1. The only real requirements is a piece of paper or parchment on which to write the words of power:
AŌTH ABRAŌTH BASYM ISAK SABAŌTH IAŌ 2. Be clean. Be in a space that is clean. (Optional if you are doing this
someplace atmospheric like an abandoned train tunnel. Whatever floats your boat.)
3. As for candles and incense, these are largely theatrical. Use new candles if you are going to have any and probably stick to frankincense. For the Four Kings component, if you are performing this outside, I recommend some rum to pour out as an offering. If this is unachievable, then carry the incense with you to each quarter.
4. Locate the constellation Orion. I use one of the many available stargazing apps for this. Even during the daytime, just wave your phone around
pointing at the ground until you find it. If anything, having the stars under the earth is more appropriate anyway. You will perform the rite in the direction of Orion.
The Headless Rite
Face north, touch your left temple and then your right temple with the parchment, and read aloud what is written on it six times:
AŌTH ABRAŌTH BASYM ISAK SABAŌTH IAŌ AŌTH ABRAŌTH BASYM ISAK SABAŌTH IAŌ AŌTH ABRAŌTH BASYM ISAK SABAŌTH IAŌ AŌTH ABRAŌTH BASYM ISAK SABAŌTH IAŌ AŌTH ABRAŌTH BASYM ISAK SABAŌTH IAŌ AŌTH ABRAŌTH BASYM ISAK SABAŌTH IAŌ Then say:
Subject to me all daimons, so that every daimon, whether heavenly or aerial or earthly or subterranean or terrestrial or aquatic, might be obedient to me and every enchantment and scourge which is
from God.
(Note: If you invest in a nice piece of parchment and put some effort into the writing, the first part of the Headless Rite can be used in any number of situations, and the parchment itself becomes something of an apotropaic charm.) Move from facing north to facing the direction of Orion and continue.
I summon you, Headless One, who created earth and heaven, who created night and day, you who created the Light and the Darkness; you are
Osoronnophris whom none has ever seen; you are Iabas; you are Iapos;
you have distinguished the just from the unjust; you have made female and male; you have revealed seed and fruits; you have made men love each other and hate each other.
I am Moses your prophet to whom you have transmitted your mysteries celebrated by Israel; you have revealed the moist and the dry and all nourishment; hear me.
I am the messenger of Pharoah Osoronnophris; this is your true name which has been transmitted to the prophets of Israel. Hear me, ARBATHIAŌ
REIBET ATHELEBERSĒTH ARA BLATHA ALBEU EBENPHCHI
CHITASGOĒ IBAŌTH IA; subject to me all daimons, so that every daimon, whether heavenly or aerial or earthly or subterranean or terrestrial or aquatic, might be obedient to me and every enchantment and scourge which is from God.
I call upon you, awesome and invisible god with an empty spirit,
AROGOGOROBRAŌ SOCHOU MODORIŌ PHALARCHAŌ OOO. Holy Headless One, deliver me from all restraining daimons and misfortune, ROUBRIAŌ MARI ŌDAM BAABNABAŌTH ASS ADŌNAI APHNIAŌ ITHŌLETH ABRASAX AĒŌŌY; mighty Headless One, deliver me from all restraining daimons and misfortune. MABARRAIŌ IOĒL KOTHA
ATHORĒBALŌ ABRAŌTH, deliver me from all restraining daimons and misfortune, AŌTH ABRAŌTH BASYM ISAK SABAŌTH IAŌ.
He is the Lord of the Gods; he is the Lord of the Inhabited World; he is the one whom the winds fear; he is the one who made all things by
command of his voice.
Lord, King, Master, Helper, I call upon you, IEOU PYR IOU IAŌT IAĒŌ IOOU ABRASAX SABRIAM OO YY EY OO YY ADŌNAIE, immediately, immediately, good messenger of God ANLALA LAI GAIA APA
DIACHANNA CHORYN.
I am the Headless Daimon with sight in my feet; I am the mighty one who possesses the immortal fire; I am the truth who hates the fact that unjust deeds are done in the world; I am the one who makes the lightning flash and the thunder roll; I am the one whose sweat falls upon the earth as rain so that life can begin; I am the one whose mouth burns completely; I am the one who begets and destroys; I am the Favour of the Aion; my name is a Heart Encircled by a Serpent; Come Forth and Follow.39
At this point, move to face east and continue on with the invocation of the Four Kings. It is worth mentioning that you can effectively cut the performance into two completely separate standalone rituals at this juncture. I use a variant of the Four Kings ritual below as part of my regular offering practice (more on that in
later chapters). If you have rum, pour out a quarter of it as you begin the invocation, otherwise take the joss stick or censer with you as you perambulate the directions.
I invoke the Four Kings of the four corners of the earth. Most noble and ancient spirits, be with me now.
O Eastern Oriens, most shining, most excellent King, who reigns over and commands the Eastern Regions, whose Kingdom began with the founding of the world and shall endure until the end of All Things. I conjure and invoke thee by the most high and holy Names of God, do thou here manifest,
clothed with all thy power. Oriens, I conjure thee, by the virtue and power of the Creator, and by the virtue of virtues.
Turn around and face west. Pour out some rum. Continue.
O Thou Paymon, King most glorious, who holds powerful dominion in the Western Regions of the Heavens. I conjure and invoke thee by the most high and holy Names of God, do thou here manifest, clothed with all thy power.
Paymons, I conjure thee, by the virtue and power of the Creator, and by the virtue of virtues.
Turn back to the north, pour some rum, and continue.
O Thou Ariton, King most strong, whose Mighty Empire reaches into the cold regions of the North. I conjure and invoke thee by the most high and holy Names of God, do thou here manifest, clothed with all thy power.
Ariton, I conjure thee, by the virtue and power of the Creator, and by the virtue of virtues.
Face the south, pour the last of the rum, and continue.
O Thou Amaymon, King most noble, ruler of the southern realms. I conjure and invoke thee by the most high and holy Names of God, do thou here manifest, clothed with all thy power. Amaymon, I conjure thee, by the virtue and power of the Creator, and by the virtue of virtues.
Return to face the direction of Orion and finish.
I invoke you all with power and I pray to you with the authority of the One who spoke and who hath made all, and who, with one sole word gave birth to the world and whom all Creatures obey. By the Seat of his Majesty and by the great and august names of the Creator, most noble kings, I ask for your aid and blessing.
By the holy name of IAŌ SABAŌTH, whose virtue hath no beginning and will have no end. So be it.40