Liber Resh
0. These are the adorations to be performed by aspirants to the A∴A∴
- 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!
- 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!
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.