Egyptian Pentagram Rite

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Here is another version of the pentagram rite for those who prefer to use the egyptian pantheon & the cardinal directions of the Zodiac. The egyptian God-Names were gathered from Rosemary Clark's examination of the Temple of Dendera Zodiac associations in her book The Sacred Tradition in Ancient Egypt; though there is a typographical error on page 47, which puts cancer/water in the south & capricorn/earth in the north. I have corrected the mistake within the ritual; the results have been terrific. Though I have not yet experimented using the N.O.X. grade signs yet, as in the Star Ruby; I will do so at dawn, & post the results after sunset.

I entered samadhi in June, without warning from one of my rituals. What I've noticed from the ritual & also from simply exercising, is that they both spread the energy around, so that my prana is more balanced & the chita is evenly distributed. I was waiting until sunset to examine the effects of the rite I did this morning at dawn. It was extremely effective at spreading out the chita; though I'm not entirely out of the deep state of meditation. It regenerates daily, until nightfall when AIWAZ [gematria - 25], the thelemite priestess & holy guardian angel, rises from tiphareth to kether [via the path of gimel], to ignite the phoenix-fire. All is well and I feel incredibly strong psychologically; just simply exhausted from all of the stress washing out of me.

The use of this ritual was born out of the observation that in the Star Ruby rite, Crowley evokes the greek elementals instead of God-names or angelic names as does the Aurum Solis in their Setting of the Wards of Power rite; & I chose to examine the effects of using the Zodiac God names. Though the rite seems to work fine without using the N.O.X. grade-signs, the aforementioned experience of the Night of Pan, has not been maintained indefinitely during the day. Feel free to experiment with the rite as it is or omitting Step 6 & comment as you will regarding the effects of doing so; & I will give a definite appraisal tomorrow after my observations are noted.

-Alexander Dugan
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KABALISTIC CROSS:

STEP 1.
Kether: Wand Posture & Vibrate: "NUIT"
Malkuth: Sign of Osiris Slain & Vibrate: "HADIT"
Gevurah: Right Shoulder & Vibrate: "RA HOOR KHUIT"
Chesed: Left Shoulder & Vibrate: "HERU PA KRAATh"
Tiphareth: Sign of Osiris Risen & Vibrate: "HERU RA HA"

PENTAGRAM RITE:

STEP 2. EAST
ARIES – FIRE:
Sign of the Enterer – Pentagram: ASAR
Sign of Silence

STEP 3. NORTH
CANCER – WATER:
Sign of the Enterer – Pentagram: NEBT-HET
Sign of Silence

STEP 4. WEST
LIBRA – AIR:
Sign of the Enterer – Pentagram: AUSET
Sign of Silence

STEP 5. SOUTH
CAPRICORN – EARTH:
Sign of the Enterer – Pentagram: SET
Sign of Silence

STEP 6.
FACING EAST:
Make the N.O.X. grade-signs declaring IO PAN, as you will.

STEP 7.
Sign of Osiris Slain:
Before Me, the Fire of QEBSENUF
Behind Me, the Air of IMSET
To my right, the Earth of DAUMUTEF
To my left, the Water of HAAPI

Sign of Osiris Risen:
And amidst them the God HERU

STEP 7.
<REPEAT KABALISTIC CROSS>

wanderlust

The Inward Gaze
[A Yogi’s Perspective on Evocation]

Regarding the Animus & Anima. In thelemite terminology you may recognize the relationship as Nuit [macrocosm] to Hadit [microcosm]. Your chosen motto will literally color your persona in such a way that the lens with which you gaze inward toward this impression & will inform you with its designated character/filter.

In samadhi; Tiphareth reflects Kether perfectly, i.e. Pan being the annihilation of All. In order to see clearly & remove the fetters of a "revolving" or "fragmented" lens: first envision yourself as God directing your gaze inward toward your heart, i.e. toward yourself. Second conjure an image of yourself [within your Tiphareth, or Anahata Chakra] in your mind & look upon it, in the same aforementioned manner.

Mages who spend too much time alone often drift in & out of reverie with this inward projection, & often believe it to be independent of themselves. It is elusive in that it may reflect any give characteristic your mind has settled on, & then vanish. I myself have experienced this phenomena, and after entering samadhi in June; it became a source of tremendous discomfort.

If it is clearly a feminine character, then it is merely your crown informing your heart of its receptive attitude toward the universe. It will only be masculine when you choose to engage the macrocosm [outside world], as in conversation with another person, *. This in essence, is Pan, the masculine potency. Within western occult tradition, this phenomena has been symbolized as the phallus representing the sense organ in a dynamic context; & this inward projection or spermos ** literally reflecting the potency of a person's attitude toward the cosmos. Meditation at regular intervals daily [along with regularly alternating exercise or work] is a good method to recognizing this, being your relationship to the universe.

Another thing any GD initiates might wish to consider *: The Golden Dawn is a rosicrucian organization, that is to say "christian". YHShVH, pentagrammaton is flesh; i.e. Jesus is the universal ithyphalic symbol; Shin encompassing my observation of "spermos/serpent" or body of light.

What the GD has ultimately failed to grasp is that their progressive initiations detach their consciousness from their animal soul, until that point the Dharmakaya or Law/Word/Logos or God for all intents & purposes, no longer holds sway on their minds. I.e. their system of initiations do not allow the birth of the individual Body of Light via samadhi. Thus, their souls collecting all of the unimaginable filth the universe can throw at them, without informing their consciousness. Because of this, they do not feel the ebb & flow of the universal tides & currents, & they do not witness first-hand the trouble they create with their magick. Essentially they feel that "all is well", even though their extra sensory perception is blind to their otherwise receptive psyche. To add insult to injury; the various forms of hermetic kabbalah they espouse demand that any intelligence or force which is not of their own being [planetary energies etc] to communicate via symbolism; as their distorted perception projects without hindrance the samskaras/patterns/order of their sterilized brain [the mechanism of consciousness].

Regarding evocation, & especially enochian magick goetia & the triangle of art; the triangle represents the unity of the supernal triad; the body being the skrying stone in this instance. This is of course a controversial subject to any GD initiate, as they feel the triangle of art itself is the astral construct & medius operandi; but sorry to disappoint, it is still simply a symbol; a projection.

What is important to understand is that "evocation" is actually an inward projection & anthropomorphizing of the influence of macrocosmic forces latent in our earthly abode. Given the level of success of Enochian magick practitioners & the consensus that the enochian angels are elastic in respect of the practitioner's own chosen religion & symbol system; it is not unwise to believe we have been confusing the map for the terrain.

Essentially, a GD initiate becomes completely bereft of light, & the indwelling presence of God is withdrawn from the initiate's own psyche; in exchange for this bargain, they disperse their own sterilized perception of divinity upon the masses in the form of information, which is the source of their magick & the method whereby they cause change. Being the inundation of society & the pollution of what was ultimately widely regarded as Holy; the fertile minds of those spiritual aspirants who approach spirituality from a philosophical perspective & not a magickal one. Perpetuating a vicious cycle.

Knowledge is a byproduct of the mechanism of the mind, and only perceptible to humanity, simply the refuse of our evolving psyche. An example of this philosophical stance is apparent in our technology. Knowledge can be transmitted in various forms, sound waves & light particles. Take for example the transmitting of knowledge in light, via infrared technology & via holographic technology. The light itself exists independently of the information we weld to it, however the pattern for light itself is latent in nature, as the periodic table of elements. Hence the Sun.

Dharmakaya Definition @ wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma_body

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Modest

It's not easy to disentangle what you say. But I observe that the LBPR could have influenced me being obsesed with books & knowledge i.e. in becoming an armchair magician. I think it has something to do with Air being in the East. But it helps in the outer order when one learns a lot. And in the inner GD i.e. A.:A.: Zelator it should be IHVH - old Star Ruby. But I like the new Star Ruby HVHI most for it's stop reading begin doing approach. Though I haven't tried IHVH. Just my 2c.

wanderlust

COMMENT:

It was suggested by Martijn Benders on a facebook forum that one should simply replace the greek part with egyptian.

I believe he is right regarding the greek NOX grade signs, as leaving them intact does feel a tad contrived. So in lieu of performing the rite with the NOX signs & the greek, & initiating what may be a skewed perspective born of a plausible error; I was inspired to look toward the magickal ritual of the opening of the mouth conceived by Corey Bantik at his website below. Thank you for the inspiration. I will perform the ritual at dawn, as my initial experiment.

"Do that, & no other shall say nay."

egypt.idolhands.com

My prior experience with Dr. Bantik's Opening of the Mouth ritual, was that it initiated samadhi; though possibly due to the fact that I performed the ritual at night, no intelligence was instilled & the experience was a wash. Experience gives rise to prudent choices, yada yada.

...moving forward.

Alexander Dugan

wanderlust

It occurred to me last night that the use of the NOX grade-signs is probably not necessary in the rite, as I have conceived it. The original Star Ruby rite made use of them to initiate a connection with the supernal triad; where this specific egyptian pentagram rite already utilizes the God-Names associated with the Zodiac; which is associated with Chokmah.

The Night of Pan, as demonstrated in Crowley's Book of Lies, is merely the unity of the hexagram's masculine & feminine polarity. Crowley demonstrates this unity via "?!" to illustrate that it is sexual in nature; and used gematria to draw the mind away from the fact; hence "The Book of Lies".

Years ago, [2000] I swore the oath of the abyss as Ankh F N Khonsu with two witnesses [my parents]; as my very first magical act. It has since shaped the WHOLE of my spiritual journey. Unknown to me at the time, I became a child of their love spiritually as well as secularly & they now actively participate in my spiritual growth. Much to my chagrin, God love'em.

The Soul-Safari ms. specifically deal with the supposition that the practitioner is solitary, and does away with the notion that a magickal partner or rite of sex magick is necessary to initiate samadhi, unity. My experience with samadhi, proves that the GOAT-S formula of the hexagram working does in fact unite the aspirant with the divine. The original intention of using the grade signs in lieu of formulating the Holy Hexagram, was to draw the consciousness up through the Sephirah in a graded system. Though upon hindsight, I see that it is unnecessary; as one can simply use the invoking & banishing unicursal hexagram of the Beast found in Crowley's Liber ABA, Magick in Theory & Practice; p. 576 of the Second Revised Edition.

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