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invoked and the Invoking Planetary Hexagrams (the end of Appendix II) used to increase the efficacy
of the ceremony. (4)
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[4] A very extended example of such a Jupiter Talisman consecration occurs in I. Regardie's The
Golden Dawn. Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul, 1971. Vol 3, pp221-228.
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Weapons
The consecration of the Four Elemental Weapons in Chapter Seven is an example of an invocation of
elemental forces into a material basis rather than the invocation of a god. But there are certain pieces
of magical equipment which are consecrated by the invocation of a god.
The Eucharist
This is 'one of the simplest and most complete of Magick (5) ceremonies', concerned with invocation.
The magician invokes the god, thereby transmuting the material basis, then consumes the sacrament,
and absorbs the energy and virtues of that god. Of course the magician can also administer this
sacrament to his assistants but more often the working is a closed cycle.
The magician uses the principle of the Eucharist by varying the physical basis according to the nature
of the god invoked; thus for Bacchus wine would be appropriate, for Ceres a corn wafer, for
Persephone a pomegranate, and possibly for Nuit the milk of the stars. The consecration of the
material substance should be proceeded by chastity and abstention from food for some twelve hours
beforehand. The place of working should be banished and consecrated with fire and water, as was
done for the consecration of the Elemental Weapons.
The invocation should then proceed with the intention of the operation clearly stated. At the climax of
the invocation the material basis should be elevated and take on the life of the god being invoked. The
magician should fall back in awe as he perceives the identification, then fearing lest he be unworthy of
the sacrament, consume it as if it were an act of love. The sacrament should be entirely consumed.
The magician allows the virtue of the god to flow through him and when it seems fit, for if the rite is
successful he will know the moment, he should banish and close the working.
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[5] 'Magick' is an old variant spelling of magic which has been revived this century by Aleister
Crowley to denote his variety of magic, as he said, 'I found myself at a loss for a name to designate
my work ... I chose therefore the name "MAGICK" as essentially the most sublime, and actually the
most discredited, of all the available terms.' Unfortunately many people seem to have forgotten this
and proceed to use the term indiscriminately to apply to anything vaguely occult. The quote comes
from Aleister Crowley, Magick in Theory and Practice. Castle Books, New York, nd, p179.
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