FULL TUTORIAL: The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, LEFT-HAND PATH VERSION

Summary

This video presents a left-hand path adaptation of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP), originally developed by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Designed for practitioners seeking a cthonic or infernal approach, the ritual guides viewers through meditation, visualization, and energy work to cultivate mental clarity, inner peace, and personal empowerment. The host explains each step in detail, including the Fee of the Black Flame, raising pentagrams, and invoking cardinal demons, while emphasizing optional poses, gestures, and colors for customization. The ritual intentionally avoids traditional Judeo-Christian symbolism, offering a profound exploration of cosmic forces and infernal energies for modern ceremonial practice.

Takeaways

• 🌌 The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP) is a foundational ceremonial magic ritual, originally created by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
• 🌀 The LBRP is designed to help novices learn ceremonial magic and banish unwanted energies from an area.
• 🧘‍♂️ Practicing the LBRP provides benefits like mental clarity, inner peace, heightened psychic senses, and overall well-being.
• 🔥 Modern adaptations may shift away from Judeo-Christian elements, such as Hebrew God names, to accommodate alternative spiritual paths.
• 🌑 The left-hand path adaptation incorporates cthonic and infernal energies, aiming to honor these forces without disrespect.
• 💫 Visualization is crucial: practitioners imagine shrinking the physical world until only pure existence and cosmic energies remain.
• ⚡ The Black Flame technique replaces the traditional Cross, involving the drawing down of light and black energy, representing cosmic and infernal powers.
• 🖐️ Ritual poses, gestures, and vibrations are used to channel energies, including the creation of intertwined beams, the 'axis mundi,' and invoking apotheosis.
• 🔺 Pentagrams, either regular or inverted, are drawn with intentional elemental significance, visualized with blue or black flames to represent different energies.
• 👹 Cardinal demons are invoked in specific directions, each associated with vivid visualizations of symbolic figures and elements, integrating them into the ritual's energy framework.
• 🙏 The ritual can conclude with a personalized prayer or affirmation, such as 'kuta,' symbolizing the manifestation of intended energies into life.

Q & A

What is the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP)?

The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP) is a ceremonial magic ritual created by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. It is designed to banish unwanted energies and has practical uses for enhancing mental clarity, psychic abilities, and achieving a sense of inner peace.

Why have some modern practitioners moved away from the LBRP?

Many modern practitioners have distanced themselves from the LBRP due to its reliance on Judeo-Christian theology. Specifically, the ritual uses Hebrew God names and invokes various angels, which some left-hand path practitioners find incompatible with their own spiritual practices.

How does this version of the LBRP differ from the traditional one?

This version of the LBRP is adapted for left-hand path practitioners, particularly those working with chthonic and infernal energies. It replaces the traditional Hebrew God names and angelic invocations with alternative symbols and affirmations, honoring different sources of power.

What is the significance of facing West during the ritual?

Facing West during the ritual is done to venerate the Dusk Star, Venus, which was observed by the Canaanites on Mount Zaphon. This is also the location where Lucifer is said to have fallen, making it an appropriate direction for this reimagined LBRP.

What does the 'Fee of the Black Flame' represent in this version of the LBRP?

The 'Fee of the Black Flame' is a reimagining of the Kabbalistic Cross portion of the traditional LBRP. It replaces the Lord’s Prayer with a blasphemous affirmation 'I am one, and I am all forever,' representing the individual’s connection to the divine adversary and their own inner power.

How is the 'Black Flame' visualized during the ritual?

The Black Flame is visualized as a sphere of black light that inflames below the practitioner, rising through the body and spreading outward, symbolizing the energy of creation and destruction. It is also seen as representing the ascent of the Dragon from the abyss, empowered by Promethean fire.

What does the symbol of the intertwined vertical and horizontal beams represent?

The symbol of intertwined beams through the practitioner’s body, forming a shape similar to the caduceus, represents a balancing of personal and cosmic energies. It embodies the perfection of the divine and the ascension of the practitioner into apotheosis.

What is the purpose of drawing pentagrams during the ritual?

Drawing the pentagrams during the ritual serves to invoke and banish elemental forces. Depending on the direction, they represent different elements or spiritual concepts. The practitioner is tasked with drawing them with intentionality, either as regular or inverted pentagrams, based on their magical intent.

What role do the Cardinal Demons play in this version of the LBRP?

The Cardinal Demons are invoked to represent elemental and cosmic forces. Each demon is associated with a specific direction and element, and their invocation helps to strengthen the practitioner's connection to the infernal realms, symbolizing power over the elements and the cosmos.

What does the phrase 'dissolve and coagulate' mean in this context?

'Dissolve and coagulate' refers to the forces of creation and destruction. It symbolizes the breakdown and reconstruction of energetic structures, representing the practitioner’s control over these forces as they shape their reality and spiritual path.