Condemnatory vs.

Exaltatory Labels
To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.satanism,alt.pagan.magick,alt.magick
From: Re OStat
Subject: Re: Condemnatory vs. Exaltatory Labels (was 777)
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 20:43:41 GMT
In article <8t77jj$bfm@bolt.sonic.net>, spam@luckymojo.com wrote:
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50001025 Vom nagasivamas

"Anthra-Andromda":
>> It is ever the way of the Black Brothers,
ulfheobar@aol.com (Ulfheobar):
> Just who are the black brothers? And use your own words not crowleys.
magicians whom you do not like and upon whom you would like to
cast aspersions of amorality, evilness, and depravity. it seems
to derive from Crowley's expression in reflection of the
Blavatskyan Black Brotherhood in contrast to the Great White
Brotherhood of Rosicrucians and Theosophists.

In Magick Without Tears, number 12, Crowley writes (selections):

The Left-Hand Path
The Black Brother
As far as the achievement or attainment is concerned, the two Paths
[LHP & RHP] are in fact identical.
Mark well this first distinction: the Black Magician or Sorcerer is
hardly even a distant cousin of the Black Brother. The difference
between a sneak-thief and a Hitler is not too bad an analogy.
Now, if there is any difference at all between the White and the Black
Adept in similar case [invoking Diana or calling up Lilith], it is that
the one, working by love under will achieves a marriage with the new
idea, while the other, merely grabbing, adds a concubine to his harem of
slaves.
This about-to-be-Black Brother constantly restricts himself; he is
satisfied with a very limited ideal; he is afraid of losing his
individuality - reminds one of that Nordic twaddle about
race-pollution.
Perhaps the Black Brother deserts his [H.G.] Angel when he realises the
Programme.
Perhaps hi error was so deeply rooted, from the very beginning, that it
was his Evil Genius that he evoked [and not the H.G.A.].
In such cases the mans policy is of course to break off all relations
with the Supernal Triad, and to replace it by inventing a false crown,
Daath. To them Knowledge will be everything, and what is Knowledge but
the very soul of illusion?
Later, AC quotes from his own Vision and the Voice concerning what is
done by the Black Brothers:

For Choronzon is as it were the shell or excrement of these three

paths, and therefore is his head raised unto Daath, and therefore have
the Black Brotherhood declared him to be the child of Wisdom and
Understanding, who is but the bastard of the Svastika. And this is that
which is written in the Holy Qabalah, concerning the Whirlpool and
Leviathan, and the Great Stone.

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>> those of the Left hand path, to squelch the truth, and hide the light,
> I think self honesty is a common enough thing amongst those usually
> called left hand pathers... And as far as I know most of the organizations called
> left hand path denounce the lies that the right hand pathers promote.
nah, you don't understand the Way of the Great Martyrdom Cult. taking
the Demonization Libel on as a positive identifier is how the Cult works.
the second wave or generation of this cult begins to think that it has
always been this way and defends the castigation as unfair and poor
pitiful misunderstandings. this is how it was with magicians and with
witches and just about all the neuvoreligious other than, perhaps, the
New Agers. it goes way WAY back, and includes early Christians and
many Satanists. try:
http://www.satanservice.org/archive/theory/gmcult.txt
> Squelching truth is something for those who cannot understand that
> every motive is in itself a selfish motive.
well said.
> Hiding the light? Which left hand path
> organization/religion/philosophy/individual/group are you refering to
> exactly?
almost any one which is demonized would qualify here, because 'hiding
Light' is what the scaremongers put out as the Evil Act of Bad Guys.
>> even if they replace it with nothing.
> If there is nothing than what do you replace it with? Are the
> Hindu's who believe we are nothing left hand pathers?
no, you're missing the point again. "Left-Hand Path" derives form an
Indian ritual in which the controversy of the style of the sexual
element which is part of it is indicated by whether the woman whom
the man that is the center of the rite sits on his right (a known
partner) or his left (some random woman, a whore, or some other kind
of controversial pairing).
later that term is generalized to mean 'scandalous spirituality', and
still later, 'evil ritual activities'. later still it is taken up to
mean 'thrill-seeking occult adventurer with few moral constraints
interested in wrathful iconography, psychoactives, peculiar sexual
practices, body decoration, body modification, abstruse philophy'.

I think this may not be completely accurate due to the idea the
Left-Hand Path actually has two meanings.
The first, and most commonly understood, is simply do to the fact that
the word for left in French and Latin has the same source as the word
sinister. Thus, sinister magick is LHP and is evil.
While you are correct that there is a Tantric Ritual, the nature of
which is indicated by the side at which the Sakthi sits next to
practitioner, the difference between Vamamarg (LHP) and Dakshinamarg
(RHP) Tantra are far deeper than that. Specifically, the Dakshinamarg
Tantric believes that all descriptions of worship and magick are
symbolic, meant to be visualized in certain ways resulting in changes of
the spiritual and physical bodies. The Vamamarg Tantric believes that
the described physical practices should be performed, and the results of
that performance are changes in the spiritual and physical bodies.
Traditionally, both were accepted in India. Each person followed what he
or she needed. However, especially after the Moslem and then British
control of India, with their anti-sexual attitudes, many have come to
say that Vamamarg is bad and even question the value of Dakshinamarg.

Poke Runyon, Cult Frame, Hypotheses

Gnome d Plume:
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> >> argument is really all about is umbral's answering of the question,
> >> using his own particular, somewhat archaic, interpretation in an
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> with good reason, given your bias.
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> >> Bad-Boy-Bobby---the most widely held and current definition).
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> >...there is no definitive agreement as to the meaning of these terms
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> >up as the one and only authority on what is and what is not in the
> >magickal world.
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> this is how Mr. Runyon comes across.
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> >Why? Because you are trying to turn this newsgroup into a recruiting
> >ground for your personality cult.
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I think that this is a valuable hypothesis to consider.

>I would urge everyone to look at Bonewitz's cult danger evaluation frame
>for determining when an organization is a cult (in his Real Magic).
>1 is low, 10 is high.
>1) Internal control by poke over the group? Unknown
>2) Infallible wisdom claimed by leader? 10
false, he merely defends his theses fervently. at times he admits
that he was in error and apologies for his corrosive defense methods.
I'd rate this as 3 at most.

On this we disagree. I do not mind a strong defense and think of that as

a positive, actually. But he does more than present a strong defence.
IMO he tries to muffle someone who differs with him so that opposing
viewpoints cannot even be heard.
Still, each person needs to fill in the frame on their own. Your
interpretation (and everyones interpretation) will be different from
mine.

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The impression he gives here is that he is the sole voice of authority.
Thus, it would seem that he WANTS to be seen as having total wisdom. So
you may be right.
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>4) Dogma? 10
>5) Recruiting? 5
possibly.
>6) Front Groups? (Loosely calling all of his AKAs "fronts") 10
that's unfair. 2 at most.

Perhaps. But having one of his sock puppets defend him makes it look
like others agree with him. Again, we differ.

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>7) Wealth? Unknown

>8) Political Power? 1
reasonable.
>9) Sexual Manipulation (His partner in forming his cult claimed the

> >original purpose of the group was to get them laid)? 10

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> consider the massage element also. purpose is not control, however.
> at most 4.
Perhaps. I would agree that the purpose is not control. But I do not
think that the frame implied that control needed to be the purpose.
Rather, it is the intimidation/manipulation factor. And here I think,
from what has been published, that my assessment is accurate.

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>10) Censorship? His attempt to not allow contrary voices on this

>newsgroup rates him a 10
his typical lack of response to queries unless they support his
ideology supports at least an 8 here.
>11) Dropout control? Unknown
>12) Endorsement of Violence? (According to his partner he uses the
>threat of violence). 5
where did you get this information?
to which partner do you refer?

Nelson White. Page 39: In late 1971, I had a falling out with this
person [Poke] with whom I was supposed to be an equal partner (he pulled
a gun on me) so I moved out of the Lake Ave. house [O.T.A. HQ] and into
an apartment across the street.

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His refusal to allow opposing points of view to be aired without his
denouncing the messenger sounds to me like he is terrified that if he is
not correct, and that other ideas are possible, he will lose influence/
importance/ ego, etc. These are, IMO, irrational fears pointing to
paranoia on his part.

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>14) Grimness ("disapproval concerning jokes about the group, its

>doctrines or leader")? My guess is that this is somewhat low within the
>group but high outside. 8
reasonable.
>15) Surrender of Will? Unknown.
>Potential number of points: 150

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>Potential number of points for Poke's cult that can be counted: 110
>Number of Poke's cult: 84
all I could support was 48, 33%. not a high cult rating, and based on
NO personal interaction other than the internet (extreme unreliability
of information).
>I welcome Poke's participation here.
>I do not welcome his attitude that he is the only voice that matters and
>if you disagree with him he either attacks you or attempts to make fun
>of you while NEVER responding to what you say directly.
I also don't appreciate his attitude, but I would like to note that he
isn't the only one that does this. I'd prefer that all of this personal
discussion were to take place privately, but Mr. Runyon continues to
make the issues personal, so he gets to be evaluated publically.

Poke, following the Crowleyan edict that any publicity is good

publicity, consistently wants anything about him to be posted so he can
put up yet another advertisement for his products or cult. Of course he
wants his ego to be made public.

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>I contend that, as his partner said, the reason they formed his OTA was
>because they wanted to get laid. And this was during the height of the
>sexual revolution! They still couldn't get laid without setting up a
>front. They also chose the name OTA ONLY because it sounded like the OTO
>but not enough to get them in trouble with people who had been members
>of the OTO.
interesting hypothesis.

The Book described was published in 1986 by the Technology Group. ISBN
0-939856-56-5. They were at P.O. B. 93124, Pasadena, CA 91109. However,
since The Technology Group is actually Nelson White, and since Mr. White
has moved from Pasadena, I dont know if this address is still valid.
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> >is using this newsgroup in a recruting effort.
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> possible. do you have any evidence?
It was previously noted on this newsgroup (and Poke did not refute it)
that he currently has two small temples operating with a total of
something like 30 people.
Heck! If you walk down Hollywood Blvd. with a towel around your head you
can get more followers that that within a couple of blocks!
Pokes comment about this, of course has been to change the subject,
talking about how he had an open ritual (i.e., anyone could attend)
where over 100 people attended.

Well, you could go to Nevada for an open ritual (Burning Man), pay $100
to get in and still attract 20,000 people.
The fact that he constantly advertises his cult, he uses sock puppets to
exclaim how wonderful he is and tries to intimidate any who dare
disagree with him indicates to me that he is trying to use this NG for
recruitment.

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>If someone reading this wants to be a part of his personality cult, more
>power to you! But IMO you have the right to know what you are getting
>into BEFORE getting sucked in.
perhaps we should create a reference file for him?
I did something similar for Josh Geller (whom I now refer to as Sir If!)
at the height of his influence in alt.magick. it was at times effective
in preventing the discussion once AGAIN turning around the ego of the
individual the person causing the disturbance.
tyaginator

Frankly, I would honestly welcome Pokes input. As I wrote above, I do

think he has a great deal of information. It is his attempt to muzzle
the opinon/experience/knowledge of others for the purpose of peddling
his wares and getting members for his cult which I dislike.

BRPs
To: alt.magick.serious,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick
From: paulhume@lan2wan.com (Paul Hume)
Subject: Re: BRPs
Date: 2 Jun 2002 07:24:06 -0700
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>Both, when I work "heavily." To use a shaky analogy, banishing Lesser

>Pentagram is cleaning the room, Greater or Supreme Pentagram is
>rendering it aseptic.
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>Or on the invoking side, Lesser Pentagram is laying out the paints,
>Greater/Supreme is mixing specific colors on the palette.
Ta. So do you mean the Lesser always goes hand in hand with the
performing of the Greater?
I've played around with both before, but haven't applied them very
ceremonially much.
I could just experiment with them and see for myself. But for now i
have many other ceremonial components to consider, so i want to just
first find and establish some working rudimentary groundwork without
having to go over too many finer details.

The rule of thumb for me (which I think is pretty much plain vanilla)
has been:
- you always open and close with the Lesser Banishing Pentagram.

- If you invoke by Greater or Supreme in the course of a working,

then banish by the same "level" as you wrap it up.
Some exceptions in practice: if I open by Watchtowers, I find that
closing with Lesser Hexagram and Pentagram is sufficient to clean up.
These are such flexible and powerful tools each of us has to figure
out the best uses for them. I found that the examples of Z2 rituals
(and writing a couple of my own) were the biggest help but I like
precise high liturgy ritual, rich in the rolling turn of phrase, so it
matches my personal aesthetic (I've always enjoyed doing Shakespeare
or neoclassical stuff like Lion In Winter too, so at least its
consistent (g)).

BRPs
To: alt.magick.serious,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick
From: bloodofenoch@goddamnfruit.com (Andralphus)
Subject: Re: BRPs
Date: 1 Jun 2002 16:50:39 -0700
Grrr wrote in message news:...
> On Thu, 30 May 2002 11:20:16 GMT, nagasiva
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> >> Practise your LBRP.
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> >the LBuRP is as valuable as any other banishing for those
> >who want such tools ceremonial. at some point the insistence
> >becomes religious cultism, however. chant down Babalon.
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> Do any of you magiky folk replace the LBRP with the SBRP in your
> ceremonies?
> or have you used both? or would that be redundant assuming you did it
> properly the first time?
The SRP's are one of the more underused aspects of the GD legacy, so
far as I can tell. Part of the reason for this could be that many
people cut their magickal teeth on Modern Magick, wherein Don Michael
Kraig introduces the SIRP and then hardly (never?) mentions it again,
instead using the Watchtower Ritual as a one-size-fits-all invoking
solution.
But to the extent the SRP is used, it is probably used more for
invoking than for banishing.
Slightly off the topic of your question, Ben Rowe has a very good
essay on the Hexagram rituals:
http://www.hermetic.com/browe/hexrit.html
Whether or not you like his reinterpretation of the LVX signs/INRI
formula, the essay is very good at illustrating how the Hex. ritual
can be used for any number of purposes. Substitute 'elemental' for
'planetary' and 'pentagram' for 'hexagram', and it might answer some
of your questions.
Or maybe not. Anyway, it's worth reading.

A Modified Hexagram Ritual for Enochian Workings.

0.1 Tools, costume, etc.:
A. White robe for theurgic works
B. Black for thaumaturgic works
C. Wand for general use or sword
D. Elemental wand, cup, etc. as appropriate
E. Lamen of the work, or general lamen.
1.0 Using wand or sword, circle and seal the area of work. Deosil for theurgic workings, widdershins
for thaumaturgic.
1.1 Return to the center of the circle, face east.
Declare to the universe:
"AMGEDPHA!"
1.2 Extend arms to the East, and do several deep breaths, drawing energy from the East and
diffusing it throughout the aura.
2.1 Do sign of Harpocrates, then hold wand or sword vertical before the chest, other arm down at
side.
2.2 Recite:
"I. N. R. I."
(Concentrate the energy in the aura above the top of the head. As the letters are spoken, draw it
down to activate certain chakras in turn:
I - Top-of-head and ajna chakras
N - Throat chakra
R - Heart chakra
I - Chakras below the diaphragm (excluding Solar Plexus)
2.3 Draw all the energy down into the chakra at the base of the spine.
2.4 Recite:
"Yod, Resh, Nun, Yod"

(Visualize the energy moving up the spine and both side-channels, activating the chakras in
reverse order of point 2.2)
2.5 Recite:
"Isis, Horus, Set, Thoth"
(The energy fountains out the top of the head in four streams and diffuses back into the aura.)
3.1 Recite:
"The passage of Man through the Earth."
"The passage from Earth to the Stars."
3.2 For theurgic works, recite:
"Isis, Nature, innocent blindness" "Horus, Warrior, the struggling soul" "Set, Apostate, seeking the
spirit" "Thoth, the Wise One, encompassing all!"
For thaumaturgic works, recite:
"Thoth, star-namer, decreeing the pattern" "Set, destroyer, dividing the poles" "Horus, sun-king,
providing the power" "Isis transformed is the manifest goal!"
(Assume the god-form of each god before speaking her/his line.)

For General Invocations or Banishings:

4.0 Recite the First Enochian Call.
4.1 Go the East. Draw hexagram of Air.
Vibrate: EXARP, ORO IBAH AOZPI
Project through the hexagram, into the realm of Air. Try to see or sense the inhabitants gathering
about, attracted by your arrival. Absorb as much energy from them as possible and draw it back
into the circle.
4.2 Go to the South. Draw the hexagram of Water.
Vibrate: HCOMA, MPH ARSL GAIOL
Project through the hexagram into the realm of Water. Try to see or sense the inhabitants gathering
around you, attracted by your arrival. Absorb as much energy from them as possible and draw it
back into the circle.

4.3 Go to the West. Draw the hexagram of Fire.

Vibrate: BITOM, OIP TEAA PDOCE
(Project through the hexagram into the realm of Fire. Try to sense the inhabitants gathering around,
attracted by your arrival. Absorb as much energy as possible and draw it back into the circle.)
4.4 Go to the North. Draw the hexagram of Earth.
Vibrate: NANTA, MOR DIAL HCTGA
(Project through the hexagram into the realm of Earth. Try to see or sense the inhabitants as
before. Absorb as much energy as possible and draw it back into the circle.)
4.5 Return to the East to complete the circle.

For invocations of the four Seniors or Kings associated with a particular planet.
5.0 Recite the First Enochian Call.
5.1 Go to the East. Make hexagram of Air.
Vibrate EXARP, ORO IBAH AOZPI
Make hexagram of the planet.
Vibrate the name of the corresponding Senior from the Air Tablet. In this and the following three
points, project through the hexagrams to the realm ruled by that Senior. Attempt to see him
standing before you, or to at least sense his presence. Make note of any beings or images that do
appear. Whether you see him or not, call him to come to you in your circle. Absorb as much energy
as you can and draw it back into the circle.
5.2 Go to the South. Make hexagram of Water.
Vibrate HCOMA, MPH ARSL GAIOL
Make hexagram of the planet.
Vibrate the name of the corresponding Senior from the Water Tablet. Project into the Senior's realm
as before.
5.3 Go to the West. Make hexagram of Fire.
Vibrate BITOM, OIP TEAA PDOCE
Make hexagram of the planet.

Vibrate the name of the corresponding Senior from the Fire Tablet. Project into the Senior's realm as
before.
5.4 Go to the North. Make hexagram of Earth.
Vibrate NANTA, MOR DIAL HCTGA
Make hexagram of the planet.
Vibrate the name of the corresponding Senior from the Earth Tablet. Project into the Senior's realm
as before.
5.5 Complete the circle by returning to the East.
(To invoke a single Senior, recite the Call of the Element after the First Call. The make his elemental
and planetary hexagrams in all four quarters instead of a single quarter as above.)

For invoking all the Seniors of a particular Tablet

6.0 Recite the First Enochian Call, and the Call of the element
being invoked.
6.1 Go to the East. Make hexagram of the element.
Vibrate the corresponding Tablet of Union name, and Three Names of God.
Make the hexagram of Venus.
Invoke the corresponding Senior.
(For this and each of the following points, project through the hexagram of the planet into the
corresponding planetary realm. Gather as much energy as you can and draw it back into the circle
by an act of will. The energy should appear to well up out of the center of the hexagram,
illuminating the circle with light of the planet's color.)
6.2 Go to the South-Southwest. Make the hexagram of the element.
Vibrate the corresponding Tablet of Union name, and Three Names of God.
Make the hexagram of Mercury.
Vibrate the name of the corresponding Senior.
6.3 Go to the North-Northwest. Make the hexagram of the element.
Vibrate the corresponding Tablet of Union name, and Three Names of God.

Make the hexagram of Jupiter.

Vibrate the name of the corresponding Senior.
6.4 Complete the first triangle by returning East.
6.5 Go to the West. Make the hexagram of the element.
Vibrate the corresponding Tablet of Union name, and Three Names of God.
Make the hexagram of Mars.
Vibrate the name of the corresponding Senior.
6.6 Go to the North-Northeast. Make the hexagram of the element.
Vibrate the corresponding Tablet of Union name, and Three Names of God.
Make the hexagram of Luna/Earth.
Vibrate the name of the corresponding Senior.
6.7 Go to the South-Southeast. Make the hexagram of the element.
Vibrate the corresponding Tablet of Union name, and Three Names of God.
Make the hexagram of Saturn.
Vibrate the name of the corresponding Senior.
6.8 Complete the second triangle by returning to the West.
6.9 Return East. Circumambulate, going directly from each point to the next to form a hexagon,
gathering up the powers of the planets as each hexagram is passed. Go deosil for theurgic
workings, widdershins for thaumaturgic workings.
6.10 Upon reaching the East again, move to the center of the circle, spinning about the body's
vertical axis as you go. Spin in the same direction as the circumambulation.
(As you spin, the planetary energies should be seen as forming a multicolored vortex about you.
When you reach the center, release the vortex and fix it in place there.)
6.11 Move slightly away from the center and turn to face it.
Draw the hexagram of the element in the middle of the vortex.
Vibrate the corresponding Tablet of Union name, and Three Names of God.
Draw the hexagram of Sol in the middle of the vortex.

Vibrate the Name of the corresponding "Elemental King".

(As the name of the King is vibrated, the hexagram in the center of the circle should draw in the
gathered energy and catalyze it so that it all transforms into a brilliant white radiance.)

7.1 Return to the center of the circle.

7.2 For theurgic works, recite:
"Isis, Nature, innocent blindness"
"Horus, Warrior, the struggling soul"
"Set, Apostate, seeking the spirit" "Thoth, the Wise One, encompassing all!"
For thaumaturgic works, recite:
"Thoth, star-namer, decreeing the pattern" "Set, destroyer, dividing the poles" "Horus, sun-king,
providing the power" "Isis transformed is the manifest goal!"
(Assume the god-form of each god before speaking her/his line.)
7.3 Speak: "IAD, GEMEGANZA"
7.4 Silence the mind and perceive the result of the work.

Comments
0.0 I had two main objectives in writing this ritual. The first was to adjust the symbolism of the G.D.
version so that it fully reflected the INRI formula. While the G.D. version starts with INRI, the
primary symbolism is based on the formula of IAO. These two formulas are superficially similar but
far apart in their detailed symbolism and areas of applicability.
IAO is a generalized formula of consecration. One takes a material basis (I = Isis = nature or
matter) and applies a magickal energy to it (A = Apophis = energy), raising its rate of vibration and
producing an influential radiance (O = Osiris = Sol). There are specialized interpretations for
specific methods of working, but most of them can be reduced to this general description of the
process. A study of the G.D. rituals shows that they made no distinction between an initiatory ritual
applied to a human candidate and a consecration ritual to charge a talisman. The candidate was
considered to be mere "base matter" whose nature could only be changed by application of an
external force.
On the other hand, INRI is a both a creative and an initiatory formula. As a creative formula, it
shows the steps in the creative process as they are performed by either a man or a god. As an
initiatory formula, it describes the stages of the path of initiation as they are experienced by the
individual who is actively seeking to raise his own level of consciousness, not as a passive recipient
of external force, but as the instigator and prime mover of the work. Beyond this, INRI reflects

processes that are at the root of all human behavior and have pervaded every area of human
activity at least since the beginning of our recorded history.
The symbolism of INRI is dealt with briefly further on in these comments. An expanded treatment
of the formula is presented in my paper Set / Horus, for those who wish to consult it.
My second objective in revising the Hexagram ritual was to produce a version that was suitable for
use with the Enochian Calls. This current version uses only Enochian divine names, and the
symbolism of the circle and directions has been modified to conform more closely to that given in
Dee's records of the Enochian magickal system. Complete conformity is not possible, since Dee's
interpretations are sometimes contradictory. But I have selected out of his interpretations those
that seem most consistent.
0.1 For daily use, the tools and accoutrements should be kept simple. One wand, robe, and lamen
are sufficient. Robe and lamen may also be dispensed with under most circumstances. Dee's lamen
is appropriate to this work, since it is derived from the names of angels of the planets.
For this work, "theurgic" is meant to include any work for self-initiatory purposes, any work to
generate links between the magician and more evolved beings (or to invoke such beings to visible
appearance), any work in which the magician himself is the object to which the invoked forces are
to be applied. "Thaumaturgic" includes all works done with intent to influence mundane events and
objects, or persons in their mundane capacities; all works of invoking non- material beings of less
than a human level of evolution (demons, elementals, Enochian "cacodemons"); consecrations of
talismans and other works involving a material basis other than the magician.
1.0 The symbolism of motion around the circle varies slightly from traditional usage. Both
banishings and invocations can involve motion in either direction. It is the intent of the work that
determines the direction used. The directions chosen here follow a consistent pattern expressed by
the Enochian spirits in my contacts with them. When speaking of circular motion in relation to
mundane or external events they always refer to motion in the same direction as the Sun's motion
around the zodiac, which is widdershins when viewed from the Earth's northern hemisphere. When
speaking of circular motion in relation to initiation or spiritual evolution, they always refer to motion
in the direction of the precession of the equinoxes, which is deosil.
1.1 The Enochian word declares the commencement of the ritual. "Amgedpha" means "I begin
anew". This is one of the words spoken by a god at the beginning of any cycle of creation.
2.1 The position of the wand indicates that the flow of energy in this section of the ritual will be in
the vertical direction, as opposed to horizontal or cyclical motion.
2.2 - 2.5 INRI is a reversible formula. That is, it is equally valid when read from either end. The
standard form of the formula in the first spoken line is the creative or "involutionary" version,
representing power descending into manifestation from the Godhead. The reversed form in the
second spoken line is the initiatory or "evolutionary" version, representing the re-ascent of man
from complete involvement with matter back to the Godhead. Thus the two together represent one
complete cycle of existence.

The chakras activated as each letter is spoken are the correspondences in the body to the
principles represented by the letters. They also roughly correspond to the parts of the Tree of Life
with which each of the letters is connected. The activation of the chakras in the order shown should
also remind the magician of the cycle of in-breathing and out-breathing of energy in pranayama,
which is representative of the same universal cycle in the symbolism of the Eastern initiatory
systems.
In point 2.5, the four principles of INRI are elaborated by their divine correspondences. The passage
of the energy back out of the head in four streams represents the idea that from a cosmic
viewpoint the entire Tree of Life is but the physical plane of some higher-order system, and that the
manifestation of these principles must have its origin in corresponding activities within that larger
system.
3.1 - 3.2 The evolutionary form, IRNI, describes both the characteristic stages of the life of a man in
the world ("the passage of man through the Earth"), and the four major stages of the initiatory
journey ("the passage from Earth to the Stars").
The first verse in point 3.2 describes these four stages in terms of the classic "Hero's Life" mythos.
In its simplest form, this pattern is present in most hero tales from nearly all past cultures. The hero
is normally the child of a king, who has been hidden away for his protection during childhood. He
grows up ignorant of his future destiny (first "I", Earth). At some point he is made aware of that
destiny, and begins the struggle to make it real. After various battles and confrontations, he wins
and becomes the King ("R", Mars-Sol). At the height of his accomplishment he dies or is betrayed
and killed ("N", Scorpio). After death, he rises to heaven and becomes a god (last "I", Mercury or
Thoth). King Arthur is typical of this mythos. The story of Christ also follows the pattern, save that
his powers are magickal rather than martial.
A slightly more sophisticated version is shown in the history of Siddhartha, the Buddha. Having
gone through the first two stages and become a ruling prince, Siddhartha is suddenly exposed to
the suffering that is the burden of the people he rules. He sees that some of their suffering was
inadvertently caused by himself, and much more of it can not be alleviated even by his princely
powers. This revelation affects him so strongly that he abandons all his possessions and powers
and goes into the wastelands, dedicating himself to discovering the solution to suffering. He
spends years concentrating on the work to the exclusion of all else. (Suffering, rejection of the past,
and intense concentration are all aspects of Scorpio.)
Eventually he succeeds and attains wisdom. He then goes about telling others of the principles and
techniques necessary to achieving the freedom that he has attained. (Wisdom = Thoth as god of
Chokmah, spreading of the methods = Mercury as god of communication. Note also that Buddha's
methods are primarily intellectual, again equating to Mercury.)
The Grail Knights show a Christianized version of the Buddha's story, in their rejection of earthly
glory in favor of going through the trials that lead to heavenly glory. Like the Buddha, they
voluntarily leave the King's palace, and go into the wastelands in search of their goal.
In the life of the typical "traveler on the Path", these four mythical stages correspond to four
psychological stages:

First "I" - the period of normal human life-in-the-world, in which the person sees himself primarily
as an earthly or physical being, with the "spirit" or "God" or "Savior" as something outside himself.
"R" - That period when the individual's soul begins to make itself felt. The person is thrown into a
state of conflict, a constant fight, as his soul struggles to overcome the inertia of his earthly
personality and gain control of the lower being. Eventually the Soul succeeds in overcoming the
personality and becomes the ruler of the incarnate being.
"N" - The soul spends a period of time, often several lifetimes, enjoying its power and the additional
influence it has over its affairs in the manifest worlds. But eventually the novelty fades, and the
soul begins to perceive that it is not the true ruler of its own actions, that its supposed freedom is
largely illusory. It perceives that its existence is the result of the dynamic tension between the
material worlds and the power of the spirit. In order to achieve true freedom it sees that must
throw off all of that part of itself that derives from the material pole of existence, and become one
with the spiritual pole. Since its very existence in its present form results from the interaction of
spirit and matter, the act of throwing off the influence of the material portion of its being must
inevitably result in the destruction of that form. Hence the symbolism of Death that prevails in
descriptions of this stage.
Last "I" - Becoming detached from the material side frees the former soul from the wheel of birth
and death, and it becomes the Universal Mercury, conscious intelligence free of any individual
characteristics; fluid, perfectly adaptable in the Mercurial manner. Eventually it frees itself entirely
by drawing itself to a point (the Yod as the Point of Kether), and vanishes from the worlds of our
Tree of Life entirely.
3.2 The second of the two verses in point 3.2 expresses the creative
form of INRI, in which the flow of power is from Kether down to Malkuth. Briefly put:
Thoth is god of the sphere of the fixed stars, which is also the sphere of the Word, or primal pattern
on which the eventual manifestation is based.
Set is the god ruling the part of the Tree wherein lies the so-called "Abyss", which is the interface
between the essential unity of the supernal triad and the inherent duality of the Ruach. In one
myth, Set tears Osiris to pieces and buries the pieces in the Earth. Similarly, in transforming the
divine Word into its "material" equivalent in the Ruach, its unity must be translated into paired
dualities, or complementary ideas. Thus he "divides the poles".
Horus as a Solar god relates all these divided pieces of the Word to each other, coordinating them
into a form which reflects their original intent as closely as is possible within the lower worlds. He
produces the soul-form on which the eventual manifestation will be based. His coordinating and
activating power draws the matter of the lower worlds into a "magnetic alignment" with the solar
form.
Isis represents the matter that is drawn to the solar form, which in turn draws more matter to itself,
absorbing the power of the solar form, slowing it, and eventually producing a concrete
manifestation of the original intent.

4.0 - 6.11 Concerning the elements and the four directions:

Dee perceived the magickal circle as a representation in two dimensions of the three-dimensional
sphere of the heavens, in much the same way as a horoscope chart.1 A horoscope is a
representation of the fusion of macrocosm and microcosm at one specific point in time. Since we
are attempting to produce a manifestation of the representatives of the macrocosmic forces in the
Tablets, this symbolism seems very appropriate. The four directions in the circle become the four
"angles" of the horoscope, with the east being the ascendant, the west the descendant, the south
the midheaven and the north the nadir.
Because the "angles" of the magickal circle are at right angles to each other, they will always fall
into one of the zodiacal quadruplicities, and therefore each angle will always be in a sign whose
element is different from the other three. The relative positions of the four elements will always be
the same. If we start with Air, then the next angle deosil will always be Water, next after that Fire,
and last Earth.
The decision to assign the elements to the angles as is done in this ritual stems from several
considerations:
a) Since this ritual is primarily intended for invoking planetary forces, the elements should be
treated according to their "heavenly" positions, as they are in relation to each other in the zodiac,
rather than in their traditional mundane directions.
b) The element of Earth should be placed in the north because the planet Earth is always, by
definition, in the nadir of a horoscope.
c) The element of Air should be in the East, because it is traditionally assigned to this direction, and
because Air is the "highest" of the elements in the ordering of the Enochian system and thus
should be the first of the four invoked. Also, the ascendant of the horoscope represents the coming
of new things into the person's sphere of awareness, and an Air sign, Aquarius, is the zodiacal
attribute of the incoming astrological "Age". The two elements of Water and Fire are then attributed
to the remaining directions according to their positions in a zodiacal quadruplicity.
This arrangement works well in practice, but is not "locked in stone". One could find good excuses
for using other arrangements. The G.D. arrangement treats the four directions as representing the
equinoxes and solstices, so would be equally appropriate. Or one could follow one of Dee's
arrangements and attribute the elements to the quarters between the angles rather than to the
angles themselves.
In section 6, this foursquare arrangement is abandoned, in favor of another based on the relative
positions of the Seniors in any one of the Tablets. The upper and lower arms of the Great Cross of
the Tablet
are simply separated into their two "lines" or columns and bent outwards to make a six-pointed
figure. The planets are grouped with the astrologically "masculine" planets to the west and the
astrologically "feminine" planets to the east, with complementary planets balanced against each
other across the circle. By invoking the planets in two sets of three rather than going in order
around the circle, a balance is maintained between the two polarities. Also note that each triad

contains planets that are correspondences (within a purely astrological viewpoint) of the alchemical
principles of sulphur - mercury - salt.
4.0 - 6.11 Miscellaneous remarks
Section 4: The intent of this section is to invoke the most macrocosmic (and therefore most
generalized) form of the powers. The Tablet of Union names invoke the spirit of the elements. Each
of the Three Names of God for the elements corresponds to an astrological sign, and all four sets
together make up the Zodiac.
There are actually two zodiacal correspondences for each name, which are used in different
circumstances. The reasons for this are too complicated to go into here. For this ritual, the following
table shows the correspondences to be used.

Air
Water
Earth
Fire

Mutable
ORO
MPH
MOR
OIP

Fixed
IBAH
ARSL
DIAL
TEAA

Cardinal
AOZPI
GAIOL
HCTGA
PDOCE

When projecting into the elemental realms, it would be fitting to visualize symbols appropriate to
the zodiacal attributes as an added attractant for the inhabitants. The purpose behind the attempt
to see or sense these inhabitants is to create mental links between them and the magician, and to
strengthen any links previously established. It is by means of these links that the knowledge
embodied in the Tablets can be acquired.
It is quite common for an invocation of the Names of God to attract a myriad of small elementals.
But they do not have much energy to spare, and are useless as sources of information. Their
presence is a sign of success in performing the ritual, but it is the more highly developed "angelic"
beings that should be sought during the projections.
When using the ritual for banishing, the energy brought into the circle should be visualized as
flushing any undesirable influences out of the circle, and then leaving the circle itself by the
hexagram through which it came.
Section 5: For purposes of this section, the Solar Kings of the Tablets are treated as if they were
Seniors of Sol.
7.3 The words mean "God, your will be [or "is"] done." They serve as a formal indication of the end
of the ceremony.

Footnotes
1 Several diagrams drawn by Dee in the course of developing the Enochian system show this
horoscopic interpretation. But it is not known to me whether the Angels who provided the system
agreed with him. It should be noted that the current arrangement does not follow any of the three
or four different arrangements recorded by Dee.

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