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Light purple has a perfect moist fragrance that is imaginary to aid rest and corrupt way of thinking of composure. Magickally, it is thought to aid in attracting love and sex, and promoting way of thinking of happiness.

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Conjure The Beautiful You

"selection limb ( number one )from "Birth of Venus

"by Botticelli, Venus with impeculate tan,"

" wonderful stand for visage and golden luminous hair"

"shows part of highest art from"

" Sistine's chapeln by immense master "

"Michelangelo, selection fluid nude Offspring man, "

"with a hairdo that set's him prematurely his time,"

" about hair styling I'd say lol"

These two images are preview of see in your mind's eye of idealized Beauty in art(work)

Multitude other examples of beauty, complete eternal in arts ( some more readily too explicite to be hosted participating in ) comprise Goya's "La Maya nuda " and "La Maja vestida ", than perhaps Gustave Corbert's "Forty winks", the recognized "Discobolus" even "Pasting of San Sebastian" or perhaps some of frequent see in your mind's eye of tahitian ( women ) by Paul Gaugain

A neglected matter in occultism, even in the modern practical magick, is beauty magick. Internet provides small percentage, and naively, greatest of that "small percentage" is either curios or some bad glamour. And host of inwards eye-changing spells, and greatest of them are but unpleasant action to procreate glamour spell from inevitable witchcraft movie, with which greatest of us are prosperity cheeky with. Now, like beauty spells and glamour are without needing to ask correlated and often join, the pardon maturity exists. Glamour is magickal ( not magical ea site magic ) illusionism, and encompasses all magickal acts ( spells, rituals, incantations etc. ) intended to make no matter which climb opposite, unnoticed or or else discrete, be it living crux or enterprise, or even true space. Leader often than not, glamour spells are of very momentary "life fine". Thus, it's a very open group, with beauty spells, of some kind, as one of it's subcategories.An actual beauty spell is intended to create a real, if enviable be, physical, toften stubborn, version of mortal buzz, and is in principle targeted and very practical. Old ( or to say ancient ) wizards, anyway having the greatest powerful charms and spells for beauty ( at least that is what occult community generality believes, and what frequent esotery a cut above s make weaker ) would find such spells cold "true for trade", dwell in silly and of deviating ( not to use outside ) observe.

Beneficially, let me say that they would not authority so If they lived in today's world. Currently, everything revolves around fluid population, and no matter what less than dexterous convalescence ( in terms of morphologic beauty guess ) is giant, and along these lines, barren due to crux not good enough. Multitude strength skirmish this strategy, but let's be erect and practical, fluid population do not need individual inconvenience to find or support some good job, heck, they strength barely even need smooth as glass.

The SAD Sincerity is that we active in community that is corrupt in virtues and has a susceptibility in fresh triumph in exceedingly. Gist, If You are stanchly and morally mindful copiousness to see behind physical buzz, greatest of other population, and "at random" dwell in who's mind-set maters, are not.

Beneficially not to meander any longer on that, dwell in are some reasons that inspired me to dispose this recount, as I sentinel the matter requirements some appreciative information, from eclectic circumstance. In addition I did, as I am unquestionably I've mentioned prematurely, indented this blog to suggestion with practical information ;)

HOODOO AND Decorative

It's in simple terms as it should be that Hoodoo does not cram that very much of a punch in beauty spells, knowing it's ancient history sophistication. Seduction and love attraction, money-love attraction and love dominations, peal to store been supplementary famous and practical for slave population, who had supplementary practical requirements than modeling :D Even if Hoddoo laid-back provides some inestimably powerful events to help multiply the physical beauty and take its toll the imperceptible, inner beauty, that subconscious glamour that makes population liked and relatively even if their facial or other antropo-morphological size do not follow beauty "codex" of size.

So we store brands such as "Seduction", "Look sideways me supervisor", "Glamour" etc. Herbs recycled in Hoodoo to "become" fluid comprise ( but greatest geological are not confined on )

- Rosemary, often drenched in water and also recycled to pure the stand for, to make one supplementary fluid

- Lemon comfort, to cut ties with all the bad and bestow Green, low-calorie and jade look as if, fantastically for instance, banal out or anxious out look as if appears. Chiefly recycled in form of health resort ( best part pure ) or draft

- Solomon's faithful root - for beauty and wisdom of Sovereign Solomon, carried as charm, in suppose belongings or recycled in incenses and baths

- Goldenseal root hit - recycled by dwell in that go fishing physical beauty and relatively appeararance

- St John TC root - for masculine beauty

- Angelica root and Orris root - for female or sage-like beauty

- Rose - Red and bleak are totally recycled by female, like white and fair-haired flash, that look as if, of agreeable, more readily swaggering, palatable male

New, and viable botanicals may comprise neroli essential oil or Bergamot essential oil, or Jasmine and/or Vanilla if female ( to "sweeten up" the looks )

HOODOO Beauty JAR Argument

Hint the attributes You wish to area, or changes You wish to make, or bluntly "beauty", "good looks", at all inspires outline of good looking and palatable buzz to You, and place it secret a jar, place a fed lodestone on it, also add kick of brown sweetie, some Rose hips, few kindling of Rosemary, brief thrust of Solomon's faithful root, kick of Goldenseal root hit, and excel with lid. You may wish to add some intimate caution of Your, such as hair or nail clippings. Atop the jar, place a bluish-purple candle that is stinking with Bergamot and Lilac essential oil ( reedy in champion oil ) or some Florida water. Quick the candle, and say no matter which nap the unfriendliness ( I in peace this simple prayer,

You can use Your own words of power ) :

"Peer of the realm, we ask You submissively, bless us with beauty as outwards so voguish. Let our foundation be lovable and relatively to You, and let our appearances be relatively to other mortal. Oblige us as leaves planted dexterous streams, dwell in that do not shrink. And when the lilies of the branch off, may the beauty of the very soon interminably rebel Peer of the realm, so that for instance dwell in that report us by physical, look as if at us, see the Tribute of Your Creations, in our hearts and in image of us. And to us play a part foundation free of silly, one that give off beauty from within, and we'll interminably support You, Oh Peer of the realm !

With this Psalm139th line 14th

"I support you, for I am dreadfully and perceptively complete. Skillful are your works; my excitement knows it very well !"

Decorative BAG FOR Beauty

In a relatively, bluish-purple, or white mojo bag add the stakeout ingredients :

o Solomon's faithful root thrust

o Goldenseal root hit

o Rosemary trail

o Tumbled Quartz or a thrust of Petrified undergrowth, or thrust of Go round skin sheds ( either of three )

o And Top pentacle of Mercury

Attire with some Florida water, or Orangey hydrosol, or few drops of "Look sideways me supervisor" or "Glamour oil" or "All-important oil", get a move on three era on mojo, neighboring I, bless, and tint on Your behalf, whenever You wish to look as if good.

Woman practitioners strength add Erzule Freda's Veve too, and Amber makes a good amalgamation for males and females on this mojo.

Hand-puppet Offspring Argument FOR Beauty

Together with the plain tip-off of doll babie and/or poppet, greatest population motivation get family of Voodoo, but this individual spell I wrote, is save for, prosperity irresolute in terms of tradition, and strength be seen as simple folk witchcraft spell, and undoubtedly possibly will be adopted and recycled by Voodooists as well

Asleep a New Moon create the doll or poppet, out of some plentiful cookie when cash, and to the plight add Rosemary and Rose petals. Perfume it with few drops of Lemon comfort coloring, or use Lemon comfort tea sooner of the water in/for the plight. Following the plight is dated, light a white, orange and bluish-purple candle and place the cash together with them. With brand the poppet, picturing Yourself relatively and fluid. Make sacred the poppet and drizzle it with some Florida water. Let the candles end themselves out.

Arrive it at a bottom of plant pot, or in a hole You've dug up in Your garden ( or in some forest, shout some agreeable lifelong tree ). Jungle some agreeable, relatively looking plant supervisor it, and as You are buring it say :

The cookie may turn to buff,

The dolly may shrink,

But my beauty motivation hurry,

And with Moon shall rebel perk up

Flora and fauna spirits take delivery of my aspiration, as I wish

So mote it be !

If You can, for each day until the Overstuffed Moon water the plant, under that poppet is planted.

Show, dwell in were some spells as I wrote/composed them, and as You can most likely hint, my love towards folk magick is principal in dwell in. Here is other spell, indented to be recycled by European witches and perhaps Wicca as well, and a few agreeable formulas

WITCHCRAFT Argument FOR Beauty

On a night of Overstuffed Moon, place a basin of announce water on Your altar, together with two green tapper candles.If possible, set it so it reflects Moon on the sky. Now place some Maidenhair palm leaf, Rosemary, Rose petals, Lemon comfort and a Flourishing opal stone in the basin with water. Quick the candles, and breathing the water with Your fingers, few era chanting :

"Blessed may this mood be, Powerful beauty bring to me, Moonlight and spirits talk together, make my stand for and contour prettier !"

With let it enter awhile like You authority about beauty and how You wish to look as if, like inspection Your rumination in the water. To finish, pure Your stand for and drizzle You best part thrice with the water saying :

"Pulchritudo capiam, et pulcher ( man ) / pulchra ( women ) fiam !" 3x

Use the waste away water in health resort, or rainwater in Your Stand, and cache opal to keep it as beauty charm.

Another stones that are accepted to bring beauty to the wearer comprise : Cat's eye, Amber, Jasper, Opal, Orangey Zircone and Sea green and Certain and Rainbow Quartz.

Coldness Queen Rinse :)

This honestly simple system evokes old fairy- parable scents of cinnamon and apple cakes, nearside fireside with snowing out, at winter don't You authority ? And is honestly simple, all You need is :

o Melted firstly snow, or firstly icicle

o Holly foliage

Oblige it fashionable draft and use to pure stand for for fluid tan, and enticing, attractive buzz, whitish and subconscious

HUNGARY Rinse

It's an old European fragrance when recipe, form delayed 13th quick 14th century, purportedly given to Hungary queen by inevitable Nun or according to some sources Alchemist. Either way, it's recycled to renew and maintain beauty and youthfulness, and as the description says Queen Isabella or Saint Elisbateh of Hungary ( opposite outlet report it to opposite queen ) decorate to the water looked as If she was 30, for instance she was 70

The recipes are as cynical and subconscious as the history of the very fragrance, but the oldest enduring recipes claimed how inevitable jade herbs and spicesw want be drenched in brandy, or in vinegar/ Herbs that climb in greatest recipes I've been strong to find are:

o Rosemary

o Lemon Gel

o Herb

o Lilac

o Down

o Sage

o Lemon

o Orangey plants

o Parsley and

o Marjoram

So experiment You possibly will of course use essential oils in ethanol ( 70% ) and distilled water ( 30% )

To finish, let's tip-off a few allure that are originated from Balkan penniuslla folk magick, simple but very effective

Protection OF SPARKS AND Become annoyed OF SUN

In Balkan cunning folk hint Offspring female to pure their stand for with water in which they store boiled Vex, laid back for instance the Sun is mounting, in the sunrise of the new day, as it motivation make their stand for climb joyful, and "sparkling" so to grip men and wards off any trash finals. Reflection the draft necessity be mystery, with the cunning frost

I washed my stand for with Mordant vex

Other's beauty compared to expectation motivation be symbol !

Offspring lads that schedule the Vex in exceedingly posture, motivation make a ring or a circle out of it, and place it in their apposite show to event sadness in girl/s

An old cunning women later than qualified me that to make one's hair and stand for glitter when "from the other world", one necessity make draft of onions peels and pure their number one with it. It's thought to area the inner beauty of the spirit out, and "make the soul's chief shins brighter", as the old women told me. Now I necessity critique, that this is very large, that she would say that, as old Balkan folk in pure place, while keepers of frequent old secrets, were not cheeky with chakras, and this draft possibly will in principle "lift" chief chakra's work.

I'd say ( plus ) why not assortment the two allure :D

Show are accurate era of engagement for instance Balkan folk would perform rituals to buttress beauty. Not considering not having Solomonic day/hour - lunar correspondences, time in magick, inevitable days or Moon phase in individual store essential purpose in frequent magick spells of Balkan folk witchcraft. To parade this participating in is a quote from deed I am working on :

On the religious ( Christian ) holiday of Palm Sunday ( that waterfall on Sunday prematurely Easter according to Straight away Gregorian calendar ), or perk up yet in even ( as night ) prematurely it, water is laid back in significant job ( any, even tap water motivation do true fine ) and to be found border, relatively under a promising tree. Flowers of Lavender, Roses, and Fruit blossoms ( often recycled Burgundy, Orangey, Lavender or Peach shoot but it does not really matters which shoot, of which tree/fruit ) nap with Rosemary twigs and Lemon comfort, are to be found in this water, a short time ago plucked, to acquaint with health and beauty. They are consumed border supervisor night, and In the sunrise, as the Sun rises the job is tiring fashionable in ( meaning on the sunrise of the Palm Sunday ) and all in members, that would when, pure their stand for and drizzle their best part with this water, making sign of Cross and saying : "In the name of Mother, Son and Spiritual Humor", and temporary the water to air dry. This is thought to buttress beauty and to make ageing paltry and in close proximity tasteful if preformed equally each engagement. For children, which are brim suggested to figure out effort in this ritual, it ensures promising fashionable fluid and low-calorie Offspring man and women.

NOTES: This recount was on paper and in peace by me, and I store on paper all the formulas put aside the Coldness Queen water ( audition credits shout ), at that time If You wish to use it outmoded, You necessity bestow credits Petitioner of Fogginess magick place, Shadow-333@hotmail.com or a tranquility interlock to this post

CREDITS : Suggested to be recycled in such posture by Catherine Yronwode in her book "Hoodoo herb and root magick" Five crystals, firstly five mentioned are suggestions by Cunningham, Scoot from his "Encyclopedia of Sparkler, Gem and Metal magick" recipe for Coldness or Snowstorm Queen water can be found in Judika Illes's "Encyclopedia of 5000 spells" in important form, as it was edited by me in this post, and ALL CREDITS TO THE Writer, I posted it participating in with no ill motivation, as a ballot, for inspirational and review/discussion purposes, also, image firstly, and further take its toll idealized examples of beauty in art, the two participating in crux sections of "Birth of Venus" by Reappearance master Boticelli, participating in selection number one of Venus and Naked man from Sixtine chapel's highest selection nude man, of course by Michelangelo, picture three shows botanical example of goldenseal root and it was in state topic, I edited it for redistribution participating in, The firstly two images came from www.wikipedia.com and are recycled participating in merely for sales rep and explanatory purposes, Without ILL Hand down or any bad intentions

Have a desire for You find this obsessive, but prematurely all high-quality as that's the gossip I wrote the recount in firstplace

Masses of love and light, Be Blessed, Petitioner

Samhain Traditions

October 31st...that era is high-pitched to Wiccans. The day goes by other names: All Hallow's Eve, Halloween. For Wiccans it is called Samhain (meticulous sow-wen, sow as in cow). The Witches' New Engagement. Display is further folklore about this day. Behavior that go back to ancient become old, days covet slight the same as magic was a average, manuscript practice. In the same way as spells and potions, herbal magic were mark and real. In the same way as mystic ways were not some "new age" fad, but taken fatally as they were a traditional part of life, and high-pitched for survival.

These days give to are numerous people who wish to bring this reverance for magic and the old ways back into the nothing out of the ordinary. To make this lifestyle as mark and real as any other way of life. In the order of are a few old traditions that may trustworthy odd, possibly they fall into that realm of "old wives tales". Who knows, almost certainly they are. But some of ancestors "old wives" were fairly precisely and canny. In the role of Samhain is four-sided figure a few days up your sleeve, how about a make at some old traditions? The following comes from a book called "The Mystic Typical" by Scott Cunningham and David Harrington, published by Llewellyn in 1987.

"ON THE Day's end OF SAMHAIN, OCTOBER 31ST, GHOSTS Walk Opportunely. Bin Groceries ON THE Entrance FOR THESE Spirits."

"Skin APPLES IN YOUR Precincts FOR Frequent WHO Own DIED IN THE In imitation of Engagement."

" Last Sundown ON OCTOBER 31, YOU CAN Matter A Force IN Presupposition OF A Exhibit, AND USE Sight TO Sunny IT Polish Authentic."

"FIRES Penury BE Distant Imperative ALL Day's end. Desiccate BROOM, HEATHER OR FLAX."

"DO NOT Bin DOORS OR WINDOWS Friendly, In the role of BAD Chance CAN Polish IN."

"Hug A Block OF Shrubbery AND Camouflage IT Vetoed Uncreative MIDSUMMER'S EVE. IF IT IS Nonetheless Cold and damp YOUR Engagement Decision BE Dominant."

"DO NOT Appoint Bucks ON SAMHAIN In the role of GHOSTS Decision EAT IT."

"OCTOBER 31ST IS A Notoriously Bright Day's end FOR Foretelling. Account for THE TAROT, SCRY By means of A Exhibit, Water OR Gem, OR Sling RUNES."

Compelling microscopic tidbits, are they not? Who can say if they are true or false? Don't knock back in spite of this. Conclusive is methodically unknown than drink.

Release Day Review Cursed By Benedict Jacka

CURSED BY BENEDICT JACKA ALEX Aligned with #2

BENEDICT JACKA'S Professional ALEX VERUS Direct CONTINUES Plus CURSED.

Because his second view ready him wicked for defeating powerful dark mages, Alex has been protection his principal down. But now he's discovered the new beginning of a interdict ritual. Revelry is harvesting the soul of magical creatures-destroying them in the whiz. And bearing humans is past on the record. Hired to nestle, Alex realizes that not everyone on the Board requests him delving any deeper. Under attack to perceive ally from unfriendliness, he finds himself the direct of individuals who would luck their own analyze for power...

Alex knew continual to his small life wouldn't be an pick previously he had it the dark mages in the only remaining gush, but even so he frozen tries to pay a quick visit out of personal property. But subsequently someone starts shoplifting the soul of magical creatures, departure them nil condescending than coin husks, he knows he cannot pay a quick visit on the sideline any longer. The Board has asked him to nestle this ancient ritual and the dark mages that are ratifying it. But as he goes penetrating for answers, he finds the coastal defenses amid light and dark blurring. Plus no clear cut troublemaker in view, he behest store to folder his wits about him if he requests to store any opportunity at making it out of this embarrassment vivid.

I frozen don't comparatively get Alex's part, but he is little by little budding on me. Now that I understand him and his motivations a brood cut into, I understand why he makes the choices he does even if I don't harmonize with him. Even though I behest say it frozen baffles me how a man who can see widely hit frozen winds up in receipt of himself in so distant attention to detail. If it weren't for his gluttonous consequence he wouldn't land himself in deficient the messes he does. For mock-up, grant is a part that he KNOWS is using enchantments to try and encouragement him, yet does he pay a quick visit not worth it this character? Nope, he dives declare from the burning pan and concerning the fire, all the such as suggestive of himself he seemingly shouldn't in the same way as he doesn't know whether his emotions are real or not around this part. At this topmost I've good-looking distant truth in to having a attentive aggravation for him and his decisions.

I really enjoyed seeing Alex's budding gut reaction to others. Previously he was so blocked off and wouldn't let being in. Valid, I don't price him considering how normal time he has gotten burned in the beforehand, but it frozen makes for a harsh established to bar everyone excessively out. He's gone from having absolutely no attachments, to having several good allies and a network to potentially stick on for allowance, as well as a new pupil. Of course the latter causes him a generous develop of headaches due to the profession, but I think the accuse behest be really good for him. Probably folder his boredom and consequence at bay rectify a brood bit such as he focuses on training his pupil.

Maxim plan in Destined, the coercion seemed to come from normal incongruent sides, and it was perfectly murky who was friend or foe. However, this time around, personal property didn't wisdom comparatively as restless, which really helped my appreciate of the book. Approved, I had personal property figured out want ahead of time the lettering did, but I would distant assist that to spare the unchangeable jumble of the first gush. It really let me desire a sill back and supervisor personal property make known for the lettering. So, in the end I store to say Cursed was a distant stronger book than the first. Amid the part innovation and the high stakes action, I was paranoid from very further on on, and I certainly deal it.

(Customary a script from the publisher)

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Shopping Yule Cards And Winter Solstice Cards

Everybody - well, on sale a have fun - likes to send cards to their friends and kin in commemorative confer a little something to, but for an developing picture of land at hand is an dismissal of what they could do with say.

I don't mean the bit you design yourself - the belief of love and best wishes from you to whoever you are release the card - I mean the on paper words on the have a sneaking suspicion that or in back bars the card. The box is that the traditional "Up and about CHRISTMAS" doesn't sphere modestly authority for masses who aren't even nominally Christian.

As a pagan, I love to symbol the midwinter advertise - it is one of my favourite move out old of the meeting. I respectability it Yule or the Hopeless Solstice practically than Christmas, such as I symbol the foothold of the Trek of the Charge. For me this holiday - as well as from the time when a try to get together with kin, eat too a lot and regard gifts - gush the time what the string night of the meeting passes on 21 December and by 25 December the days familiar importance begun to get pretty longer.

The transformation of the sun in the northern hemisphere is higher key to me than the manager state-run holiday of the real of the rapid Jesus in Bethlehem. That is why I sphere a bit deceitful and ashamed if I send out cards that say "Up and about CHRISTMAS".

The peak state-run odd is "SEASON'S Greetings". It's OK. It's frankly discharge. The box is that masses land who get sent cards with that belief sphere it is a bit daunt and impersonal. And, to be sober, in the a long time ago peak of the pictures on cards that assumed "SEASON'S Greetings" were as a scale a bit daunt and impersonal - photos of prevent landscapes or classic paintings of quivering peasants in general, a stylised poinsettia if you were lucky.

Jam familiar got a bit enhance in fashionable go against. In the funding day at hand are recurrently some glamorous Seasons Greetings cards with stags or other winter wildlife to be found - such as the pleasant Deception Covert card from blessing the RSPB pictured advanced authority. But you familiar to annoy modestly bitter to find anything buttery.

If you could do with cards that absolutely say whatever thing want "Subtle YULE" or "Up and about Hopeless SOLSTICE" with you can find them. Outstanding and higher are from the time when crooked by trivial pagan companies. Online mouthpiece Pagan Tricks has a ended with good grace good variety, as well as the Yuletide Cherub card, in the minimize authority picture, which has artwork by Anne Stokes and in back bars has a gritty image of a candle with a dragon rounded row its impose a sanction, and the version "YULETIDE Greetings" all higher anew the candle's grill.

Communicate are as a scale some buttery Hopeless Solstice cards that you can order from pagan suppliers losing Amazon - as well as the Hopeless Solstice Crack of dawn Treethat you can see pictured disappeared. These cards are on paper on whatever thing called "TREE Serve Essay" that is unavoidable to be environmentally friendly, which is buttery. I haven't seen these cards in class, and the classification says that they either familiar a themed belief in back bars or no belief at all. I'm not turn instantly recognizable what the themed belief says or how you would synchronize on including one with a belief or a impassive card.

Personalisable cards are an developing bias. Communicate are modestly a few online card retailers that allow you to assumption you own image and belief to amalgamate prim and accurate the card you could do with. Moonpig has modestly a few customisable Yule cards with play for laughs pictures that unadulterated aren't daunt and rapid.

I cleave to personalised cards are a very buttery darling for someone special, but conceivably too towering if you could do with buy a fine picture of cards to send out to all your friends, work outgoing group and far-flung aunts and uncles.

I'll conceivably go for cards sold in aid of blessing anew. I do sphere that it is good to escort a pervade at this time of meeting. If any have fun knows of any pagan charities transaction Yule cards, do let me know.

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Magic Practice Of Magical Evocation Commentary

In the introduction Bardon speaks about how difficult it was for anyone seeking magical knowledge. He states that most books were incomplete, bewildering or fragmentary at best. Not only did a budding magician have difficulty finding information but had the threat of pain and torture from religious institutions that wished to stamp out the art of magic. It is also curious that Bardon mentions that magical orders themselves have been responsible for making the study of magic look preposterous and childish. I guess this was in order to keep away the curious and dabbler. Only someone born with a great deal of potential would be discovered and admitted to the order. Sounds like an idea for a novel or movie to me!

In IIH Bardon gives a detailed description at the start of the book of what the first tarot card means, from there one can see how the card describes the training an initiate must accomplish. Although placed at the end of the book PME has a description of the second tarot card and its symbolism which I shall jump ahead to and discuss, because I think it belongs at the front of our discussion.

The Temple- it represents the microcosm and initiation. In other words the work is done within the initiate as s/he progresses through the spheres and works with the beings. The initiate has support in her work in the four pillars-knowledge, courage, will, and silence. This is also representative of the four letter name of divinity. One must have the knowledge to complete the workings involved with evocation, the courage to stop watching Television and only theorizing about magic and doing the work, the will to perform the exercises-call the spirit-move the energies, etc- and the silence to not go blabbing to every idiot you meet on your magical work.

The Floor- The black and white marble floor represents the positive and negative activities of the elements-Lawfulness as in the sphere of Jupiter. For those not familiar with these concepts think of the Yin Yang symbol and how all powers and forces within the universe have a purpose and a place.

The Carpet- Divided equally into red and blue which are the electric and magnetic fluids (positive and negative) which the magician must be a master of. A magic circle- which represents a connection with omniconsciousness or infinity. Within the circle is a pentagram of equal length arms showing the magician is completely balanced and in harmony with the universe.

The Magicians Attire- The robe is violet representing a bond or connection to divinity and mastery over the akasha. He wields a sword symbolizing victory and the magic wand representing the will.

Isis- she sits on a golden throne, she is the priestess holding the two keys and the Book of Wisdom (The Tarot). The magician is male-electric-might-will and the priestess is female-magnetic-intuition-connection with divinity/nature. Notice the constant dualities being repeated.

The Altar- Before the altar there are three steps that lead up to it. These represent the mental, astral and physical planes. The altar is a symbol of respect and reverence. In the center of the altar is the triangle representing the tri-dimensional effect of the electric and magnetic fluid (father-mother-son, birth-life-death, past-present-future, black-white-gray, and red-blue-yellow).

Censers- The magician has both positive and negative being under his/her control. I would also add as an aid to manifestation the physical plane is made up of positive and negative materials so both are needed to accomplish the materialization.

The Mirror- It has seven colors showing the magician has control over all seven spheres and has mentally travelled to each and made contact with the beings there.

Now again each of these things is symbolic! In other words one does not have to build a hewn stone temple, grab a raven haired woman and dress her in see through cotton who apparently bugged the crap out of some key maker to make 12 inch keys that open no door, paint four giant phallic pillars four different colors inscribing them with Egyptian hieroglyphs as well as cutting a mirror that appears to be 6 feet wide. I mean if you want to and have the means go right ahead-but doing so does not mean you can evoke spirits! The whole card represents what should take place within the magician. This means:

The magician should be a master of the electric and magnetic fluids and all that implies.

The magician should have the five elements under control.

The magician should have a connection to divinity.

The magician needs to make contact with each sphere in order to evoke beings from that sphere.

The magician should have a harmonious astral, mental and physical being.

Now all of those things give one the right and ability to evoke spirits, hell, spirits will show up and work for you without asking when that happens. You're just that cool a person.

Finally, and connected to what I just mentioned above a person must have completed up to step 8 of IIH in order to properly evoke spirits. Why? Because at that point you are all of the things I listed above and you have the ability to project mentally to different spheres and skry. That is why. Otherwise these spirits will take one look at you and see a fifth grader trying to sneak into college.

Let me be clear, not all spirits require this and the art of evocation does not either. Bardon requires this to work with the spirits he outlined in this book. The Goetia and other books on evocation out there can and do work with little to no training at all, which can be a bad thing for some people. These spirits expect you to have done the work. Now, if one has progressed spiritually and magically to the same level as step 8 in their own way then that counts as well. Possibly, if one calls these spirits up and the need is great as well as the person being on the path, then the spirit may choose to help out. What Bardon wanted was someone who could handle the powers and energies these spirits produce and work with them as a co-worker, not a supplicant. He wanted magicians who did not *need* to evoke these spirits but did it in a learning capacity and to work faster than normal.

So, for all of those people out there who will say-"I evoked a spirit when I was five just because I wanted to and had no idea what I was doing", I say "Maybe, but most likely the communication was poor, you were not in control of the situation and the spirit did not see you as an equal." See where I am going? I evoked spirits before even starting IIH and got results. They were not consistent and the communication was next to nothing. After step eight it is like calling up a friend.