Question on invoking planets
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@Jim Eshelman said
" OK, you need to learn the basics of using the Pentagram and Hexagram Rituals! Sorry, that isn't meant as a put-down, but you really need some basics. - Do this: Name one Path or Sephirah where you want to know how to invoke its essential force. I'll try to go over the simple steps of that part of the ritual (ignoring the design preliminaries, the psychological and other self-prep, the initial preparation of the place and invocation of raw force, etc. - just focussing on how to invoke that one Path or sephirah)."
Here is the task I have in mind. I have just started steps to take legal action regarding criminal actions carried out against me 2 years ago (breach of personal data, damage to reputation, breach of human rights). Somehow this task seems appropriate since part of the damage to my professional reputation pertained to my interest in Crowley. I know the national and EU laws are on my side, but I've never done this before and it may be difficult to prove the crime. That noted, I would like to transform my ordeals of the last 2 years into a legal victory with a financial settlement - i.e. change my fortune. The question lies in whether the national authorities will choose to uphold the rule of law and EU directives in investigating this matter. Or choose the path of corruption and cronyism that plagues so many post-communist countries.
Given the above objective and odds stacked against the aim, the working should presumably involve the path between Chesed/Mercy/Jupiter to Netzach/Victory/Venus - i.e. path 20/Kaph/Fortune. So how does one invoke the essential force of path 20 to maximum effect? Would invoking this path assist in the aforementioned matter or is the force unpredictable and capable of going another way? How to secure the invoked energies of path 20 to the above aim?
@Jim Eshelman said
" Don't you think that, perhaps, you should become an adept first?
"I was not referring to myself as an adept but, yes, I see your point between adepthood and knowing how to work the Tree. My geographical location currently limits applying to an A.A. lineage.
@Jim Eshelman said
" The former is certainly possible. "
It would be useful to know the principles of how one achieves that - creating an effect in another specific geographical location (e.g. workwise) that allows one to move there.
@Jim Eshelman said
" Ah, here's an important and common misunderstanding: Don't do it that way. Every part of the Tree exists in all Four Worlds. Things become WAY easier when you get that understanding solidly in place! That's why I'm differentiating so between Malkuth and Assiah. You can work Malkuth primarily in Briah (if you're open to Briah), and you can take a Geburan force and bring it all the way through to Geburah in Assiah."
I have questions regarding the above, but I will ask them later in the Four Worlds thread in the Qabbalah section.
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@he atlas itch said
"So how does one invoke the essential force of path 20 to maximum effect?"
I'm isolating the one thing I said I'd take time to work out here for you. For the rest... you're really asking to be taught the proper method to approach pheomenological ceremonial magick from the ground up. That's far beyond a forum such as this.
So I'll limit myself to the question: How does one invoke the 21st Path [that's what you meant] of Kaph to the plane of Assiah.
There are many other stages (before and after) for the overall working (in terms of preparatin and other preliminaries, and also with the formulation of a valid magical link and its deployment); but here is a way to perform the specific step of invoking this force (in the context of the rest of this thread thus far): Perform the greater invoking hexagram ritual of Jupiter, employing at each quarter the Divine Name El, the Archangel Tzadkiel, and A.R.A.R.I.T.A. Then, form the fifth invoking Jupiter hexagram (all traced in yellow light on a violet background), use El and Tzadkiel as before, but also the Angel of Jupiter, Sakhiel, and the Assiah name Tzedeq. (You probably don't need to follow the Angel's name with those of the Intelligence and Spirit of Jupiter unless you have a special purpose for that. Under some circumstances you might, for this type of operation, descend all the way into the Q'lippothic realms, but I would strongly discourage it at your present level of skill and experience.)
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@Jim Eshelman said
" The former is certainly possible. "It would be useful to know the principles of how one achieves that - creating an effect in another specific geographical location (e.g. workwise) that allows one to move there."
The proper object of this operation is yourself. There being work in the other location is simply a means to an end. The end itself involves yourself, which you have already at hand.
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@Jim Eshelman said
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@student2012 said
"Regarding NOX, since Liber O is incomplete as you mentioned, I have been putting together bits I can find that seem to work. This is where I got the formula that includes the NOX (using Mars as an example but they are all the same except for the hexagrams):"OK, so you're using a substantially different ritual. I won't comment one way or the other, besides saying that it helps communication if we both are talking about the same thing
- and to say that this is not the ritual being taught in Liber O (in case that matters to you)."I thought it was based on Liber O, just filling in some missing bits. It does matter to me as Liber O is a fundamental base. Now that I know, I will track back through Liber O and the G.D. doorstop edition to see whats different.
BTW vibrating ARARITA after tracing the hexagrams does give it an extra 'pop'...nice tip.
"damage to my professional reputation pertained to my interest in Crowley."
Man thats weak...sorry to hear about it and sorry to hear these things still go on. However around here there are stories of people throwing holy water at shopkeeps that sell Tarot cards
I guess a few hundred years ago when they were burning witches might as well be yesterday. If you use some baneful magick or curse, you might just give them even more ammo to make their case. Good luck and be careful."It was a Kether ritual to draw it straight from the source, but the 'grounding' in this case was the manifestation of the entire Lightning Flash through a rhythmic, mantra-type invocation."
That sounds wild!
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@student2012 said
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"It was a Kether ritual to draw it straight from the source, but the 'grounding' in this case was the manifestation of the entire Lightning Flash through a rhythmic, mantra-type invocation."That sounds wild!"
It was in Black Pearl No. 1. I'm working on a way to make that set of materials newly available.
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@Jim Eshelman said
""You can't. Nobody can.""
Did you take him to mean that it was impossible or that it was only possible for NEMO?
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@Arsihsis said
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@Jim Eshelman said
""You can't. Nobody can.""Did you take him to mean that it was impossible or that it was only possible for NEMO?"
The former; except, in a casual conversation, "nobody" isn't an absolute. Obviously one can do this, but it takes an exceptional effort and athletic training
In practice, the point is: Yeah, that's a tough one and entirely unnecessary.
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Jim - thanks for posting those intructions. In which direction do you draw your 5th hexagram?
student2012 - yes it sucks. I have discovered the witchhunting/burning mentality is still very much alive in seemingly rational and intelligent people - it feeds off atavistic fears.
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@he atlas itch said
"Jim - thanks for posting those intructions. In which direction do you draw your 5th hexagram? "
The direction where the planet is located in the actual sky at that exact moment.
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Ok, that explains a lot. I've read conflicting instructions that say draw the planetary hexagram in the four quarters OR face the direction of the sky where the planet is located and draw a single hexagram. See for example:
www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Greater_Ritual_of_the_Hexagram
Liber O doesn't say anything on this point in the Greater Hexagram section so this detail constitutes another blind.
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I also wanted to point out that.. in the equinox. it shows exactly how to do this.. and you can find the evocation of the great spirit TAPHTHARTHARATH
the website is www.the-equinox.org/vol1/no3/eqi03010i.htmlFor it is the method of science and the aim of religion that we have as thelemites and companions alike, and a vast mixed company that associate with us for it is this that we compound our skills and fine tune them.
It says from this journal of science
" Soror S.S.D.D. altered Frater I.A.'s ritual, making the operation to" "form a link between Thoth and the Magus. This is absurd; the correct way" "is as here given, in which the link is formed between the Spirit and the" "Magus."
CONSIDERATIONS. To be performed on the day and in the hour of Mercury: the Evocation itself commencing in the magical hour of Tafrac, under the dominion of the Great Angel of Mercury HB:Lamed HB:Aleph HB:Peh HB:Resh . On Wednesday, May 13, 1896, this hour Tafrac occurs between 8h. 32' P.M. and 9h. 16', when Mercury is in 17ø Gemini on the cusp of seventh house slightly to South of due West. Moon going to Mars {sic should be Ù} with Mercury 14ø Gemini Mercury to Ù Neptune, Mercury 150ø Saturn.1 " "OF THE FORM OF THE CIRCLE TO BE EMPLOYED." {Illustration on page 171 described: "DIAGRAM 59. The Circle of Art." 1 WEH NOTE: This data contains typographic errors from the first edition. This is a duodecagram (twelve sided regular figure). It is oriented with a vertex to top and all diagonal chords are drawn, except those which would cross the exact center of the figure. Each vertex surmounts a small ring-bordered disk, such that the portion under the doudecagram is not visible. The small ring at top has "S", that at bottom "N", that at right "W" and that at left "E" ___ these letters are oriented so that they would be read correctly from the perspective of a person standing at the center of the figure and looking to each vertex in turn. There are several letters marking positions within the figure, all oriented with top parallel to the E-SE line and bottom toward the W-NW line. In a rectangle depending from the center of the E-SE chord, the letter "C"; in a rectangle depending from the center of the N-SW chord, the letter "D"; in two circles at the intersections of the S-NE chord with the W-SE and E-NW chords, "E"; symmetrically to either side of the N-SE and E-SW chord intersection, parallel to the S-NE chord, two circles with "G"; in the center of the figure, a circumscribed equilateral triangle, base parallel to the N-SW chord, with "F" inside. There is a tangent, large ringed circle outside at the NE vertex, point of tangency obscured by the smaller ringed circle of that vertex. There is an equilateral triangle circumscribed within, base parallel to the tangent afore mentioned. There is an "A" within the apex of this triangle, top to apex direction."
Now, heres the part that Jim pointed out.. which i found to be right on.
"Earth, by and in the Divine Names Adonai Ha Aretz, Adonai Melekh Namen, and in the name of Aurial, Great Archangel of Earth, that every evil and impure spirit now depart hence immediately. [Circumambulates, saying:] Stoop not down unto the darkly splendid world, wherein lieth continually a faithless depth, and Hades wrapt in gloom, delighting in unintelligible images, precipitous, winding, a black ever-rolling abyss, ever espousing a body unluminous, formless and void. [Making invoking pentagram.]
That he may in no wise move his place or call for aid upon his Gods; or hear another voice save mine or my companions', or see another path before him than the one unto this place. [Sigil is placed outside the circle by the assistant Magus of Art.] And the reason of this my working is, that I seek to obtain from that spirit Taphthartharath the knowledge of the realm of Kokab, and to this end I implore the divine assistance in the names of Elohim Tzebaoth, Thoth, Metatron, Raphael, Michael, Beni Elohim, Tiriel."
To that effect. I know Crowley was linking the working in a Thoth like manner, but you can get an essence of how the planetary invocations work..
Heres a better working of The Mars Intelliegence found in the equinox Volume one Number nine
www.the-equinox.org/vol1/no9/eqi09016.html
Of Course in 2009, this is of course, obsolete, and pluse this is too elborate..
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With making the 5 hexagrams as Jim Said, I've seen an OTO lodge in the midwest do the following:
- Basic Rituals
You will be using the Greater Invoking Ritual of the Hexagram for Jupiter. The ritual should be performed on a the day of Jupiter (Thursday) during the hour of Jupiter if possible.
- Preparing the Temple
As with a love spell, you do not need a containment structure so the circle alone will suffice. It should be blue, and you can also trace a square within it in purple. If you are casting the spell with some idea of what your source of funds will be, carry on your person a magical link that represents that source. For example, if the goal is a higher-paying job carry a copy of your resume and make sure that it matches any resumes you will sending to prospective employers. If you really have no idea, then just center the spell on yourself and don't use a link.
I. Opening and II. The Preliminary Invocation
These are the same as in the other two rituals.
III. The Conjuration
Perform the Greater Invoking Ritual of the Hexagram for Jupiter. As you conclude with "Let the divine light descend!", visualize a column of purple light descending into the circle and enveloping you. You then begin to conjure the Spirit of Jupiter. Vibrate the capitalized words. Four is the number of Jupiter, so the names are vibrated four times.
EL, EL, EL, EL (like it looks). Come unto me, God in CHESED (kheh-SED), the sphere of TZEDEQ (tzeh-DEK). Send unto me TZADKIEL(tzahd-kee-EL), that great Archangel of thine, that he may answer my behest.
Pause until the presence of El is perceived. If you don't feel anything or see anything, wait three minutes or so before continuing.
TZADKIEL, TZADKIEL, TZADKIEL, TZADKIEL (tzahd-kee-EL). Come unto me, great and mighty Archangel of CHESED (kheh-SED), the sphere of TZEDEQ (tzeh-DEK), by the name of the great god EL. Send unto me JOPHIEL (joh-fee-EL), that great intelligence of thine, that he may answer my behest.
Pause until the presence of Tzadkiel is perceived. If you don't feel anything or see anything, wait three minutes or so before continuing.
JOPHIEL, JOPHIEL, JOPHIEL, JOPHIEL (joh-fee-EL). Come unto me, thou bright intelligence of TZEDEQ (tzeh-DEK), and answer my behest. In the name of TZADKIEL (tzahd-kee-EL) thy lord, compel the spirit HISMAEL (his-may-EL) who is under thy dominion to manifest within this Circle of Art.
Pause until the presence of Jophiel is perceived. If you don't feel anything or see anything, wait three minutes or so before continuing.
HISMAEL, HISMAEL, HISMAEL, HISMAEL (his-may-EL). Come unto me, mighty spirit of TZEDEQ (tzeh-DEK), and make manifest my behest. In the name of JOPHIEL (joh-fee-EL) thy lord, come forth within this Circle of Art that thou mayst wield the powers of the path of KAPH(KAHF), the path of the planet Jupiter.
Pause until the presence of Hismael is perceived. If you don't feel anything or see anything, wait three minutes or so before continuing.
At this point you deliver the charge to the spirit. Address it to Hismael. This is what you want the spirit to do. You need to write this part yourself, because it's very personal. You should state what you want simply so that the spirit can't twist your words around. With a money spell it is good to keep in mind that a lot of people have family members with assets and things like life insurance so that a tragedy like a death in the family could result in riches. It is usually wise to craft the charge so that the spirit is bound to act without causing bodily harm to yourself or others. After all, it would also be a pretty bad outcome to be permanently disabled in a car accident but wind up with a million dollar lawsuit settlement - but you would have your money.
After the charge, pause for a moment before closing the temple.
IV. Closing
The License to Depart should be revised as follows.
O thou EL and thy ministers TZADKIEL (tzahd-kee-EL), JOPHIEL (joh-fee-EL), and HISMAEL (his-may-EL), because thou hast diligently answered unto my demands, and hast been very ready and willing to come at my call, I do here license thee to depart unto thy proper place; without causing harm or danger unto man or beast. I charge thee to withdraw peaceably and quietly, and peace be ever continued between us. So mote it be!
Pause for a moment to give the spirits time to depart. Visualize the purple light being absorbed into yourself.
The rest of the Closing is the same. You're done.
They used this from a blog journal called <a href="http://ananael.blogspot.com/"> Augoeides</a>
I've done the equinox way, (that cost a lot of money) and i've done this version as well. they both have success..
I hope this all helps
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@Kingsolomon said
"Heres a better working of The Mars Intelliegence found in the equinox Volume one Number nine
www.the-equinox.org/vol1/no9/eqi09016.html
Of Course in 2009, this is of course, obsolete, and pluse this is too elborate.."
I don't think "of course" at all.
These rituals are a little excessive for my taste, but not much. (Crowley, being at root a poet, did want to write this partially as a literary piece and to use the power of rhyming and rhythmic patterns for his invocations.) But, in any case, I don't consider these necessarily excessive for a major working.
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Very helpful content and references Kingsolomon. The Equinox references are nice because I like to use the books rather than internet for this kind of material if I can, but it helps to know where to look. Mostly ATM I just want to experience the energies and get better at the rituals (hopefully the correct ones) rather than ask spirits for stuff, although sometimes familiars come calling anyway. Its like a nice clean 'sober high', each planet different in its content and arrival. I suspect one could get addicted to it...
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Some questions:
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Maybe my inability to read Hebrew is the problem, but where are the table of correspondence listing the names for El, Tzadkiel and Sakhiel in 777?
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Regarding the instructions given, what distinguishes it as a specifically Path 21/Kaph invoking as opposed to a Jupiter invoking?
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Lastly, to banish the effect of the Path 21/Kaph invoking, do you simply do the same names as before but trace a banishing Jupiter hexagram?
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Based on your experience, are there any pitfalls I should be aware of with the Path 21 invoking?
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Reading the above OTO ritual, I note they bid the Jupiter Spirit license to depart after stating their request. Is this necessary? Should one always banish the invoked energy within the same operation or let it be and end the ceremony with the LBRP?
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@he atlas itch said
"where are the table of correspondence listing the names for El, Tzadkiel and Sakhiel in 777?"
Columns V & XCIX ...Sakhiel, AFAIK, does not appear in 777.
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@he atlas itch said
"Some questions:
- Maybe my inability to read Hebrew is the problem, but where are the table of correspondence listing the names for El, Tzadkiel and Sakhiel in 777?"
[Ed: Woops -- I misread Sakhiel for what I expected to see there, so leaving this even though it's already been answered properly above, and even though mine has more info than was requested.]
You'll find the Names, along row 4, in col. V, XCIX, C, and VI. Col. V is in Hebrew only, without transliteration, so you would need to be able to read Hebrew writing. I don't remember if 776 1/2 includes a transliteration of that column – probably it does. On that note, I might add that the value of 776 1/2 came into sharp focus when I was looking through 777 for your answer – in 776 1/2 those particular heavily-used columns are much easier to find, and if memory serves aren't chopped up as in 777 between Spheres and Paths.
"2. Regarding the instructions given, what distinguishes it as a specifically Path 21/Kaph invoking as opposed to a Jupiter invoking?"
The 21st Path is Kaph is Jupiter. The 4th Path could have been used, which is 4 is Jupiter. You'd make a determination on whether to work the Path or Sephirah depending on the specifics of the aim of the ceremony. Practically (and off-hand), I'm not sure there'd be any difference. It raises some questions in my mind about the subjectivity of the Paths and the objectivity of the Sephiroth, and their application as such in ritual, but I'll set that aside for later.
"3. Lastly, to banish the effect of the Path 21/Kaph invoking, do you simply do the same names as before but trace a banishing Jupiter hexagram?"
Yes.
"4. Based on your experience, are there any pitfalls I should be aware of with the Path 21 invoking?"
The main pitfall in some cases might be to perform the ritual successfully, thereby stirring energies without any foundation from which to direct their resettling.
"5. Reading the above OTO ritual, I note they bid the Jupiter Spirit license to depart after stating their request. Is this necessary? Should one always banish the invoked energy within the same operation or let it be and end the ceremony with the LBRP?"
It never hurts to offer a license to depart, and is probably a good idea in most cases. The latter question is, again, dependent on the aims of the ceremony. Usually you'd banish after with the same (banishing) operation, and probably should do a LBRP at the end for good measure.
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Thanks guys for the information.
So, following Jim's instructions, would Sadkhiel be the entity I give my charge to for the Path 21 invocation?
@zeph said
"The main pitfall in some cases might be to perform the ritual successfully, thereby stirring energies without any foundation from which to direct their resettling."
In the past, I definitely and inadvertently stirred up a tempest on the collective level using Liber O - the effects of which I am still experiencing 2 years later (people around me were far more disturbed than me). And I do not consider myself a magician or adept. So I see no reason why something should not happen.
Do you have any recommendations for a regime to build up the required foundation to direct the invoked energy toward my goal? Something that can be done daily for 1 - 2 weeks prior to the operation?
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@Arsihsis said
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@he atlas itch said
"where are the table of correspondence listing the names for El, Tzadkiel and Sakhiel in 777?"Columns V & XCIX ...Sakhiel, AFAIK, does not appear in 777."
I'm going from memory, but I'm sure he's there. (It might be under geomantic intelligences?)
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@he atlas itch said
"2. Regarding the instructions given, what distinguishes it as a specifically Path 21/Kaph invoking as opposed to a Jupiter invoking?"
Qabalistically, there is no Jupiter separate from it's presence on the Tree of Life. That is, if it's a Jupiter expression, it's either a Chesed idea or a Kaph idea.
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@Jim Eshelman said
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@Arsihsis said
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@he atlas itch said
"where are the table of correspondence listing the names for El, Tzadkiel and Sakhiel in 777?"Columns V & XCIX ...Sakhiel, AFAIK, does not appear in 777."
I'm going from memory, but I'm sure he's there. (It might be under geomantic intelligences?)"
...you're right Jim, column CLXXVII
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