In Part 1 of this series, I described why the Middle Pillar Ritual matters. The basic concept is that it's a "step up" from the traditional bedrock magickal skills of the LBRP. But what, specifically, does this mean? When you look at the LBRP, there are two important energetic concepts: raising/generating energy and directing it outside of yourself to empower the visualized pentagrams. I've had people report amazing phenomena just from this work alone. With the Middle Pillar, we turn that energy "in." As you note, I put the word "in" within quotation marks. This is because most people, when considering bringing something (such as magickal energy) into ourselves, generally think that

Over a year ago I started an eight-part series on the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram or LBRP. To the best of my knowledge it's still the most complete explanation of the ritual available on the web, although I do imagine some people may have put more of a focus on different sections. You can find my original posts here: Why the LBRP Matters Secrets of the Kabalistic Cross More Secrets of the Kabalistic Cross Sounds of the Kabalistic Cross Understanding the Formulation of the Pentagrams The Names that Charge the Pentagrams The Formulation of the Pentagrams and The Evocation of the Archangels If you want to learn this ritual, or if you want to add some insights

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Photo by b r e n t A few years ago I saw an article on the internet that discussed "the best colleges." From that time on it has seemed like every few months I've seen articles on the same subject. Most colleges require some effort by prospective students to get accepted for enrollment. It makes sense to me that articles such as these should appear many months before the new college year begins. However, almost inevitably, there is a crush of articles like this just as colleges open for classes and the new freshman enter a world of new friends, new self-understanding, new responsibilities, dorm life, living away from home, and of course, psych 101 and "dumbbell" English. The photo