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the FS" below; but for the most part, we will focus on the various sacraments and lodge rites of the FS and the furnishing of the lodge itself. The lodge room (or temple) of an FS lodge is set up according to the general structural principles found in the work of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, as shown in Figure 4 . 1 . A vivid picture of the appearance and atmosphere of a Saturnian lodge is provided by Gregorius himself in his occult novel Exorial.9 Most typically the lodge room will be draped in black with silver magical signs on the walls, or draped in dark green with black insignia. Most often the magical sigils would be in "inverse" position, pointing downward in order to activate telluric or chthonic powers. Black and dark green are the emblematic colors of the lodge. The brothers and sisters will usually be garbed with black satin robes fitted with arcane insignia particular to the order and to their grades. Other vestments can be worn for specific operations; these garments would be affixed with magical and astrological signs particular to the spirits being invoked. In the photo of Gregor A. Gregorius on p. 2 8 , he is wearing a hoodless black satin robe, to the front of which has been added a dark green panel. Over this is affixed a white Taucross. The stola around his shoulders is decorated with the pentagram, sigils of Saturn and Pluto, and a symbol of the cosmic phallus. The talisman around his neck is an emblem of the 33째 which consists of a Rosy Cross superimposed on a pentagram under which a circular mandala is fixed. On his head he wears a magical headband to which is attached an emblematic