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kerlem93 wrote:Is this the way that the ritual is intended to be, or are we supposed to use the first ritual as a model for those that follow?
In the book it says that we are invoking Mercury. So the altar should be set up with correspondences for Hod, is that right?
Should we be formulating the descending Lightning Flash as in the first ritual?
Are we supposed to go through the vibrations of the corresponding heavens of assiah, angelic choir names for Hod, etc., as in the first ritual?
kerlem93 wrote:The same goes for the first ritual (Generating Magical Force), when the invoking hexagram of Saturn is used. We use the banishing hexagram of saturn at the end of the ritual, right?
kerlem93 wrote:And I understand that both rituals make use of the LBRH at both the beginning and end.
kerlem93 wrote:My question right before that, in a previous post, was, why do we use the appropriate Greater Invoking AND Banishing Hexagram rituals (those of Mercury) in the second sample ritual, the ritual for Wisdom, but we only use the appropriate Greater Invoking Hexagram ritual (the invoking Hexagram ritual of Chokmah) in the ritual for the Generation of Magical Force.
I looked back through the section on the ritual for the Generation of Magical Force in 776 1/2 again just now and I'm not seeing where it says why you only use the Greater Ritual of the Hexagram to invoke Chokmah, but not to banish it. Is it there and I just don't see it?
In general, there's no reason to specifically banish a particularized force, when the generic ("Lesser") banishing neutralizes all forces equally.
Jim Eshelman wrote:N.B. (Pedantic):
1. There is no generic Greater Ritual of the Hexagram.
2. There is something resembling a generic version of what is sometimes called the Greater Rituakl of the Pentagram (but is more correctly called the Supreme Ritual of the Pentagram); but it isn't a true generic. Rather, it is an invocation or banishing of all of the Elements specifically. This is used for many purposes, but especially to invoke an integration of all of the Elemental principles (which, hopefully, have been activated and purified in previous work).
3. One can invoke specific Elements with the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram as well as with the Greater, and this is often done in practice.
4. One cannot invoke specific planets with the Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram, because the things you would adjust in order to do so actually turn it into the Greater.
bdc wrote:i am aware that the lesser banishing ritual of the hexagram can be suitable for closing a ceremony which earlier entailed the greater invoking hexagram ritual of a particular planetary energy, likewise is the generic lesser banishing ritual of pentagram suitable for banishing after using the lesser invoking pentagram ritual of a particular element? e.g. if one used the lesser pentagram ritual invoking, say, fire, can the generic lesser banishing pentagram ritual be just as effective as using the lesser pentagram ritual specifically banishing fire?
Al-Shariyf wrote:When tracing the hexagrams in the Quarters while performing the GIHR of Mercury, are these the correct names we vibrate?
Elohim Tzabaoth for the God name, Mikael for the Archangel?
And when facing Mercury itself the following:
Elohim Tzabaoth, Mikael, Beni Elohim for the Angels and Kokab for the spirit?
Jim Eshelman wrote:Al-Shariyf wrote:When tracing the hexagrams in the Quarters while performing the GIHR of Mercury, are these the correct names we vibrate?
Elohim Tzabaoth for the God name, Mikael for the Archangel?
Correct. (And, of course, A.R.A.R.I.Th.A.)
And when facing Mercury itself the following:
Elohim Tzabaoth, Mikael, Beni Elohim for the Angels and Kokab for the spirit?
Jim Eshelman wrote:Yes, except Kokab is not the name of the Spirit, but the name of Mercury itself in Assiah. I would generally leave it off because you are only pulling the invocation to the level of Yetzirah (invoking Thoth to a psychological level: No actual feathers are expected to appear in the room), though it's worth experimenting with both ways.
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