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The Scarlet Letter
Volume I, Number 2 | October 1993 Lunar Adorations by Fr. Pi
Hail unto Thee who art Hecate gliding through the heavens, who treadest upon the clouds and drinkest the nectar of the stars; Thou Eye that blinkest in Thine Enigma upon the Night of Pan. Chaos leadeth Thee in the dance, and Eros singeth Thy beauty. Then let him summon the force of ALIM by word and will, making the sign of 496 in Love. Also, on the night when the Moon is in its first quarter, let the magician face Her and proclaim: Hail unto Thee who art Artemis gliding through the heavens, who treadest upon the clouds and drinkest the nectar of the stars; Thou Eye that openest in Thy Stalking upon the Night of Pan. Chaos leadeth Thee in the dance, and Eros singeth Thy beauty. Then let him summon the force of ALIM by word and will, making the sign of 496 in Liberty. Also, on the night when the Moon is full, let the magician face Her and proclaim: Hail unto Thee who art Celene gliding through the heavens, who treadest upon the clouds and drinkest the nectar of the stars; Thou Eye that gazest in Thy Mystery upon the Night of Pan. Chaos leadeth Thee in the dance, and Eros singeth Thy beauty. Then let him summon the force of ALIM by word and will, making the sign of 496 in Light. Also, on the night when the Moon is in its third quarter, let the magician face Her and proclaim: Hail unto Thee who art Diana gliding through the heavens, who treadest upon the clouds and drinkest the nectar of the stars; Thou Eye that closest in Thy Dreaming upon the Night of Pan. Chaos leadeth Thee in the dance, and Eros singeth Thy beauty. Then let him summon the force of ALIM by word and will, making the sign of 496 in Life. Let him conclude each of these proclamations with the sign of silence, and let him continue by making the signs of N.O.X. Then shall he perform an adoration by which the spirit shall descend, that ALIM become ALHIM, and he too drink the nectar of the stars. When all this is accomplished, let him compose himself to holy meditation, until he taste the dissolution. And let this vary according to the Moon, so that with Hecate he shall become lost in [Ayin], with Artemis he shall become lost in [Beth], with Celene he shall become lost in [Nun] and with Diana he shall become lost in [Peh]. And thus may he be grasp the celestial patterns of Life, yea and more, the patterns of Death, that these patterns serve him as a map and a recipe in his execution of the Great Work, the fruits of which are True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness. Notes In Crowley's Eight Lectures on Yoga he indicates that there are lunar adorations corresponding to the solar adorations of Liber Resh. He suggests the Hindu mantra gayatri, which is actually another solar adoration. This ritual is suggested to play the part of the lunar adoration. Another possibility would be to use a modification of the invocation of Thoth found in Liber Israfel, as Thoth is the Egyptian god of the moon. Possible options for the adoration to invoke the spirit include Liber LXV 1:1, and the "Prologue of the Unborn" from Liber VII. The 496 Signs Signs: The 496 signs are my own work. There are four signs; each is made in a standing position with the arms held straight and the hands in fists, so as to describe with the fists a vesica in front of the magician. Light: Hands are held together below the waist, and brought up to crossed wrists above the head. Life: Hands are held with crossed wrists above the head, and brought down to come together below the waist. Love: Hands are held together above the head, and brought down to crossed wrists below the waist. Liberty: Hands are held with crossed wrists below the waist, and brought up to come together over the head. The vesica formed in each case can be used as a frame for visualization. |
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