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THE MAGICAL INVOCATION OF THE HIGHER GENIUS.

(According to the Formulae of the Book of the Voice of Thoth.)

[The ceremony Enterer is the Sphere of Sensation.  The Hierophant is the
Augoeides.  The officers are the Divine Sephiroth invoked.  The Enterer is
the natural man.]

[First let the symbols in the Sphere of Sensation be equilibrated.  This
is the Opening of the Hall of Truth.]

The First Invocation. 

Come forth unto me, Thou that art my true Self: my Light: my Soul! come
forth unto me:  Thou that art crowned with Glory: That art the Changeless:
The Un-nameable: the Immortal Godhead, whose Place is in the Unknown: and
whose Dwelling is the Abode of the Undying Gods.  Heart of my Soul; self-
shining Flame, Glory of Light, Thee I invoke.  Come forth unto me, my
Lord: to me, who am Thy vain reflection in the mighty sea of Matter!  Hear
Thou, Angel and Lord!  Hear Thou in the habitations of Eternity; come
forth; and purify to Thy Glory My mind and Will!  Without Thee am I
nothing; in Thee am I All-self existing in Thy Selfhood to eternity! 

[Close now the channels to the Ruach of the Material senses: endeavouring
at the same time to awaken the Inner sight and hearing.  Thus seated,
strive to grasp the same ray of the Divine Glory of the selfhood:
meditating upon the littleness and worthlessness of the natural man: the
vanity of his desires, the feebleness of his boasted Intellect.  Remember
that without That Light, naught can avail thee to true progression: and
that alone by purity of Mind and Will canst thou ever hope to enter into
that Glory.  Pray then for that purification, saying in thy heart:]

First purification and consecration of the candidate by Fire and Water. 

Water: Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall
be whiter than snow. 

Fire: O send forth Thy light and Thy Truth, let them lead me, let them
guide me unto Thy Holy Hill, to Thy Dwelling-place! 



I stand before the Beautiful Gate: before the mighty Portal of the
Universe: at my Right Hand a Pillar of Fire; and at my left a Pillar of
Cloud.  At their bases are the dark-rolling clouds of the Material
Universe: and they pierce the Vault of the Heavens above.  And ever upon
their summits flame the Lamps of their Spiritual Essence!  Thou that
livest in the Glory beyond that Gate: Heart of my Soul; Thee I Invoke! 
Come Thou forth unto me, who art my very Selfhood; mine Essence, my Light:
and do Thou guard me and guide me through the Manifold Paths of Life: that
I may at length become one with Thine Immortal and Imperishable Essence! 
Unto Thee, Sole Wise, Sole Mighty, and Sole Eternal one, be Praise and
Glory for Ever; Who hast permitted me to enter so far in the Sanctuary of
Thy Mysteries.  Not unto me, but unto Thy name be the Glory!  Let the
influence of Thy Divine Ones descend upon my head, and teach me the value
of Self-Sacrifice: so that I shrink not in the hour of trial; but that my
Name may be written upon High, and that my Genius may stand in the
Presence of the Holy One: in that hour when the Son of Man is evoked
before the Lord of Spirits; and His Name in the presence of the Ancient of
Days. O Lord of the Universe!  grant Thou that upon me may shine forth the
Light of my Higher Soul.  Let me be guided by the help of my Genius unto
Thy Throne of Glory, Ineffable in the centre of the World of Life and
Light. 

[Now go up to the Altar: formulating before thee a glittering Light:
imagine that it demands wherefore thou hast come, &c., and say:]

Adoration unto Thee that Dawnest in the Golden! 

 O Thou that sailest over the Heavens in Thy Bark of Morning!  Dark before
Thee is the Golden Brightness;  In whom are all the hues of the Rainbow. 
May I walk as Thou walkest, O Holiness, Who hast no master, Thou the great
Space-Wanderer to whom millions and hundreds of thousands of years are but
as one Moment!  Let me enter with Thee into Thy Bark!  Let me pass with
Thee as Thou enterest the Gate of the West!  As Thou gleamest in the
Gloaming when Thy Mother Nuit enfoldeth Thee! 



[Now kneel at the Altar with thy right hand on the White Triangle, and thy
left in the left hand of thine Astral double, he standing in the place of
the Hierophant, and holding the Astral presentment of a Lotus Wand by the
white band in his right hand, then say, as if with the projected Astral
consciousness:]

Adoration unto ye, ye Lords of Truth in the Hall of Thmaist, cycle of the
great Gods which are behind Osiris: O ye that are gone before, let me
grasp your hands, for I am made as ye! 

O ye of the Hosts of the Hotepischim!  Purge ye away the wrong that is in
me!  Even as ye purged the Seven Glorious Ones who follow after the coffin
of the Enshrined One, and whose places Anubist hath fixed against the day
of Be-with-us.  O Thoth!  Who makest Truth the Word of Aeshoori! make my
word truth before the circle of the Great Gods!  Adoration unto Thee,
Anubi, who guardest the threshold of the Universe! Adoration unto Thee,
Auramooth, purify me with the Living Waters! 

Adoration unto Thee, Thaumaeshneith, make me Holy with the Hidden Flame! 
Adoration be unto Thee, O Dark-Bright One!  Hoor! the Prince of the City
of Blindness!  Adoration unto Thee, O Thmaist, Truth-Queen, who presidest
at the Balance of Truth!  Adoration unto Thee, Asi; adoration unto Thee,
Nephthyst.  O AESHOORI, Lord of Amennti!  Thou art the Lord of Life
Triumphant over Death: there is naught in Thee but Godhead!  TOUM!  Toum
who art in the great Dwelling!  Adoration unto Thee, Thaumaeshneith, make
me Holy with the Hidden Flame!  Adoration be unto Thee, O Dark-Bright One! 
Hoor! the Prince of the City of Blindness!  Adoration unto Thee, O
Thmaist, Truth-Queen, who presidest at the Balance of Truth!  Adoration
unto Thee, Asi; adoration unto Thee, Nephthyst.  O AESHOORI, Lord of
Amennti!  Thou art the Lord of Life Triumphant over Death: there is naught
in Thee but Godhead!  TOUM!  Toum who art in the great Dwelling! Sovereign
Lord of all the Gods, save me, and deliver!  Deliver me from that God that
feedeth upon the damned, Dog-faced but human-headed;  That dwelleth by the
Pool of fire in the Judgment Hall, Devourer of Shades, eater of Hearts,
the Invisible foe!  Devourer of Immortality is his Name!  Unto Thee, Sole
Wise, Sole Mighty, and Sole Eternal one, be Praise and Glory for Ever: who
hast permitted me to enter so far in the Sanctuary of the Mysteries.  Not
unto me, but unto Thy Name be the Glory! 

[Again finish by laying sword on nape of neck, saying: So help me the Lord
of the Universe and my own Higher Soul!]



[Rise now, and raise above thine head thy hands (the left open and the
right still holding the magic sword), and lifting unto heaven thine eyes,
strive to aspire with all thy will unto the highest Divinity, saying:]

From Thy Hands, O Lord, cometh all good! from Thy Hands flow down all
grace and blessing!  The Characters of Heaven with Thy Finger hast thou
traced: but none can read them save he that hath been taught in Thy
school! 

Therefore, even as servants look unto the hands of their masters, and
handmaids unto the hands of their mistresses, even so our eyes look up
unto Thee!  For Thou alone art our help, O Lord our God!  Who should not
extol Thee, O Lord of the Universe!  Who should not praise Thee!  All
belongeth unto Thee!  Either Thy love or Thine anger all must again re-
enter! Nothing canst Thou lose, for all things tend unto Thine Honour and
Majesty! Thou art Lord alone, and there is none beside Thee!  Thou dost
what Thou wilt with Thy Mighty Arm:  and none can escape from Thee!  Thou
alone helpest in their necessity the humble, the meek-hearted and the
poor, who submit themselves unto Thee!  And whosoever humbleth himself in
dust and ashes before Thee; to such an one art Thou propitious!  Who
should not praise Thee then, Lord of the Universe, who should not extol
Thee!  Unto whom there is none like; whose dwelling is in Heaven and in
the virtuous and God-fearing Heart!  O God the Vast One!  Thou art in all
things! 

O Nature!  Thou Self from Nothing ___ for what else can I call Thee!  I,
in myself, I am nothing!  I, in Thee, I am all Self: and exist in Thy
Selfhood from nothing!  Live Thou in me:  and bring me unto that Self
which is in Thee!  For my victory is in the Cross and the Rose! 

[Now pass to the North and face the East: projecting unto the place of the
throne of the East the Astral double, and say from thence:]

The Voice of My Higher Soul said unto me: let me enter the path of
Darkness: peradventure "thus" may I obtain the Light!  I am the only being
in an Abyss of Darkness: from the Darkness came I forth ere my birth, from
the Silence of a primal Sleep.  And the voice of ages answer d unto my
soul: child of Earth!  The Light shineth in the Darkness; but the Darkness
comprehendeth it not! 

[Now formulate before thee a great Angel Torch-bearer saying:]

Arise! shine! for Thy Light is come!

[Pass round the Temple to the South, face West and halt: formulate the
Ideal of Divine Mercy: and then that of Divine Justice: aspiring with all
Thy heart unto each, and say:]

Come unto me!  O Lord of Love and Pity, come unto me, and let me live in
Thy Love!  Let me be merciful even as my Father in Heaven is merciful, for
Thou hast said: Blessed are the Merciful, for they shall obtain Mercy.
Grant unto me that I may attain unto thy Peace, wherein is life for
evermore. 

Come unto me, O Lord of Perfect Justice!  Mighty is Thine Arm, strong is Thy Hand: Justice 
and Judgment are the habitation of Thy Throne! Strengthen Thou, O Lord of Strength, my 
will and heart, that I may be able, with Thine aid, to cast out and destroy the Evil Powers 
that ever fight against those who seek Thee!

[Formulate now before thee the Two Pillars of Cloud and of Fire, saying:]

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean!  Wash me and I shall be
whiter than snow!  O send forth Thy Light and Thy Truth, let them lead me,
let them guide me unto Thy Holy Hill;  even to Thy Tabernacles. 

I stand before the Gate of the West; and the Pillars of the Universe arise
in Majesty before me.  At my right hand is the Pillar of Fire: and on my
left the Pillar of Cloud: below they are lost in Clouds of Darkness: and
above in Heaven in unnameable Glory.  Let me enter, O Gate of the West! 

[Pass to South-West and project Astral.  Then saith the Guardian of the
Gate of the West:]

Thou canst not pass by Me, saith the Guardian of the West: except Thou
canst tell me My Name! 

[Saith the Aspirant:]

Darkness is Thy Name: Thou art the Great One of the Paths of the Shades!

[Saith the Great One of the Night of Time:]

Child of Earth! remember that Fear is failure: be thou therefore without
fear: for in the heart of the Coward, Virtue abideth not!  Thou has known
Me now, so pass thou on! 

[Pass to the North, and exalt again thy mind unto the contemplation of the
Mercy and Justice of our God, repeating the foregoing prayers; then say:]

Purify me with hyssop and I shall be clean: wash me and I shall be whiter
than snow!  O send forth Thy Light and Thy Truth, let them lead me, let
them guide me unto Thy Holy Hill, to Thy Dwelling-place!  Dim before me
looms the mighty Gate of the East! on the right the Pillar of Fire, on the
left the Pillar of Cloud: stretching from the dark clouds of the World of
Darkness to the Bright Glory of the Heavenly Light: Ever affirming to
Eternity the Equilibration of the Powers of God the Vast One! 

Let me pass the Gate of the East Land!  Let me pass the Gate of the Tuat,
issuing forth with RA in the Glory of Red Dawn! 

[Pass to the North-East, project Double to the place of the throne of the
East, saying:]

Thou canst not pass by Me, saith the Guardian of the East, except thou
canst tell me My Name! 

[Saith the Aspirant:]

Light dawning in the Darkness is Thy Name: the Light of a Golden Day!

[Saith the Osiris:]

These are the two pillars of the Tree of Life; the first containing the
Sephira Chesed, and the second the Sephira Geburah.  Child of Earth!
remember that Unbalanced Force is Evil:  Unbalanced Mercy is but Weakness,
Unbalanced Severity is but Cruelty and Oppression.  Thou hast known Me
now: so pass thou on unto the Cubical Altar of the Universe! 



[Pass to the West of the Altar, project Astral to between the Pillars,
kneel at Altar and repeat in Astral:]

THE PRAYER OF OSIRIS. Lord of the Universe, the Vast and the Mighty One! 
Ruler of Light and of Darkness: we adore Thee and we invoke Thee!  Look
with favour upon this Neophyte who now kneeleth before Thee; and grant
Thine aid unto the higher aspirations of His Soul, so that he may prove a
true and faithful servant of the Mighty Ones, to the Glory of Thine
Ineffable Name, Amen!  [Now rise: lift up both hands and eyes towards
heaven; and concentrate upon the Glory and Splendour of Him that sitteth
upon the Holy Throne for ever and ever, and say:]

KHABS AM PEKHT!
KONX OM PAX!
LIGHT IN EXTENSION!


In all my wanderings in Darkness the Light of Anubist went before me, yet
I saw it not.  It is a symbol of the Hidden Light of Occult Science. 

[Pass to between the Pillars, and standing thus concentrate upon the
Highest Divinity;  and there standing in the sign of the Enterer, say:]

O Glory of the Godhead Unspeakable!  Eternal Master!  Ancient of Days! 

Thee, Thee, I invoke in my need!  Dark is all the world; without, within;
there is light alone in Thee!  Rend asunder, Lord of the Universe, tear
aside the Veil of the Sanctuary: let mine eyes behold my God, my King!  As
it is written: The Lightning lighteneth in the East and flameth even unto
the West: even so shall be the Coming of the Son of Man! 

[And now shalt thou see a light slow formulating into the shape of a
mighty Angel, and thou shalt withdraw thyself from this sight and again
say:]

I saw Water coming from the Left Side of the Temple: and all unto whom
that Water came were made whole, and cried:  Blessed is He that cometh in
the Name of the Lord, Allelulia!  O Lamb of God: who takest away the Sins
of the World!  Grant us Thy peace! 

I am come forth from the Gates of Darkness: I have passed by the Gate of
Amennti: and the Gate of the Taot!  Behold!  I am come to the Gate of the
Shining Ones in Heaven.  I stand between the mighty Pillars of that Gate:
at my right hand the Pillar of Fire, and at my left the Pillar of Cloud:
Open unto me O gate of the God with the Motionless Heart: I am come forth
by the T'eser Gate: I advance over the Paths that I know, I know: and my
Face is set towards the land of the Maat! 

[Again formulating the Augoeides.]

Come forth, come forth, my God, my King: come unto me, Thou that art
crowned with starlight: Thou that shinest amongst the Lords of Truth:
whose place is in the abode of the Spirits of Heaven! 

[When Thou shalt again see the Glorious One thou shalt salute with
Enterer; pass between the pillars and circumambulate thrice: reverently
saluting the East betimes.  Now halt by the Light, facing it, and exalt
thy mind unto Its glory, imagine it as encompassing thee and entering into
Thy inmost Being, and say:]

I am the resurrection and the life.  He that believeth on Me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live again: and whosoever liveth and believeth on
Me shall never die!  I am the First and the Last, I am He that liveth but
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 purified: I have passed
through the Gates of Darkness unto Light!  I have fought upon Earth for
good: I have finished my Work: I have entered into the Invisible!  I am
the Sun in His rising: I have passed through the Hour of Cloud and of
Night!  I am Amoun, the Concealed One: The Opener of Day am I!  I am
Osiris Onnophris, the Justified One.  I am the 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!  I am the
Reconciler with the Ineffable!  I am the Dweller of the Invisible!  Let
the White Brilliance of the divine Spirit descend. 



[A long pause.]

Thus at length have I been permitted to comprehend the Form of my Higher
Self! 

Adoration be unto Thee, Lord of my Life, for Thou hast permitted me to
enter thus far into the Sanctuary of Thine Ineffable Mystery: and hast
vouchsafed to manifest unto me some little fragment of the Glory of Thy
Being.  Hear me, Angel of God the Vast One: hear me, and grant my prayer! 
Grant that I may ever uphold the the Symbol of Self-sacrifice: and grant
unto me the comprehension of aught that may bring me nearer unto Thee! 
Teach me, starry Spirit, more and more of Thy Mystery and Thy Mastery: let
each day and hour bring me nearer, nearer unto Thee!  Let me aid Thee in
Thy suffering that I may one day become partaker of Thy Glory: in that day
when the Son of Man is invoked before the Lord of Spirits, and His Name in
the presence of the Ancient of Days!  And for this day, teach me this one
thing: how I may learn from Thee the Mysteries of the Higher Magic of
Light.  How I may gain from the Dwellers in the bright Elements their
knowledge and Power: and how best I may use that knowledge to help my
fellow-men. 

And, finally, I pray Thee to let there be a link of Bondage between us:
that I may ever seek, and seeking, obtain help and counsel from Thee Who
Art my very selfhood.  And before Thee I do promise and swear; that by the
aid of Him that sitteth upon the Holy Throne, I will so purify my heart
and mind that I may one day become truly united unto Thee, who art in
Truth my Higher Genius, my Master, my Guide, my Lord and King!