Ritual

Rituals of the Elements

Thelemic Holy Days

The official holy days of Thelema are set forth in The Book of the Law, Ch. II, v. 36-41. The specific dates attributed to them are given in Crowley’s commentaries, and are summarized below:

• The Rituals of the Elements and Feasts of the Times are observed at the Equinoxes and Solstices.

• The Feast for the First Night of the Prophet and His Bride is observed on August 12.

• The Feast for the Three Days of the Writing of the Book of the Law is observed on April 8, 9 and 10, beginning at noon on each day.

• The Feast for the Supreme Ritual (the Invocation of Horus) is observed on March 20.

• The Feast for the Equinox of the Gods is held on the northern-hemisphere Vernal Equinox of each year to commemorate the founding of Thelema in 1904. It marks the beginning of the Thelemic year.

Three points of passage in the life of each Thelemite are observed. Birth is celebrated in a Feast for Life; puberty is celebrated in a Feast for Fire (for a boy), or a Feast for Water (for a girl); and the death of the individual is commemorated in a Greater Feast for Death.

Various anniversaries commemorating major events and figures in the history of Thelema and O.T.O. are also celebrated informally by some Thelemic groups.

The article “The Thelemic Calendar” in Agape 10.1 discusses the Thelemic calendar in more detail.

For more information on the Thelemic Calendar: Calendar – US Grand Lodge 

Thelemic Ritual

Thelemic Ritual is also observed for a myriad of other purposes outside of the Holy Days calendar.  Some of these reasons include:

• Divination

• Healing

• Guidance

• Protection

• Celebration

These types of Ritual have an endless array of possibilities for how they may manifest.  

Let your Will guide you!