Appendix d

THE ROSE CROSS RITUAL

This is a banishing and, even more, a means of protection and healing. While the pentagrams and activity of the other rituals may attract attention on a psychic level, this tends to make you invisible. If you need a rest, or you feel that someone is harassing you magickally, psychologically or physically, this is a good means of withdrawing.

0. Prepare a space for working: clear out any extraneous furniture, images, objects, etc. Have on hand a stick of incense; sandalwood, rose or amber are good - avoid kinds that are extremely sweet. You will also need something to light the incense with, and a holder or ashtray of some type in which to place it when you are done with it. You can play some gentle, instrumental music if you wish, or work in silence, if it is available.

1. Face the South East corner of your space. Light the incense stick. Holding the stick out before you, to the South East, draw a large rose cross, like this:

2. Point the incense at the center of the rose cross and vibrate the word YHShVH (Yeh-hesh-oo-ah). See section at the end of this appendix for notes on meanings of Hebrew words.

3. Holding your incense at the level of the center of the cross, proceed to the South West comer and repeat the gesture and vibration.

4. Continue on to the North West comer. Repeat gesture and vibration.

5. Continue on to North East comer. Repeat gesture and vibration.

6. Bring the incense up over your head. Proceed like that diagonally across your space toward the South West. In the center of the space, draw a rose cross above you, parallel to the ceiling. Vibrate YHShVH.

7. Continue on to the South West. Let the point of the incense meet up with the center of the cross you previously drew in that comer.

8. Lower the incense to point at the floor. Walk back toward the North East comer, stopping in the center to draw a rose cross on the floor beneath you. Vibrate YHShVH.

9. Continue on to the North East, where you can allow the point of the incense to meet up with the center of the cross already drawn there.

10. Holding the incense at the level of the center of that cross, proceed to the South East comer, where you first began, and meet up with the center of that cross.

11. Then repeat the diagonal operations, walking between the South East comer and the North West comer. You do not have to redraw the rose cross above and below the center of the space, merely meet up with them and vibrate YHShVH. Return to South East.

12. Circumnavigate the space, meeting up with crosses at SW, NW, NE, and return to SE.

13. In South East comer, draw another rose cross, larger than the previous ones. As you draw the lower part of the circle, vibrate YHShVH, as you draw the upper part of the circle, vibrate YHVShH (Yeh-ho-va-shah).

14. Go to the center of your space, facing East. Place the incense in its holder.

15. Extend arms to sides, straight out from shoulders so that body forms a cross. Say, " Yod, Nun, Resh, Yod "

16. Keeping left arm extended to the side, raise right arm straight up, pointing at ceiling. Bow head toward left arm. Say: " Virgo, Isis, Mighty Mother. "

17. Raise both arms above the head to form a V. Say: " Scorpio Apophis Destroyer. "

18. Cross the arms across the chest, bow head, say: " Sol, Osiris, Slain and Risen. "

19. Gradually raise your arms, saying: " Isis, Apophis, Osiris. "

20. When arms are raised, vibrate the word IAO (ee-aah-oo).

21. Make L.V.X. signs again (16 - 18), saying: " L. V. X., LUX, Light "

22. Fold your hands on your chest, bow your head, say: " Let the Light descend. " Visualize white light descending from above to fill the space.

YHShVH = Tetragrammaton (YHVH) symbolizing the four elements (see chapter 3-3.Banishing, notes on the Lesser Pentagram Ritual), with Sh, spirit interposed. Also the hebrew name for Jesus. Compare with YHVShH.