Wizardry

[Summer]

Have any of you ever practiced Wizardry? I have. Before I became a member of the Santeria religion, I was studying and practicing some Wizardry. It was pretty powerful stuff as well, with more complicated rituals than a lot of the Wiccan rituals that I have done. I practiced it for protection, and did the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, the Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram, and the Rose Cross ritual nearly everyday. It seemed to help with the psychic protection quite a lot.

[ophie]

That sounds good. I never tryed it and guessing never will. I don't belive in rituals and stuff. It's just me XD

[Summer]

Yeah, Ophie, to each his own. That is what I believe. I believe that all of us need different experiences in our lives, and try to never judge other's for what they are going through, as it is meant to be this way.

[Thorn]

I've studied a lot of ritual magick, but haven't practiced much. I did do the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram regularly for a while, though.

[Summer]

That is awesome Thorn. As you know, that will banish any of the lower/negative energies or entities that might be around you, which is why it is always the first ritual done in the Wizardry. If you have access to the knowledge of how to do the Hexagram ritual, it actually brings power to oneself, so it adds a lot of power to any other ritual that is done afterward. The feeling that one gets after doing the greater banishing ritual of the hexagram is so incredible that there is no way to describe it. One would have to try it themselves.

Because my family has been under psychic attack by black magick practitioners for well over a decade now, I had to practice a lot until I started practicing the Santeria. I even wrote a pamphlet for all of the members of my family that I called Wizardry for Dummies so that if my family members ever felt threatened in a psychic way, that they would have a simple guide they could refer to to do their own rituals for protection, LOL! Dealing with psychic vampires can be a very unpleasant thing, as you can well imagine.

[Thorn]

The banishing ritual helped a lot with my depression. So, I think one could say it helps against negative energy, whether it's coming from without or within.

I do have the hexagram and several other rituals on hand, but I never got that far. I wasn't that comfortable working within the Judeo-Christian framework of most ceremonial magick.

I think I might be able to get around that these days, but I haven't had the time to devote to it.

[Summer]

It does take a lot of time to study and memorize it. I used to study every day. But I did create "cheat sheets" in one of those tiny hand size tablets to use when I was doing the rituals, so just in case I forgot anything, I could remind myself without stopping the rituals.

I noticed that my depression would go away after I did the LBRP as well! How strange that we have that in common! Or is it?

[Lightseeker]

I have done Invocations, and lunar rituals in High magick- it is complicated and long.

[Summer]

I'll bet it gives you a wonderful, powerful feeling though, so it is probably worth all of the trouble that you go through to do it Lightseeker.

[LS]

It has been enlightening, and yes it does give you a "jump" in powerful feeling. Its just a bit much for me, I dont do it now.

[pablo]

Hi

I have been absent from the forum for a while but do have something exciting to share later on in the month.

The thing to remember with the pentagram and hexagram rituals is that they can both push away unwelcome influences and invoke specific elemental and planetary influences. Well the hexagram rituals will invoke planetary influnces and the Pentagram rituals can be used to invoke elemental forces.

Never forget the monkey's paw story.


There have been those who dedicated themselves to the daily banishing rituals who found that people aounded noticed a change in that they felt that they could not approach the would be diligent magician. Now I have never experienced such a thing but the ritual will strengthen the operator's natural barriers.

The trouble with magic is that you have to accept responsibility for your own balance. It can be hard to ascertain how much is too much.

Just a thought

Best wishes

Pablo

[Summer]

Pablo, I was reading through this old thread, and was wondering, what is the monkey's paw story? I have never heard that one before, and was hoping that you would tell me it. I'll bet I could learn something from it.

[Thorn]

The monkey's paw, in short:

An elderly couple came into possession of the mummified paw of a monkey that had the ability to give them 3 wishes.

They first wished for money. The next day, they received a large sum, as payment on their son's life insurance policy.

So they then wished their son was alive again. The reanimated corpse paid them a visit.

I think in the "happy ending" versions they finally wish that they'd never gotten the paw and everything goes back to normal. The version I remember most clearly, though, ends with the zombie at the door. (Or I could be confusing it with that episode of BTVS when Dawn brings Joyce back.)

I take it was a reminder to word one's spells very, very carefully.

[pablo]

Hi Debbie (flatterer)

The monkey's paw story is very much along the version given by Thorn. The truth behind the story is any form of western magic gives an element of unanticipated results.

One of the heads of the OTO has given the Monkey's Paw effect the grand name of "Typhonian teratomas". Anyway i would say that on a good day te results could be as certain as 90% if youknow what you are doing. Wording to me is only one aspect of the equation but the whole thing becomes more complicated from a theoretical perspective. It is the unanticipated ten percent that is ht eissue but also the key as it shows that th ritual was not just wish fulfilment or some other form of psychobable.

Don't be fooled the simplicity of the spell does not give any protection against the effect. Nor does the New Age good intention protect from the effect. Once forces have been set in place it is often out of the operant's control. I have seen even an innocuous seasonal ritual ritual have an odd effect. Yet the effect though striking was not harmful.

I mentioned Western Magic as theconcept of personal destiny seems not to be fashionable at this moment. Yes our old friend Ori to me is the key to working as the ritual needs to be firmly rooted in the understanding of personal destiny.

Some of the older accounts of magicians were significantly different as the major rituals for individuals had accounts of consideration of personal horoscopes being drawn up but the whole matter gives a hint but is not clear as to the significance of such a practice.


Best wishes

Pablo

[Summer]

I must instinctively know this, because I have been very reluctant to do too many Western rituals, so to speak, for the very reason that you are mentioning. One can never quite know for sure how it is going to work itself out. I am so very careful about grey magic, and the wording and intent of all magic that I do that it oftentimes takes me months to think of exactly what I want to do. I think I might be guilty of actually not doing enough of what I know how to do, as many of the rituals that I have been taught can really improve one's life in many ways.