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PRIEST(ESS): Is it your will to accept, protect and aid this child as you would your own?

The Godparents: It is.

PRIEST(ESS): Do you swear to defend his/her freedom, and bring him/her to initiation?

The Godparents: I do.

PRIEST(ESS): Then lead us in the confession of our Creed.

The Godparents: (lead all in reciting the Creed.)

PRIEST(ESS): Will you instruct this child, and assist him/her in his/her way to true knowledge and understanding of the mysteries of our Creed?

The Godparents: I will.

PRIEST(ESS) (to the child, taking child's hand): Say after me: I will know my own Will. I will do my own Will. I will rejoice in the Will of my God.

Child: (repeats)

DEACON: Lord of Life and Joy, grant unto this Child the Power of the Holy Spirit to persevere in this intention, and to grow in Knowledge and Understanding.

PRIEST(ESS) [consecrates water. The following formula is suggested.] (holding hands over the Font): “This is the world of the waters of Maim; this is the bitter water that becometh sweet.” (breathes over Font).

PRIEST(ESS) [consecrates wine. The following formula is suggested.] (brings a goblet of wine, and elevates it over the Font): “I came to the house of the Beloved, and the wine was like fire that flieth with green wings through the world of waters.” (makes with wine over Font).

DEACON (to Godparents): Under what name does this child approach baptism?

Godparents: (Give Baptismal Name of child.)

[The child is now baptized with water, then with wine. The following formula is suggested.]

(The Deacon helps child position his/her head over the Font, and places the towel at the child's breast to protect his/her clothing. The Priest(ess) then takes the Ewer, fills it with consecrated water from the Font, and pours the water over the child's head thrice into the Font [alternatively, the PRIEST(ESS) may take a rose from the altar, dip it in the font and sprinkle the child with the water from the rose], saying:)

PRIEST(ESS): [Baptismal Name] I baptize thee in the name of NUIT (pour), of HADIT (pour) and of RA-HOOR-KHUIT (pour).

(The Priest(ess) then pours the consecrated wine from the goblet over the child's head into the Font [alternatively, the PRIEST(ESS) may sprinkle some of the wine over the Candidate's head, or apply a small quantity of the wine to the Candidate's head with her hand], saying:)

PRIEST(ESS): “I am uplifted in thine heart; and the kisses of the stars rain hard upon thy body.”

[The Child is received.]

PRIEST, PRIESTESS and DEACON: We receive thee into the Gnostic and Catholic Church of Light, Life, Love and Liberty, the Word of whose Law is THELEMA.

(If more than one child is being baptized on this occasion, each is brought in turn to this point, then all assemble beside the Font.)

PRIEST(ESS): (raising hands in blessing): Gloria Patri et Matri et Filio et Filiae et Spiritui Sancto Externo et Spiritui Sancto Interno, ut erat est erit in saecula Saeculorum sex in uno per nomen Septem in uno ARARITA.

(Deacon rings the bell 333-55555-333)

DEACON: Now I begin to pray: Thou Child, Holy Thy name and undefiled! Thy reign is come; Thy will is done. Here is the Bread; here is the Blood. Bring me through midnight to the Sun! Save me from Evil and from Good! That Thy one crown of all the Ten Even now and here be mine. AMEN.

PRIEST(ESS): (delivers exhortation.) [This may be extemporaneous or pre-written. It should be tailored to the particular Candidates, if possible, and should encourage the Candidates to: (a) find their own way of life through the active pursuit of self-knowledge; (b) respect and learn from the experience, both positive and negative, of other members of the Church; and © contribute to the growth and welfare of the Church and the Order.]

(Applause. The Veil is opened. The Officers retire and prepare for the Gnostic Mass. The Gnostic Mass is then celebrated, with only the child(ren) baptized partaking of communion. Afterwards, the child(ren) baptized receive instruction in the step and sign, and a copy of the Creed.)

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