Power Magick Alchemy For The 21st Century Practical Chaos Magic Rituals For Everyday Use By Oliver P. Hart
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Table Of Contents Introduction The Skeptical Ego Magick: The Ritual Basic Parts of a Ritual: Artificial Elementals How to Create an Artificial Elemental: Solar Magick Ritual Part I: Hymn to the Sun Part II: Contemplation of the Sun Part III: Feeling the Sun Part IV: Embodying the Sun Lunar Magick Ritual Part I: Hymn to the Moon Part II: Contemplation of the Moon Part III: Feeling the Moon Part IV: Embodying the Moon Ritual for the Empowerment of All Beings I. Making Whole II. Washing I III. Botanical IV. Bread V. The Altar VI. For the Empowerment of All Beings VII. The Song of the Universe Finding and Creating Your Person Number Tarot Chaos Magick The Moon as Time Indicator Building a House: New Moon Ritual The Sun as Time Indicator Strengthen Health via Sun Magick Finding Your Totemistic Planet Invoking Guides, Angels, and Daemons Angelic Exorcism
Introduction
I've decided to share some of my occult group's rituals, methods and techniques in this wonderful book, 'Power Magick'. With the precision of an arrow and the aim of a bow, let’s discover, together, the power of magick.
The rituals in this book have been passed down for almost two centuries. They have proven to aid our intent of empowerment in the creation of our world as desired. We will go over several rituals in addition to other modalities of thinking and action that we implement on a regular basis (whether yearly, monthly, weekly or daily). As the title says, this is Chaos Magick for everyday use. Some of these rituals, I have taught to others. However, that involves just a select few who have attended my classes over the years. Other than that, only those in my occult group, my immediate family and my magick brethren have learned these rituals. However, now, I extend this to YOU, my extended M.A.P. (Magick And Prosperity) family. Whether you keep this information secret for yourself or will share others is up to you. We all are aware of the code of the occult to keep things within. However, as I said many times before in my classes, and in other books - experience teaches.
Documentation expands learning. With learning comes light. And with light comes the growth of consciousness. This is how one grows with the empowering method that is Chaos Magick. When performing magick, it's often very difficult to 'let go' of the need to SEE the results. I'm sure, also, you've often heard the idea that if you ponder and ponder, almost lusting for results, they fail. There's some truth to that. The best magick usually occurs when you are able to 'let go' of the need for results after completing your ritual. The secret? Don’t lust. Just Know. So, it is indeed wise to 'let go' of the magick after performing these rituals in this book, or any rituals for that matter. You will be, in a sense, 'getting out of the way' of the magick. It's almost like you are saying, 'Alright, Universe. Work your magick" After all, isn't this what it's all about - The Magick Of The Universe. Now, for those who may have difficulty letting go, there are many ways. One way is to have complete 100% trust in YOUR magick. Of course, it is understood that you are performing magick because you REALLY want something. So, of course, the desire is going to be there. But that's also another part of it. DESIRE IS OK! Yes. Reread that. It's true. So, if some time after a ritual - you see yourself thinking about how the result will come to form - it's Ok! Don't panic. Just comfort yourself in knowing that the result is coming. And let it go. Don't worry or think about how. Simply know that, somehow, someway, the magick will show its result in, well - a magickal way. This is a simple, yet POWERFUL technique. It's simple because it gives you permission to 'think' about your ritual, without LUSTING for result. At the same time, you are showing your trust in the result in your affirmation that what you desire will happen - you don't know how. So, desire your result. Don't lust. Trust. Know it. Remember, Knowing is half the magick!
The Skeptical Ego
Prior to joining M.A.P, when I was in the ‘regular’ community for the early years of my childhood, I was always told that there is no such thing as magick. And if thinking people go to think tanks, where do skeptics go? Being ever antagonistic, if I told a skeptic that I cast a magick spell and it worked, the skeptic would say that I got lucky. What is luck? Coincidence? Isn’t magick also a coincidence? So what actually makes a coincidence? Context and awareness.
You probably think coincidence is rare because your recognition of coincidence is sporadic. But, to test the theory, try bibliomancy (although any book will probably work): close your eyes and ask a question you want answered, open the Bible, and put your finger randomly, anywhere. The passage will surprisingly be related to your question, if you abandon that “psychic censor” and imagine that the book could actually reply. What is magick? Simply, it’s employing an elixir vitae and intellectual sharpening to achieve a goal, whatever that may be. Magick is not metaphysical. It can be metaphysical, and that notion definitely strengthens the elixir vitae and the intellectual sharpening. Are elixir vitas, or sugar pills, real? Even if you are skeptical, placebos are continually used in medicine. It’s giving a patient a placebo and telling them it is a wonderful medicine. In fact, any new drug has to outperform placebos in clinical trials if it hopes to become patented. Placebo effects are sometimes difficult to beat. They can cure the worst illnesses. Another “pseudomedicine,” homeopathy, has no sound scientific support, but it also works: perhaps it’s due to the placebo effect? So, if placebos actually work, imagine what would happen if you could apply that power to any aspect of your life?
Intellectual sharpening just means planting an anticipated outcome into someone’s head. How can this help? If you expect an outcome, you will be more aware of opportunities that can help you achieve your goal. There is a fine line between success and failure. This psychological honing can be the boost your confidence needs. Let me speak again of MAGICK, not of sugar pills and intellectual sharpening. Why? Because magick is your employment of sugar pills and intellectual sharpening to achieve any goal you wish. It doesn’t matter what form of magick you employ, it works! To ensure success, you must know what you want, believe in the magickal powers you employ, and disengage your ego through gnosis- as encountered in meditation, sexual orgasm, exhaustion, rapture from ceremony. Instead of asking about the veracity of magick, ask yourself why you are not using it?? It could improve your success if you employ it!
Magick: The Ritual “The first part of every ceremony is the banishing; the second the invoking.” -Crowley, Magick, p. 104.
Ritual is considered to be the heart and soul of magick. Magickal results are the fruits of rituals. When we want to change the circumstances or the environment, we perform a ritual, a magickal process or ceremony. While we commonly associate rituals with active magick, rituals also work with passive magick. Many times, the magickal results sought appear discrete and understated in reality. While skeptics may chalk it up to coincidence, the effects are genuine. Any objective sought through magick should never be taken flippantly.
A successful magick practice relies upon having strong belief in its effectiveness. So, faith must be the most basic ritual. Otherwise stated, the act of ardently believing the magick will achieve your goals should be a magickal rite in itself. Fervent belief is no weaker than the most complicated ritual. Improved concentration, using techniques like creative visualization, vibrant imagination, and controlled breathing can intensify the results. Creative Visualization: simply stated, it means that you need to actively visualize your results if you want to achieve them. Keep the visual as clear and specific as possible. Imagine that you are physically doing the action. Visualize the act intensely and vividly, and concentrate profoundly for a few moments; try holding your breath as you do so. You will feel the craving and energy surging inside you. All at once, release this power from your mind and visualize it intensifying the desire, as if filling and coloring a blank picture. Envision all the energy exploding out of you in every direction out into the universe causing the cosmos to shift in response to the force of unleashed energy. Exhale while you imagine this to create a physical aspect to the experience. Become aware of the energy draining out of you. Lastly, complete the ritual by firmly believing that you achieved your goal, the results are already tangible, and even say a phrase out loud to commemorate the successful completion of the task such as “So be it!” or “It is done!”
Basic Parts of a Ritual: Rituals are usually more ceremonial than the technique mentioned above, but all rituals, regardless of complexity, must have 3 basic parts. 1. Imaging 2. Building 3. Firing Sometimes, a ritual must be repeated often, even daily, to overcome obstacles such as achievement complication or feeble conviction in the magick. Magickal Circle: magick circles are often performed as an important part of a ritual. The practice began in Medieval times when the magickians, believing them to be crucial, placed great importance on the precision of the circle. They fabricated ornate designs with complex tiers of words and symbols. The circle must remain unbroken. During the ceremony, the magickian and participants stood inside the circle. The first task, banishment, was performed to expel any evil forces from inside the circle using a pentagram or other technique. Nowadays, magickians draw the circles on the floor using a variety of materials such as chalk, rock salt, paint, or rope. Even today, the circle offers magickal protection for the magickian, especially when dealing with disinclined spirits and tasks. Circles also contain and focus energy toward the ritual until the magickian is ready to unleash it. The circle is only another symbol, but research is being conducted to determine feasibility of supplementation with electronic equipment such as Faraday shields (offer electrostatic charges).
Artificial Elementals Artificial elementals, called “familiars” by Ophiel, are useful for certain tasks: 1. Invisible spectator, reporting what it observes 2. Psychic sentinel 3. Healing practices 4. Can provide other assistance as well You can produce your own artificial elemental, of course. But, as in all magickal practices, you must firmly believe the task created results regardless of whether you notice any. You can create these little critters and not be aware of them (especially if you are not clairvoyant enough to sense their presence). Another fine practice as you use magick is to never ignore any force you have set forth. You may sense an elemental even when you may not see it. Caution: Do not use artificial elementals for any form of aversive magick!! They can be wicked little beasties to purge. If you should create one by accident, you will have to re-absorb its energy through your will, or even through “exorcism.”
How to Create an Artificial Elemental: Artificial elementals are throughtforms bolstered with emotion. Here are some guidelines for creating your own personal artificial elemental for a myriad of purposes. Refer to an aura chart to determine what color to assign to your elemental based on its intended function. If the purpose of it is just for general assistance, a good color choice is apple green. Next, choose a shape: do you want it to resemble an animal of any kind? If you are not sure of a shape, a good place to start would be with a circle or a cloud. Once you establish the color and shape, you can create your elemental through ritual. Creative visualization works well here. You may find it helpful to visualize the form glowing in front of you if your room is darkened. You can communicate with your elemental through simple talking, creative visualization, or telepathy. Because your elemental is closely linked to your subconscious mind, your attitudes may interfere with its effectiveness…especially in tasks you do not believe it capable of doing. So, unwavering belief is essential to the efficacy of your elemental. Consider your artificial elemental to be an external extension of your own personality.
Solar Magick Ritual Solar magick is based on the idea that the Sun symbolizes the breathing lifeforce manifesting in each living thing. Also called “spirit” or “soul”, this life-force is acknowledged in many ancient cultures: in Hebrew, it’s called “nephesh”; in Sanskrit, “atman”; in Greek, “psyche”. Whether you believe that there is or is not life after death, or whether the “soul” can exist or not after the body has dissolved, is irrelevant, because one of the basic meanings of “soul” in these ancient cultures is the activity of life that all living organisms exhibit while alive. The Sunrise represents the rise of your own life-force, the time when your soul is at its magickal and potent peak. Sunrise is thus one of the best times to engage in magickal acts of empowering your nephesh, your atman, your psyche. Solar magick is ideally enacted outdoors, at a location where you can see the Sun rise over the horizon at Sunrise. A good place (if you are on the East Coast) would be the beach. Perhaps there are some hills or mountains nearby where you could ascend to the tops and view the morning Sun. A convenient option might be a local park, garden, greenspace, or your own backyard. The ritual below is the full ritual at oceanside. You might want to shorten the ritual, skipping several parts, if you plan to do it in a public space. The full form of the ritual can be done at the equinoxes and the solstices.
The ritual comprises four parts, each part representing one of the four elements of the ancient world: fire, air, water, and earth. The ritual involves what are known as the inner Sun and the outer Sun. The outer Sun is the hot, spherical mass around which the Earth orbits. The inner Sun includes the life-force, the breathing process, the sense of internal energy that is used to accomplish your personal aims. Cultivating your inner Sun is necessary before you can fulfill or accomplish your true Will. The inner Sun is the shining “star” that lives in each of us. The “Sun” referred to in the ritual below is, at times, the inner Sun; at times, the outer Sun; but ultimately it simultaneously refers to both the inner Sun and the outer Sun. The first part is the invocation of the power of the Sun. The second part is the contemplation of the Sun, using the breathing as an anchor for the contemplation (and possible visualization). The third part is the cultivation of strong positive emotion directed towards the Sun. The fourth and final part is the utilization of magickal tools in a ritual empowerment of the Sun. Invocation can be done by writing your invocatory hymns, or by adopting a hymn that has already been written and has been read, recited, and contemplated on for centuries. Start the invocatory hymn about 10 minutes before Sunrise; it might be a bit dark outside, so bring a flashlight to read the hymn (if you don’t have it memorized). The hymn can be long or short. If short, you might want to chant the hymn more than once. So, having given the logic behind the invocation (and having shown how creative you can get when adopting this ritual for your own use), here is an example of a Solar Chaos magick ritual, inspired by Hellenistic element theory and Rig Vedic hymnology:
Part I: Hymn to the Sun Stand facing the point on the horizon at which the Sun will rise. Slowly take three deep breaths, and then three normal breaths: don’t rush; enjoy your awareness of the breaths. In a loud voice, vigorously chant: His brilliant light-rays support Him as He moves across the sky -- the Sun who knows how all beings live -and all beings can see Him if they just look. The night stars and their bright spark fade away like dew on morning grass, as the Sun arises at dawn. His prophetic beams are visible all over the human world, like pillars of fire that warm the mists. Nimble and charming are You, O Sun, creator of the radiant, shining light on all worlds. You visit the armies of Heaven, You descend here to Earth, Where all can contemplate Your light. Watch the deeds of humans with the same eye that You use to watch the mountains and the oceans. Rolling through the air, Your rays brighten our days, O Sun, O Sun, who celebrates every birth of every new life. Victory to the Sun! After chanting this three times, the sun should be beginning to rise at the horizon.
Part II: Contemplation of the Sun As the Sun reaches the horizon, and as it just rises above the horizon, gaze at the Sun. Be careful not to gaze at it when the Sun becomes too bright above the horizon. With arms outstretched in front of you, at a 45-degree angle to the ground, palms facing up, silently repeat “Welcome, Bright Sun” three times; while inhaling and exhaling, inhale the positive energy of the Sun, and exhale all darkness. Say out loud: As the Sun ascends, so may Light ascend in my mind and body As the Sun ascends, so may Love ascend in my mind and body. As the Sun ascends, so may Life ascend in my mind and body.
Part III: Feeling the Sun When the Sun has become too bright to gaze at directly, close your eyes, place your dominant hand over the heart area, and place the other hand on top of the dominant hand, both palms down. Keep facing the Sun, feeling its heat on your face. Imagine and feel that the Sun is now in your heart. Feel its brightness, power, and constant giving of light, love, and life. At each cycle of in-breath and out-breath, silently repeat “Light, Love, Life” while feeling the Sun in your heart. Feel that the Sun is now part of you; and that you are part of the Sun. Continue this contemplative feeling until you are satisfied that you have felt deeply and steadily.
Part IV: Embodying the Sun Without looking directly at the Sun, open your eyes. Place your hands at the side of your body. Say verbally, with all of your energy: O Sun, in this place, [name of location], I have no pentacle, chalice, athamé, wand, nor altar. I will return to the source of tools of magick, to the majestic purity of Nature Herself. Let the sand be my pentacle, the ocean my chalice, the breeze my athamé, the sunlight my wand, and my body-mind my altar. At the water’s edge, while kneeling down, with your forefinger draw a circle in the sand, and say: O Shining Ones of the earth, I embody your stability. Still kneeling, use both hands to form a cup, scoop up a handful of ocean water, and say: O Shining Ones of the waters, I embody your flow. Standing up, breathe in and breathe out once, and say: O Shining Ones of the air, I embody your movement. Outstretch your hands to horizon, looking at the horizon, where the ocean meets the sky, and say: O Shining Ones of the fire, I embody your passion. O Sun in the heart, I will use my strength, vitality, and energy to persist, to endure, to struggle, to shine! To close the ritual, say: May the Sun Rise in the Heart of All! Aum Shalom Aum!
Lunar Magick Ritual Lunar Chaos magick is not so much about self-empowerment as it is about the empowerment of your family, friends, and community, even including all living things in the cosmos – and by empowering those “others” you are also empowering yourself. This is why in traditional astrology the Sun and the Moon are considered to be two different aspects of the same heavenly body: Empowerment of self only works when you also empower others; and empowerment of others only works if your own self is included in that empowerment. One type of empowerment needs the other. Start the invocatory hymn about 10 minutes before Moonrise. The hymn can be long or short. If short, you might want to chant the hymn more than once. Choose one person to be the priest: the priest can be male or female. Ideally, the priest should have the hymns and chanting already memorized; the same person should not be the priest for two consecutive rituals. The different dance movements represent the different phases of the Moon. This Lunar Chaos magickal ritual was inspired by Hellenistic element theory and Rig Vedic hymnology.
Part I: Hymn to the Moon Let everyone form a circle, holding hands, with everyone facing the center of the circle. At 11 minutes before Moonrise, the priest leaves the circle, and everyone else establishes the circle again. The priest positions him or herself between the circle and the point on the horizon at which the Moon will rise. At 10 minutes before Moonrise, the priest turns his or her back to the circle and faces toward the point of the imminent Moonrise; the priest shouts: “Aum Namah Somaya!” meaning “Adoration to the Moon!” In a loud voice, everyone chants: We sing with clear words, we praise You, O Moon; With our divine singing, we invite You to visit us, most generous One. Giver of wealth, Physician to the sick, Provider of abundant food, O Moon, be our friend. O Moon, be as happy in our heart, as a cow in verdant pasture, or as a young wife in her new house. O Moon, Divine Mind, the person who enjoys Your friendship, becomes a friend to all living beings. Give us the courage to protect those who need protection; make us fearless in the face of fear: Let us be a friend to the friendless, O Moon. O Moon, grow stronger, grow brighter, grow greatly! From every corner of the cosmos, all powers center in You: You are where all light finds rest. O Moon, who makes us happy, grow brighter, grow greatly, grow stronger! All of Your Light brightens us, empowers us, and prospers us! May all beings be happy! May all beings be free from suffering! May all beings achieve their goals!
Continue chanting this (once, twice, three times, or even more) until the Moon rises.
Part II: Contemplation of the Moon As the Moon reaches the horizon, and as it just rises above the horizon, the priest rejoins the circle. Now, the two people closest to the Moonrise will separate from one another, breaking the circle, and thus creating a semi-circle, with the semi-circle’s opening facing the Moonrise. The semi-circle shape should allow everyone to face and see the Moonrise. Unlike the Sun, the Moon can be freely gazed at without harm or danger. Still holding hands, everyone raises their hands in unison, and repeat out loud “Welcome, Bright Moon” three times. Next, everyone chant out loud: As the Moon rises, so may Victory arise in all! As the Moon rises, so may Confidence arise in all! As the Moon rises, so may Joy arise in all!
Part III: Feeling the Moon Everyone sits down on the ground or in a chair, in a meditative pose. Keep facing the Moonrise, imagine feeling the coolness of the Moon descend into your body, from head to feet and back up to the head. Imagine and feel that the power of the Moon settles on the top of the head. Feel its coolness, power, and constant giving of victory, confidence, and joy. At each cycle of in-breath and out-breath, silently repeat “Victory, Confidence, Joy” while feeling the Moon on the top of your head. Feel that the Moon is now part of you; and that you are part of the Moon. Continue this contemplative feeling for 30 cycles of breath-in-and-breath-out.
Part IV: Embodying the Moon Everyone stands up. The priest pours the contents of the consecrated jar of mead, stout, lager, or some other deep, rich alcoholic beverage, into each participant’s mug or cup. At each pouring, the priest recites: Let us invite Victory with dance, drinking the essence of the Moon. Each one (except the priest and any designated drivers, who remain totally sober) consumes the liquor. Now, everyone (including the priest) commences with ecstatic dancing. It’s best to have some persons who are part of the group play some drums and/or other instruments; you could also play a recorded music selection, of a high energy level, suitable for dancing. There is no particular dance to be done; just feel the Moon and dance as you feel moved to do so. Don’t hold back; dance as if your life depended upon it. Consume more alcohol, but stop as soon as you notice a slight inebriation. Do this until everyone is exhausted or has stopped drinking. Close the ritual by everyone shouting: May the Moon shine Her blessings above the heads of all! Aum Shalom Aum!
Ritual for the Empowerment of All Beings This ritual is done at the Spring Equinox (when the length of the day and of the night are of equal length), which is usually the 20th or 21st of March. The dates of the Jewish Holy Day of Pesach (“Passover”) and the Christian Holy Day of Easter are calculated based on lunar phases after the Spring Equinox. This is a community ritual, but it can also be adapted for solitary use. This Chaotic ritual is inspired by Jewish Passover celebrations and Theravada Buddhist blessings. The participants are seated at the table, or sitting in a circle. If at a table, the chanter is positioned at the head of the table.
I. Making Whole The chanter pours wine into a cup, and water into a different cup, and chants the blessing over the cups: Joyful are those who have devoted themselves to Wisdom and Compassion, the Father and Mother of the Cosmos, who make all beings Whole and who brighten all bodies and minds.
II. Washing I The chanter drops a pinch of salt into a bowl of water, mixes it, and pours a some of the salt-water into his/her hand, rubs hands together, and dries hands with towel. The chanter passes the bowl to the person on his/her right, and that person also washes his/her hand. The bowl is passed around the circle until everyone has performed the washing. [The salt and water represent earth and water, the two grounding elements.]
III. Botanical The chanter, with a new bowl, drops a pinch of salt into a bowl of water, and dips a leaf of kale, nettle, or some other bitter green, into the water and eats it. The bowl is passed around and each participant dips his/her bitter green in it and eats it. [Living organisms represent the fire element, which here is now added to the earth and water elements.]
IV. Bread The chanter takes one of the three portions of bread and breaks it in two. One piece is returned to the other two portions of bread, and the other piece is set aside on another tray. [The bread was cooked with yeast, which produces carbon dioxide, causing the bread to rise during cooking. CO2 represents the air element.]
V. The Altar At the center of the table, the chanter sets up the altar. The chanter lights a candle, lights incense, pours water into a cup, and places a small piece of black obsidian and clear quartz to the right of the cup. When lighting the candle, the chanter points to the Sun. When lighting the incense, the chanter leads all in three deep inand-out breaths. When pouring the water, the chanter smiles to all participants. When placing the obsidian and quartz, the chanter taps the table twice with his left hand. For at least 5 minutes, everyone contemplates the objects, the four elements represented by those objects, and how those elements can be used to end suffering and bring joy to all beings.
VI. For the Empowerment of All Beings The chanter chants to all: Inheritors of Wisdom and Compassion, Let us sing for the Empowerment of All Beings. Everyone chants: This is to be done by one who wants power, in the service of wisdom and compassion: Consider deeply whether what you want to do, is the right thing to do, whether it stems from your true Will. Do not do the slightest thing that would contradict your true Will. Wish that all beings be joyful and powerful. Whatever beings exist, whether strong or weak, big or small, obvious or invisible, close or far, born or yet-to-be born. May all beings be joyful and powerful. Let no one hate another, or wish another to suffer. May your life be one of integrity and openness. A mother would sacrifice her life in order to save her infant child. Likewise, should one with power show compassion to the powerless, whether human or non-human. Wish well upon the entire universe, Love with a heart unbounded: up, down, east, and west, north and south;
no hatred, and anger only when necessary. Be committed to this path, here and now. Power, coupled with Wisdom and Compassion, is liberation from the sum of all fears. So be it!
VII. The Song of the Universe The chanter states to all: Offspring of Wisdom and Compassion! Let us sing the Song of the Universe, the story of how we appeared in the midst of this mysterious realm, the story of how we have not perfectly cared for our Earthly home, and the story of how we have the power to change, to grow. The chanter leads everyone in a rousing chant of the Song of the Universe (short version) The Dark and the Light, the Yin and the Yang, This wonderful Cosmos shouts a Big Bang. Photons, Electrons, Protons jostling for space, Stars and Galaxies with hydrogen embrace. In one tiny corner of the cosmos expanding, Our Sun hazy gases is now supplanting. Coalescing particles around the Sun, The third rock is a special one. DNA, plants, and animals galore, T. rex and the Dodo are unfortunately no more. This Blue Earth is the only home we all know, We commit to save it, and all life, We who come, and we who go. So be it!
VIII. Washing II
The chanter and participants wash their hands again, as before: “The chanter drops a pinch of salt into a bowl of water….” IX. The Hymns of Gratefulness
The chanter leads all the participants in the Hymns of Gratefulness: Joyful are those who have devoted themselves to Wisdom and Compassion, the Father and Mother of the Cosmos. We are grateful for the fruits, herbs, and grains; for finned, feathered, and four-footed companions; the products of millions of years of evolution. Joyful are those who have devoted themselves to Wisdom and Compassion, the Father and Mother of the Cosmos. We are grateful for the bread and the wine, the product of thousands of years of human wisdom, science, and technology, the ability to combine fire, air, water, and earth. The chanter chooses one participant, of the opposite gender, who chants: Joyful are those who have devoted themselves to Wisdom and Compassion, the Father and Mother of the Cosmos. Let the food we are about to eat, be food that energizes all of us to embody the Wisdom and Compassion of the Cosmos, and to empower all living beings in Life, in Light, and in Love.
X. The Meal
The chanter and the participants festively and joyfully enjoy the meal, which has no set menu. It could be a breakfast, a br/lunch, or a dinner. XI. The After-Meal
After the meal is finished, the cup of water and the piece of bread that was set aside earlier is now fed to the non-human (often, a dog) that has been invited to the meal. The chanter, barely audibly, sings: Human or non-human, all beings want to be happy. May they be happy! The human chanter and participants then drink the cup of wine and eat the bread that was not set aside: The chanter pours a bit of wine in each person’s cup; and the chanter takes a knife and divides the bread into the appropriate number of pieces (or, if the bread is large enough, the chanter simply breaks off the appropriate number of pieces). XII. Closing
The chanter leads everyone in the final chant: Joyful are those who have devoted themselves to Wisdom and Compassion, the Father and Mother of the Cosmos, who energize all beings and who empower all bodies and minds. Amen Aum
Finding and Creating Your Person Number The Greek philosopher Pythagoras thought that numbers were a basic element of the cosmos. Modern physics would not exist were it not for higher mathematics. Science in general is based on the idea that there is an order, a set of patterns, that make up the universe; and that these patterns can be discovered by the human mind. Numerology, tarot, and astrology are also based on this idea of the universality and discoverability of patterns. For instance, the soul, the self, the spirit, is orderly linked to certain numbers, certain tarot cards, and certain astrological entities. Empowering of the soul, then, can be hastened by the magickal empowering of the relevant numbers, tarot, and astrological entities. We can start with numbers, since they are more universal and experiential than tarot cards or astrology; that is, everyone knows the numbers from 1 to 9, whether you are magickian or not. In the numerological system commonly used in the West today, each letter is given a number, 1 through 9; and each number has a different set of meanings. “A” is 1; “B” is 2; and so forth to “I”, which is 9. “J” is 1; “K” is 2”; and so forth. The last letter, “Z”, is 8. Each number’s basic meaning is quite simple, too: 1 means independence; 2 means relationship; 3 relates to vigor; 4 relates to practical work; 5 is connected to learning; 6 is connected to sensuality; 7 points to solitude; 8 points to success; 9 establishes universal compassion. (The meanings associated with these numbers also differ from one system to another.) Thus, who you are in general, can be represented by a set of numbers and even a single number. This single number (or set of numbers) can then be used in magickal rituals, as a reminder of the role that you can play in the magickal act.
Take your full name, ideally, as it appears on your birth certificate. As an example, let’s take “Edward Alexander Crowley”. Adding up the numerical values of all of the letters (“E” = 5; “d” = 4; and so forth), the total numerical value is 105. Numbers with more than one digit need to be reduced to one digit by adding the separate digits: 1 + 0 + 5 = 6. Six is the number of sensuality, which happens to fit Crowley quite well. So, 6 would be the number that represents Crowley’s overall personality. Numerologists would interpret this to mean that the name “Edward Alexander Crowley” is the name of someone who appreciates (more than most) the sensual enjoyments of the world, that the name somehow is associated with an increase in that person’s sensual interests. However, magick is about accomplishing something new. If you calculate your person number (given to you by, say, your parents), and you don’t like the meaning associated with that number, then you could change your name to a name that has a different numerical profile, thus generating a different set of characteristics linked to your personality. If you see yourself as a successful businessperson, and your birth name’s person number is 9, then you might want to change your name to one that has the person number of 8, or 4. Edward Alexander Crowley changed his name (for non-numerological reasons, perhaps) to “Aleister Crowley”. “Aleister Crowley”, when converted numerologically, becomes 73, which reduces to 10, and then finally to 1, the number of independence. The idea of independence certain fits Crowley’s becoming the founder of a new religion, Thelema. It would not be a surprise to find that Crowley, though having mostly non-numerological reasons for changing his name, was also aware of the numerological change that would result from a name change. The name “Aleister Crowley” supported any intention toward independence that Crowley already possessed and strengthened it further. A magickal approach to numerology is an approach that might involve officially changing one’s name, or simply informally adopting a new name or some variation of one’s official name. Instead of being known as “Robert B. Smith”, you might sign your name “Bob B. Smith” because you want to cultivate the numerological qualities of the name variant. You don’t have to change your whole name, either: you could simply change your first name, or middle name, or nickname. Instead of using your first name “Theodore”, you might want to use “Ted” or “Theo”, depending upon the magickal intention you have for your life. If you marry someone else, whether you adopt your spouse’s last name might depend upon whether you
want to cultivate the numerological qualities of that potential new name.
Tarot Chaos Magick Once you’ve decided which numerological quality empowers you, you can cultivate that quality not only by changing your name or adopting a variation of your name, but also by contemplating the imagery depicted on the tarot card associated with that number. If we take the Thoth Tarot deck (painted by Lady Frieda Harris, under the direction of Crowley), we see that each of the 22 Major Arcana cards is associated with a number 0 (The Fool) to 21 (The Universe). Since no one has a name with a numerical value of 0, The Fool is considered to be Major Arcana 22. When determining which of the Major Arcana is associated with your name, don’t reduce the numerical value of your name if that value is 22 or less, or stop reducing the number of your name once you reach a value of 22 or less. For instance, “Aleister Crowley” calculates to 73, with reduces to 10, the number of the Major Arcanum titled “Fortune”. If you are thinking about adopting a new name (either officially or informally), you might want to consider how it relates to the Major Arcana. The image on your Major Arcana can them serve as a type of totem, a symbol that represents yourself, in some very profound way. You can use that Major Arcana image as a representation of yourself within certain ritual activities. But perhaps you don’t want to change your name, officially or otherwise, but you do want to adopt certain qualities symbolized on the Major Arcana. In this case, you can magickally imagine that you already have those qualities, that you already embody those qualities, symbolized on a particular card. No matter which Major Arcanum you use, the basic magickal outline can be the same. Let’s use the example of Major Arcanum X, “Fortune”. 1. Get into your meditative position. Radiate good-will to all beings. 2. Place the “Fortune” card at eye-level. 3. Breathe for 10 cycles, slowly, deeply. 4. Visually contemplate the imagery on the card. Notice what the characters and forces do, how they interact, what is changing or staying the same; notice the colors, objects, emotional qualities of the characters. Notice as much as you can (without becoming too obsessive about it).
5. Close your eyes. Mentally and emotionally contemplate the image of the card in your mind. Try to re-create as much detail as you can. Try to re-create the feeling that seeing the card produced in you. 6. The “Fortune” card should produce a feeling of prosperity, material and spiritual. (If it doesn’t do that for you, choose another card.) As you mentally and emotionally contemplate this feeling, feel that you are already, at this moment, prosperous and rich, both in terms of material possessions and spiritual reality. 7. In order to strengthen this feeling of prosperity, play some music and dance for about 15 minutes, all the while keeping this feeling of prosperity. Dance intensely, so that you feel really tired after 15 minutes. The music chosen should support, or at least not undermine, the feeling of prosperity. 8. Return to your meditative position and rest, with open eyes contemplating the tarot card again, and feeling the sense of prosperity that “Fortune” produces. 9. After a few minutes of restful contemplation, close the ritual by radiating good-will to all beings. You can also use tarot imagery in support of a particular goal. Which of the Major Arcana is supportive or consistent with your magickal goal? Is the goal one of balancing two or more forces (VIII, Adjustment)? Gaining energy (XI, Strength/Lust)? Improving your intimate relationships (VI, Love)? The Major Arcanum that supports your intention can be placed in various parts of your home, car, or altar, where you can be reminded of it throughout the day. Going beyond tarot, you can also use everyday images of, say, Adjustment, or Strength/Lust, or Love, and place them in places where they will be seen on a daily basis. For “Adjustment”, images of judges, courtrooms, or soldiers would be relevant; for “Strength/Lust”, images of lions, fire, or beautiful women; for “Love”, marriage ceremonies, roses, or candles. Let’s say that you want to increase your efficiency as a reader, because you’re a student in college. You can incorporate a particular Major Arcanum into your
magickal ritual 1. Establish a meditative and focused position. Breathe in deeply, and radiate good-will. 2. Light a yellow candle on the altar. (Yellow is associated with intelligence and wisdom.) Light a green candle on the altar. (Green is associated with learning and reading.) Affirm out loud: My ability to read increases day by day. I calmly open the book, look at the table of contents, and read the introduction, to get the general argument presented in the book. Closing the book, I write with my own handwriting the main points presented in the introduction. I haven’t yet understood something, until I’ve written it in my own handwriting. After affirming, you contemplate on the affirmation for a few moments, looking at the burning flames while doing so. 3. Then, shout at the top of your lungs, with as much force, energy, and intention as possible: Yah! Yee! Yuu! Yay! Yoh! Jah! Jee! Juu! Jay! Joh! [These syllables have millennia of mantric force behind them.] Burn incense on the altar. The ideal incense would be lemongrass (for knowledge) or honeysuckle (for studying); or any other incense whose scent inspires your intellect. As the incense starts burning, affirm out loud: As the sweet scent permeates the air, my thirst for knowledge permeates my body. I remove distractions that distract me from reading. Silence is my friend; my thoughts are clear and bright. Knowledge is as sweet as honey, and its aroma is intoxicating. 4. Pour lemongrass tea into the cup. Slowly drink the tea. (Do not add sugar or anything else.) After you drink all of the tea, affirm out loud: My ability to read flows like a river down a hill, until it reaches
the ocean. The river overcomes obstacles, goes around barriers, erodes mountains. Nothing can prevent it from reaching the ocean of wisdom.
5. Put the Major Arcanum on the altar. For reading and knowledge, the Arcanum of the Hierophant would be good. Look at the symbols depicted in this Major Arcanum. The Hierophant is a priestly figure of wisdom and knowledge, grounded on the earth, while reaching towards the heavens. As you gaze at the Hierophant, affirm out loud: I am a student of knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge allows me to prosper in the material world. Wisdom allows me to prosper in the spiritual world. A true Hierophant embodies both knowledge and wisdom. Reading helps me gather knowledge; wisdom helps me to apply that knowledge. So be it! 6. Imagine creating a sigil based on the Major Arcanum image. For now, just imagine what this sigil would look like. Before you go to bed, ask your dream-self for input on what such a sigil would look like. Draw the sigil over the next several days. Eventually, you could use the sigil, instead of the Major Arcanum image, within your rituals. 7. Sit calmly for a few minutes. Radiate good-will to all, and exit the magickal space and re-enter the everyday world.
The Moon as Time Indicator Magickal practices can be performed at any time, but it is best to do them when other, compatible, events in the natural world are occurring. Some of most powerful natural events are the phases of the Moon, and each Moon phases can be connected to a particular magickal intention. The major phases are the New Moon, the First Quarter, the Full Moon, and the Last Quarter. The power of the phases of the Moon is undoubtedly reflected in the weekly Jewish, Christian, and Muslims days of worship: each week represents one of the major phases of the Moon. The worship of Abrahamic deities is thus connected to the Moon phases; likewise, magickal practices can be made more efficacious by doing them during a major Moon phase. The New Moon occurs when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun. Astrologically, the Moon is conjunct the Sun (that is, at the same point on the astrological chart). In the Hindu tradition, the New Moon represents the union of the God Shiva (the Sun) and the Goddess Shakti (the Moon). Many calendars of ancient cultures (including modern Jewish and some Hindu ones) started each month at a New Moon (whereas in the modern Western calendar, the beginning of each month is not defined by the Moon phase). The power of the New Moon is the power of new beginnings: at the New Moon, the Moon is at its dimmest, darkest, but it is also at the beginning of its growth into brighter and brighter phases. Magick that energizes the beginning of a major project is best done at the New Moon or a few days after. The New Moon is also connected to fire, because the Sun (fire) has darkened the Moon (water), leading to the dominance of fire over water. Magickal rituals related to fire, to passion, to light, can also fruitfully be done at the New Moon. One caveat, though: love magick should not be done during a New Moon, because even though love is connected to fire, it also connected to water, and the Moon during a New Moon is at its weakest in terms of the quality of water.
The Full Moon occurs when the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun. Astrologically, the Moon is opposing the Sun (that is, at the point opposite that of the Sun, on astrological chart). Some Hindu calendars have the new month start at the Full Moon. In Hindu astrology, the Full Moon is the occasion of the full strength of the Moon; and people born during a Full Moon are believed to have very strong minds (because in Hindu astrology the Moon represents the mind) or emotions (according to many Western astrologers). Both the mind, in general, and emotions, in particular, are connected to the water element, and thus, a Full Moon is good for doing magick connected to water, to love and compassion, to fertility and growth. Indeed, the Full Moon, being the height of the Moon’s power, is a good time for magick that seeks to provide the greatest power to the accomplishment of a particular goal. Healing magick would be best done at this time, for instance. The Full Moon is also a good time for wealth magick: the Goddess Shakti (the Moon) is at Her strongest, and Shakti represents the abundance of the material world. The New Moon and the Full Moon are the most powerful of the four major Moon phases, because they symbolize the height of the powers of the two pure elements, fire and water, respectively. Fire is purely masculine, or “yang”, and water is purely feminine, or “yin”. The other two major Moon phases, the First Quarter and the Last Quarter, symbolize air and earth, respectively. Air magick is related to breathing, to movement, to the intellect; and earth magick is related to material abundance, finances, and endurance. The First Quarter is connected to growth magick (wanting something to grow), and the Last Quarter, to decrease magick (wanting something to decrease).
Building a House: New Moon Ritual Let’s say that you want to move from your old apartment to a new house, and you bought a few acres on which to build the house. This would be a good occasion to perform a New Moon ritual, because you’re beginning to start a project, and the New Moon can add the energy of growth and success to your plans. You can afford to wait for the next New Moon because building a house is a month-long project anyway, and there is no real need to rush it. Due to the fact that you now own the land, you can perform this New Moon ritual outside, on the land on which the house will be built. 1. Due to the immense cost and energy that will go into building the house, you would want to plan the New Moon ritual weeks ahead. Let’s say that the New Moon will occur on 15 April, and it’s now 1 April. In preparation for the ritual, engage in fasting for the next two weeks. It need not be fasting from all foods; It could be fasting from all meat, or all meat and dairy. The important point is to make it a doable, yet challenging, fast. 2. When you start your fast, set up, on the property, an altar flat on the ground. This will give the altar that much more “grounding” and connection to the land. The altar could be a simple slab of marble, or granite, or concrete, or wood. Make sure it’s not directly under anything, like a tree, so that it can remain relatively clean. Also, in front of the altar, dig a depression. This will be the fire pit during the ritual. Collect some kindling and wood, and place nearby (but not out in the open). 3. On the 15th of April, 45 minutes before Sunrise, place the kindling and wood into the depression, and make a fire, sit in front of the fire, chanting: As the Sun rises, so this fire rises. With the Sun rise, the New Moon also rises. 4. Sit before the fire for a few moments, feeling its energy. Now, burn some frankincense on the altar, chanting: Let the incense permeate the space where the future home is to be built -- on this spot.
5. Pour some wine in the cup, and place on the altar, chanting: The wine, product of the vine, may you be a sign of the fertility of the land. 6. Still sitting on the ground, touch the ground with your dominant hand’s fingers, chanting: May this ground be the beginning of a well-built home. 7. Continue contemplating and meditating before the fire and the altar. When you feel you are ready, pour the wine, along with rice and flower petals into the fire. Exclaim: So be it! May all beings be happy! 8. After about 10 minutes, extinguish the fire.
The Sun as Time Indicator In addition to the phases of the Moon, the position of the Sun in its daily course in the sky is also an important factor when deciding when to do magick. Somewhat like the four major phases of the Moon, the Sun passes through four major points in the sky: Sunrise, Midheaven, Sunset, and the Imum Coeli. The Midheaven is the highest point the Sun can reach in the sky on a particular day and in a particular earthly region. The Imum Coeli is exactly opposite the Midheaven, and is the lowest point the Sun can reach: You won’t see the Sun at the IC, because it’s always night when it happens. If the Midheaven occurs around noon, then the IC occurs around midnight. Among the four Sun positions, Sunrise and the Midheaven are the more powerful times. Whereas each Moon phase is connected to a particular element, a particular goal, and so forth; the Sun positions are connected to particular astrological houses: the 1st house, the 10th house, the 7th house, and 4th house. An astrological chart is divided into 12 houses, each house spanning (in general) 30 degrees within the whole 360 degrees spanning the sky. These 12 houses are 12 divisions in the sky, and each house represents a particular set of ideas, entities, and persons. The horizon point of the Sunrise marks the center of the 1st house; and usually, 15 degrees above and 15 degrees below that point make up the 1st house. The 1st house relates to your overall vitality and personality. Likewise, the Midheaven point marks the center of the 10th house (the house of your actions and goals); the location of Sunset, the center of the 7th house (the house of your spouse and those who possess what you lack); and the Imum Coeli point marks the center of the 4th house (the house of your happiness and home). Magick performed at any of these four positions will be strengthened accordingly. Another powerful way to practice magick based on the Moon or Sun position involves using your own astrological chart and your own Moon or Sun. For instance, let’s say that you want to perform a ritual meant to strengthen your health after recovery from a cold or flu. If you’re just recovering from an illness, then you probably don’t want to wait until the Moon enters into one of the four major phases, or into the New Moon or Full Moon phase. In such a case, one alternative is to perform the ritual at Sunrise, or when the Sun is at the Midheaven, or when the Sun is setting, or when the Sun as at the Imum Coeli.
Likewise, if the ritual is to be done as soon as possible, you could utilize another possible time frame that involves using the 12 houses. We’ve already mentioned the basic meanings of the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses. The other nine houses are also relevant. Any magickal ritual can be associated with a particular astrological house. Altogether, the 12 houses entities, and persons associated with each house can be summarized. The basic meanings of each house (starting from the 1st and ending at the 12th) are: personality; family; courage; home; creativity; enemy; spouse; gap; fortune; work; goal; and loss, respectively. For a ritual concerning health, the 6th house is crucial. The enemy is the main concern of the 6th house. The enemy can be psychological and self-imposed: fear, worry, anxiety, mental obstacles. It can be physical: disease, illness, injury. The enemy can be manifest in the form of being too self-centered, being unable to release concern for your own safety. Being a perfectionistic is another way of being your own enemy. The enemy can be another person: a literal “enemy”, someone who doesn’t like who you are or what you do, perhaps a competitor on the job. People who rob and steal from you, who have very different ideas about how something should be, people to whom you owe money or favors, those who imprison you or physically hurt you: all these are also enemies. The 6th house, though, is also how you conquer enemies, how you overcome obstacles, heal illness and disease, improve yourself, how you serve others unselfishly. Part of this service is giving charity to the poor, helping the oppressed, finding the lost. The “poor” includes animals, including pets. Understandably, the stepmother is connected to the 6th house, due to the likelihood of the stepmother being an enemy of the stepchildren. Anatomically, the navel and the gastrointestinal tract, especially the intestines, are related to this house.
Strengthen Health via Sun Magick In order to pick the best time for the solar health magick ritual, you would want to perform the ritual when your birth-chart Sun is in the 6th house. Get your astrological chart made. Find the sign in which your Sun is located. Let’s say your Sun is at 4 degrees Capricorn. Find the sign opposite the sign your Sun is in. That sign would be Cancer, if Sun is in Capricorn. Then move one sign forward: one sign forward from Cancer is Leo. So the time at which you should perform the ritual is that roughly 2-hour period when the horizon is in the sign of Leo, meaning that your Sun in Capricorn is in the 6th house. You can then go an online astrological source (like www.astro.com) and determine precisely what at time of the day that the horizon is in Leo. Perform the ritual at that time – or as closely as possible to that time.
1. When Leo is rising on the horizon, establish your meditative position and radiate good-will. 2. On the altar, light a candle of golden color. (Gold is the color of the Sun, which represents health.) Affirm out loud: The fire of health burns through the last remnants of my illness. What is not needed is burned away into ash. As the fire of health burns, I become lighter and lighter, healthier and healthier. I feel the heat of coursing through my blood vessels. 3. On the altar, burn incense-cedar (for health) or lotus (for growth and healing, as well as inner peace). As you smell the incense, say out loud: My disease does not like the smell of incense. It recedes further and further into the background, until it disappears. As the incense enters my nose, goes down the trachea, and into the two lungs, it prepares to spread throughout the body via the bloodstream.
4. Pour into the cup, some sort of liquid medicine that is helpful (or at least not harmful) to your condition. The liquid could be cough medicine, or liquid medicine for cold/flu symptoms, or lemon juice mixed with water. Consume the liquid, then affirm: Water helps hydrate the body and increase blood flow. Liquid medicine is a convenient way of getting the needed medicine into the body. I visualize the germs symbolically drowning in the liquid. There is no life-guard to pull them to shore and perform mouth-to-mouth. No one will throw them a life-saver. At best, I will throw them an anchor. 5. Place an oyster shell and a plate of cooked oysters on the altar. Affirm: Zinc, an essential trace element in humans, ultimately comes from the earth. For humans, eating oysters is the best way to consume zinc and thus strengthen the immune system. May eating these oysters bolster my body’s immunology and minimize the frequency of catching colds and influenza. L’chaim! So be it! 6. Re-establish yourself in your calm pose and radiate goodwill to all beings. 7. Take the cooked oysters from the altar and into the kitchen. Eat the oysters.
Finding Your Totemistic Planet The totemistic planet represents the planet closest to your heart. Some sources claim that such a planet is the planet near which you spent time just before taking birth in your present life-time, and that the planet accordingly shares some or a lot of its energy and characteristics with you, such that you manifest the planet’s energies while alive on Earth. Be that as it may, it is clear that people have different personalities, and those personalities can be classified as being more like the characteristics attributed to some planets than to other planets. The simple way to find your totemistic planet is to simply choose the planet that best represents your general goal in life, or who you really are. However, if you don’t trust your intuition just yet, you could try less subjective methods of determining that planet. Once you determine your totemistic planet, that knowledge can help you determine your guardian angel, your daemon, your guiding spirit.
One way for determining the totemistic planet is via numerology. This method is quite simple. First, calculate your person number. Let’s say your name is “Charles Robert Darwin”. “Charles” calculates to 30. “Robert” calculates to 33. “Darwin” gives us 33. (The fact that the middle name and last name are both 33, which, along with 11, 22, 44, etc., is a “master” number is intriguing. But I digress.) Add the three names together and you come up with 96, which reduces to 15, which reduces to 6. Six is the number of sensuality, which also includes an emphasis upon matter (as opposed to spirit). There is no need to go into the connections between the number 6 and evolutionary theory in this essay, but I will say that 6 is connected to the planet Venus, the planet of the five senses, senses that interact with matter. In India, Venus is the teacher of the asuras, who (unlike the devas) are focused on enjoyment of the material world – which is not a bad thing necessarily. It’s the enjoyment of the material world that has led, in part, to the development of science and technology, the study and manipulation of the material world. The planet Venus is a guru of matter, of science, and of medicine. There is an Asian Indian narrative that Venus was the supreme physician, because he knew how to cure the ultimate disease, death. (Charles Darwin initially studied to be a physician.) If modern scientists ever find a way to indefinitely prolong human life, they might find Venus asking them, “What took you so long?” Another way to find your totemistic planet is to analyze your astrological birth-chart. If there is a planet in the 1st, 10th, 7th, or 4th house; or a planet that is in its own sign or in its exaltation sign; or a planet that is at multiple angles to multiple other planets; then that planet could be your totemistic planet. In others, the most powerful planet could be your totemistic planet. Of course, incorporating all of these factors requires that you have a pretty accurate time of birth. For many people, that is not the case.
Take Charles Robert Darwin, the famous one born on 12 February 1809. No one recorded the exact time of his birth, even if the general time of day were recorded, say, “early morning” or “late evening”. In such a case, we use what we know, which is the day; and we use the Moon’s location. For almost all people in England (as well as in the U.S.) born on that day, the Moon was in Capricorn (using the sidereal chart). So, we take the Moon and its sign as basis for the 1st house: the 1st house spans 0 degrees Capricorn to 29.999 degrees Capricorn. Capricorn is ruled by Saturn, and so Saturn becomes a candidate for Darwin’s totemistic planet. Interestingly, Saturn is the planet very closely associated with scientists and physicians, people who in general are conservative in terms of their thinking processes, patiently demanding concrete evidence before making any tentative conclusions about their experimental data. Of course, not all scientists and physicians are like this, but the general practice of science and medicine is based upon a very saturnine and five-sense-based approach. There’s another interesting aspect of Darwin’s Moon-in-1st-house chart. All the planets finally dispose to the planet Jupiter in the sign Pisces. For Darwin’s chart, this means that if you take any planet, look at the sign the planet is in, find the planet that rules that sign, then find the sign that planet is in, then find that planet that rules that sign, and so on, you will end up with Jupiter in Pisces. For instance, in Darwin’s chart, the Moon is in Capricorn, ruled by Saturn; Saturn is in Scorpio, ruled by Mars; Mars is in Libra, ruled by Venus; Venus is in Pisces, ruled by Jupiter. Jupiter is in Pisces (which is ruled by Jupiter), so the chain stops with Jupiter. However, Jupiter is accompanied by Venus, both being in Pisces. Even though Venus does not rule Pisces, Venus is exalted in Pisces, meaning that Venus is (in general) stronger in Pisces than it is in the signs it does rule (Taurus and Libra). In fact, it is possible that Venus is the strongest planet in Darwin’s chart, since it is the only exalted planet in his chart (and Jupiter is the only planet that is located in one of its own signs). So, given his numerological profile, as well as his likely chart, Darwin’s totemistic planet might be Venus. However, ultimately, you have to choose your totemistic planet. No chart or set of numbers can do that for you.
Invoking Guides, Angels, and Daemons If your astrological chart indicates that most of your planets are weakened, then you might want to do a ritual that strengthens all of the planets at once. Such a ritual would invoke the deities associated with each planet, and call upon those deities to become active and strong. Your astrological chart, your time of birth, would of course remain the same, but extra energy would be added to how you embody your chart. A deity, spirit guide, or guardian angel, associated with your totemic planet, would receive special attention. In the ritual below, the totemic planet is the Moon, whose deity (in this ritual) is Uma, the Wife of Shiva. 1. Establish yourself in a focused and calm position, radiating good-will to all beings. 2. On the altar, light a silver candle, and move the candle in a clockwise motion four times in front of the Uma murti [statue], while chanting four times: The light of the Uma shines throughout the cosmos! 3. On the altar, burn the sandalwood incense, and move the incense stick in a clockwise motion four times in front of the Uma murti, chanting four times: The sweet smell of Uma permeates all things! 4. On the altar, pour a little milk into the tray that is positioned in front of the Uma murti, and move the tray with milk in a clockwise motion four times in front of the Uma murti, chanting four times: The richness of milk Uma feeds to all Her children, all living things! 5. On the altar, place a opened coconut in front of the Uma murti, or place some coconut meat on the tray in front of the Uma murti. Wave the coconut in a clockwise circular motion four times in front of the Uma murti, chanting four times: The earth produces food and Uma increases the abundance!
6. On the altar, place a copy of your astrological chart. On top of each symbol of each planet, place the appropriate colored disk. (You can create these colored disks on your own, using colored paper or wood). The gold disk goes on top of the Sun; the silver disk, the Moon; the red disk, Mars; the green disk, Mercury; the yellow disk, Jupiter; the white disk, Venus; the blue disk, Saturn; the smoky disk, Rahu; and the brown disk, Ketu. Affirm: I honor the Sun, the light of the divine and the destroyer of darkness! I honor the Moon, the perfection of devotion! I honor Mars, the powerful warrior! I honor Mercury, the communicator of knowledge! I honor Jupiter, the teacher of the deities! I honor Venus, the teacher of the daemons! I honor Saturn, the patient, suffering one! I honor Rahu, the one of obsessive desire! I honor Ketu, the desireless renunciate! O Uma, moving along Your path, Your victorious conquest is well-known: Transform us, higher and higher! We see Your Light, the heavenly Light, and every sort of Happiness: Transform us, higher and higher! Proficient in power, physical, emotional, and intellectual, O Uma, help us defeat our enemies; And transform us, higher and higher! O Uma, heighten our senses, purify our food: Transform us, higher and higher! So be it! Aum! Svaha! 7. Contemplate the chart and the colored disks on the chart. Remember that the disks, the planets, are movable. The chart does not define who you really are. It simply symbolizes a set of characteristics for this life-time, characteristics that are the result of either past-life
actions, or the biological and cultural conditions of your birth, or both. Remember that the actions you do now, in this life, can alter any apparent trajectory your past actions or history might indicate. 8. Re-establish yourself in your meditative position, radiating good-will to all.
Angelic Exorcism The Kabbalistic Tree of Life comprises 10 Sephirot, or Divine Emanations. Each Sephira can be linked to deity or angel, as well as to a planet. Thus, once you have determined your totemistic planet, you can then invoke the associated angel during normal, everyday life, or as part of a Chaotic magickal ritual. Exorcism is a very useful type of ritual, so the ritual below is an exorcism that involves invoking the angel Gabriel, who is associated with Yesod, which is linked to the Moon. This ritual would be very appropriate for those individuals with the Moon as their totemistic planet. It would also be best done right at, or right after, the point of the New Moon, since the aim is to increase the power of the angelic exorcism. (John Dee explained the name “Gabriel” as referring to the increasing might of God.) One of the major obstacles to self-empowerment is the demonic (not to be confused with “daemonic”) power of self-hate, and this exorcism, inspired by Dee’s Enochian magick and Psalm 68, addresses that. 1. On the altar, place an image of the archangel Gabriel, and shout: Yah! Yee! Yuu! Yay! Yoh! Jah! Jee! Juu! Jay! Joh! 2. On the altar, light a red candle, and shout: Yah! Yee! Yuu! Yay! Yoh! Jah! Jee! Juu! Jay! Joh! 3. On the altar, burn basil incense, and shout: Yah! Yee! Yuu! Yay! Yoh! Jah! Jee! Juu! Jay! Joh! 4. On the altar, pour some boiling water in the cup, and shout: Yah! Yee! Yuu! Yay! Yoh! Jah! Jee! Juu! Jay! Joh! 5. On the altar, place black obsidian, and shout:
Yah! Yee! Yuu! Yay! Yoh! Jah! Jee! Juu! Jay! Joh! 6. Start playing a pre-selected selection of war-like drumming. Turn the volume up loud as loud as you can, while still being able to hear your voice if you shout. Chant with a loud voice: Let Gabriel arise! Let Self-Hate be scattered! Drive away Self-Hate like the wind drives away smoke, like fire melts wax. Let Self-Hate burn in the presence of Yesod! O Gabriel, you led your people safely through the wilderness of Self-Hate. You shook the earth, you dropped down the sky, and that wilderness fell into the sea. You, O Gabriel, sent your people into a new land, a land of milk and honey, providing rest for the weary, food for the hungry. The word went out: there is a fertile land filled with food. The kings of the bordering nations, worshippers of Self-Hate, attacked, but were repulsed. They did flee back to their palaces. Gabriel scattered the kings of Self-Hate with the twenty thousand chariots of Self-Love: the Power of Yesod was among them. He burned down their palaces of Self-Hate, killed their wives of Self-Malevolence, and burned their children of Self-Antipathy. O Gabriel, from the heights of heaven, destroy the head of SelfHate, the hairy crown of Self-Loathing! Gabriel shouted, “I will bring the hammer down on Self-Disgust! I will smash the bones of Self-Aversion! I will utterly annihilate the armies of Self-Despising! I will bathe in the blood of Self-Enmity, and garland around my neck the skulls of Self-Hostility, Self-Revulsion, and Self-Scorn.” O Gabriel, rebuke the claim of Self-Resentment, scatter the armies of Self-Hostility!
O Gabriel, you who ride upon the tides of the ancient heavens, hurl your mighty spear. O Gabriel, angel of war, of a terrible and of bloody countenance, utterly annihilate Self-Scorn, absolutely exterminate Self-Spite, and totally obliterate Self-Hatred back to the depths of Hell! 7. Turn off the drumming. Contemplate the feeling produced by the exorcism, and radiate good-will to all beings.
Keeping the Magick Strong The topics covered in this manual are put together with the intent to bring you into alignment with the empowering and loving nature of your universe. With the acknowledgement of these spiritual gifts, you will be able to more consciously utilize the amazing power of magick. Remember to revisit this manual often, for the human brain is trained to learn and assimilate new behaviour by way of repetition. This is the key to activating the empowering beliefs that lay within. Feel free to share any personal reflections on this book by leaving a review. We are also looking for personal stories of triumph for a future book called Empowering Stories, For Empowering Lives due out later this year. You can sign up for updates on this and other books of empowerment and love at http://www.miketisdalepublishing.com
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