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JACK BURGERS DE MOLÉ
[Official Ritual]
[...of sorts! ahem...]
This Ritual has been included for your dining and dancing pleasure. It is one which we have kept in the family for many years, and now we offer it to our readership. It is not intended to be merely a recipe for food, although that is an important ritual objective in itself. It is a feast, a celebration, not only of the loss of JBM, but an affirmation of Life itself. In keeping with the charge to eat rich foods, we offer the following rich foods.
For starters, we recommend two main celebrants. One to prepare the meat, and sundry accompaniments, one to tend the Flame. The former we shall designate as Guardian of the Bowl; the latter, Keeper of the Flame(or Fire Priest). A third might be useful, as well, to carry out the ceremonial practices, although this can be performed by one or both of the main celebrants.
We have found that the best text for the ceremony is LaVey's Ceremony of the Stifling Air, because the narrative pertaining to DeMolay, Clement and Philip is perfect with the preparation of the food. Particularly if it is well timed. Timing is of the essence, for if the burning of DeMolay in the ritual coincides with the burning of the burger patties, it should create interesting effects, signifying that the sacrifice has been acknowledged! At least that is how it has worked with us.
As to the general ritual, that is left to the individual practitioner(s). This is a festive occasion, if one wants to perform the LBRs which can generally be a good idea every day of the week, if that be thy Will, then by all means. However, we have found that sometimes it is better to improvise. We cannot recommend the Gnostic Mass, for this rite, because that is a different rite, and the Gnostic Mass is (for us) one of the most effective rituals we have performed to date. The transsubstantiation really works. And that in a garage, reading the ritual!
The Recipe proper.
JACK BURGERS DE MOLE
There are three components to this recipe:
1.) The Meat; 2.) The Sauce; and 3.) The Bun and related items.
1.) The Meat.
We are aware that there are plenty of people who will say that it is terrible to eat meat. Bully for them. The co-author/key-entry person (hkt) is generally a vegetarian, but has recognized the necessity of the blood sacrifice, as it were. After all, Liber 418 , 2nd Aethyr, tells us, "The shedding of blood is necessary, for God did not hear the children of Eve until blood was shed." Now, if you want a sanitized substitute use fake burger patties, but that is not the same thing, as the smoke offered in the sacrifice will not exist. The ingredients are as follows:
[[NOTE: [If your tolerance for garlic is on the low side, you can cut the ammount of the garlic by half or less than half -- preferred!, but the savory should stay at the amount prescribed, because its flavour is so subtle....]
The reason for the high fat content is because
Also, 1/2 cup of the soy sauce poured over the meat at the first kneading; the last 1/4 cup poured over the meat at the second kneading.]]
HERE WE GO WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Lightly but thoroughly blend minced
garlic into meat; follow with garlic powder; then with savory.
2. Place in flat square dish with high sides, pour soy sauce over
meat.
3. Cover and let stand 30 minutes at room temperature.
4. Mix beef again with hands. Let stand another 30 minutes.
5. Shape into patties. Should make 6-8 patties.
6. Refrigerate briefly (i.e. 30 - 60 minutes in order to set up).
7. Grill or broil until done.
During the final stage of cooking baste
patties with the Molé sauce
mixture.
2.) The Sauce.
First, prepare Molé Sauce as per any recipe and/or instructions that you would normally use. For example, we offer the following instructions from the bottle of Doña Maria brand Mole that we are using:
"COOKING INSTRUCTIONS: Add 4 parts broth (or water) to 1 part paste. Season to taste and stir constantly over low heat."
In other words, if you use half of an 8.25 ounce bottle, or roughly 4 ounces, then you would add 16 ounces of water or broth. Mix these items together in a pan and stir constantly over low heat.
As for the season to taste part of the instructions:
It is worth noting the following. Some
might say, what does Molé sauce have to do with the Templars or
with J B De Molay? Well, outside of the obvious play on words,
which is one of our specialties(as it was with A. C. before us),
Chocolate has a long ceremonial tradition with the Aztecs. In
fact before we got Hershey's and Cadbury's and peanut butter cups
and M&Ms, Chocolate was used in Aztecan ceremonial
observances, and one such ingredient was Molé.
What do Aztecs have to do with Templars, you ask? Well, in the
Aztecan priesthood, there were Eagle Knights, which were
consecrated warrior monks, like the Knights Templars were
consecrated warrior monks. Not only that, in the 19th century of
the Common Era, when the National Mexican Rite was formed, one of
the highest grades was that of Knight of the Mexican Eagle, and
sort of corresponded to the highest Knightly degrees of the AASR.
In Mexican Freemasonry, like in North American Freemasonry, there
were two branches: The Yorkinos, or York Rite Masons, and the
Escoceses, or Scottish Rite Masons.
And, remember, in 1900 e.v., Aleister Crowley was initiated by one such Escocero, Don Jesus de Medina, who would naturally have been a part of this Sacred Tradition, which had many centuries of Native History, before it got absorbed into the AASR System. And, too, since Aleister Crowley later would receive the Book of the Law, and the leadership of the O. T. O., well... like James Burke might say, we've come full circle.
The honey is symbolic of the Elixir of Life, and has many ties to Masonic and Templar symbolism.
As we stated earlier, baste the burgers with this sauce mixture as they are being grilled, and then, before serving on the bun, baste them some more.
3.) The Buns and related items.
Assuming we are going to make 6 to 8 patties, we shall specify a dozen hamburger buns. We would recommend a good wheat bun, perhaps an even better egg bun with poppy seeds. After all, the poppy seeds come from the plant, Papaver Somniferum, the Opium Poppy, therefore presenting us with more ties to the Near and Middle East, sources of trouble for our Sainted Templars!
Butter the buns, make crosses on them with Hungarian Paprika, then lightly broil them in the oven.
Then, place the nicely basted burger patties on the bun , and cover with approximately 1/4 cup coarsely grated Jack Cheese (per burger patty), cover with the top bun, and serve.
Now, some people will ask, "Should I serve this with Catsup, Mustard, or pickles?" Our answer, "Hell no!" Really, now, not Catsup at least. If you can't live without mustard, then use something like Morehouse's Mustard/Horseradish combo or some gourmet product, or something like that. Extra Spicy always is the best, for the brain and for the body.
We will not grade you too badly if you add marinated artichoke hearts....
As feeding time approaches, then we would suggest whatever methods you use to transsubstantiate your food, whether it be "Grace" or "Will" or just plain eating it and transsubstantiating it directly... Perhaps while watching Will and Grace! Whatever be thy Will, So Mote It Be...
The fat and the garlic will also prepare the celebrants for the oracle of the Talking Scull... (joke)
Soror Carlota(the meat recipe and guidelines and the trimming instructions), and EIAE, (the sauce preparations and key entry).
Copyright © 1991 e.v. - 2000 e.v. Jonathan Sellers.