Goodish news, I've finally gotten fed up with the Angelic Grimoire writing project. Therefore, a nice little manual that covers the basics of conjuring an angel of the planets is now available. For a limited time, I'm sending it out in PDF format for free. After I've gotten some feedback on it from the sample audience, and when I'm ready to face it again, I'll publish an updated version and start charging for it.
So, if you want a free draft, let me know, and I'll email it to you. If you're interested, drop me a line at frredactumopus@gmail.com.
Head for the Red: The ongoing adventures and insights of a magician's attempts to accomplish the Great Work.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Dealing with the Guf - Reclaiming Moments of Horror - A Follow-up
Someone asked me to follow up on the "Dealing with the Guf" post. Basically, the technique I talked about was successful. If you have excruciatingly embarrassing moments that you want to get over, try the following:
1. Meditate. Clear your mind. Do whatever it is you do when you're stilling the waves of your mental sea.
2. Contemplate your source. This takes knowing who you are and what you are. I know very well that I am an incarnated spark of raw divinity in its purest form. Knowing that I came from God, and ultimately will return to God, I'm able to get in touch with and commune with this spark of my Self.
3. Knowing your race and value, knowing that you are of the race of God, and have the value of God itself, begin to remember the moment that imprinted the embarrassment that haunts you. Remember it in detail. Think about what happened. Then remember your race and value. Relive the moment while retaining conscious knowledge of your race and value. View it from the perspective of eternity.
4. Repeat as necessary. It took me two full sessions like this to overcome the anxiety attacks that came when I remembered my folly. After that, I slept fine. Thinking back to the moment now, I have peace. It really seems pretty funny.
It takes time to overcome years of thought patterns, but this method does eliminate the majority of the reactions quickly. I hope it serves you as well as it served me.
1. Meditate. Clear your mind. Do whatever it is you do when you're stilling the waves of your mental sea.
2. Contemplate your source. This takes knowing who you are and what you are. I know very well that I am an incarnated spark of raw divinity in its purest form. Knowing that I came from God, and ultimately will return to God, I'm able to get in touch with and commune with this spark of my Self.
3. Knowing your race and value, knowing that you are of the race of God, and have the value of God itself, begin to remember the moment that imprinted the embarrassment that haunts you. Remember it in detail. Think about what happened. Then remember your race and value. Relive the moment while retaining conscious knowledge of your race and value. View it from the perspective of eternity.
4. Repeat as necessary. It took me two full sessions like this to overcome the anxiety attacks that came when I remembered my folly. After that, I slept fine. Thinking back to the moment now, I have peace. It really seems pretty funny.
It takes time to overcome years of thought patterns, but this method does eliminate the majority of the reactions quickly. I hope it serves you as well as it served me.
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Kammael Rites
Greetings!
In the course of my rituals, I've created several talismen and lamens for use with the Art of Drawing Spirits into Crystals. Below you will find the Lamen of Kammael, and an image of my "Table of Practice" I use with the rit. I just put the crystal in the center and read the evocations while wearing the lamen.
As you can see, I wrote the names of God around the outer edges in the "Celestial Script" from Agrippa, but the text of the "grimoire" lists them in the Latin script. I just liked how it looked.
In the course of my rituals, I've created several talismen and lamens for use with the Art of Drawing Spirits into Crystals. Below you will find the Lamen of Kammael, and an image of my "Table of Practice" I use with the rit. I just put the crystal in the center and read the evocations while wearing the lamen.
As you can see, I wrote the names of God around the outer edges in the "Celestial Script" from Agrippa, but the text of the "grimoire" lists them in the Latin script. I just liked how it looked.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
The Far-Reaching Aspects of Mars
Earlier today I made a Mars talisman, and then did some work with my HGA and the Sun, and I'm still flying a bit. Post-coital bliss, in a way.
But while it's all still fresh, I want to share a bit on the aspects of Mars-in-Sagittarius.
I had a long history of inappropriate displays of Martial energies. Especially when I got angry. I'm a Taurus, and all the stereotypical images that pop into mind when you think of a bull seeing red applied to me when I lost my temper. I'd snort, rant and rave, crush everything that stood in my way, and then when I calmed down, I was left to deal with the mess I'd made.
As a result, I was a bit wary in working with Mars. I didn't want to have any Martial energy coming into my sphere and triggering some kind of outburst. At the same time, I was eager to get that sphere integrated into my own, so it wouldn't manifest destructively. The solution, of course, is to work with the powers of Mars through the auspices of the HGA. Which I did do today.
I started with Kammael, archangel of Mars. I did a simple conjuration with my HGA and asked it to integrate the energies of Mars into my sphere. No problem, it said, and I began to behave more judiciously in my actions. That was neat. I also began to see conflict differently, whether in the wars in the middle east, or the politics in the workplace. I also began to stand up for things that I had earned, but in a diplomatic way.
Today I made a talisman of mars to use in my Table of Practice. I carved the Table of Mars from Agrippa's Book 3 on one side of a sheet of steel coated in tin. On the other side, I carved the symbol of Mars and the seals of the Intelligence and Spirit of Mars. It was similar to one I had made on paper a few months ago when Mars was in Scorpio. that talisman was made to use in vengeance-focused rituals. This one is designed to take advantage of Mars in Sagittarius, that is, using force, justice, and appropriate violence to make a better future. Mars is also well-aspected by Jupiter today, so there's an aspect of using violence under authority to accomplish necessary actions to build a brighter future. Al in all, a very useful talisman.
After making the talisman, I went on to make a talisman of the Sun, this one more of a lamen of Michael. While I was doing that, the powers of the sphere of Mars were still bouncing around in my sphere. My HGA and Michael used the time that I was focusing on drawing the seal to commune with me and reveal some aspects of the powers of Mars I hadn't recognized before.
Kammael, the archangel of Mars, is constantly monitoring me, directing the energies of Mars into my sphere at the levels that I require at any given time. Usually this is slight, but lately he's been TRYING to get my attention. There's been some spiritual business that I've been ignoring because it could easily reveal more character flaws in my self that I really would rather avoid dealing with.
So I've been irritable, mean-spirited, and generally argumentative. I see attacks where there are none, and I feel under pressure. After working with the spirits today, I can see where I need to direct the martial force in my life, and I feel totally psyched about it. Instead of seeming like a bother or something to avoid, it seems like a challenge. The thrill of victory is right around the corner.
That, I think, is the lesson I'm walking away with. There's more going on than a lesson from the spirits, of course, but this is a blog, after all, and the words are all I have to put it into in this particular forum. The point I learned today about the powers of Mars is that they empower you to achieve victory in any circumstance, not just for violence or revenge, but for Success. All the things you read about successful business plans, successful family management, successful parenting, all these things are aspects of the powers of Mars. Victory.
But while it's all still fresh, I want to share a bit on the aspects of Mars-in-Sagittarius.
I had a long history of inappropriate displays of Martial energies. Especially when I got angry. I'm a Taurus, and all the stereotypical images that pop into mind when you think of a bull seeing red applied to me when I lost my temper. I'd snort, rant and rave, crush everything that stood in my way, and then when I calmed down, I was left to deal with the mess I'd made.
As a result, I was a bit wary in working with Mars. I didn't want to have any Martial energy coming into my sphere and triggering some kind of outburst. At the same time, I was eager to get that sphere integrated into my own, so it wouldn't manifest destructively. The solution, of course, is to work with the powers of Mars through the auspices of the HGA. Which I did do today.
I started with Kammael, archangel of Mars. I did a simple conjuration with my HGA and asked it to integrate the energies of Mars into my sphere. No problem, it said, and I began to behave more judiciously in my actions. That was neat. I also began to see conflict differently, whether in the wars in the middle east, or the politics in the workplace. I also began to stand up for things that I had earned, but in a diplomatic way.
Today I made a talisman of mars to use in my Table of Practice. I carved the Table of Mars from Agrippa's Book 3 on one side of a sheet of steel coated in tin. On the other side, I carved the symbol of Mars and the seals of the Intelligence and Spirit of Mars. It was similar to one I had made on paper a few months ago when Mars was in Scorpio. that talisman was made to use in vengeance-focused rituals. This one is designed to take advantage of Mars in Sagittarius, that is, using force, justice, and appropriate violence to make a better future. Mars is also well-aspected by Jupiter today, so there's an aspect of using violence under authority to accomplish necessary actions to build a brighter future. Al in all, a very useful talisman.
After making the talisman, I went on to make a talisman of the Sun, this one more of a lamen of Michael. While I was doing that, the powers of the sphere of Mars were still bouncing around in my sphere. My HGA and Michael used the time that I was focusing on drawing the seal to commune with me and reveal some aspects of the powers of Mars I hadn't recognized before.
Kammael, the archangel of Mars, is constantly monitoring me, directing the energies of Mars into my sphere at the levels that I require at any given time. Usually this is slight, but lately he's been TRYING to get my attention. There's been some spiritual business that I've been ignoring because it could easily reveal more character flaws in my self that I really would rather avoid dealing with.
So I've been irritable, mean-spirited, and generally argumentative. I see attacks where there are none, and I feel under pressure. After working with the spirits today, I can see where I need to direct the martial force in my life, and I feel totally psyched about it. Instead of seeming like a bother or something to avoid, it seems like a challenge. The thrill of victory is right around the corner.
That, I think, is the lesson I'm walking away with. There's more going on than a lesson from the spirits, of course, but this is a blog, after all, and the words are all I have to put it into in this particular forum. The point I learned today about the powers of Mars is that they empower you to achieve victory in any circumstance, not just for violence or revenge, but for Success. All the things you read about successful business plans, successful family management, successful parenting, all these things are aspects of the powers of Mars. Victory.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Spirit Names, Spirit Names, Get Yer Spirit Names Here!
Well, it's been damned near a month since I posted here last. I feel rather badly about that. Still, life does go on. :)
First of all, let me point you to an awesome compendium of over a thousand spirit names from a multitude of sources, quite possibly one of the most useful things I've found in a long, long time:
http://www.pdxnet.net/resrev/Angels.html
I don't know the gnostic who is responsible for this, but god bless him or her.
In other news, I HATE my angel book. I deeply apologize for ever having started the damned thing. If you're waiting for it to be finished, if you've emailed me that you're interested, I can only say I'm sorry, and I WILL finish it, eventually, but it's taking longer than anticipated because it turned out to be real WORK. Not just some Saturday afternoon type fest.
And in yet other news, I've recently created a spreadsheet that is useful for generating the names of the Good and Evil Genius of any electional chart using a part of Agrippa's Book 3, Chapter 26. Specifically, the part that says:
"There are also the Arabians, and many others, and some Hebrews, who finde out the name of a Genius by the places of the five Hylegians, and making projection alwayes from the beginning of Aries, and the letters being found out according to the order of Hylegians with the Astrologers, being reduced into a known order, and being joyned together, make the name of a good Genius: but they draw the name of an evil Genius from the opposite Hylegian places, projection being made from the last degree of Pisces against the order of signs. " (from Joe Peterson's Esoteric Archives)
As a result of the wonders of modern technology, I can generate the names of Good and Evil Geniuses relatively quickly for times past, present, and future. Well, actually, only past or future. The present just slipped away yet again. ;)
Due to the holiday budget crunch, I'm looking for a way to turn this into a revenue stream. If you're interested in learning the names of the Good and Evil Genius of any given time, feel free to email me at FrRedactumOpus@gmail.com, and I'll send them to you for $5.00 through paypal. As long as you have a credit card, I can invoice you through paypal, so no worries. No cash, check, or money orders at this time.
Please include the time, date, and location for the the enterprise you're referencing. Time zones would help too.
First of all, let me point you to an awesome compendium of over a thousand spirit names from a multitude of sources, quite possibly one of the most useful things I've found in a long, long time:
http://www.pdxnet.net/resrev/Angels.html
I don't know the gnostic who is responsible for this, but god bless him or her.
In other news, I HATE my angel book. I deeply apologize for ever having started the damned thing. If you're waiting for it to be finished, if you've emailed me that you're interested, I can only say I'm sorry, and I WILL finish it, eventually, but it's taking longer than anticipated because it turned out to be real WORK. Not just some Saturday afternoon type fest.
And in yet other news, I've recently created a spreadsheet that is useful for generating the names of the Good and Evil Genius of any electional chart using a part of Agrippa's Book 3, Chapter 26. Specifically, the part that says:
"There are also the Arabians, and many others, and some Hebrews, who finde out the name of a Genius by the places of the five Hylegians, and making projection alwayes from the beginning of Aries, and the letters being found out according to the order of Hylegians with the Astrologers, being reduced into a known order, and being joyned together, make the name of a good Genius: but they draw the name of an evil Genius from the opposite Hylegian places, projection being made from the last degree of Pisces against the order of signs. " (from Joe Peterson's Esoteric Archives)
As a result of the wonders of modern technology, I can generate the names of Good and Evil Geniuses relatively quickly for times past, present, and future. Well, actually, only past or future. The present just slipped away yet again. ;)
Due to the holiday budget crunch, I'm looking for a way to turn this into a revenue stream. If you're interested in learning the names of the Good and Evil Genius of any given time, feel free to email me at FrRedactumOpus@gmail.com, and I'll send them to you for $5.00 through paypal. As long as you have a credit card, I can invoice you through paypal, so no worries. No cash, check, or money orders at this time.
Please include the time, date, and location for the the enterprise you're referencing. Time zones would help too.
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