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LBRP The Genius Child of the Golden Dawn
Frater Abiyah
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LBRP
The Genius Child of the Golden Dawn
A Comprehensive Manual to the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
By Frater Abiyah
Table of Contents
Dedicated to Rose.
Introduction
The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP) is one of the most basic foundations of western magick , and has been worked very effectively by a lot of people over a long time period, gaining a natural flow when worked and having a lot of inherent energy from regular and repeated use. It was created in 1887-88 CE by Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers as part of the corpus of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn , and draws its wording largely from traditional Jewish prayers and sources.
Although it was originally an Inner Order ritual of the Golden Dawn, given to the magician at the 5=6 grade, once it had been made public by Israel Regardie in his monumental work The Golden Dawn , the LBRP moved into the public arena, where it has gone on to be perhaps the most popular and practiced of all modern rituals.
Israel Regardie once said Watch a person performing the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pent agram, and it tells you all you need to know about their magickal practice.
Such is the key nature of this ritual within the western magickal tradition.
There have been derivative versions of the LBRP and the Qabalistic Cross from within it , including Aleister Crowleys Ritual of the Star Ruby, All of these have their own efficacy, though none have quite the same energy as the standard LBRP itself.
When you explore the many layers of symbolism within the LBRP, it becomes clear what a beautiful and efficacious ritual it is. Certain themes, like the b alance of the elements and the As above, so below formula occur repeatedly.
The Pentagram Ritual combines voicework, visualisation, telesmatic imagery , energy direction and bodywork. Although it is a very easy ritual to learn and use, it can be seen that it actually contains a lot of techniques and elements.
The simplicity of the technique when you start performing it is testament to the inherent flow of energy that has built up in the ritual, which can be tapped by anyone performing it, further adding to the power and effectiveness of the ritual.
Frater Abiyah
London, 2012
Why the Pentagram?
The complete comprehension of the Pentagram is the key of the two worlds. It is absolute philosophy and natural science.
Transcendental Magic, Eliphas Levi
The pentagram , or pentalpha, is an ancient symbol, which has developed a potent symbolism over the centuries. It has been used since ancient Mesopotamia, and is found alongside the earliest form of writing, cuneiform.
Here it corresponded to the four directions, with above (the heavens) as the fifth direction.
Pythagoras ( 6th century BCE ) used the pentagram extensively, and may have become familiar with it during his time in Egypt and Babylon. Pythagoreans used it as a sign of recognition, calling it hugieia meaning health, in the context of wholeness. From the Greek use of the pentagram comes the association with the elements, which also first appear in Greek philosophy.
The Greeks labeled the points of the pentagram with the letters upsilon (U), gamma (G), iota (I), theta (Th), and alpha (A). These letters are also the first letters of words corresponding to the elements. Thus we have Hudor (divine or holy thing, i.e. Spirit), Therma (Heat i.e. Fire) and Aer (Air) corresponding to the points of the p e ntagram.
In The Testament of Solomon, an early grimoire dating from the first to third century CE, Solomon is given a ring by the archangel Michael, to bind the demons that they will build the temple for him. Michael says: But thou must wear this seal of God. And this engraving of the seal of the ring sent thee is a Pentalpha.
The thirteenth century text Liber Juratus has the first occurrence of the Sigillum Dei Aemeth in it, at the heart of which is the pentagram. From here the pentagram was to assume a major role in the grimoires, being frequently referred to in seals and sigils.
Eliphas Levi wrote of the Pentagram at some length in the mid nineteenth century, extolling its virtues as a sign of protection and dominion . In his classic work Transcendental Magic he said, The Pentagram signifies the domination of the mind over the elements, and the demons of air, the spirits of fire, the phantoms of water and ghosts of earth are enchained by this sign.
This theme is also seen in his excellent work The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum, where he is even more explicit about the magickal use of the pentagram. The Man whose Intelligence has received culture can by his Will Power, exerted through the Pentagram, control and command the powers and beings of the Elements, and restrain evil elementaries from their perverse works.
From these quotes it seems clear that Levis emphasis on the use of the pentagram probably influenced MacGregor Mathers to create the LBRP, using the elemental formula which goes so naturally with it.
What is the LBRP?
The LBRP is not only a very effective ritual, it is also a very versatile one. There are a number of different uses that it can be put to. These include preparation of magickal sacred space for ritual, and clearing the space afterwards, as a devotion to start and finish your day, to banish obsessions, as a precursor to astral work and for exorcism. Let us consider these different uses in turn
Before you perform rituals one of the most important actions is to prepare the space you are in. By creating a sacred space you help prepare yourself mentally for the work you are about to perform, and also removes any unwanted energies from the space. This ensures that any psychic or emotional charge that may have built up in the space is removed, and will not influence your ritual in any way.
The LBRP is an extremely effective way of not only preparing your space but also helping to prepare you as well. The Pentagram Ritual should be performed before performing any pathworkings or magickal work, as it will clear any negative psychic influences and energies from the space you are in, leaving it balanced, pure and fit for you to perform your meditations and magick in.
If negative or irritating psychic activity is being experienced in a place, daily performance of the LBRP will soon remove it. In more extreme cases performing the LBRP in every room of a house can deal with more severe disturbances, a fact I can attest to from several occasions when I have been asked to deal with problems with poltergeist activity.
As a devotion at the start and end of the day, performing the LBRP serves as an alignment with the forces of the divine within and without. It also has the added benefit of making you practice your visualisation and vibration skills, and improves familiarity until the ritual becomes second nature.
If you find you have become obsessed with something, for whatever reason, you can use the LBRP to remove the obsession. Before performing the ritual, form a clear mental picture of the obsession or disturbing idea and visualise it in front of you to the East. Project the image away from you with the Sign of the Enterer, moving back into the Sign of Silence. This indicates your desire to remove the obsession (projection) and not accept it back (silence). Then perform the LBRP and see the image dissolving as you perform the ritual, until it has completely disappeared.
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