LIBER XXV

THE STAR RUBY

Liber XXV

THE STAR RUBY

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Adapted Irom the version oI Frater T.S. (http://www.geocities.com/nuisis/liber025a.html) by Frater
R.N.C. This ritual was Iirst published as Chapter 25 oI The Book of Lies. A later revision appeared in Ap-
pendix VI oI Magick in Theorv and Practice which introduced a number oI variant readings. I have re-
tained the inscriptional sigma Irom the Book of Lies version, along with the variant spelling oI Synoches
and singular number oI Daimonos Iound in Magick in Theorv and Practice. I have also added additional
reIerences and eliminated those rendered superIluous by the dual presentation.
Frater R.N.C. 6 August 2004 e.v.

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Version 1: 1he Book of Lies, Liber CCCXXXIII: 25

KL4AAH KL

Facing East, in the centre, draw deep deep deep thy breath, closing thy mouth with thy right Iore-
Iinger pressed against thy lower lip. Then dashing down the hand with a great weep back and out,
expelling Iorcibly thy breath, cry: AHO HANTOC KAKOAAIMONOC
i
.

With the same IoreIinger touch thy Iorehead and say COI
ii
, thy member, and say O dAAAE
iii
,
thy right shoulder, and say ICXYPOC
iv
, thy leIt shoulder, and say EYXAPICTOC
v
then clasp
thine hands, locking the Iingers, and cry IAO
vi
.

Advance to the East. Imagine strongly a Pentagram, aright, in thy Iorehead. Drawing the hands to
the eyes, Iling it Iorth, making the sign oI Horus, and roar XAOC.
vii
Retire thine hand in the sign
oI Hoor pa kraat.

Go round to the North and repeat; but scream BABAAON
viii
.

Go round to the West and repeat; but say EPOC.
ix


Go round to the South and repeat; but bellow TYXH.
x


Completing the circle widdershins, retire to the centre, and raise thy voice in the Paian, with these
words IO HAN with the signs oI N.O.X.
xi


Extend the arms in the Iorm oI a Tau, and saw low but clear:
HPO MOY IYIIEC OHICO MOY TEAETAPXAI EHI AE5IA CYNOXEC
EHAPICTEPA AAIMONEC dAEIEI IAP HEPI MOY `O ACTHP TON HENTE
KAI EN CTHAHI `O ACTHP TON `E5 ECTHKE.
xii


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


COMMENTARY (KL)

25 is the square of 5, and the Pentagram has the red colour of Geburah.
The chapter is a new and more elaborate version of the Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.
It would be improper to comment further upon an official ritual of the AA

NOTE
The secret sense of these words is to be sought in the numeration thereof.
Version 2: Magick in 1heory & Practice, Liber IV: 3 Appendix VI

LIBER XXV

THE STAR RUBY

Facing East, in the centre, draw deep deep deep thy breath, closing thy mouth with thy right Iore-
Iinger pressed against thy lower lip. Then dashing down the hand with a great weep back and out,
expelling Iorcibly thy breath, cry: AHO HANTOL KAKOAAIMONOL.

With the same IoreIinger touch thy Iorehead and say LOI, thy member, and say O dAAAE, thy
right shoulder, and say ILXYPOL, thy leIt shoulder, and say EYXAPILTOL then clasp thine
hands, locking the Iingers, and cry IAO.

Advance to the East. Imagine strongly a Pentagram, aright, in thy Iorehead. Drawing the hands to
the eyes, Iling it Iorth, making the sign oI Horus, and roar OHPION
xiii
.
Retire thine hand in the sign oI Hoor pa kraat.

Go round to the North and repeat; but say NUIT
xiv
.

Go round to the West and repeat; but whisper BABALON.

Go round to the South and repeat; but bellow HADIT
xv
.

Completing the circle widdershins, retire to the centre, and raise thy voice in the Paian, with these
words IO HAN with the signs oI N.O.X.

Extend the arms in the Iorm oI a Tau, and saw low but clear:
HPO MOY IYIIEL OHILO MOY TEAETAPXAI EHI AE5IA XYNOXEL
EHAPILTEPA AAIMONOL dAEI EI IAP HEPI MOY O ALTHP TON HENTE
KAI EN LTHAHI O ALTHP TON E5 ELTHKE.

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


i
Literally, 'away Irom me all evil demons. cI. Eight Lectures on Yoga.
ii
' thee This whole phrase is a typical nominal sentence, the 'to be verb being implied and the dative ooi
oI ou indicating possession oI the Iollowing substantive attributes. Its best literal English sense is probably
'Thee o phallus are strong and willing although the O merely indicates that noun Iollowing is in the voca-
tive case.
iii
'O phallus
iv
'strong, but also 'hard or 'stiII esp. in reI. to the phallus.
v
'agreeable, 'pleasant or 'willing there is oI course the liturgical inIerence oI the word to Eucharist,
which coupled with the previous erotic implications are typical oI Crowley`s sacramentalization oI sex.
vi
The Gnostic God or Demiurge (cI. Libri XV, The Gnostic Mass and IV, Magick in Theorv & Practice
Chapter V) and a Greek Iorm oI Yahweh (cI. the Septuagint).
vii
'Chaos cI. Hesiod Theogonv.
viii
cI. Liber CDXVIII
ix
'Love cI. Hesiod Theogonv
x
'Mind or 'Soul cI. Hesiod Theogonv. .
xi
The signs oI N.O.X. are called Puer, Vir, Puella, Mulier and Mater Triumphans and are described in
Liber J vel Reguli (see appendix VI oI Magick in Theorv& Practice).
xii
'BeIore me the Iunges, behind me the Teletarchs, on my right hand the Synoches, on my leIt the Genii
(or Genius), Ior about me Ilames the Star oI Five and in the column stands the Star oI Six. For the Iunges,
Synoches and Teletarchs cI. The Chaldean Oracles, Ior a traditional classical view oI the demon or dia-
menos/ -es cI. Plato The Apologv.
xiii
'Beast cI. Revelation.
xiv
cI. Liber CCXX chapter 1.
xv
cI. Liber CCXX chapter 2.