Liber Astarte

1. Considerations before the Threshold. Ogun, Orisha of war,labor,politics,prophecy, and magick.
2.Concerning the prime method of this Magickal Art. Yoruba source with Brazillian influence.
3.Concerning the chief place of devotion. A shrine has been prepared in the basement of my home. It is safely protected from the profane in a private room, lit by a single northern window.

4.Concerning the Image of the Deity.

5.Further concerning the shrine. A list of offerings: Tabacco,rum,blood,incense, shotgun shells,candles. set before a black canvas with the image of the Deity centered for concentration. Also facing North.

6.Concerning the ceremonies. 

"Ogun, Master of Arms,

take me into battle,

to that distant fiddler's green.

Ogun, demand my strength,

as I attempt to stand beside thee.

Ogun, hear these words, for it is labor for our chance of union.

Ogun, destroy Maya and pierce illusion,

I devote.

I declare.

I invoke thee."

7.Further concerning the ceremonies. Breakdown of a Remington 870 shotgun.

8.Concerning the period of devotion and the hours thereof. Once daily for thirty days.

9.Concerning the Robes and Instruments. A shot-glass will suffice to serve a daily serving of rum. A hooded garment with the mark of the Orisha.

10.Concerning the incense and libations. Rum and Tobacco.

11.Concerning the harmony of the ceremonies. A power amplifier will provide a variety of music and possibly entrainment material to influence the ritual.

12.Concerning the variety of ceremonies. Sharpening with the stone of various blades that I have.

13.Concerning the life of the devotee. Creative force dedicated to a daily rate of production. I will read material on political spheres, a task normally not taken, but rather avoided. A fitness regimine that competes with previous training. 

14.Further..."Let him practice according to the rules of Liber Vel Jugorum"To control thy thought and speech and honor the ruler of devotion.