question regarding vibration in pentagram + hexagram rituals
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in liber o, the process of vibration involves the sign of the enterer and the sign of silence. however, with the regards to the vibration of god names in the pentagram and hexagram rituals, some do not use the these signs but rather point to the centre of the pentagram / hexagram and intone the name instead.
which is correct? and if the latter way - not using the signs of the enterer and of silence - is correct, would including the signs of the enterer and silence negatively influence the efficacy of the ritual?many thanks.
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The process that involves the sign of the enterer and the sign of silence is "The Vibration of God-names". That doesn't mean that whenever you see "vibrate" that you must do "the Vibration of God-names"
The instructions in the next section of Liber O, for the LBRP, are "Say ("i.e." vibrate)"
From this thread
www.heruraha.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4925&start=25@JAE said
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One normally would not do this in the Pentagram Ritual.This question recurring) arises from too casual a labelling of Liber O, Cap. III, Par. 4. The method there listed as "Vibration of God-Names" is properly called "The Vibration of God-Names by the Formula of the Middle Pillar." It isn't a general instruction for use anytime one sees the word "vibrate." Rather, it's a particular technique used (usually in conjunctuion with the assumption of God-forms) for the specific purpose of identifying one's consciousness with that of a particular God. (Notice that this is what Liber O says the two are for.) In the LRP, one is not, for example, identifying oneself with Y.H.V.H.; rather, one is using that Name for a particular purpose.
How would one use them? Many ways, but I'll give one example. Suppose one wanted to do a ritual of the Moon and identify oneself with Artemis. Much of the ritual would be the setup for this: a general banishing, some means of making a primary connection to undifferentiated divine force, a declaration of the purpose of the ritual. Then, getting down to the meat, one might proceed as follows:
Attune to the Moon idea by an invoking hexagram ritual of Luna.
Assume the God-form of Artemis.
As Artemis, circumambulate 9 times, building up force.
Upon returning to the west of the altar, still in the God-form of Artemis, use the "Vibration of Divine Names by the Formula of the Middle Pillar" technique to vibrate the name Artemis (once? thrice for Gimel? probably not 9 times!), to loose onself in the image and the name and complete, so far as the magician is then capable, an identification with Her."
