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and not simply allowed to dissipate in casual conversation. That element of the personality
that has a need to tell all it knows is motivated by a need for acceptance by and interaction
with others. It is in no way a part of the motivation to do the Work, and for the sake of
“one-pointedness” is not to be indulged.
The benefits of “self-possession” should be obvious.
SATYR
Compressing ritual workings
There is so much work, even within the better curriculums, which is more than just the
ritual. I think that we get to a point where the ritual is almost a given. A friend of mine
once pointed out that there comes a point where you no longer draw the pentagrams
but simply “pump” them, which is to say that they appear when you call the Name
associated with them. The reason the acolyte practices the rituals over and over is so
that later on he can do the entire thing in his head in a matter of seconds. What used to
take hours to achieve (lbrp, lbrh, lirp, lirh [lesser banishing and invoking rituals of
pentagram and hexagram—Ed], Watchtower, 5=6 opening etc… or whatever your
particular setup is) is done in a matter of minutes by evoking the situation, emotion and
energies which become familiar during the years of practice. In those who have been
working with this for a very long time, it may even be unconscious and can be interpreted
as “that familiar feeling of having prepared the temple” when you think about doing
work. The Guardian at the temple asked “Why do you seek to know?” and for those of
us who remember the answer, the work can seem very clear.
It is interesting because as I wrote the first paragraph I began thinking of the Chaos
Magickque material I’ve read concerning the “Deconstruction of Ritual” and I think
perhaps this is what the fellow was referring to, not the discarding of ritual, but the
ability of the “experienced” magician to “compress” the working into a smaller timeframe
through experience and familiarity. Too bad the newbies cannot grok this. Well at least
it filters out the nuts before they get any real power, or worse, opens up their own minds
and they have to deal with the stuff inside.
Sub Umbra Alarum Tuarum Dei
GREG WOTTON
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