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Liber Resh vel Helios

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Aleister Crowley, 1909Public Domainintroductoryshort textthelema

Four adorations to the Sun — performed at dawn, noon, sunset, and midnight. The foundational daily practice of Thelema: short, precise, and tied to astronomical timing. Each adoration names the solar deity appropriate to that hour: Ra (dawn), Ahathoor (noon), Tum (sunset), Khephra (midnight).

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I. Adoration at Dawn

Hail unto Thee who art Ra in Thy rising, even unto Thee who art Ra in Thy strength, who travellest over the Heavens in Thy bark at the Uprising of the Sun. Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at the helm. Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Night!

II. Adoration at Noon

Hail unto Thee who art Ahathoor in Thy triumphing, even unto Thee who art Ahathoor in Thy beauty, who travellest over the Heavens in Thy bark at the Mid-course of the Sun. Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at the helm. Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Morning!

III. Adoration at Sunset

Hail unto Thee who art Tum in Thy setting, even unto Thee who art Tum in Thy joy, who travellest over the Heavens in Thy bark at the Down-going of the Sun. Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at the helm. Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Day!

IV. Adoration at Midnight

Hail unto Thee who art Khephra in Thy hiding, even unto Thee who art Khephra in Thy silence, who travellest over the Heavens in Thy bark at the Midnight Hour of the Sun. Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at the helm. Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Evening!

Note on Practice

Also, it is written: after each of these adorations thou shalt perform the adoration that is taught thee by thy Superior. And thou shalt sign thyself with the sign of the Enterer after the adorations, and thereafter with the sign of Silence. And it shall be a vow unto thee that thou shalt perform these adorations with continuity and devotion.
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