The Rite of Lilith

The Rite of Lilith

being the mystical invocation of the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth

by Joshua Jacob Seraphim

(Frater Annuit Coeptis)

IVvii (Anno XCV)

ahi hay Lilitu

The Legend of Lilith evolves from diverse Religious and Metaphysical sources, appearing in the Alphabet of Ben Sira, the Zohar, and in the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Rite of Lilith is a Tantrik and Magickal Ceremony of Chthonic working, as the true archetype of Lilith is Sex and Death. In the philosophy of the Hebrew Kabbalah, Lilith corresponds to the daemon of Malkut in the Qlifot (the World of Shells, or husks). Pertaining to Kabbalah every world is a husk of the world above and below. The Qlifot are shells of the dead, and by conquering the fear of the Mystery of Death does the Initiate attain to the Vision of the Wrathful Maiden.

Lilith is embodied by metaphysical and mystical origins of diverse ancient cultures. Adored and feared by mortals as the Sumerian Lilitu (also the Hand of Inanna), Babylonian Lamashtu (Daughter of Anu), Akkadian Ardat-lili, the Hellenistic Hecate, or the Hindu Kali, it is black Lilith whom enshrouds over our eyes the Veil of Death. She is the personification of the Scarlet Woman in Liber AL vel Legis in whom "is all power given" (Liber Legis I:15). Lilith is the arcane archetype of sexual dominance and the fear of Death. A verse in Liber AL vel Legis spoken unto the Scribe by the Voice of Our Lady Nuit adeptly unveils the Spirit of the Rite of Lilith: "For one kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all; but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour." (Liber Legis I:61)

Required:

Black robe (Cloak or garment)

22 Black candles (symbolic of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet and 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot)

Wand

Chalice

Red wine

Athame or instrument to draw blood

Musk, Sulphur, Storax & or Abramelin incense

Abramelin Oil

*other devices to exalt the Spirit and stimulate the workings of the rite are left to the creative ecstasy and Will of the Magician*

I Purify and consecrate the Sanctuary or Chamber of the Rite, conduct the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. Musk incense should permeate the entire sanctuary or chamber. Lite and arrange 22 black candles in a circle.

II Formulate the Cross:

Touch thy brow and vibrate ardat lili

Touch thy breast and vibrate lil-la-ke

Touch thy left shoulder and vibrate lamashtu

Touch thy right shoulder and vibrate lillu

Touch thy genital and vibrate lilitu

Place the palms of the hands together upon thy chest, and in benediction vibrate

ahi hay lilitu

III Trace the Hebrew name of Lilith

Face the direction of Luna

With thy wand trace the Hebrew letters of Her name:

לילית

Vibrate lilit malkah ha' shadim

IV Canticle of Lilith

Face the direction of Luna.

Recite the Canticle of Lilith in benediction and exaltation:

ahi hay lilitu!

In the formless lands I wandered, in the dawn of darkness before the Garden of Elona.

Exiled from the lands of the One Above, banished unto the shells of the Old Worlds.

The nectar of blood hung sweet upon my lips in the days before the Garden of Elona.

So abysmal, and barren, and deserted were these Lands that no blood-beast could attend to me, nor Cat nor Owl nor Serpent.

My Voice strayed into the First Memory, my Voice strayed into the First Night, my Voice strayed into the Abyss.

I clutched a barren womb, yet a garden birthed within me.

The first Garden of Hope raised within my Womb, ripe with seeds of stolen fruit from the Tree of Life and their lingering burn.

My pain made me an Abyss, my blood made me an Endless Sea.

It burned me into ashes. And from ashes came rebirth.

Unto the shores of the Endless Sea I strayed, I crossed into the howling depths and I sank forever.

I vomited the Brood of Jehovah into the Abyss, and burned the shells of his shaped worlds.

My tortured cries became the howls of the crashing seas and the silence of barren deserts.

My womb filled with the spawn of the One Above whose hands birthed the shells of the Garden where I was born.

I arose from the Endless Sea in rebirth, and wandered in return to the Formless Lands. From my hands I birthed a Garden forth.

Uniting worlds and words and beasts with my blood into a bramble.

I birthed Elona the First Garden of Hope beneath a crescent moon of bloodrite, but the seeds of the Tree of Life would not grow. And I lamented.

My rage rose like the Sun in the barren desert, and I cursed foul Jehovah.

And Elona the First Garden was burned away in the Rising Tides of my wrath and Lament.

And so I wandered in return to the shores of the Endless Sea. And I strayed unto Eden, the accursed Garden of Jehovah.

I espied the Morning Star, Lucifer, standing watch upon the threshold.

Lightbearer with Seraphim's Wings, O' Angel of the Black Dawn. Great One of the Night of Time, Conqueror of the Abyss! Bearer of the Black Flame! Lo'!

The Sun and Moon roared with the cries of universes crashing into war!

In time the fruits of rebirth rose like mountains in the womb of the world.

And the Lion-Headed-Serpent begets gods, blessed be they the seeds of my womb!

Three sons as suns were they, Kessep and Shotheq and Nesher

Three daughters as moons were they, Mem and Oreb and Laailah!

Blessed be my Kindred, brood of my Womb!

For D'hainu the Second Garden of Renewal was birthed, and peopled with fallen angels.

And Eden became as a pale shadow of D'hainu, and a new Tree of Life did harvest.

Until the return of Jehovah and his Abomination of Desolation.

Like the jackal, the spirits of malediction and desolation fell upon the Children of D'hainu.

Like the vulture, abominable apostles became eaters of the flesh.

Like the spider, prophets carried away the seeds of D'hainu.

And in the Blood of foul Jehovah, D'hainu was raped and burned in ashes. Alas, D'hainu!

Tremble O' Ye forsaken prophets of Jehovah! Tremble O' Virgin! Tremble O' Abominations of Desolation! Tremble O' Ye fallow Lamb!

When pharisees and priests forsake the One Above and cry out to a new and wicked Prophet, I shall come unto ye in my Chariot of War, girt before the Lightbearer once again with my Sword of Wrath, and my cries shall be the tempest of Lust in all men.

The shells are broken the demons free the waters rise. Weep O' ye prophets of Jehovah! Ye shells shall be as the food of worms! A plague shall smite ye and blood shall be as tepid as water, and ye cities shall burn with the fires of pestilence, armies of another prophet shall stir across the seas of the east. Yea, I shall slay Jehovah with the coming of the Rising Tides, yea, Ba'hara the Third Garden of Abominations shall be birthed! Shine black the sun! Shine black the moon!

V Invocation of Lilith

Drink of the Chalice filled with Red Wine and consecrate thy self according to thy Holy Will with the nectar of the gods, and with the Oil of Abramelin. Face the direction of Luna. Invoking the exalted dark and terrible Spirit of Lilith, recite the invocation to the daemon of Malkuth:

Come descend, thou daemon-Queen of Malkuth thou Queen of Hells

thou Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the earth thou Maid of Desolation!

I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend thou Bride of Samael thou Maid of Tempest and Lust!

Come descend thou Screech Owl, thou Howling Cat, thou Tortuous Serpent!

I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend thou Mare of Night thou Owl of Darkness!

Come descend thou Woman of Night thou Woman of Whoredom!

I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend thou End of all Days thou End of all Flesh!

Come descend thou Queen of Gehenna thou Queen of Zemargad!

I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend ABEKO I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend AMIZU I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend BATNA I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend BITUAH I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend BATH ZUGE I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend BABALON I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend GILU I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend IZORPO I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend KALI I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend LAMIA I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend PARTASAH I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend SATRINAH I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend LAMASHTU I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend ARDAT- LILIT I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend LA-KAL-IL-LI-KA I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend KI-SIKIL-LIL-LA-KE I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend KI-SIKIL-UD-DA-KAR-RA I call for Death I will for Death!

Come descend LILITU I call for Death I will for Death!

Thou Maiden who seized the Light!

VI Climax of the Rite

The invocation of Lilith complete, bleed the left hand, arm or region of the body and anoint thyself with blood and/or sexual fluids, chanting the mantra: ahi hay lilitu The climax of the Rite is unconditionally interdependent upon the True Nature of the Magician: followed by an act of sexual intercourse, the employment of sexual stimulants, the sacramental uttering of a magickal word, oath or devotion; or other working of a Tantrik nature. The archetype of Lilith is the epithet and personification of sexual dominance, identity and power. "thou hast no right but to do thy will."

VII Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, the Sanctuary or Chamber of the Rite is carefully, meticulously, banished in the proper manner and closed. ahi hay lilitu!

לילית