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WORKS Of DARKNESS
This illustrates, in mean terms and in a commonly understood
allegory, only one aspect of ritual consecration; only that which is seen
on the surface of the obsidian meteorite.
The rite of consecration, however, carries an even greater value
than the psychological distinction that it creates. This value is one
that is understood instinctively by most every practicing occultist, yet
is often denied and categorized into psychology for lack of trust in one's
own vision. A good percent of modern Magicians would rather find
apologetic excuses for the occult, turning to their primitive scientific
understanding of existence, than to admit that there are powers outside
of the conscious understanding of the human brain. They do not wish
to be named among the fanatical few.
Consecration focuses the Powers of Darkness upon a single object,
place, person, or action and imbues that thing with those Powers. The
consecrated object becomes saturated with evil. It inherits, through
the ritual, the intelligence to perform its assigned task and the power to
carry it through. Its composite spiritual matter is psychically
transmuted from wood, stone, or steel to a living entity full of a fire and
will which is perfectly and inseparably aligned with that of the Black
Magician.
Putting into practice the exercises from the previous chapter,
the student of the Dark Arts should have found, often by default of
convenience, an area wherein he may ritualize and meditate without
disturbance. It is this place which should be consecrated first as the
foundation for the rites which will follow.
Consecrating a particular area sets it apart from all other space,
centering it in the metaphysical universe. The ground, whether it is
dirt, sand, grass, stone, or plush carpet, shudders awake to announce
itself as the Living Earth. It is the great altar of the Magickal Work, the
unwavering ground upon which even the Operator is a ritual tool.
Once the Working area has been consecrated, it will serve that
purpose for as long as it is needed. When the Black Magician moves to
another city or home, or for any other reason needs to relocate the area
chosen for the operation of these Works of Darkness, the ground can be
cleansed of the power that has been summoned there, returning it to
lifeless material, as will be demonstrated following the consecrations.
Otherwise, it may be allowed to linger and infect all bypassing things
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