Lovecratian Qabalah
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THE STAR ONYX

Being a Ritual to invoke the Great Old Ones, suitable for regular use by the Magician.

(For the Correspondences implicit in this Rite, see Table 2 of my Lovecraftian Qabalah.)

I. The Opening

Face R'lyeh and say: PH'NGLUI MGLW'NAFH CTHULHU R'LYEH WGAH'NAGL FHTAGN1

III. The Elder Cross

With thy left hand describe a great circle above thee, crying: IA! YOG-SOTHOTH!

Touch thy Ajna-Chakra and say: NONCA.

Touch thy Muladhara-Chakra and say: LOADOHI.

Touch thy left shoulder and say: MICAOLZ.

Touch thy right shoulder and say: QUASAHI.

Touch thy Anahata-Chakra and say: GOHED.2

End by crying: IA!

IIII. The Invocation of the Quarters3

Go forward and make the Voorish Sign4, crying: YOG-SOTHOTH!

Go 'round to the left and repeat, crying: SHUB-NIGGURATH!

Go 'round to the rear and repeat, crying: NYARLATHOTEP!

Go 'round to the right and repeat, crying: AZATHOTH!

Return to the beginning, closing thy Circle.

IIV. The Invocation of the Great Old Ones

Stand with thy arms and limbs spread in the midst of thy Circle and cry: TORZUL CTHULHU! TORZUL SHUDDE M'ELL! TORZUL HASTUR! TORZUL CTHUGHA! LAP NOMIG AZATHOTH I A NOTHOA, AR YOG-SOTHOTH I COCASG OD TOFGLO POLA!5

IV. The Ending

Repeat the Elder Cross as above, but end with the cry: IA! YOG-SOTHOTH!


Notes:

1 "In his house at R'lyeh Great Cthulhu lies dreaming." (See Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu.)

2 This is Enochian for, "to you [is] the kingdom, mighty and pleasurable, everlasting."

3 All directions in the Temple are dependent upon the location of R'lyeh (47 degrees 9 minutes South, 126 degrees 43 minutes West) relative to the Magician. Thus the Quarters in this Rite usually do not match the regular compass Quarters, and will in fact vary depending on the physical location of the Temple.

4 Done by touching, with the first two fingers of the left hand, the Ajna-Chakra, the right corner of the mouth, the left eye, the right eye, the left corner of the mouth, and finally the Ajna again. This activates the Spirit-Vision. (See Machen, The White People and Lovecraft, The Dunwich Horror.)

5 This is Enochian for, "Arise Cthulhu! Arise Shudde M'ell! Arise Hastur! Arise Cthugha! For even as Azathoth is in the midst, so Yog-Sothoth is time and all things together."


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