The Lesser
Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
An explanatory note: The Lesser
Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram is not a traditional Wiccan
Ritual but it performs the same function as casting a circle
and calling the quarters. As I have said elsewhere I am an
Eclectic and I have found that in many instances I prefer
the more formalized rituals to be found in the Western magickal
tradition to Gardnerian rituals.
I. Perform the Qabalistic Cross
II. Inscribe the Circle
III. Inscribe the Pentagrams
IV. Invoke the Archangels of the Four
Quarters
V. Perform the Qabalistic Cross Again
I. The Qabalistic Cross
With wand or finger of the
right hand touch the forehead and intone Ateh. Then touch
the solar plexis and intone Malkuth. Then the right shoulder,
intone Vegeburah, then the left and intone Vegedullah. Finally
cross your arms over your breast and intone Le Orlahm Amen.
II. Inscribe the Circle
Walk around the space that
you intend to be encompassed by the ritual, with your wand,
athame, or finger "drawing" a circle as you go,
starting at the East and going clockwise until you return
to the East. There is no set circumference, but all participants
and ritual items that you intend to use should be within this
circle.
III. Inscribe the Pentagrams
In each of the four quarters
starting with the East you should now inscribe the banishing
pentagram of Earth. (see the pentagrams section for the correct
way to draw). As each pentagram is completed you should pause
and charge the pentagram with the Divine Name associated with
that Quarter. East--YHWH (pronounced Ya ho Wah). South-- Adonai.
West-- EHIHE (pronounced ee hee ay) North--AGLA (pronounced
ah glah). Return to the East.
IV. Invoke the Archangels
of the Four Quarters
Standing facing East in the
form of Osiris Slain (feet together, head raised to the sky,
arms spread wide) Say:
Before me stands Raphael
Behind me stands Gabriel
On my right hand Michael
On my left hand Auriel
For about me shines the pentagram
And above me shines the six-rayed
star
V. Repeat the Qabalistic Cross
Notes: The Lesser Banishing
should be done at the beginning of a ritual to clear the area
for magickal workings and then again after to discharge the
magickal force raised during a ritual. This ritual can be
done anywhere, and is useful on the astral to "get rid
of" unwanted visitors (ie elementals or other etheric
beings you run into on the astral).
The visualizations that go
with the ritual are: Qabalistic Cross-- a beam of energy entering
your head and exiting your feet, and another crossing from
hand to hand, your heart should be where the two beams cross
and as they do a rose made out of light should bloom.
Circle--when you complete
the circle a sheet of light should spring up.
Pentagrams-- each pentagram
should flare as you draw it and then become intense and solid
as you charge it with the Divine Name.
Archangels--as you name each
archangel you should visualize him standing just behind the
pentagram and spreading his wings so that your circle is completely
surrounded--Raphael is dressed all in gold and carries a sword--Gabriel
is dressed in blue and carries a cup--Michael is dressed in
red and carries a wand--Auriel is dressed in green and carries
a pentacle.
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