Crowley - Liber Resh Vel Helios Sub Figurâ CC
Crowley - Liber Resh Vel Helios Sub Figurâ CC
Crowley - Liber Resh Vel Helios Sub Figurâ CC
LIBER
R E S H
VEL
HELIOS
SVB FIGVRÂ
CC
V AA
Publication in Class D
Imprimatur:
N. Fra. AA
0. These are the adorations to be performed by all aspirants to
the AA
1. Let him greet the Sun at dawn, facing East, giving the sign
of his grade.1 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, giving the
sign of his grade. And let him say in a loud voice:
Hail unto Thee who art Ahathoor in Thy triumphing,
even unto Thee who art Ahathoor in Thy beauty, who travellest
over the Heavens in Thy bark at the Mid-course 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 Morning!
3. Also, at Sunset, let him greet the Sun, facing West, giving
the sign of his grade. And let him say in a loud voice:
Hail unto Thee who art Tum in Thy setting, even unto
Thee who art Tum in Thy joy, who travellest over the
Heavens in Thy bark at the Down-going of the Sun.
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[For those with no AA grade, a sign suited to the quarter may be substituted. In a MS.
note to Equinox I (6) Crowley suggests: Dawn: L.V.X.; Noon: Thoum-Aesh-Neith (Fire);
Sunset: Shu (Air); Midnight: Auramoth (Water). See “Liber O” for these. The rationale is that
you are symbolically standing at the intersection of the Paths of Pé and Samekh, with
Tiphareth in the East, hence you make the sign of the sphere you are facing. — T.S.]
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Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-
Hoor abideth at the helm.
Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Day!
4. Lastly, at Midnight, let him greet the Sun, facing West,
giving the sign of his grade. And let him say in a loud voice:
Hail unto Thee who art Khephra in Thy hiding, even
unto Thee who art Khephra in Thy silence, who travellest over
the Heavens in Thy bark at the Midnight Hour 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 Evening!
5. And after each of these invocations thou shalt give the sign of
silence, and afterwards thou shalt perform the adoration that is
taught thee by thy Superior.1 And then do thou compose thyself to
holy meditation.
6. Also it is better if in these adorations thou assume the god-
form of Whom thou adorest,2 as if thou didst unite with Him in the
adoration of That which is beyond Him.
7. Thus shalt thou ever be mindful of the Great Work which
thou hast undertaken to perform, and thus shalt thou be
strengthened to pursue it unto the attainment of the Stone of the
Wise, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness.
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[For those not in communication with the AA, the adorations from Liber Legis, ch. III,
from “Unity uttermost showed” to “Abide with me, Ra- Hoor-Khuit” are popular. This is
probably not the adoration taught in the AA under Crowley, or by modern groups
claiming to represent the AA. — T.S.]
2
[This may be read as an instruction to assume the God-form of Ra, Hathor, Tum or
Khephera as appropriate. See “Liber O” for the practices and Gods of the Egyptians or other
works on the subject for the traditional images of these deities. But the instruction can be
interpreted in other ways, and is by some. — T.S.]