Horus Invocation
Horus: Hawk headed God of Strength and Silence,
and the Great Work. He is the Successor to Osiris, the God of the Patriarchy.
Experiments indicate that his primary function in terms of practical effects
will be access to Energy in whatever particular form it is the Will of the individual
practitioner to experience and utilize it. Since s/he is the crowned and conquering
child, who is an androgynous or integrated positive/negative, yin/yang, male/female
being, this often involves exploration of the practitioners nongender polarity
(for a man his feminine aspect, for a woman her masculine aspect). Abrahadabra,
his reward, is the path of the Great Work, union of the individual with their
own personal Godhead. Such apotheosis must take place very individually, and
his Ordeal x is a totally individual matter upon which individual meditations
cannot help but be instructive.
His aspects in terms of the planets would be Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, and the
Moon. His season is spring and if he could be said to have one Element it would
be Air as the mediating element between the Active Fire and Passive Water (Hadit
and Nuit or Yang and Yin if you prefer) or spirit, as the balancing element
between the other four. His other deity aspects as listed in the Book of the
Dead (Papyrus of Ani), and A.E Wallace Budge's "The Gods of the
Egyptians" are quite numerous 86 for the Aspects with names beginning with
Heru, with the Harpocrates aspect and the Ra Aspects, and the Khensu Aspects,
the deity has undoubtedly been sharing nervous systems with many kinds of
magicians for a long time.
Horus is the Metaphor for the New Aeon. The Aeons that have past, the Aeon of
the Mother and Father, were necessary while most of humanity were evolutionarily
speaking, infants. Society during these aeons was comprised almost exclusively
of people seeking surrogate parents in the form of religious and political
leaders, and people attempting to take the place of these parents, usually in an
infantile way which involved utilization of their gender polarity (men yang and
women yin). Now humanity is at least at the end of its infancy. More than ever
individuals are ready to stand on their own two feet and take responsibility for
their Wills. Only an infant needs their parent to carry them. The primary social
task of this Aeon will be the recognition of the individual as the unit of
society. Horus is a God of war and vengeance because at this point the forces of
the Old Aeon will not let him exist peacefully. This metaphor holds whether we
contemplate the terrified wielders of the Nuclear terror that comprise our
national leadership, or the inhibitions and guilt (especially concerning
sexuality) that adorn the lives of all victims of the Judeo-Christian ethic with
our struggles against them. Horus is not struggling against his father Osiris,
but rather against the Qlipthotic remains of his dominion.
As the lord of strength, he operates in the Element of fire. As lord of silence
he operates in water. As the balance between Hadit and Nuit, he operates in Air.
As the current aggregate of experiences(God) currently ruling the world, he
operates in Earth. As the Lord of the Great Work and personal and Species
Evolution, he operates in Spirit. Hadit and Nuit are omnipresent as the
interplay of the entire Multiverse (the 0=2 formula). Horus is the current
operating mode for success in Magick in the world today. His Magickal Image is a
Hawk headed young man on a throne. As a God enthroned s/he condenses the
interplay of the Gods of the 93 current. He demands the ordeal of the Great
Work, the union with ones individual Genius, or Godhead, or H.G.A. This is
something that we are all capable of in the sense that it is at least something
on the close side of the Abyss, and has as a clear guideline "success"
as proof.
The Neo-Thelemoid system of magick is intimately
involved with the practical aspects of Hadit's formula of eternal life. Note:
these five verses can be used as invocations of Hadit in the four quarters and
in the center for Spirit.
AL3:6 I am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every
star. I am life and the giver of life, yet therefore is the knowledge of me the
knowledge of death.
AL 3:71 But exceed! exceed!
AL 3:72 Strive ever to more! and if thou art truly mine--and doubt it not, an if
thou art ever joyous!--death is the crown of all.
AL 3:73 Ah! Ah! Death! Death! thou shalt long for death. Death is forbidden, o
man, unto thee.
AL 3:74 The length of thy longing shall be the strength of its glory. He that
lives long & desires death much is ever the King among the Kings.
Casting Circle:
Part 1 Cross of Balance:
Grasping with the active hand above the head,
visualize your hand grasping life force in a glowing shaft, and pulling it down
to your forehead at this point (also feel the prickling of the power on your
skin, hear the singing of the power in your ears, smell it in your nostrils, and
even taste of it on your tongue, these sensations varying in their particulars
from person to person):
Vibrate -- HERU-RA-HA!
Trace the life force down to the svadisthana chackra (while imagining with all
the senses sight, feel, hearing, smell, taste!)
Vibrate -- HORUS!
Trace the life force up to your right shoulder (imagining with every sense
still!)
Vibrate -- RA-HOOR-KHUIT!
Trace the life force across to your left shoulder (again, using the imagination
with every sense!)
Vibrate -- HOOR-PAAR-KRAAT!
Finally, clasp your hands, fingers intertwined, elbows folded and pointed
horizontal to the floor (like arms of a cross), and visualize your Lamen in the
center of the cross, while
Vibrating -- ABRAHADABRA!
Part Two: Opening the Pentagram gateways
Stand facing the East with your wand in your active and your cup in your inactive hand and trace an invoking pentagram of AIR. Vibrate, while stabbing outwards in the center of it and exhaling, one of the four names of Horus: (Note: See Liber O, Section III, #3 on the best way to vibrate if you're out of practice!)
Ra-Hoor-Khuit: The Martial "strength, force,
vigour of your arms" aspect of Horus who both overcomes adversity and heals
through a fierce harmony by cutting away the imbalanced. Will POWER.
Hoor-Paar-Kraat: The child Harpocrates who derives his Power through Silence.
The Gedulah Sphere aspect. MEMORY. Heru-Ra-Ha: The synthesis of both of these
things into one. The Solar Horus of the Tipareth Sphere. The Mystical, rather
than the Warrior protector, or the Lawgiver, Horus. TRANSMUTATION/HEALING.
(Note: another place for this aspect of Horus is in Kether, as the highest
aspect of Godhead currently attainable by human beings in this Current Aeon)
Horus: the synthesis of all these aspects in one. The "personality"
aspect of this deity that operates in the world of Malkuth as the ruler of the
world during this Aeon.
Choose the name you will to use based on the
purpose of a particular circle.
Visualize the power of the Name radiating from the Pentagram, as a yellow
streaming force for example. Feel the winds play on and in your body. Hear the
rush of the Air into your Circle. Smell the power of Air as the sap of a torn
leaf or pine. Taste Air as a fresh mint on your tongue.
South: Trace the invoking pentagram of FIRE.
Inhale the Name, exhale and stab your wand into the center of the pentagram as
you vibrate the Name:
HADIT!
Visualize the red flames of the Fire Principle entering your Circle. Feel the
heat. Hear the roar of the fire. Smell the smoke, or pepper, or whatever. Taste
pepper or ginger or garlic.
West: Trace the invoking pentagram of WATER.
Inhale the Name, exhale and stab your wand into the center of the pentagram as
you vibrate the Name:
NUIT!
Visualize the blue mist of the Water Principle enter your Circle. Feel the cold.
Hear the roar of waves, or the patter of raindrops. Smell the salt wind of the
sea. Taste cold spring water, or tart sea water.
North: Trace the invoking pentagram of EARTH.
Inhale your Magickal Name, exhale and stab into the center of the pentagram as
you vibrate your Name.
YOUR MAGICKAL NAME!
Visualize the black [or brown if you prefer] grains of the Earth Principle. Hear
an avalanche. Smell freshly turned soil. Taste your favorite vegetable, or fresh
earth's mustiness. {Here you use your own Magickal Name. The symbolism is that
of the current formula you are trying to make manifest in the world of physical
events. This assures that this ritual is different for each practitioner, and
encourages each of us to create our own rituals:
Liber O Section II, #4: "These rituals should not be slavishly imitated; on
the contrary, the student should do nothing the object of which he does not
understand; also, if he have any capacity whatever, he will find his own rituals
more effective than the highly polished ones of other people." In addition,
where you are always using your own ritual, there can be no drain on your
magickal energy by others using the very same ritual, as Franz Bardon in
"Initiation Into Hermetics" warns us repeatedly.}
The Rulers of the Four Quarters:
The Old Aeon offered us contact with Archangels.
We prefer to deal with a multiplicity of deities, so creating/contacting a less
Hierarchical/Stratified multiverse. The Children of Horus are named Quebhsennuf,
Hapi, Tuamautef, and Mestha. They represent the forces of balanced access to the
energy of the four elements, protection of disembodied consciousness also called
the astral body and body of light & etc., endurance, and access to unlimited
life force even past the point of physical death. This function of theirs is
quite specific, they being mentioned as the gods who "have never known what
it is to hunger" who will feed the magician their "beer of
everlastingness" and "bread of eternity" of which Horus himself
has eaten. This energy source is apparently not one that all deities have gained
access to according to the A. E. Wallis Budge translation of the Book of the
Dead.
Experimentation indicates that the four Children of Horus can be valuable allies
in the attainment of this state in that they can extend the control of the
magician over the protective powers of their father enabling the Omnipotence of
Hadit and Nuit to become ever more and more manifest in the Circle or Aura of
the Magician who stands at the Center Place. As s/he wills, so mote it be. This
list of attributions will be helpful in further understanding them.
HAPI: Earth. Protective physical force. name
means "goddess who refreshes her brothers." Magickal image: Ape headed
mummy. Magickal Power=TO DARE
MESTHA: Fire. Quarter-South. Protective Will force. Name means "the God
within." Magickal image: Human headed mummy. Magickal Power=TO WILL
TUAMAUTEF: Air. Quarter-East. Protective Mental force. Name means "the God
of secrets." Magickal image: Hawk headed mummy. Magickal Power=TO KNOW
QUEBSHENNUF: Water. Quarter-West. Name means "Goddess who exults
fertility." Magickal image: Jackal headed mummy. Magickal Power=TO BE
SILENT
The practitioner who is not prepared to invoke, in varying stages, the forces of hir physical dissolution, which is the negative aspect of the forces involved, should not contact these entities. It could be argued that just by living and breathing we invoke the forces of our physical death so what harm could this do, but if it is not your will to be working with these energies at the present time, you should either be prepared to bind the death forces, or simply not contact them in your rituals. Gradient exposure is the effect we seek.
Invoking the Rulers of the Four Quarters:
Stand in the middle of your Circle. Stand in the
Sign of the Sphinx: Arms flung wide to form a V, Legs spread wide to form an
inverted V. The symbolism here is an X. This means:
a. The crossing of neural impulses between the right and left lobe of the brain
through the corpus callosum.
b. The Malkuth Cross -- Balanced manifestation of the four elements, with the
fifth at the center.
c. The Unknown Quantity which Death represents.
Once in this position say:
BEFORE ME....
(Inhale His Name, and vibrate it as you exhale)
TUAMAUTEF!
As you vibrate imagine His Image, Feeling, Sound, Taste, Scent.
BEHIND BE....
(Inhale Her Name, and vibrate it as you exhale)
QHEBSHENNUF!
As you vibrate imagine Her Image, Feeling, Sound, Taste, Scent.
AT MY RIGHT HAND....
(Inhale His Name, and vibrate it as you exhale)
MESTHA!
As you vibrate imagine His Image, Feeling, Sound, Taste, Scent.
AT MY LEFT HAND....
(Inhale Her Name, and vibrate as you exhale)
HAPI!
As you vibrate imagine His Image, Feeling, Sound, Taste, Scent.
Magickal Images of the Rulers of the Quarters:
TUAMAUTEF: A mummy with arms crossed in yellow
bandages and a Jackel head. Before him floats a dagger identical to your own.
Around him billows the forces of Air. Imagine the same stimuli as you did for
the Pentagram (visualize, feel, hear, smell, taste.)
QHEBSHENNUF: A mummy with arms crossed in blue bandages and a Hawk head. Before
her floats a cup identical to your own. Around her floats the forces of Water.
Imagine the same stimuli as you did for the Pentagram (visualize, feel, hear,
smell, taste.)
MESHTA: A mummy with arms crossed in red bandages and a Human head (male) Before
him floats a wand identical to your own. Around him flares the forces of Fire.
Imagine the same stimuli as you did for the Pentagram (visualize, feel, hear,
smell, taste.)
HAPI: A mummy with arms crossed in green bandages and a Ape head. Before her
floats a pantacle identical to your own. Around her stands the forces of Earth.
Imagine the same stimuli as you did for the Pentagram (visualize, feel, hear,
smell, taste.)
Notes:
Always use the Wand and Cup for invocations.
Trace the Circle Clockwise.
Visualize your Circle as a glowing globe surrounding you entirely.
Choose any incense you Will.
Take it a step at a time! Learn the cross of balance, then casting the
Pentagrams, then imagining, in sequence, each sense in turn.
(First visualizing, then feeling, then hearing, tasting, smell, in whatever
order you Will.)
Using this Circle for Banishing:
When casting this Circle for the purposes of Banishing, it is in all ways similar to the Invoking Circle except for: