Portable Temple Part 1
Overview Of The Temple
From Liber XV:
OF
THE FURNISHINGS OF THE TEMPLE
IN THE EAST, that is, in the direction of Boleskine, which is situated on the South-Eastern shore of Loch Ness in Scotland, two miles east of Foyers, is a shrine or High Altar. Its dimensions should be 7 feet in length, 3 feet in breadth, 44 inches in height. It should be covered with a crimson altar-cloth, on which may be embroidered fleur-de-lys in gold, or a sunblaze, or other suitable emblem.
On each side of it should be a pillar or obelisk, with countercharges in black and white.
Below it should be the dais of three steps, in black and white squares. Above it is the super-altar, at whose top is the Stele of Revealing in reproduction, with four candles on each side of it. Below the stele is a place for The Book of the Law, with six candles on each side of it. Below this again is the Holy Graal, with roses on each side of it. There is room in front of the Cup for the Paten. On each side beyond the roses are two great candles.
All this is enclosed within a great Veil.
Forming the apex of an equilateral triangle whose base is a line drawn between the pillars, is a small black square altar, of superimposed cubes.
Taking this altar as the middle of the base of a similar and equal triangle, at the apex of this second triangle is a small circular font.
Repeating, the apex of a third triangle is an upright tomb.
The temple arrangement (illustrated at right) is how we have arranged the temple in rough accord to the description above.
In this document I hope to outline how we constructed all of the components illustrated. Specifically I hope to outline how we constructed the Tomb, Water Altar, Fire Altar, and the High Altar and shrine set up.
There are a number of constraints with constructing a portable mass temple. One of these is weight: the temple components need to be light enough that a hand full of people can easily move and set the temple up in reasonable time. The temple needs to be easily stored in a relatively small space. And the temple needs to be sturdy enough to support the implements and the priestess seated on the altar. And, last but not least, the temple needs to be constructed in a way which is relatively easy to maintain and is inexpensive, as wear and tear will require components to be touched up or replaced periodically.