solar
ritual
“Humility seems to be discountenanced by The Book of the
Law as incompatible was the proper understanding of onself
as a star, a king, divine or sovreign being, no less than the
greatest of the Gods. It is further likely to lead to sin, i.e.
restriction, since the humble are liable to fail to assert their
independence and their right.”
-comment on Liber LXV cap
The following is a ritual to consecrate a solar object of devotion
object for one’s temple. It takes roughly six weeks, and is an excellent
precursor to working with Liber CLXXV.
The precise objects employed in this ritual should be varied to the
taste of the magician, but follow a similar theme. In my case, I used an
image of the sun made from black metal, hollow on the inside, which hung
from the ceiling in the east, flanked by a large phallus reproduction of the
Stele of revealing. I had obtained a rather large chunk of quartz, which
is the stone that I find “holds” energy in potency for the longest amount
of time, which I intended to take through a series of adorations and
“enthrone” inside the image of the sun itself, along with written declarations
of my Will, as I understood it from the perspective of solar Niyama as
Crowley describes it in his Eight Lectures on Yoga.
Part I
The longest phase of this ritual is the personal preparation. First,
devote thirty-six days to preparation before the temple is constructed.
For the first thirty days, perform the invocation of the Bornless One in astral
form upon awakening every morning. One must clearly understand and
experience what royalty will mean to one’s own nature and circumstances.
This is why the invocation is performed in the morning, so that one fixes
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the idea of identification with the Bornless One in one’s mind and holds it
there (with no small effort) throughout one’s everyday life. The practices
described in Crowley’s John St. John, such as the consecration of food and
drink to one’s purpose, and the understanding of each act as a sacrament
in one’s holy aspiration, should be studied and employed.
No banishing, other manner of invocations, or devotion to any object
other than the Bornless One is allowed during this time. Pranayama should be
practiced regularly for at least half an hour a day, preferably following the
morning invocation. Study of Liber LXV should be consistent, to the end of
committing as much of it to memory as possible, and becoming comfortable
with the music of its words.
On day 30, perform the invocation as usual, and read or recite cap.
I of Liber LXV. Over the next twelve hours, all of the chapters of this book are
to be read or recited at appropriate intervals between feasting, physical
activity, and other merrymaking. The intervals should be fairly regular, the
magician has some room to maneuver here, so long as cap. V is recited
exactly twelve hours after the recitation of cap. I.
Part II
On day thirty-one, banish by the pentagram and hexagram, preferably
using the method given in Liber CCCXXXIII. On the same day, in the hour
of Sol, Banish, using the Enochian watchtower names, the element fire, the
element water, the element air, and the element earth, in that order. Next,
read or recite the earth key, read or recite Liber LXV cap. I, invoke earth by
the pentagram with the Enochian names, and read or recite the first and
second keys.
The next day, again in the hour of Sol, banish air, water, and fire, but
NOT earth. Then, follow the same formula: recite the air key, recite the next
chapter in Liber LXV, invoke air by the pentagram, and finish with keys one
and two. Obviously, doing this for all of the elements will take five days. For
this period, except as a preliminary to this stage of the practice of part II, do
not use any other banishing or invoking. On the fifth day, instead of banishing,
perform the greater invocation of the pentagram, read or recite keys one
and two, read or recite Liber LXV cap. V, and finish with the invocation of the
Bornless One.
Upon attaining this state, sleep! On the last day, rise, bathe, and begin
to consecrate the temple space that you intend to use for the operation.
Set up and adore the image of the sun. I employed no rituals to do this.
Some passages of the Qur’an, Surah 93 and Surah 91 v. 1-10 in particular,
are appropriate for this, as are the adorations of Ra-Hoor-Khuit from the
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