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CHArTER THIRTEEN: DARK ASCENT<br />
therefore cannot see the sweeping energy of the summoned demon as<br />
previously described, try at least to feel those motions occurring within<br />
the Triangle. Quiet your thoughts and feelings, having an eye single<br />
to the horror that has entered reality, and soon will enter you. Once<br />
the inverted pentagram is drawn on your skin, the demon will move<br />
closer to you, its collected energy no longer scattering as it sweeps into<br />
your body, but moving up against you. Some Initiates have reported<br />
this experience as a physical phenomenon, feeling like an unseen person<br />
bumping into them repeatedly, sometimes shoving them, sometimes<br />
caressing like a hungry lover. More often it will be felt as an intuitive<br />
uneasiness, an invasion by closeness, as if a stranger is standing far too<br />
close for you to be comfortable.<br />
The moment this closeness is felt, turn your attention towards<br />
the inverted pentagram drawn on you, and visualize the symbol<br />
glowing red, as if freshly branded. Breathe in and feel that area opening<br />
from the center of the symbol, like a tiny hole in your body expanding<br />
until it is the size of the drawn symbol. This visualization should be<br />
completed as quickly as possible, any unnecessary delay bringing the<br />
momentum of the ritual to a halt.<br />
Slowly and carefully state to the demon, "(Demon's name),<br />
enter my body and fill me. Enter my mind and inhabit me. Enter my<br />
heart and seize me. Enter my soul and possess me." Close your eyes and<br />
feel the demon's energy swirling again, one last time, and as it sweeps<br />
towards you feel it pressing against the chosen point of entry until it<br />
reaches critical mass and enters you. Initially, the invocation will feel<br />
like an influx of alien energy. Sit in silence and let the demon seat itself<br />
within. The first manifestation of the demon within will usually take<br />
place in the stomach as an intestinal uneasiness bordering on nausea.<br />
The sickness will then spread up your body into your chest, constricting<br />
your lungs, tightening the muscles in your shoulders, scratching up<br />
your throat, and disorienting your mind and senses.<br />
Take a look around your immediate environment. Although<br />
your mind is still yours search your feelings for the influence of the<br />
demon. Mentally invite it to express itself through you, merging its<br />
thoughts and yours. When you leave the Temple, the demon will leave<br />
with you, within you. As you go about your daily life, remain<br />
consciously aware of the demon's presence within. Allow yourself to<br />
view things in the way that it might view them, to experience things<br />
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