Q.D.Sh. Ritual The “Quick, Dirty, Dirty, and Short” Ritual (or Q.D.Sh. for short) short) works as an all-around preparatory ritual for a a!ician who needs to !et ready in a "iffy. The Q.D.Sh. Ritual is easily adapta#le and re$uires little preparation or eori%ation #eforehand. The Q.D.Sh. ritual consists of four steps& circle, #reathe, #anish, tune. Circle:
The circle is iportant for #oth #oth protection fro e'ternal ener!ies, isolation fro the world, and containent of internal ener!ies. ts #een used in *arious ways #y different traditions since well #efore anti$ue ties, and well use it here as well. +ou want to #e a#le to separate yourself fro fro noral space and tie in order to do your workin!, whether this is to keep k eep you isolated fro the hustle and #ustle of e*eryday life or the star stors and cosic hurricanes of the astral real. This step is siple& siple& usin! the inde' fin!er fin!er of your doinant hand, ake a circle clockwise on the !round around you, lar!e enou!h for you you to stand or work in as you need. So lon! as you ha*e a physical circle drawn out around you, youre !ood to !o. s you draw the circle out, you should consider consecratin! the !round itself so that you ake a proper sanctified holy space that has the added #enefit of shieldin!. astin! the circle while usin! the followin! Tritheian Tritheian phrase works well& n the nae of the #lessed Trinity, consecrate this piece of !round for our ou r defense, so that no e*il spirit ay ha*e power to #reak these #ounds prescri#ed here, throu!h esus hrist our hrist our /ord. en. This or another Trinitarian Trinitarian forula forula works if youre hristian0 hristian0 if not, you you i!ht in*oke the 1od and 1oddess, the four !uardians of the watchtowers, o r your patron deity instead to aid you in stren!thenin! the circle. prefer a *ariation on a Trinitarian Trinitarian forula that !oes to y 2eretic roots& n the nae of the 3ous, this circle is consecrated for our defense. 4y the power of the /o!os, /o! os, this circle is defended for our perfection. 5or the sake of the Sophia, Soph ia, this circle is perfected for our work. 678 786 867 768 687 876 t doesnt !enerally atter what direction you start start the circle in, #ut it i!ht #e nice if its ali!ned with soe focus or direction if you can ana!e it. The direction in which you start the circle will #e referred to as the anchor direction fro here on. Try to face the anchor direction after each step, unless otherwise directed. Breathe:
3ow that you*e !ot the circle set up, youre safe fro the outside outside world and can #e!in #uildin! up yourself for the purposes of the ritual. So #reathe and rela'. Really. Take Take se*eral deep #reaths (e.!. fourfold #reaths, *ase #reaths) to cal your #od y, settle your soul, clean your spirit, and clear your ind. 9hile doin! this, you i!ht incorporate prayers, antras, or stateents of intent into your #reathin! to focus or center yourself and #e copletely present #efore proceedin!. like to #reathe with the Trisa!ion, #ut you i!ht try soethin! else. :se your #reath wisely here, #o th to prepare yourself and your workin! area.
Banish:
:se the /-;T 4anishin! Ritual de*ised #y 5rater
isuali%e a rin! of li!ht ho*erin! at around heart le*el at the #oundaries of the circle you cast. This is a protecti*e circle of li!ht, so a color reflecti*e of that is su!!ested. 9hite is always appropriate. /et a point on the rin! in the anchor direction !low e'ceptionally #ri!ht. 1ra# it with your doinant hand in a fist. =ull in that point to the center of the circle. s you do so, *isuali%e the point of li!ht ! lowin! #ri!hter and #ri!hter as you intone / ore and ore forcefully.
This is adapted fro the 2epta!ra Ritual as proposed in the 1reek ?a!ical =apyri (=1? @.ABCAE). n short, it uses the se*en *owels of the 1reek alpha#et (alpha, epsilon, eta, iota, oicron, upsilon, and oe!a) to relate and tune oneself to the powers of the se*en planets (?oon, ?ercury, >enus, Sun, ?ars, upiter, and Saturn) so as to attract the attention and worthiness of the deities, #ut can #e used ore !enerally as well. t associates a direction and !esture with each *owel and planet, so this i!ht look a little silly if youre not used to such thin!s. *e also included fi*e ore !estures and letters which are associated with the fi*e eleents (psi for aether, theta for Farth, 'i for 9ater, phi for ir, and chi for 5ire). This helps sync ones sphere with the four eleents and se*en planets, which is recoended as a kind of ini-ali!nent ritual to help !et one #alanced and prepared for any work to coe. The steps for this ritual are as follows& G. 5ace the anchor direction. lose your eyes. /et your hands rest at your sides. B. ?ake three deep #reaths, each tie akin! repeatedH (=si) sounds (like akin! poppin! sounds, “pss pss pss pss pss pss”) with your whole #reath. . F'tend #oth your ars out and downward. nhale and e'claiI (Theta) (like youre spittin! out a “tah” sound) with your whole #reath. J. Raise your left hand and keep your ri!ht hand lowered. nhale and e'claiK (@i) (like youre hissin! out “kssss”) with your whole #reath. E. Raise #oth your ri!ht and left hands. nhale and e'claiL (=hi) (like youre !ently #reathin! out a “pah” sound) with your whole #reath.
M. /ower your left hand and keep the ri!ht hand upheld. nhale and e'claiN (hi) (like youre cou!hin! out a “kah” sound) with your whole #reath. O.
