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CHAPTER THIRTEEN<br />
DARK ASCENT<br />
symbols, natural objects, specific materials, postures or other items,<br />
words, or actions that are conducive to the essence of your God or<br />
Goddess.<br />
If such a glimpsing occurs, these items are to be collected,<br />
drawn, or represented and brought into this final communion.<br />
Otherwise the Temple is to be arranged as in the previous devotions,<br />
aside from the altar which should additionally hold the chalice full of<br />
blood. The devotional service is to be performed without alteration<br />
until the incantation has been repeated into oblivion and the presence<br />
of your God is fully manifest (the manifestation having increased with<br />
each daily service, and having itself reached a critical mass, day by<br />
day). When the heavens have fallen silent and the Godform swarms<br />
about you, lift up the chalice with you left hand and state, "This blood<br />
is yours, N., and I partake of it. May your spirit enter into it, that I may<br />
drink of you." Be silent, inhale deeply and slowly, feeling your left<br />
hand drawing the energy within the Temple towards the chalice, and<br />
sense the collective ness of the Godform drawing itself into the blood.<br />
When the chalice is filled with the essence of your God, bring it<br />
to your lips and drink the blood within. In contrast with most religious<br />
beliefs, this in itself does not bring the spirit of the one called into your<br />
body, but merely sets the stage for the invocation, aligning your mind<br />
and body with the intent of your God. This sacrament will invoke a<br />
reverence in preparation to the actual invocation. Throughout this,<br />
the attunement brought on by the repetition of the incantation should<br />
still be buzzing within you, and the definite presence of the Dark God<br />
should be undisputed.<br />
Return your gaze to the double armed cross, reopening your<br />
vision to behold that which is beneath the physical illusion. In your<br />
mind or before your eyes, allow the image of your God to assemble<br />
itself, the drifting particles of His or Her embodiment collecting in one<br />
place before you. Rarely will this take on a full physical manifestation<br />
as with demonic evocation, but instead will form a mirage before you<br />
or intuitively within you that will allow you to identify with the<br />
Godform in a personal way. Although such an image may well have<br />
manifested in previous devotions, this one in particular will bring the<br />
totality of your God into being within the Temple. For some, this may<br />
be a frightening or humbling experience, such a vision of the Dark God<br />
shaking the Initiate in awareness of his own insignificance, while others<br />
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