Liber XV

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Liber XV, also known as the Gnostic Mass, is the central ceremonial ritual of Ordo Templi Orientis, expressing its Thelemic religious and magical principles in liturgical form.

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Label Occurrences
Liber XV canonical 4

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Thelemic liturgy ⓘ
ritual ⓘ
associatedConcept Law of Thelema ⓘ
linked to: Thelema

True Will ⓘ
magick as sacrament ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Ordo Templi Orientis ⓘ
author Aleister Crowley ⓘ
centralRitualOf Ordo Templi Orientis ⓘ
containsText Creed of the Gnostic Catholic Church ⓘ
dateWritten 1913 ⓘ
expresses Thelemic magical principles ⓘ
Thelemic religious principles ⓘ
genre occult ritual text ⓘ
hasAlias Gnostic Mass ⓘ
hasComponent congregation ⓘ
deacon ⓘ
priest ⓘ
priestess ⓘ
two acolytes ⓘ
hasElement Eucharistic ceremony ⓘ
adoration ⓘ
communion ⓘ
consecration of elements ⓘ
creed ⓘ
invocation ⓘ
hasForm liturgical form ⓘ
hasSetting temple or lodge space ⓘ
hasTheme Thelemic law of Will ⓘ
gnostic symbolism ⓘ
union of opposites ⓘ
influencedBy Christian liturgy ⓘ
Gnostic traditions ⓘ
Masonic ceremonial forms ⓘ
language English ⓘ
placeInCorpus O.T.O. central public ritual ⓘ
purpose to confer a Eucharist upon participants ⓘ
to dramatize Thelemic cosmology ⓘ
religion Thelema ⓘ
scriptureFor Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica ⓘ
symbolismIncludes altar with lance and cup ⓘ
elements of the Tree of Life ⓘ
sun and moon symbolism ⓘ
usedBy Gnostic Catholic Church ⓘ
usedIn public celebrations by Ordo Templi Orientis ⓘ

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