Pre-Crowley Solar Adorations?

[Haelos]

Everything I can find on this always seems to lead back to Aleister Crowley.

Is there absolutely any references dealing with solar adorations that came before Crowley wrote of the ritual in Liber Resh? Any variation I can find on them directly references Crowley in the writing.

I wrote my own, but I feel like they're sort of.. Lacking.
I don't really understand how Crowley comes to most of his conclusions, so really, I just refuse to use his work. It's just a mash up of the most random pieces of theory and practice. He has some good parts, for sure, but Liber Resh is not one of those parts.

Can anyone offer some assistance on this? It's obvious to assume that as far back as ancient Egypt, they were performing daily rituals to honor the sun. However, these modern takes (which are all variations on Liber Resh) are lacking even more so than my own rituals. I can't seem to find anything that deals in these types of practice.


I don't like being so insulting to a dead man, but the only thing Crowley ever did for anyone was to turn a few people into sheep-like followers. I've never seen anyone make it far following his line of thought.

[Hadit]

I just take a moment for a few deep breath and vibrate the name of the god who's turn in the cycle is. Khepri upon waking, Ra at noon, Atum in the evening, Set before bed.

[the_spiral]

Check out Akhenaten. Very little survived the destruction of his temples after he was declared a heretic, but you may find some clues for writing your own.

And Crowley has a lot of cool stuff but I agree with you that I don't find his legacy to be the most workable system.

[Haelos]

Thank you both for your posts.

I'll try out your method, Hadit.
However, wasn't Atum and Ra from two entirely different religious systems, before they eventually became the same entity? Or do I have something mixed up here? I just think it's a bit weird using both Ra and Atum's name, and in immediate succession to each other. Nothing against your method, or anything. It just hits my feels in an odd way.


@the_spiral; I'll look into this fellow. I've heard the name before, but never read anything about who he was.


I also don't mean to entirely dismiss Crowley.
He does indeed have some cool works, and he was revolutionary for being one of the first magicians to take knowledge from opposite ends of the globe and try and fit them together; the only problem is, he was trying to make something entirely new, rather than simply building off the shoulders of the giants before him. All of his pieces fit, just not how he wanted them to.
I've found a lot of stuff that I can use from his system, it just takes significant reworking for it to have any good effect (other than his yoga stuff).
He's also so over-sensationalized, I sometimes have to go out of my way to speak negatively about Crowley in public situations. As I tell everyone I have to deal with about this, "Bardon, every time, makes successful magicians. Crowley does not. If he did, then you'd be able to put me into my place with no issue."
I don't know. People take it as like an insult or something when the person who wrote the book they read gets insulted, as though it were directly to the person, and not the author. It makes little sense to me, but ah well. I've realized that I can't fight the Crowley weaboos, so I'll just have to influence them without them knowing.

[TheSeeker]

Check out Akhenaten. Very little survived the destruction of his temples after he was declared a heretic, but you may find some clues for writing your own.

Well, there is this...

And then this version, set to music by the incomparable Philip Glass...

[Hadit]

I'm pretty sure both Atum and Ra are at least mentioned in the pyramid texts. You're thinking of Amun, who rose to popularity in the new kingdom and became Amun-Ra.