The Mystical Pentagram is a technique which will enhance psychic self- awareness. Practiced on a daily basis it will produce surprising individual results. One of the features of this technique is that it encourages personal development by allowing each entity to discover a personal mantra which corresponds to the five elements. To begin, you will need a table of correspondences as"777" by Aleister Crowley.

Look up the names of the gods and goddesses which correspond to the air element. Pick a name which when chanted 'feels' right for you. For example, Nu is the Egyptian lord of the firmament and corresponds to air. If I were inclined towards Egyptian deities, I would chant the name Nu for several minutes to see what effect transpired. If I felt relaxed, comfortable, and generally positive I would inwardly know that this name woul...
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The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP) is one of the chief rituals of Western Magic. It has been with us at least since the Golden Dawn of the nineteenth century, and it has penetrated into all the many Golden Dawn spin offs, including Neo-Paganism.

Yet there is still no widely available, clear instruction. The directions of the magical orders are mere mnemonics for those who are assumed to have personal instructors. To formulate my personal approach to the ritual, to aid any others who may be considering practicing the LBRP, and to satisfy the idle curiosity of any gawking onlookers, I have put together this short discussion of the ritual and its symbolism and performance.


A. Intent of the Ritual

The real action of a magic ritual takes place in the mind. Ritual is a form of moving meditation. The ...
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WICCAN PENTAGRAM RITUAL
This ritual includes the Wiccan Cross, Circle of Protection and Invocation to the Great Gods.


WICCAN CROSS

Face East.
Touch forehead.
Say IO EVOE HERTHA ('Blessed be Hertha,' or other Name by which you worship the Goddess as Creatrix)

Touch solar plexus or genitals.
Say IO EVOE CERNUNNOS ('Blessed be Cernunnos,' or other name by which you worship the Horned God as the Earth)

Touch right shoulder.
Say EKO EKO AZARAK ('Hail, hail force of fire')

Touch left shoulder.
Say EKO EKO AMELAK ('Hail, hail to the glory')

Extend arms in form of a cross.
Say IO EVOE (‘blessed be.')

Clasp hands upon breast and say 'So mote it be.


CIRCLE OF PROTECTION

Trace pentagram in East.
Say HERNE.

Trace circle of protectio...
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