The Ritual of Consecration of an High Priest of L.I.L.
Opening.
Let the forces of Jupiter be invoked by the hexagram in a temple purified by the elements. Let the Spirit be also invoked.
The temple has: in the South, a Coffin: in the E(ast), a lamp or flaming bowl; in the W(est), a Sword; in the N(orth), a bowl of bitterly cold alcohol. In the centre, an altar with the Star of magick Light: N,S,E,W are salt, fire, rose water
The opening being finished, let the doors be opened; and let the Introducing Adept admit the Candidate, his hands bound and his eyes blinded. Follows the Ritual
A. Who art thou?
C. _____, in darkness and slavery which I have voluntarily taken myself; that I may bring Light and Liberty to others.
A.Whence comest thou?
C. From the Place of the Meditations.
A. Whither goest thou?
C. To the Place of the Tryings.
A. Art thou furnished for the journey?
C. I am naked, and poor, and miserable.
A. Hast thou nought to sacrifice unto the guardians of the Ways?
C. The Breath of my Nostrils, the Flesh of my Body, the Tears of mine Eyes and the Blood of my Heart.
A. Add thou thereto the Silence of Thy Tongue.
Let the Purification be performed.
(Ritual J is solemnly recited of C.)
A. Thou hast signed the Oath of thine Obligation: art thou now ready to confirm its provision in this Presence?
C. I am.
(C. is led to foot of Altar and kneels. His hands are unbound; they are placed around the lamp in the centre, as if ready to support it. The Oath is then taken.)
A. Knowest thou the Force of the name YHVH ?
C. At this name the Elements are moved.
A. Thy Name is the Child of the Children of the Elements: In This Name Tetragrammaton dost thou trust?
C. It is written: It is better to trust in Tetragrammaton than to put confidence in Princes.
A. The River Kishon swept then away: that ancient river, the River Kishon. The lord is a Man of War: the Lord of Hosts is his name.
The Dukes of Adom were amazed: trembling took hold of the Mighty in Moab. Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir; when thou marchedst out of the field of Adom! He bowed the Heavens also and came down, and Darkness was under His feet; at the Brightness that was before Him the thick clouds passed: hailstones and coals of fire Tetragrammaton thundered through the Heavens and the Mighty One gave forth His Voice hailstones and coals of fire! He sent out his arrows and scattered then; He hurled forth His lightnings and destroyed them. At Thy Rebuke, Oh Lord! At the blast of the Breath of Thy Nostrils! The Voice of Thy Thunder was in the Heavens: the Lightnings lightened the World: the Earth trembled and shook!
Oh Lord I have heard thy Speech and was afraid. The Voice of the Lord is upon the Waters! The God of Glory thundereth! The Lord is upon many waters! The Voice of the Lord is powerful! The Voice of the Lord is full of Majesty! The Voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars: yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. The Voice of the Lord is full of Majesty! The Voice of the Lord divideth the Flames of Fire! The Voice of the Lord shaketh the Wilderness! Yea! the Lord shaketh the Wilderness of Kedar.
Before Him went the Pestilence: and Flaming Fire went forth at his feet. He stood and measured the Earth! He beheld and drove asunder the Nations. And the Everlasing Mountains were scattered: the Perpetual Hills did bow!
Ateh Gibor le-Olahm, Adonai. Let Power be ascribed unto the name YHVH.
(Candidate is led to S(outh) and his r(ight) h(and) burnt with Fire).
I said: Is not the Fire mine, and the Inhabitants thereof? Hear then the Voice of the Fire.
(Recite Prayer of Salamanders)
"
Immortal, eternal, ineffable, and uncreated Father of all things, who art born upon the ever-rolling chariot of worlds which revolve unceasingly; Lord of the ethereal immensities, where the throne of Thy power is exalted, from which height Thy terrible eyes discern all things, and Thy holy and beautiful ears unto all things hearken, hear Thou Thy children, whom Thou didst love before the ages began; for Thy golden, Thy grand, Thy eternal majesty shines above the world and the heaven of stars! Thou art exalted over them, O Glittering Fire! There dost Thou shine, there dost Thou commune with Thyself by Thine own splendor, and inexhaustible streams of light pour from Thine essence for the nourishment of Thine infinite Spirit, which Itself doth nourish all things, and forms that inexhaustible treasure of substance ever ready for generation, which adapts it and appropriates the forms Thou hast impressed on it from the beginning! From this Spirit the three most holy kings who surround Thy throne and constitute Thy court derive also their origin, O Universal Father! O Sole and Only Father of blessed mortals and immortals! In particular Thou hast created powers which are marvelously like unto Thine eternal thought and Thine adorable essence; Thou hast established them higher than the angels, who proclaim Thy will to the world; finally, Thou hast created us third in rank within our elemental empire. There our unceasing exercise is to praise Thee and adore Thy good pleasure; there we burn continually in our aspiration to possess Thee, O Father! O Mother, most tender of all mothers; O Admirable Archetype of Maternity and of Pure Love! O Son, Flower of Sons! O Form of all Forms, Soul, Spirit, Harmony, and Number of all things! Amen"
(C. to W. and his l(eft) h(and) placed in freezing mixture)
It is written: Who shall abide His frost?
(Recite Prayer of Undines) "Dread King of the sea, who hast the keys of the floodgates of heaven, and dost confine the waters of the underworld in the caverns of earth; King of the Deluge and the Floods of the Springtime; Thou who dost unseal the sources of rivers and fountains; Thou who does ordain moisture, which is like the blood of earth, to become the sap of plants: Thee we adore and Thee we invoke! Speak to us, Thine inconstant and unstable creatures, in the great tumults of the sea, and we shall tremble before Thee; Speak unto us also in the murmur of limpid waters, and we shall yearn for Thy love! O Immensity into which flow all the rivers of life, to be continually reborn in Thee! O Ocean of Infinite Perfections! Height which reflects Thee in the depth,depth which exhalts Thee to the height, lead us unto the true life by Intelligence and Love! Lead us to immortality by sacrifice, that we may be found worthy one day to offer Thee water, blood and tears, for the remission of sins! Amen"
(C(andidate) to E. and blood drawn from heart)
The Word of Tetragrammaton is a sharp sword: the Breath of the Lord divideth the reins of men.
(Recite Prayer of Sylphs.)
"Spirit of Light, Spirit of Wisdom, whose breath gives and takes away the form of all things; Thou before whom the life of every being is a shadow which transforms and a vapor which passes away; Thou who ascendeth upon the clouds and dost fly upon the wings of the wind; Thou who breathest out and limitless immensities are peopled; Thou who breathest in and all which came forth from Thee unto Thee returneth. Endless Movement in Eternal Stability, be Thou blessed forever! We praise Thee and we bless Thee in the fleeting empire of created light, of shadows,of reflections, and images, and we aspire without ceasing towards Thine immutable and imperishable splendour. May the ray of Thine Intelligence and the warmth of Thy Love descend upon us. Then what is volatile shall be fixed, the shadow shall become a body, the Spirit of Air shall receive a soul, and the dream shall be a thought. We shall be swept away no more before the tempest, but shall bridle the winged steeds of the morning, and guide the course of the evening winds that may flee into Thy presence. O Spirit of Spirits, O Eternal Soul of Souls, O Imperishable Breath of Life, O Creative Sigh, O Mouth which dost breathe forth and withdraw the life of all beings in the ebb and flow of Thine eternal speech, which is the Divine Ocean of Movement and of Truth! Amen"
(C. to W. placed in coffin and closed up)
As for man, his days are as grass, as a flower he flourisheth: dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return.
(Recite Prayer of Gnomes.)
"King invisible, Who, taking the earth as a support, didst furrow the abysses to fill them with Thine omnipotence; Thou Whose name doth shake the vaults of the world, Thou Who causest the seven metals to flow through the veins of the rock, monarch of the seven lights, rewarder of the subterranean toilers, lead us unto the desirable air and to the realm of splendour. We watch and we work unremittingly, we seek and we hope, by the twelve stones of the Holy City, by the hidden talismans, by the pole of the lodestone which passes through the center of the world! Saviour, Saviour, Saviour, have pity on those who suffer, expand our hearts, detach and elevate our minds, enlarge our entire being! O stability and motion! O day clothed with night! O darkness veiled by splendour! O master Who never keepest back the wages of Thy labourers! O silver whiteness! O golden splendour! O crown of living and melodious diamonds! Thou Who wearest the heaven on Thy finger like a sapphire ring, Thou Who conceallest under the earth, in the stone kingdom, the marvellous seed of stars, live, reign, be the eternal dispenser of the wealth whereof thou hast made us the wardens! Amen."
And I heard a Great Voice out of Heaven saying: It is the Word of Tetragrammaton: it is the speech of YHVH. Seal up the Book: for the Name is written and the Word vibrated. And I said: "What is the Name?" And a great thunder rose up and roared and in its echo was the Name of Death.
! (Note. This means knock?)
And I saw in the Midst as it were a Lamb slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth unto all the world. And the Four Beasts and the Four and Twenty Elders fell down, saying "Thou art worthy to take the Book, and to open the Seals thereof: for Thou hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred people and nation and hast made us unto our God Kings and Priests!"
Let the Dead rise from their tombs!
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive! the first man is of the earth, earthy: the Second Man is the Lord from Heaven! The first man Adam was made a loving soul: the last Adam a quickening spirit1
Let the dead rise from their tombs!
I AM, the Resurrection and the Life! I am He that liveth and was dead: and behold I am alive for evermore AMEN and have the Keys of Hell and of Death.
Let the dead rise from their tombs.
(Three times) In the name of Osiris, I say unto Thee, Arise!
(C. is assisted to kneel at altar.)
Awake thou that sleepest and rise from among the death (sic. T.): and Christ shall give thee Light. (Unbandage C's eyes).
Lux Umbra Kristi
Phos Logos Uiou (in Greek. T.).
Dawn Promise of Light
L.P.D.: L.V.X.: the Flaming Star of Light!
I now clothe thee with the Robe and Crown of the High Priest: I bestow on Thee the consecrated Wand.
The Grand Word is L.P.D. answered by L.V.X. The secret meaning of the first is “the Blood of the Lamb”. For the Greek Letters L P D combined give [fire triangle atop a W] D M in Coptic, and these again give the Hebrew Word “Dam”, blood, which by Temurah yield Car = Lamb. L.V.X. is the mystic expansion of the Cross or Hebrew Tau and if this letter is inserted in the midst of Car we have KThR (in Hebrew script. T.) Kether the Crown.
The Age of the Priesthood is 114 years, from L.P.D. (Hebrew script. T) and it refers to the mourning of Isis over the Slain Osiris, that is, to the lamentation of the priesthood over their country. For Daleth Mem Ayin (Hebrew script.T) means “tear”. The Corresponding Sign of Greeting: The Priests weep or sigh heavily. The Answer is 65 and the elder Priest is glad, saying “Adonai hath shone in His Palace”, the other is glad also, and replies “Keep Silence”.
But the Sign of True Esotericism is thus given.
The first priest looks to heaven saying “I watch”.
The second, holding his hands as if to shield a flame: “I work”.
The first, looking to earth, “I weep”.
The second, pointing to heaven, “It beams”.
The first, as shielding a flame, “It burns!”
Both Priests then give the grip: each places his arms around the neck of the other, arms straight, thus forming a hexagram; both look to heaven: they slowly lower their eyes and when they meet, the arms are crossed on the breast, and both bow profoundly.
The Pass-Word is changed annually; it is at present _____.
By virtue of which mystic Words and Signs I now declare thee fitted to sacrifice before the Most High: for in the name of Yeheshuah art thou admitted to the mysteries hereof. Sacrifice thou therefore the four into the One. Cast this limpid fluid into the bowl; light thereon the flame: place the incense and the salt therein~~! (Done.)
Let the Spirit of the Gods descend! (C. kneels).
I finally invoke upon Thee the Light Divine in the divine Name Yeheshuah Yehovashah - and lo! I saw you to the end!
By the virtue of the Name Osiris, in the Divine Name I A O, I say “Receive Thou the Holy Ghost! Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven: whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven!”
Arise, High Priest of_____for by this Name I call thee. Hail unto ye, O ye Great Gods of Heaven! Give me your hands, for this One is made as ye! Who is this that hath passed under the power of the Name? Who is he that cometh triumphant from the trials? Hail unto thee, O Thoth! Is not his name written in thy book of Life? (High Priest led to East.)
This is thy blood, the symbol of thy life. It shall be for a sign, that thou hast shed it willingly for men; or, if thou failest in thine oath, it shall be a practical and material link whereby the Chiefs of the Order shall the more speedily and easily execute vengeance upon Thee - yea - unto the Uttermost.
Return then to the Altar and kneel in humble prayer unto God, that he may hold thee in his hands to keep thee in all thy ways.
(Done, while Initiator chants “Seigneur, delivre-moi”)
Est, sit, esto, fiat!
Ad Virginis Fructifictionem
Ad Gloriam Roseae Crucis
Ad Matris Amorem
Ad Patris Vitam
Ad Lucem; ad Gloriam
Tui Nominis Ineffabilis
AMOUN
THE BOOK OF THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD.
ר פ ס
ח ו ר ה
י ה ל א ה
The Casting-out of the Evil ones.
The Consecration of the Shrine.
The Cleansing of the Son of Man.
The Drawing together of the Elements.
The Coming of the Golden Dawn.
The Indwelling of the Isis.
The Initiation of the Whirling Force.
The Chant of Mystery.
The Music of the Divine One.
The Movement of the Spirit.
The Descent of the Soul of Isis.
The Night of Apophis.
The Light of Osiris.
The Knowledge of the Higher soul.
These be duly written; these shall be, unto the Glory of Thine Ineffable Name.
[The Aspirant, having fasted for a period of nine days, during which he constantly aspireth unto the Higher, shall now enter the Temple which he hath prepared (banishing and consecrating with Fire and Water) and its order and disposition is thus: Let there be a square altar and pillars as for the Neophyte ceremony. On the altar is the Symbol of Isis, with the elements as usual. And know thou that the altar may be removed unto the East after the Great Invocation of Isis, where he shall duly confess himself in the Presence of God the Vast One. Whereafter, let him arise, and, standing in the Sign of Osiris Slain, let him obligate himself as followeth and is hereafter duly set down in clear writing.] [269}
THE OBLIGATION
[To be most solemnly accepted by him who would attain unto the knowledge and conversation of his Holy Genius.]
In my bondage and affliction, O Lord, let me raise Thy Holy Symbol alike of Suffering and of Strength. I invoke Thee, the great avenging angel HUA, to place thine hand invisibly upon mine head, in attestation of this mine Obligation!
I, ... a member of the body of Aeshoori, do spiritually bind myself, even as I am this day physically bound unto the Cross of Suffering.
That I will to the utmost endeavour lead a pure and an unselfish life: not revealing to any other person the mysteries which shall herein be revealed unto me: that I will obey the dictates of my Higher Soul: that I will work in silence and with perseverance against all opposition: I furthermore most solemnly promise and swear that with the Divine Permission I will from this day apply myself constantly unto the Great Work: that is, so to purify and exalt my spiritual nature, that with the Aid Divine, I may at length attain to be more than human; and that in this event I will not abuse the great power entrusted unto me. I will invoke the Great Names of God the Vast One before performing any important magical working. I will yearn constantly in love toward the whole of mankind. I will work constantly to the Great End, on pain of being degraded from my present state.
Finally, if there arise in me any thought or suggestion seeming to emanate from the Divine, I will examine it with care before acknowledging it to be so.
Such are the Words of this my Obligation, whereto I pledge myself in the Presence of the Divine One and of the Great Avenging Angel HUA.
And if I fail herein, may my rose be disintegrated and my power in magic cease!
[Let the Stigmata be placed upon the Aspirant.
Then let the Aspirant retire; and being invested with the White Robe, the Blue Sash and the Crown and nemys of our Art let him re-enter the Temple and perform the supreme ritual of the Pentagram68 in the four quarters; Having first purified the Temple with Fire and Water, and further equilibrated the symbols in his Magical Mirror of the Universe by the Invocation hereafter set down (Come unto me, O Ma, &c.) with the Calls or Keys Enochian suitable thereunto.
And in all this is the wand held by the path of ת : for why? because in drawing down the light Divine; so is it manifest in the Sphere immediately above Malkuth: and in banishing is the Flaming Sword set against the enemies; and in ת is the knowledge of the Elements and the Astral Plane; also ת = the Cross. {270}
Let him then perform the invoking Ritual of the Supernals:69 by the names ה י ה א : ה י : ם י ה ל א ה ו ה י and א ת י ר א ר א .
And after this let him turn again to the East and recite the Great Invocation of Iota Alpha Omega beginning:
Thee I invoke the Bornless One."70
And this being accomplished, let him lift up his heart unto that Light, and dwell therein, and aspire even unto that which is beyond. And seeing that the gate is called Strait, let him invoke Her who abideth therein, in the path called Daleth, even Our Lady ISIS.]
THE INVOCATION OF ISIS.
And I beheld a great wonder in Heaven: a Woman clothed with the Sun: and the Moon was at Her feet: and on Her Head was the Diadem of the Twelve Stars.
Hear me, Our Lady Isis, hear and save.
O Thou, Queen of Love and Mercy!
Thou, crowned with the Throne!
Thou, horn’d as the Moon! Thou, whose countenance is mild and glowing, even as grass refreshed by rain!
Hear me, Our Lady Isis, hear and save!
O Thou, who art in Mater manifest!
Thou Bride and Queen as Thou art Mother and Daughter of the Crucified!
O Thou, who art the Lady of the Earth!
Hear me, Our Lady Isis, hear and save!
O Thou, Our Lady of the Amber Skin!
Lady of Love and Victory! Bright gate of Glory through the darkling skies!
O crowned with Light and Life and Love!
Head me, Our Lady Isis, hear and save!
By Thy Sacred Flower, the Lotus of Eternal Life and Beauty;
By Thy love and mercy;
By my desire toward Thee;
In the name of Aeshoori;
Hear me, Our Lady Isis, hear and save!
Open thy bosom to Thy child!
Stretch wide thy arms and strain me to Thy Breast!
Let my lips touch Thy lips ineffable!
Hear me, Our Lady Isis, hear and save! {271}
Lift up Thy Voice and aid me in this hour!
Lift up Thy Voice most musical!
Cry aloud, O Queen and Mother!
Lift up your heads, O ye Gates,
And be ye lift up, ye everlasting Doors.
And the King of Glory shall come in!
Hear me, Our Lady Isis, and receive!
By the symbol of Thy whirling force the Svastika of Flaming Light,
I invoke Thee to initiate my soul!
Let the whirling of my magic dance be a spell and a link with Thy great Light: so that in the Hour of Apophis, in the apparent darkness and corruption of unconsciousness, may rise the golden Sun of Aeshoori, reborn from incorruption.
Hear, Lady Isis, and receive my prayer!
Thee, Thee I worship and invoke!
Hail, Hail to thee, Sole Mother of my Life! Dwell Thou in me, and bring me to that Self which is in Thee!
[The Altar is now moved, if necessary, and the chant and the mystic dance take place, as is set down hereafter.]
THE CHANT.
Hear, O Amoun! Look with favour on me, Thy Neophyte, now kneeling in Thy presence! Grant that the Music of Thy Mighty Name Iota Alpha Omega , the signs of Light, the Symbol of the Cross, the woven paces of the mystic 3, may be as a spell and a charm and a working of Magic Art, to draw down my Higher Soul to dwell within my heart, that the Great and Terrible Angel who is my Higher Genius may abide in my own Kether unto the Accomplishing of the Great Work and the Glory of Thine Ineffable Name, AMOUN.
THE MYSTIC DANCE.
[Here we have the sign of the Cross at the Centre. The Magus then whirls off in the triple 3, chanting the Name and giving the sign appropriate, very slowly at first, ever quickening. And having fallen down in an ecstasy, let him after awake; and say:
"I am the Resurrection and the Life," &c., down to the Key Word.71
Which being done, let the Lesser Banishing Rituals of Pentagram and Hexagram72 be performed, the Lights extinguished, and the Temple left in Silence.]
THE GREAT OPERATION OF INVISIBILITY.
The Begetting of the Silence.
The Dwelling of the Darkness. {272}
The Formulation of the Shroud.
The Inmost Light.
The Sign of Defence and Protection.
The Closing of the Mouths of the Crocodiles.
The Fear upon the Dwellers of Water.
The Radiant Youth of the Lord.
The Rising from the Lotus of the Floods.
The Habitation of the Palace of Safety.
The Understanding of the Peace of God.73
All this is the Knowledge of HOOR-PO-KRAT-IST unto Whom be the Glory for ever and ever, World without End.
[The Usual Banishings, Consecrations, &c., are performed in temple of 0○ = 0□.
The forces of Spirit are first invoked by the Supreme Ritual of the Pentagram and the Enochian Keys. Add Hexagram ritual of Binah and her invocation.]
Come unto Me, Thoth, Lord of the Astral Light! I adjure Thee, O Light Invisible, Intangible, wherein all thoughts and deeds are written; I adjure Thee by Thoth, thy Lord and God; by the symbols and the words of power: by the Light of my Godhead in Thy midst: by the Lord Harpocrates, the God of this mine Operation: that Thou leave Thine abodes and habitations, to concentrate about me, invisible, intangible, as a shroud of darkness; a formula of defence: that I may become invisible, so that seeing me men see not, nor understand the thing that they behold!
Come unto me, O Ma, Goddess of Truth and Justice! Thou that presidest over the Eternal Balance.
Auramooth, come unto me, Lady of the Water!
Thoum-aesh-neith, come unto me, Lady of the Fire!
Purify me and consecrate, for I am Aeshoori the Justified. For the Twelve Stars of Light are on my Brow: Wisdom and Understanding are balanced in my thought!
Wrath in my right hand and the Thunderbolts;
Mercy in my left hand and the fountains of delight!
In my heart is Aeshoori and the Symbol of Beauty.
My thighs are as pillars on the right and on the left; Splendour and Victory, for they cross with the currents reflected. I am established as a Rock, for Jesod is my foundation. {273}
And the sphere of the Nephesch, and the palaces of Malkuth are cleansed and consecrate, balanced and beautiful, in the might of Thy Name, Adonai, to whom be the Kingdom, the Sceptre and the Splendour: The Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley.
O Thou! HOOR-PO-KRAT-IST! [Middle Pillar.]
Child of the Silence!
O Thou! HOOR-PO-KRAT-IST! [Mystic Circumambulation.]
Lord of the Lotus!
O Thou! HOOR-PO-KRAT-IST! [Silence.]
Thou that standest on the heads of the dwellers of the Waters!
Thee, Thee I invoke!
O Thou, Babe in the Egg of Blue!
Lord of Defence and Protection!
Thou who bearest the Rose and Cross of Life and Light!
Thee I invoke!
Behold I am! a circle on whose hands the Twelvefold Kingdom of my Godhead stands.
I am the Alpha and the Omega .
My life is as the circle of the sky.
I change but I cannot die!
O ye! the Bennu Birds of Resurrection, Who are the hope of men's mortality!
Back, Crocodile Mako, Son of Set! Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity!
Behold He is in Me and I in Him!
Mine is the Lotus, as I rose from the firmament of Waters;
My throne is set on high;
My light is in the firmament of Nu!
I am the Centre and the Shrine: I am the Silence and the Eternal Light:
Beneath my feet they rage, the angry crocodiles; the dragons of death; the eaters of the wicked.
But I repress their wrath: for I am HOOR-PO-KRAT-IST, the lotus-throned Lord of Silence.
If I said: Come up upon the mountains, the celestial waters would flow at my word and the celestial fires flame forth. For I am Rƒ enshrouded: Khephra unmanifest to men; I am my father Hoor, the might of the Avenger: and my mother Asi, the Veiled One: Eternal wisdom in eternal beauty.
Therefore I say unto Thee: Bring Me unto Thine Abode in the Silence Unutterable, Wisdom: All-Light, All Power!
HOOR-PO-KRAT-IST! Thou Nameless Child of the Eternities! Bring me to Thee, that I may be defended in this work of Art. {274}
Thou, the Centre and the Silence!
Light Shrouded in Darkness is Thy Name!
The Celestial Fire is Thy Father!
Thy Mother the Celestial Sea!
Thou art the Equilibrium of the All, and Thou art Lord against the Face of the Dwellers within the Waters!
Bring me, I say, bring me to Thine abode of Silence: that I may go invisible: so that every Spirit created, and every soul of man and beast; and every thing of sight and sense, and every Spell and Scourge of God, may see me not nor understand!
And now, in the Name of God the Vast One, Who hath set limits and bounds unto all material and astral things, do I formulate a barrier and a bar without mine astral form, that it may be unto me as a wall, and as a fortress, and as a defence.
And I now declare that it is so formulated, to be a basis and receptacle for the Shroud of Darkness which I shall presently encincture me withal.
And unto ye, O forces of Akasa,74 do I now address my Will.
In the Great Names Exarp, Hcoma, Nanta and Bitom,75
By the mysterious letters and sigils of the Great Tablet of Union.76
By the mighty Names of God AHYH, AGLA, YHVH, ALHYM.
By the Great God Harpocrates;
By your deep purple darkness;
By my white and brilliant light do I conjure ye:
Collect yourselves together about me: clothe this astral form with a shroud of darkness:
Gather, O Gather, Flakes of Astral Light:
Shroud, shroud my form in your substantial night:
Clothe me and hide me, at my charm's control;
Darken man's eyes and blind him in his soul!
Gather, O Gather, at my Word Divine,
Ye are the Watchers and my soul the shrine!
[Let formulate the Idea of becoming Invisible; imagine the results of success: Then say:]
Let the shroud of concealment encircle me at a distance of ten inches from the physical body.
Let the Sphere be consecrated with Water and with Fire. [Done.]
O Auramooth and O Thoum-aesh-neith, I invoke and beseech you: Let the vapour {275} of this water, and of this fire, be as a basis on the material plane for the formation of this shroud of Art.
[Form mentally the shroud.]
I, P., Frater of the Order of the Golden Dawn, and a 5○ = 6□ thereof: a Lord of the Paths in the Portal of the Vault of the Adepts: a Frater Ordinis Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis: and especially a member of the 0○ = 0□ grade: master of the pass-word "H___" and of the Grand Word "M___," am here: in order to formulate to myself a shroud of concealment: that I may attain unto knowledge and power, to use in the Service of the Eternal Gods: that I may pursue safely and without interruption my magical and other pursuits: and that I may pass unseen among men, to execute the Fiat of Tetragrammaton. And I bind and obligate myself and do spiritually swear and affirm: that I will use this power to a good purpose only, and in the service of the Gods.
And I declare that in this Operation I shall succeed: that the Shroud shall conceal me alike from men and spirits; that it shall be under my control: ready to disperse and to re-form at my command.
And I declare that all is now ready for the due fulfilment and prosecution of this mine Operation of Magick Art.
[Go to Altar as Hierophant, left hand on triangle, right hand holding Verendum, by path of ת or Malkuth.]
THE POTENT EXORCISM.
Come unto me, O shroud of darkness and of night. I conjure ye, O particles of Darkness, that ye enfold me, as a guard and shroud of utter Silence and of Mystery.
In the name AHYH and by the name AHIH!
In the name AGLA and by the name AGLA!
In the name EXARP and by the name EXARP!
In the name HCOMA and by the name HCOMA!
In the name NANTA and by the name NANTA!
In the name BITOM and by the name BITOM!
In the name TETRAGRAMMATON ELOHIM and by the name TETRAGRAMMATON ELOHIM!
In the name HOOR-PO-KRAT-IST and by the name HOOR-PO-KRAT-IST!
By your deep purple darkness!
By my white brilliant light!
I invoke ye: I conjure ye: I exorcise ye potently: I command and constrain ye: I compel ye to utter, absolute and instant obedience, and that without deception or delay, ___ for why? The Light of Godhead is my trust and I have made IHVH mine hope!
"Gather, O Gather, Flakes of Astral Light:
Shroud, shroud my form in your substantial night: {276}
Clothe me and hide me, at my charm's control;
Darken man's eyes and bind him in his soul!
Gather, O Gather, at my Word Divine,
Ye are the Watchers and my soul the shrine!"
[Turn round three times.]
In the Name of the Lord of the Universe and by the Power of mine own Higher Soul and by the Aspiration of Thine Higher Soul I conjure thee, O shroud of darkness and of mystery, that thou encirclest me, so that I may become invisible: so that seeing me men may see not, neither understand: but that they may see the thing that they see not and comprehend not the thing that they behold! So mote it be!
[Go North.]
I have set my feet in the North and have said: "I will shroud myself in mystery and concealment."
The Voice of My Higher Soul said unto me:
"Let me enter the path of darkness: peradventure thus may I attain the Light. {I} am the Only Being in an Abyss of Darkness: from the Darkness came I forth ere my birth; from the Silence of a Primal Sleep." And the Voice of Ages answered unto my soul:
"I am He that formulates in Darkness: the Light indeed shineth in Darkness, but the Darkness comprehendeth it not."
Let the Mystic Circumambulation take place in the Place of Darkness.
[Go round, knocks, &c. In South formulate Pillars as before and imagine self as shrouded.]
[In the West.]
Invisible, I cannot pass by the Gate of the Invisible save by virtue of the Name of Darkness.
[Formulate forcibly shroud about thee.]
Darkness is My Name and Concealment!
I am the Great One Invisible of the Paths of the Shades. I am without fear though veiled in Darkness: for within me, though unseen, is the Magic of the Light!
[Go round. In North, Pillars, &c., as before.]
[In the East.]
Invisible, I cannot pass by the Gate of the Invisible, save by virtue of the Name of Light.
[Form shroud forcibly.]
I am Light shrouded in Darkness. I am the wielder of the Forces of the Bilanx!
[Concentrate shroud mentally. Go West of Altar.]
[The Potent Exorcism as before.] {277}
Shroud of Concealment, long has thou dwelt concealed! Quit the Light, that thou mayst conceal me before men!
[Carefully formulating shroud.]
I receive Thee, as a covering and a guard!
KHABS AM PEKHT!
KONX OM PAX!
LIGHT IN EXTENSION!
Before all magical manifestation cometh the Knowledge of the Hidden Light.
[Go to Pillars: give signs and words and with the Sign of Horus project your whole will so as to realize the self fading out. The effect will be that the physical body will become gradually and partially invisible, as though a veil or cloud were coming between it and thee. Divine ecstasy will follow, but no loss of self-control. With Sign of Silence use Hoor Po Krat formula77 and vibrate the Grand Word.78]
[Repeat concentration and Mystic Circumambulation.]
[Intensely form shroud: stand at East and say:]
Thus have I formulated unto myself this shroud of Darkness and of Mystery as a concealment and a guard.
O Thou, Binah, YHVH ALHYM, AIMA, AMA, Lady of Darkness and of Mystery; Moon of the Conceal’d; Divine Light that rulest in thine Own Deep Gloom: Thy power I invoke. Come unto me and dwell within me, that I also may have poser and control, even I, over this shroud of Darkness and of Mystery.
And now I conjure thee, O shroud of Darkness and of Mystery, that thou conceal me from the eyes of all men, from all things of sight and sense, in this my present purpose: which is ...
O Binah, YHVH ALHYM, AMA, AIMA, Thou who art Darkness illuminated by the Light Divine, send me Thine Archangel Tzaphquiel, Thy legions of Aralim, the mighty angels, that I may disintegrate and scatter this shroud of darkness and of mystery, for its work is ended for the hour.
I conjure thee, O shroud of darkness and of Mystery, who hast well served my purpose, that thou now depart unto thine ancient ways. But be ye very instant and ready, when I shall again call ye, whether by a word or a will, or by this great invocation of your powers, to come quickly and forcibly to my behest, again to shroud me from the eyes of men! And now I say unto ye, Depart in peace, and with the Blessing of God the Vast and Shrouded One: and be ye very ready to come when ye are called!
I conjure thee, O shroud of darkness and of Mystery, who hast well served my purpose, that thou now depart unto thine ancient ways. But be ye very instant and ready, when I shall again call ye, whether by a word or a will, or by this great invocation of your powers, to come quickly and forcibly to my behest, again to shroud me from the eyes of men! And now I say unto ye, Depart in peace, and with the Blessing of God the Vast and Shrouded One: and be ye very ready to come when ye are called!
IT IS FINISHED! {278}
67 Two of the “Cries of the AEthyrs.”
68 See "Liber O," THE EQUINOX, vol. i. No. 2.
69 See "Liber O," THE EQUINOX, vol. 1, No. 2.
70 See The Lesser Key of Solomon: The Goetia.
71 See 5○ = 6□ Ritual, "supra."
72 See "Liber O," THE EQUINOX, vol i. No. 2.
73 Note that the whole Operation may be performed mentally and in silence, and that on each occasion of concentrating the shroud the God-form and Vibration of Harpocrates, as taught, may be employed.
74 The Element of Spirit.
75 The names on the Tablet of Spirit.
76 The Tablet of Spirit.
77 Imagine yourself as Harpocrates standing upon two crocodiles.
78 I.e. of 0○ = 0□, Har-Po-Crat.
79 On this occasion the Abramelin demons appeared as misty forms filling the whole house with a pernicious aura, which was still noticeable three years after they had been attracted. Whether these demons are to be considered as material or mental beings depends upon the philosophic outlook of the reader. Nevertheless, let it be understood that Abramelin is not a work to be taken lightly. The obsession of these demons was probably one of the chief causes of D.D.C.F.'s troubles. Frater P., in spite of his equilibrating practices of Yoga which followed immediately upon this Operation, suffered terribly on their account. Frater AE.A. fled secretly from his house in terror; his gardener, a teetotaller for twenty years, went raving drunk, as did nearly every one who lived on the estate ___ we could continue examples for pages. His clairvoyants became drunkards and prostitutes, while later a butcher upon one of whose bills the names of two demons had been casually jotted down, viz., Elerion and Mabakiel, which respectively mean "A laughter" and "Lamentation" (conjoint, "unlooked-for sorrow suddenly descending upon happiness") whilst cutting up a joint for a customer accidentally severed the femoral artery and died in a few minutes. These mishaps are most likely mere coincidences, but a coincidence when it happens is quite as awkward as the real thing, and in the case of Abramelin the coincidences can be counted by scores.
All credit for these rituals goes to Crowley .