On the table the glasses, the bread, and the wine1 will be placed. Seven lights or wax candles will be lit, and the ritual will take place. The Anointing will begin with these words:
Priest
I approach the altar of God, which edifies the mind and lights the splendor of an eternal youth.
(facing the congregation, he exclaims:)
Chrestos be with ye!
Acolyte
May He illuminate thy Spirit.
Priest
(facing altar):
Come, oh hallowed Word!
Come, oh sacred name of the Chrestos force!
Come, oh sublime energy!
Come, oh divine mercy!
Come, supreme Seity of the Most High!
(facing the faithful ones, he traces a cross on his forehead and another one on his chest. Then he traces a circle beginning at the center of his forehead, passing around his left shoulder, sexual organs, right shoulder and up to his forehead, closing the circle.)
(facing the congregation, he says:)
Chrestos be with ye!
Acolyte
May He illuminate thy Spirit.
Priest
(facing altar):
Come, thou who uncovers the veil of mystery!
Come, thou, Mother of the seven centers, who rests in the harmony of the octave!
Come, thou who were before the five senses, spirit, mind, sentiment, and reasoning!
Allow us, the recently begotten ones, to participate in thine holy grace.
Come, oh immaculate holy breath, blow and purify my internal glands where the rhythm of my life exists!
Come and guide my disoriented heart so that my pure sentiments flow from that holy fountain!
Priest
(facing congregation):
Chrestos be with ye!
Acolyte
May He illuminate thy Spirit.
Priest
(facing altar):
Listen great Seity, Father of everything created, divine Light.
Congregation
(May be seated.)
Priest
(facing altar):
O Lord, our redeemer, let the many iniquities which we have committed and the iniquities of those who listen to us visibly or invisibly, be forgiven, so that all of us can be worthy to partake in the kingdom of justice and be with thee in the immensity of the Light!
Bless and give strength to all who follow us since they fulfill the law.
Hear me, oh angels!
Help me, Father, Father of all fatherhood, infinite cause of everything existent, and give life to this populace!
Assist whosoever follows us and grant necessary support to all of them in all the occasions of life so that they may become worthy of thine holy grace.
We know thy power and I conjure thee: Come! Come! Come!
Forgive all our iniquities, relieve all our pains.
Give us a sign here or in the coming days.
Priest
(facing congregation)
(Advances one step towards the congregation and says:)
I listen to your testimonies.
(In these moments the beneficiaries stand. With their right hand held up and their left hand on their solar plexus, they give testimony, relating their experiences in simple phrases.)
Priest
(facing congregation.)
(After listening to everyone at the altar, he says:)
We are grateful for your testimonies which ye give in good faith. Be comforted! For your errors are forgiven. The supreme power is with us.
Congregation
Amen. Amen. Amen.
Priest
(facing congregation)
(Gives a talk or sermon.)
The Holy Sacrifice
Priest
(facing congregation)
Then Jesus, the divine, great Gnostic priest, chanted a delightful song of praise in the great name, and Jesus said unto his disciples: Draw near unto me! And they drew near unto him.
Then he turned himself towards the four corners of the world, he extended his quiet look, and uttered the profoundly sacred name: YEW.
He blessed them and breathed into their eyes. And Jesus exclaimed unto them: Look above! Now ye are clairvoyant!
Then, they raised their eyes to where Jesus was pointing and saw a great, exceedingly mighty Light, which no human being in the world can describe.
The great priest Jesus said unto them anew: Look away out of that mighty Light and look towards the other side. Then, they saw a mighty fire, water, wine, and blood.
Priest
(Will wash and perfume his hands thoroughly.)
Isis
(Places the bread and the wine on the altar.)
Priest
(Blessing the bread and tracing a circle afterwards, he says:) Hoc est enim corpus meum.2
(Blessing the wine in the same manner, he says:) Hic est enim calix sanguinis meam.3
Congregation
(May be seated.)
Priest
(facing congregation)
And Jesus proceeded and said unto his disciples:
Amen, I say unto you: I have brought nothing into the world when I came, save the fire, the water, the wine, and the blood of redemption.
I have brought the fire and the water out of the region of the Light of lights, from there where the Treasury of the Light is found.
And I have brought the wine and the blood out of the region of Barbelo. And after a little while, the Father sent me the Holy Spirit in the form of a white dove.
But hear me: the fire, the water and the wine are for the purification and forgiveness of sins. The blood, on the other hand, was given as a symbol unto me of the human body. This blood I received in the region of Barbelo, of the great power of the universal God.
As in me, the Holy Spirit descends towards all souls, and will lead them unto the supreme region of the Light.
For this cause I have said unto you: I have come to cast fire on the Earth, that is, I am descending to redeem the sins of the world with fire.
And for this cause Jesus said again: If ye knew of the great gift of God, and who it is who saith unto ye, “Give me to drink,” you would beg of me, and I would give ye the eternal fountain that is a spring of sweet ambrosia, and there would be in ye a very fountain of water springing up for life.
And He took the chalice, He blessed it, and offered it to everyone, saying:
(The priest takes the chalice with his left hand and displays it on high to the congregation, saying:)
This is the blood of the covenant which was poured out for you to redeem ye of your sins, and for this cause they have also thrust the spear into my side so that from there, from my wound, came forth blood and water.
(The priest turns to his right, towards the altar, puts the chalice in his right hand and displays it on high to the congregation, saying:)
And the great priest Jesus said unto them:
Bring me fire and vine branches. And they brought it to him. He then laid out the offering on the altar, and set down two wine-vessels, one on the right and the other on the left of the offering, and set a cup of water in front of both wine-vessels.
(The priest places the chalice on the altar and, facing the congregation with his right hand on high, says:)
And he laid loaves according to the number of the disciples who were listening unto him.
And the great priest Jesus kept himself dressed in white linen garments, which the apostles imitated.
(He takes the chalice with his right hand, shows it to the congregation and says:)
And in your hands, I tell ye, is the number of the name of the Father who is the fountain of Light.
(He places the chalice on the altar.)
Congregation
(Kneels.)
Priest
(facing altar)
(He raises his hands in a pleading attitude and says:)
Hear me, great Seity, O Father, Father of all fatherhood! Divine Light!
I.A.O., I.A.O., I.A.O.
Congregation
Amen. Amen. Amen.
Priest
(facing congregation)
Chrestos be with ye!
Acolyte
May He illuminate thy Spirit.
Priest
(facing altar)
Come, holy love! Divine, volitive essence! And transform my will, making it one with thine.
Come, supreme power! And descend on those who know the mystery.
Come, excelsior value! And give me the temperance and strength that is needed to penetrate it.
Come, holy silence! that speaks of the power and magnitude that He embraces, and reveal to me the hidden.
Come and discover the mystery for me! Descend on us, holy dove of white plumage. Thou art the Mother of the Twins. Respond, mystic Mother, who only manifests thyself in our works.
Come closer, holy joy of the Heavens, and alight on our heads. Thou bearest the thread of gold that links all of us. Encourage us, the ones who partake in this holy sacrifice of the Eucharist, celebrated in this, thine holy remembrance, to purify and strengthen us.
Help us to receive the Light! Thou who hast now called us towards the faithful ones.
Priest
(facing congregation)
Chrestos be with ye!
Acolyte
May He illuminate thy Spirit.
Congregation
(Stand.)
Priest
(facing congregation)
(The congregation repeats along with the priest:)
I believe in the unity of God, in the Father as an impersonal, ineffable and unrevealed entity whom no one has seen, but whose strength, creative potential, has been and is moulded in the perennial rhythm of creation.
I believe in Mary, Maia, Isis, or under whatever name, in the physical force symbolizing Nature, whose conception and childbirth reveals the fertility of Nature.
Acolyte
I believe in the mystery of Baphomet and of the Demiurge, Spirit between God and creature.
Priest
(facing congregation)
I believe in a superior, transcendent church, maintained in the pure souls, in the White Lodges, represented by the universal fraternity and which has its exponent in the Holy Gnostic Church, ruled by patriarchs, apostles, bishops, and priests.
Acolyte
Our law is: light, love, life, liberty, and triumph.
Priest
(facing congregation)
Our motto is thelema.
I believe in the communion of purified souls.
As the material bread is transformed into spiritual substance, likewise I believe in the baptism of wisdom, which makes real the miracle of making us human.
I know and acknowledge the essentiality of my life transcended as a totality without chronological end, that encompasses an orbit outside of time and space.
Congregation
So be it. So be it. So be it.
(May be seated.)
Priest
(Talk or sermon.)
Priest
(facing congregation)
(Places himself facing the cross and says:)
Filled with joy and overflowing with faith, we come to thee, oh cross!
Oh holy rose, holy and divine!
Thou, who gives the balm for every ulcer.
Thou, who encourages the fire that lights life.
Thou, who gives life, offer me thy cross that I recognize as my own.
I know thy mysteries, of the sacred mystery that surrounds thee, since thou were bestowed in the world to make infinite limited things.
Thine head straightens majestically to touch Heaven, for thou art the symbol of the divine Logos. For in thy structure presides the intersection of the crossed wood that forms thy two arms, like two large hands that extend themselves to frighten away the sinister forces and the inferior powers, so as to unite, in a church of holy fraternity, all human beings of pure and noble heart.
Thy foot, like a spear, is nailed to the ground so that thou can redeem, so that thou can help in thy volitional impulse, all the entities who dwell beneath the ground, within the inferior regions of the world, and who through multiple incarnations can reach divinity to be reunited eternally in thee.
Oh thou, cross of marvelous destinies, placed by the highest in the multiplicity of the universe, so that thou art the redemption of mankind!
Oh cross, immaculate beauty who art the trophy of the victory of the Chrestos, who art a magnet of life, who offers life with thine holy tree, who extends thy roots as giant fingers through the depth of the ground so as to bestow thy fruit in the infinite heavens!
Oh thou, venerable cross! who art the holy gift of the sweet name, as a grapevine that blossoms in the garden of the Lord.
Oh thou, light, divine rose on the cross, who gives thy strength and thy sacred power to those who deserve it in difficult battle, and thou leadest them through the mystical ladder that is extended from earth up to heaven, from the matter up to the Spirit.
Oh holy and blessed cross, redemption is latent in thee, and under thy power and excelsior light all of us shelter ourselves so as to make the offering of this holy sacrifice of the Eucharistic unction.4
Priest
(facing congregation)
(Orders some minutes of meditation.)
(Pronounces an end to the meditation.)
Priest
(Will distribute the bread and wine, first to the Isis, guardian, acolyte, and congregation in general.)
(Will give the bread, saying:) This is my body; receive it for thy redemption.
(Will give the wine, saying:) This is my blood; receive it since it has been shed to redeem the world.
(Placing his right hand over the head of the person receiving the unction, without touching him, he says:) May peace be with thee, so that thou can partake in the Light.
Congregation
(Everyone kneels to celebrate the Gnostic unction.)
Congregation
(Kneels.)
Priest
(facing congregation)
(With his right hand, he blesses the congregation, making two crosses, one for the neck and another for the lips, saying:) Receive ye the sign of the cross on your necks and on your lips so that ye can be heirs of the Light.
Congregation
(Everyone lifts their right hands.)
Priest
(facing altar)
I.A.O., I.A.O., I.A.O.
Priest
(facing altar)
(Crosses his hands on his chest and the congregation repeats along with him.)
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord of Sabaoth.
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord of Sabaoth.
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord of Sabaoth.
Priest
(facing congregation)
This convocation has ended. Receive ye the Aaronic blessing.
This is the simple form, taken from the fundamental works of primitive religion, and is in itself a powerful action of ceremonial magic that brings health and well being to the attendees. The priest can make a prayer chain at the end.
Warning
“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.” —Matthew 7:6
Every family can perform the Gnostic Eucharist in their own home or private residence. No unworthy person5 should be admitted to this Gnostic Mass, because then one commits profanation.
I, Samael Aun Weor,6 the initiator of the new Aquarian era, authorize all of humanity to perform the holy Eucharist, each family in their own home. I, Samael Aun Weor, the great avatar of Aquarius, therefore ring the bell of the new era, and I open the doors of initiation to all of humanity.
