ENOCHIAN TEMPLE SETUP AND EVOCATION CEREMONY
Preparation:
Set up a double cubed Altar in the middle of a square or rectangular room. Place a pedestal in the center of each wall, marking out the four quarters of existence. Each direction is infinite and reaches into a higher than physical world. The reaches of infinity focus on the central altar from the east, south, west, north, above, and below. Thus, the altar is the center of the universe, the point of balance from which any energy may be launched to cause any effect anywhere.
Each pedestal marks the nature of its quarter, indicating the frequency of magical power emanating from that particular infinity. These four currents are symbolized by the four elements of classical Greek science: Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. Mark the nature of Air in the east by placing an emblem of that which rules the airy nature such as the Angelic Air Tablet. Place a white votive candle in front of the tablet to light the darkling, mysterious abyss of the east. Place an emblem of the element itself with the candle, such as a hand fan or rose. Place the Angelic Spirit Tablet, called the Tablet of Union, in the far east raised above the other tablets.
In the south, place the symbols of Fire: the Angelic Fire Tablet, a white votive, and a red lamp, red candle, or candle in a red holder. In the west, place the symbols of Water: the Angelic Water Tablet, a white votive, and a cup or bowl of pure water. In the north, place the symbols of Earth: the Angelic Earth Tablet, a white votive, and a plate of salt.
Let the Altar, symbolizing the consciousness of the magician, center of his/her universe, be covered with a black cloth draping down on all sides to touch the floor or painted black. Place the four elemental weapons on top of the Altar, answering to the elemental natures of the quarters. Thus, place the Air Dagger on the eastern side of the altar, place the Fire Wand on the southern side, place the Water Cup on the western side, and place the Earth Pentacle on the northern side. In the center, the center of All, place a flask of fragrant Oil, symbolizing the ubiquitous element of Spirit. Oil of cinnamon or Abramelin oil are appropriate. A favored Holy Book may be placed underneath the flask if desired. In this way, the magician is expressed as a microcosm, an entire universe in miniature, whose several natures correspond to the forces of creation.
Place a Censor on the southern side of the Altar or the southern pedestal as desired, burning frankincense and myrrh or incense of Abramelin. Place the Bell at any convenient spot. Embellish the Altar with crystals, black, white, or multicolored tapers, etc.
Prepare the water in the Cup on the altar by dropping a few particles of salt into it and say, “May the salt of Earth admonish the Waters to bear the virtue of the Great Sea.”
Astral Temple Visualization and Auric Preparation:
Take three deep breaths to calm your mood and focus your attention. Close your eyes and visualize your body of light detach from your physical body and begin to rise upward. Reach the ceiling of your physical temple and then move through this. Continue rising above your building, high into the air at ever increasing speed. See the clouds fly by you as your energy body reaches beyond the earth’s atmosphere.
Launch yourself with a great burst of acceleration into outer space, leaving the entire planet earth far behind. The sun becomes just a point of light in the midst of the darkness of the void, one among myriad others. Travel lightyears in seconds with the speed of thought as you finally reach the cosmic temple, set amidst the vastness of deep space. It is in the shape of a torus, like a huge donut. Each wheel of that greater wheel is a flow of brilliant white light. A current of blue power flows through the middle of all these wheels on the same plane as the torus as a whole. All the furniture and implements of the physical temple are placed in the central space surrounded by the wheel of wheels with the altar in the center of all. A spike of downward shooting brilliant white light passes through the middle of the altar, an axle of the wheel.
Move your body of light to the west side of the astral altar facing the east of the temple and peform a Middle Pillar Exercise or a Rousing of the Citadels ritual. Visualize a ball of brilliant white light above your head, its bottom point touching the top of your head. Vibrate the divine Name AHIH three times, pronounced as Ehayay.
Send a shaft of brilliant white light downward from the crown sphere, through your head, to your neck. Visualize a grayish white ball of light there and vibrate the divine Name IHVH ALHIM three times, pronounced as Yahweh Elohim.
Continue the shaft of light downward to the center of your chest and visualize a golden yellow ball there. Vibrate the divine Name IHVH ALVH VDOT three times, pronounced as Yahweh Eloah Va Dot.
Continue the shaft of light downward to a point two inches below your navel and visualize a violet ball of light there. Vibrate the divine Name ShDI AL ChAI three times, pronounced as Shaddaiee El Chaiee.
Continue the shaft of light downward to a point between your feet. Visualize an olive green ball there, half above the floor of the temple and half below. Vibrate the divine Name ADNI HARTz three times, pronounced as Adonaiee Ha Aretz.
Reinforce the visualization of all five colored balls with the connecting shaft of light and feel the integration of all the energy in your physical and light bodies. Start a current of energy moving from the top of your head down the front of your body to your feet and then back to the top of your head from behind. Send energy down the right side of your body and then up the left. Raise a stream of energy from your feet up the central shaft of visualization to your head and then out the top in a shower of sparks that fall all around your body. Finally, feel all the energies and currents of your physical and light bodies reach out to the farthest stars to establish a universal connection. You are now ready to do magick as a complete microcosm, a true mirror of all that was, is, and shall be.
Opening:
Stand on the west side of the Altar, facing east. Perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram or the Star Ruby.
Purify the Temple by taking the Cup, moving to the east wall, raising the Cup on high, and saying, “For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.” (Liber Legis, Chapter 1, Verse 44)
Bring the Cup to heart level and say, “By the Lustral Water of the Loud Resounding Sea, I purify this Temple and all objects and persons within.” Mark the points of an inverse triangle with the Cup, upper left, upper right, then lower center. Imagine a blue triangle hanging in midair.
Walk deosil to the south quarter and repeat the above paragraph. Repeat for west and north, return to the east, and walk back to the west side of the Altar in a deosil curve.
Consecrate the Temple by taking up the fuming Censor, moving to the east wall, raising the Censor on high, and saying, “So that thy light is in me; & its red flame is as a sword in my hand to push thy order.” (Liber Legis, Chapter 3, Verse 38)
Bring the Censor to heart level and say, “With the Sacred Fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe, I consecrate this Temple and all objects and persons within.” Mark the points of an upright triangle by swinging the Censor toward the upper center, lower left, then lower right. Ideally, a puff of smoke should be left when the Censor swings away from the point. Imagine a red triangle superimposed on the blue triangle, making a hexagram.
Walk deosil to the south quarter and repeat the above paragraph. Repeat for west and north, return to the east, and walk back to the west side of the altar in a deosil curve. Replace the Censor and take up the Wand.
Open each of the Angelic Tablets in turn, from east through south, west, and north as follows. Stand before the eastern tablet with Wand in hand. Say, “Let us evoke the Powers of Air with the Great Eastern Quadrangle.”
Draw the invoking active spirit pentagram in black against a white background over the tablet, point to the center, and vibrate AHIH and then EXARP. Draw the invoking Air pentagram in violet against a yellow background, vibrating IHVH. Put down the Wand, take up the Fan, and draw the Kerubic sign of Aquarius in violet within the Air pentagram, creating a wind with the Fan. Vibrate Raphael and visualize Him standing behind the tablet.
Replace the Fan, take up the Wand, and draw a golden cross over the Great Cross of the tablet from top to bottom and then left to right. Draw a deosil golden circle around the cross starting from the top point. Point to the center of the cross and say, “In the names and letters of the Great Eastern Quadrangle, I call forth the Powers of Air.”
Hold the Wand on high and say, “In the Three Great Secret Names that are borne upon the Banners of the East, (trace the letters of the horizontal line of the Great Cross with the Wand as each Name is vibrated) ORO IBAH AOZPI, I call forth the Powers of Air.”
Hold Wand on high and say, “In the Name of (trace the letters spiralling out from the center) BATAIVAH, great King of the East, I call forth the Powers of Air.” Knock.
Go to the southern tablet with Wand in hand. Say, “Let us evoke the Powers of Fire with the Great Southern Quadrangle.”
Draw the invoking active spirit pentagram in black against a white background over the tablet, point to the center, and vibrate AHIH and then BITOM. Draw the invoking Fire pentagram in green against a red background, vibrating ALHIM. Put down the Wand, take up the Red Lamp, and draw the Kerubic sign of Leo in green within the Fire pentagram. Vibrate Michael and visualize Him standing behind the tablet.
Replace the Lamp, take up the Wand, and draw a golden cross over the Great Cross of the tablet from top to bottom and then left to right. Draw a deosil golden circle around the cross. Point to the center of the cross and say, “In the names and letters of the Great Southern Quadrangle, I call forth the Powers of Fire.”
Hold the Wand on high and say, “In the Three Great Secret Names that are borne upon the Banners of the South, (trace the letters of the horizontal line of the Great Cross with the wand as each Name is vibrated) OIP TEAA PDOCE, I call forth the Powers of Fire.”
Hold Wand on high and say, “In the Name of (trace the letters spiralling out from the center) EDLPRNAA, great King of the South, I call forth the Powers of Fire.” Knock.
Go to the western tablet with Wand in hand. Say, “Let us evoke the Powers of Water with the Great Western Quadrangle.”
Draw the invoking passive spirit pentagram in white against a black background over the tablet, point to the center, and vibrate Atah Geboor Leolahm Adonai and then HCOMA. Draw the invoking Water pentagram in orange against a blue background, vibrating AL. Put down the Wand, take up the Cup, and draw the Kerubic sign of Scorpio in orange within the Water pentagram. Vibrate Gabriel and visualize Him standing behind the tablet.
Replace the Cup, take up the Wand, and draw a golden cross over the Great Cross of the tablet from top to bottom and then left to right. Draw a deosil golden circle around the cross. Point to the center of the cross and say, “In the names and letters of the Great Western Quadrangle, I call forth the Powers of Water.”
Hold the Wand on high and say, “In the Three Great Secret Names that are borne upon the Banners of the West, (trace the letters of the horizontal line of the Great Cross with the Wand as each Name is vibrated) MPH ARSL GAIOL, I call forth the Powers of Water.”
Hold Wand on high and say, “In the Name of (trace the letters spiralling out from the center) RAAGIOSL, great King of the West, I call forth the Powers of Water.” Knock.
Go to the northern tablet with Wand in hand. Say, “Let us evoke the Powers of Earth with the Great Northern Quadrangle.”
Draw the invoking passive spirit pentagram in white against a black background over the tablet, point to the center, and vibrate Atah Geboor Leolahm Adonai and then NANTA. Draw the invoking Earth pentagram in white against a black background, vibrating ADNI. Put down the Wand, take up the Pentacle, and draw the Kerubic sign of Taurus in white within the Earth pentagram. Vibrate Auriel and visualize Him standing behind the tablet.
Replace the Pentacle, take up the Wand, and draw a golden cross over the Great Cross of the tablet from top to bottom and then left to right. Draw a deosil golden circle around the cross. Point to the center of the cross and say, “In the names and letters of the Great Northern Quadrangle, I call forth the Powers of Earth.”
Hold the Wand on high and say, “In the Three Great Secret Names that are borne upon the Banners of the North, (trace the letters of the horizontal line of the Great Cross with the wand as each Name is vibrated) MOR DIAL HCTGA, I call forth the Powers of Earth.”
Hold Wand on high and say, “In the Name of (trace the letters spiralling out from the center) ICZHIHAL, great King of the North, I call forth the Powers of Earth.” Knock.
Complete the circle and return to the west side of the Altar, facing east. Say, “Let us evoke the Powers of Spirit with the Tablet of Union.”
Draw the invoking passive spirit pentagram in white against a black background over the Tablet of Union, point to the center, and vibrate Atah Geboor Leolahm Adonai. Draw the invoking active spirit pentagram in black against a white background and vibrate AHIH. Vibrate EXARP HCOMA NANTA BITOM, tracing the letters with the Wand, starting from the upper left letter and moving downward, one line per Name. Say, “In the Names and Letters of the Tablet of Union, I call forth the Powers of Spirit.” Ring 2-1-2 with the Bell.
Intone the first Enochian call: “Ol sonf vorz jee, goho Yad Balt, lonsh kalz vonfo; Sobra zol ror ee ta naz-psad, grah ta mal-perj; dee-es holk kwah no-thoa zimz, od ko-ma ta nob-loh zeen; So-ba theel jeh-nomp perj aldee; Dee-es urbz o-bo-le jee re-sam; Kasarm o-ho-re-la taba Pire; Dee-es zon-renj kab erm yad-na. Pee-la far-zm znurza adna go-no Yad-peel, dee-es hom-to; So-ba eepam, loo eepamis; Dee-es lo-ho-lo vep zomd poamal, od bog-pa a-ee ta pee-ap pee-ah-mol od voh-an. Za-ka-re, ka, od zamran; o-do see-kle kwah; zorj, lap zirdo no-ko Mad, ho-ath Yai-da.”
Raise the Wand on high and say, “Ye I evoke, oh Angels of the Celestial Spheres. Ye are the Guardians of the Gates of the Universe and of this Magick Sphere. Be here present to shine your transcendent Light on this Cosmic Temple and all within. Achud Rash Achudotho Rash Yechudotho Temoratho Achud.” Ring 3-1-3 with the Bell.
Go to the east and face south. Perform the Magick Circumambulation by giving the Sign of the Enterer and then walking around the Temple deosil three times, giving the Sign of the Enterer on passing the east each time. Imagine a current of white light passing through you each time this Sign is given. After three comlete turns, return to the west side of the Altar in a deosil curve. A continuously flowing cylinder of subtle white force should have developed around the Temple.
Pronounce the Thelemic Declaration to dedicate every erg of magical energy generated in Temple to the Great Work of realizing the highest levels of consciousness in physical incarnation.
“Holy and Blessed art Thou, Oh Heru Ra Ha, Transcendent Glory that surpasses all things. May Your Infinite Love reach down to bless this temple, dedicated to Your service. Enlighten my mind and enliven my soul so that I may be better enabled to carry out Your Will, which is my Will, here on earth.
Thereby, let the Word of the New Law be pronounced once more so that the brilliant stellar consciousness may be further established in the soul of humanity.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. I declare that the purposes and operations of this temple are dedicated to spreading the Law of Thelema throughout the world on all planes to further the evolution of life everywhere. Let this new Covenant, the Third Dispensation of humanity’s transcendence, the fulfillment of all previous Laws, be realized in the Collective Consciousness for the healing of all races. Our individual Paths through infinite space are our personal Covenants with the Divine. So may we all come at length to full Self actualization. Love is the law, love under will.”
Complete the opening by ringing a battery of 3-5-3 with the Bell, making eleven rings in total, and then make a statement of intent, declaring the purpose and intention of the Rite.
Evocation:
Perform the Lesser Invoking Ritual of the Hexagram with Thelemic Keyword Analysis in the following way, beginning with the declaration: “Let the energies of the temple be raised to celestial intensity with Ritual of the Hexagram.”
Upon completing the activation of the hexagrams in the four quarters and returning to the East to complete the circle, continue the circumambulation to the tablet from which the Senior or King is to be conjured. Draw a fifth hexagram over this Watchtower with the wand, point to the center, and intone the sentence from which the notoriqon ARARITA is derived, “Achud Rash. Achudotho Rash. Yechudotho Temorotho Achud.” Continue the circumambulation back to the East and then return to the west side of the altar facing East. Conclude the ritual with the final Thelemic Keyword Analysis.
Declare, “Let the Great <direction> Watchtower be opened and the great angel, <angel name> be evoked.” Walk to the East with wand in hand and then proceed to the appropriate tablet. Point with the wand to the center and intone the appropriate Enochian call to open the Watchtower. Consult the bibliography for books on Enochian magick to find the text of these angelic conjurations.
Conjure the angel by pointing with the wand at the first letter of the name and then trace and intone the name as many times as the number of the Sephirah to which its planet is attributed. For instance, if a Venusian angel is to be evoked, trace and intone its name seven times since the planet Venus is attributed to the seventh Sephirah Netzach. A Jupiterian angel would call for four repetitions since Jupiter is attributed to Chesed. Use Sol for the Kings of the tablets and so six repetitions. Return to the East and then to the altar when the conjuration is completed.
Declare, “I shall now commune with the angel thus evoked.” Sit in a comfortable position, relax the body from head to toe, perform some rhythmic breathing, and then open the mind’s eye to receive the vision and the power of the angel conjured. When satisfied with the results of the contact, exit the vision and return to body consciousness. Go to the west side of the altar and face East.
Take up the wand and banish the angel by declaring, “I hereby give <angel name> license to depart. Return unto your habitations and abodes. Let there ever be peace between you and I and be ready to come again when called. For now, depart!” Give one sharp rap on the altar with the wand. Proceed to the closing.
Closing:
Banish by using the banishing forms of whatever rituals were used to invoke. Perform the purification and consecration as in the opening. Close the Angelic Tablets as follows:
Go to the eastern tablet, Wand in hand, and say, “Let us banish the Powers of Air with the Great Eastern Quadrangle.” Draw the banishing active spirit pentagram in black against a white background over the tablet, point to the center, and vibrate AHIH and EXARP. Draw the banishing Air pentagram in violet against a yellow background and vibrate IHVH. Draw the Kerubic sign of Aquarius with the Wand in violet within the Air pentagram and vibrate Raphael. Draw a golden cross over the Great Cross of the tablet from top to bottom and then left to right. Draw a widdershins golden circle around the cross. Point to the center and say, “In the names and letters of the Great Eastern Quadrangle, I banish the Powers of Air.” Knock once with the Wand.
Repeat appropriate banishing formulas for the other tablets in the south, west, and north. Complete the circle and return to the west side of the Altar, facing east. Say, “Let us banish the Powers of Spirit with the Tablet of Union.”
Draw the banishing passive and active spirit pentagrams over the Tablet of Union, using the colors and vibrating the Names as in the opening. Point to the center and say, “In the names and letters of the Tablet of Union, I banish the Powers of Spirit.”
Perform the Magick Reverse Circumambulation by circling the Temple widdershins. Imagine a current of white light passing through you, counteracting the deosil current set up in the opening. After three complete turns, return to the west side of the Altar in a widdershins curve. The cylinder of subtle white force should be gone.
Raise the Wand on high and say, “I hereby give license to depart to any and all spirits that may have been attracted by this rite. Return unto your habitations and abodes, harming none on your way. Let there ever be peace between all of you and I and be ready to come again when called. For now, depart!” Knock forcefully with the wand on the altar.
Declare the Temple closed and ring a battery of 3-5-3 with the Bell.
Some Enochian Rituals
May 18 2006, 12:18 PM
