Prayers And Invocations As A Form Of Banishing? Options

I'm just wondering what people think of using prayers and invocations as a form of banishing as opposed to the more traditional methods such as LBRP?

I've written a fairly indepth prayer/invocation of Qebhut, an ancient Egyptian Goddess associated with cleansing; I've invoked her for general cleansing before and it seemed to work really well, so I'm hoping that a banishing will work well too!

Any replies would be much appreciated!

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I'm just wondering what people think of using prayers and invocations as a form of banishing as opposed to the more traditional methods such as LBRP?

I've written a fairly indepth prayer/invocation of Qebhut, an ancient Egyptian Goddess associated with cleansing; I've invoked her for general cleansing before and it seemed to work really well, so I'm hoping that a banishing will work well too!

NetherSpirit,

Have to say, that's a really cool idea!

It seems to me that the LBRP includes invocations of protection and in effect banishing, i.e. setting up the archangels in the four quarters, in addition to using the "banishing" earth pentagrams. I've seen examples of other rituals that invoke various gods to guard or cleanse the circle. So theoretically, it would make sense that you could use other Gods or spirits to achieve a banishing effect if that's what they do (or what you ask them to do).

Whether or not it works is a different matter entirely, but if you have experience with more "traditional" banishing you can compare the effects and make a judgement. As one criterion of success, (to quote from Liber O):

"Success in 'banishing' is known by a 'feeling of cleanliness' in the atmosphere; success in 'invoking' by a 'feeling of holiness.' It is unfortunate that these terms are so vague." [1]

...but it's pretty clear what the effects feel like once you've felt them. And it could feel different too and still be just as good as the LBRP, perhaps as a different level of banishing.

Let us know what happens if you try it!

This post has been edited by monkman418: Sep 9 2010, 05:17 PM