Gordon White’s Headless Rite

Preparation: Headless Rite

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.

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.