The Enterer by Frater 147


The Rite of the Verses from the Stele of Revealing
by Shade Oroboros


This is a daily eucharistic ritual of invocation based upon the Master Therion’s original 1904 verse translation of the hieroglyphics upon the talismanic Stele of Revealing, which was also subsequently included in the text of Liber AL vel Legis: The Book of the Law. The meanings of the symbolism employed should be studied in his various commentaries and accounts thereof.

It has been devised to charge the Self with the evolutionary energies of the 93 Current, and to contact whatever power may be the focus of one's personal Great Work. The charging and absorption of the liquid sacrament is a perfect model of the tail-devouring Oroboros Serpent of eternity, the holy union of microcosm and macrocosm, a hieros gamos for the purpose of metamorphosis. I believe that this simple ritual is one of my greatest contributions to the practice of Thelema, but like all Magick, it only works if you actually DO IT!

    The central altar should be equipped with the blade, cup, wand, disk, bell, lamp or candles, incense, Liber AL & the image of the Stele of Revealing. The mage will first banish with the blade, perhaps with the Star Ruby or the Spacemarks ritual devised by Nema.

    Deeply breathe the mantra IPSOS in darkness for a time, then light the candles saying: “Burn upon their brows, o splendrous serpent!” and the incense saying “O azure-lidded woman, bend upon them!”  (AL, I, 18-19)

    Ring the bell 11 times in the pattern of 3-5-3, and then perform the Thelemic Cross: Touch your third eye and say ABRAHADABRA!
Then the genitalia and say IPSOS!
The right shoulder and say THELEMA!
The left shoulder and say AGAPE!
Then cross the arms over the chest and say LASHTAL!

Project energy toward the altar with the Sign of the Enterer (lunging forward with both arms and one leg extended), flowing with a step forward into the Sign of the Parting of the Veil (mimed by spreading the hands dramatically apart), and proclaiming:  

    DO WHAT THOU WILT SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE LAW!


Take up the wand and cast a triple circle deosil, chanting:

    ABOVE, THE GEMMED AZURE IS
       THE NAKED SPLENDOUR OF NUIT;
    SHE BENDS IN ECSTASY TO KISS
       THE SECRET ARDOURS OF HADIT.
    THE WINGED GLOBE, THE STARRY BLUE
    ARE MINE, O ANKH-AF-NA-KHONSU.


    As you finish both verse and circle, bring the wand down to touch the disk. Then, project energy into the filled cup with the wand, consecrating the wine or elixir:

    I AM THE LORD OF THEBES, AND I
       THE INSPIRED FORTH-SPEAKER OF MENTU!
    FOR ME UNVEILS THE VEILED SKY,
       THE SELF-SLAIN ANKH-AF-NA-KHONSU
    WHOSE WORDS ARE TRUTH.   I INVOKE, I GREET
       THY PRESENCE, O RA-HOOR-KHUIT!


    Hold the wand with both hands horizontally before you, invoking:

    UNITY UTTERMOST SHOWED!
       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!


    Ring the bell 11 times in the pattern of 3-5-3.

    Here may be performed a formal invocation or calling of whatsoever entity the mage seeks to link with, whether the Holy Guardian Spirit or the inspiration of a chosen patron Deity. The Invocation of the Bornless One (Liber Samekh)may be best, or Crowley's 'Aiwass' chant from the Book of Thoth, or perhaps his verse translation of the reverse of the Stele may also be used. Then place the wand upon the altar, and raise the chalice high overhead with both hands chanting:

    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!


    Drink the sacrament, offering the last drops to the Earth and Sky, the All and Naught. Wand in right hand, cup in left, arms crossed; absorb the force, saying:

    THE LIGHT IS MINE; ITS RAYS CONSUME
       ME: I HAVE MADE A SECRET DOOR
    INTO THE HOUSE OF RA AND TUM,
       OF KHEPHRA AND OF AHATHOOR.
    I AM THY THEBAN, O MENTU,
    THE PROPHET ANKH-AF-NA-KHONSU!


    Salute the sun at all four quarters with the adorations given in Liber Resh vel Helios, or simply recite the verse appropriate to the current time. Divination by Tarot, the I Ching, Runes or other means may be practiced.
Withdraw the circle with the wand going widdershins, intoning:

    BY BES-NA-MAUT MY BREAST I BEAT;
       BY WISE TA-NECH I WEAVE MY SPELL.
    SHOW THY STAR-SPLENDOUR, O NUIT!
       BID ME WITHIN THINE HOUSE TO DWELL,
    O WINGED SNAKE OF LIGHT, HADIT!
    ABIDE WITH ME, RA-HOOR-KHUIT!


    Finish by again bringing the wand to earth upon the pantacle.

    Ring the bell 11 times in the pattern of 3-5-3, then repeat the Thelemic Cross; and make the Sign of Closing the Veil (bringing your widespread hands together before you and taking a step back) then close by proclaiming:       

    LOVE IS THE LAW, LOVE UNDER WILL!


    Once more banish with the blade, again using the Spacemarks or some ritual devised by your own genius. Put out the candle. Make the Sign of Silence in darkness (finger to lips, absorbing all energy). Go forth upon the earth and take your pleasure among the living.


    It is also possible to perform this rite internally and even silently in the chakras, drawing the energy inwards. I often do this while falling asleep. Whisper the first verse focusing above the crown of your head, drawing the stellar energies down through the Sahasrara or Thousand Petalled Lotus. Focus the second verse in your Ajna or Third Eye, and the third in the Vishuddhi or Throat. In the Anahata or Heart, invoke your Holy Guardian Spirit in your own way, then continue the final verses in the Manipura or solar plexus, the Svadhishthana or sexual center, and finish by earthing the energy in the Muladhara or root chakra at the base of the spine. Breathe deeply into meditation or sleep, and take note of your inspirations or dreams…