tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post3089933448415474630..comments2024-03-25T14:09:59.347-05:00Comments on Augoeides: The Field RitualScott Stenwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-90945482824061680892022-04-17T04:24:38.977-05:002022-04-17T04:24:38.977-05:00What a beautiful and elegant ritual construction!
...What a beautiful and elegant ritual construction!<br /><br />I've just reread 'By Names and Images' by Peregrin Wildoak which is an excellent discourse on Golden Dawn magic. About the LRH he writes it is not by default coupled with the keyword analysis. His description is (in short):<br /><br />Perform LBRP, trace the appropriate hexagrams in each quadrant, end with QBL cross.<br /><br />So not much different as you've done above! Although I like yours with the veil signs, and IAO and Osiris risen. <br /><br />Of course, since Peregrin is Golden Dawn he advocates the LBRH. His rational is that it cleanses the 32nd path of TaU. Which opens the way. Therefore the keyword, if used is done AFTER the LBRP/LBRH.<br /><br />"The use of this ritual, by cleansing and consecrating this path [connecting Assiah with the world of Yetzirah], allows the influx of potent astral forces to be drawn into the temple or ourselves without distortions or problems." He then goes on to explain how the keyword can be done after that.Darpanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14241638851164992903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-58034131210499926572021-08-12T18:51:41.533-05:002021-08-12T18:51:41.533-05:00Rad, thanks a ton! I had not thought about your ca...Rad, thanks a ton! I had not thought about your caveat, but will want to think about it before I stick it in my book. I’m encouraging my readers to see this stuff as a collection of tools and components to experiment with, rather than holy writ to follow precisely. :)Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01678648065477295246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-50771311170261689602021-08-12T11:27:15.384-05:002021-08-12T11:27:15.384-05:00I would be fine with you including it in a book as...I would be fine with you including it in a book as long as it is credited.<br /><br />I don't know if this is something that you might want to think about, or have thought about, but the Field Ritual is based on Crowley's versions of the LRP and LRH published in Liber O. Crowley's changes make those rituals different from the Golden Dawn versions and more properly part of the Thelemic tradition.<br /><br />The Thelemic system did evolve out of Crowley's Golden Dawn training, but the two traditions are less similar than they look on the surface. I mention this specifically because for a long time I was talking about the LRP and LRH as "Golden Dawn Rituals" and was corrected on this point by a couple of GD initiates (which I am not).Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-76716429066519458142021-08-11T14:19:45.272-05:002021-08-11T14:19:45.272-05:00I ran across the Field Ritual a few months ago and...I ran across the Field Ritual a few months ago and have been liking it a lot.<br /><br />I have also been working on a <a href="%E2%80%9C" rel="nofollow">lavishly illustrated guide to some basic GD-derived rites</a>. Would you be amenable to me including the FR in my book? With credit, of course. No money though, I’m afraid.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01678648065477295246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-2685509567402778252021-03-26T21:04:24.960-05:002021-03-26T21:04:24.960-05:00Beautiful. Bless you sir.Beautiful. Bless you sir.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971872318697393008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-52593252557009604682020-04-22T08:59:01.521-05:002020-04-22T08:59:01.521-05:00Sure, you absolutely could do a number of orbits c...Sure, you absolutely could do a number of orbits corresponding to the numeration of the aspect to which the name corresponds. I expect that would probably work well.Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-90254051365089637742020-04-21T13:09:44.854-05:002020-04-21T13:09:44.854-05:00an additional question regarding step two- in the ...an additional question regarding step two- in the vibratory formula could the number of orbit cycles be used to match the symbolic number of the name/word being vibrated? instead of for, say, tiphareth, 6 separate breaths &internal vibrations (establishing the invoking whirl) and one final vibration to send the energy built, six cycles, off of one breath and exhalation on the seventh? more of an out loud thought but something i'll give a shot...sounds like it will be worth it to study qigong more directly as well to achieve that ease of flow.Big Twighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331887132140259116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-18485991876285915782020-04-21T12:55:25.793-05:002020-04-21T12:55:25.793-05:00i like the idea of going for flow over tension, ru...i like the idea of going for flow over tension, running off sefer yetzirah & regardies books i came away with more of a "holding" in the chest/lungs sounding the name internally which cues a sense of light descent and then release, which i'd imagine might have its uses but has my morning ritual routine feeling far from relaxing and more staccato than flowing.<br /><br />3rd performance; the sense of amplification from this ritual matches that of full lrp/lrh operant field, it just arrives there a little smoother, although after a year of doing the other two in full every day it feels off getting to the same point so simply! I often run the rose cross ritual prior to middle pillar/after lrp/lrh, saving the INRI analysis and IAO signs for that culmination rather than repeating the same layout twice definitely feels more organic.Big Twighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331887132140259116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-74207358477667865672020-04-21T11:12:39.675-05:002020-04-21T11:12:39.675-05:00Here is a detailed explanation of how I do it.
1....Here is a detailed explanation of how I do it.<br /><br />1. Breathe in, holding the name in my mind, visualizing it traveling from the top of my head to my feet as my lungs fill. Tongue to roof of mouth to complete the qi circuit.<br /><br />2. Vibrate the name at about the resonant frequency of my head. As I do this, I visualize the name rising back up from my feet to my mouth and along with it one cycle of the qigong microcosmic orbit, energy rising from the base of my spine, up my back, and down the front from the top of my head and back to the base of the spine.<br /><br />3. I visualize the name flowing forth in the direction of tracing/vibrating as the orbit completes. If I'm doing the enterer-silence method, I bring my hands together up the front of my body like I'm doing a qigong set. When this is all engaged with breathing and so forth, you should feel a sort of "tingle" rising up your spine along with the hands.<br /><br />4. If I'm tracing as I vibrate, I visualize the name rising and flowing forth, the full orbit completing, and the energy of the name filling the traced figure all at once. It sounds more complicated than it is - once you get it, it feels pretty natural.<br /><br />I vibrate the same way I do qigong and it works. I wound up learning Chinese energy work rather than the Indian version that Crowley was more familiar with, and the main difference is that qigong is relaxed and flowing, whereas the Indian yogic system incorporates more tension, like banda locks and so forth. And some people misinterpret Crowley's comments to mean that you should be maximally tense when doing this, which is really incorrect in the Chinese system and still incorrect in the Indian system.<br /><br />I'm glad you found that the ritual worked well for you! It's an experimental ritual at this point, and the feedback is very valuable. Thanks! Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-14310730829144012062020-04-19T22:25:57.686-05:002020-04-19T22:25:57.686-05:00I guess by maxing out i mean more of aiming for a ...I guess by maxing out i mean more of aiming for a full breath-directed energy flow accompanying the vibration rather than just simple voicing of Names/Words such that they vibrate in the place directed, if that makes sense? many descriptions of vibration leave out mention of the physical/sensational cues and simply say that the word/name is to be felt vibrating in fingers/center/wherever aimed. And not to the point of being in pain or exhausted, but some of the suggested ritual durations ive read in comments here sparked the question cause my process definitely clocks me in a little ways past them sometimes. Rather do it slow and get results than move quick and dud, but also like to be efficient where i can...will dink around w/ varying exertion and see where that lands me, thank you!<br /><br />Also, used this field ritual layout paired w/ middle pillar earlier today and damn did it feel clean. just smooth smooth smoothBig Twighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331887132140259116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-3046333732197418402020-04-19T18:00:12.725-05:002020-04-19T18:00:12.725-05:00As to your first question, so far I have not been ...As to your first question, so far I have not been able to identify any functional differences between the different "accepted" vibrating/tracing methods. It does seem like there are some differences in terms of what feels "best" to any given practitioner - I like tracing while vibrating, but I know other magicians who like one or more of the other methods better. How I generally teach it to people is to try it a couple of different ways and go with what feels best. So if you seem to get the best results holding the breath while tracing and then vibrating to the center, I don't see any reason to correct for that. It also is difficult to predict what changes like those you suggest might do in the context of your personal practice. Generally speaking, I advise students to try them out, record the results, and see.<br /><br />As to your second question, I don't "max out" every vibration the way you describe and I still get good practical results, so my answer would be no. The way I do ritual forms, they flow rather than consist of a series of points, each of which involves some sort of maximum exertion. Magick as I see it is not supposed to "hurt" - which I put in quotes because I don't know if you're actually doing this to the point of really hurting. Maybe you're just doing more work than you have to. From your description, it sounds like you very well might be.<br /><br />A caveat, though. There are teachers who vehemently disagree with me on that point, insisting that maximum effort at every vibration is really important even though I haven't personally found that to be the case. If you start trying to apply a gentler approach and your results suffer, maybe it just doesn't work that way for you. Again, this is a case where your own experimentation is going to yield information more relevant to your own practice than anything I could tell you.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-12863060725285115492020-04-19T14:35:10.558-05:002020-04-19T14:35:10.558-05:00hey there scott, do you have any articles here on ...hey there scott, do you have any articles here on signs/tracings/cab cross etc in there functions as punctuation? if there's somewhere that's laid out directly you can skip the rest of this so i can do my own digging:) <br /><br />if not!<br />I have a handful of questions i havent found answers to in a couple weeks of reading on your site- which after a year of only studying physical books i can say i am very grateful to you for creating and maintaining so well- which is likely cause theyre fairly elementary but seem not to be directly covered even by people on the 101 tip.<br />any basic layout on the functions of different vibrational placements? ie; vibrating while tracing, vibrating after tracing. every book instructs a little differently but none of them give the Why. So far i have felt the most Sensation charging the name with the breath held while tracing then vibrating at the center w/ exhalation. Would the introduction of Rending the Veil, or even of Enterer/Silence into each tracing change that? effectiveness is obviously the only important measure but finding proof in the pudding is only good if you know what it's proof of! and with so many factors in play, being only just over a year in of practicing im not always sure of what im looking to for confirmation except ENERGY and PRESENCE, both of which have become more consistent and less percussive/more flowing and easy with time.<br /><br />which leads me to my next question; in my practice so far i have placed most emphasis on vibrational strength as breathwork- taking a correctly performed vibration to show itself through bodily heat/sweat/light and sensations in the body and if external a little bit of watery visual warping/light blips in the area directed. In this i try to 'max out' every vibration, whether its charging of a traced external shape or something internal like IAO in lirh or Names in the middle pillar. Is maxing out this way always desirable? Or does the return on investment in some places not warrant maximum exertion? I have noted that one or two of tracing-vibrations being weak on sensation does not really diminish the strength of the ending Light Descent in LRP/LRH/RCR or anything with a culmination of that sort. I guess I'm wondering if there are points in ritual i should be aiming for maxed out vibrations and others where i'm just exterting myself more than necessary.<br /><br />hope that aint too jumbled, thanks for creating such a helpful site scott!<br />Big Twighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331887132140259116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-46377008098982064352019-07-25T15:23:56.953-05:002019-07-25T15:23:56.953-05:00Secrecy in magick is, to my way of thinking, one o...Secrecy in magick is, to my way of thinking, one of the biggest problems that modern magicians face. It's better now that it probably has ever been with the wide availability of texts and so forth, but it still is a problem. So-called "Adepts" who are perfectly content with allowing beginning practitioners to re-invent the wheel are not individuals for whom I have much respect.<br /><br />Even the folks shilling their books and magical supplies, annoying though they are, at least are offering something to the general public.<br /><br />As magicians we need to get past this whole idea. We never will get magick to the point where it is on par with the physical sciences if everybody who experiments with this stuff keeps their results to themselves. We need peer review. We need empirical measurements. We need to be able to talk to each other and share ideas. If we can't, we're going to be stuck where we are, centuries behind.<br /><br />My magical working group played around with the Watchtower ritual quite a bit as late as 2006/2007. This was the final version we came up with:<br /><br />https://ananael.blogspot.com/2006/06/comselh-ananael-ritual-template-part-ii.html<br /><br />It still uses pentagrams, but in the zodiacal rather than the original "winds" configuration. It might be worthwhile to revisit it with elemental hexagrams or something like that, and I imagine if something like that followed the LBRP it would work a lot like the LIRH and open the operant field.<br /><br />But that's the thing - it's quicker to just use the LIRH, and for all the extra statements and motions in the Watchtower, it didn't seem to be any more effective when we measured the probability shifts from our operations. So we abandoned it in favor of the simpler and just-as-effective operant field. Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-36874584508386284652019-07-25T14:35:49.460-05:002019-07-25T14:35:49.460-05:00Regarding the Watchtower Ritual: While I've a...Regarding the Watchtower Ritual: While I've always liked it (though I reordered its elements like I do with the other rituals), I also found it to be a bit cumbersome and unnecessary. And it doesn't seem to work at all as a Daily Ritual (something which I also tried for awhile). I did make an expanded version of it awhile back, as I liked the use of the Chaldean Oracles, but found the ritual to be unnecessary for Practical Magick. I did have some interesting experiences when using it for Meditation, though. However, I have very similar experiences using other approaches. So, the Watchtower Ritual doesn't seem to add anything but Time to a Ritual, when compared with the various Field Rituals (specifically the Invoking).<br /><br />It also makes more sense to me that if the Watchtower Ritual is being used as a Preparation for Practical Magick, that the Lesser Hexagrams should have been used, rather than the Elemental Pentagrams.Merlyn78https://www.blogger.com/profile/04140334306863081881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-62096854084887248322019-07-25T14:20:55.446-05:002019-07-25T14:20:55.446-05:00And I took a look at the Enochian Ritual you told ...And I took a look at the Enochian Ritual you told me about. Its very similar to my original idea. In the end, I opted for a sectional approach, as it seemed to make more sense for Consecration purposes, as each Planetary Force was called (and confined to) its Station until its specific part of the ritual (I actually made one further adjustment and petitioned the Planetary Spirits to fulfill their assigned function immediately, though "setting each station" and then coming back to petition for the consecration is another approach I believe would work.<br /><br />Most other adepts I've encountered do not have these conversations with me, which leaves me to my own devices and having to figure everything out for myself, so I appreciate this much more than I will ever have adequate expression for.Merlyn78https://www.blogger.com/profile/04140334306863081881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-70585155290351434052019-07-25T14:06:00.607-05:002019-07-25T14:06:00.607-05:00Thank you for the added insight into my experience...Thank you for the added insight into my experiences. That helps alot. <br /><br />I believe part of my experience may have been due to my using both the LBRP and the LIRH in my modified version of their original forms. Done that way, each ritual is a "closed circle" unto itself, I believe. In fact, the Kabalistic Cross "fixes" the state of the energies being worked with, if I'm understanding other sections of your website correctly. As such, the personal aura is left "flat" and "locked". Then, the elemental forces are called around the practitioner, but cannot get into the "locked" aura to be of use directly. Add to this that with the aura so flattened, the individual can't send anything out and we get what I experienced.<br /><br />Having read your Field Ritual in more detail, I plan to revisit this experiment at a later date, after things become more stable in my personal life.Merlyn78https://www.blogger.com/profile/04140334306863081881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-35974153615107530392019-07-23T13:26:23.181-05:002019-07-23T13:26:23.181-05:00So that sounds to me like your banishing pentagram...So that sounds to me like your banishing pentagram ritual is flattening out your aura a little too heavily. I have not previously heard of anyone having that problem, but that's a good thing - more data is always helpful. If the invoking field works better for you, by all means go ahead and use it.<br /><br />Bringing in all the planetary forces like that can work - take a look at my Enochian version, for example, from 2008:<br /><br />https://ananael.blogspot.com/2008/10/madriax-enochian-hexagram-ritual.html<br /><br />It employs the Heptarchial Kings in a similar manner to what it sounds like you are describing. However, it is a general and therefore "lesser" ritual in Golden Dawn parlance. The whole point of a "greater" ritual is that it calls upon a specific force (with the Greater Pentagram with all four elements corresponding to the sephira Malkuth).<br /><br />Incidentally, Kraig and I had a bit of a blowup over the Opening by Watchtower. I found that when I tested it out with the operant field it added nothing to my ritual results. Probability-wise, it seemed to be about as effective as an LBRP/LIRH. When opening with a banishing field it does invoke something, so it's not useless. But opening and closing with banishing fields is also one of the ways in which I find traditional Golden Dawn magical forms don't work nearly as well as they do with the operant field instead. <br /><br />Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-74744673521725678392019-07-22T20:04:30.039-05:002019-07-22T20:04:30.039-05:00From 7-18 I noticed that my dreams seemed to 7-21,...From 7-18 I noticed that my dreams seemed to 7-21, I used the Operant Field as I mentioned. While my mind did feel less "cluttered", on the 21st, I suddenly noticed that I wasn't able to raise energy or make changes to my physical environment without engaging in a full ritual. Whereas, with the Invoking Field (my approach with the Invoking Field is the LIRH, LIRP and RMP), I'd simply visualize what I wanted and it would simply manifest. -- I could still work with spirits (in fact, I had petitioned Paralda to keep the wind up all day to help me keep cool)...I could not manipulate the elements or my physical environment using my own energy. I do not believe there is anything "wrong" with the Operant Field, but it does not appear to be compatible with the techniques I use most frequently. The Invoking Field seems to work much better for me. My personal approach toward Elemental Manipulation and "simple" Practical Magick is to merge my consciousness with what I'm seeking to manipulate\change, then just visualize the desired changes. In my experience, this does not appear to work with the Operant Field, but it does work very well with the Invoking Field.<br /><br />On another topic I asked about, I create a workable ritual for consecrating a Phoenix (I renamed it "Planetary") Wand. While I did figure out a workable way to Balance the forces of the Seven Planets by moving their various "stations" (Confining their force to smaller 'circles' until needed for the Consecration), the resulting ritual proved rather difficult in practice, as I had Planets positioned at the Quarters, Above, Below and in the Center (above my Altar) of my Temple. What I opted to do instead, since this isn't intended to be a Daily Ritual, is just divide the Circle\Temple into Seven Parts, invoking each Planetary Force into their respective Part. It seems to be better organized that way. -- The issue I had with the one for the "Rainbow (Lotus) Wand" in Modern Magick was that after the Watchtower Opening, the stations were never ritually created. The practitioner was told, essentially, to "imagine" the Stations and then just call the forces as if they were already present. I wanted a more precise approach for both this and my "Planetary" Wand. In the end, I created something that, while it isn't exactly what I was seeking, is (imo and for my purposes) better than the one I had initially found.<br /><br />Thank you again for your continued guidance and suggestions in both matters. I find your website extremely helpful as well.Merlyn78https://www.blogger.com/profile/04140334306863081881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-42382771443380690742019-07-21T21:03:41.394-05:002019-07-21T21:03:41.394-05:00Great to hear it! I look forward to hearing back f...Great to hear it! I look forward to hearing back from you with more results.Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-32199335309375353242019-07-19T21:49:50.381-05:002019-07-19T21:49:50.381-05:00While keeping the elements in this order, I'm ...While keeping the elements in this order, I'm now trying the Operant Field. So far, everything seems to be great! In addition to things manifesting much better, my mind and environment seems less "cluttered" (for lack of a better way to put it). Thank you. I'll get back to you in a week or so and let you know how things are progressing.Merlyn78https://www.blogger.com/profile/04140334306863081881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-66109031695929720392019-07-08T12:34:29.840-05:002019-07-08T12:34:29.840-05:00Placing the elements in clockwise density order li...Placing the elements in clockwise density order like that is how I structure my Enochian rituals involving the Great Table.<br /><br />A Greater Invoking Ritual of the Hexagram for all the planets at once does not make any sense. Th GRH "tunes" the space - it is like putting a colored filter over a flashlight. If you use the same kind of filter of more than one color, you will not get anything. If you want the energy of all the planets, use the LIRH (which is general) to get undifferentiated magical energy.<br /><br />Lesser does not mean "lame" and Greater does not mean "awesome." The nomenclature is very confusing for that reason. If you think of Lesser as general and Greater as specific, that makes more sense - so why would you do a specific ritual of all the planets? The one apparent exception is the GIRP with the four elements, but if you look in Liber 777 the four elements in that configuration are specific to the sephira Malkuth and the Vision of the Holy Guardian Angel.<br /><br />If you want to consecrate something generically, you can call on Melchiadel, the angel of Aries, corresponding to "the power of consecrating things." That might be a better approach for what you are trying to do here.<br /><br />Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-16917581506307689382019-07-03T23:19:04.864-05:002019-07-03T23:19:04.864-05:00I forgot to mention that I changed the Order of th...I forgot to mention that I changed the Order of the Elements in all rituals, using them to create a "Balancing Field". I'm aware that the LRP usually uses the Four Winds Model of the Elements and the LHR uses the Astrological (?) one. But, I had very negative personal results with this approach many years ago and have, from that time on, created a Balancing Field that seems to work much better for me. Its not "traditional" in either the GD or (from what I've seen) the OTO Systems, but it works for me and those that I've taught. I put Fire in the East, Air in the South, Water in the West and Earth in the North. I do this for all rituals that involve use of all four elements.<br /><br />I do pronounce YHVH as "Yah-Veh" already, for the same reason you mentioned.<br /><br />Much of what I initially inquired about, I managed to get figured out since then. I do appreciate your assistance, though. I've been doing this ritual routine on a daily basis since first posting on April 2.<br /><br />The one thing I did notice is that a Greater Invoking Ritual of the Hexagram for all the planets at once does not appear to be possible while maintaining my Balancing Field. I'm currently working on a ritual to consecrate a Phoenix Wand (which I am just calling a Planetary Wand, at this point).Merlyn78https://www.blogger.com/profile/04140334306863081881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-89481640016239044542019-04-03T13:11:03.117-05:002019-04-03T13:11:03.117-05:00There are some variations in those rituals from th...There are some variations in those rituals from the ones I use. The sequence I recommend to my students is LBRP/LIRH/Middle Pillar (which as I teach it includes a simpler version of the circulation of light). So it sounds like where you're at is close to what I use. I would suggest these changes to the rituals at the linked website.<br /><br />1. DO NOT pronounce YHVH in the LBRP as "Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh." The Cicero Golden Dawn teaches it that way and it makes the ritual less effective. Vibrate it as a full work ("Yah-Weh," "Ye-Ho-Wa," or something similar). Don't spell it. If you spell one of your words of power but vibrate the others, in my experience your magical field will be unbalanced.<br /><br />2. I'm kind of confused by the elemental order in their LRH. The standard way of doing it is Fire in the east, Earth in the south, Air in the west, and Water in the north. This is based on the position of the signs of the zodiac. It looks like they're trying to do the elements in density order instead, which isn't quite the same symbolism. I would say to use the standard zodiac order that I mention above and see how that feels.Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-21671225671473004642019-04-02T23:42:10.391-05:002019-04-02T23:42:10.391-05:00I'm currently trying to create a self empowerm...I'm currently trying to create a self empowerment field. In the morning, I want to see Visions of probably outcomes on a regular basis. I also want greater Vitality. As for my Practical Magick, I want to be able to visualize desired outcomes and have it simply manifest (a simple example would be merging my consciousness with a cloud, filling my mind with Fire and having the cloud vanish. Another example is clearing a busy street of traffic with a minute or so of visualization. In the Evening, I also want to be able to easily enter the Nerodh-Samapati Meditative State easily. <br /><br />I've been working with various Pentagram and Hexagram Rituals in an effort to find the right combination to accomplish these things. I've not yet found a combination that I'm entirely happy with.<br /><br />What ritual combinations would you suggest for these purposes?<br /><br />My current ritual order would be the suggested Pentagram and Hexagram rituals, followed by the Ritual of the Middle Pillar and Circulation of the Body of Light for Self Empowerment.<br /><br />For Meditation, I was doing the LBRP, RCR and entering my meditative state, but I seemed to be drained as a result. So, I tried the LIRP, LBRH, RCR and entered my meditative state. Everything seemed well enough, until I found myself suddenly losing (having to fight to maintain) consciousness. Am I using an inappropriate combination?<br /><br />The form of the rituals I use can be found here: http://hermeticorderoftheroundtable.angelfire.com/kabalistic-magick-rituals-2.htmlMerlyn78https://www.blogger.com/profile/04140334306863081881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-30977167829223454202018-02-09T11:38:56.896-06:002018-02-09T11:38:56.896-06:00No, that is not what I meant. When I said variatio...No, that is not what I meant. When I said variations I meant:<br /><br />The field ritual is one variant.<br />Eliminating the second QC and the second Keyword Analysis would be another variant.<br /><br />I was not talking about the four versions of the field ritual. They create the same fields you get by combining the LRP and LRH in exactly the same way.<br /><br />It probably would have been clearer if I said "magical field" instead of "operant field" there. My comments have nothing to do with any technical differences between the various possible methods.Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.com