Building on Magick Part 2

and High Magick is???

Your Magick is no match for my rifle, but I will take any edge I can get...

High Magick is very similar to primitive magick in the regards to overall purpose. The only real difference is the amount of elements used to perform the art. Most Magickal systems have developed from a primitive system...as is the case we see emerging recently with the Druidic system. As new rituals, elements, energies, and knowledge is learned the act of balancing them out. The High Magickian should know the meaning of every word he utters, both the hidden meaning and the conventional meaning of every symbol he uses, the channeling abilities of each of his tools, and the effect of every one of his actions.

This is all leading to a very important ritual and one that the Magickian will do every day, if not several times a day. It is called The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram or LBRP for short.

It is very basic in that it is the building block for much of what we will be going into on these threads.

>>>Your Magick is no match for my rifle, but I will take any edge I can get...<<<

You may think so but then you´ve never matched one against a high-ranking magus or wizard, either.

so are you talking about Golden Dawn?

or is that ritual basic for whatever magick is being used..?

It´s basic for any system you choose. The Golden Dawn actually borrowed quite a bit from other systems. Enochian and Kaballah were heavily taken from for the Golden Dawn.

ok..

The LBRP serves three purposes. The most important and most ethereal is to Know Yourself. You will learn if you have the strength of will to doing a ritual like this on a daily basis. It will cause you to feel different about yourself, others and the world around you. You will be affected in may positive yet subtle ways.

It will expand your aura. Others will respect you more and come to you for comfort. People will begin asking you what you´ve changed about yourself even if you have changed nothing. People can pick up on the aura but don´t realize it is the aura so they attribute the changes to something more familiar like hair, weight, or clothing.

This ritual will also remove unwanted influences from your immediate area. This includes both physical and non-physical influences including astral and elemental forces. It is also one of the greatest defenses against psychic attack and unwanted RVs. The more you practice the LBRP the more safe, secure and peaceful you will become.

*You may think so but then you´ve never matched one against a high-ranking magus or wizard, either.*

Normally I would laugh, but as I said, I will take any edge I can get.

I would RATHER have my AR-15 w/100 round beta-C, holosight, etc AND a spiritual edge.

I´m quite sure that the ´magus´ or ´wizard´ would have a rough time with me and my toy. The opposite MAY be true, but I KNOW that anyone walking up unarmed (wizard or not) against a little setup like that is in trouble.

13012, you sound as if you expect trouble from outside sources..

13012, guns aside, the magus or wizard would never physically walk into a situation like that anyway. You wouldn´t like what was sent to sit on your dresser and watch over you in the wee hours of the night, but bullets wouldn´t hurt an ethereal being anyway.

so Angel, what type magick have you practiced or have you?

13012 you sound paraniod,you should not stop taking your prozac like that

LOL Hiya Madman...


but this is the place for paranoias...look around dear...

Mainly Enochian, Kabbalah, Wiccan, Celtic and have dabbled with Thelema and I´m learning Druidic right now.

There are similarities between all of them and really not much difference other than the approach and ways of collecting and distributing energies.

after reading a bit about most of them I´ve noticed they all seem the same...the procedures may vary..

as all people who practice add their own special talents to the mix..

there is no one set way to do something..it varies from person to person depending on what the special skills of that person may be..

Exactly, flame. Much like religion. Spiritual development can be attained by a Buddhist, Wiccan or Taoist the same as it can for a Christian, Jew or Muslim.

What is your ultimate purpose in learning and using these skills?

right now the most fascinating part of what I´ve been reading is the use of herbs in magic and healing..

there´s a great dael of info to learn tho..

>>>What is your ultimate purpose in learning and using these skills?<<<

Basic skills should be learned by everybody. More advanced skills I will not post about here. My purpose is my own as it should be.

Attitude plays alot into magick. The computer term GIGO (Garbage In Garbage Out) also applies here. You will get out of this ritual exactly what you put into it. Go into this ritual angry and you will come out feeling angrier. Doing the Relaxation Ritual from the previous thread before doing the LBRP will aid you in doing this with the right attitude.

You need to be very positive. Know that when you call on the archangels they will be there. Know that the pentagrams you visualize are really there. Know that you are doing the very best that you can.

Do not lust for results. Focus on the ritual and not on what you expect to happen. Complete concentration is the key to success. Concentrating on something else only serves to divide your energies and will decrease any rituals effectiveness.

When you perform the rituals you need to be aware that you are no longer in a physical place you are in the "temple of the gods" in the presence of divinity. Wherever you are becomes a holy place and you should treat it as such.

Also remember that if you are first starting that you are a novice and should be modest. Especially in the presence of divine energies.

You can use several physical items in the ritual but the only one that is required is a place where you can be alone and undisturbed. It is also tradition to have an altar.

I feel it is important for each to consider why they would learn this. Is it to help and to heal, to harm and control, to serve God or to serve self? Is it to acquire more knowledge and if so what use will the knowledge serve?

Yes. It is important for everybody to consider their motives before delving into magick. Selfish desires and malicious intent have the tendency of backfiring on practioners and one most certainly should give credit for their Work to the Divine for while it is OUR Will it is the Divine´s Will that determines whether we meet with success or not.

...give us an hour for magic....

Fascinating!

Thanks!

Concerning altars:

An altar can be a small table covered with a black cloth or the traditional "double cube", 36" high x 18" wide x 18" deep. This design also represents the earth plane because the number of external sides equals 10, the number of the Earth.

My altar, at least the one I used before my fiancee and her son moved in with me, was the double cube design with an added twist. I took two metal boxes and covered them with wood, then covered the wood with sheet metal and the sheet metal with a black plastic finally adorning it with black felt. It works as an orgone generator.

Candles are much better to use than electric light. At this time you should use white candles as they represent purity (white) of the spiritual energy (fire). Incense is also an added "fringe" if you feel so inclined, simply find a scent that you enjoy and find relaxing and use it.

There are also four tools or weapons used by magicians. These tools are the wand, the cup, the dagger and the pentacle. If you don´t have the time to construct these at this time do not worry. You can use a paper cup to represent Water, salt instead of a pentacle to represent Earth, a match instead of a wand to represent Fire and a feather instead of a dagger to represent Air.

This is important. If you are going to use a symbol for an element on your altar you should use all of them or none of them. If you do use the weapons then the Air symbol should be on the Eastern part of the altar, Fire on the South, Water to the West and Earth crowning the North. You should wrap your tools (weapons) in a piece of silk or cotton when you are not using them. Wand in red, cup in blue, dagger in yellow and pentacle in black. Most sleight of hand magic type shops have colored silk handkerchiefs you can buy them in the respective colors but they are kind of expensive. You can just as easily and a lot more cheaply go to a fabric store and purchase scrape material for a fraction of the cost.

Some magicians also use a bell to mark the beginning and ending of their rituals and to mark off various sections in the more complex rituals.

You also need the right clothing. Some magicks use nudity but High Magick has always used special clothes. The traditional garment is called a Tau Robe because when you hold your arms to the side it looks like the Greek letter Tau. The purpose of the robe is to show that you are about to do something very special and spiritual. If you do not have the means or access to material to make your robe simply go through the closet and find some clothes you haven´t worn in a long time or buy some new clothes. Wash them thoroughly and only where them when doing your Work...never for any other reason thus making them magickal as when you wear them you know that you are about to do something Divine.

are you a solitary practioner angel?

Yes, I am Flame. For the most part. Some rituals need more than one for and when I do those I cautiously seek the aid of others.

but it is possible to never have to deal with others when you´re practicing..

just thinking about the anti-social amoung us..

:)