Star Ruby Ritual

Ritual works of aleister crowley.

Star ruby ritual.

The stars ruby and sapphire. The star ruby the greek liber xxxvi. A reading of liber xxv the star ruby. Ritual signs are positions assumed by the body whether physical or astral.

The ritual ends as it began with a qabalistic cross. Then dashing down the hand with a great sweep back and out expelling forcibly thy breath cry απο. Their use is common in thelemic ritual magick. Facing east in the centre draw deep deep deep thy breath closing thy mouth with thy right forefinger prest against thy lower lip.

This ritual is related to lesser hexagram ritual lhr similarly to the star ruby being related to lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram lbrp. κεφαλη ξθ the n o x. The star ruby is described by crowley in the book of lies as a new and more elaborate version of the banishing ritual of the pentagram the star sapphire as the real and perfect ritual of the hexagram contents liber xxv. Part of the magick in theory practice series.

The traditional four parts of the pentagram ritual are joined in the star ruby by a fifth just as there are five points to the pentagram. A performance of aleister crowley s thelemic ritual liber xxv the star ruby performed by frater x. The following sets of signs were assigned by aleister crowley to the various grades of his order the a. The structure of star ruby is familiar for those who know lbrp.

Composed by aleister crowley for the order a a unofficial notes and comments in brackets by sabazius. The star sapphire liber cccxxxiii. Then dashing down the hand with a great sweep back and out expelling forcibly thy breath cry apo pantos kakodaimonos. The star ruby is a ritual written by aleister crowley who described it as a new and more elaborate version of the banishing ritual of the pentagram it is a class d document official ritual of the a a.

Signs works cited. Let the adept be armed with his magick rood. Before you start learning this ritual it would be for the better if you were familiar with the three other rituals beforehand. The fifth portion dropped into the middle of the ritual even as shin descends upon the center of tetragrammaton might be termed the summons of the supernals and is the invocation of the night of pan.