Building the Pantacle

kuniggety

From his question, he probably just didn't know that it was detailed in Liber A. But, now he knows Also, Crowley gives instruction for building the implements in Liber ABA aka Book 4.

Allogenes

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You might want to consider using a metal like brass instead of wood, as they are more conductive.

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Alias55A

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You might want to consider using a metal like brass instead of wood, as they are more conductive.

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hmmm, thats an idea, and metal is an earth element, lol where would i find the right shape needed out of metal

Allogenes

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Your local hardware store. The better ones will cut it for you in the shape you want.

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Alias55A

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Your local hardware store. The better ones will cut it for you in the shape you want.

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didnt know that, that i will have to check out, thank you for the tip

frateruranus

@kuniggety said

"From his question, he probably just didn't know that it was detailed in Liber A. But, now he knows Also, Crowley gives instruction for building the implements in Liber ABA aka Book 4."

Yeah but the section he quotes even indicates Bee's Wax!!!

Jim Eshelman

Bee's wax is a superb material for pantacle making! (I suggest, first, learning something about candle making.)

Alias55A

i know a bit on candle making, but why beeswax? its easier to brake, and if it does with my own beautiful future design not yet created on it, ile snap and cry, so to speak

Jim Eshelman

@Alias55A said

"i know a bit on candle making, but why beeswax? its easier to brake, and if it does with my own beautiful future design not yet created on it, ile snap and cry, so to speak "

Easier to break unless you add hardener... which was part of what I meant by the candle making.

The best way I know to make the pantacle in wax using the Liber A criteria is to use a plain 8" pie pan (straight sides, no texturing). Let it get mostly hard, but not entirely. Then you have about a 20 minute window to carve the design, using an icepick and/or compasses and/or blade (e.g. Exacto knife) that you continually heat in a candle kept at hand - so it is a very sharp, very hot steel doing precision cutting.

Alias55A

pie pan, circular or square?

Jim Eshelman

@Alias55A said

"pie pan, circular or square?"

Round. (Are there square pie pans? Wouldn't they be cake pans?)

The instruction in Liber A specifies a disk 8" in diameter and half an inch thick.