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       Trip FIVE
       
       This Mystree Rite is not required for initiation, but it is offered by 
       many POEE Priest to proselytes who desire a formal ceremony.
       
       1.  The Priest and four Brothers are arranged in a pentagon with the 
       Initiate in the center facing the Priest.  If possible, the Brothers 
       on the immediate right and left of the Priest should be Deacons.  The 
       Initiate must be totally naked, to demonstrate that he is truly a 
       human being and not something else in dusguise like a cabbage or 
       something.
       
       2.  All persons in the audience and the pnetagon, excepting the 
       Priest, assume a squatting position and return to a standing position.  
       This is repeated four more times.  This dance is symbolic of the 
       humility of we Erisians.
       
       3.  The Priest begins:
       
       I, (complete holy name, with mystical titles, and degrees, 
       designations, offices, etc.), Ordained Priest of the Paratheo-
       anametamystikhood of Eris Esoteric, with the Authority invested in me 
       by the High Priest of It, Office of the Polyfather, the House of the 
       Rising Podge, POEE Head Temple; do herewith require of ye:
           1.  Are ye a human being and not a cabbage or something?  (The 
               Initiate answers, "Yes.")
           2.  That's too bad.  Do ye wish to better thyself?  (The Initiate 
               answers, "Yes.")
           3.  How stupid.  Are ye willing to become philosophically 
               illuminized?  (He answers, "Yes.")
           4.  Very funny.  Will ye dedicate yeself to the Holy Erisian 
               Movement?  (The Initiate answers, "Probably.")