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construction of magical rituals. It is based on the Tree of Life as found in
Hermetic Qabalah, a synthetic system that originated in the Renaissance
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period and which combines the Jewish mysticism of the period with
Christian and alchemical ideas and symbolism. Crowley’s correspondences
probably began as a list assembled by Alan Bennett for use with the
Golden Dawn system of magick, but Crowley expanded the tables so that
they include more associations and are in harmony with the philosophy and
principles of Thelema.
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Strange But Not This region of the spiritual world is similar to Plato’s world of ideal forms. A Liber Spirituum
True division called the Abyss separates the potential and actual worlds. Forms
A recent study must cross the Abyss in order to move from a potential state to an actual
found that many
people in Iceland state, and in order to achieve union with the cosmos, the mystic or
still believe in the magician must also cross it in the opposite direction, moving from actual to
existence of elves. This article potential.
cleverly builds on that fact to
crea... The gateway to the Abyss is a "false sphere" called Daath, meaning
"knowledge," which is essentially a projection of the three supernals into
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When Ohio knowledge as an end in and of itself, eschewing the experience of gnosis
deputies were that imparts true enlightenment. Crowley attributes Daath to the planet
called in to deal Uranus, but I attribute it to the planet Pluto. I also attribute the asteroid belt
with a and planetoids to the Abyss itself.
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4. Chesed or Gedulah, meaning "Mercy." Attributed to the planet
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now begun the process of formation. Here three-dimensional
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Christian higher sense, as in "Love is law, love under will." On the human
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pattern could be derived from egocentric level. On the human body it represents the Anahata,
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fortean (60) 11. Aleph, meaning "Ox." This path is attributed to Atu 0, The Fool,
fraud (57) in the Tarot and to the element of air. In gematria, its value is 1.
ghosts (50) 12. Beth, meaning "House." This path is attributed to Atu I, The Spiral Nature
gnosticism (6) Magus, in the Tarot and to the planet Mercury. In gematria, its
halloween (10) value is 2.
harry potter (23) 13. Gimel, meaning "Camel." This path is attributed to Atu II, The Head For the Red
hinduism (4) Priestess,in the Tarot and to the Moon. In gematria, its value is 3.
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14. Daleth, meaning "Door." This path is attributed to Atu III, The
humor (148) Empress, in the Tarot and to the planet Venus. In gematria, its
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15. Heh, meaning "Window." This path is attributed to either Atu IV,
islam (19) The Emperor, or Atu XVII, The Star, in the Tarot, and to either the
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16. Vav, meaning "Nail." This path is attributed to Atu V, The
lovecraft (2) Hierophant, in the Tarot and to the zodiac sign Taurus. In
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gematria, its value is 6.
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17. Zain, meaning "Sword." This path is attributed to Atu VI, The
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Lovers, in the Tarot and to the zodiac sign Gemini. In gematria,
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18. Cheth, meaning "Fence." This path is attributed to Atu VII, The
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mormonism (8) Chariot, in the Tarot and to the zodiac sign Cancer. In gematria,
mullet cult (7) its value is 8.
music (11) 19. Teth, meaning "Serpent." This path is attributed to Atu XI, Lust Rune Soup
muti (24) or Strength, in the Tarot and to the zodiac sign Leo. In gematria,
mythology (1) its value is 9.
necromancy (5) 20. Yod, meaning "Hand." This path is attributed to Atu IX, The Ceremonial Magick
neuroscience (40) Hermit, in the Tarot and to the zodiac sign Virgo. In gematria, its Musings
new age (20) value is 10.
new zealand (4) 21. Kaph, meaning "Palm." This path is attributed to Atu X, Fortune,
news (147) in the Tarot and to the planet Jupiter. In gematria, its value is 20.
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22. Lamed, meaning "Ox-goad." This path is attributed to Atu VIII,
oto (14) Adjustment or Justice, in the Tarot and to the zodiac sign Libra. In
ouija (4) gematria, its value is 30.
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23. Mem, meaning "Water." This path is attributed to Atu XII, The
paranormal (67) Hanged Man, in the Tarot and to the element of water. In
personal (4) gematria, its value is 40.
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25. Samekh, meaning "Prop." This path is attributed to Atu XIV, Art
or Temperance, in the Tarot and to the zodiac sign Sagittarius. In
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gematria, its value is 60.
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psychology (45) 26. Ayin, meaning "Eye." This path is attributed to Atu XV, The
rant (2)
Devil, in the Tarot and to the zodiac sign Capricorn. In gematria,
its value is 70. Magick of Thought
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reviews (10) 27. Pe, meaning "Mouth." This path is attributed to Atu XVI, The
ritual techniques (71) Tower, in the Tarot and to the planet Mars. In gematria, its value
ritual tools (27) is 80.
Gleamings from the
rituals (32) 28. Tzaddi, meaning "Fish-hook." This path is attributed to either Golden Dawn
santeria (5) Atu XVII, The Star, or Atu IV, The Emperor, in the Tarot, and to
satanism (54) either the sign Aquarius or the sign Aries in the zodiac. In
science (130) gematria, its value is 90.
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scientology (9) 29. Qoph, meaning "Back of Head." This path is attributed to Atu
skeptics (36) XVIII, The Moon, in the Tarot and to the zodiac sign Pisces. In
south america (9) gematria, its value is 100.
space aliens (28) 30. Resh, meaning "Head." This path is attributed to Atu XIX, The Postmodern Magic
spells (7) Sun, in the Tarot and to the Sun. In gematria, its value is 200.
sports (35) 31. Shin, meaning "Tooth." This path is attributed to Atu XX, Aeon
technology (44) or The Last Judgment, in the Tarot and to the elements of fire and Seething Among the
teen exorcist squad (5) spirit. In gematria, its value is 300. Suits
television (47) 32. Tau, meaning "Cross." This path is attributed to Atu XXI, The
templars (1) Universe or The World, and to the planet Saturn and the element
template (4) of earth. In gematria, its value is 400.
terminology (10)
the secret (8) Paths 31 and 32 have dual natures, as you can see by their descriptions.
thelema (27) These are notated in 777 as 31 and 31bis, and 32 and 32bis. 31 is the
thirteen (3) element of fire, and 31bis is the element of spirit. 32 is the planet Saturn,
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and 32bis is the element of earth. In the following tables they will be
notated as 31 and 31B, and 32 and 32B.
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While the spheres represent states of being, the paths represent channels
wicca (15)
along which energy can flow from one state to another. For example, for
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energy to flow from Yesod to Malkuth, it must cross the path of Tau, which
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is symbolized by The Universe in the Tarot and attributed to Saturn and
yoga (15) earth. The various magical powers of western mysticism are related to this
yule (7) movement of energy, and thus the paths represent powers and effects of
zombies (13) various natures.
It is not my goal here to reproduce all of Liber 777 in its entirety, but once
you have determined the key scale for your ritual, you should be able to
use any of the existing published versions to assemble a collection of
harmonious components.
Crowley is relatively clear on how this example works except for his use
and choice of colors, which are given but not completely explained. In
Crowley’s system, which was adapted from the Golden Dawn, there are
four scales of color: King, Queen, Prince, and Princess. The symbolism of
these color schemes is also based on Qabalistic correspondences included
in Liber 777. Crowley attributes the court cards of the Tarot as follows,
which relates back to the four color scales:
The color scales also correspond to the four worlds of Qabalistic mysticism,
and here is where we can derive some clues as to their usage. The four
worlds are:
In the example, Crowley uses the Queen scale color corresponding to the
sphere of Mercury, Hod, for the circle itself. The circle is a place or state,
and as such should be made in the color of one of the spheres. For planets,
this is the most straightforward. The Queen scale is used because the
circle itself represents the passive or receptive principle. Thus, a ritual for
attaining political ascendancy (Jupiter) would use a blue circle (Chesed –
sphere 4), a ritual for obtaining vengeance (Mars) would use a red circle
(Geburah – sphere 5) and so forth. For elemental rituals, the circle should
be made in citrine, olive, russet, and black (Malkuth – sphere 10). For
Zodiacal rituals, you could either use gray (Chockmah – sphere 2) or the
color associated with the planet that rules the sign. The more traditional
arrangement of planetary rulership is the most widely agreed upon for this
sort of work, since attributing the outer planets to the spheres is a matter of
some conjecture among ritualists.
Whereas the circle represents the passive or receptive principle, the lineal
figure traced within it represents the active or expansive principle and as
such is usually drawn in the color corresponding to the King scale. In
Thelemic terminology, the circle is Nuit, the lineal figure is Hadit, and their
union in the ritual proper is Ra Hoor Khuit. Incidentally, this is also why it is
especially appropriate to begin a ritual action with the Sign of the Enterer
(Horus) and end it with the Sign of Silence (Harpocrates), as with the
pentagrams in the Star Ruby ritual.
In making the sigil of the spirit, all four colors are used because they
correspond to the YHVH formula, which is the template for creation of any
sort. All spirits in the magical universe exist in all four worlds, though
humans are more closely connected to the material world than are most
disembodied entities. The spirit still needs a path into the material world if it
is to manifest at all. Here is the table of colors from Liber 777.
King or
Queen Emperor or Empress or Princess
Key Knight
(Heh) Prince (Vav) (Heh Final)
(Yod)
White
1 Brilliance White brilliance White, flecked gold
brilliance
Blue pearl grey,
Pure soft White, flecked red,
2 Grey like mother-of-
blue blue, and yellow
pearl
3 Crimson Black Dark brown Grey, flecked pink
Deep azure, flecked
4 Deep violet Blue Deep purple
yellow
5 Orange Scarlet red Bright scarlet Red, flecked black
Clear pink Yellow
6 Rich salmon Gold Amber
rose (Gold)
Bright yellow
7 Amber Emerald Olive, flecked gold
green
Violet Yellowish brown,
8 Orange Red russet
purple flecked white
9 Indigo Violet Very dark purple Citrine, flecked azure
Citrine,
olive, As Queen, Black rayed with
10 Yellow
russet, flecked with gold yellow
black
Pale bright Blue emerald
11 Sky blue Emerald, flecked gold
yellow green
12 Yellow Purple Grey Indigo, rayed violet
13 Blue Silver Cold pale blue Silver, rayed sky blue
Emerald Early spring Bright rose or cerise,
14 Sky blue
Green green rayed pale green
15 Violet Sky blue Bluish mauve White, tinged purple
16 Red orange Deep indigo Deep warm olive Rich brown
New yellow Reddish grey inclined
17 Orange Pale mauve
leather to mauve
Rich bright
18 Amber Maroon Dark greenish brown
russet
Yellow, Deep
19 Grey Reddish amber
greenish purple
Green,
20 Slate gray Green grey Plum color
yellowish
Bright blue, rayed
21 Violet Blue Rich purple
yellow
Emerald
22 Blue Deep blue green Pale green
Green
Deep olive White, flecked purple,
23 Deep blue Sea green
green like mother-of-pearl
Livid indigo brown, like
24 Green blue Dull brown Very dark brown
black beetle
25 Blue Yellow Green Dark vivid blue
Cold dark gray,
26 Indigo Black Blue black
approaching black
Bright red, rayed azure
27 Scarlet Red Venetian Red
or emerald
28 Scarlet Red Brilliant flame Glowing red
Buff,
Crimson Light translucent
29 flecked Stone color
(UV) pinkish brown
silver-white
30 Orange Gold yellow Rich amber Amber, rayed red
Glowing Scarlet, flecked Vermillion, flecked
31 Vermillion
orange gold crimson and emerald
32 Indigo Black Blue black Black, rayed blue
Citrine,
olive,
32b Amber Dark brown Black, flecked yellow
russet,
black
White Deep 7 prismatic White, red, yellow,
31b merging purple, colors, violet blue, black (the latter
into gray nearly black outside outside)
V. Ritual Performance
Once you have set up the temple and made the sigil of the spirit, you are
ready to begin the ritual. The two principle ritual forms are invocation and
evocation. An invocation refers to calling the spirit into yourself, such as
would likely be the case with Crowley’s sample ritual. The most efficient
way to gain understanding of an obscure science is to call Mercury into
yourself in order to unite with a force that already possesses that
understanding. For enhancing your own abilities in any way, this is usually
the most efficient course of action, and in fact Crowley considered
evocation to be more like a starting point from which the student would
eventually move on to invocation. However, evocation has some specific
advantages for certain situations.
Much operant magick – that is, magick directed at producing change in the
external, physical world – is best done using evocation. This is because
when working operant magick you often do not want the effect centered on
yourself, but rather on some other person, place, or thing. You also usually
use evocation to create most servitors or telesma – independent
constructed spirits that can act autonomously and follow programming of
one sort or another. Any magical effect you create using invocation runs off
your own body’s magical field, and as such you can only do so much at any
one time when you are creating effects with invocation. A powerful
magician can generally manage to keep some number of effects going
simultaneously, but each of them will to some degree weaken the others.
This can be worked around by using what I call anchors – physical objects
associated with a particular magical vibration that can power a magical
effect from the universe itself. Talismans are one example of a magical
device of this sort, and generally you get better results if anchors are
charged using evocation.
Also, when using evocation, the magical energy is called into an external
space instead of through your own body. While this is not usually a
problem, some kinds of energy (such as that of Mars or Saturn) can be
harmful if great care is not taken when invoking them. A spell to obtain
vengeance (Mars), for example, is best cast by evoking the energy into a
space in which you have placed something linked to the target of the spell.
This bypasses the Wiccan “threefold law of return,” which is really nothing
moral at all but instead sloppy casting. Many Wiccan groups don’t teach
evocations, and if you target an effect on someone else that is centered on
you, it is likely that you will experience something similar to whatever you
intended for your target. Whether you should use magick in this way is a
matter of personal ethics, not fear of retaliation. Most Thelemites like myself
avoid using this kind of magick if any other options are available. It is a
matter of Thelemic ethics that every person has the right to do their will
unless they interfere with the will of another individual, and obviously
targeting someone against their will with a spell of any kind (even if you are
trying to help them!) is a violation of this principle.
If you are performing an invocation, setting up the circle and making the
sigil of the spirit is all the temple preparation you need. You hold the sigil of
the spirit or wear it somewhere on your person and begin the ritual work.
For evocation, your preparation is a bit more elaborate. You will need a
triangle, which should be black. This symbolism is related to sphere 3,
Binah, which is attributed to the planet Saturn. Saturn in this context
symbolizes boundaries and limitations, which is appropriate for containing a
summoned entity. You also need a material basis if you wish to see any
kind of manifestation. Crowley recommended placing an incense burner in
the triangle and lighting incense appropriate to the attribution of the spirit
(also found in 777, by key scale), so that the smoke could be used in this
way. You can also place a person in the triangle and evoke a spirit into
them, which is sometimes done for group workings. In this case, the person
is the material basis for the spirit. I have also personally used crystals,
candles, and talismans. The triangle is placed outside the circle, which is a
very important point. If the triangle is inside the circle, the spirit will not be
contained and you are essentially performing an invocation. Another
structure that I have used for this purpose is the Holy Table described in
John Dee’s Enochian work, which functions very differently, but that is the
subject of another article.
Once you have the temple set up in the appropriate manner, you begin with
the rituals of the pentagram and hexagram. The “standard” rituals for this
are the Lesser Rituals of the Pentagram and Hexagram, which originated
with the Golden Dawn system of magick and were first published by
Crowley in The Equinox. Crowley also wrote the Star Ruby and Star
Sapphire, which were first published in The Book of Lies. The Star Ruby
was later revised from the original form, though the Star Sapphire remained
essentially unchanged throughout Crowley’s life. The Star Ruby is
Crowley’s pentagram ritual and the Star Sapphire is his hexagram ritual.
For the purposes of this article I will be using the Golden Dawn rituals as
examples, though Crowley’s rituals are very effective. Each ritual has two
forms – banishing and invoking. The banishing form is used to dismiss
spiritual forces, while the invoking form is used to call upon them. The
Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram also separates the magician from the
qlippothic (or demonic) parts of the universe – in the Thelemic worldview,
forces that impede the purification of will. It is this second function that
makes the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram specifically suited for daily
practice leading to the pursuit of the Great Work.
For the most part, just about every magical ritual also begins with the
banishing form of the pentagram ritual. It purifies the will and dismisses
thoughts and influences that are not in harmony with the desired end. It is
followed by the Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram, which may be performed in
either the banishing or invoking form depending on the nature of the ritual.
Following the banishing form of the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram with the
banishing form of the Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram clears a space
completely of all spiritual and magical influences, both microcosmic and
macrocosmic. This is most appropriate for rituals conducted for the purpose
of communication with a specific entity, in which you want the channels of
communication to be as open and unimpeded as possible. Following the
banishing form of the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram with the invoking form
of the Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram creates what I call an operant field – a
space in which the microcosm and macrocosm are conjoined in such a way
that magick can affect the exterior world. For any kind of operant ritual, the
invoking form of the Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram should be used.
The Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram is usually followed by either the Greater
Ritual of the Pentagram or the Greater Ritual of the Hexagram, generally in
the invoking form. The banishing form could be used to expel or diminish a
particular influence, though, such as in the case of a ritual designed to
banish the energy of Saturn to speed something up. The banishing form is
also used at the end of the ritual if the effects of that ritual are not intended
to persist. The Greater Ritual of the Pentagram is used for rituals involving
the elements. The Greater Ritual of the Hexagram is used for rituals
involving planets or zodiac signs. The color used for the pentagrams or
hexagrams should be taken from the key scale, and you should use the
scale of color that corresponds to the Qabalistic world in which you are
working. Usually you use the King scale, which propagates down the tree
of life from the archetypal world. You trace the pentagrams or hexagrams in
this color, and trace the symbol of the influence you are working with in the
center of the lineal figure in a flashing (complementary) color.
UPDATE: Donald Michael Kraig has commented on this article over on his
blog, and notes that there's a lot more to performing a ritual than putting the
pieces together as outlined here. He is of course correct. This article was
written to address a particular problem, that of magicians who have trouble
understanding how to assemble all the pieces for a rite from Crowley's
Liber 777. For those of you looking for more information on what some of
those additional points of performance might be, I direct you to a number of
other articles here on Augoeides that address this very subject.
The Operant Field. This article gives more detail on the way in which I use
the Lesser Pentagram and Hexagram rituals. My method differs from that
taught by the various Golden Dawn orders, who I am told use the LBRP-
LBRH combination followed by the Opening by Watchtower as shown
here, whereas I use the LBRP-LIRH combination plus a preliminary
invocation to do the same thing.
Finally, I invite you to peruse the various Rituals posted on this site. They
include full scripts along with stage directions and so forth for invoking all
seven of the ancient planets (Moon through Saturn). They provide
examples of fully assembled rites that can be employed for both magical
and mystical purposes.
8 comments:
Saturn is the last of the personal planets and the first of the
transpersonal. God is both personal and transpersonal, but
humans couldn't conceive its transpersonal aspect. This is
still shown in the physical realm by the impossibility of the
outer planets being seen with the naked eye. But human
counsciousness has changed in order for us to be able to
rise above the personal realm.
The bottom line is that the outer planets do not fit well when
you include Pluto, period. But as astronomers have pointed
out, there really is no reason to consider Pluto a planet when
you are not considering the other trans-Plutonian bodies as
planets as well. Pluto is really only significant because when
it was discovered, the other Kuipper belt dwarf planets had
not been discovered yet.
I'm not saaying that the standard model is wrong and I find
your model very practical and logical. But something keeps
telling me that it is more than this and perhaps gave me a
hint in that dirrection. For now I "worked out" the outer
planets in Binah and using the hexagram of Saturn for them,
but I'm different colors, and also a hexagram of Saturn for
Kether and Chokmah in their specific colors, but with the
wheel of Spirit traced instead of a planetary symbol.
Hey, at least you'll have a good laugh if it turns out I'm wrong
:)
As I've written here many times, I'm convinced that the key to
attributions is not that you organize your mind according to
some particular system, but rather that you organize your
mind regardless of what system you use. I've known good
magicians who have used all sorts of different Qabalistic
models that are internally consistent, but which assign totally
different associations to the sephiroth and paths.
I also use 777 as guidelines which i tend to stick with, but I'm
not afraid of substituting stuff like incense and oils if I don't
manage to procure the items written there, for a specific
working.
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