Thou whose body is of iron and brass, bound with exceeding strength: girt with
the power of awful blnd avenging force--under my control, and mine alone!
   Thou, whose claws are as shafts of whirling steel to rip the very bowels of
my adversaries.
   Thee, thee, I summon to mine aid!
   In the name of Horus: rise: move: appear:
   And aid and guard me in this Work of Art!
   Rise, Dog of Evil, to guard the Abyss of Height!
   Rise, I say, to guard the Four Quarters: the Abyss of the North; the Abyss of
the South; the Abyss of the East; the Abyss of the West.
   Rise, I say, to guard the Abyss of the Great Deep.
   Horus it is that hath given this commandment.
   Be thou terrible against all them that hate me!
   Be thou mighty to defend me from the Evil Ones!
   At the confines of Matter: at the Threshold of the Invisible: be thou my
Watcher and my Guardian! Before the face of the Dwellers of the Abodes of Night!
   As a flaming sword turning every way to keep the gates of my Universe: let
thy teeth flash forth!
   Nothing shall stop thee while thou settest thyself in my defence.
   In the name of Horus: Rise, Move, and Appear: Be thou obedient unto me: for I
am the Master of the Forces of Matter: the Servant of the Same thy God is my
Name: true Worshipper of the Highest.
   (Much incense is now burnt, and there is a pause.)
   THE INVOCATIONS
(C.M. first performs the Invoking Ritual of Mars.)
   (The Adepts stand at the points of the Tau.)
   C.M. Even as of old there came three Magi from the ends of the earth to adore
the Fivefold Star, so come we, O Lord, armed for the holy work of an Evocation
of Bartzabel the spirit of Mars, that is obedient unto the Intelligence
Graphiel, chosen from the Seraphim who follow Kamael the Great Archangel that
serveth God under his name of Elohim Gibor, a spark from Thine intolerable
light,
   Ra Hoor Khuit!
Therefore hear Thou the Oath of the Obligation that we assume before Thee.
   (The Chief Magus points the Sword downward upon the apex of the Triangle of
R.H.K. and the other Magi place their hands upon the hilt.)
   We, Perdurabo, a Neophyte of the A      A      , All for Knowledge, a
Probationer of A      A      , and          , a Probationer of A      A      ,
swear unto Thee, O Lord God, by Thine own almighty power, by Thy force and fire,
by Thy glittering Hawk's eye and Thy mighty sweeping wings: that we all here in
this place and now at this time do utterly devote ourselves, mind, body, and
estate, at all times and in all places soever to the establishment of Thy holy
Kingdom.
   And if we fail herein, may we be burnt and consumed by the Red Eye of Mars!
   (Magi return to stations.)
   And this our purpose is fivefold:
   Firstly, that the Kingdom of Ra Hoor Khuit may be established in the Aeon.
   Secondly, that we may succeed in that particular design of which it is not
lawful to speak, even before Thee.
   Thirdly, that we may have power to help the weak.
   Fourthly, that we may be filled with the Courage and Energy of Mars for the
Prosecution of the Great Work.
   And, lastly, that we may obtain the service of Bartzabel that he may be
obedient unto us thy servants, that between him and us there may be peace, and
that he may always be ready to come whensoever he is invoked and called forth.
   Now because in such a work it is not possible for us to do anything at all of
ourselves, we have humble recourse unto Thine Almighty power, beseeching upon
our knees Thy favour and Thine aid.
   (The Magi kneel at three sides of altar, all clasping spears in the proper
manner.)
   I adore Thee in the Song:
   I am the Lord of Thebes, and I
   The inspired forth-speaker of Mentu;
   For me unveils the veiled sky,
   The self-slain Ankh-f-n-Khonsu
   Whose words are truth. I invoke, I greet
   Thy presence, O Ra Hoor Khuit!
   Unity uttermost shewed!
   I adore the might of Thy breath,
   Supreme and terrible God
   Who makest the Gods and death
   To tremble before Thee:
   I, I adore Thee!
   Appear on the throne of Ra!
   Open the ways of the Khu!
   Lighten the ways of the Ka!
   The ways of the Khabs run through
   To stir me or still me!
   Aum! let it fill me!
   All say, repeatedly:
   A Ka dua
   Tuf ur biu
   Bi a'a chefu
   Dudu ner af an nuteru!
   When the Chief Magus is satisfied with the Descent of the God, let all rise
and let C.M. say:
   So that Thy light is in me; and its red flame is as a sword in my hand to
push thy order. There is a secret door that I shall make to establish thy way in
all the quarters . . . as it is said: