‘Good party,’ said Spofford. He was consuming a piece of cake, one hand held below it like a paten for the crumbs.
A paten is a plate ised for the Eucharist to collect the crumbs of bread. It seems to be a recurring theme in this book christian religious imagery juxtaposed against pagan rituals. Beau look likee Jesus but plays the pipes of Pan, the red wine of communion is blood but is it the blod of jesus or the sacrificial blood of bacchanalia? What ks Crowley trying to say?
