Star Ruby (Temple of Set)
The powerful banishing ritual of Thelema, employing the hexagram and the Stele of Revealing.
Ritual Overview
The Star Ruby is the primary banishing ritual of Thelema from Crowley's Liber XXV, replacing the Golden Dawn's LBRP for the New Aeon.
The practitioner traces hexagrams — representing macrocosmic forces — with names from the Stele of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu: Ra-Hoor-Khuit, Hoor-paar-kraat, Hadit, and Nuit.
The Star Ruby is not a gentle banishing. It is a violent expulsion of forces opposing the True Will.
Ritual Steps
Adoration of Ra-Hoor-Khuit
Face east. Trace invoking hexagram of fire. Intone "Khabs am Pekht."
3 minutes
Visualization
A hexagram of crimson fire blazes in the eastern sky.
The Four Hexagrams
Trace hexagrams at each quarter with the appropriate divine names.
8 minutes
Visualization
Four hexagrams of colored fire surround you in a cage of cosmic force.
The Sign of Silence
Make the Sign of Silence. Intone "Hoor-paar-kraat." Stand in silence.
2 minutes
Visualization
All energy is absorbed into the vacuum of the silent child.
Thelemic Qabalistic Cross
Touch forehead, heart, shoulders with Thelemic invocations.
3分钟
Visualization
The Thelemic cross blazes through your body.
The Stele Invocation
Extend arms: "The Sun is my Father! The Night is my Mother!" Strike altar.
2 minutes
Visualization
Your form dissolves into elements and reassembles as pure will.
Warnings & Ethics
Advanced Thelemic ritual. Study Liber AL first.
Variants
Ingredients
- Stele of Revealing image
- Frankincense incense
- Red and gold candle
Tools
- Dagger or sword
- Wand
- Lamen