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- Liber Resh vel Helios sub figura CC
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- 0. These are the adorations to be performed by aspirants to the A.'. A.'.
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- 1. Let him greet the Sun at dawn, facing East, givnig the sign of his grade.
- And let him say in a loud voice:
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- 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.
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- Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, an Ra-Hoor abideth at the
- helm.
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- Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Night!
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- 2. Also at Noon, let him greet the Sun, facing South, giving the sign of his
- grade. And let him say in a loud voice:
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- Hail unto Thee who art Athathoor in Thy triumphing, even unto Thee
- who art Athathoor in Thy beauty, who travellest over the heavens in
- Thy bark at the Mid-Course of the Sun.
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- Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at
- the helm.
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- Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Morning!
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- 3. Also, at Sunset, let him greet the Sun, facing West, giving the sign of
- his grade. And let him say in a loud voice:
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- 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.
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- Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at
- the helm.
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- Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Day!
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- 4. Lastly, at Midnight, let him greet the Sun, facing North, giving the sign
- of his grade, and let him say in a loud voice:
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- 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 teh Midnight Hour of the Sun.
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- Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at
- the helm.
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- Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Evening!
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- 5. And after each of these invocations, thou shalt give the sign of silence,
- and afterward thou shalt perform the adoration that is taught thee by thy
- Superior. And then do thou compose Thyself to holy meditation.
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- 6. Also, it is better if in these adorations thou assume the God-form of
- Whom thou adorest, as if thou didst unite with Him in the adoration of
- That which is beyond Him.
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- 7. Thus shalt thou ever be mindful of the Great Work which thou hast
- undertaken to perform, and thus shalt thou be strengthened to pursue it
- unto the attainment of the Stone of the Wise, the Summum Bonum, True
- Wisdom and Perfect Happiness.
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