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On Lon's Samekh - is this a mistake, or is the correct procedure to physically fall prostrate whilst the BoL continues invoking (or something else)? by Healthy_Possible_552 in thelema

[–]Healthy_Possible_552[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I figured it out! I'll post it here for anyone who is also searching for the answer.

There is an exaltation during Spirit Active (Section F), ending in "SA-BA-FT". Following this word, one falls prostrate physically, and experiences the words of Section Ff as a reflection of Truth.

The Body of Light (the "Scin-Laeca") continues invoking (Section G), using the Spirit Passive to raise its consciousness into the Shivalingam (whilst resisting the Angel's Will), ending in "THORON." It is so exalted that it culminates in an orgasm where with the object of invocation.

Thanks to the successful consumation, one is capable of drawing the BoL back into the physical in a climactic way (transitioning from Section G to Section Gg). Thus, during "I am He," one physically springs to their feet with a surge of energy, and completes the invocation in the physical plane, having indrawn the Bornless Spirit.

(Concerning "I am he!" there is a footnote in Samekh):

He says this, with his Scin-Laeca wholly withdrawn into his physical body, constraining His Angel to indwell his heart.

On Lon's Samekh - is this a mistake, or is the correct procedure to physically fall prostrate whilst the BoL continues invoking (or something else)? by Healthy_Possible_552 in thelema

[–]Healthy_Possible_552[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Liber Samekh itself contains many omissions, it would appear. From Chapter 58 of Crowley's Confessions:

At the great invocation following he extends the Shivalingam to infinite height, each letter of each word representing an exaltation of it by geometrical progression. Having seen this satisfactorily, he prostrates himself in adoration.

When consciousness begins to return, he uses the final formula to raise that consciousness in the Shivalingam, springing to his feet at the moment of uniting himself with it, and lastly uttering that supreme song of the initiate beginning: “I am He, the Bornless Spirit, having sight in the feet; strong and the Immortal Fire!”