Adonia, the Summer Solstice festival of the O.T.A.

On Thursday June 18th,2020 at 8:00 p.m. Pacific time the Hermetic Hour hosted by Poke Runyon will broadcast live the 46th Consecutive annual performance of the Order of the Temple of Astarte's Summer Solstice "Adonia" celebration. Based on the ancient Canaanite Ra Shamrah tablets the drama depicts the death of the Year King Prince Baal at the hands of the Dark Lord Mot on the longest, brightest day of the year after he has joyously served the Dew of Heaven to the celebrants in a Golden Goblet that would be remembered as the Holy Grail. He is mourned by his consort the Goddess Astarte who promises to resurrect Baal and vanquish Mot in the the Festival of Seven Gates at Autumn Equinox. This is the second time we have had to perform one of our Seasonal Rites on the radio rather than in our sacred henge at Rivendell but we urge you to vue our video version of this event in "Rites of Magick" on YouTube.

Baal: "Behold the Golden Dew of Heaven

       Born of Thunder Clouds on High

       Drink with me this Life Elixir!

       Dance ye round 'til the Cup be Dry!"

Astarte: "Each rose is the blood of the Year King

          Burn it and thy sorrows be forgot

          These waters are the tears of the Goddess,

          Shed them and thy sadness shall pass."