I desire the attainment of the knowledge and conversation of my higher and divine genius, the summum bonum, true wisdom and perfect happiness, the power of the great transformation.
Kneel west of the altar, and say, whilst aspiring strongly:
In the divine name I.A.O., I invoke thee, thou great avenging angel Hua, to confirm and strengthen me in the path of the light. O messenger of the beloved one, let thy shadow be over me. Thy name is death, it may be, or shame or love. So thou bringest me tidings of the beloved one I shall not ask thy name. Keep me steadfast in the path of rectitude and self-sacrifice. Confer upon me the power of discernment that I may choose between the evil and the good, and try all things of doubtful and fictitious seeming with sure knowledge and sound judgment.
Rise, project the astral 5 to the east of the altar. Hold the lotus wand in the right hand, turn, face your body, take the left hand in the left hand of the astral, and in both astral and physical say:
Eheieh. Eheieh. Eheieh. Eheieh. (Vibrate and circumambulate by formula of the Middle Pillar.) Thou who dwellest in the boundless light, in whom only is being, who alone can say I Am, beginner of movement, bestower of the gift of life in all things, thou who fillest the limitless universe with thy essence, grant unto me the presence of the prince of countenances, the great angel Metatron, he who bringeth others before the face of God. Let him lead me in my aspirations after that divine and only selfhood which is in thee, that I may be enabled so to live that by the absolute control and purification of my natural body and soul, I, having no other desire, may become a fit dwelling for my higher genius. For the desire of thy house, O Adonai, hath eaten me up, and I desire to be dissolved and be with thee. May my human nature, becoming as the perfect Malkuth, the resplendent intelligence, be thus exalted above every head and sit on the throne of Binah, and being clothed with the sun, illuminate the darkness of my mortal body. Cause the divine influx to descend from that great archangel Metatron, to rend away the veils of darkness from my mortal vision, that I may know thee, Adonai, the only true self, and Yeheshuah Yehovashah, thy perfect messenger, the guardian angel in me, my only hope of attainment to the eternal glory.
Place aside the astral lotus. Return into the physical body, place sword on neck, and say:
So help me, the Lord of the Universe and my higher soul.
Rise, holding sword in right hand. Raise both arms on high. Contemplate with imagination and aspire unto the ideal, and say:
I invoke thee, Hru, thou great angel who art set over the operations of this secret wisdom. Strengthen and establish me in my search for the mysteries of the divine light. Increase my spiritual perception and assist me to rise beyond that lower selfhood which is nothing unto the highest selfhood which is in God the vast one.
Pass to the north. Project the astral to the throne of the Hierophant in the east, and facing your body, say:
The voice of my higher self said unto me, “Let me enter the path of light, peradventure I may be prepared to dwell there. I am the only being in this glory of the ineffable. From the divine brilliance came I forth at my birth, from the splendour of the infinite light.”
Return to body. Circumambulate with Sol, saying, while drawing down the divine
brilliance into the vortex, having formulated an angel torchbearer who lights and leads the way:
I am Osiris, the sun veiled by night, united to the higher by purification, perfected through suffering, glorified through trial. I have come where the great gods are, through the power of the mighty name. YHVH. Tzaphqiel.
Then pass round again following the angelic Kerux.
I have passed through the gates of the firmament. Give me your hands, O ye lords of truth, for I am made as ye. Hail unto ye, for ye are the formers of the soul. Yod He. Raziel.
Pass on and halt in south. Formulate the two pillars, and aspire to the genius. Pass to the west, and say:
Before all things are the chaos, the darkness, and the gates of the land of night. Therefore in the place of the guardian of the gate of the west, I tread thee down beneath my feet, O form of darkness and of fear. For fear is failure, and except I be without fear, I cannot cast out the evil ones into the earth. I have conquered thee, so I pass on.
Go round, saying:
O Lord of the Universe, thou art above all things, and thy name is in all things, and before thee the shadows of the night roll back and the darkness hasteth away. Eheieh. Metatron.
Thus have I formulated the white triangle of the light divine that, rising and expanding, may shine within my heart, a centre of the supernal splendour.
Stop in the north, form the pillars, aspire. Pass east, say:
After the formless and the void and the darkness, then cometh the knowledge of the light. So in the place of the guardian of the gate of the east, I draw thee into my heart, O vision of the rising sun. Thou dwellest in the place of the balance of the forces, where alone is perfect justice. Unbalanced mercy is but weakness, and unbalanced severity is cruelty and oppression. Therefore, in the name of the motionless heart, I pass on unto that great altar whereon is sacrificed the body of my higher genius.
Pass to cauldron on the altar. Stand at east of altar, facing west, and as you read, place the ingredients into the cauldron.
O Adonai, thou mighty and secret soul that is my link with the infinite spirit, I beseech thee in the name of Eheieh and in the tremendous name of strength through sacrifice Yeheshuah Yehovashah, that thou manifest in me. Manifest thou unto me, I beseech thee my angel, for my assistance in the Great Work so that I, even I, may go forward from that lower selfhood which is in me, unto that highest selfhood which is in God the vast one. That thou mayest be able to manifest thyself unto me, in me, and by a material manifestation I do here offer unto thee the elements of the body of Aeshoorist upon the place of foundation.
For Osiris Onnophris hath said, “These are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering and glorified by trial. For the scent of the dying rose is as the suppressed sigh of my suffering. And the flame red fire as the strength of mine undaunted will. The cup of wine is as the pouring forth of the blood of my heart, sacrificed unto regeneration, unto the newer life. And the bread and salt is as the foundation of my body which I destroy in order that it may be renewed.”
Wherefore behold! Into this brazen cauldron I cast this wine, this bread and salt, and finally this rose, that their essences may be volatilized by the fire which is beneath. Accept now these elements thus volatilized by the fire, and from them form a body by me and in me, that thou my genius, the spirit of my soul, mayest manifest thyself physically unto me, for my assistance in the Great Work.
Pass west of altar. Kneel, project astral to pillars, say:
Father of all beings, and of the spaces, I invoke thee and I adore thee. Look with favour upon my higher aspirations, and grant unto me that my genius may manifest unto me, and in me, and through me, with a physical manifestation. Khabs am pekht. Konx om pax. Light in extension.
Return to body. Rise and go east of altar, face east.
And now, in the tremendous name of strength through suffering, Yeheshuah Yehovashah, do I crush ye down, O ye forces of evil that be beneath the universe in me, and thus do I transmute ye, that ye also may become a base and a foundation unto my higher soul, that my genius may manifest unto me physically, in me and by me, and thus also ye shall help forward the Great Work.
Pass forward to between the pillars. Arms in the form of a cross, attracting genius from above, and say:
O mighty being, the locks of whose head are formed from the divine white brilliance of the eternal crown, who art clothed with the garment of purity, and girt with the golden girdle of the sun of beauty, in whose right hand are grasped with an absolute rule the seven mighty archangels who govern the seven states of mortal man, grant unto me the power, I beseech thee, to rise above the planetary darkness wherein I must live, here on earth, until my regeneration is accomplished. Out of the darkness may light arise for me.
/> O thou, from whose mouth cometh the sword of flame, rend I beseech thee with that sword the veils of darkness which hide from my spirit’s vision, that golden light wherein Osiris dwells, that I being thus enabled to enter the secret chamber of my own soul, may behold the glory of the eternal crown, and beholding that great light be willing to forego all that earth can offer, that I may attain unto that supernal and only self, united in the glory of Ain Soph Aour. Let me dwell in that land which far-off travellers call Naught. O land beyond honey and spice and all perfections. I will dwell therein with my lord Adonai forever.
Visualize and attract genius from above by aspiration. Vibrate the name Eheieh by the formula of the Middle Pillar, and circumambulate, and strive by all the power of the human will to exalt yourself unto the genius. Then circumambulate three times. Then return to pillars, face east, and invoke:
I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whomsoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. I am the first and the last. I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore, and hold the keys of hell and of death. For I know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me. I am the purified. I have passed through the gates of darkness unto light. I have fought upon earth for good, and have finished my work. I have entered into the invisible.
Circumambulate slowly once with Sol, saying as you pass round:
I am the sun in his rising, passed through the hour of cloud and of night. I am Amoun the concealed one, the opener of the day. I am Osiris Onnophris, the justified one, lord of life, triumphant over death. There is no part of me that is not of the gods. I am the preparer of the pathway, the rescuer unto the light. Out of the darkness, let the light arise.
At this point, reach the pillars again, and facing east, raise hands and eyes, and say:
I am the reconciler with the ineffable. I am the dweller of the invisible. Let the white brilliance of the divine spirit descend.
In the name and power of that divine spirit, I invoke thee, O my divine genius, that thou manifest thyself to me and in me, to help me to purify my lower self, to teach me and assist me to unite myself unto thee in divine perfection, so that I also may be built into the living rock, a pillar of the temple of my God. That I may no more come out to dwell on earth as mortal man, but that I may be as Osiris going forth to seek and to save the lost ones of the race of man.
After contemplating.
Thus at length have I been enabled to begin to comprehend the form of my higher self.
Return to west of altar, facing east.
And now in the name and power of the divine spirit, I invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtowers of the universe, and charge ye to guard this my sphere. Keep far from me the evil and the unbalanced, that they penetrate not into my abode of the mysteries. Inspire and sanctify me that I may enter in to the centre of my being, and there receive the illimitable wisdom of the light divine.
Give the signs of the 5° = 6.
Close by purifying with water and consecrating with fire. Reverse circumambulation, adoration to east, and say:
Nothing now remains but to partake of the sacred repast composed of the elements of the body of Osiris. For Osiris Onnophris hath said: “These are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering, glorified by trial. The scent of the dying rose is as the suppressed sigh of my suffering. And the flame red fire as the strength of mine undaunted will. And the cup of wine is as the pouring forth of the blood of my heart, sacrificed unto regeneration, unto the newer life. And the bread and salt is as the foundation of my body which I destroy that it may be renewed.
Take elements astrally. Then say:
In the name of YHShVH the redeemer, I now set free any spirits that may have been imprisoned by this ceremony.
Conclude with L.V.X. signs.
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5. Note by JMG: Here, “the astral” is shorthand for the astral body of the adept.
THE BORNLESS RITUAL FOR THE INVOCATION
OF THE HIGHER GENIUS
Temple arranged with Banner of East and West, four Enochian tablets, with a Tablet of Union on altar with the elements arranged over it. Cross and triangle in centre. The whole ritual to be performed either with the Hierophant’s sceptre or lotus wand. Z.A.M. to be clothed in white, wearing yellow slippers, white sash, and consecrated Rose Cross.
Standing west of altar, face east, and cry:
Hekas, hekas este bebeloi.
Purify the temple with water as in the 0° = 0 grade.
Consecrate the temple with fire, saying appropriate versicles.
Holding lotus wand by white band, circumambulate temple three times. Standing west of altar, face east for adoration:
Holy art thou, Lord of the Universe.
Holy art thou whom nature hath not formed.
Holy art thou, the vast and the mighty one,
Lord of the light and of the darkness.
Still facing east, perform the Qabalistic cross, formulating Kether very strongly above one’s head, equilibriating it in the form of a cross. Then, aspiring to the higher genius, say:
Thee I invoke, the Bornless One.
Thee, that didst create the earth and the heavens.
Thee, that didst create the night and the day.
Thee, that didst create the darkness and the light.
Thou art Osorronophris, whom no man hath seen at any time.
Thou art Iabas. Thou art Iapos.
Thou hast distinguished between the just and the unjust.
Thou didst make the female and the male.
Thou didst produce the seed and the fruit.
Thou didst form men to love one another and to hate one another.
I am (here insert sacramental name and grade) of the order of the R.R. et A.C., thy prophet unto whom thou didst commit thy mysteries, the ceremonies of the magic of light. Thou didst produce the moist and the dry and that which nourisheth all created things. Hear me thou. For I am the angel of Paphro Osorronophris. This is thy true name, handed down to the prophets of the sun.
Pause a while to formulate about you the Banner of the East. Then make Rose Cross over altar, vibrating YHShVH by the formula of the Middle Pillar. Still facing east, but expanding the astral form to the limit of one’s power, say:
The voice of my higher self said unto me, “Let me enter the path of darkness, and peradventure there shall I find the light. I am the only being in an abyss of darkness; from an abyss of darkness came I forth ere my birth, from the silence of a primal sleep.” And the voice of ages answered unto my soul: “I am he who formulates in darkness, the light that shineth in darkness, yet the darkness comprehendeth it not.”
Pass by north to the east of temple. Face quarter, and trace the spirit pentagram of actives and invoking pentagram of air using names as in the Supreme Ritual of the Pentagram. At the same time, imagine yourself clothed with the colossal form of the god Aroueris, and that the words of the invocation travel out infinitely to the ends of the quarter. Also imagine that the elements evoked by the pentagrams surge through the godform, eliminating all impurities.
Hear me: Ar, Thiao, Rheibet, Atheleberseth, A, Blatha, Abeu, Ebeu, Phi, Thitasoe, Ib, Thiao. Hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me, so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether, upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in the water, of whirling air, and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of God the vast one may be obedient unto me.
Make one complete circumambulation deosil, to formulate the angle of Kether in the supernal triangle of the genius. Pass to the south, assume the astral godform of Horus, and imagine that as the invocation proceeds the fire purges you of all blemish. Use spirit pentagram of actives and invoking pentagram of fire.
I invoke thee, the terrible and invisible god who dwellest in the void place of the spirit. Arogogorobrao. Sothou. Mod
orio. Phalarthao. Doo. Ape. The Bornless One. Hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me, so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether, upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in the water, of whirling air, and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of God may be obedient unto me.
Make one complete circumambulation to formulate the angle of Chokmah. Pass to west, assume form of the goddess Isis, and imagine after invocation that the element flows in waves through you. Make passive pentagram of spirit and invoking pentagram of water.
Hear me: Roubriao, Mariodam, Balbnabaoth, Assalonai, Aphnaio, I, Thoteth, Abrasar, Aeoou, Ischure, mighty and Bornless One.
Hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me, so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether, upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in the water, of whirling air, and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of God may be obedient unto me.
Circumambulate again, forming the Binah angle. Pass to north, assume godform of Nephthys, and after invocation imagine that the earth cleanses you. Make passive pentagram of spirit and invoking pentagram of earth.
I invoke thee: Ma, Barraio, Ioel, Kotha, Athorebalo, Abraoth. Hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me, so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether, upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in the water, of whirling air, and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of God may be obedient unto me.
Go direct to east without circumambulation. Perform Qabalistic cross.
Atoh, Malkuth, ve Geburah, ve Gedulah, le Olam, Amen. Before me Raphael, behind me Gabriel, on my right hand Michael, on my left hand Auriel. Before me flames the pentagram, and behind me shines the six-rayed star. Atoh, Malkuth, ve Geburah, ve Gedulah, le Olahm, Amen.
Pass to the west of altar and face east. Imagine yourself as clothed in the godform of Thoth. Make the Sign of the Rending of the Veil, and use the exhortation of the Portal:
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