Other GD-style Elemental Invocations

NOTE: Names given in all caps should be vibrated.

Invocation of The Element of Air

(Also an opening of the temple in the 2=9 grade)

Temple Setup:

-       Altar: 4 elemental weapons, Dagger, Wand, Tablet of Union

-       The enochian tablet of Air in the east.

-       Table with candles to the west (for skrying)

Ritual:

1. Perform the LBRP and LBRH

2. Take up the air dagger, proceed to the east.

3. Draw the invoking active spirit pentagram, vibrating EXARP. Draw the sigil of spirit within and vibrate AHIH.

4. Give L.V.X. Signs.

5. Draw the invoking pentagram of air, vibrating ORO IBAH AOZPI. Draw the Aquarius sigil within and vibrate YHVH.

6. Give the Theoricus grade sign. Proclaim: “By the three secret, holy names of god, I invoke ye, ye angels of the tablet of air!”

7. Repeat 3-6 at each quadrangle moving clockwise.

9. Proceed west of the altar facing east. Give the Theoricus sign and proclaim: SHADDAI EL CHAI! Almighty and ever lasting, ever living be thy name, ever magnified in the life of all! Amen.

10. Place the Dagger back on the altar. Recite:

            In the name of the lord of the universe, SHADDAI EL CHAI!

            And in the name of the Archangel RAPHAEL!

            And by the grace of the Angel CHASSAN!

            And by the power of the Ruler of Air ARIEL!

            Spirits of Air, adore your creator!

            I hereby invoke the forces of RUACH!

11. Recite the 3^rd Enochian Key.

12. Proclaim: “I invoke ye, ye Angels of the celestial spheres, whose dwelling is in the invisible. Ye are the guardians of the gates of the Universe, be ye also the guardians of this mystic sphere. Keep far removed the evil and the unbalanced. Strengthen and inspire me so that I may preserve unsullied this abode of the mysteries of the eternal Gods. Let my sphere be pure and holy so that I may enter in and become a partaker of the secrets of the Light Divine.”

13. Proceed to the northeast. Proclaim: “The visible Sun is the dispenser of light to the earth. Let me therefore form a vortex in this chamber that the invisible sun of spirit may shine herein from above.”

14. Circumambulate as in Opening by the Watchtower.

15. Perform the adoration of the lord of the universe.

16. State intention of ceremony. Do intended work.

To close:

Trace the banishing Pentagrams of Air Vibrating appropriate names in each quarter. Perform the closing by the watchtower.

Invocation of The Element of Water

(Also an opening of the temple in the 3=8 grade)

Temple Setup:

-       Altar: 4 elemental weapons, Dagger, Wand, Tablet of Union

-       The enochian tablet of Water in the west.

-       Table with candles to the north (for skrying)

Ritual:

1. Perform the LBRP and LBRH

2. Take up the water cup, proceed to the east.

3. Draw the invoking active spirit pentagram, vibrating HCOMA. Draw the sigil of spirit within and vibrate AGLA.

4. Give L.V.X. Signs.

5. Draw the invoking pentagram of water, vibrating MPH ARSL GAIOL. Draw the Eagle sigil within and vibrate EL.

6. Give the Practicus grade sign. Proclaim: “By the three secret, holy names of god, I invoke ye, ye angels of the tablet of water!”

7. Repeat 3-6 at each quadrangle moving clockwise.

9. Proceed west of the altar facing east. Give the Practicus sign and proclaim: ELOHIM TZABAOTH! Elohim of hosts! Glory be to the Ruach Elohim, who moved upon the face of the waters of creation! Amen.

10. Place the Cup back on the altar. Recite:

            In the name of the lord of the universe ELOHIM TZABAOTH!

            And in the name of the Archangel GABRIEL!

            And by the grace of the Angel TALIAHAD!

            And by the power of the Ruler of Water, THARSIS!

            Spirits of water, Adore your creator!

            I hereby invoke the forces of MAYIM!

11. Recite the 4^th Enochian Key.

12. Proclaim: “I invoke ye, ye Angels of the celestial spheres, whose dwelling is in the invisible. Ye are the guardians of the gates of the Universe, be ye also the guardians of this mystic sphere. Keep far removed the evil and the unbalanced. Strengthen and inspire me so that I may preserve unsullied this abode of the mysteries of the eternal Gods. Let my sphere be pure and holy so that I may enter in and become a partaker of the secrets of the Light Divine.”

13. Proceed to the northeast. Proclaim: “The visible Sun is the dispenser of light to the earth. Let me therefore form a vortex in this chamber that the invisible sun of spirit may shine herein from above.

14. Circumambulate as in Opening by the Watchtower.

15. Perform the adoration of the lord of the universe.

16. State intention of ceremony. Do intended work.

To close:

Trace the banishing Pentagrams of Water, vibrating appropriate names. Perform the closing by the watchtower.

Invocation of The Element of Fire

(Also an opening of the temple in the 4=7 grade)

Temple Setup:

-       Altar: 4 elemental weapons, Dagger, Wand, Tablet of Union

-       The enochian tablet of Fire in the south.

-       Table with candles to the east (for skrying)

Ritual:

1. Perform the LBRP and LBRH

2. Take up the fire wand, proceed to the east.

3. Draw the invoking active spirit pentagram, vibrating BITOM. Draw the sigil of spirit within and vibrate AHIH.

4. Give L.V.X. Signs.

5. Draw the invoking pentagram of fire, vibrating OIP TEAA PDOCE. Draw the Leo sigil within and vibrate ELOHIM.

6. Give the Philosophus grade sign. Proclaim: “By the three secret, holy names of god, I invoke ye, ye angels of the tablet of fire!”

7. Repeat 3-6 at each quadrangle moving clockwise.

9. Proceed west of the altar facing east. Give the Philosophus sign and proclaim: YHVH TZABAOTH! Blessed be thou! Leader of Armies is Thy name! Amen!

10. Place the Wand back on the altar. Recite:

            In the name of the lord of the universe YHVH TZABAOTH!

            And in the name of the Archangel MICHAEL!

            And by the grace of the Angel ARAL!

            And by the power of the Ruler of fire, SERAPH!

            Spirits of fire, Adore your creator!

            I hereby invoke the forces of AESCH!

11. Recite the 6^th Enochian Key.

12. Proclaim: “I invoke ye, ye Angels of the celestial spheres, whose dwelling is in the invisible. Ye are the guardians of the gates of the Universe, be ye also the guardians of this mystic sphere. Keep far removed the evil and the unbalanced. Strengthen and inspire me so that I may preserve unsullied this abode of the mysteries of the eternal Gods. Let my sphere be pure and holy so that I may enter in and become a partaker of the secrets of the Light Divine.”

13. Proceed to the northeast. Proclaim: “The visible Sun is the dispenser of light to the earth. Let me therefore form a vortex in this chamber that the invisible sun of spirit may shine herein from above.

14. Circumambulate as in Opening by the Watchtower.

15. Perform the adoration of the lord of the universe.

16. State intention of ceremony. Do intended work.

To close:

Trace the banishing Pentagrams of Fire, vibrating appropriate names. Perform the closing by the watchtower.

Earth Elemental Invocation for Scrying

Even though I don't use hardcore Golden Dawn methods as frequently anymore as I used to, I thought I'd post a ritual invocation of earth that was extremely helpful in opening up the earth plane several years ago. I have found that scrying is an incredibly powerful magical tool, and this ritual (as well as the other elements) were helpful to me to learn to scry, as well as directly meet the earth elementals (gnomes) and various angels that rule over earth. It is loosely based on the Opening by the Watchtower ceremony and the Supreme Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram from David Griffin's Ritual Magic Manual. I also took some inspiration from the prayers in the elemental invocations found in Lyam Thomas Christopher's Kabbalah, Magic, and the Great Work of Self-Transformation.

Invocation of The Element of Earth

(Also an opening of the temple in the 1=10 grade)

Temple Setup:

-       Altar: 4 elemental weapons, Dagger, Wand, Tablet of Union.

-   You also need a notepad in your temple to write down your experience.

-       The Enochian tablet of earth in the north.

-       Table with candles to the south (for scrying)

Ritual:

1. Perform the LBRP and LBRH

2. Take up the earth pentacle, proceed to the east.

3. Draw the invoking passive spirit pentagram, vibrating NANTA. Draw the sigil of spirit within and vibrate AGLA.

4. Give L.V.X. Signs.

5. Draw the invoking pentagram of earth, vibrating MOR DIAL HECTEGA. Draw the Taurus sigil within and vibrate ADONAI.

6. Give the Zelator grade sign. Proclaim: “By the three secret, holy names of god, I invoke ye, ye angels of the tablet of earth!”

7. Repeat 3-6 at each quadrangle moving clockwise.

9. Proceed west of the altar facing east. Give the Zelator sign and proclaim: ADNI HA ARETZ. ADNI MELEKH. Unto thee be the kingdom and the power and the glory, the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley! Amen.”

10. Place the pentacle back on the altar. Recite:

            In the name of the lord of the universe ADNI HA ARETZ, ADNI MELEKH

            And in the name of the Archangel AURIEL

            And by the grace of the Angel PHORLAKH

            And by the power of the Ruler of Earth, KERUB

            Spirits of Earth, adore your creator!

            I hereby invoke the forces of ARETZ!

11. Recite the 5^th Enochian Key.

12. Proclaim: “I invoke ye, ye Angels of the celestial spheres, whose dwelling is in the invisible. Ye are the guardians of the gates of the Universe, be ye also the guardians of this mystic sphere. Keep far removed the evil and the unbalanced. Strengthen and inspire me so that I may preserve unsullied this abode of the mysteries of the eternal Gods. Let my sphere be pure and holy so that I may enter in and become a partaker of the secrets of the Light Divine.”

13. Proceed to the northeast. Proclaim: “The visible Sun is the dispenser of light to the earth. Let me therefore form a vortex in this chamber that the invisible sun of spirit may shine herein from above.

14. Circumambulate as in Opening by the Watchtower, but instead of a white vortex, imagine a vortex of green and black (colors of earth).

15. Perform the adoration of the lord of the universe.

(Sign of the Enterer) "Holy Art Thou, O Lord of the Universe"

(Enterer) "Holy Art Thou, Whom Nature Hath Not Formed"

(Enterer) "Holy Art Thou, The Vast and Mighty One!

"Lord of the Light, and Of the Darkness" (Sign of Silence on "Darkness")

16. State intention of ceremony: "It is my will to scry the plane of earth and commune with the beings who dwell there."

To scry - simply face south (the astrological direction of earth). There should be a table with candles there. An optional mirror can be there if you want to scry with a mirror. When I did this experiment, I simply did eyelid scrying. How did I do it? I closed my eyes, performed the Middle Pillar Ritual to enter deeper into a trance. I then kept my eyes closed and vibrated the names of the hierarchy of earth, which can be found on the Golden Dawn design for the Earth Pentacle (ADNI HA ARETZ, AURIEL, PHORLAKH, KERUBIM, ARETZ). I then simply let the images come. The key is to not force it. Even if you can't "see" anything in your minds eye, KNOW it is there. Eventually something will come - and faster than you think if you are willing to let go and go for the ride. Remember, you won't see this stuff with your naked eye. It will be in your minds eye - as if you are imagining a landscape you want to paint, only it will come naturally without you forcing it. And this cannot be emphasized enough: DON'T FORCE IT! Forcing visions is little more than ego gratification. If nothing happens, or you haven't entered a good altered state (I personally like E.A. Koetting's description of the "theta-gamma sync"), simply close the temple and try the ritual at a later time when you are more relaxed. 

When scrying, I learned some tricks from other practitioners that can be helpful. First, any entity that is encountered should be tested with grade signs. I find the sign of the enterer and the LVX signs to be very useful. Simply imagine your astral body giving the signs. If the entity cannot return the sign of the enterer, dismiss it immediately. If it cannot return LVX, that's fine - but it's a good clue that you are dealing with a "lower" spirit, such as an elemental or sub-lunar daemon. These entities serve as great tour guides through the planes. When you meet an entity that does pass the LVX sign, you can go through vibrating the heirarchies. Very often it will react when it's true name is spoken. For example, if an entity reacts at PHORLAKH, you can keep vibrating PHORLAKH, and the entity may become easier to see and communicate with.

Some other tricks I learned include self protection. For many cases, if an entity cannot return the sign of the enterer, it will go away on its own. If this doesn't happen, there are steps to take to banish the image or transmute it into something workable. Hebrew letters are great for this. If an image is particularly seductive or distracting, you can project the Hebrew letter Daleth (Venus/The Empress) in brilliant white or green (color of Netzach) flame at the image, which should either banish it or change it's form (I've noticed that sometimes the archangels like to test you with these things too). If an image is aggressive or disturbing, or posing as an obstacle, project the Hebrew letter Peh (Mars/The Tower) at the image in brilliant white or red (color of Geburah) flame. This should dissolve the image. If the methods above fail, or make the image/entity increasingly frightening or aggressive, project the banishing pentagram of earth (always earth, regardless of the elemental plane) in bright blue flame at it. This should not be the first tactic used. If things really go awry, you can always borrow authority. Even though I'm no longer Christian, I find a good old-fashioned exorcism in the name of Yeheshua-Yehowashah works wonders.

When you are at a point where you want to stop, or the entities tell you it's time to leave (remember, this isn't an evocation, you are looking in on THEIR territory), record your results in a notepad that you should have handy and close the temple.

To close:

Trace the banishing pentagrams of earth in each quarter, vibrating the appropriate divine names. Perform the closing by the watchtower + LBRP

In the next blog, I'll post the basic formula for the other elements, as well as the directions you need to face to scry.

It's been a while.

It's been a long time since I have posted on here, and now is as good a time as any to revive the blog. As you may have noticed, the last blog entry involved some serious self analysis, and there was a somewhat pessimistic tone. As that was three years ago - one might be able to gather that I am no longer in that state. In retrospect - I view the ego inflation, bitterness, and harsh attitude to be a necessary step in the right direction.

The past two years have been a busy one, and many things have changed in my personal life. I am now married and have made excellent progress in my career (albeit with a bit of an alchemical calcination occurring a little over a year ago). With regards to occult work, in a recent move we lost a few boxes (we suspect the moving company stole them), one of which contained many of my implements. All that remained was my painted adeptus wand (made after Lyam Thomas Christopher's Kabbalah, Magic and the Great Work of Self Transformation) and some banishing daggers. In my view, this gives me a chance to start over on many of my implements and ritual furniture, as well as reflect on which I would prefer to keep using. (EDIT - I'm not keeping the GD elemental stuff - since I no longer feel much affinity to the GD system).

I have already obtained a beautiful black wooden table to serve as a basic altar. I plan on painting an enochian holy table on a cedar board which is sized to match the table. I've also remade my Enochian tablets, which I now have attached to the walls in my study. Additionally, I am creating a sigillum dei ameth on a wooden disk. Originally these implements were both made on paper, and while I got good results with them, I think it is an excellent time for an upgrade. If you haven't used the heptarchic tools and furniture in enochian magic, I highly recommend trying it out. While I had a decent amount of success with the Golden Dawn system, by including the Heptarchia Mystica and using a ritual opening in accordance with Lon Milo DuQuette's Enochian Vision Magick, I feel like I have created a sort of "lightning rod" for the system. The visions became much clearer, and my skrying skills improved immensely. I suspect that some of this has to do with programming ones mind the same way that Dee and Kelley were prepared when they developed the system.

Additionally - once I have done some more enochian work, I have found another program which has caught my interest. Specifically the Trithemius "Drawing Spirits into Crystal" grimoire, as explained by Frater Ashen Chassan in his new book Gateways Through Stone and Circle from Nephilim Press. He gives very clear instructions on how to build the implements required to do the operation of invoking the kabbalistic archangels into crystal. It also seems like a good grimoire to attempt to follow the instructions faithfully, as it doesn't require a lion skin belt, or any similar implements which I might find morally objectionable.

So I have my work cut out for me. It's an exciting time to be a magician.

Adeptus Minor and Ego Inflation

So around Halloween I finally finished the Portal Grade, and my magical career has been a bit of a bumpy road since then.

I've done a lot of work with skrying, including:

1. Skrying kabbalisic elemental planes.
2. Enochian Aethyrs
3. General black mirror experiments.

I've also done some experiments with evocations and talismans and have gotten pretty decent results on both fronts.

The downside to all of this, unfortunately, is that I seemed to lose most of the balance that I had obtained in the portal grade. I began obsessing over Nietzschian "Ubermensch" ideals, thinking that I was some sort of God among men. This led to bitterness, more harshly conservative political views than I've ever held, and an overall lack of material grounding. Eventually, I even got burned out of doing the basic rituals.

So the past few weeks, I've been doing some Liber MMM motionlessness and focusing on breath exercises, and I think it has supplied a good amount of grounding that I have lost. I've come to realize that I was lusting too much for results, and not just trying to have a symbiotic relationship with the symbol systems and metaphysical world which I'm immersed in.

So now, I think I'm ready to dive back in. I have a few main goals as of now.

1) Continued exploration of the Enochian System using the DuQuette technique (I think I'm going to ditch a lot of the GD methods for good).
2) Learn the Runic system. I wish to get more in touch with the pagan side of my heritage, and I think this basic reboot is a good place to start.
3) Continue to build concentration - I'll continue doing Liber MMM exercises on days when I'm not doing evocations.

Things are looking a lot better than they ever have before...

TEX - The Church of The Collective Unconscious and Tearing Down Walls

So I began my aethyric work. The vision was different from my elemental/kabbalistic skrying experiments. The entities in them felt more "real," though the visions weren't quite as vivid on a visual scale. I also had a hard time picking up the voices so far. Things seemed to come much more as thoughts and impressions than as images. I also felt like I was deeper in trance than I've been in a long time. Anyways, without further ado, here is my experience with TEX, the 30th Aethyr:

I vibrated the names of the aethyr. Suddenly I saw a strange spiral. I followed my vision down the spiral and saw four giant robed beings towering over me. All were very thin and slender. They spoke and welcomed me. Their voice sounded like the Borg on Star Trek. The one directly in front was TAOAGLA. To my right was ADVORPT. To my left was GEMNIMB. Behind me was DOZINAL. I was welcomed and told I’d be allowed to proceed. They said something about me being “The First.“ They said to go through a small door between TAOAGLA and ADVORPT. I went through it, and there was a sun like color. Suddenly I went through another door, and another, and another.
Eventually, I was thrust into a great vast field filled with children playing. There was a tree before me. It looked like an apple tree. Suddenly I had images of it burning, then of rushing water, back to the field. I asked how I could better see. They said to open my eyes. I did as they said and gazed into the mirror. As my vision began to swirl, I felt a voice telling me to look beyond the mirror. I closed my eyes and returned to the same spot.
TAOAGLA was standing before me, this time closer to my height. I got voices saying that these children represented the innocence I had neglected through cynicism. I rushed down a river and into a church. I asked what this place was. TAOAGLA almost sarcastically replied “A Church.” I asked who’s church.
“Your church.”
“Mine?”
“Everybody’s.”
“You said something about me being the first.”
He said something somewhat incomprehensible about me being the first from my position in some sort of vast continuum. I’m not entirely sure. Perhaps he was referring to the fact that I am multiple entities? I asked what else I could learn. All the sudden I got images of walls I have put up. How my very conception of reality were walls. I got a song stuck in my head with a choir of children singing, “Tear it down! Tear it down!”
I opened my eyes, and closed them again, to see what was in the room. All four governors were in the “Astral” equivalent of the room. They informed me that even if I banished they would not be gone. I asked what the point in banishing was. They said “there are others who come.” Quite creepy. I asked how I could take what I learned back to my world. I had thoughts in my mind about retaining childhood imagination and heard the “tear it down” song running through my head.

Enochian - The Start of a New Adventure

So far my experiments with using aspects of enochian magic have been fascinating. About a month ago, I finished doing a set of skrying experiments where I used enochian to augment golden dawn elemental invocations, and then sat down and skryed. I got astounding results, far better than I ever did when I attempted working with the tattwas.

I've also had some interesting experiences when evoking entities off the tablets, both working solo, and working with a designated seer.

So now that I've dipped my toes in the water, I think its about time to dive into the system full force. I plan on starting with the Aethyrs, using the methods outlined in DuQuette's "Enochian Vision Magick." I'll probably use this blog as a way to outline insights I receive (omitting personal information of course).