From the recording Crowley's Veil: Shadows of the Magus
“Boleskine House and the Shadow of Abramelin” centres on Crowley’s unfinished attempt at the Abramelin operation after purchasing Boleskine in 1899 as a secluded magical retreat. Its primary aim was Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, followed by authority over subordinate spirits. The piece incorporates a performance of the Invocation of the Bornless One by the Illuminates of Thanateros, connecting Crowley’s work with its later reception in chaos magic. Dark, suspended textures evoke the discipline, isolation, and incompletion of the operation, while its “shadow” refers to later legends that unbanished spirits remained at Boleskine—folklore rather than verifiable history.
Lyrics
"Thee I invoke, the Headless One.
Thou that didst create the earth and the heavens.
Thou that didst create the night and the day.
Thou that didst create the darkness and the light.
Thou art Osorronophris, whom no one hath seen at any time.
Thou art Jabas; thou art Japos.
Thou hast distinguished between the just and the unjust.
Thou didst make the female and the male.
Thou didst produce the seed and the fruit.
Thou didst form human beings, to love one another and to hate one another.
Hear thou me, for I am thy prophet -----, to whom thou hast committed thy mysteries, the ceremonies of Chaos.
Thou hast produced the moist and the dry, and all that which nourisheth created life.
Hear me, for I am the Angel of Paphro Osorronophris: this is thy true name, handed down by the prophets of Khem.
Hear me: Ar, Thiao, Rheibet, Atheleberseth, A, Blatha, Abeu, Ebeu, Phi, Thitasoe, Ib, Thiao.
Hear me and make all spirits subject unto me: so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether; upon the Earth and under the Earth; on dry land or in the water; of whirling air or of rushing fire; and every spell and scourge of God shall be obedient unto me.
I invoke thee, the terrible and invisible deity who dwellest in the void place of the spirit: Arogogorobrao, Sothou, Modorio, Phalarthao, Ooo, Ape, The Headless One.
Hear me and make all spirits subject unto me …
Hear me: Roubriao, Mariodam, Balbnabaoth, Assalonai, Aphniao, I, Thoteth, Abrasax, Aeoou, Ischure, Mighty and Headless One.
Hear me and make all spirits subject unto me …
I invoke thee: Ma, Barraio, Ioel, Kotha, Athorebalo, Abraoth.
Hear me and make all spirits subject unto me …
Hear me: Aoth, Abaoth, Basum, Isak, Sabaoth, IAO.
This is the leader of the gods.
This is the leader of the universe.
This is the one whom the winds fear.
This is the one who, having made voice by commandment, is sovereign over all things - monarch, ruler and helper.
Hear me and make all spirits subject unto me …
Hear me: Iou, Pyr, Ieou, Pyr, Iaot, Iaeo, Ioou, Abrasax, Sabriam, Oo, Yu, Eu, Oo, Yu, Adonaie, Ede, Edu, Angelos Ton Theon, Anlala Lai, Gaia, Apa, Diachanna Chorun.
I am that, the headless spirit! Having sight in the feet -- strong, and the immortal fire!
I am that, the truth!
I am that, who hates that evil should be wrought in the world.
I am that who lighteneth and thundereth.
I am that from whom is the shower of the life on Earth.
I am that whose mouth ever flameth.
I am that, the begetter and manifester unto the light.
I am that, the grace of the world.
“The Heart Girt with a Serpent” is my name.
So come thou forth and follow me, and make all spirits subject unto me, so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether, upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in the water, of whirling air and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of God shall be obedient unto me.
IAO. Sabao.
Such are the words."