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Black Moon Ritual,
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Conquering the Shadows,
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by Sor.: Zauberkraut
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Dealing with ones fears and socalled shadows is essential to the
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aspiring magician. Only through continously facing and conquering
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our shadows can we put ourselves truly in charge of our lives. Being
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in touch with, and realistic about "the dark night of the soul" is
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also a tool against the most dangerous, and common, sickness of the
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magician: megalomania and paranoia.
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It appears that the majority of humans in this society go through
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life in a moderately depressed state. It seems that people avoid
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major mood changes, preferring to be more or less miserable at all
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times. One who does not know the deep pit of fear and depression
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will also never know the high altitudes of ecstasy.
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This ritual is designed to get people in touch with their shadows
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and to overcome them. Our fears and depressions are in fact our
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demons and shadows. For the individuals who refuse to deal with them
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they become ever more treacherous and powerful. To quote Fra.: U.D.:
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"If you lock the demons in the basement they are going to blow up
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your house!"
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Paraphernalia: Black altar cloth, one black candle, tarot card XVIII
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(The Moon), Hecate or Moon/Pluto incense, tapes with appropriate
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music (Diamanda Galas "The Saint of the Pit" and Laibach "Life is
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Life), white votive candles in glass containers, one for each
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participant, to be used to cast out unwanted shadows.
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Structure:
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-Banishing ritual of personal preference.
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-Statement of intent: "It is our will to face and overcome our
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shadows".
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-Five minutes of guided pranayama during which the instrumental
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portion of the Diamanda Galas is played. The Magister Templi guides
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the pranayama by raising and lowering his or her hands over the
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altar in time with the breathing. He or she should begin to slow the
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breathing down gradually in order to allow all of the participants
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to tune in and breath simultaneously.
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-At the end of the instrumental portion of the tape participants
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form a circle facing outwards, for we must conquer our shadows by
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ourselves. Here a guided meditation follows while the music
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continues:
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Remember a time in your life when you were truly miserable, you have
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become terribly depressed, you feel you have no value, your love has
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betrayed you, life is pain.
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You begin to feel very weak now, all your will power is gone and you
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are frightened. Your knees are shaking, no strength, no hope,
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nothing can help you now.
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Lie down on the floor, curling up in an embryonic position, you are
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alone, nobody is present to help you, all of your friends have left,
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your parents have long since departed. You have nothing any more,
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terrified you lay there.
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This is the dark night of the soul, you are completely obsessed by
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pain, insanity, depression. You begin to go insane with misery as
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the shadows around you begin to cackle with delight. There is naught
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you can do in the paralyzing anxiety. There is absolutely nobody
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there to assist you. All that remains is total surrender.....
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(All of this litany should have been read in a slow enough fashion
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to allow the participants to trance out and the tape to end. During
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the rest of the meditation the M.T. moves about lighting the candles
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one by one.)
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Yet in darkness there is light! Feel the life force retuming to you.
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Feel your heartbeat strong and vigorous, fill your lungs with air,
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roll onto your back and stretch. Stretch your body as though it were
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recently awakened from a long deep sleep. Stretch with your arms,
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legs, back and neck. You are attempting to touch the universe, open
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your senses and your eyes as wide as they possibly can be. Get up
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and take your candle from the altar, passing it over your body. Cast
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out all that is not strong, healthy, vibrant and whole. Tune in
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completely with the light and allow it to heal you. Take your time
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allowing its rays to permeate your being, cleansing every aspect.
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Make certain there is nothing left that is not light, bright and
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strong.
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When you are ready, replace the candle upon the altar in the middle
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of the temple. (At this point place the Laibach tape in the player
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if you desire.)
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-All partcipants hold hands and move rhythmically around the altar,
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ever faster, drawing the combined life force within.
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-At the climax of the circumambulation collapse to the floor whilst
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performing a laughter banishing.
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-Closing banishing of preference if desired.
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-oOo-
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