A ritual I used for my alchemical bitters which I have re-tooled for use in constructing an incense for Venus/BABALON
(Bakst’s Bacchante)
Bring all of the ingredients (see below) into the Temple.
The operation begins 11/13/15 with dry ingredients being mixed
on this date and the dates beginning their soak at this time. The ritual is
repeated again on 11/20/15 when the wet ingredients are mixed together. Finally
the ritual is repeated a third time on 11/27/15 and the wet and dry ingredients
will be mixed together and readied for aging.
Banishing
XXV
Consecration
XXVI – Use Invoking
forms of LRH Hexagrams
Purify the Temple with
Water and Fire
(Take the water and
the salt, and mix them in the font. And say) “Let the salt of Earth admonish the water to bear the
virtue of the Great Sea. (Genuflects.) Mother, be thou adored.”
(Move deosil around
the temple from the East sprinkling the holy water in the sign of the R+C,
saying) “Let this Temple be purified by the lustrative water.”
(Take the censer and
put incense therein. And say) “Let the Fire
and the Air make sweet the world! (Genuflects.) Father, be
thou adored.”
(Move deosil around
the temple from the East censing the with an incense of Spirit in the sign
of the R+C, saying) “Let this Temple be consecrated by the fire of my love and the
flame of eternal devotion.”
General Invocation:
(Facing towards the Kiblah)
Thou who art I, beyond
all I am,
Who hast no nature and no name,
Who art, when all but Thou are gone,
Thou, centre and secret of the Sun,
Thou, hidden spring of all things known
And unknown, Thou aloof, alone,
Thou, the true fire within the reed
Brooding and breeding, source and seed
Of life, love, liberty, and light,
Thou beyond speech and beyond sight,
Thee I invoke, my faint fresh fire
Kindling as mine intents aspire.
Thee I invoke, abiding one,
Thee, centre and secret of the Sun,
And that most holy mystery
Of which the vehicle am I.
Appear, most awful and most mild,
As it is lawful, in thy child!
For of the Father and the Son
The Holy Spirit is the norm;
Male-female, quintessential, one,
Man-being veiled in Woman-form.
Glory and worship in the highest,
Thou Dove, mankind that deifiest,
Being that race, most royally run
To spring sunshine through winter storm.
Glory and worship be to Thee,
Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree!
Glory to Thee from Gilded Tomb!
Glory to Thee from Waiting Womb!
Glory to Thee from earth unploughed!
Glory to Thee
from virgin vowed!
Glory to Thee, true Unity
Of the Eternal Trinity!
Glory to Thee, thou sire and dam
And self of I am that I am!
Glory to Thee, beyond all term,
Thy spring of sperm, thy seed and germ!
Glory to Thee, eternal Sun,
Thou One in Three, Thou Three in One!
Glory and worship unto Thee,
Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree!
Special Invocation
(Light the incense.
Face the direction of the planet Venus. (Or, if unknown, the direction of the
Sun.) Give the sign of Isis Mourning. Knock.)
(Form the Shukra
Mudra)
“Om dram dreem droum sah shukraya namah.”(repeat 7x)
“Let us adore the Goddess of extreme love! In the silence
of Things, in the Night of Forces, beyond the accursed domain of the Three, let
us enjoy our love! AUMGN!”
(Make Invoking
Hexagram of Venus in the direction of Venus, and vibrate)“APHRODITE.”
(put fresh incense on
the charcoal and 8 cakes of light on the paten, then say) “Didas, Gilus,
Hamilus, Damaris, Timas, Samlus, Arhus, Hataris. Come and enter, o Spirits of
Venus, and smell the perfumes and eat from this dish and do as you desire.”(Pause)
(Say)“Come to me,
mix the fire and the water, all shall dissolve.’ In the name of the Mistress
of Jubilation, the Queen of the Dance, the Mistress of Music, the Queen of the
Harp Playing, the Lady of the Choral Dance, the Queen of Wreath Weaving, the
Mistress of Inebriety Without End. In the name of HATHOOR, spirits of Venus, adore your master!”
(With the lamp,
describe the glyph of Venus in the direction of the planet)“In the name
of He who converts copper into gold, in a moment, and gold into copper, who
gives Spirits which do faithfully serve them that are faithful; who makes those
whom he favors handsome and comely; You who reigns over 4,000 Legions of
Spirits and who after every thousand, ordains Kings for their appointed
seasons. In the name of HAGITH,
spirits of Venus, adore your master!”
(Take on the form of a
power with the face of a hyena)“In the name of the great Archon ASTAPHAIOS, spirits of Venus, adore
your master! Behold! I am he, having the seven Spirits of God, and the seven
stars.”
(Raise the lamp and
say) “In
the name of the Son of Light I,
and of his own Son EL,
Spirits of Venus, adore your Master!”
(Lower and raise the
lamp and say)“In
the names of the triple crowned Angelic King BALIGON in his purple robe and his Prince BAGENOL, clad in red and bearing the
golden circlet, and in the names and letters of their forty-two ministers,
spirits of Venus, adore your master!”
“In the name of HERU-RA-HA, the Lord of the Aeon, I declare that the spirits of
Venus have been duly invoked.”
(Battery) 333-55555-333.
Perform Thelemic Middle
Pillar
(Sound the
battery) 1-333-333-333-1
(Faces Kiblah and
defines the column in the center gesturing with the right thumb between index
and medius, circle over head) “NUIT!”
(at genitals)“HADIT!”
(at heart)“RA-HOOR-KHUIT!”
(say)“Do what thou wilt
shall be the whole of the Law.”
(Crosses between ajna
and vishuddha) “AIWASS!”
(Crosses between
anahata and manipura)“ThERION!”
(Crosses between
svadhisthana and muladhara)“BABALON!”
(say)“The word of the
law is ThELEMA.”
(Concentrates energy
at feet)“LAShTAL!”
(Concentrates energy
at the groin)“ThELEMA!”
(Concentrates energy
at the solar plexus)“VIAOV!”
(Concentrates energy
at the throat)“AGAPE!”
(Concentrates energy
at the crown)“AUMGN!”
(Begin circulating the
energy up and down the spine as well as along the left and right hand sides of
the body with the breath)
(say)“Love is the law,
love under will.”
(Ring the battery) 333-55555-333.
(say)“ABRAHADABRA!”
The Conjuration
(Facing the direction of Venus)
“May the Lord bless you, O Venus, you who are the queen and
fortune, and are cold and moist, equitable in your effects and complexion, pure
and lovely and sweetly scented, beautiful and ornate, You are the lady of
adornment, of gold and silver; you delight in love, joy, ornaments and jests,
elegance, songs and music that are sung or played on strings, written music and
songs played on organs, games and comforts, rest and love. In your effects you
remain equal.
I conjure you through Bit’ail, who is that angel whom the Lord
has set beside you to complete all your powers and effects.
You take delight in wine, rest, joy, lying with lovers, for in
all of these your natural effects consist. I invoke you by all of your names:
That is Zuhara, Venus, Anahid, Aphrodite, Tijanija, and Surfa.
O, Illustrious, laughter-loving queen, sea-born, night-loving
Mistress. It is through you that the world is bound in harmony, for all things
spring from you, O power divine. The triple Fates are ruled by your decree, and
all creations yield to your majesty: whatever the heavens, which encircles all,
contain, from the fruit producing earth to the stormy sea, from the stars’
celestial furnaces burning throughout time to the sweet breezes of our own
world, ALL confess their weakness before you, and each obeys thy nod, you who
are the awful attendant of the vine-clad Friend of the Stranger, Bakkhos.
I conjure you by the Lord of the highest firmament, and by the
obedience you offer to the Highest, and by the power and lordship He has over you,
that you listen to my prayer, and consider my petition, and do as I ask.
You who bestows the favors of love, who whirls in veils before
the rising Sun, let a ray of your victory descend upon me and these herbs that
are sacred to you to awaken and intensify in this sphere the powers of your Victorious
Love.
The Admixto
Place the herbs/spices
into their own containers. Use mortar and pestle to grind together groups of
the dry ingredients during the first operation visualizing Venus’ influence
working through the tools to release the Venereal elements from the plants.
During the second
operation mix together the wet ingredients again visualizing Venus’ influence in
the various wet components.
During the third
operation fold wet and dry ingredients together mixing thoroughly mating the
wet and the dry, the body and the soul of the Signature. Form into pellets and
let cure for two weeks.
Conclude each working by covering the mixtures with
green silk prior to banishing.
Planetary pentacles are very useful but their purposes tend to be quite generalized. I personally find combining them with sigils, herbs, stones, and other magick items to be extremely potent and ensures a more targeted effect. The following process should ideally be done in it’s entirety on the correct planetary day.
Construction
Create a planetary pentacle (for instructions see this post) appropriate for your working. I highly recommend you use paper to make your pentacle as we will be writing on it and folding it up.
Sigilize the desired effect of your talisman. Be as specific as possible and remember to use positive phrasing (”I am” instead of “I am not”) and the current tense (”I am” instead of “I will be”). Once you have a sigil you are pleased with, write it on the back of your pentacle using an appropriately colored ink.
Reach gnosis and launch your sigil using your preferred method. If the talisman is for someone else, have them launch the sigil if at all possible. Sigil launching methods include but are not limited to:
Orgasm while looking a the sigil
The death posture
Drugs
Physical exhaustion
Hyperventilation
Meditation
Mantra
Fold your pentacle up and bind it with an appropriately colored string. Fold towards you if you are trying to draw something to you, away from you if you are banishing or removing something. It can also be useful to use the number of folds that correspond to your working or to add an appropriate number of knots (7 times for luck etc).
Place the packet in your container along with any herbs, stones, or other items you wish to include. I usually just use those little organza baggies but you’re welcome to use anything that suits you. If the talisman is for someone else make sure to include a taglock – particularly if you were unable to get them to launch the sigil.
Correspondence lists are outside the scope of this tutorial but many can be found online – I recommend Alchemy Works for planetary correspondences.
Decorate your container if desired.
Consecrate the talisman for use. How you go about this will depend heavily on your practice and paradigm so use whatever method your comfortable with. I tend to create mine during other planetary workings which includes reciting the Orphic Hymn of the planet being used over it, speaking it’s purpose aloud, and anointing it with consecrated oil or water.
Here is an example of a talisman I made recently. It’s nothing special to look at but it packs quite a punch. You can make much more elaborate and beautiful ones than this but boring ones are perfectly functional.
Talisman Care and Feeding
Talismans typically require some periodic maintenance – particularly if you intend their effects to last indefinitely. How you choose to do this is up to you however the feeding should be performed on the planetary day and hour that corresponded to your talisman and last the duration of the planetary hour. I find traditional spirit offerings of a tea light and incense do the trick quite nicely but feel free to get creative with it. In my experience talismans can go 3-4 weeks without any maintenance and much longer if you carry them on you regularly but your mileage may vary.
The Greater Key of Solomon contains numerous planetary pentacles for use in magickal operations. When properly constructed they are quite potent and require little additional input from the magician aside from periodic maintenance making them an excellent method of low energy spell casting. Rather than reproducing all of the pentacles here, please refer to this excerpt from the Greater Keybefore beginning.
For good judgement and direction. This amulet will attract fortune and good luck and is helpful with overseas travel, assistance in business, legal cases and religious affairs. The table of Jupiter is a Four square, containing 16 numbers each adding in any direction, to 34 with its sum being 136.
2. TABLE OF MARS
For action and destruction. This amulet brings favors in battles, quarrels and wars, promotes strength and courage, understanding medicine and mechanics and cause distress to one’s enemies. The table of Mars is a Five square, containing 25 numbers each adding in any direction, to 55 with its sum being 325.
3. TABLE OF MERCURY
For movement and intuition, this table helps with acquiring knowledge, secures safety in traveling and aids in expression of speaking and writing. The table of Mercury is a Eight square, containing 64 numbers each adding in any direction, to 250 with its sum being 2080.
4. TABLE OF THE MOON
For imagination and forms. This table helps with settling quarrels, domestic problems and in gardening/farming. The table of the Moon is a Nine square, containing 81 numbers each adding in any direction, to 359 with its sum being 3321.
5. TABLE OF SATURN
For reserve and endurance. Used to strengthen the ability to perform jobs/carry out duties and responsibilities. Favorable to politicians, assisting in political activity and helps develop and increase business. The table of Saturn is a three square, containing 9 numbers each adding in any direction, to 15 with its sum being 45.
6. TABLE OF THE SUN
For activity and will – Good health, confidence in one’s own abilities, and draws out the powers and qualities of leadership dominance and supremacy. The table of Sun is a Six square, containing 36 numbers each adding in any direction, to 111 with its sum being 666.
7. TABLE OF VENUS
For love, matters of the heart, marriages, partnerships, social affairs and friendship. The table of Venus is a Seven square, containing 49 numbers each adding in any direction, to 175 with its sum being 1225.
I discovered this type of technique for creating sigils while working on a kabbalistic talisman in 2009. Later on as I had tested it, I started to apply it in other designs as well as you can see in the ‘Seals’ section on the personalised planetary seal for Saturn.
The basic idea was to generate sigils that follow the repetitive pattern of a circle – rather than a single line format. Moreover, the talisman I had been working on was very much related to the Tree of Life (Etz Chiim); therefore it seemed counterintuitive to use a non-kabbalistic method to come up with the sigil. – Here is the result and a brief description on how to apply it yourself.
The method of Etz Chiim sigilization is an alternative way to the traditional approach of generating sigils from magical Kameas or the Golden Dawn Rose Cross. The main difference is that this method uses the 22 paths of the Etz Chiim, the kabbalistic Tree of Life, to create the sigils of a name. This is of advantage if the work carried out is of kabbalistic nature, as in this case the continuous application of the Etz Chiim reinforces the subjective synthesis in the magus. In addition, this method of sigilization works with the repetition of the sigils in accordance with the numerical value of the planet or sephiroth in question. The rhythmic repetition of the sigil brings a dynamic component that is often missing in the static, simple image of a sigil.
E started on this with thee desire to work with more than just thee classical planets. To do this E had to turn to the seven classical planets and their kamea. Thee basis of thee kamea is a magic square in thee specific dimensions of thee sphere. Thee classical kamea are based on thee numbers 3-9 from Saturn to Luna in thee Chaldean order. These numbers also happen to be their numbers on thee tree ov life. Now E had to figure what numbers to use for thee squares, if E were to put them behind Saturn they would fall in the numbers ov 2,1,0. But these numbers are assigned to thee eighth sphere or zodiac, primum mobil, and non existence. Therefore they must be placed below the moon. But we must leave 10 to the Earth as is proper. Therefore the numbers 11,12,13 would be the numbers of Ouranous, Neptune, and Pluto. These numbers give us the dimensions of thee squares. E began to look for magic squares of the appropriate dimensions. Turns out that someone had already thought of this but only went as far as constructing the squares alone, this is good, but E want to go farther.
Extending the planetary kamea : the even ones (part 2)
The next step is to construct the sigils. The wonderful @cultofthedead has an explanation on how the sigils and squares work together. They basically work by telling you where to move the numbers to from their “starting” position to make the magic square. Using this method and analyzing the older squares E reversed it with the squares E had found and created sigils for the Earth and Neptune.
The first two are Earth, the second is Neptune and the last are the same but in a uniform colour.
Extending the planetary kamea: the even ones (part 3)
Next E had to produce thee other sigils, once again @cultofthedead has an amazing explanation on how thee kamea is constructed but these sigil have no true relation to thee squares, except for perhaps pointing out key or signifiant numbers in the Continuum.
The top one is Ouranous and the bottom Pluto
Using their construction as inspiration E created these, now the family is complete
“The fact about a talisman is that its name is reversed (The letters of the word talisman in Arabic are ‘talsam’ and when this combination is reversed, it becomes ‘maslat’ which means domination, control); it is domination because its essence is coercion and control. It functions according to the purpose it was composed for: overpowering and coercing, by using numerical ratios and placing astrological secrets in certain bodies at appropriate times and by using incenses that are powerful and capable of bringing out the spirit of that talisman.”
Occult Aspects 