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Furthermore, AL=31, a key of the Book of the Law, and VH=11, the number of Magick. 42
(ALVH) = 21 (AHIH) X 2. Eloah is a reflection of Eheieh, and reflection is a primary
characteristic of Elemental Water.
The revised attribution of the god-names to the elemental quarters is as follows: AHIH for Air in
the East, ADNI for Earth in the North, ALVH for Water in the West, and AGLA for Fire in the
South. Vibrate the god-names while giving the Sign of the Enterer, and follow with the Sign of
Silence. The first gesture projects a beam of energy into the pentagram, while the second
gesture stops the flow of energy by severing the connection between the magician and the
pentagram.
3. The Invocation of the Archangels
After the circle is constructed, the magician extends his arms in the form of a tau cross and
invokes the Archangels of the Elements in the four directions. The tau cross is a symbol of the
four Elements bonded and separated by Spirit. It is also a reaffirmation of the element of Spirit
that is invoked through the Qabalistic Cross. It is with the authority of Spirit that the magician
invokes the Archangels.
What is the purpose of invoking the Archangels? Some believe that they are the guardians of the
circle, evoked outside to protect it. Yet the circle is already well-protected at this point in the
ritual with banishing pentagrams and vibrated god-names. The real purpose of the invocation is
to fill the Elemental void that has been created inside the circle after banishing the four
Elements in the Construction of the Circle.
The Elemental Archangels represent the highest, most spiritualized qualities of the Elements.
When the Archangels are invoked into the circle, the Elemental void is filled with spiritualized
Elemental energy that serves to purify, balance, and energize the magician. As he invokes each
Archangelic energy the magician should be able to feel it manifest in the appropriate quarter.
This idea is vividly expressed by Israel Regardie in The Middle Pillar:
The technique... is to imagine that the emanation from the archangel penetrates and
cleanses the personality. That is to say, in the east from behind the archangel
Raphael should be felt a gentle wind or breeze, which, permeating the entire body,
blows from it every trace of impurity. From Michael in the south, warmth at first of
gentle degree should be felt, increasing in intensity to a powerful heat that burns and
utterly consumes every blemish which troubled the personality. This purging should
be felt as consecrating one to the service of the higher self. The same technique
should be applied to Gabriel in the west, except that one is purified with water, while
in the north one is invested with the stability and fertility of Auriel, archangel of the
earth.6
Remember that the magician, who is standing in the form of a tau cross, represents Spirit, the
fifth Element which balances and binds the other four.
4. The Affirmation of the Circle
The ritual ends with the following oration: Before me flames the pentagram, and behind me
shines the six rayed star. This places the magician between the symbols of the Microcosm
(pentagram) and Macrocosm (hexagram). The intent is to symbolize the unification of the
Microcosm with the Macrocosm, which in turn is a symbol for the Great Work, the goal of all
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magick.
Aleister Crowley modified this oration to read For about me flames the Pentagram, and in the
Column stands the Six-rayed Star.7 Crowley visualized two hexagrams, one above him and one
below him. It flames both above and beneath the magus, who is thus in a cube of 4 pentagrams
and two hexagrams, 32 points in all.8 The argument for this arrangement is that 32 is the
number of paths on the Tree of Life and the enumeration of AHIHVH, a god-name formed by
combining AHIH and YHVH that symbolizes the unification of the Macrocosm and the
Microcosm.
The column is the shape of the space that is created in the LBRP. The circle actually defines a
column that extends vertically above and below the magician. It does not manifest as a cube or
sphere, due to the passive construction of the hexagram. The hexagram is simply visualized and
not drawn or charged with god-names like the other elements of the circle, and therefore does
not carry the same warding power as the pentagrams in the ritual.
Furthermore, there is no need to ward the area above and below the circle. The construction of
the circle banishes the four Elements; thus the column is comprised of the Element of Spirit.
This column of Spirit extends into the infinite above and the infinite below, making it
unnecessary to ward the vertical directions.
What is significant about Crowleys interpretation is his identification of the Pentagram in the
Affirmation with the Elemental pentagrams established in the quarters. This identification
serves to affirm the ring of pentagrams that have been formulated to protect and define the
circle. In effect, it identifies the circle as the Microcosm of the magician. In turn, visualizing the
hexagram at the Tiphareth center establishes the Macrocosm within the Microcosmic circle. As
before, this unification is a symbol of the Great Work, yet this interpretation is more complete in
that it includes both elements of the ritual, the circle and the center.
To reflect these concepts, the Affirmation of the Circle has been revised to read About me
flames the pentagrams, and within me shines the six-rayed star. With the utterance of first
phrase, the magician focuses on the ring of pentagrams that surrounds him; and with the last
phrase the magician visualizes a unicursal hexagram centered on his plexus.
As a final note, I prefer to use a unicursal hexagram instead of a traditional hexagram because
the lines of the former figure cross the Tiphareth center of the hexagram, while the latter figure
does not connect with Tiphareth at all.
When all of the flaws of the LBRP are corrected and the elements of the ritual are properly
balanced, a New Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram emerges:
1. Facing east, touch the forehead and say Eheieh (I am).
2. Touch the groin and say Malkuth (the Kingdom).
3. Touch the right shoulder and say ve-Geburah (and the Power).
4. Touch the left shoulder and say ve-Gedulah (and the Glory).
5. Clasp the hands upon the breast and say le-Olahm IAO (Forever, IAO).
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Final Notes
I have been performing the NBRP daily for many months and found it to be very potent and
effective, more so than the original LBRP. The NBRP not only creates a foundation for magical
work, but also balances the Elements within the aura of the magician. (Interestingly enough, this
is also the purpose of the Outer Order initiations of the Golden Dawn.) I have also used this
ritual to prepare my temple for evocation with great success. I welcome and encourage any
feedback or criticism on the NBRP; please contact me through this website.
Footnotes:
1
Crowley, Aleister "The Palace of the World." Quote taken from Liber ABA, page 745, footnote
507.
2
The Golden Dawn, page 53. The LBRP originated with the Golden Dawn and thus the Order's
version shall be used here.
3
As a noun, "blind" means not only "something put forward for the purpose of misleading" but
also "something to hinder sight and keep out of light."
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Liber O.
Crowley, Aleister "The Palace of the World." Quote taken from Liber ABA, page 746, footnote
522.
Copy right (c) 201 0 Michael Osiris Snuffin
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