Anthony Testa - The Key of the Abyss.pdf

First let the scribe be seated in the centre of the circle in the desert
sand, and let the circle be fortifed by the Holy Names of God |
Tetragrammaton and Shaddai El Chai and Ararita.
And let the Demon be invoked within a triangle, wherein is inscribed
the name of Choronzon, and about it let him write ANAPHAXETON |
ANAPHANETON | PRIMEUMATON, and in the angles MI-CA-EL:
and at each angle the Seer shall slay a pigeon, and having done this,
let him retire to a secret place, where is neither sight nor hearing, and
sit within his black robe, secretly invoking the Aethyr. And let the
Scribe perform the Ban- ishing Rituals of the Pentagram and
Hexagram, and let him call upon the Holy Names of God, and say the
Exorcism of Honorius, and let him beseech protection and help of the
Most High.
… the Seer being entered within the triangle, let him take the Victims
and cut their throats, pouring the blood within the Triangle, and being
most heedful that not one drop fall without the Triangle; or else
Choronzon should be able to manifest in the universe. And when the
sand hath sucked up the blood of the victims, let him recite the Call of
the Aethyr apart secretly as aforesaid. Then will the Vision be
revealed, and the Voice heard.
In essence, Crowley opened the Abyss and allowed Choronzon to
manifest and possess him! This ritual was, clearly, most hazardous, as
his precautions indicate. Incredibly, Choronzon (in the form of
Crowley) was able, for a time, to escape the triangle; Choronzon
sprang within the circle (that part of the circumference of which that
was nearest to him he had been filling up with sand all this time), and
leaped upon the Scribe, throwing him to the earth. The conflict took
place within the circle. The Scribe called upon Tetragrammaton, and
succeeded in compelling Choronzon to return into his triangle. By dint
of anger and of threatening him with the Magick Staff did he
accomplish this. He then repaired the circle. The discomfited demon
now continued… 87
This ritual has led some commentators to conclude that Crowley failed
in his attempt to cross the Abyss and remained possessed by
Choronzon. In light of his later accomplishments this is an
87 Crowley, Liber 418, ibid.
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