Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram

  1. Touching the forehead, say "Ateh (Unto Thee)."
  2. Touching the breast, say Malkuth (The Kingdom)."
  3. Touching the right shoulder, say "ve-Geburah (and the Power)."
  4. Touching the left shoulder, say "ve-Gedulah (and the Glory),
  5. Clasping the hands upon the breast, say "le-Olahm, Amen (To the Ages, Amen)."
  6. Turning to the East, make a pentagram (that of Earth) with the proper weapon (usually the Wand). Say (i.e. vibrate) "IHVH" (Ye-ho-wau*).
  7. Turning to the South, the same, but say "ADNI" (Adonai).
  8. Turning to the West, the same, but say "AHIH" (Eheieh).
  9. Turning to the North, the same, but say "AGLA" (Agla).
  10. Extending the arms in the form of a cross say:
  11. "Before me Raphael;
  12. Behind me Gabriel;
  13. On my right hand Michael;
  14. On my left hand Auriel;
  15. For about me flames the Pentagram,
  16. And in the Column stands the six-rayed Star."
  17. until xxi. Repeat steps (i) to (v), the "Qabalistic Cross."

Analysis

See Also

A modified invocation for the LBRPA modified invocation for the LBRP
This passage should replace the traditional invocation of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram


_Before me to the east is the swift sword of reason, the penetrating winds, Raphael
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sacred texts

We might add that the Pentagram ritual brings the four elements together to produce/reveal the fifth (which itself identified as a hexagram 'In the column stands the six-rayed star'), whilst the Hexagram ritual, particularly the Star Sapphire works with the sixfold star to produce a seventh 'point', found graphically as the rose at the heart of the 'unicursal hexagram'.