How The Ritual Ends
The rite may end in one of two ways. The ritualist may simply sink into total sleep. Or they may achieve orgasm and then sink into a deep and "undisturbable" sleep. Jason Newcomb, however, concludes that sexual exhaustion achieved through repeated orgasm may also lead to the ritualistic state and does not necessarily end the rite. Frater U.D., however, has argued that the orgasmic moment should not be lost, and that the individual should strive to use the moment for spiritual or magical purposes.
Upon wakening, the ritualist seer could, for example, write down everything he or she has experienced, witnessed, or been told. At least one author concludes that what is desired should be focused on throughout the rite, and that the individual should not be distracted from it or free of desire.
Crowley also intended that when men do the ritual, any semen (or "elixir") produced by orgasm must be consumed by the ritualist, possibly in a Crowley inspired "Cake of Light".
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