LIBER RESH VEL HELIOS
                          SVB FIGURA CC

                                By 
                         Aleister Crowley
                   Copyright (C) Falcon Press
                   From Gems from the Equinox

                  Issued by the Thelemic Temple
                  and Order of the Golden Dawn
                   (Novus Ordo Aureae Aurora)

                     With essential notes by
                       Sir David Cherubim
                     (Frater Aureae Aurora)

(Note:  The purpose of Liber Resh is to unite the  consciousness
with the Solar Logos  and  it is  therefore a  suitable means of
consecrating oneself to the  Great Work of the Sun.  Resh is the
Hebrew letter  which corresponds  with the  Atu of Thoth  called
"The Sun".  Resh  means  the 'head' or 'face' which  are natural
symbols of the Sun.  Tarot images of the Sun usually  depict the
image   of  the face  of a  man  to  communicate  the  essential
knowledge   that  man  and  the  Sun  are  one.  Liber  Resh  is
particularly  designed to  help man realize this essential unity
during special acts of  adoration so that he may in turn realize
it in all his acts.)

    0. These are the adorations to be performed by all aspirants
to the Holy Order of the A.'.A.'..
    1.  Let  him greet  the Sun at dawn, facing East, giving the
Sign of his grade.   (Note: The  Sign of the Cross, which is the
Sign  of  Tiphareth,  may  be  used.)  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.  (Note: The Sign of Fire, which is
the Sign  of  Netzach, may  be used.)  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.  (Note:  The  Sign of Air, which is
the  Sign  of  Yesod, may  be  used.)  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.   (Note:  The Sign  of Water
which is the Sign of Hod may be used.)  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.  And then do thou compose
Thyself  to  holy   meditation.  (Note:  Members  of the Novus
Ordo Aureae Aurora perform the Adorations written in Liber Legis,
Ch. III, vs. 37 - 38.)
    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:  When  giving  the  Adoration  of  Ra, you are facing
Tiphareth  in  the  East.  Thus  it  is  wise to give the Sign of
Tiphareth which is  the  Sign of the Solar Child Orus.  This sign
has been  falsely  called  the  Sign of Osiris Slain.  During the
Adoration  of  Ahathoor  you  are  facing  Netzach in  the South. 
Netzach is the  Sphere of  Fire  and it is therefore wise to give
the Sign  of  Fire  which is also  called the Sign of the Goddess
Thoum-aesh-Neith.  During  the  Adoration  of Tum  you are facing
Yesod  in  the  West.  Yesod  is  the  Sphere  of  Air  and it is
therefore wise to give the Sign of Air which is  also  called the
Sign of the God Shu.  During the  Adoration  of  Khephra you  are
facing Hod in the North.  Hod is  the  Sphere of  Water and it is
therefore wise to give the Sign of Water which is also called the
Sign of the Goddess Auramoth.  All of  the Signs are  depicted in
Crowley's Magick in Theory and Practice.)



                              ADORATIONS
               (From Liber Legis, Ch. III, vs. 37 - 38)

Unity uttermost showed!
     I adore the might of Thy breath,
Supreme and Terrible God,
     Who makest the gods and death
To tremble before Thee: --
     I, I adore Thee!


Appear on the throne of Ra!
     Open the ways of the Khu!
Lighten the ways of the Ka!
     The ways of the Khabs run through
To stir me or still me!
     Aum! let it fill me!


The light is mine; its rays consume 
     Me:  I have made a secret door
Into the House of Ra and Tum,
     Of Khephra and of Ahathoor.
I am thy Theban, O Mentu,
     The prophet Ankh-af-na-khonsu!


By Bes-na-Maut my breast I beat;
     By wise Ta-Nech I weave my spell.
Show thy star-splendour, O Nuit!
     Bid me within thine House to dwell,
O winged snake of light, Hadit!
     Abide with me, Ra-Hoor-Khuit!