Golden Dawn Egyptian Gnosis - Liturgy

Guardians of the House of Life at Abydos

© Mogg Morgan
& Golden Dawn Occult Society
Opening:(revised version : )
If you have guests ask them if they have any questions or petitions
to make to the god.
Hekas, Hekas, Este Babaloi
“Love and do what you will”
Listen and try to interpret any answers to these questions.
Face North and try to see the constellation
Ursa Major.
When done - say:
Draw down its power and say:
“You are uplifted in our hearts, may the kisses of the stars rain hard upon your
0. Guardians of the House of Life at Abydos body”
Before me In the East: Nepthys
Behind me in the West Isis Leave the shrine taking any discarded offerings and
On my right hand in the South is Seth without turning your back on the god - ie walk backwards
And on my left hand, in the North Horus you may need to practice this.
For above me shines the body of Nuit
And below me extends the ground of Geb At the doorway reseal the door -
And in my centre abideth the ‘Great Hidden God’
finish

Mnemonic:
FAther GEt GAme to FEEd the HOt NEw hOme.

1. Now turn to the East.

Make the “Horus Fighting” gesture.

[Breath in and in one perfect movement, form both hands into fists
and raise them up and to the left of your head, stretch your right hand
and arm in front of you and bring the left hand and arm to join it. As
you finish the intonation, bring both hands back to the centre of your
body}

Vibrate the first vowel long and hard - AAAAAAA -

2. Now turn to the North

Make the gesture “Horus Fighting” and vibrate the second vowel
EEEEEEE, using the mnemoic gEt as above.
Basic Egyptian Temple Liturgy
If you are alone - do this office at least once at the stipulated time.
And repeat for any visitors during your shift.
Purify yourself in the fountains or convenient water source. If you have company
ask them to purify themselves and leave any weapons outside the temple.
Approach the door of the Osiris Shrine - Open the door saying:
"I remove the finger of Seth from the Eye of Horus"
Step into the shrine and look at the God
saying whatever somes into you mind as a greeting.
Perhaps
"Be not unaware of me Osiris
If you know me/us, I/we shall know you"
Move into the shrine and stand before the altar.
Clean away any debris and tidy the place up
make an offering of food etc saying :
“Hetep di nesew asir neb djedu neter Aa neb Abdu” (omit if necessary)
then say:
“An offering that the king give to Osiris [name] Lord of Djedu, great god, Lord
of Abydos, so that he may give voice offering in bread, beer, ox, fowl, alabaster,
linen, everything good and pure on which a god lives for the ka of the revered
one”
The god may reply (to be spoken by the priest on behalf of the god):
“I gave bread to the hungry, beer to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, and a boat
to him who was boatless, I have done what is right for the possessor of truth, I
am pure, my brow is clean, my body is fragrant.”
Or:
If the spirit moves you, improvise a reply
3. Then turn to the West
Make the “Horus Fighting” gesture and vibrate ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ as in
GAme
4. Turn to the South
Make the “Horus Fighting” gesture and vibrate IIIIIII as in fEEd
5. Return to face the East
Now bend over and reach out to the Earth
vibrating OOOOOOO as in HOt
6. Then gradually unfolding, come up and place your hands on your
heart and vibrate YYYYYYY as in NEw
7. Finally stretching up to the heavens vibrate Ô Ô Ô Ô Ô Ô Ô as in
HÔme.
(Now make the sign of the (invoking) pentagramme in the air in front
of you and vibrate
Aa, Eye, EE, Ou, Uh (Ay EAO - Oh Hail) Nephthys
Aa, Eye, EE, Ou, Uh (Ay EAO - Oh Hail) Horus
Aa, Eye, EE, Ou, Uh (Ay EAO - Oh Hail) Isis
Aa, Eye, EE, Ou, Uh (Ay EAO - Oh Hail) Seth
Aa, Eye, EE, Ou, Uh (Ay EAO - Oh Hail) Geb
Aa, Eye, EE, Ou, Uh (Ay EAO - Oh Hail) Nuit
Aa, Eye, EE, Ou, Uh (Ay EAO - Oh Hail) Hidden God
8. Repeat "Abydos Arrangement" (0)
Possible lines for Drawing down the Moon Hermetic Prayer of Thanksgiving (revised)
Having come forth from the sanctuary, they began their prayers to God, looking to
the south; for when a man wishes to pray to god at sunset, he ought to face south, just
I draw down the bright blue moon from the sky as at sunrise he ought to face east. . .

though brazen cymbals crash and thunder "We thank thee, O thou whose name none can tell,
to keep her in her place; but whom we honour by the appellation "God".

even the chariot of the sun, Because your alone are master, and blessed by the appellation "creator",
my grandfather, grows pale at my song, Because you have shown in acts toward all humanity and in all things,
loving kindness and affection such as a parent feels and more
and I drain the color from the dawn for my potions. you have bestowed on us mind, speech and knowledge,

(From Ovid: Invocation of Hekate) Mind that we may apprehend thee;

Speech that we may call upon thee;
And knowledge, that having come to know thee, and found salvation in
Spinning Mantra the light thou givest, we may be filled with gladness.
aka dua
We are glad because though hast revealed thyself to us in all thy being;
tufur beou
Glad because, while we are yet in the body, though hast made us gods by
bia shefu the gift of your own eternal life.
dudu nu ar
anu teru We thank you by learning to know you.
Brightly shining light of the world of mind;
True life of the life of man.
All prolific womb, made pregnant by the creator.
Eternal constancy, unmoved, yet makes the universe revolve.

We adore thee,
who alone art good, and crave nothing save knowing, loving,
and to continue in this blest way of life. "
Orphic Hymn to the Moon Lunar Prayers and Invocations
Hail to you
HEAR, Goddess queen, diffusing silver light,
Khonsu in Thebes
Bull-horn'd and wand'ring thro' the gloom of Night.
Beautiful of setting
The noble child who came foryth from the lotus
With stars surrounded, and with circuit wide
Horus, Lord of time
Night's torch extending, thro' the heav'ns you ride:
Lord of silver
Female and Male with borrow'd rays you shine,
And of the circuit of the underworld
And now full-orb'd, now tending to decline.
The great god, vigorous bull
Mother of ages, fruit-producing Moon,
Son of Amoun
Whose amber orb makes Night's reflected noon:
Come to me
O noble child
Lover of horses, splendid, queen of Night,
Great god in the moon’s disk
All-seeing pow'r bedeck'd with starry light.
Who pleases
Lover of vigilance, the foe of strife,
Coming forth from the four elements
In peace rejoicing, and a prudent life:
The avenger of flesh
Fair lamp of Night, its ornament and friend,
Who giv'st to Nature's works their destin'd end.
Who’s true name cannot be known
Queen of the stars, all-wife Diana hail!
Whose form cannot be known
Deck'd with a graceful robe and shining veil;
Whose manner cannot be known
Come, blessed Goddess, prudent, starry, bright,
Come moony-lamp with chaste and splendid light,
But I know all these things
Shine on these sacred rites with prosp'rous rays,
For Great, Beneficial, Hidden is your name
And pleas'd accept thy suppliant's mystic praise.
Your form is the lunar month
Your wood is vine and persea
Your herb the herb of amoun
Your bird the heron
Your fish the black nile fish
Heaven in your shrine
The earth your forecourt

Thy form is a scarab with the face of a ram; its tail a hawk’s, it wearing
(?) two panther-skins(?).
I am the one who appears shining and endures Let him make me answer to every word [about]
My body grows old when I delay which I am asking here to-day in truth without
falsehood therein. Hasten,
For I am the serpent that came forth from Nun, quickly
I am the proud Ethiopian,
I am rearing serpent of real gold,
There is honey on my lips;
That which I shall say cometh to pass.
I am Anubis, the baby creature;
I am Isis and I will bind him,
I am Osiris the drowned who is bound.
Thou wilt save me from every danger
Protect me, heal me, give me love, praise and reverence
Into my cup here to-day.
Come to me, Isis, mistress of magic, the great sorceress of all the gods.
Horus is before me, Nephthys as my diadem, . . .
Send the mighty lion sons of Mihos
Send the souls of god,
The souls of man,
The souls of the Underworld,
The souls of the horizon,
The spirits, the dead,
Come into my cup and tell me the truth to-day
Concerning that after which I am inquiring:
I summon all your souls and forms to the mouth
Of my vessel;
Let them talk with their mouths,
Let them speak with their lips,
Let them say about that which I ask
Come in to me,
South, North, West, East,
Every breeze of Amenti, for I am the fury of all these gods,
Whose names I have uttered here to-day,
Rouse them for me,
The drowned, the dead; let your soul and your form live for me
Even the fury of Apophis and her daughters I summon
from their places of punishment,