Rituals/Officer Installation Ceremony

From Sekhet-Maat Lodge

This ceremony is designed to be easy to perform so that it can be done immediately after Mass or at any other convenient time when others will be present to witness it.

Preparation

• Black double cube altar with:
  • Liber AL vel Legis
  • SML Talisman, the Hawk's Talon
• Enough champagne to go around
• Master wears a white robe with the SML Master's Reglaia (panther skin collar)

Ceremony

Master: Brothers and Sisters of Sekhet-Maat Lodge, affiliates and friends, welcome to this installation of ___[office]___ of the Lodge. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

All: Love is the law, love under will.

M.: Establish at thy Kaaba a clerk-house: all must be done well and with business way.

M.: Bro./Sis. A.B. [approaches], I appoint you ___[office]___ of this Lodge. Are you willing to take an oath to perform your duties? [affirmative required]

Say after me: I solemnly swear to ___[primary duty]___ according to my own judgment and the direction of the Master; ___[additional/secondary/detailed duties optional]___; and to uphold the highest standards of excellence and effectiveness in the dissemination of our religious, spiritual, magical, and ethical teachings. I will furthermore perform my duties with diligence, ferocity, justice, and art, symbolized in the name Sekhet-Maat, and the Lodge Talisman and Regalia.

By the power in me vested as Master of Sekhet-Maat Lodge, which is on the Register of the Electoral College of the U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis, warranted by Charter, I hereby appoint you ___[office]___ of the Lodge.

On this occasion of fraternity and fellowship, Brother/Sister, please accept my congratulations.

The name Sekhet-Maat evokes the qualities with which we must all endeavor to perform the great work: diligence, ferocity, justice, and art. These qualities are also represented by the Lodge Talisman and Regalia: The Talisman, the hawk's talon which appeared on the day of the arrival of the original charter of Sekhet-Maat and then cast in silver; and the Lodge Master's Regalia, the panther skin of courage.

It is written in the Book of the Law, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. And this: Love is the law, love under will. And this: Thou hast no right but to do thy will. Do that, and no other shall say nay. The Book of the Law is the revelation of the New Aeon, and I commend it to your careful study. It should be the constant endeavor of all Brothers and Sisters of O.T.O. to penetrate its sacred mysteries.

All: Applause.

[Optional address by new officer/s.]

[Champagne toasts to Nuit, to new officer and his/her plans for the future, and to the achievement of the outgoing officer.]