Candlelight Spells: The Modern Witch's Book of Spellcasting, Feasting, and Healing - Gerina Dunwich 2000

Ceremonial Evocation of Spirits
Spellcasting

Before performing this ceremony, it is traditional to fast with just water for three days. During this fasting period there should be much meditation, but absolutely under no circumstances should drugs, alcohol or tobacco be used. The body must be prepared by bathing in water to purify and remove all imperfections of the mind and psyche.

To evoke spirits, you will need a wand to exert influence on the spheres and to symbolize your will as a magician. It is best to use a wooden wand that has been fitted with a metal ring corresponding to the spheres:

SATURN: Lead

JUPITER: Tin

MARS: Iron

SUN: Gold

VENUS: Copper

MERCURY: Brass

MOON: Silver

Your ceremonial robe should be made of either white or black satin (depending upon which type of magick you are going to perform) with a matching belt. Elemental symbols and your own personal astrological symbols and/or coven insignia may be embroidered on the belt in red or gold.

Cast the magick circle beginning in the east and continuing clockwise for invocation and counter-clockwise for banishing spirits. The circle should be about nine feet in diameter. A large pentagram is then drawn inside of the circle with all five points of the star touching the circle. It is very important that the “top” of the pentagram star faces east.

If the circle and pentagram have been permanently drawn or painted on the floor, then the circle must be re-cast by tracing it with your ceremonial sword, beginning and ending the circle in the east. The invoking pentagram must also be traced with the sword in the same manner.

A sprinkling of salt and water around the circle is then done to consecrate the magick circle which not only functions as an invisible, impenetrable barrier to shield the magician against any harmful forces that may try to interfere with the ceremony, but also becomes a container of psychic power and super strength.

As you walk around the circle sprinkling the water and the salt, say:

I CONSECRATE AND CONJURE THEE

O CIRCLE OF MAGICK, RING OF POWER

SYMBOL OF PERFECTION AND CONSTANT RENEWAL

GUARDIAN AND PROTECTOR

ETERNAL AND INFINITE.

It is most important to remember that once the circle has been consecrated, it must not be broken and you should never attempt to leave its protection during the ceremony. Only after the ceremony when all spirits have been banished may the circle be uncast.

Five candles should be lit and placed around the magick circle—one on each of the five points of the pentagram. It is very important that the candles be of the proper symbolic color:

WHITE represents purity, spirituality and healing.

BLACK represents all negative forces, revenge and death.

RED represents sexual potency, love and good health.

GREEN represents fertility, good fortune and success.

BLUE represents protection, wisdom and occult power.

PURPLE represents psychic awareness and the higher realms of consciousness.

Incense should be burned to provide the proper atmosphere, attract spirits and stimulate the mental and psychic senses.

Now you are ready to step into the center of the circle. Stand facing east and hold the wand in your right hand if you are invoking a positive spirit to aid you in performing white magick. If you are invoking a negative spirit to aid you in black magick, you must hold the wand in your left hand and hold a ceremonial sword or athame in your right hand.

Concentrate on the particular spirit you wish to evoke and then repeat out loud:

I CONJURE THEE, O SPIRIT OF _____

BY THE POWER OF THE SUPREME MAJESTY

AND BY THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSE.

RISETH FROM THE SHADOWS OF DARKNESS

AND MATERIALIZE BEFORE ME IN HUMAN FORM

FREE OF HELLISH DEFORMITY AND HORROR.

COME, THEREFORE, IN THE HOLY NAMES

JETROS, ATHENOROS, PARACLETUS

AND BY THE NAME OF THE GOD WHO RULES

OVER THEE

AND TO WHOM YOU OWEST THINE OBEDIENCE.

APPEAR NOW BEFORE THIS CIRCLE TO DO MY WILL!

I INVOKE AND COMMAND THEE, O SPIRIT OF _____

BY THE SACRED POWER OF TETRAGRAMMATON

RETROGRAMMATON, PENTAGRAMMATON!

I INVOKE AND COMMAND THEE BY THE POWER

OF ALL GODS AND GODDESSES WHO ARE ONE.

I INVOKE AND COMMAND THEE BY THE HOLY NAMES

OF ADONAI, ZEBAOTH, AMIORAM

AND BY THE TRUE NAME OF THE ETERNAL GOD.

DO THOU COME FORTHWITH, O SPIRIT

SPEAK UNTO ME IN CLEAR VOICE

THAT I MAY UNDERSTAND THEE

AND MANIFEST THAT WHICH I DESIRE.

After the magick work had been accomplished and a thanksgiving properly expressed, you must release the spirit from your power before closing the magick circle. To do this, say:

O SPIRIT OF _____

THOU HAD SERVED ME WELL.

I HEREBY GRANT THEE FREEDOM TO DEPART

AND RETURN TO THY DWELLING PLACE

IN THE SHADOWS.

DEPART NOW IN PEACE

AND BE THOU WILLING AND READY TO COME

WHENEVER EXORCIZED AND CONJURED

BY THE SACRED RITES OF MAGICK.

SO MOTE IT BE.

Uncast the magick circle by tracing it with the ceremonial sword, starting in the east and moving in a counterclockwise direction around the circle and ending in the east. The same tracing gesture must be done over the pentagram. Start at the top point facing east and move the sword in the reverse direction from which the pentagram was drawn until the entire star has been traced backwards.

Reconstruct the temple by removing the ritual tools from the circle and returning them to their normal storage area. Remove the ceremonial robe and belt, and like all other ritual objects, keep them in a safe undisturbed place. No one other than the magician or coven must ever be allowed to see or touch them. And it is important that they never be used for any purpose other than working magick.