BANISHING
The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
*The Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram
PURIFICATION
Purification formula from the Gnostic Mass.
Let the Salt of Earth admonish the Water to bear the virtue of the Great Sea.
Mother, be Thou adored.
I am uplifted in thine heart, and the kisses of the stars rain hard upon thy body.
Be thou pure of body and soul.
CONSECRATION
Consecration formula from the Gnostic Mass
May the fire and the air make sweet the world.
Father, be Thou adored.
For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.
Be thou fervent of body and soul.
INVOCATION
Swinburne’s Carol for August
Great August, lord of golden lands,
Whose lordly joy through seas and strands
And all the red-ripe heart of earth
Strikes passion deep as life, and stills
The folded vales and folding hills
With gladness too divine for mirth,
The gracious glories of thine eyes
Make night a noon where darkness dies.
…For there be times of darkness, and this as a lamp therein.
With the Wand createth He.
With the Cup preserveth He.
With the Dagger destroyeth He.
With the Coin redeemeth He.
His weapons fulfill the wheel; and on what Axle that turneth is not known unto Him.
FIRE (Wand; South)-- The fire cometh to thy Ka, O Osiris Khenti Amenti! The fire cometh to thy Ka, O Osiris Nu, whose word is truth. The ordering of the night cometh after the day. Behold it riseth in Abtu, and it cometh; I cause it to come, the eye of Hours. It is set in order upon thy brow…it is set in thy shrine…The Eye of Horus protecteth thee…and it keepeth thee in safety, and it casteth down headlong all thine enemies. The Eye of Horus cometh, it is sound and well, it sendeth forth light even as doth Ra in the horizon. It covereth the powers of Suti with darkness, it mastereth him, and it bringeth its flame against him by its own command. The eye of Horus is sound and well, thou eatest the flesh thereof, thy body possesseth it. Thou acclaimest it. The four fires enter into the Ka O Osiris Khenti Amenti, O Osiris Nu, the steward of the overseer of the seal, whose word is truth.
WATER (Cup; West)-- Drink the cup of heaven. Let grace roll down your head like water. Drink in earth; take in the things of the world. The barley grows straight in rows; the young shoots unfurl according to a higher purpose. Truth rides visibly through the world. Have you not seen it? The sun shimmers with the power of gold. We are breathless in golden air. Drink in the light and praise the cup of forever that spills out the threads of eternity.
AIR (Dagger; East)-- Horus speaks; I am the screech of the wind, the rush of falcon wings, talons sharp as knives. I come after you. I stand before you. I am with you always. I am the power that dispels darkness. Look upon the dark face of my father, Osiris. He is nothing. Embrace him. Even nothing cannot last. The seed laid into the void must grow. The candle’s only purpose is to shine in the darkness. Bread is meant to be ground to pulp in the teeth. The function of life is to have something to offer death. Ah, but the spirit lies always between, coming and going in and out of heaven, filling and leaving the houses of earth. A man forgets, but his heart remembers – the love and the terror, the weeping, the beating of wings.
EARTH (Coin; North)-- Sing then, rejoice and bind yourself to god’s will. See how the seed falls from the tree and is buried. Die at once and live again. You shall grow like that sycamore, rooted in matter, bound for boundless sky. You shall be blown by wind. You shall see the storm and sing its praises. You shall lie in the fields and kiss the earth. Raise your arms. You shall see the fury and power of god and change forever.
Lord visible and sensible of whom this earth is but a frozen spark turning about thee with annual and diurnal motion, source of light, source of life, let they perpetual radiance hearten us to continual labour and enjoyment; so that as we are constant partakers of thy bounty we may in our particular orbit give out light and life, sustenance and joy to them that revolve about us without diminution of substance or effulgence forever.
So mote it be.
COMMUNICATION
Accept, O LORD, this sacrifice of life and joy, true warrants of the Covenant of Resurrection. Let this offering be borne upon the waves of Aethyr to our Lord and Father the Sun that travelleth over the Heavens in his name ON.
In my mouth be the essence of the life of the Sun.
In my mouth be the essence of the joy of the Earth.
There is no part of me that is not of the gods.
BANISHING
The Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram
*The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
CLOSING
31 July ’99 e.v. 2:45 p.m.
Much preparation. D., unwanted guest trying to invite himself, ended up leaving the country for the weekend. Mercury is doing something already.
11:00 p.m.
Been consuming wine in moderation. Neighbors are loud downstairs. Keris took it upon herself to run around the altar saying “circle, circle, circle” before she went to bed.
11:30 p.m.
Finished. Butchered the quarters. T. was right and I “corrected” him. Had to carry paper around so as not to fuck up the hexagrams, and I had left the lighter in the kitchen. Lesson on preparation. Not enough charging of our sigils – something separate should have been incorporated. Invocation of Mercury for Thoth left Thoth to be desired.
2 August ’99 e.v. 8:40 p.m.
Sunk sigil in lake Sunday. D. was in Amsterdam getting busy with a hooker right about the time T. and I started the working. Walked through Reguli this a.m. AWFUL! Need to see somebody else do it. It’s like the piano – I can read music but I’d rather hear it and play it by ear. Hopefully D. has purged me from his system with the help of his whore. Ramifications at work already, but things aren’t taking the form I’d expected (wanted). T. doesn’t want to compare notes yet.