Wedding set to Gnostic Mass?
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I was reading Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicæ Canon Missæ & had a question regarding a footnote to the section concerning the communication of the eucharist...
"The children take the Elements and offer them. The PEOPLE communicate as did the PRIEST, uttering the same words in an attitude of Resurrection: "There is no part of me that is not of the Gods.'' The exceptions to this part of the ceremony are when it is of the nature of a celebration, in which case none but the PRIEST communicate; or part of the ceremony of marriage, when none other, save the two to be married, partake"
Does this mean that a wedding can be performed to the Gnostic Mass?
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Sure. Essentially the same as a Roman Catholic wedding mass.
Of course, even more simply and from a legal point of view, a wedding can performed to any formula whatsoever provided the essential contractual elements are preserved as required by law.
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How would one go about doing this? Would they need to contact a local O.T.O. body? Does T.'.O.'.T.'. perform the Mass?
...would the 2 to be married be kneeling before the alter during the ceremony? would they be the only ones present other than the priest/ess, children & officers or would there be others present who simply would refrain from the eucharistic elements?
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93 KRVB,
Its essentially a normal Mass with a few exceptions, you can read over it here: www.hermetic.com/sabazius/wedding.htm
To my knowledge it has to be done through the EGC and by EGC Bishops ie VII degree OTO initiates. Contacting your local OTO body would be the first step. I do know that neither of the two to be married is required to be initiates of OTO or Baptized/Confirmed EGC members. So anyone can do it.
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Well, that would be true in an O.T.O. context. I was answering in terms of the mass itself, not one particular organization's application of it.
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@KRVB MMShCh said
"Does T.'.O.'.T.'. perform the Mass?"
I don't know of any scheduled at the moment but, yes, it is one of our public rituals, and (to speak to the broader issues) a number of T.'.O.'.T.'. ordained Hierophants perform weddings.
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93 Jim,
"Well, that would be true in an O.T.O. context. I was answering in terms of the mass itself, not one particular organization's application of it."
Apologies Jim, I have limited knowledge of Thelemic Orders aside from OTO and the published AA material. I wasn't aware that T.'.O.'.T.'. performed the Mass.
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@phoinix93 said
"Apologies Jim, I have limited knowledge of Thelemic Orders aside from OTO and the published AA material. I wasn't aware that T.'.O.'.T.'. performed the Mass.
"No need for apologies. - The point is that Crowley's Gnostic Catholic Mass isn't proprietary to any group. It was written as a general Thelemic mass, a religious ceremonial celebration based on Liber Legis. It's open for anyone to do, institutionally or otherwise.
The Temple of Thelema version is renamed simply The Thelemic Mass, and has stripped out the only part that is conceivably proprietary to O.T.O., its distinctive degree signs etc. (There are other changes, but that's the biggest change.)