THE CIRCLE
The Circle is an old boundary which was used back from the eldest days of Magical practice, specifically the Sumerian word Zisurru, which is the circle drawn in flour. The flour itself is known as qemu, such aspects of primal sorcery have survived to the present age in various cultures, in Voudon practices and even Thelemic Magick, Sabbatic and Luciferian Witchcraft. The Flour Circle is not by any means a must, one may create an Ourabouris – Levianthanic Boundary which is symbolic of the Self Encircled, that fascination and self-enchantment leads to the Gates of the Infernal and Celestial Peaks of Magick Light, the awakening of ones Will and divinity. The Circle should be understood as the essence of the Self, that it is the bridge between the waking and dreaming, between the celestial and infernal, the fiery essence of the Azazel. The original circle of Solomon as redesigned by Aleister Crowley is indeed powerful in form, e.g. Ourabouric Circle, but in working with such a more Luciferian focus was needed. The Leviathan which makes the circle, is sigillized and charged essentially with the names of Luciferian power, being SABAOTH (The Lord of the Sabbat, or the Sabbatic God, associated with Zabbathi) ADONAI (The Lord of the Earth, associated with Lucifer) AZAL'UCEL (the Sigillic word formula of Azazel and Lucifer, used as the initiator or Genius of the Holy Guardian Angel Rite presented in this edition) BABALON (the Power form of the Goddess from Lilith – Hecate – AZ, the Daemonic Feminine) LILITH (The Queen of the Sabbat – the Vampyre, the Lady of the Crimson Caul, the Mother of Cain and the creator of Succubi)
These names as scribed around the circle are in the Witch-Language commonly known as Theban. This provides a yet known but unseen sigillic formula not indifferent from the Alphabet of Desire, as suggested by Austin Osman Spare (See the BOOK OF PLEASURE, 93 Publishing, Quebec Canada).THE EVOCATION CIRCLE/TRIANGLE
In regard to the Goetic triangle of evocation, a distinction should be presented. The Three Points of the triangle refers to the Three Aspects of Hekate, being a meeting place of spirits often symbolized as the Crossroads. The historical triangle in Ceremonial Magic is the materializing point of the Daimon. While the present work explores the path of invoking such forces, the triangle itself served to unite the Demonic (Chthonic/Atavistic) with the Angelic (Celestial/Empyrean). The triangle contains in the center a circle, this is the summoning point of which Solomon was said to bind such spirits. The inside of the triangle contains the name AZAZEL, being a significant change from the traditional MICHAEL. The purpose of this is to have the circle blessed with the deific power of Azazel, who is also more commonly recognized as Lucifer. As the Sorcerer of the Left Hand Path seeks communion and a form of Antinomianian self-deification, an association of self with Azazel is thus made, a formal confirmation of the dedication of the path. It is by this self-deification that the Daimon is controlled within the circle by the focused Will of the magician, rather than a 'holy' force. This is a psychological approach in which the sorcerer fully relies on the Will to control the ritual, thus adding a real sense of danger to the rite. Care should be practiced however with this distinction, as the Djinn of this book are both ancient and cunning. Traditionally, the triangle should be 2 feet distant from the magic circle and three feet across. The triangle should be place towards which quarter where the spirit evoked would belong. The base of the triangle would be near the circle, the apex would point in the quarter of the spirit. It is suggested that one observes the Moon also in the operation. The names surrounding the triangle are ANAPHEAXETON, TETRAGRAMMATON and PRIMEUMATION.
THE ATHAME OR BLADE OF THE WHITE HILT
The White Hilt knife is the Magickal Tool of the Work of Illumination of the Angelic Guide, the Solar and Luciferian Blade of the Divine Will. The White Hilted Knife is used in such works such as Workings of the Divine Will, or Angelick – Holy Guardian Angel. The Athame is also used in circulating and visualizing light around the self – encircling the being. You will want to decorate the handle in the runes of summoning and protection, as first described in "The Key of Solomon the King" (Clavicula Salomonis), Translated by S.L. MacGregor Mathers. The Blade should be made in the hour of Mercury when in the sign of the Ram or Scorpion. You may alternatively conduct such when the Moon is Waning in a more probable time frame.
When you obtain a white handled knife, roughly six inches long wait until the Moon is waning. Fill a bucket or basin with distilled and purified water and pour salt, Abramelin Oil and a few drops of your own blood. You will then wish to have a small fire which you will hold the blade over. As it is heated in the flame, envision the fires of Azazel and Hecate, purifying and blessing the blade with your divine Will. When the blade is heated, take the knife and place it in the water –By the Blood I give I empower this Blade, the very knife of my Divine Will By the Moon Waxing and Waning I do receive the Fallen Stars fiery and ancient Blade of steel do I summon thee, with the fires of Azazel called Shaitan do I consecrate thee, by the flames of Hecate do I empower thee! The circle is cast in the Sabbat journey of the Celestial and Infernal – Blessed is this sacred blade – So mote it be!
THE BLACK HILTED KNIFE (Evocation Dagger)
The Black Hilted Knife is the blade of Barbarous Evocation, the knife dedicated to Shaitan of Midnight and Banal, the Daemonic Adversarial Blade of Lucifer, the sacred weapon of banishing and commanding – the fulgaris lightning bolt of the fallen Djinn. The Black Hilted Knife is used for making the circle and commanding the spirits into the Triangle, the sacred circle within the meeting place of spirits. The Blade may be consecrated in the hour of Saturn. As well when the moon is waning create a distilled water container and fill with blackened pepper, Hecate Oil and a few drops of your own blood. With the flame burning, hold the blade within. Envision the fires of the underworld, of Hecate-Lilith and Banal, of the Daemonic Gods below who open the gates of our own transformation. Envision the fire empowering the blade with the serpent tongue of Shaitan of Midnight, the purifier of the black handled knife.
As the blade is immersed in the water, reciteBy the Mysteries of the Depths, the Coiling Dragon of Old Beheld to the Gates of Leviathan By Hecate and the Skull Wreathed in Roses, which is silence and beauty I summon thee blade of steel, envenomed in the Darkness of the Earth Do become knife of the Devil's Claw, my sacred tool of summoning Water-Daemon of the Blade be born By Banal and those of the shadowed realmsBlade be blessed! So mote it be!!
THE WAND The Wand is the fiery essence of the Magician, the Will of the Work itself. Create or decorate your own Wand which shall reflect your sacred symbols and desire of your becoming. Austin Spare called these sacred letters as the Alphabet of Desire, a sigillized form of the subconscious and symbols which represent the Higher Articulation of the Self. The Luciferian Will which is self-immolated unto perfection. The Wand should be cut, painted and decorated with the specific Sigils from Ones Alphabet and done so in the Noon Tide Sun, sacred to Shaitan, the Djinn of Fire. The wand corresponds also to the Phallus, the solar vessel which spills forth the Elixir of the Sun.
THE PENTACLE OF TETRAGRAMMATON
The symbol of strength and conceptual imagery of the Pentacle of Solomon, the Magus who bound the Djinn of this Book. The Pentacle may be worn as a method of encircling the Self in the Mask of Purity, thus remaining a symbol of the Mind in Unity with the Will. Often in evocation/invocation, spirits become points of Obsessional Belief which seem to 'speak' or send 'impulses' and 'desires' to the sorcerer which may be contrary to the purpose of the Ritual. The Pentacle of Solomon/Tetragrammaton is the Sigil of the Will of God (God may represent SET or the Divine Will – the Isolate Self). You may have the Pentacle of Tetragrammaton on your person, symbolic of the Will of the Rite. When one enters the Cross-Roads of Spirits you are in the Arena of Anon, the Spirits which have existed between the Aethyr and the Earth for timeless ages – the take the flesh of our desires, therefore posing a dangerous tight rope walk of obsession/possession. Consider the Strength of Will as the Guide in the Working, thus the reason for one being in direct contact with the HGA/Angel-Serpent and envenomed with the Light of Set or the Adversary. The names within the Tetragrammaton represent the power of Will that the magicians holds in the working, thus within the Pentagram which ascends towards the Luciferian realm of Air. Tetragrammaton is the formula of the Holy Guardian Angel or Higher Soluzen in the center represents the Shade or Spirit which is summoned to come forth in the Point, the very meeting place of spirits (the Triangle and Circle). Bellatar is to speak that we may hear and understand thee (instinct and impulse, realization). Bellonoy is to show us the treasures of which we seek (initiation, awakened and renewed, developed perception). Halliza is to appear in a human shape, or that which we may wish to view. Abdia is to Will this spirit or Daimon to join with us in ascended union, that the Luciferian Spirit becomes in this light of the Sun or Moon. This is in a modern context the Fetish or Urn which is the "home" of the spirit. It is also known as an nganga, such in the methods of primal sorcery. The magician should create or obtain such a pot or urn for which you will summon and bind such spirits to. This is traditionally symbolic to the vessel of Solomon of which he bound the 72 Djinn of the Shemhamforasch. The sorcerer who seeks to transmit the knowledge of old through their essence of being may use these vessels as a womb for the daemon of the Sun or the Moon. Upon obtaining the proper urn or pot, wash and purify the vessel for a time. Allow it to dry in the Light of Dawn until Dusk. Allow the Sun's rays to purify the urn and prepare it to house the Great Familiars and Djinn of the Fallen Angels, who still walk in spirit among and within us.
The Vessel will indeed become their binding place once they have been evoked and then bound into the pot. The most dangerous method of binding the spirits to the vessel is the "Earthenware Virgin" formula designed by Austin Osman Spare. This involves a Sexual technique of self-fascination in which the elixir is kept and buried in the vessel for some days and nights. This is an optional method which is very dangerous to the process which it is created.
Vessel Preparation may continue once the pot has been cleaned. The magician will scribe the binding sigil of Solomon upon it, as this will exteriorize the force summoned to reside in this temple in the earth, which you may communicate with by dreams. It is optional for the sorcerer to add a drop of his or her own blood in the vessel to consecrate it as his own.
The Sigil will be prepared on Virgin Parchment or some high quality paper. It may have a strong reinforced backing such as a piece of Leather or Toadskin (if common amphibious frogs or such inhabit an area, watch for dead ones which you may use). The Vessel itself may contain a layer of grave soil and images, perfumes or such which you associate with the Spirit.
Once the Magicians summons in the evocation circle the Spirit, and then enters the point to become one with the spirit – the very essence inbetween, then the force will be Willed by concentration and enchantment (of reciting the binding spell) into the vessel. If Sexual Evocation, allow the elixir to enter the vessel upon climax. If one is Working with a partner, a woman, then she may utilize both male and female sexual fluids to create and give material basis for the spirit. This is not by itself necessary; the solitary magician may conduct successfully this creation or summoning method alone. Beware the union of the fluids of the Sun and the Moon, as it leads to a strong Familiar who for the inexperienced, may cause mental stress for the magician.
After the Evocation and Binding of the Spirit to the Vessel, bury it in a graveyard or some designated area by a great Tree or hidden place. It shall reside there for a period of when the Dark Moon begins and grows towards the Full Moon. You may evoke it above the burial space on those nights, envisioning it growing in strength with your Willed focus.
On the Night of the Fullmoon, exhume the Vessel and in the Temple invoke the spirit through the Black Mirror of Circle, seek the inspiration of the spirit and then retire to sleep. Take notes to the dreaming communion and meeting of the force, it will guide you to the answers you seek. Do not threaten or seek to harm the spirit without purpose, but be firm and consistent in your communication. Demand fairly it conduct the purpose of its summoning.
The essence of Sorcery is the focused view of Self-Enchantment. Self-Enchantment is the process of remanifesting inspiration aspects of obsessional perception, the instinctual guide which leads one to 'automatic' (in reference to Automatic Drawing, the subconscious unveiled) communication with the Serpent-Angel, Azal'ucel (Holy Guardian Angel/True Will) or initiatic guide. Self-Enchantment is also the directional point which is the obsessional direction of ones sorcerous path. The Path of Sorcery is the direct road built from self-enchantment and the union with the isolate core essence of being (HGA). Sorcery is the rejuvenating obsession of encircling belief into flesh. This may be understood by Austin Osman Spare's conceptual theory of manifestation – WillDesire-Belief, self-enchantment/obsession leads to the destruction/vampyric death of unnecessary ideals which plague the self in numerous forms. In primal cultures these dogmatic ideals manifest as self-created sickness and disease. By destroying their foundation in the mind, one may absorb their very elixir of 'life' and devour their 'flesh' as well. This is the very essence of the exorcism of the Tchod Rite of Tibetan Magic – the Rebirth of the "I" as a layered aspect of the core self or Angel-Daemon. The self adds layers of conscious – subconscious antiquity, based on conscious desire and ones surroundings. This may lead to laziness, sloth and an undisciplined Will. It is essential to undertake periodic Workings to invigorate the mind via Self-Enchantment.
THE BLACK MIRROR
Considered a tool of scrying and divination, the black mirror proves also a tool of contacting and communicating with Spirits and shades of the dead as well. The black mirror is made of something such as onyx or perhaps even a plate of glass painted with a rich black, for which a reflection is still obtainable. Some chaos sorcerers have created The spirit should appear in the black mirror or in the darkened chamber you will feel a presence and then begin viewing images, perhaps even your own visage changing into this form. When you have viewed what you Will, thank the spirit and end the rite. If you sleep shortly afterwards, keep a journal next to you to observe the images which you may see.
SEXUAL EVOCATION
The Triangle is the very meeting places of spirit and sorcerer, thus is the channeling point of summoning. Place the vessel, doll or pot of which the spirit is bound – along with a copy of the sigil for focus in the evocation circle (triangle).
Illuminate the chamber in low light, incense and that which is pleasant to both the magician and the spirit. Visualize the spirit growing within the vessel as you silently summon it –
Begin arousing yourself with the enchantments of your own imagination. Understand this spirit is formed from you, something of a familiar and spirit you have given life to. Focus on the desire of which caused you to evoke the spirit in the first place (divination, knowledge, ect) and focus intently upon this. As you reach the climax, focus on the sigil of the spirit and allow your mind to black out (i.e. death posture) in this moment of ecstasy. After you have made this sacrifice of anointing some of the fluids on the sigil, banish (by forgetting or what technique you have created to clear the mind) and end the rite.
If you have a partner in the rite, you will both focus on the spirit and not on each other rather than Willed Desire and Lust of the flesh. Concentrate on the aspects of the spirit of which you relate to it, associations, etc. When you reach a climax loose yourself in the ecstasy of union with this spirit and the moment of the orgasm and death posture.
THE OTHER MAGICAL REQUISITIES
The other ceremonial requisites are suggested by the Clavicula Salomonis Regis, translated by Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, edited with an introduction by Aleister Crowley. The proper perfumes and incense may be burnt, and the sacred bath may be prepared. The purpose of the bath is to refresh the mind and prepare it for the Work. Mix the water with soothing bath salts and a touch of Abramelin Oil and other of your choice. Before entering the water, touch thy temples and forehead –
THE ADORNATION OF THE BATH
"By the Sacred Waters of Hecate and the cleansing light of Lucifer, I am to prepare for the Great Work, and my body shall be a temple of both abstinence and fornication." After the bath and when you have robed yourself –THE ADORNATION AT THE INDUING OF THE VESTMENTS"O Set-an, Lord of the Earth, Lucifer, Lord of the Air, Hecate, Goddess of Waters and Shaitan, Lord of Flame, that I shall be wrapped in the cloak of the Wolf and encircled in the Serpents Skin, So it is Done!"