prosperity
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Hi Everyone, I was wodering if anyone has done a successful ritual or working for prosperity? Not for wealth, but for enough to get along and not have to worry about money, so as to be able to pursue Spiritual Work. Thanks, Persephone
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Here is a tread that may help to answer some of your questions.
www.heruraha.net/viewtopic.php?t=2662
FWIW, It has been my experience that work and spirituality are not exclusive pursuits. -
Thanks for the thoughtful answers. There's alot to think about here, especially these days. The Act of Truth is very good, I'll try it. I have heard other people say something similar; that believing 100% that a ritual has worked is important but sometimes hard to do. Persephone
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93 Persephone,
The best advice I had ever heard on this subject was indeed mentioned in the thread Ankh suggested. In that thread Jim wrote:
" Money is rarely the answer or the desired result. It is usually the MEANS to the REAL answer or desired result. Don't focus on the means - focus on the real desired outcome!"
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@Persephone said
"Hi Everyone, I was wodering if anyone has done a successful ritual or working for prosperity? Not for wealth, but for enough to get along and not have to worry about money, so as to be able to pursue Spiritual Work. Thanks, Persephone"
I spent a great deal of last year exploring planetary magick and will share some of my experiences. I myself am sceptical of the outcomes of my actions - and advise the following to be read in that light.
I decided a few years ago that my "will" is to retire to my spiritual home in the southwest of england and focus all my energy on the great work. I do not need mega millions - wealth is not important. However I want to be able to live without worrying about money or restricting my available time by the pursuit thereof. I have always enjoyed the works of Wilson and Hyatt and so resent being a "cog in the wheel" of someone else's wealth engine. I have a good career and am already comfortable - but find work drains a huge amount of time and energy - seriously impacting the time I have to focus on my studies and practice. I do not love my job - I am at best ambivient to it - it is a necessary evil and provides a comfortable living albeit at a price paid in time.
I started using the LIRH daily. In the morning before work I would focus on my day ahead and decide which planetary energy would be most beneficial - and then invoke the relelevent god - and wear the corresponding talisman throughout the day. I might also choose to work with a particular planet based on the outcome of my daily tarot reading. There maybe nothing magical at all in this practice beyond "psyching" yourself up for the days tasks, and of course practicing invocation with different deities is good practice in itself (I for one tend to fall into the old trap of falling into a routine and working with my preffered entities unless diceplining myself to do otherwise).
I also performed some key rites during the year using the GIRH - these were alot more eloborate. I utilised the correct days/hours - took care to work in the direction where the planetary body was at the time of the work. Used as many of the correct correspondences, incense etc as possible.
I performed a rite of Saturn at the Winter Solstice in 2007 - to banish sloth in myself and increase dicepline and also to "banish" an anoying person who I am frequently at loggerheads with at work - I was clear that I wanted no harm to come to the person - but did want them to be out the company or at least in an area where we would have little or nothing to do with each other.
I performed a rite of Venus at the spring equinox and focused my will on the outcome of my desire to retire to a cottage in the southwest and saw myself at peace and in comfort. This of course incuded an element of "prosperity" - but not "wealth". I set no fixed time limit.
I performed a full invokation of the Sun at the summer solstice - again fully observing all the necessary times and correspondences. And again focused on the desired outcome - but this time focused a little more on "success" at my endevours and prosperity.
At the Autumn equinox - the same but with Jupiter.
At the winter Solstice I repeated the Venus working again.
The results were interesting - I indeed had my most prosperous year yet. The company I work for was bought out - announced shortly after the Sol working. This was a surprise as the company has been family owned for generations and was the last thing anyone expected. The stock was purchased for substantially more than the market price. I had a large number of stocks and options accrued over the last decade and received a check in October for substantial amount. Not enough to retire but a major step forward. My wife also decided to return to work after five years at home (not prompted by me) which of course also expanded our net income. I also received a much larger tax rebate than expected. Then at the atart of the year my yearly bonus was 50% more than expected and I received a much larger pay review than I had hoped for - even more surprising due to the economic climate.
The last two - the bonus and increase were due to my strong performance during the year - maybe/probably helped by the daily LIRH to "psych" myself up for a strong days performance. I also seemed to enjoy a great deal of luck. A year ago I was asked to lead a new team - that then performed strongly. Several of my colleagues remaked that I am a "lucky SOB" that always falls on his feet and always seems to be in the right place at the right time.
As to the anoying person I wanted to banish - their entire team was made redundant last week. When I performed the work I set a time limit for "within the month". This result was therefore over a year late - although interesting the decision by the leadership to lay the team off must have been made a few months ago - maybe in the same month as the origional working but a year later. I've been pondering this over the last few weeks. The result was what I wanted - but late - and I did not of course ask for the whole team to be "banished" just the lead. However - I beleive the results are 100% due to the economic climate rather than anything I did. Who knows - maybe I just gave events a nudge somewhere along the line.
As to the major works. I dont beleive my actions were at all responsible for my good fortune other than maybe they increased my energy, focus, vigour and sense of optimism - maybe that was enough. However - It is interesting that I have had such a major run of good fortune the past 12 or so months.
Practice, observe, analyse - and be skeptical - and then practice, observe, analyze.
The rituals I used can be found in the various works of the GD, and A.'.A.'. - and of course the Key of solomon etc.