Saluting the Sun

There are many interesting games & exercises in Aleister Crowley's Magick in Theory & Practice.
The one entitled Liber Resh vel Helios is deceptively simple looking.

Liber Resh vel Helios
sub figura CC

Publication in class D

0. These are the adorations to be performed by aspirants to the A.·. A.·.

1. Let him greet the Sun at dawn, facing East, giving the sign of his grade. And let him say in a loud voice:
   Hail unto Thee who art Ra in Thy rising, even unto Thee who art Ra in Thy strength, who travellest over the Heavens in Thy bark at the Uprising of the Sun.
   Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at the helm.
   Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Night!
2. Also at Noon, let him greet the Sun, facing South, giving the sign of his grade. And let him say in a loud voice:
   Hail unto Thee who art Ahathoor in Thy triumphing, even unto Thee who art Ahathoor in Thy beauty, who travellest over the heavens in thy bark at the Mid-course of the Sun.
   Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at the helm.
   Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Morning!
3. Also, at Sunset, let him greet the Sun, facing West, giving the sign of his grade. And let him say in a loud voice:
   Hail unto Thee who art Tum in Thy setting, even unto Thee who art Tum in Thy joy, who travellest over the Heavens in Thy bark at the Down-going of the Sun.
   Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at the helm.
   Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Day!
4. Lastly, at Midnight, let him greet the Sun, facing North, giving the sign of his grade, and let him say in a loud voice:
   Hail unto thee who art Khephra in Thy hiding, even unto Thee who art Khephra in Thy silence, who travellest over the heavens in Thy bark at the Midnight Hour of the Sun.
   Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at the helm.
   Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Evening.
5. And after each of these invocations thou shalt give the sign of silence, and afterward thou shalt perform the adoration that is taught thee by thy Superior. And then do thou compose Thyself to holy meditation.
6. Also it is better if in these adorations thou assume the God-form of Whom thou adorest, as if thou didst unite with Him in the adoration of That which is beyond Him.
7. Thus shalt thou ever be mindful of the Great Work which thou hast undertaken to perform, and thus shalt thou be strengthened to pursue it unto the attainment of the Stone of the Wise, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness.

I have been playing this game for over 40 years today, and I still find it difficult. If the weather is good, and the view is good, no problem, but on rainy days, or days confined to the middle of a city, with no skyline to speak of, it becomes much harder.

In the UK, the times of rising & setting can vary enormously, rising early and setting late at midsummer, and the reverse in winter.

I often allow a compromise, & just do the dawn salutation when I rise - but nothing beats the presence & view of the rising or setting sun.

After the Solar Adorations, I perform a Prayer for Success. This comes from the True Grimoire (Jake Stratton-Kent).
Astrachios, Asac, Acra Bedrimuliel, Silat, Arabonas, Irehalem, Ideodoc, Archarzel, Blautel, Baracata, Adonai, Elohim, Emagro, Abragateh, Samoel, Geburahel, Cadato, Era, Elohi, Achsah, Ebmisha, Imachadel, Daniel, Dama, Elamos, Izachel, Bael, Scirlin; Genium Domos.
Lord God who art seated above the heavens
And who regardest the abysses beneath
Grant unto me thy grace I beseech thee
So that what I conceive in my mind
I may accomplish in my work
Through thee, Oh God, the Sovereign Ruler of All
Who Liveth & Reigneth unto the ages of the ages. Amen.