Invocation of the Gods to Spare us

From War

Opening Gesture and Take Refuge

(Spirits of this Time and this Place)

Holy Spirits of this Time and this Place, accept this
offering of Corn
Holy Spirits of this Time and this Place, accept this
offering of Tobacco
Holy Spirits of this Time and this Place, accept this
offering of Oil
Holy Spirits of this Time and this Place, accept this
offering of Fruit
Holy Spirits of this Time and this Place, accept this
offering of Cakes
Be strengthened in your Work and Ways
And bless our works with your Presence and Power
And grant us your wish fulfilling Luck
(The Four Elements)
To the Spirits of the Four Elements,
To which Lord Ra brought the peace of order,
Accept these offerings of

Earth Water

Fire Air
As each one is presented the elemental pentagram is drawn with offering
and then placed on altar

You who are the girders of the World

Lend your support to our acts and aspirations
That we may ascend unto the heights and dwell
in the light of the Source of All
(To All the Gods)
Say To All the Gods and pour out on either side of the altar a double
libation of wine.
Say To All the Gods and light flame
Say To All the Gods, light incense and fumigate altar, then place on
side stand

Hearken, you Gods holding the helm of holy wisdom,

who, having kindled an upward-leading fire, draw to
the immortals human souls, who leave darkness
behind, purified by the secret initiations of hymns.
Hearken, great saviors, and grant us, from very divine
words, pure light, scattering the mist, so that we know
well an immortal God from a man;
that a daemon, doing cruel things,may not hold us
forever submerged in the streams of forgetfulness,
while we are far away from the blessed ones,
that a chilling Penalty may not bind our souls with the
fetters of life, which, fallen into the waves of cold
becoming, do not want to wander all too long.
But, Gods, leaders towards bright-shining wisdom,
hearken and reveal to us, while hurrying to the upward
leading track, the secret rites and initiation of the holy
words.
(To Re)
All say To Re!, and a bell is rung six times . . .

Great Re, shining Being, sovereign bestower of life to

all, you renew yourself in your season in the form of
the solar Disk, within your mother the Sky. Your gift of
warmth and light comes to all, and under you there are
no nations, and we are all, humans, animals and plants,
alive thanks to you. Giver of life, the world groans
beneath the trampling feet of war. The Bird of Prey
grapples with the Foreigner, the Other, the one named
Desert Wind, and this war lays waste to all. Freedom
herself has been grievously injured in the name of this
war, and hope is dim within us all. Great One of light,
grant to Horus the wisdom to eschew war, and reveal
Set to be the shadow cast by your light. Raise your
hand and cause an end to this fight, and reconcile
Horus with Set, and restore to Isis her beautiful face.
Liberate us from the tyranny of fear which has lain like
a shadow over the world for so long, and restore to us
the love for life and for the earth which is our
responsibility, and our hope.
(To the Demiurge)
All say To the Demiurge, we sound the Grand Aum, and then all
intone AUM

(To the One)

Aspire/pray in the silence of your heart. After a time a bell is rung once.

Dedicate the Merit, Closing Gesture