Liber Artemis sub figura XVIII (Lunar Adorations)
1- DUSK Hands out in supplication, as if holding up the moon itself at heart level, with palms skyward, facing West to proclaim the Moon Collect:
āLady of night, that turning ever about us art now visible and now invisible in thy season, be thou favourable to hunters, and lovers, and to all men that toil upon the earth, and to all mariners upon the sea.ā
Enter the Sign of Harpocrates/Silence, followed by this adoration while in the Sign of Puer/Khem/N:
āUncharmable charmer Of Bacchus and Mars In the sounding rebounding Abyss of the stars! O virgin in armour, Thine arrows unsling In the brilliant resilient First rays of the spring!
By the force of the fashion Of love, when I broke Through the shroud, through the cloud, Through the storm, through the smoke, To the mountain of passion Volcanic that woke ā By the rage of the mage I invoke, I invoke!ā
2- MIDNIGHT
Hands out in supplication, as if holding up the moon itself above your head, with palms skyward, facing North to proclaim the Moon Collect:
āLady of night, that turning ever about us art now visible and now invisible in thy season, be thou favourable to hunters, and lovers, and to all men that toil upon the earth, and to all mariners upon the sea.ā
Enter the Sign of Harpocrates/Silence, followed by this adoration while in the Sign of Vir/Pan/O:
āBy the midnight of madness: - The lone-lying sea, The swoon of the moon, Your swoon into me, The sentinel sadness Of cliff-clinging pine, That night of delight You were mine, you were mine!
You were mine, O my saint, My maiden, my mate, By the might of the right Of the night of our fate. Though I fall, though I faint, Though I char, though I choke, By the hour of our power I invoke, I invoke!ā
3- DAWN
Hands out in supplication, as if holding up the moon itself at heart level, with palms skyward, facing East to proclaim the Moon Collect:
āLady of night, that turning ever about us art now visible and now invisible in thy season, be thou favourable to hunters, and lovers, and to all men that toil upon the earth, and to all mariners upon the sea.ā
Enter the Sign of Harpocrates/Silence, followed by this adoration while in the Sign of Mulier/Baphomet/X:
āBy the mystical union Of fairy and faun, Unspoken, unbroken - The dust to the dawn! - A secret communion Unmeasured, unsung, The listless, resistless, Tumultuous tongue! -
O virgin in armour, Thine arrows unsling, In the brilliant resilient First rays of the spring! No Godhead could charm her, But manhood awoke - O fiery Valkyrie, I invoke, I invoke!ā
NOTES In Aleister Crowleyās āEight Lectures on Yogaā he indicates that there are lunar adorations corresponding to the solar adorations of Liber Resh. He erroneously suggests the Gayatri Mantra, which is actually another solar adoration. This ritual is suggested to play the part of the lunar adoration using inspiration from the Gnostic Mass and from Crowleyās poem āPan to Artemisā from The Equinox 1:4. The full title of this text is āLiber Artemis sub figura XVIIIā As with Solar Adorations as stated in Liber Resh vel Helios sub figura CC, it would be wise to compose oneself to holy meditation after each Lunar Adoration. It is also recommended to do the appropriate Solar Adorations at the appointed times before the Lunar Adorations. The author also includes within their personal practice the singing of the Gayatri Mantra at Dusk and Dawn before either adoration. Our purpose stands as this that the Master Therion stated in regards to the Solar Adorations: āThus 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 Happinessā.
