Introduction.
'The initiation ceremonies of the Golden Dawn are certainly among the most powerful rituals created for the Order systems.
However, the Fist or Outer Order of the Golden Dawn was designed to be a school where students learned the ABCs of magic before performing practical magic. Traditionally, only one magical ritual was ever given to Outer Order students for their own personal use - the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram. There are two forms of this ritual, one for invoking energies and one for banishing.
Respectively, they are Lesser Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram (LIRP) and the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP). A banishing ritual is designed to get rid of unwanted spiritual energies. It is often performed as a prelude to more complex ritual, to 'clear' the area before-hand.
An invoking ritual has the opposite effect - it is designed to call for spiritual forces into the temple space.
The Golden Dawn manuscripts advocate performing the invoking form of this ritual in the morning and the banishing form at night.
However, we feel that the beginning student needs to concentrate solely on the banishing form for a period of a few months, since beginners have a tendency to light up on the astral and unknowingly attract all manner of elementals and low levels of astral energies.
Also, it is far more important to know how to banish rather than to invoke. Anyone can attract low spiritual energies. Getting rid of the same can be more difficult.
The Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram opens and closes with the Qabalistic Cross, a simple rite that can be considered a complete ritual by itself.'
-- Quoted from 'The Essential Golden Dawn. An Introduction to High Magic' by Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero.
Concerns.
i won't quote whole Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram, those interrested should buy the book instead.
This blog's author main concernt is with LBRP - i do not want to banish too much.
i wish to keep beneficial Buddhist energies, as well as other beneficial Esoteric Energies - mostly Gardnerian Wicca's, Witchcraft's, Houdoun Voodoo's.
Other spiritual energies can & should be gone i think - to not interfere, perhaps more as well.
Thankfully the Imperator of the Golden Dawn - David Griffin - asked a community for concerns in preparation for a free Spellworking webinar course that is planned to occur soon probably.
i've shared my concerns, in shorter form - perhaps these will be addressed openly, for all students, or perhaps in a form of insights, thoughts appearing in mind, in a form of secret lessons.
Mantras / Spells.
(i think my mantras are spells and spells are mantras at the same time).
MAHAKALA
OM MANI PEME HUNG
KARMAPA CHENNO
Namaste, blessed be.
