4 Ways to Perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
Performing the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram can be achieved through four ways as shown below:
i). The Kabalistic cross
Stand right in the mid of your house, facing east, and assume you are a towering body and the world is a petite sphere below you. Look up into space and visualize an orb of white brilliance descending to the tip of your head. Pull this white beam down to your forehead as you vibrate the phrase ATAH. Take your hand down your body, sensing the beam being drawn down into you. Hold your breast as you move your hand above the groin region, pointing down as you vibrate the word MALKUTH and feel like there is a beam of light going through you, joining the light origin above your head, right to the ground. As you hold your right shoulder and vibrate the word VE-GEBURAH. Redo this with your other shoulder and vibrate the word VE- GEDULAH this time around. Vibrate LE-OLAHM, AMEN as you bring your hands to your breast and catch them.
ii). The 4 Pentagrams
Face east and draw a huge banishing pentagram in the space before you with your finger. Imagine it shining in vivid blue light. Do the sign of Enterer then vibrate YOD HEH VAV HEH and do the sign of silence. As you hold your finger in the middle of your pentagram, go to the south quarter, and draw a bright white line to the middle of the south of your ring. Draw another pentagram but do the sign of the enterer as you vibrate ADONAI. Work the sign of silence, keeping your right arm out in your front side. Take the white line of the beam to the west, redo the steps of drawing and charging your pentagram this time around vibrating EHEIEH (eh-hey- yay). Take the light to the North; repeat it as vibrate AGLA (ah- gah-la). Take the white light (white line) back to the east then join all the pentagrams together. Move to the middle of your circle and rotate clockwise to overlook east.
iii). The Calling of the Archangels
Stretch your arms out, face east and speak, Before Me, RAPHAEL (rah -fay-el). As much as possible, feel his appearance and the airy breeze on your face. Think of another appearance and speak, Behind Me, GABRIEL (gah- Bree-el) feeling the element precipitation of water on the back. Face your right and speak, On my right arm, MICHAEL (mi- kai-el) Sensing the heat of a fire. Face your left as you say, On my left hand, URIEL (or-ee-el), strive to feel a sensation of solidity. As you face east and viewing the burning pentagrams around you, stating, For about me glows the pentagram then imagine a shining hexagram in your chest and state, And within me glows the 6 ray star.
iv). Winding up
To complete, just redo the Kabbalistic cross steps once again.
In Closing
The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the (LBRP) is a known technique used for ridding yourself and surroundings of unwanted and negative energies. It is also used at the beginning and ending of magical rites. It originates from ceremonial magic orders including the Golden Dawn.
The LBRP is one of the first rituals learned by the ceremonial magician, but you don’t have to follow that tradition to reap the benefits. It does help, however, if you are comfortable with the Hebrew language used in the ritual. The Golden Dawn is a Western Mystery Tradition that combines such influences as Christian and Jewish mysticism with Egyptian magic and alchemy.
