Liber Resh vel Helios
sub figura CC
0. 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, 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. 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 North, 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 afterward thou shalt perform the adoration that is taught
thee by thy Superior. 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, 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.
Note: We begin each adoration with the sign of the enterer, followed by
the sign of silence, then fashion our hands in the form of the sigil of
fire, thumbs and index fingers joining to form an upright triangle, held
before and above you.
The sign of the enterer is thus: draw the hands to the side of the head,
then thrust them out before you like arrows while shifting the left foot
forward approx. 12 inches and lifting the right heel slightly. It is
always wise to move into the sign of silence following the sign of the
enterer.
The sign of silence (that of Hoor-pa-kraat, lord of silence, hawk in
silent flight) is thus: place the right index finger on the lower lip.