Spirit of the crossroads,
Lord of the in-between
Father of pathways, opener of Gates
I call you here to me, Grand Legba!
We are empty without you, open us up!
Legba, open the door, Legba, open the Gate!

Veve of Legba

The Lord of the ways between worlds, thus master of the Narrative Magick of the middle earth, Legba is both guardian and revealer of the Mysteries thereof.

Therefore, if you would open the gate, first you must call the Lord of the Crossroad whether as Legba or possibly as Hekate or other such god.

Grand Logos, Eternal Word
Let the Temple be opened!

To open the gate to the mysteries, invoke the Logos of Legba. Seek amongst the ruins of time the Ever New Day and the Light thereof. He will reveal all that you ask and provide all you need.

Veve of Legba (OTOA)

II : The Mystery

Ritual affirmation – the first challenge:

Guardian: Seeking the mystery of the Form \ Pattern \ Word, beyond the gate of 9 lies the lands of Eternal Night, the haunt of the sorcerers and the creatures that prowl the Night seeking warm blood. O seeker, turn back now! The is terrible and those that dwell here call to you and will devour thee if you stumble. This place is not for those who live in the Day.

the Guardian has spoken let the proceed,
the warning is given, go forth at thy peril.

Magician: So be it.

III The Powers:
the servants of these powers are great, for they were before time was and shall be when the worlds are swallowed up by the Raging Dragon. There is no hope for thee but to press on into the Darkness. Be strong lest they that call this place home swallow thee up.

The Temptation of St. Anthony
Legba is synchretised with the Roman Catholic saint (or at least his image)

Section 2 : Terrestrial Astronomy

IV: The Methodology of the Temple

Mathematical and Logickal – the formation of the Spaces and the powers of the Invisibles are mathematically and logically perfect and thus expressed perfectly in the formula and equations of mathematics. By this method are the proofs and the extensions of the Temple are defined.

By the threefold formula of the Alchemical Elements of Sulphur, Salt, and Mercury are the Powers of the Temple activated. The Goddess of Space and Primordial Night has blessed thee with the Book of the Dragon. From the book the rites of the Coiled Serpent shall be derived. Once the pathways are open the methods thus found shall be the empowering force of magician and Temple. Be on guard, you who goeth forth, for thy powers are nothing here and thy protection is by the Light of the Unborn. She is thy amour and strength. Without the guidance of the First, you cannot prevail.

V: The Temple

There is a Temple that is at the heart of the Lands of Eternal Night and the most terrible and baleful rites are practiced there. You who would open the Grimoire of the Priests of the Death Cults and the Servants of the Seven Great Powers of Evil that dwell upon the Mountain and rises up towards the Moon that rules in this Land, to you I say, there is to be found great power here. But the Sorcerers and Priests who dwell here shall require their own price and you shall pay to the last cent whatever they will ask. For they have suffered for the secrets they guard and do not give them easily.

In the spaces of the Theatre the Temple shall be constructed and the newly consecrated priest shall herein perform the Rite of the Calls. And the formulae and ritual you may learn within the City are of the deepest power, radiating from the very Abyss. Thus you are thrice warned, do not call up what ye cannot putdown and neither raise that which you do not fully know, for if the demon breaks free your penalty shall be annihilation.

VI: The Manifesto of the Theatre – the Rites

Within the spaces of the Cults of Death and Terror, of ghouls and vampires, of the sorcerers of great power, of the Seven Spirits of Unrighteousness and still others which may not be spoken of and which you will find within the Darkness of the Night. Each as you will and when the cycles of the Moon are right, the Arcanum of the Zone shall be learned and the Rites therefore performed.

The mode of research is exoteric
The method is Alchemical
The operation Physical

These Rites are therefore called the Rites of the Open Gate as they are performed when the sorcerer hath bound and joined the astral and the physical planes and the powers walk the Earth.

The seals of the Book are each a famille of spirits whose maps may be teched by the initiate of the Alchemical Arcanum of the Force/Flow/Becoming. For to Earth the power of the 9-Gate and open the Door to the Black Sun and Blood Moon is to unleash a terrible force. And thus the entreaty to turn back while you may, for this place is truly accursed.

Ritual affirmation – the second challenge:
Guardian: Go back whence you came, for this place is not of the Earth but of the Pit.
Magician: I cannot, for here is my destiny wrought.
G: Go forth then, and may the Unborn be with you in spirit.

VII: The Research Matrix

Here the work enters a phase of gathering and synthesizing the first matter. The prima material of the Theatre is Narrative Space. Therefore you must build up the foundation of your Temple that your understanding be increased. In the interactions of the knowledge you obtain you shall find the maps of a multitude of spirits who may be roused if you have the skill and grant you much that is unseen by those who see not with the Eye of the Spirit.

So the mode of the work is exoteric, for the building of the structures is accomplished by manifest form and from this form is demonstrated that the matrix is to be understood as a great machine. The Temple is nothing if not a magickal engine of a pure power, though it is also much more than that. Thus the first step is to build up the logickal form of the computer of the Temple. Then may the programs be run that they may evolve into the intelligences that will open gates as yet unknown to any man.

For this phase let the spirit move as it will and teach according to the form so given.

VIII: The Theatre of Ritual Magick

The forms are therefore built up within the Temple, yet without the indwelling spirit they are nothing, dead and without life. It is in the performance of the Rites of the Death Cults that you shall be inducted into the Temple, which then transforms the empty sanctuary into the Temple of the Living Spirit.

In this you have answered the call and walk the path chosen, and are in turn chosen by the Spirit and called to the Temple of Night and the Magick thereof. Having been taught and also hearing the whispers of those that are within the dream lands you are gathered in and become a brother of the Cult.

The nexus of the Temple complex is in on the Earth, and in the physical plane shall it be founded. The School of the sorcerers is thereby located in the twilight-boundary between this world and the place of Night. And the sorcerers and Daemons that have gathered there will teach all that you may learn, if you can but hear the Word of the Spirit of the place (zone), for the work thereof is of the Left Hand and of blood and Darkness untempered by light. And the lords of this place are of great power and are of dread and terrible countance, as they are born from the works of the Seven.

Ritual affirmation – The Final Challenge:
Guardian: I say unto you, turn back now, for the final Gate stands before you. Beyond this there shall be no turning back.
Magician: I will not turn from my oaths nor the unspinning of my Fate
Guardian: So be it, thrice warned, thrice affirmed. Go therefore and may the blessings of the Mother of the Universe bear thee up. Let the first Sphere be opened.

The First Zone of Night – The Death Cult and the Lords of Night

Thus having passed the Guardians, you must now bear up before the rulers of this place. And thus must the Temple be constructed and the Gates thereof opened.

The Book Concludes.