Liber XXV

The Star Ruby

Note: I have provided links to pictures for the various gestures and .mp3s for the pronunciation of the Greek. The pronunciation is as it was given to me when I was learning the star ruby. I doubt that it is faithful to the ancient Greek as it was spoken, but it may give you a place to start. The links to the mp3s are in the endnotes.

Facing East, in the centre, draw deep deep deep thy breath, closing thy mouth with thy right forefinger prest against thy lower lip. Then dashing down the hand with a great sweep back and out, expelling forcibly thy breath, cry:

APO PANTOS KAKODAIMONOS

With the same forefinger touch thy forehead, and say:

SOI

thy member, and say:

O PHALLE

thy right shoulder, and say:

ISChUROS

thy left shoulder, and say:

EUChARISTOS

then clasp thine hands, locking the fingers, and cry:

IAO

Advance to the East. Imagine strongly a Pentagram, aright, in thy forehead. Drawing the hands to the eyes, fling it forth, making the sign of Horus, and roar:

THERION

Retire thine hand in the sign of Hoor-paar-Kraat.

Go round to the North and repeat; but say:

NUIT

Go round to the West and repeat; but whisper:

BABALON

Go round to the South and repeat; but bellow:

HADIT

Completing the circle widdershins, retire to the centre and raise thy voice in the Paian, with these words:

IO PAN

with the signs of N.O.X. (see below)

Extend the arms in the form of a Tau and say low but clear:

PRO MOU IUNGES,
OPISO MOU TELETARChAI,
EPI DEXIA SYNOChEIS,
EPARISTERA DAIMONES.
FLEGEI GAR PERI MOU O ASTHR TON PENTE,
KAI EN THI STHLHI O ASTHR TON HEX ESTHKE.

Repeat the Cross Qabalistic, as above, and end as thou didst begin.


Endnotes



 APO PANTOS KAKODAIMONOS "Away evil spirits!"

 SOI Unto you

 O PHALLE O Phallus

ISChUROS Strong; Strength

EUChARISTOS Eucharist; mystic feast; thanksgiving

IAO IAO, Gnostic Divine Name, Isis Apophis Osiris, Father Mother Son, etc.

Drawing the hands to the eyes, fling it forth, making the sign of Horus Also known as the Sign of the Enterer.


From Liber O

a. Stand with arms outstretched.

b. Breathe in deeply through the nostrils, imagining the name of the God desired entering with the breath.

c. Let that name descend slowly from the lungs to the heart, the solar plexus, the navel, the generative organs, and so to the feet.

d. The moment that it appears to touch the feet, quickly advance the left foot about 12 inches, throw forward the body, and let the hands (drawn back to the side of the eyes) shoot out, so that you are standing in the typical position of the God of Horus, and at the same time imagine the Name as rushing up through the body, while you breathe it out through the nostrils with the air which has been till then retained in the lungs. All this must be done with all the force of which you are capable.


THERION
 The Beast, The Thelemic male polarity.

Retire thine hand in the sign of Hoor-paar-Kraat.
The Sign of Silence. Place the right forefinger (or thumb) on the lips.

NUIT
 The Egyptian Sky or Star Goddess. The infinite expanse of nothingness.

BABALON
 The Whore. The Thelemic female polarity.

HADIT
The Winged Globe. The infinite point of nothingness.

IO PAN
 IO PAN = O All!

N.O.X.
The Night of Pan, light withdrawn, as opposed to L.V.X., light in extension.

 

The signs of N.O.X. are: