The Star Ruby (Liber XXV)

The Star Ruby is Crowley’s compact banishing ritual, often regarded as a Thelemic counterpart to the older Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram. Historically important as a concise and influential ritual text, it presents a structured ceremonial exercise intended to establish spiritual equilibrium, and readers will find the spoken formulae and symbolic gestures of the rite.

Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, and religious innovator who founded Thelema, a modern esoteric system centered on will, ritual, and spiritual liberation. His many books, including Liber AL vel Legis and Magick in Theory and Practice, made him one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century occult literature.