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. Water in a previously unused container.
. Incense, preferably of a type appropriate to the planet concerned (planetary incenses are supplied by some firms, otherwise the best incenses are for Saturn,
myrrh or civet; for Jupiter, cedar; for Mars, tobacco; for the Sun, olibanum; for Venus, benzoin, rose or red sandal; for Mercury, storax; for the Moon, jasmine
or jinseng; and for the Earth, Dittany of Crete). Failing this, either Church incense burnt on coals or pure sandalwood joss-sticks are the best all round incenses.
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. Salt.
. A small cutting instrument.
. A cloth (preferably real silk) of the appropriate colour.
The ritual for the Consecration of a Talisman
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. Place the talisman on a cloth (if possible silk of the appropriate colour) and visualize above the talisman a large sphere, luminous and of the same colour.
. State in a single sentence, aloud (for greater emphasis) the written intention and objective of the ceremony.
. Sprinkle the talisman with the water saying 'I consecrate this talisman with Water to the end that it may (here repeat the intention again).'
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[6] This is not to be slavishly adhered to but is given as an example of format. By now the magician should have sufficient grasp of the principles to construct
elementary rituals of his own.
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. Light the incense and pass the talisman the appropriate number of times through its smoke, saying as you do so; 'I consecrate this talisman with Fire to the
end that it may (here repeat the intention again).'
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. Breathe upon the talisman the appropriate number of times saying 'I consecrate this talisman with Air to the end that it may (here repeat the intention again).'
. Sprinkle the talisman with the salt saying 'I consecrate this talisman with Earth to the end that it may (here repeat the intention again).'
On each of the four preceding operations visualize the large coloured sphere suspended in the air above the talisman getting smaller, more compact, more
intense, brighter, and more powerful.
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