*CIRCLE SETUP*
Bill the Cat altar in the center of the circle or near fire pit.
At the West place a partially full bottle or can of beer (the worst you can find, enough to anoint your initiates).
At the North place an ashtray filled with sand.
Near the altar place a spittoon (optional).
*ALTAR SETUP*
We are Siamese if you don't please!
We are former residents of Siam,
There is not a finer cat than I am!"
Put a pinch of incense on the charcoal.
*CALL QUARTERS*
HPS: Take cigarettes and lighter from altar and walk to the SOUTH.
Light cigarette, wave cigarette at the sound, and intone: "HI!"
Cross from SOUTH to EAST.
Take deep puff from cigarette and blow smoke out ostentatiously.
Wave cigarette at EAST and intone: "HI!"
Cross from EAST to NORTH and stub out cigarette in ashtray.
Wave cigarette at west and intone: "HI!"
Cross from NORTH to WEST .
Drop cigarette into partial beer. Wave cigarette at north and intone: "HI!"
*INVOKE BILL THE CAT*
Sing the sacred Songs.
Chant the Sacred Chant.
Walk to the center of the circle, raise arms, and call:
"Here kitty, kitty, kitty!"
Repeat as needed.
*STATEMENT OF PURPOSE*
HP/S: "We are here to night to initiate new friends into the worship of Bill the Cat.
Let the good times roll! Petitioners, step forward." Wait for them to do so.
HP/S: "Is it your will to join the Cult of Bill the Cat?"
Petitioners assent--"Yeah, sure, why not?, etc.
*OATH TAKING*
HP/S: "Repeat after me:"
"I, (state your name), do hereby swear to honor the Discordian Deity, Bill the Cat, Lord of Humor and Disgusting Noises. I promise to go for the Cheap Jokes, indulge in Excessive Behavior and always maintain my sense of the Ridiculous. I swear never to take my religion so seriously that I forget to laugh, and in token thereof do I give forth of my bodily fluids."
Spit into fire or spittoon.
*ANOINT AND CENSE INITIATES*
HP/S or ack-olytes takes bubble solution from altar and anoints forehead of each initiate with the cough of "Ack."
Replace bubble solution on altar.
*CHARGE OF BILL THE CAT*
HP/S: "Hear now the charge of Bill the Cat!
Whenever you have needs, once in a while and better it be when your mouth is full,then shall you spew forth in some public house or private place or anywhere that persons may be gathered, and adore me, Bill the Cat, Prince of all Vulgarity.
You who would fain indulge in lewd or disgusting acts but have not yet reached true depravity, these will I teach True Excess and the Art of Making Rude Bodily Noises.
For I am come to tell you
If it lookith gross and/or feelith good
If others need to turn away in embarrassment or disgust
If it causeth others to burst forth in uncontrolled laughter
And if none be truly harmed
Then have you stumbled into true Oneness with the Free Spirit of Bill
And as a sign that you are truly free, you should be naked in your rites
For then shall there shall be no fumbling with clothing
In your drunken quest for the Naughty Bits
And spread humor, good will and anything else that needs spreading!
All in my name, crying, ACK! ACK! ACK! PLBB! PLBB! PLBB! HAIL BILL!"
*LIBATIONS AND TOASTING*
HP/S burns a pinch of incense and opens beer. Takes a swig of beer and spits into the fire (or altar or spittoon). Passes beer to the initiate/covener on the left who repeats the process. After everyone has toasted Bill, beer is poured over his head and the bottle or can is replaced on the altar.
Pass the plate of goldfish crackers.
*INNER MYSTERY*
HP/S: "Hear now the inner mystery of Bill the Cat as told to us by Mary, co-founding High Priestess of Bill the Cat:
Why do you wrap gerbils in duct tape? "So they don't explode when you fuck them!"
*CONCLUSION*
HP/S: "Initiates, you are now fully empowered priests and priestesses of Bill the Cat, entitled to set up your own shrines and to initiate others. Go forth and spread the word (and anything else that needs spreading). Bill the Cat: He's Hot, He's Hip and He's Hairy. Hail Bill!"
All: "ACK! ACK! ACK! PLBB! PLBB! PLBB!"
Continue as desired
*CLOSING*
HP/S: "Thanks, Bill. Y'all come on back now, hear?"
HP/S walks to the West and waves, intoning: "Bye-bye!"
Repeats to North, then , then East, then South
HP/S: "Th-th-that's all, Folks! It's Miller time!"
Bill the Cat altar in the center of the circle or near fire pit.
At the West place a partially full bottle or can of beer (the worst you can find, enough to anoint your initiates).
At the North place an ashtray filled with sand.
Near the altar place a spittoon (optional).
*ALTAR SETUP*
- Bill-the-Cat icon, statue or image
- Cigarettes and lighter
- Lit candles
- Unopened bottle/can of beer
- Bottle of bubble solution with wand
- Brazier with charcoal
- Catnip incense
- Plate of Goldfish Crackers in cat food bowl
- Gather coveners together and teach them these songs:
We are Siamese if you don't please!
We are former residents of Siam,
There is not a finer cat than I am!"
- The "Meow-meow" song from the cat-food tv commercial
Put a pinch of incense on the charcoal.
*CALL QUARTERS*
HPS: Take cigarettes and lighter from altar and walk to the SOUTH.
Light cigarette, wave cigarette at the sound, and intone: "HI!"
Cross from SOUTH to EAST.
Take deep puff from cigarette and blow smoke out ostentatiously.
Wave cigarette at EAST and intone: "HI!"
Cross from EAST to NORTH and stub out cigarette in ashtray.
Wave cigarette at west and intone: "HI!"
Cross from NORTH to WEST .
Drop cigarette into partial beer. Wave cigarette at north and intone: "HI!"
*INVOKE BILL THE CAT*
Sing the sacred Songs.
Chant the Sacred Chant.
Walk to the center of the circle, raise arms, and call:
"Here kitty, kitty, kitty!"
Repeat as needed.
*STATEMENT OF PURPOSE*
HP/S: "We are here to night to initiate new friends into the worship of Bill the Cat.
Let the good times roll! Petitioners, step forward." Wait for them to do so.
HP/S: "Is it your will to join the Cult of Bill the Cat?"
Petitioners assent--"Yeah, sure, why not?, etc.
*OATH TAKING*
HP/S: "Repeat after me:"
"I, (state your name), do hereby swear to honor the Discordian Deity, Bill the Cat, Lord of Humor and Disgusting Noises. I promise to go for the Cheap Jokes, indulge in Excessive Behavior and always maintain my sense of the Ridiculous. I swear never to take my religion so seriously that I forget to laugh, and in token thereof do I give forth of my bodily fluids."
Spit into fire or spittoon.
*ANOINT AND CENSE INITIATES*
HP/S or ack-olytes takes bubble solution from altar and anoints forehead of each initiate with the cough of "Ack."
Replace bubble solution on altar.
*CHARGE OF BILL THE CAT*
HP/S: "Hear now the charge of Bill the Cat!
Whenever you have needs, once in a while and better it be when your mouth is full,then shall you spew forth in some public house or private place or anywhere that persons may be gathered, and adore me, Bill the Cat, Prince of all Vulgarity.
You who would fain indulge in lewd or disgusting acts but have not yet reached true depravity, these will I teach True Excess and the Art of Making Rude Bodily Noises.
For I am come to tell you
If it lookith gross and/or feelith good
If others need to turn away in embarrassment or disgust
If it causeth others to burst forth in uncontrolled laughter
And if none be truly harmed
Then have you stumbled into true Oneness with the Free Spirit of Bill
And as a sign that you are truly free, you should be naked in your rites
For then shall there shall be no fumbling with clothing
In your drunken quest for the Naughty Bits
And spread humor, good will and anything else that needs spreading!
All in my name, crying, ACK! ACK! ACK! PLBB! PLBB! PLBB! HAIL BILL!"
*LIBATIONS AND TOASTING*
HP/S burns a pinch of incense and opens beer. Takes a swig of beer and spits into the fire (or altar or spittoon). Passes beer to the initiate/covener on the left who repeats the process. After everyone has toasted Bill, beer is poured over his head and the bottle or can is replaced on the altar.
Pass the plate of goldfish crackers.
*INNER MYSTERY*
HP/S: "Hear now the inner mystery of Bill the Cat as told to us by Mary, co-founding High Priestess of Bill the Cat:
Why do you wrap gerbils in duct tape? "So they don't explode when you fuck them!"
*CONCLUSION*
HP/S: "Initiates, you are now fully empowered priests and priestesses of Bill the Cat, entitled to set up your own shrines and to initiate others. Go forth and spread the word (and anything else that needs spreading). Bill the Cat: He's Hot, He's Hip and He's Hairy. Hail Bill!"
All: "ACK! ACK! ACK! PLBB! PLBB! PLBB!"
Continue as desired
*CLOSING*
HP/S: "Thanks, Bill. Y'all come on back now, hear?"
HP/S walks to the West and waves, intoning: "Bye-bye!"
Repeats to North, then , then East, then South
HP/S: "Th-th-that's all, Folks! It's Miller time!"
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