Baptism - not of a child
by Tani Jantsang
Set up a pentacle on the floor, either drawn or cloth big enough to put a
person in the center where the pentagon in the star appears. Person will be
laying down in the "House." The bottom point is at his feet; the two top points
above his head. The person will be inside the "house" with five blazing angles
around him. You need 5 people to stand at each point of the star to be Sentinels.
The bottom point should be facing West.
(Ideally, each angle and the center of the star should have a color: top
left should be red; top right should be blue; lower left should be green;
lower right should be yellow, bottom point should be white and the pentagon
(house) in the center should be black. The Sentinel standing at the red top
left point should be holding a chalice.
The Sentinel standing at the blue top right point should be holding an athame
or phurba inside of a veil of cloth.
The Sentinel standing at the green bottom left point should be holding a
broken column or two pieces of finished wood that could be made into right
angles.
The Sentinel standing at the yellow bottom right point should be holding
sticks that are gathered together and attached at the middle.
The Sentinel standing at the white bottom point should be holding a crown.)
Person to be Baptized starts out in front of a Sentinel standing at the bottom
point of the star. Sentinel says:
As the stars that grace the skies are the beauty and glory of the Night and
light the path of (Name) on his/her journey through life, so may
our beautiful Pentacle, with all its significance, ever remain Name's
glory.
We would walk the Wheel of Life blindly were it not for the All Seeing Eye,
our Cosmocrator, that guides us gently as if by the hand of Cheiron, the Sri
Kala Chakra, a Guiding Spirit. We believe that this is for The Good. Enter
our Portal, listen to all that you hear as this initiation is a symbol of
the Wheel of Life that you are about to embark upon. You are given this Baptism
to assist you in building your own individual character.
Sentinel lifts left arm toward person: Do you come of your own free choice?
(answer) Do not complain at any trial. A seal is on your lips, let it warn
you to be silent and secret to all that is made known to you. Woe to those
to seek to take upon themselves burdens they cannot bear. Woe to the faithless
and insincere who assume obligations lightly and then forget them.
Person agrees. Sentinel lets him step into the star walking through the bottom
point. He/she lays down in the center of the star, feet by the bottom point,
heat by the two top points. When person is inside the Pentacle, all Sentinels
face inward at the center of the star.
(Using names from many cultures for these things)
The Sentinel standing at the top left point of star says: May Amithaba,
Nangwa-thayay, Idas be the guiding spirit to your Physis, the Knowledge of
your own Nature; and may Cthonie, Azazel protect against all that would try
to destroy your Innocence of Heart. For all those who would aspire to do this
would murder your heart with malice and cause it to close in pain due to the
self-loathing of their own non-being.
The Sentinel standing at the top right point on star says: May Vairocana,
Nampar nangzad, Heracles, be the guiding spirit to your Hypopteros Drys, the
Roots of your own Being from the foundations of the Cosmos; and may Eurynome,
Samael protect against all that would try to sever you from the Weave of Fate.
For all those who would aspire to do this are torn out of the Fabric of Life
and do envy your station among the living.
The Sentinel standing at the lower left point on star says: May Amogha-Siddhi,
Donyod rubpa, Jasius, be the guiding spirit to your Psyche, your peaceful,
inner state of being; and may Echidna, Hanael protect against all that would
disturb your inner peace. For all those who would aspire to do this have no
inner peace within themselves and envy yours.
The Sentinel standing at the lower right point on star says: May Ratna
Sambhava, Rinchen jungdan, Paeonius be the guiding spirit to your Dikiosyne,
your inner boundaries, the inner Justice you are born into; and may Calliroe,
Izidkiel protect against all that would try to breach your inner boundaries.
For all those who would aspire to do this do so in order to cling to your
life's force and do so because they have none of their own.
The Sentinel standing at the bottom point on star says: May Akshobya,
Mikyödpa, Epimedes, be the guiding spirit to your Zoos-Eros, your own
Shekina, Anima, the Roots of your Kundalini and an open Heart; and may Ophioneus,
Kepharel protect against all that would try to take this Black Flame from
you, or cause you to repress the Inner Flame. For all those that would aspire
to do this do so in order to cripple your Inner Being because they dwell in
non-Being
Let there be an invisible Unbridgeable Gulf, a Gate where those without can
Pass Not. A wall which separates Non-Being from you who have Being.
The Boundless Darkness, the SAT is Being Itself. The TAN is be Becoming.
Together they are Satan. Thelema is Your True Will and Xeper is Your True
Becoming. Flow onward on the Wheel of Life and realize your potentialities;
be True to your Self in all things and walk the Wheel of Life without Fear
of Inner things. Be with an open heart to What Is - and do not get attached
to What Is Not. Our Pentacle is the Glyph which means Being.
All say: Our Golden Chain is lengthened in Unity, Equity and with Liberty.
The stronger the chain is, the longer we can hold.
Person that got Baptized stands up. Sentinels walk into the center of the
star with him/her. They hand the newly Baptized person the things they were
holding for him/her to keep and treasure as symbols of this initiation.
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