Hiya everyone, I was doing some reading and practice on the principles of a banishing ritual/technique (still a rookie here), and in the end, after trying several methods (the lesser pentagram and several of its variation, as well as Mace's technique of the pillar of fire and the 3 rings) I still don't seem to find one that fits me well (either the ritual feels a little too complex for me, or it just doesn't ring a bell inside me)

So I try to structure a technique for my own use based on the principles that I've learned and gathered, and decide to share it here to find some input

The first thing to do is to exhale and inhale, breathe normally and easily until you think you are ready

During this preparation state, choose and visualize a structural form to act as somewhat of a holding space for the conjurer to work in, make sure that the chosen form feels sturdy, safe and comfortable enough, and that it can be visualized clearly and vividly as well

(it seems that the most commonly used form that I've read so far is a sphere or any other derivative of the circle structure, but it's somehow a little hard for me to visualize a stable and sturdy form based on the circle structure, so i use another geometric form)

When you're ready, breathe and accumulate the energy, and then expand your space rapidly, fortify your space at the same time by visualizing the creation of your chosen border form in an instant (the expansion works best for me if i do it in a rapid-explosion-like manner)

When you're done, do stabilize yourself and relax your tension, exhale calmly and slowly, normalize your breathing

Make sure the border form that you made were created nicely and sturdy enough to act as a barrier while you do your work, make sure it's not to small, or not too large that you might feel unsettled or unsafe

Keep inhaling and exhaling to settle your breath
When you think you're ready, breathe and accumulate the energy once more, hold and let it energize, and then release the energy in a calm and soothing manner, slowly but surely, to fill up your space with the essence of your soul

And that does it, ritual completed!
I don't know whether this'll work on anyone, since the system is made for my own use, but i guess the concept might be usable to someone

The concept i used was to first clear the space from unwanted energy, then to create a barrier-like form to protect the conjurer from outside influence (make you feel safe, a feeling of security), connect to the conjurer preferred source of existence (the source of energy), and then fill the space with the ether that suits you the most (ether == substance to fill that space, fire, white light, white mist, etc)

Inputs anyone?

EDIT:
From what I read, the banishment ritual was done to cleanse as well as to fortify one's space from unwanted influence, the word banish does sounds powerful for this purpose, but it also sounds like forcing something out in a forceful and rather harsh manner for me

And because of that, I don't really know whether this technique can to be called a banishing ritual actually, because I don't employ any harsh of forced intention to banish anything here, what I wrote was more like a technique to clean and claim a space for myself, but I don't know any other word that might portray it better as a magickal term, so I use the term banishing ritual

If anyone got a better term, please do inform me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

This post has been edited by arkham: Jul 17 2010, 09:25 PM