The rest of the procedure varies.

There is at present no regular ritual for the black mass." "Well, then, is a priest absolutely essential to the celebration of these offices ?" "Certainly.

Only a priest can operate the mystery of Transubstantiation.
I know there are certain occultists who claim to have been consecrated by the Lord, as Saint Paul was, and who think they can consummate a veritable sacrifice just like a real priest.

Absurd! But even in default of real masses with ordained celebrants, the people possessed by the mania of sacrilege do none the less realize the sacred stupration of which they dream.
"Listen to this.

In 1855 there existed at Paris an association composed of women, for the most part.