| THE GREAT RITE |
| Continued |
| For the kiss on the lips, they embrace, length-to-length, with their feet touching each others. When he reaches the yoni, she spreads her arms wide, and the same after the kiss on the lips. The Purification: High Priest rings the bell three times. High Priest: |
| I hereby consecrate thee with Sacred Oil. |
| The High Priest, with the Right Hand, purifies her. He places the sacred oil on her yoni. High Priest: |
| I hereby consecrate thee with Wine. |
| The High Priest holds the chalice. High Priestess drinks the Wine. High Priest: |
| I hereby consecrate thee with my lips, Thrice consecrated and holy Priestess. |
| High Priest kisses the High Priestess on the lips. Invocation: High Priestress: |
| And it came to pass, that the Two who had come from the One sought to be joined together and made whole again. And so shall the male and the female be joined as One and from that union with the other who is in truth but part of the Self, the doubt and the fear which are the product of the delusion of solitude shall be banished. And as without, there are God and Goddess, male and female, so within the soul is a duality of darkness and light; and so that the soul may be made whole, the Two within must be reunited. So it is the lesson of this union that you seek within yourself that unity which comes from embracing the lightness and darkness of your being, the male and female within. You must face all your contradictions and come to self-knowledge, and in knowing yourself and becoming at-one with yourself, you will come to peace and unity. |
| Blessed be thy feet, that have brought thee in these ways. Blessed be thy knees, that shall kneel at the sacred altar. Blessed be thy yoni, without which we would not be. Blessed be thy breasts, formed in beauty. Blessed be thy lips, that shall utter the Sacred Names. |