In my previous posts in this series, located here and here, I gave links to my extensive series of posts on the LBRP and described why The Middle Pillar is a valuable ritual and what this rite does. If you haven't read them (and preferably, regularly practiced the LBRP), I suggest you review them, now. In this post, I'm going to describe the basic ritual and how to perform it. Before starting this ritual, however, you should first calm yourself, focus on what you're doing, and relax. One way to do this is with the Relaxation Ritual which I described in Modern Magick. Follow this with the LBRP. As part of this, during the first and second repetitions of the Kabalistic Cross, you visualize

This is the concluding section of lesson 6 in my series on basic magick. In this lesson I've so far covered the following topics: 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, and The Formulation of the Pentagrams As a brief recap, so far you've performed the Kabalistic Cross and the Formulation of the Pentagrams. You now return to the center of your magickal circle (just east of the altar, if you have one) and face to the East. Filling you with energy vertically is spiritual energy from the Divine. Mixing with

The Challenge of Language As readers probably know, there are specialized words in the LBRP, and in the first section of the LBRP known as the Kabalistic Cross, that are in Hebrew. There are many challenges with pronouncing them "correctly": Hebrew is at least 2,600 years old and its antecedents are much older. It has evolved over time in sound and appearance. Nobody knows exactly how ancient Hebrew was pronounced. Different areas of the world and different communities pronounced words differently. At least one author has proposed that some words were actually ciphers for other words. Non-trained "linguists" made gross assumptions and errors that continue to this day. So let's

In my previous post, #6.2.1, I shared some background concepts of the Kabalistic Cross section of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. I would encourage you to read or re-read that post before reading this one. It gives a rather thorough understanding of what this part of the ritual means. Visualizations and Actions In this post I'm going to share what you physically and mentally do when performing this part of the rite. I'm going to put the Golden Dawn's original instructions, as they appear in Regardie's book of that name, in red. Take a steel dagger in the right hand. There are two things to note about this instruction. First, you should optimally use a dagger made of