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Copyright (c) 1988 by Phil Hansford. This article is
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** MAGICK 8 -- HEALING AND BANISHING **
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Psychic or spiritual healing is a human potential we
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all possess. Some people are especially good at this. It is
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probably easier to heal someone else by occult means than
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yourself. In addition to healing in the presence of the
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person, there is 'absent healing' in which the healing
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occurs at a distance. Note that there are some who maintain
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that influence on another person without his specific
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knowledge and permission (yes, even in healing and helping)
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is black magick. (After all, everybody is living according to
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his own true will, so that healing or helping someone
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without permission is affecting his will). This means it is
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important to tell the person what you are planning to do and
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to ask his permission. The theory of psychic healing is that
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sickness is characterized (although not necessarily caused)
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by a deficiency and imbalance of vital energy. Psychic
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healing transfers energy from the healer to the sick to
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repair and rebalance his energies. If an inept healer
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overdoes the process, or if he doesn't take the precaution
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to 'disconnect' himself afterwards, he may find himself
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becoming sick due to energy drain and a linkage to his
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subject. Similarly, the healer should always be in a good
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state of health or he could unintentionally transfer his
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illness to the subject.
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The basic methods of psychic healing are: 1) creative
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visualization, 2) prayer, 3) ritual. Creative visualization
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is one of the easiest techniques. Mild illness may yield to
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only one or two treatments; serious ills will require
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many treatments over time. Psychic healing should always be
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combined with medical care and treatment. It does not replace
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doctors, medicine, or hospitals, since different levels
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(worlds) are involved. In creative visualization, we
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visualize the person being well. It may be helpful to utilize
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the appropriate color from the aura chart (such as bright
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apple-green, rose pink, or white) sent as a beam to the
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person or as a cloud surrounding him. This technique can be
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extended to include a simple kind of yoga in which we feel
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energy sent as we exhale explosively; the energy sent either
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via the breath or from one of the chakras such as the solar
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plexus. Sometimes in absent healing it is helpful to arrange
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a time for treatment in advance, asking your subject to be in
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a receptive state of mind and to sit back and close his eyes.
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THE BANISHING RITUAL
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One of the most basic and useful ceremonial rituals
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of magick is called the *banishing ritual*, or lesser
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ritual of the pentagram. A pentagram (or pentacle) is a
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five-pointed star with the point up. The banishing ritual is
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helpful in psychic protection and healing since it forms a
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protective barrier against malevolent forces. The psychic
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barrier it creates can be made to permit entry of desired
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(constructive) forces and the exclusion of negative ones.
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Thus, the banishing ritual is an essential first step in
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almost any formal full magick ceremony. The ritual requires
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that you use a magical implement or "weapon", such as a
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ceremonial knife, wand, or simply point your index finger, to
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"draw" the pentagram in the air at each of the cardinal
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points (four directions). Also, you will be chanting
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('vibrating') some Hebrew names of God.
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Holding your magical weapon and facing east, extend
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your arm out straight in front of you. In this ritual you
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will use the full sweep of your arm to draw the pentagram in
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the air. Follow the description below by beginning at the
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lower left and sweeping your magical weapon up toward the
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right, etc. as shown. Do not bend your arm at the wrist or
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elbow. While you do this, visualize the lines and eventually
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the star as vibrant white, floating in the space before you.
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You are projecting energy to do this, and the result will be
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a gleaming 5-pointed star floating in the east; visualize
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this as vividly as you can. Now you will energize it further
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by piercing the center of it with your magical weapon and
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vibrating (speaking slowly in a slightly lower than normal
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pitch, remember) "Yod-He-Vau-He".
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-- DESCRIPTION --
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Approximate points on a round clock face --
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1. Begin at 7:30 position.
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2. Point to 12 oclock position.
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3. Point to 4:30 position.
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4. Point to 10:30 position.
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5. Point to 2:30 position.
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6. Return to 7:30 position.]
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Then turn slowly to the next cardinal point in
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sequence, and as you do so, with your arm still extended in
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front of you, visualize a white line connecting around to
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the cardinal point. Trace a similar pentagram with the
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appropriate words and following the same procedure:
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South -- Adonai Tzaboath
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West -- Eh-Ei-He
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North -- Agla.
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Now complete the white line drawn back to the center of the
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eastern pentagram. Note that the cardinal points must be
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followed in a clockwise order, and the pentagram must be
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drawn in the manner illustrated; to do otherwise would change
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the function of the ritual. The result of all this should be
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a large bright white pentagram visualized hanging in mid-air
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at each of the four directions, all tied together by a bright
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white line. You could now, for example, visualize the
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pentagrams moving out to the circumference of your home,
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thereby protecting all within.
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There is also a somewhat simplified version of this
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ritual in which the pentagram is traced only once overhead
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and then is energized with one of the four names, such as
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"Eh-Ei-He". Oftentimes the simplified version is sufficient,
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but naturally the effect of the full version is more
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complete.
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One of the primary uses of this ritual is to ward off
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psychic attack -- that is, when another is (consciously or
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unconsciously) attempting to harm you, cause sickness,
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accidents, bad dreams, emotional upset, or to force you to do
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something against your will. Fortunately this doesn't happen
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very often. The world of the magician is fairly safe for the
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pure of heart. Psychic attack usually depends upon
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vulnerabilities. If you are not vulnerable you are safe. Thus
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unificaition with the true will is the greatest protection
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possible. And the use of the banishing ritual is never
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hurtful. You can even use it to hold off negative aspects of
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yourself.
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Other forms of protection sometimes helpful
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(depending upon one's model) are recitation of the 'Lord's
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Prayer', the 23rd, and 91st Psalms.
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REVIEW QUESTIONS
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1) What is a pentagram?
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2) What is psychic healing? List the basic methods.
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3) What is the banishing ritual? Why is it used?
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BOOK LIST
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Dion Fortune, Psychic Self-Defense.
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________, Sane Occultism.
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Adeliade Gardner, Vital Magnetic Healing.
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Max Heindel, The Vital Body.
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Ernest Holms, The Science of Mind.
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Mouni Sadhu, Theurgy.
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Phil Hansford, 4/88
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Mysteria
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(818) 353-8891 (modem)
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P.O. Box 83
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Tujunga, CA 91042
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