QUOTE(F.R.E.E. 93 @ Oct 3 2007, 12:15 AM)
The Four Adorations are from Crowley's "Liber Resh vel Helios" The purpose Crowley states is that we stay mindful of the Great Work which we have undertaken to perform and that we may be strengthened in that pursuit. In other words so that we stay mindful of our intent to attain to the Great Work.
That is the main part of it. Crowley spoke at length about the adorations, the saying of will, as well as numerous other practices you can incorporate into your daily life to provide a constant background concentration toward the great work.
Another aspect of the adorations is a mild attunement toward the daily solar tides that are in part elemental. Air from sunrise to noon, fire from noon to sundown, water from sundown to around midnight, and finally earth from midnight to sunrise.