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LIBER RESH vel HELIOS SUE FIGURA CC. o. These are the adorations to be performed by aspirants to the A A 1. Let him greet the Sun at dawn, facing East, giving the sign of his grade. And let him say in a loud voice: Hail unto Thee who art Ra in Thy rising, even unto Thee who art Ra in Thy strength, who travellest over the Heavens in Thy bark at the Uprising of the Sun. Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at the helm. Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Night ! 2. Also at Noon, let him greet the Sun, facing South, givi…
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Arise. In the name of our Lord + the Sun, and of our Lord + that thou mayst administer the virtues to the Brethren. She sheathes the Sword. The PRIEST, issuing jrom the Tomby holding the Tance erect with both handsy right over lejty against his breasty takes the first three regular steps. He then gives the Tance to the PRIESTESS and gives the three penal signs. He then kneels and vsorships the Tance with both hands. Penitential music. The PRIEST. I am a man among men. He takes again the Tance and lowers it. He rises. The PRIEST. How should I be…
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Thou, centre and secret of the Sun, Thou, hidden spring of ail things known And unknown, Thou aloof, alone, Thou, the true fire within the reed Brooding and breeding, source and seed Of life, love, liberty and light, Thou beyond speech and beyond sight, Thee I invoke, my faint fresh fire Kindling as mine intents aspire. Thee I invoke, abiding one, Thee, centre and secret of the Sun, And that most holy mystery Of which the vehicle am I. Appear, most awful and most mild, As it is lawful, in thy child! The CHORUS: For of the Father and the Son The…
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… and the pleasure of uttermost delight! {The PRIEST mounts the third step.) The PRIEST: Thou that art One, our Lord in the Universe, the Sun, our Lord in ourselves whose name is Mystery of Mystery, uttermost being whose radiance, enlightening the worlds, is also the breath that maketh every God even and Death to tremble before thee — by the Sign of Light appear thou glorious upcn the throne of the Sun. Make open the path of création and of intelligence between us and our minds. Enlighten our understanding. Encourage our hearts. Let thy light cr…
1930 · PDF PAGE 80
…e signs of the Portai (See illustrations) : Extend the hands in front of you, palms outwards, separate them as if in the act of rending asunder a veil or curtain (actives), and then bring them together as if closing it up again and let them fall to the side (passives). (The Grade of the “Portai” is particularly attributed to the element of Spirit ; it refers to the Sun; the Paths of O,*! and are attributed to this degree. See “777” lmes 6 and 31 bis). The Pentagrams of Fire. Name: A L H I M (Elohim). — 380 —
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… TAROT TRUMPS 11 The Spirit of 'Acô^o 12 The Magus of Power. 13 The Priestess of the Silver $tar. 14 The Daughter of the Mighty Ones. 15 Sun of the Morning, Chief among the Mighty. 16 The Magus of the Eternal. 17 The Children of the Voice : the Oracle of the Mighty Gods. 18 The Child of the Powers of the Waters : the Lord of the Triumph of Light. 19 The Daughter of the Flaming Sword, 20 The Prophet of the Eternal, the Magus of the Voice of Power. 21 The Lord of the Forces of Life. 22 The Daughter of the Lords of Truth; The Ruler of the Balance.…
1930 · PDF PAGE 29
…y Thy name and undefiled ! Thy reign is corne ; Thy will is done. Here is the Bread; here is the Blood. Bring me through midnight to the Sun! Save me from Evil and from Good! That Thy one crown of ail the Ten Even now and here be mine. AMEN. He puts the first Cake on the Fire of the Thurible. I burn the Incense-cake, proclaim These adorations of Thy name. He makes them as in Fiber Le gis, and strikes again Eleven times upon the Bell. With the Burin he then makes upon his breast the proper sign. 329
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…een blue 25 Tempérance Blue 26 The Devil Indigo 27 The House of God Scarlet 28 The Star Violet 29 The Moon Crimson (ultra violet) 30 The Sun Orange 31 The Angel orLastJudgment—(Wands) Glowing orange scarlet Kings or Knights 32 The Universe Indigo 32 bis Empresses (Coins) Citrine, olive, russet and black d) 31 bis Ail 22 trumps White merging into grey (1) The Pure Earth known to the Ancient Egyptians, during that Equinox ot the Gods over which Isis presided (i. e. The Pagan Era) was taken as Green. 309
1930 · PDF PAGE 57
… out his arms upward as comprehending the whole shrine. ) Let this offering be borne upon the waves of Aethyr to our Lord and Father the Sun that travelleth over the Heavens in his name ON. (He closes his hands, hisses the PRIESTESS between the breasts and makes three great crosses over the Paten, the Cup and Himself. He strikes his breast. AU repeat this action.) Hear ye ail, saints of the true church of old time now essentially présent, that of ye we claim heirship, with ye we claim communion, from ye we claim bénédiction in the name of IAQ. …
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V. Of tlie Office of the Collects which. are Eleven in Number (THE SUN) The DEACON. Lord visible and sensible of whom this earth is but a frozen spark turning about thee with annual and diurnal motion, source of light, source of life, let thy perpétuai radiance hearten us to continuai labour and enjoyment; so that as we are constant partakers of thy bounty we may in our particular orbit give out light and life, sustenance and joy to them that revolve about us without diminution of substance or effulgence for ever. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (TH…
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(THE EARTH) The DEACON. Mother of fertility on whose breast. lieth water, whose cheek is caressed by air, and in whose heart is the sun’s fire, womb of ail life, recurring grâce of seasons, answer favourably the prayer of labour, and to pastors and husbandmen be thou propitious. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (THE PRINCIPLES) The DEACON. Mysterious energy triform, mysterious Matter, in fourfold and sevenfold division ; the interplay of which things weave the dance of the Veil of Life upon the Face of the Spirit, let there be harmony and beauty in y…
1930 · PDF PAGE 59
MEN. Glory to thee, eternal Sun, Thou One in Three, Thou Three in One! CHORUS. Glory and worship unto Thee, Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree! (These words are to jorm the substance of the anthem; but the whole or any fart thereof shall be set to musicy which may be as elaborate as art can. But even should other mthems be authorised by the Father of the Church, this shall hold its place as the first of its kindy the father of ail other s b) VIII. Of the Mystic Marriage and Consummation of the Eléments. (The PRIEST takes the Paten between the in…
1930 · PDF PAGE 60
…n her right handy wtth her left hand she ofjers the Paten. The PRIEST kneels.) The PRIEST. In my mouth be the essence of the life of the Sun. {He takes the Host zvith the right handy makes -f- with it on the Paten y and consumes it.) {Silence. ) {The PRIESTESS takeSy uncoverSy and offers the cupy as bejore. ) The PRIEST. In my mouth be the essence of the joy of the Earth. {He takes the Cupy makes on the PRIESTESS, drains ity and returns it.) {Silence. ) {He ris es y takes the lance and turns to the people.) The PRIEST. There is no part of me th…
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…employ this to the imprégnation of the Egg of light in which man is bathed. 9. Now represent to thyself that this Egg is the Disk of the Sun, setting in the west. 10. Let it sink into blackness, borne in the bark of heaven, upon the back of the holy cow Hathor. And it may be that thou shalt hear the moaning thereof. 11. Let it become blacker than ail blackness. And in this méditation thou shalt be utterly without fear, for that the black¬ ness that will appear unto thee is a thing dreadful beyond ail thy compréhension. And it shall corne to pas…
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CHAOS, the soie viceregent of the Sun upon Earth; and in one Air the nourisher of ail that breathes. And I believe in one Earth, the Mother of us ail, and in one Womb wherein ail men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, Mystery of Mystery, in Her name BABALON. And I believe in the Serpent and the Lion, Mystery of Mystery, in his name BAPHOMET. And I believe in one Gnostic and Catholic Church of Light, Love and Liberty, the Word of whose Law is 0EAHMA. And I believe in the communion of Saints. And, forasmuch as méat and drink are transmute…
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…thee; and thou shalt be cast out upon the midden, and the birds of the air shall feast upon thy flesh, and thy bones shall whiten in the sun. 5. Then shall the winds gather themselves together and bear thee up as it were a little heap of dust in a sheet that hath four corners, and they shall give it unto the guardian of the Abyss. 6. And because there is no life therein, the guardian of the Abyss shall bid the angels of the winds pass by. And the angels thereof shall be no more. 7' N°w therefore that thou mayest achieve this ritual of the Holy …
1930 · PDF PAGE 120
… is a body erect and motionless. Let the adept consider the many forces which maintain it 5 firstly, the attraction cf the earth, of the sun, of the planets, of the farthest stars, nay of every mote of dust in the room, one cf which (could it be annihilated) would cause that body to move, although so imper- ceptibly. Also the résistance of the floor, the pressure of the air, and ail other external conditions. Secondly, the internai forces which sustain it, the vast and complex machinery of the skeleton, the muscles, the blood, the lymph, the ma…
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…s the Word of the Law, being triple, as 93 is thrice 31. T shows the formula of Magick declared in that Word; the Lion, the Serpent, the Sun, Courage and Sexual Love are ail indicated by the card. In LA note that Saturn or Satan is exalted in the House of Venus or Astarte, and it is an airy sign. Thus L is Father-Mother, Two and Naught, and the Spirit (Holy Ghost) of their Love is also Naught. Love is AHBH, 13, which is AChD, Unity, I, Aleph, who is The Fool who is Naught, but none the less an Individual One, who (as such) is not another, yet u…
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…by which Life daims that Love is Light and Liberty. And these are Two-in-One, the divine letter of Silence-in-Speech whose Symbol is the Sun in the arms of the Moon. But Sh and T are alike formulae of force in action as opposed to entities; they are not States of existence, but modes of motion. They are verbs, not nouns. Sh is the Holy Spirit as a “tongue of fire” manifest in triplicity, — 337 —
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… Fool impregnating the woman according to the Word of Yod, the Angel of the Lord ! His sister has seduced her brother Beast, shaming the Sun with her sin; she has mastered the Lion and enchanted the Serpent. Nature is outraged by Magick ; man is bestialized and woman defiled. The conj miction produces a monster; it, affirms régression of types. Instead of a man-God conceived of the Spirit of God by a virgin in innocence, we are asked to adore the bastard of a whore and a brute, begotten in shamefullest sin and born in most blasphemous bliss. Th…