Making a mistake during ritual
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Not in Thelema per se.
As a general guideline in ritual, I would say: Take the action that causes the least further disruption, without compromising the integrity of the ritual.
For standardized rituals, sometimes that means starting over again - sometimes redoing the last step - sometimes going on because it was a matter of no real consequence.
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I was taught to say APO PANTOS KAKODAIMONOS when I make a mistake during LBRP. - and proceed from there, repeating just the part that was done wrong.
but over the years, I learnt that its enough to just assume that attitude of willfully making the source of mistake go away.
nowdays, I sometimes say the words and sometimes not, depending on inspiration of the moment... -
The mistakes are the enlightenment. In thelema, I learned the art of deliberately doing it wrong, and not so deliberately doing it wrong (because then you finally get results, whereas when you do things the "right" way you get nothing..
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I just start over. With longer rituals this is a good method of self-discipline, as one gets quickly tired of repeating a 15 or 30 minute ritual because one forgot to say "Adonai" after the closing banishing. I've learned to have a solid grasp of the ritual beforehand, and to never let a ritual go unfinished once begun, e.g. "oh, I f-ed up I'll do it tomorrow." At least banish the resultant energies. Otherwise it's like leaving a turd in the toilet overnight.
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There are no big deals with mistakes. You learn from them and move on.
Its not like if you forget to say something demons will come out and eat your soul.
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