The Banishing Ritual of the Hexagrams The purpose of the LBRP, among other things, is to clear your area of physical and non-physical distractions, or negative influences. However, when doing Grey Magick, it becomes important to clear your area not only of lower negative influences, but also to clear your area of positive or higher influences. This is because when you want to get into contact with one aspect of the divinity, you do not want anything (whether it be positive or negative) getting in the way. The LBRP clears the area of negative influences. The Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram (BRH) clears the area of positive influences. Preliminaries: 1. The Relaxation Ritual. 2. The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. Section One: The Analysis of the Keyword -Stand behind the altar (if you have one) with your arms out to the sides so that your body forms a cross. You should be facing east. If you have a ritual wand, it should be in the right hand pointing up. -Say meaningfully: INRI Virgo, Scorpio, Sol, Virgo The Sign of Osiris Slain. As you say the letters, form them in front of you in bright blue flames. -Form the letter "L" by raising your right hand straight up from the shoulder. If you have a wand, it should still be pointing up. your left hand should be straight out to the side, palm forward. Look at your left hand with your head slightly bowed. Say meaningfully: L...the sign of the mourning of Isis. -Raise the arms to a position over your head so that they form an angle of about 60 degrees. This makes the letter "V". The palms should be facing one another. Tilt your head back and looking up say meaningfully: V...the sign of Typhon and Apophis. -Now cross your arms on your chest, right over left. Your fingertips should be just touching your shoulders. This forms the letter "X". Bow your head and say meaningfully: X...the sign of Osiris risen. -Now, form each letter, saying the name of each letter as you do so. This is followed by the word they spell which is pronounced to rhyme with the word "dukes": L...V...X...LUX. -At the word "light" in the following statement, spread your arms and look forward. Then re-cross the arms as before and bow your head while saying meaningfully: The light...of the Cross. -Again return to the first position, arms out to the sides, looking forward. Say meaningfully: Virgo, Isis, Mighty Mother Scorpio, Apophis, Destroyer, Sol, Osiris, Slain and Risen.. -Gradually raise your arms towards the "V" position while slowly raising your head. As you do so say meaningfully: Isis, Apophis, Osiris... -By the time your hands reach the "V" position, you should be looking up at the level of Step Four. Vibrate: IAO (pronounced eeee-aaah-oooh) -Take a few seconds to aspire to the light (LVX), then through visualization draw it down over your head and down to your feet. When you can feel this beginning to happen, say meaningfully: Let the Divine Light descend! -Feel it cover you and further purify you so that you become positive enough to exist without negative or positive influences around you. If you wish, you may relax in this state for a few minutes before continuing with this ritual. Section Two: The Formulation of the Hexagrams -As in the LBRP, go to the East, or if there is not enough room, continue facing east from where you stand. Make the Hexagram of fire in front of you with the wand or your index finger. You should visualize it as a golden flame, just as the Pentagrams from the LBRP upon which the Hexagrams are overlaid, are in blue flame. -Inhale, drawing in energy, while bringing your hands next to your ears. As you exhale, take a step forward with your left leg and thrust both hands towards the center of the Fire Hexagram. At the same time vibrate: Ararita. Inhale and exhale the energy as in the LBRP. -With your wand or your right index finger, point to the center of the Fire hexagram and move around the circle to the South (or rotate in place until you face the south). Coming from the tip of the wand or your finger, you should see the formation of an intense, bright white line. This goes over the bright, white line which connects the Pentagrams of the LBRP. When you reach the South, form the Hexagram of the Earth in bright golden flame. Inhale and exhale the energy as before, and make the sign of the Enterer towards the middle of the Earth Hexagram. As you do so, vibrate: Ararita. -In a similar manner, move or pivot to the West, carrying the brilliant white line. At this direction form the Hexagram of Air. Repeat the charging process, again pointing to the center of the Hexagram. vibrating: Ararita. -Move or pivot to the North, carrying the white line. Here form the Hexagram of Water. Finish as above pointing to the center of the Hexagram vibrating: Ararita. -Carry the white line from the North back to the East, completing the circle of white light with the golden Hexagrams at the quarters. -At this time you should have around you the blue Pentagrams from the LBRP connected by a white line. In the same locations as the Pentagrams there should also be golden Hexagrams which are also connected by a circle of white light. All of the colours should be incredibly intense, bright ant virtually pulsating with energy. They should be just short of blinding intensity. -You now have two options: 1. You may repeat the Analysis of the Keyword if you will be doing White Magick Rituals. 2. You may do the Kabalistic Cross as in the LBRP if you will be doing Grey Magick Rituals.