The Mass of the Phoenix is a ritual within

Thelema Thelema () is a Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy and new religious movement founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician. The word ' ...

, a philosophy and religion created and organized by author and

occultist The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of esoteric supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving otherworldly agency, such as magic and mysticism a ...

Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley (; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the pr ...

. The Mass was first printed as Chapter 44 in Crowley's '' The Book of Lies'', published in 1913. Within this ritual, the practitioner consumes a

Cake of Light The Cake of Light is the eucharistic host found within Thelema, the religion founded by British author and occultist Aleister Crowley in 1904 and some neo-Gnostic religions. A common "cake of light" contains kamut flour, honey, a few drops of Ab ...

(a wafer made from meal, honey, olive oil,

oil of Abramelin Abramelin oil, also called Oil of Abramelin, is a ceremonial magic oil blended from aromatic plant materials. Its name came about due to its having been described in a medieval grimoire called ''The Book of Abramelin'' written by Abraham the Jew ( ...

, and blood, semen, or both).

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