Daughters of Isis
Initiation
1983
Opening Ceremonies
NOTE: Abbreviations used should be pronounced in full when addressing the
officers:
Ill. Commandress - Illustrious Commandress
1st Lieut. Commandress First Lieutenant
Commandress
2nd Lieut. Commandress — Second Lieutenant Commandress
1st and 2nd Cere. Daughter - First and Second Ceremonial Daughter
Ill. Commandres: The officers will take
their stations and regale themselves. 1st Lieut. Commandress, you will
announce that I am about to
open this Court for the dispatch of business. You will announce the same to the
2nd
Lieut. Commandress, and she to
the Daughters, that all may be duly informed as to our purposes.
1st Lieut. Commandress: 2nd Lieut. Commandress, the Ill. Commandress is about to open this
Court for the dispatch of business. You will announce this to the Daughters so
that all may be duly informed as to our purposes.
2nd Lieut. Commandress: Daughters, the Ill.
Commandress is about to open this Court for the dispatch of business.
Ill. Commandress: 1st and 2nd Ceremonial
Daughters, you will take up our Mystic Pass and repeat the same to me.
1st and 2nd Ceremonial Daughters take up the pass from the members on the
North and South sides of room.
2nd Cere. Daughter: 1st Ceremonial
Daughter, the Mystic Pass has been satisfactorily given in the North.
1st Cere. Daughter: Ill. Commandress, the
Mystic Pass has been satisfactorily given by all.
Y. T. I. L. E. D. I. F.
Ill. Commandress: Y. T. I. R. U. P.
Inside Spy, you will inform
your companion, the Outside Spy, that I am about to open this Court, direct her
to guard accordingly.
Inside Spy closes the door and raps oooo which is answered by the Outside
Spy.
Inside Spy: Ill. Commandress, we are
guarded
Ill. Commandress: Inside Spy, how are we
guarded?
Inside Spy: Doubly picketed.
Ill. Commandress: ‘Tis well The High
Priestess will pray.
High Priestess: Our Father, we bring
this meeting into your presence knowing that your loving care as around us and
that your will br us and this organization is only for good. May all our work
here reflect the loving kindness which we have for You and for each other. May
we each feel the deep sense of duty that goes with our obligation for service,
and may we never fail to do our best. Amen
Ill. Commandress: Attend to the giving
of the Signs.
Saluting Sign: Cross both arms above the head, the hands open, palms
outward. Bow to Ill. Coin. and then to the 1st Lieut. Com.
Warning Sign: Raise right hand perpendicularly, palm of hand forward.
Answer to Warning Sign by one seeing the sign. Raise right hand
perpendicularly, back of hand forward.
Distress Sign: Right forearm perpendicular, balance of arm horizontal,
fingers extended, then swing the hand three times.
The words of Distress: A Daughter of the Desert.
Ill. Commandress: I now declare this
Court open for business.
Initiation
Outside Spy will see that the Candidate’s outer wraps are removed;
blindfold her and then conduct her to the mouth of the desert (door) where a
heavy battery is made.
Ill. Commandress: What is the cause of
this confusion at the door of our secret temple?
Inside Spy, opening door: What is the cause of
all this intrusion?
Outside Spy: We have made a captive.
Inside Spy: Ill Commandress, our trusty
spies have made a captive.
Ill. Commandress: Who is she? From
whence does she come and what is her desire?
Inside Spy: She is the nurse of the
youthful Horus, she has escaped from the wrath of Typhon and desires to find
refuge with the Daughters of Isis.
Ill. Commandress: Admit her, but see to
at that she does not reveal the secret of the entrance to our secret temple. Oriental
Guide goes to inside of door and when the Candidate is admitted, takes her arm
and conducts her around the Court five times, then causes her to kneel at the
altar Music and singing during the circumbulation.
Ill. Commandress: You will find this a
very pleasant and beautiful degree. There is an obligation you must take before
you become a Daughter of Isis I suppose that you are willing to take it?
Candidate, prompted by Oriental Guide: Yes, I am walling on the honor of a woman to become acquainted with its
mysteries
Obligation
Candidate repeats after prompting by Commandress or Oriental Guide.
I, ...,
do hereby and with the help of my faith / solemnly and sincerely promise
and swear / that I will not give or communicate the secrets / of the Order of
the Daughters of Isis / to any person an the known world / except at be to a
lawful and true Daughter of Isis / I furthermore promise and swear / that I will
keep the secrets of the Daughters of Isis / when communicated to me as such / or
whenever their interest or safety shall require it / I furthermore promise and
swear I will obey all due signs, / orders and summons / coming from a Daughter
of Isis / or the Grand Imperial Commander /
Before I violate any part of
this oath / I will tread the hot sands of the Desert with bare feet /
I further promise and swear /
upon my honor as a woman if I become a Daughter of Isis / to obey the
Constitution and regulations of this Court / and the Grand Court / and I will
not hold any communications with any other than those working under a warrant /
coming from the National Imperial Court /
I further promise and vow, /
with a firm and steady purpose / to perform and keep the same / under no less
penalty than having my body severed in 14 pieces / and thrown into the river / if I violate any part of
this obligation.
Ill. Commandress: You will kiss the
Bible three times, the Koran once, the red stone once.
Ill. Commandress: Sister, an your
present condition, what do you most desire?
Candidate, prompted by O.G.: Light.
Ill. Commandress: Daughters, help me to
bring this newly made Sister from darkness to light. Clapping of hands and stamping of feet. God
said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Oriental Guide removes hoodwink.
Ill. Commandress: I will now give you
the Signs by which you may be known. See
explanation in Opening Ceremonies for all Signs.
The Saluting Sign is given
thus —The Warning Sign is —The Answer to the
Warning Sign is given thus —The Distress Sign is given thus —The words of Distress
are —The Sacred Word is
NOBILITY
The Oriental Guide will give
you the Grip Interlace
each other’s fingers of the right hand.
Closing Ceremony
Ill. Commandress: 1st Lieut. Commandress,
I am about to close this Court Have you, or any Daughter, any objections?
1st Lieut. Commandress: None, Noble
Commandress.
Ill. Commandress: 2nd Lieut Commandress,
does any work of charity remain undone?
2nd Lieut. Commandress: None that I know of
Noble Commandress
Ill. Commandress: 1st Leut. Commandress,
are you a Daughter of Isis?
1st Lieut. Commandress: I have traveled the
blinding desert
Ill. Commandress: What binds you to our
Order?
1st Lieut. Commandress: My sacred obligation
Ill. Commandress: Having assumed that
sacred obligation, what did you do to make it more binding?
1st Lieut. Commandress: I was caused to kiss
the red stone of Horus.
Ill. Commandress: It is well Inside Spy,
you will inform your comrade the Outside Spy, that I am about to close ... Court No ... Daughters of Isis.
Order her to permit no interruption.
Inside Spy, opening the door: Outside Spy, the Ill. Commandress directs me to inform you that she is
about to close this Court and you are directed to permit no interruption.
Ill. Commandress: Let us sing our
closing ode.
Closing Ode.
Ill. Commandress: High Priestess, you
will give the closing prayer.
High Priestess: Eternal God, Father of
us all, as we close our meeting, we thank You again for our many blessings.
Bless each one here as we part in fellowship. Give us patience and willingness
to do our duty to our work, and to each other. We pray that our faith may be
strengthened, our love for our fellowman increased, and our Christian service
continued. May Thy loving care protect us until we meet again. Amen.
Ill. Commandress: * * * (raps)
1st Lieut. Commandress. * * *
2nd Lieut. Commandress: * * *
Oriental Guide removes the Holy Bible, Koran and Red Stone.
Ill. Commandress: This Court is now
closed. Go in peace and may God guard you until we meet again.
All: Amen, Amen, Amen, O Lord.