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Liber Resh vel Helios sub figura CC
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0. These are the adorations to be performed by aspirants to the A.'. A.'.
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1. Let him greet the Sun at dawn, facing East, givnig the sign of his grade.
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And let him say in a loud voice:
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Hail unto Thee who art Ra in Thy rising, even unto Thee who art Ra
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in Thy strength, who travellest over the Heavens in Thy bark at the
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Uprising of the Sun.
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Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, an Ra-Hoor abideth at the
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helm.
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Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Night!
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2. Also at Noon, let him greet the Sun, facing South, giving the sign of his
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grade. And let him say in a loud voice:
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Hail unto Thee who art Athathoor in Thy triumphing, even unto Thee
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who art Athathoor in Thy beauty, who travellest over the heavens in
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Thy bark at the Mid-Course of the Sun.
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Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at
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the helm.
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Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Morning!
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3. Also, at Sunset, let him greet the Sun, facing West, giving the sign of
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his grade. And let him say in a loud voice:
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Hail unto Thee who art Tum in thy setting, even unto Thee who art Tum
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in Thy joy, who travellest over the Heavens in Thy bark at the
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Down-Going of the Sun.
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Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at
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the helm.
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Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Day!
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4. Lastly, at Midnight, let him greet the Sun, facing North, giving the sign
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of his grade, and let him say in a loud voice:
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Hail unto Thee who art Khephra in Thy hiding, even unto Thee who art
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Khephra in Thy silence, who travellest over the heavens in Thy bark
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at teh Midnight Hour of the Sun.
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Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at
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the helm.
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Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Evening!
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5. And after each of these invocations, thou shalt give the sign of silence,
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and afterward thou shalt perform the adoration that is taught thee by thy
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Superior. And then do thou compose Thyself to holy meditation.
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6. Also, it is better if in these adorations thou assume the God-form of
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Whom thou adorest, as if thou didst unite with Him in the adoration of
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That which is beyond Him.
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7. Thus shalt thou ever be mindful of the Great Work which thou hast
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undertaken to perform, and thus shalt thou be strengthened to pursue it
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unto the attainment of the Stone of the Wise, the Summum Bonum, True
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Wisdom and Perfect Happiness.
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