(06-10-2015, 03:34 PM)Tan.rar Wrote: Those are problems? For some reason I never see it that way. For me, it's like "OH there are things to do! Yay!"

(06-10-2015, 05:00 PM)Tan.rar Wrote: I must be a sucker for puzzles.

(06-14-2015, 10:59 PM)Tan.rar Wrote: I use a Reiki technique for my long distance work so I can't really share that unless I initiate you but I will browse and see what I can find.

(06-15-2015, 02:26 PM)Tan.rar Wrote: I do it with my eyes closed sometimes, kind of a mix usually.

Also, reading more about the LBRP it looks like what makes it a Banishing ritual is the particular use of the pentagram and the way it is drawn. However, if one does the Pentagram in a different fashion, in the reverse direction (rather than starting at the left hip and going to the crown, starting at the crown and going down to the left) it is an Invoking Pentagram and that version of the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram is more for prayer and calling to surround yourself with the positive forces.

It's recommended that you do an Lesser Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram in the morning to call in all of the divine forces, and then doing the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram at night before you sleep to clear out any excess or lingering entities.

I really view this ritual as being like hygiene. Keeping your aura clean!

(06-24-2015, 07:14 PM)Minyatur Wrote: Here are some things I'd like clarification after having read a bit more about the LBRP :

Is there a reason the LBRP works only with one element for the drawing of the Pentagram? Rather than doing each element when facing the direction of that element. East/Air, South/Fire, West/Water and North/Earth. Or is it useful to switch element from a ritual to another?

(if we forget the first question) I realized I've been using a dagger (air) but was doing a earth pentragram by starting with left hip. Should I instead be starting at the left shoulder toward the right shoulder to make a air pentragram while using a dagger?

(06-24-2015, 07:41 PM)Tan.rar Wrote: I don't really see the point to ritual without emotional levels, personally. For me the purpose is a system of protection and creating a filter so as to not take on offers of infringement.

The ritual has lots of potential functions. If you know none of them, why bother doing it? I suppose you can just find your own function in it.

I think this is a challenge for people who aren't predispositioned towards mysticism. It's not about 'what it does' in a mechanical sense. Rituals are psychodramas in which you articulate the identity and personality to create changes in awareness. Changes in awareness result in development. The experience of the ritual is the effect itself.

(06-24-2015, 07:47 PM)Tan.rar Wrote: A large part of ritual for me is getting in to a sense of intimacy and personal connection with the forces I am working with. I am perhaps different from some magicians in that I am not trying to extract forces from personality but rather I view personality as a vehicle. So I see these rituals as like developing a certain type of relationship with the universe and beings within it.

(06-24-2015, 07:57 PM)Tan.rar Wrote: I guess for me I don't really identify emotion with the common ideas of types of emotions. To me, emotion stripped of any connotations is just passion so I guess when I say emotionality I mean I do it with passion.

(06-24-2015, 09:12 PM)Parsons Wrote: I am doing this ritual for a very similar purpose as Minyatur... The basic core intention I have is to cleanse my 'spirit' for the purpose of healing; like cleansing a wound. I have little trouble feeling passionate about the ritual. I have had two occasions where I was REALLY 'feeling it' and the ritual took on transcendetal properties.

I've been doing it nearly every night for 2 or 3 weeks now and I feel it is most helpful. I have finally memorized the ritual words and am working on better associating each of them with corresponding concepts/entities.