answer to all of the Phallic Gods.  What makes these acts of Cock worship sacred?  Because we see them reflected back to us through the myths, the stories and the practices.

Pan

Pan is an Aracadian shepherd god who appears as a regular satyr yet is unique enough as its own deity.  Pan is the god of nature, pasturing, forests, games, music and primal sex.  It is said that it was Pan who taught the young shephards the sacred act of masturbation to pass the slow and lonely hours away while in the fields.  He is often in the presence of Dionysus due to their common inclination and is represented as the archetypical “horny goat”.

The name “Pan” is Greek for the word “All” and has implications that Pan dualistic nature between wild beast and intelligent man transcends both animalistic earth and transmaterial human mind.  He has hooves that is the drumbeat of the earth and his horns are crowned with the diadems of heaven.  In Orphic Hymn, Phanes is the first creation of the Universe and appears to be a hybrid between Dionysus, Pan and Eros.

Pan, as with all satyrs, are masters of satire and comedy.  They are entertainers, musical in nature, jokesters and their presence creates opportunities to see situations from alternative perspectives.  Satyrdom is a spiritual way of being that a few men can evoke instinctually.  Often when in their presence, the hidden aspects of those around them begin to appear.  Perhaps that supposedly happily and devotedly married friend suddenly lets loose on a night out on the town.  Or that female friend is encouraged to have casual sex with that coworker with whom she has been flirting.  Either way, often these earthly and pleasureable are repressed and when they are expressed, sometimes they make their subjects uncomfortable.  Often the satyr is somehow blamed for their behavior and this is how the satyr becomes the “scapegoat”.

Dionysus

Dionysus is most known for being the Greek god of wine and all things associated with wine: the grape, the vine, sleep, drunkenness.  However Dionysus embodies a great deal of philosophical meaning and present a challenging and rewarding way of life through pleasure and gratification.

Dionysus did not always begin as a Greek deity.  Instead he imported from surrounding mountainous regions and evolved throughout time.  Dionysus is probably one of the most travelled of the Grecian deities in both myth and cultus.  Dionysus can be found in the deities of Zagreus  and Sabazius.  The deities were earlier incarnations of Dionysus.  Later Dionysus finds a place within the Greek mythos but then even extends himself to lands such as Turkey, Egypt and India.  Dionysus is the God of the unbounded, the traveler and the foreigner.  His appearance was written to be foreign and exotic in nature.

Dionysus is the god of all things primal and wild.  He is the god of wild cats such as panthers and leopards.  He is the god of the snake, the storm, the bull.  The bull is an ancient symbol Dionysus.  Its primal strength was used as a symbol of Dionysus as well as its breeding prowess.  The bull was seen as both a chthonic and solar image, the guiding torch through the Underworld and the fertile sun in the Heavens.  This dual nature is a paramount part of Dionysus’ personality and is represented by the dual horns of the bull. 

Dionysus is also associated with the bee and the snake, the goat, the ram and all other forms of horned creatures.

When Dionysus reached Greek society, they proclaimed him originally as Zagreus who was the son of Zeus and Persephone, the child of Heaven and Hell.  His birth angered the goddess Hera and she sent the Titans, spirit of primordial nature, to kill the infant Zagreus.  Zagreus shifted into various forms and the Titans tried to trick him with a number of toys and baubles.  It was a mirror that trapped Dionysus, who image was so intoxicating that even he was spellbound by it.  The Titans grabbed him and tore him to pieces and boiled to eat him.  This action is echoed in many spiritual practices.  The Dionysus myths would describe a ritual where a bull was brought into the nocturnal, outdoor rites of Dionysus.  So intoxicated and in frenzy were the devotees, they would tear apart the bull whilst alive and eat its flesh raw in an act of wild communion.  This act is also re-presented as bread being broken in sacred communion.

The scent of Dionysus’ flesh being cooked alerted Zeus and Athena to the atrocity.  Athena was able, in the form of an owl, to save the still-beating heart of Zagreus and Zeus hurled a thunderbolt at the Titans, obliterating all present.  The Orphic mysteries state that it was the mixing of the Titan and Dionysian blood from which humans were spawned.  This was to teach the philosophy that humanity is both animal and divine, a dualism that is wrestled with in each lifetime.

The heart of Dionysus was sewn into Zeus’ “thigh”.  Thus, an epithet of Dionysus is Enorches meaning “from the nuts”.  He formed there until Zeus impregnated the local princess Semele.  Semele was tricked into asking Zeus to reveal himself in his true form and consequently she died instantly, however the new Dionysus remained intact, wrapped in a womb of ivy.  Dionysus was full human and fully god, a trait that was unique in Greek mythology.  This made him a god of the people, of the human experience.  He was called “the God who comes” because he was a deity that could be experienced through spiritual practice and ecstatic nature.

Dionysus was raised by nymphs and satyrs who fauned (hehe) over him.  His presence brought out the pleasurable nature of these creatures even more.  They followed him wherever he went, becoming a bawdy caravan.  It is through Dionysus that we are given the idea of a sacred parade.  

Dionysus is most noted for having female devotees called maenads, usually women who had a case of the “fuck-its” when it came to oppressive, ancient, patriarchal society.  However, Dionysus was the god of not just women, but any of the outcasts or the marginalized.  Dionysus was the singularity of all existence, the primordial chaos, the sacred tone of the Universe resonating as a bellowing bovine.  This transcendence is seen as in the embrace of his duality.  Light and dark, Heaven and Hell, God and Man, Beast and Divinity.  Often he was considered effeminate and his attire was known to be traditionally that which was worn by women at that time.

Dionysus is also god of freedom.  Slaves were treated as equals at festival of Dionysus.  There were no title, no boundaries.  Masks were often worn during his worship.  Continuing with the theme on duality and paradox, the mask is normally used to conceal one’s identity but at a festival of Dionysus, the mask allows one to reveal their true selves.  Dionysus is also the god of sleep, the arts, prophesy, necromancy, trance, nature and all manner of sexuality.  He is often in the presence of his caravan but also with a number of other deities such as Ariadne (his wife and sister to the Minotaur), Semele-Thyone (his resurrected mother), Silenus (his gluttonous, licentious satyr mentor), Aphrodite, Apollo as well as the satyrs, nymphs, maenads and bacchantes of his caravan.

Dionysus is also no stranger to male sexual experience.  His travels brought him to many strange and exotic lands and all were fascinated (or fearful) of his presence.  There are many stories of Dionysus’ sexual encounters.  Often worship of Dionysus would be done with a wooden phallus in a basket.  In ancient times, the Dionysus-Phallus connection was evident.  This wooden phallus may have been adopted after the myth of Prosymnos.  When Dionysus’ mother died and Dionysus went on his many adventures, Dionysus felt that the Underworld was not good enough for the bearer of so awesome a deity.  So he went to travel to the Underworld by means of the River Styx.  The only person who was entrusted by Hades with the knowledge on how to achieve this feat was a gravely old man by the name of Prosymnos.  In exchange for guarding the Underworld entry, Hades granted Prosymnos eternal life but (perhaps in a dickish, god of the underworld kind of way) never granted him eternal youth, so Prosymnos, while never dying, continued to age.  When Dionysus approached him about the passageway, Prosymnos was so enamoured with Dionysus’ beauty that he promised to give Dionysus the secret on the condition that Prosymnos could fuck Dionysus’ tight ass.  Dionysus agreed but convinced Prosymnos to allow him to retrieve his mother first and he would fulfill his end of the bargain on the way back.  Prosymnos agreed.

Dionysus retrieved his mother however Hades, in anger for giving away the secret passageway, punished Prosymos by turning him into a fig tree before Dionysus could keep his promise. Dionysus instead carved a wooden phallus from the tree’s branches and fucked himself diligently in honor of Prosymnos.

Dionysus is the god of pansexuality, liberation and pleasure.  He is the breaker of laws and chains.  His is called “the God who comes” because unlike the other Gods of the Greek pantheon, Dionysus is a god of the people.  His cultus teaches that pleasure for self and pleasure for all is the highest good.  He teaches that before the great universal expanse of time and space, all creatures are incidentals before the void. 

Dionysus is the god of art, music, theater and all forms of self-expression.  He is the god of prophesy and trance.  Dionysus is revealed as Bakkhios and Meleikhios, respectfully the fire god of fury and the cooling god of peace.  He is Bromios, the Booming One, as the celestial bull and also as the inheritor of Zeus’ lighting-scepter.  He is the only other deity to sit upon Zeus’ throne.  His cult continues to this day, being one of the most invoked ancient Pagan deity in these modern times.  He is the inspiration of a number of musical, theatrical and film projects and many titans in those industries have been associated with being avatars or incarnations of Dionysus.  Dionysus is both phallus (1) and cosmos (0) with the added association of the throng and caravan, an aspect of Fraternity (A).  In this way, Dionysus is the epitome of the Triphallic god who name is IAO.

Dionysus is connected to a number of other deities from other pantheons such as Osiris, Pan and even Jesus.  In Greek myth, his phallic legacy continues by being the father of Priapus, god of enormous Cock and guardian of gardens, a predecessor of the common garden gnome.

Zeus and Ganymede

Zeus, in Greek mythology was in simplest terms, King of the Gods.  However, on a more symbolic level, he was so much more than that.  He was the Mind of the Universe, the maker of worlds, the dreamer of the living dream.  His symbol and weapon in battle was the lightning bolt, a symbol of dominant phallic energy.  Myth states that Zeus’ father was tricked into swallowing a large stone (instead of the infant Zeus).  When Zeus fought his father for power, he hit his father so hard that the stone, as well as Zeus’ divine siblings were vomited forth.  That stone is said to have landed in Delphi and was considered the exact center of the world.  It is called the Omphallos, an obvious phallic reference.  In short, the inherent phallic nature of Zeus caused his father to choke on the Universal Cock.

Ganymede was a prince of Troy.  His beauty is documented in the writings of Homer.  Because of his great physical allure, when Zeus caught sight of Ganymede, he desired him so that he changed his form into a great eagle and swept Ganymede up in his talons, taking him to his halls at Olympus.  It was there that Zeus and Ganymede copulated for many nights.  Ganymede continues to be in Zeus’ service, acting also as his cup-bearer, perhaps also to the rest of the Gods as well.  His service to Zeus was so revered by placing the constellation of Aquarius in the sky.

Zeus and Ganymede represent the phallic (1) and cosmic (0) energies of the Universe.  It speaks also of the spiritual path of love and devotion.  Loving Cock is loving God and to love God requires a soul of beauty and grace.  It is through love, devotion and service that the 10 energies are united and consescrated.

Mudra of the Horned One

Used to direct phallic energy, whether for good or ill.

The two upright digits represent the horns of Pan, they are also the two sides of Man, the light and dark, the Narcissus dichotomy.

The three closed digits are the interactions of the great IAO!

A Solitary Ritual Working

Cummunion is the highest goal of the Fraternity.  To be in continuous connection with our Source, All-Father, Universal Cock is what will ground man in gnosis, strengthen him in thelema and nurture him in agape.  There are many ways to be in communion.  These acts are called in sacramentals in the Fraternity.  Sacramentals can be meditation, prayer, ritual, exercise, study, sex, sleep, death, food, and many other aspects of life that help man see the Divinity in a material world of separation and unconsciousness.

The Rite of Cummunion is a sacred ritual to best express many of the magical and mythical aspects of communing with the Divine.  The ritual is broken up into three parts.  The first is the Phallus of Light (Liturgy of I) and is the preliminary liturgy of all spiritual activity.  It requires no tools or set sacred space.  The second is the Erection of the Boukolion (Liturgy of A), which must be preceded by the Phallus of Light.  The Erection of the Boukolion requires an altar, a sacred space and elemental tools.  It is used whenever a working space is needed to commune (spells, prayer shrine, etc.).  The last piece of the Rite is the Feast (Liturgy of O), which must be preceded by the Erection of the Boukolion. and is only done on specific days of honor, such as holidays or full moons.  The Feast requires a chalice of wine and a paten of bread.  These three liturgies are the basis of all Phallic rituals: 1- The connection of Self with Heaven and Earth, through Phallus, 2- The establishment of sacred space, made with the primal elements, in order to meet the Divine and 3- The Feast of Union, where the union is made and the universe is in continuing order and rightness, through symbolic partaking of Divine Flesh and Blood.  How these three objective are accomplished may be up to the practitioner and not all three parts are necessary for spiritual working.  If one simply wanted to meditate or ground before exercising, the Phallus of Light will suffice.  However if one was participating in a spell or wanted to build a shrine to a loved one, the Establishment of the Boukolion is in order.  However if one was going to "ingest" the Lord either through food, sex or other means, a feasting rite may need to be drafted.

The Phallus of Light

Step 1: Recite the Song of the Celestial Sodomite (Triphallic Hymn O)

Step 2: Narcissistic Reflections on the Elements

Step 3: The Phallic Chant (chanted in rounds of 3)

Flatus

Ignis

Aqua

Terra

Fascinum

Saccus

Semen

Sanctum

Veni

Phalle

Veni

Phalle

Veni

Phalle

IAO!

Step 4: The Light Cross

(when participating in the choreography of the Light Cross, use visualization/imagination to use the Phallic Light from above to surround yourself in magical sigils and a circle of Light).

(reaching above) Pater Priapus

(touching forehead) Bless our minds

(touching heart) and our hearts

(touching phallus) and our roots

(touching left shoulder) that we may balance absence

(touching right shoulder) along with excess

(clasping hands over the heart)  within a Temple of Love.  Ah Min!

Facing East, make the mudra of the Horned One, trace a cross in the direction (top to bottom, right to left) and make 1 1/2 spiraling circles to its center, ending with salute of blessing.

By the light freshly risen, I am cleansed, + blessed and protected in the name of IAO! (Make a triangle when chanting IAO, first on the left hip, then forehead, then the right hip.)

Draw a line from the center of the East to the center of the South.  Facing South, make the mudra of the Horned One, trace a cross in the direction (top to bottom, right to left) and make 1 1/2 spiraling circles to its center, ending with salute of blessing.

By the light highly hung, I am cleansed, + blessed and protected in the name of IAO! (Make a triangle when chanting IAO, first on the left hip, then forehead, then the right hip.)

Draw a line from the center of the South to the center of the West.  Facing West, make the mudra of the Horned One, trace a cross in the direction (top to bottom, right to left) and make 1 1/2 spiraling circles to its center, ending with salute of blessing.

By the light of setting sun, I am cleansed, + blessed and protected in the name of IAO! (Make a triangle when chanting IAO, first on the left shoulder, then the phallus, then the right shoulder.)

Draw a line from the center of the West to the center of the North.  Facing North, make the mudra of the Horned One, trace a cross in the direction (top to bottom, right to left) and make 1 1/2 spiraling circles to its center, ending with salute of blessing.

By the light of darkest night, I am cleansed, + blessed and protected in the name of IAO! (Make a triangle when chanting IAO, first on the left shoulder, then the phallus, then the right shoulder.)

Draw a line from the center of the North to the center of the East, completing the circle.

Standing cruciform:

Phallus above me,

Phallus below me,

Phallus before me.

Phallus behind me.

Phallus in my left hand,

Phallus in my right hand.

Around me shines pillars of Light

and I am penetrated by the great IAO!

In sacred space, let us recreate the sacred mysteries, let us awaken darkness with light, let us praise our Father of Life.  From the sands of Unconsciousness, the Onyx Obelisk arises.  From the Forest of Satyrs, the Mighty Oak grows.  From the Vast Open Horizon, the Sun pours fourth its Light.  God in Man, Man in God, revealed as God when Man is in Man.  Ah Min.

The Erection of the Boukolion

Facing the East, presenting the boat of incense:

Air most liberated, Spirit of Tempest and Feather, blessed are you for upon your wings are born the prayers of lovers and the songs of poets that they may chime through the Holy Boukolion of HIM. None knows from whence you come or to where you depart, but I know why you blow to and fro; the Voice of HIM is your speed, your folly and your path.  He is your Muse, you who inspire artists and creators alike.  Most blessed Wind, carry the prayers of this simple concubine before the Lord and lay them throughout his hair as a wreath of succulent blossom, that the ears of HIM may catch wind of my devotion and his delight may shine upon me today and always.

Element of Air, enter into this incense.  Cleanse it from all physical and spiritual hindrance, consecrate it by the spiritual seed of Phallus and charge it with the essence of knowledge and newness.  In the name of IAO!

Facing the South, presenting the censer of fire:

Illuminating, Blazing, Scorching, Renewing, Most Holy Fire, Born of HIM, brought forth by spirit and will and desire, you change all to whom you reach and all who reach for Thee are forever changed.  Purify me, reduce me, ignite me that I may ravish to cinders, so that all that may be left is the incorruptible within, that underneath the ashes a gem of light may be revealed and glorified as a diadem of His radiance, that phoenix may arise, setting the earth ablaze, tearing apart the gates of Hell and the corridors of Heaven simply to reach HIM for He is my passion, my light and my heart. May the fires burn until none be left but HIM and those elected collected of holy spark that together they may be free to love in ecstatic inferno.

Element of Fire, enter into this cinder.  Cleanse it from all physical and spiritual hindrance, consecrate it by the spiritual seed of Phallus and charge it with the essence of strength and desire.  In the name of IAO!

 Facing the West, presenting the font of water:

Water: Earth's most humble creature, fluid, mercurial, you flow and run to any who receives you, quenching the thirst of all who find you.  The rain that covers good and evil alike, the mystery of the dark ocean, the Wine of Fornication: in all ways, you are merciful and you are loved.  He mourns for me as I dwell in this desert, devoid of rivers flowing with love; the earth barren of verdant life bearing the fruit of His pleasure. Concubines of HIM, Holy Caravan of Sinner-Saints, tear asunder the floodgates that dam His love from me and as I wait in the dusty ravine, may I be overcome with His rapture as it cascades upon my fragile body, drowning me in the Ocean of His Eternity.

Element of Water, enter into the liquid.  Cleanse it from all physical and spiritual hindrance, consecrate it by the spiritual seed of Phallus and charge it with the essence of love and devotion.  In the name of IAO!

Facing the North, presenting the cellar of salt:

Provider of the grape, the grain and the restful shade, image of His bounty, as dangerous as is beautiful, most Holy Earth, you are the foundation of faith, hope and charity,  In the forest is the spirit of virility found, in the wolf, the panther and the stag.  You give us the bull, the beast, the body and in form, we seek only the anointing of the Formless.  May my body be strong that it may bear the trials that lie ahead in the journey.  May it be beautiful and pulchritudinous to His eye, engaging His desire and stirring His passion, that through fight and fire, blood and death, He will fight for me, to have me, to own me so that I may belong to HIM and roam with His concubines in Holy Caravan eternally.

Element of Earth, enter into this salt.  Cleanse it from all physical and spiritual hindrance, consecrate it by the spiritual seed of Phallus and charge it with the essence of prosperity and secrecy.  In the name of IAO!

Add three pinches of salt to the water, stir counter-clockwise three times.

Meilikhios, Lord of Cool Shade and Gentle Spring, you soothe the weary soul from the oppression of form.  Send forth your phallic blessing upon this suppliant and let the wine of your love flow freely over your priest, bringing peace and love into the world.  Ah Min!

Add three pinches of incense to the censer, stir the censer counter-clockwise three times.

Bakkhios, Raging Inferno of God and Wild, Strangling Vine, you smite, enlighten and liberate man's mind from ignorance.  Send forth your phallic blessing upon the devotee and let the blood of the raging bull cascade and submerge your priest bringing transformation and liberation into the world. Ah Min!

May this union of opposites,

fire and water,

light and dark,

sun and moon,

spirit and beast,

cock and orifice,

Meilikhios and Bakkhios,

cleanse this finite form,

this limited mind,

this selfish heart

from all iniquities

so this temporal shadow

may find peace and reunion

within the Light of the Infinite.

Use the water and smoke to perform acts of self-cleansing and blessing.  Facing the East, sprinkle the altar in the north-east, then the south east, then the west, three times, then circumambulate counter-clockwise, asperging the directions while saying:

Hekas, Hekas Este Bebeloi!

Cum Sancta Aqua, I banish all profane spirits, divas, thoughts and all earthly creatures that are blind to the beauty and incandescence of HIM.  May the four gates be guarded and the circle sealed tight that cummunion with out secret God shall remain forever unknown to the ignorant and the Holy Rites of Phallus be protected.  Fill with His Presence, let us drown in His essence.  In the Name of IAO!

Facing the East, incense the altar starting in the north-west, then the east, then the south-west, three times, then circumambulate clockwise, incensing the directions while saying:

Salve, Salve, Salve Homo-Deus!

Cum Sanctus Fumus, I invoke the Aquarian Star, and the inner Flame, the beauty and splendor of His Holy Radiance.  May the four gates be channels of His never-ending graces, filling this circle with virility, with gnois, with thelema and with agape.  As incense rises to the Highest Heavens to adore His sacred image, may the Holy Obelisk rise from the earth, establishing this boukolion as the Bridal Chamber of the Soul.  Under this holy canopy of stellar light, He and I become One in ecstasy and desire.  In the Name of IAO!

The Evocation of HIM

Let us prepare the Verdant Earth, the Dark Soil of the Universe, that it my be tilled by the Phallic-Plow and seeded with the stars of Heaven.

How, in the light of morning, 'round me glowests, Spring, thou beloved one!  With thousand-carying loving bliss, the sacred emotions born of thy warmth eternal press 'gainst my bosom, Thou endlessly fair one! Could I but hold thee clasp'd within mine arms?  Ah! Upon thy bosom lay I, pining, and then thy flowers, thy grass, were pressing against my heart.  Thou coolest the burning thirst in my bosom, beauteous morning breeze!  The nightingale then calls me sweetly from out the misty vale.  I come!  I come!  Whither?  Ah, wither? Up, up lies my course.  While downward the clouds are hovering, the clouds are bending to meet yearning love.  For me.  Within thine arms.  Upwards! Embraced and embracing! Upwards into thy bosom, Oh Father, All-Loving.

The response is, "Arise, enter, come, be."

In the name of IAO! Ah Min!

The Nameless One, Ancient of Days, The Lord, HIM...

The Father of our Fathers, the Companion of our Brothers...

The fixation of my mind, the longing of my heart, the fire of my loins...

The Rising Obelisk, the Hooded Pharaoh, the Desert Prince...

The Holy Icon of the Water-Mirror...

The Fiery Eagle, the Hedon-Serpent, the Sacrificial Tree...

The Great Satyr, The Holy Pan, the Sacred Centaur...

Priapus Rising, Axis-Mundi, Cosmic Cock, Man-Root...

The Glory of Man, the Will of Man, the Joy and Life of Man...

As Ganymede, favored of Gods, favored of men...

As the Light of your Image, as the Darkness of your Depth...

As heir to the Holy Caravan...

As Narcissus, a fallen star of Aquarian splendor...

As bearer of the Sacred Thyrsus, Guardian of the Phallic Mysteries...

As He who is seen by thee when gazing in the Water-Mirror...

As He who is Thee...

By the drumbeat that causes hips to sway...

By the scent of flowers in spring and the hum of bees...

By seed and bud and leaf and flower, by sun and moon and space...

By the spirit of wine and the ecstasy of lust and the need to feel...

By sweat, blood, hair and bone, by earth and fire, water and wind...

By thy hooves upon the earth and thy horns beyond the stars...

By the cocks of our fathers, who brought us to bear...

By the cocks of our brothers, with whom we are in in fraternal unity...

Insert an invocation of a specific phallic deity here.

The Feast

Come thou, O Lord,

Gentle and loving master of all,

With the warmth of life in thy ruddy cheeks

A gracious smile upon thy soft lips,

Thy head of flowing locks crowned with a wreath of juicy figs

And thy ivy-wrapped wand held high!

Before thee is set a table overflowing with bread and meats,

Heaped with piles of fruit from the vine,

And wine that flows as freely as thy maniform blessings.

Join us in the feast, O Kindly One,

And raise thy voice along with ours,

As we sing of the good things of life

And the joys that thou bringest to us

Away, away all our sorrows! Take flight depression and thou winged madness,

For He is here, Laughter-loving, all-embracing lord of life!

Lord of vines, may you arrive full of wines,

may you pour forth the sweet liquid, to be compared with nectar, and make the old pleasant,

and turned to another use, may it not lead harsh flavor to our spiteful veins.

Come to me, lost at cosmic sea, a maze of wild strength

Trapped in both mind and body, but still within your saving reach.

Come, my Master, my Lord, my priapic God,

Come into this Sacred Feast, Come within me, thy Humble Vessel;

come into this place I prepare with the sound of trumpets and drums.

May You arise with a crown of ivy and golden clusters of grapes,

and bear shaft of new green wood.

O Gentle One, may You come to this altar.

In the name of IAO! Ah Min!

He expels light cares from the heart; He brings soothing relief from distress.

He expels the agony of the heart; He bears medicine to soothe the fever of illusion.

Gold reflecting reflected Sun risen again,

My Lord, My Beloved

burning passion through my days,

My nights crowned in ivy, crowned in gold

Whirling I am both and neither.

Bacchus they call you, and Osiris, and Jesus the Christos,

born in fire, and Savior also, who alone was born of earthen and cosmic mothers.

Revered as a God within, unshorn Narcissus, joyful Frejr, The Great Satyr Pan

the Sower of Grapes, the Reaper of Souls, Lord of Nocturnal Revelries, the Bullroarer,

and by many more names:

Apollo, Orpheus, Krishna and Eros, Antinous, Shiva, Thor, Cu Chulain, and Hermes

The Mighty and Strong Priapus our vessel to knowledge.

And the innocent, perpetual virgin, perpetual concubine, the Great Ganymede

Adored for your eternal youth, a youth everlasting,

you the most beautiful among the celestial Gods high above,

to You are sacrifices made when You, with a crown of horns and feathers,

serpents and vines upon Your head, are near and lend us Your assistance.

You are the God Who Comes:

Come within this willing body.

Raising the Paten

From thy lofty station in Aquarian Celestine,

You gaze upon my naked form and love filled your heart.

But this form has no living spirit and is an unwilling slave to death.

In mercy, you paid the mortal dowry and you sacrificed your being

into the effulgence of the Sun.

From the Sun, you sacrificed your being to the wheat.

From the wheat you sacrificed your being to the scythe.

From the scythe, you sacrificed your being to the mill.

From the mill, you sacrificed your being to the fire.

In the fire, you resurrect as this bread, sweet and nourishing

Dying once again in sacred cummunion that your life may live in me.

I give praise to the Divine Beloved, who has chosen

this broken and fragile boy to be His tabernacle.

You plant your seed in fertile land so that you may grow

in strength, in passion, in wisdom, wild and divine.

In holy eucharist, I sacrifice my being in prayer and will,

so that I may live in Thee

as you have lovingly chose to live in me.

Through seven gates of death you descended that I may experience your life. In the name of HIM, my Love, my Passion, my Inspiration and Body, He who pervades all phenomenon: I consecrate this Holy Meal that it may embody the Spirit of Virility. May all those who partake of it be called to join HIM and his sinner-saints in Holy Caravan. Ah Min!. +

Raising the Chalice

From thy blessed and roving caravan, led by satyrs and concubines,

You stole a glimpse of my unabashed body and desire filled your loins

But this body bears no living spark of passion and is without a stirring knowledge.

In ecstasy at the sight of me, you tempted the moon to turn her face to your blessed light.

From the moon, you tempted the Oceans to rise.

From the Ocean, you lifted the rains into the ether.

From the rains, you seduced the vines to flower in grape

From the grape you ached for the violence of the press

From the press to the climbing aspirations of the cask

From the cask to the mystery and magic of this wine

All so that I may swim in your Sea of Pleasure,

that I may be intoxicated through the fermentation of the soul,

that I may be maddened by the elixir of your blood.

The Spirit of Narcissus has fallen upon the chalice;

The Phallus of Osiris has been dipped in the sacred Nile.

In holy eucharist, I resurrect my fallen being into the rapture of your embrace,

so that I may love in Thee

as you have lovingly chose to love in me.

Through seven portals of life you ascended that I may experience your sacrifice. In the name of HIM, my Deep, my Will, my Knowledge, my Blood, He who is bridegroom to all souls: I consecrate this Holy Drink that it may embody the Spirit of Ecstasy. May all those who partake of it be called to join HIM, brightening His Holy Tent as Novus Ganymedius, Lux Dei. Ah Min! +

Presenting Both in Cruciform:

ECCE HOMO-DEUS!

LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH AND ALL THEREAFTER

OUR DIVINE LOVER

OUR SACRED BRIDEGROOM

OUR GENEROUS MASTER

SUBMISSIVE, DOMINANT AND WISE IN MERCY AND JUSTICE

THE MISCHIEVOUS SEDUCER, THE NOBLE PARADOX

GOD-IN-MAN, MAN-IN-GOD,

REVEALED AS GOD WHEN MAN IS IN MAN.

THE PROVIDER OF PLEASURE

THE PLEROMA OF LIFE

AND THE FIRE OF GANYMEDIAN DISCIPLINE.

MAY THE STARS OF AQUARIUS TEAR THEMSELVES

FROM THEIR COSMIC CANVAS

AND REST UPON THIS SACRED CUMMUNION

BRINGING PLEASURE TO MY LIPS,

BLISS IN MY HEART

AND FIRE TO MY LOINS.

AND TO ALL MEN!

IN THE NAME OF IAO!I

In the Name of Zagreus, the ravaged Boy.

In the Name of Jesus, the broken Savior.

In the Name of Shiva, the Lord of Death.

Born of wind and fire, I am Man, God-Flesh, Solar-Spirit, Phallic Reed.

This is my Body, given up for you.

Communicates with the host.

In the Name of Ganymede, the Water-Bearer.

In the Name of Narcissus, the Drowned God.

In the Name of Osiris, the River Phallus.

Born of water and light, I am Man, Sacred Chalice, Soul-Mirror, Holy Icon.

This is my Blood, given up for you.

Communicates with the wine.

After receiving both, the communicant proclaims:

ECCE HOMO-DEUS!

A time for meditation is appropriate at this time.

The ritual may be ended by giving thanks to the invoked deity of the ritual and participating in the Light Cross again.  

The Four Elements

The rituals contained herein are based not only on a trinitarian divinity, but also on the tradition that the material and spiritual universe is comprised of four primary elements.  These elements make up the building blocks of all life and are reflective of various aspects of the inner self.  They could easily be understood angels or demigods of the Autogenetor (the Self-Created; if all is One in Divinity, then the gnosis of who we are is the gnosis that we are all fragments of the self-created, eternal God).

AIR

The element of Air is situated in the East to signify the rising of the morning Sun.  It represents the mind, the thought, the beginning of all creation.  It is the source of inspiration, poetry, art, music. Often associated with healing as all healing is thought to begin in the mind.  In ritual, its element is a boat of incense and its weapon is the sword.  It is represented as the spring, as youth and as the Adolescent Phallus.  It aligns to the point of "To Know" in the Witch's Pyramid.  It quantification is length.

Fire

Going clockwise, the element of Fire is invoked in the South and is respective of the noonday Sun. It represents the will, the energy and the power of the universe.  It is the our personal source of energy, power, strength and desire.  In ritual, it is represented as a censer of fire and its weapon is the wand.  It is represented as the summer, as manhood, and as the Erect Phallus.  It aligns to the point of "To Dare" in the Witch's Pyramid.  Its quantification is height.

Water

The element of Water is invoked in the West, a direction and element that is often associated with both birth and death.  It is invoked as the setting sun and is considered the element of our emotions, devotions, and heart-flow.  In ritual, it is represented as a font of water and its weapon is the chalice.  It is reflected as the autumn, as elders and as the Resting Phallus.  It aligns to the point of "To Will" in the Witch's Pyramid.  Its quantification is depth.

Earth

The element of Earth is lastly invoked in the North, the direction of ice, snow, winter and darkness.  It is the midnight darkness, the blackness of earth and loneliness of death.  It is the aligned to the body and all things prosperity and material based.  In ritual, it is represented as a cellar of salt and its weapon is the paten.  It is the winter, the corpse and the Flaccid Phallus.  It aligns to the point of "To Be Silent" and its quantification is more.

In Latin, the elements of air, fire, water and earth are translated as flatus, ignis, aqua and terra.  As an anagram, they form the Latin word FIAT which in Latin means, "Let it be so" or "So mote it be".  When adding the quintessential element of Light (LUX), the term become FIAT LUX, meaning "Let there be light", the first words God spoke in the act of creation in the Book of Genesis.  

In opposition, the quintessential element could be Night (NOX) which is open for chaotic experience and interpretation.

IAO: The Triphallic Name

IAO! The Holy Name (pronounced ee-ah-oh) is an old magical formula from ancient times that contains many mysteries.

It is said to be the Greek translation of the Hebrew YHVH or "Yahweh/Jehovah", the sacred four lettered name of God.  It has also been noted to align with the English Biblical phrase, "I am the Alpha and the Omega."

It lends one to concepts of the Trinity, an ancient theological belief of a single deity comprised of three co-equal, co-eternal, co-substantial personas and most understated but probably most importantly three forms of divine relationship.

Aleister Crowley wrote that the formula IAO stood for Isis - Apophis - Osiris.  He noted how the letter "I", while representing the feminine principle was phallic in script and the letter "O" represented the masculine principal but was shaped as an orifice.  He continues to state that IAO is not simply a solitary state or present reality (i.e. not just a noun) but is also descriptive of a spiritual process (i.e. is also a verb).  Isis, who is nature, is destroyed by Apophos, the destroyer, and reborn as the new Osiris.  He states that this process of birth-death-rebirth, found in so many different spiritual traditions, is often misunderstood as a resurrection of that which was.  He instead proposes that the resurrection is a birth of something new, a new age, instead of re-animating what has died.  Osiris himself is honored as a Phallic God due to not only his relation to the origins of the IAO but also because of his participation in this spiritual cycle.  His story particularly is phallic in nature as it is the only member of his body not able to be retrieved from the Nile when his dismembered body was reassembled.  It is said that this phallus, in its cycles or erection and rest, would cause the Nile to flood annually, bringing fertility to a desert land.  This cycle of birth-death-rebirth is echoed in many of the myths of the phallic gods along with Osiris, including Dionysus, Jesus, Narcissus, Antinous and others.

The Fraternity recognizes the IAO in the following shared understandings:

1. The IAO is a single name and mirrors a single God.  Phallus is understood as this singular divinity.  Connection of the singular divine to the male sexual organ is simply traditional and cultural in nature, however that does not negate the symbolic connections that are made between the two. Worship of the Phallus is understood to be as inherently effective when communing with the Divine as any other practice.  When speaking of Phallus, we are speaking about the IAO as a singular unit. This may represent whatever ultimate form or force of Divinity that a practitioner is comfortable with however the IAO speaks of unity, singularity, a culmination of forces...all virtues that are behooved upon the Fraternity to embrace.

2. The IAO is expresses the division of the human condition.  Despite a belief in the unity of all things, our regular experience tells us that we are not united, but instead alone and disconnected from the rest of the world around us.  This is a common dilemma in many spiritual traditions and much has been written and taught to assist in the re-integration of these opposing forces.  IAO represents how gnosis of the singular deity (I) is divided by the structures of nature and man (A) into the many fragmented consciousness of each human mind (O).  This division of the IO is the source of many phallic practices.  The myth of Narcissus, while on the surface warns of the dangers of vanity, is actually an allegory to spiritual awakening and divine love.  By looking at our many selves with divine love, we are able to see the places where Divinity shines brightest within us and also those areas that are not united to the Divinity that is the foundation of all phenomena.  This unification of the One with the All is celebrated in sacramental acts of baptism.  Baptism is therefore a commitment to self-reflection and self-love.

Lastly, the IAO represents the three gay male archetypes.  While these archetypes seem extremely polemic, they are in fact all inclusive in the way that all men, whether top or bottom, gay or straight, or any variance of sexual orientation or identity.

"I" - represents the Phallus and represents the "top" of the Divine Male relationship.  Better said, the "I" is the penetrative aspect of the Divine.  All men penetrate in some way, whether that be physically, or penetrating others with ideas, emotions, knowledge or more.  The "I" represents the present moment in time and anatomically is aligned with the shaft of the trinity of which is a man's Cock.  The "I" is also aligned to the virtue of Thelema, or "Will", the virtue to enact our way in this world, blazing a trail into the next one.

"O" - represents the Orifice and represents the "bottom" of the Divine Male relationship. Whether it be a mouth, an ass, a hand or a vagina, the "O" is the receptive aspect of the Divine.  Often it is considered the "soul".  The soul is a part of God that got separated from its original unity and whose life purpose is to find reunion with that Source.  All men have a receptive nature just like they have a penetrative nature.  The "O" represents the past and is anatomically aligned with the testicles and scrotum, the treasury house of a man's ancestral DNA.  Obviously, the receptive orifices are also in anatomical alignment with the "O".  The "O" is also aligned to the virtue of Gnosis, or "Knowledge", the virtue to know our true united selves and the reality of the world in which we currently find ourselves.

"A" - What unites the "I" and the "O" is the "A".  The "A" is like a pyramid, a temple in which to worship and it represents the Community, where the Divine Male relationship can be nurtured and harvested.  While "the Fraternity" is what is referred to as a congregation of Phallic Chaos Magicians, the "A" is more than just this subculture.  The "A" is where Phallic virtues are cherished, taught and supported, values such as hospitality, brotherhood, respect, support and community.  It is not a place in time and space, but a quality in character sought in following this ecstatic path.  The "A" represent the future and what we leave for other generations to build upon.  It is anatomically aligned the Semen.  The "A" is also aligned to the virtue of Agape, or "Love", the virtue to sustain ourselves and others in peace, support and a gnostic understanding of the Divinity underlying all creation and phenomena.

Whenever the IAO is pronounced in ritual, it should be deeply chanted.