Burn large quantities of heavy incense at this juncture. Then repeat the long invocation beginning on page 518. If necessary repeat it. Trace all seals, symbols, and sigils anew. Pass to between the pillars, holding sword, and say:
Hear me, ye guardians of the tenth Sephirah, Malkuth. Hear me, ye immortal powers of the magic of light, that this angel Axir hath been duly and properly evoked in accordance with the sacred rites.
O ye great lords of the royal kingdom, ye powers of Malkuth which receives the wisdom and power of the ten Sephiroth, ye I invoke and conjure. Cause this mighty angel Axir to perform all my demands; manifest ye through him the majesty and radiance of your presence, the divinity of your knowledge that I may be led one step nearer the fulfillment of the Great Work, that I may be taught how to purify my earthly self, and fix therein the glory of my higher and divine genius, and how I may find the hidden stone whereon the new spiritual name shall be written. And that in so doing, the being of this angel Axir may become more glorified and enlightened, and more responsive to the influx of that divine spirit which abides eternally in the heart of God and man.
Turn now to the triangle and address Axir.
O thou mighty angel, I do command and conjure thee not in my name but by the majesty of Adonai ha-Aretz and Emor Dial Hectega, the lord and king of earth, and ruler over Malkuth, that thou formulate between thy kingdom and my soul a true and potent link. That thou teach me the mystery of the earthly self of man, and how it may be made creative. Teach me in what manner it may be purified, and fix therein the hidden stone of the philosophers, that stone whereon is written the new name of redemption. And finally swear thou by the mighty magic seal which in my hand I hold that thou wilt always speedily appear before me, coming whensoever I call thee by word or will, or by a magical ceremony. To the end that thou mayest be a perpetual link of communication between the lords of Malkuth and my human soul therein.
When all is fulfilled and prior to his banishing, say:
Inasmuch as thou hast obeyed my wish, I now conjure thee, Axir, that thou hereafter harm me not, nor this place, my companions, or aught pertaining unto me, that thou faithfully perform all these things as thou hast sworn by the names of God, and that thou deceive in naught. Therefore do I burn, and feel thou, these grateful odours of the incense of my magic art which are agreeable unto thee.
Burn much incense. Also perform the L.V.X. signs and draw down the light on the manifestation.
And now I say unto thee, Axir, depart in peace in the name of Adonai ha-Aretz unto thine abodes and habitations. Let there ever be peace between me and you, and be thou ready to come when thou art called. May the blessing and light of Yeheshuah the redeemer be with thee, and inspire thee, and lead thee unto the ways of everlasting peace.
Pause for a few minutes. Reverse circumambulation. Reconsecration of temple with fire and water. Then powerful Banishing Rituals of Pentagram and Hexagram.
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1. Note by Regardie: Hereafter, this form of opening the temple, up to the adoration, will be referred to as the formula of Opening by Watchtower. It is an ideal method of preparing any chamber for practical work, and even as a complete ceremony by itself has much to commend its very frequent use. As preparation for serious meditation, for skrying, for difficult magical works, it is as fine a preliminary as could be wished for.
2. Note by Regardie: For these, and the other Enochian keys, their translations, and directions for use, see Book Nine.
3. Note by JMG: The student should of course insert his or her own motto and rank in place of Regardie’s, here and in the rituals that follow.
4. Note by JMG: That is, trace the symbol of Taurus rather than that of Saturn in the center of the hexagram.
CONSECRATION CEREMONY
FOR JUPITER TALISMAN
Temple furniture arranged as for the grade of Neophyte. Banishing rituals of both pentagram and hexagram. Open the temple by the Ceremony of the Watchtowers. After adoration, perform the Invoking Hexagram Ritual of the Supernals, using Eheieh and Ararita. Employ the vibratory formula of the Middle Pillar to invoke Kether, and do not proceed until the sensation of the divine force is present in every vein and nerve. Then contemplate the higher and divine genius, and utter the following prayer.
Unto Thee, sole wise, sole eternal, and sole merciful one, be the praise and glory forever, who hath permitted me, who now standeth humbly before Thee, to enter thus far into the sanctuary of Thy mystery. Not unto me, Adonai, but unto Thy name be the glory. Let the influence of Thy divine ones descend upon my head, and teach me the value of self-sacrifice so that I shrink not in the hour of trial. But that thus my name may be written on high, and my genius stand in the presence of the holy one, in that hour when the Son of Man is invoked before the lord of spirits and his name before the Ancient of Days.
Pause. Then formulate pillars. Stand between them and make Sign of Practicus.
Let us adore the lord and king of water. Holy art thou, Lord of the mighty waters, whereon thy spirit moved in the beginning. Elohim Tzabaoth. Glory be unto thee, Ruach Elohim, whose spirit hovered over the waters of creation.
Go to the west. Before the water tablet make active and passive spirit pentagrams and invoking water pentagram with eagle Kerub in the centre, using lotus wand.
And the Elohim said: Let us make Adam in our own image, after our likeness, and let him have dominion. In the name Al, strong and mighty, spirits of water, adore your creator.
Sign the eagle Kerub with water cup.
In the sign of the head of the eagle, and in the name of Gabriel, great archangel of water, spirits of water, adore your creator.
Make cross with cup.
In the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, spirits of water, adore your creator.
Hold lotus wand on high.
In the three great secret holy names of God borne upon the Banner of the West, Empeh Arsel Gaiol, and in the name of Ra-Agiosel, great king of the west, spirits of water, adore your creator.
Still facing west, vibrate very powerfully the fourth Enochian key invoking the line Hcoma from the Tablet of Union. Formulate an astral Banner of the East surrounding one.
In the name of Elohim Tzabaoth and in the name of Al, I command ye, O ye dwellers in the realm of water that ye fashion for me a magical base in the Astral Light wherein I may invoke the divine forces to charge this talisman of Tzedek.
Go east, to begin the Supreme Invoking Ritual of the Jupiter Hexagram. Precede with Qabalistic cross, closing with keyword. Return to altar, so that the latter is between the operator and the previously ascertained position of Jupiter. The magus should wear, in addition to his Rose Cross lamen, a seal of Jupiter in proper colours.
O thou divine one who dwellest in the majesty and love of Chesed, the fourth Sephirah; Al, source of the river Gihon, lord of fire, look upon me, I beseech thee, as I perform this consecration ceremony. Let a ray from thy perfection descend upon me, to awaken within my being that which shall prove a channel for the working of thine abundant power. May this Jupiter talisman which I have made be a focus of thy light and life and love so that it may awaken within my soul a clear vision and a stronger aspiration to the light.
Draw the letters Al in Hebrew, and its sigil, in the heart, and vibrate it several times. Trace sigil and letters in the air first.
Grant unto me, thou great and merciful king of Chesed, the presence and power of thy holy archangel Tzadkiel that he may aid me with his power.
Draw the invoking hexagram of Jupiter and in it the sigil of Tzadkiel. Vibrate the name strongly.
O ye brilliant ones of Chesed, I conjure ye by the mighty name of Al, strong and mighty, and by the name of Tsadkiel whose throne and seat ye are. Chashmalim, come unto me now. Manifest yourselves through me, and fill my sphere with your magic power to accomplish this work of art.
Draw the sigil of Chashmalim, and vibrate the name.
Command unto me the presence of Sachiel, the angel of Jupiter, and his
intelligence, Yohphiel, that they may consecrate this most powerful symbol. Yohphiel (vibrate several times) I conjure ye potently to make manifest your presence within my soul that this talisman of Jupiter may be charged. Come, now, O all ye powers and forces of the realm of Chesed, obey ye now the name of Al, the divine ruler of your kingdom, and Tzadkiel, your archangelic ruler and the mighty powers of the brilliant ones of Tzedek.
Place talisman outside the circle, to west, and then draw it within with the point of sword.
Creature of talismans, enter thou within this sacred circle that thou mayest become a dwelling place of Yohphiel, the intelligence of Jupiter, a body for the manifestation of the majesty of Chesed.
The talisman, which previously had been wrapped in black cloth and bound thrice with cord, should be purified with water and consecrated with fire.
In the name of Al, I proclaim all ye powers and forces now invoked that I, Ad Majorem Adonai Gloriam, Neophyte of the Stella Matutina, and Frater R.R. et A.C., have invoked ye in order to form a true and potent link between my human soul and that spirit of abundance and love and graciousness summed up in the name of Chesed. To this end I have formed and perfected a talisman bearing upon one side the sigil of Yohphiel the intelligence of Tzedek, and the geomantic symbols and sigils pertaining to Jupiter. On the other side is a seal referred to Jupiter, represented in flashing colours. This is now covered with a black veil and bound thrice with a cord, so that Yohphiel shall not see the light not move until he manifest unto me. I proclaim that this talisman shall be charged by the Intelligence Yohphiel, in order that spiritual vision may be mine, and that it may assist me to overcome all obstacles of both a spiritual and a material nature so that I may be enabled to perform the Great Work.
Pick up the talisman and place it at foot of altar.
I, Frater Ad Majorem Adonai Gloriam, do solemnly pledge myself in the name of Al to consecrate in due ceremonial form this Jupiter talisman. And I assert that with divine aid I shall invoke the intelligence Yohphiel from his abode in Tzedek that life and power may be imparted to this talisman. To the end that I may be assisted to perform the Great Work, and that I may be the better able to assist my fellow men. May the powers of Chesed witness this my solemn pledge.
Place talisman on the white triangle on altar. Stand west of altar and face east.
Ye powers of Chesed which I have invoked to this temple, know that all is now in readiness to consecrate this talisman. Aid me with your power that I may cause the great angel Yohphiel to give life and strength to this creature of talismans in the name of Al Ab.
Go to east of altar and face west. Place left hand on talisman, hold sword erect over it, and say, making over the talisman such lineal figures, seals, signs, and letters as may be named:
Abba, father of all fathers, thee I invoke by thy name Al. Descend, I beseech thee, through my being to manifest unto me the wisdom and love and that prodigality of spirit which are the characteristics of Tzedek. So that in the enhancement of my true spiritual nature I may continually aspire unto thy glory and grace. Grant unto me the power and help of thy great archangel Tzadkiel who is the righteousness of thy sphere. Tzadkiel, command, I beseech thee, to my assistance thy brilliant ones, the Chashmalim, that they may bind into this talisman the magnificence and mercy of Tzedek and all the powers of Chesed. Chashmalim, O ye brilliant ones of Jupiter, assist me in this my invocation of Sachiel. Sachiel, thou great angel of Tzedek, ruling therein by the virtue of Al Ab, whose name thou must obey, and in the name of Tzadkiel, your most potent archangel, I command ye to send hither thine intelligence, the Angel Yohphiel, that he may concentrate and bind into this talisman his life and power. In taking it for his body, let him thereby form a true and wonderful link for me with all those powers of love and wisdom, grace, abundance, and benignity which rise rank upon rank to the feet of the Holy Spirit. O ye divine powers of Chesed, manifest yourselves through this intelligence Yohphiel, to show forth the majesty of your realm, the love and the magnificence of your godhead, so that through this creature of talismans I may ever pursue the Great Work and assist in the initiation of my fellow men. And in so doing, grant that unto Yohphiel who shall charge this talisman, shall be given a great reward in that day when the crown of the glory of my genius shall be placed upon my head, and that his nature may become more illumined and glorified, more capable of receiving that divine influx which abides in the heart of God and man.
Lift talisman in left hand, smite it thrice with sword, and raise both it and sword aloft, stamping three times. Then take the talisman to north, and repeat:
The voice of the exorcism said unto me: Let me shroud myself in darkness, peradventure thus shall I manifest myself in light. I am the only being in an abyss of darkness. From the darkness came I forth ere my birth, from the silence of a primal sleep. And the voice of ages answered unto my soul, creature of talismans, the light shineth in the darkness, but the darkness comprehendeth it not. Let the mystic circumambulation take place.
Take the talisman and circumambulate. After going round once, stop in the south, and place it on ground.
Unpurified and unconsecrated, thou canst not enter the gate of the west.
Purify the talisman with water and consecrate with fire. Lift it with left hand, face towards west, and say:
Creature of talismans, twice purified and twice consecrated, thou mayest approach the gateway of the west.
Pass to west with talisman in left hand. Partly unveil it, smite it once with sword, and say:
Thou canst not pass from concealment unto manifestation, save by virtue of the name Elohim. Before all things are the chaos and the darkness and the gates of the land of night. I am he whose name is darkness. I am the great one of the path of the shades. I am the exorcist in the midst of the exorcism. Take on therefore manifestation before me without fear. For I am he in whom fear is not. Thou hast known me, so pass thou on.
Reveil talisman and carry it once more round the circle. Then halt in the north and place it on ground. Bar, purify, and consecrate as before, and after so doing, pass towards the east. Strike it, after unveiling it partly, and say:
Thou canst not pass from concealment unto manifestation save by virtue of the name YHVH. After the formless and the void and the darkness, then cometh the knowledge of the light. I am that light which ariseth in darkness. I am the exorcist in the midst of the exorcism. Take on therefore manifestation before me for I am the wielder of the forces of the balance. Thou hast known me now. Pass thou on unto the cubical Altar of the Universe.
Reveil the talisman, pass to the altar, place it on white triangle, and stand east, facing west, with left hand on talisman and sword held over it with right hand. Retrace all sigils, etc.
Thou intelligence of Tzedek named Yohphiel, I invoke thee in the divine name of Al. O thou, who art the father of all things, source of the mighty waters, lord of fire, thou whose heart is mercy, and whose being love, lift me up, I beseech thee, and manifest through me thy power and grace and thy generosity of spirit. Grant unto me the mighty power and help of the archangel Tzadkiel who rules over the divine realm of Chesed, that he may command to my assistance the choir of angels, those brilliant ones, the Chashmalim, that they may consecrate with power this talisman which lieth before thee. O ye brilliant ones of Jupiter, command unto me the angel of Tzedek, Sachiel, that he may cause Yohphiel, his intelligence, to come unto me. Yohphiel, thou great angel of Jupiter, thou divine intelligence of Tzedek, I invoke thee by the knowledge of thy name. I call thee by thy sigil, and the symbol of Jupiter which I bear upon my breast. Come unto me now, I conjure thee to give me of thy substance so that this creature of talismans may have power and life and love to make a divine link with all those powers of love and majesty and graciousness summed up, in the holy name of Chesed. I invoke thee powerfully by the name of Al (vibrate by formula of Middle Pillar and mystical circumambulation). Thus do I potently conjure and exorcise thee, to charge this talisman, thou intelligence Yohphiel.
Lift the talisman, remove the veil, leaving the cord underneath, and cry:
Creature of talismans, long hast thou dwelt in darkness. Quit the night and seek
the day.
Replace it on the triangle upon altar, hold the pommel of the sword immediately over it, and say:
By all the names, powers, and rites already rehearsed, I conjure upon thee power and might irresistible. Khabs am pekht, Konx om pax, Light in extension. As the light hidden in darkness can manifest therefrom, so shalt thou become irresistible.
Pause and then invoke Amoun as follows, also using the Amoun godform:
O thou the concealed one, the opener of the day, thee, thee do I invoke. Amoun (vibrate by Middle Pillar). O thou circle of stars whereof my genius is but the younger brother, marvel beyond imagination, soul of eternity before whom time is ashamed, the Ruach bewildered, and the Neschamah dark, not unto thy majesty may I attain unless thine image be love. Therefore by seed and root, and by bud and leaf, and by flower and fruit of my entire being, do I invoke thee, whose name and power is love. (Assume godform of Amoun.) O secret of secrets that art hidden in the being of all that lives, lord secret and most holy—source of light, source of life, source of love, source of liberty—be thou ever constant and mighty within me that I may forever remain in thine abundant joy, Amoun (vibrate and circumambulate by Middle Pillar), thou father of all the great gods above, whose name is strength, whose being is love, whose nature is benign, thee do I invoke. Amoun. Mighty, merciful, magnificent, thee do I invoke. Thou whose Sephirah is Chesed, whose lordship is the realm of whirling fire and raging storm, thee, thee do I invoke. O thou whose head is of amethystine blue, whose heart is pitiful, and whose judgment just, where the rose dawn shines out amid the gold, thee do I invoke.
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