Welcome to the next set of foundational principles needed to effectively practice Goetic Magick. If you haven’t seen the first set or viewed my introduction, go here. For both your safety and your success in practising this ancient art, it’s important you start at the beginning.
Note: The ritual you see here is not a part of the actual Goetic summonings, it is in addition and used to become familiar with the guardians of the quarters. Though you may choose not to use it, make sure to at least brief the principles below before proceeding to part 6
Principles from Lesson 5
- The suggestion of conducting a separate ceremony to commune with the guardian angels of the four directions first is a good safety measure if you’re just starting out. Later on you will feel secure with the knowledge you have of them. When your chosen entity appears during an actual summoning session it’s easy to become frightened and unsure of yourself. By working with the four angels you remind yourself that you are protected if you’re connected to the divine.
- Though you don’t need to ritualistically call on the angels for protection if you already are aware of their presence and protection, it’s far easier to focus on and be aware of four than to go through the process of calling on all the angels which have control over the entity you’ve chosen to summon should you choose to do so.
- The Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram is a very effective ritual for both opening portals and banishing negative elements. It’s effective because it has been performed so many times. However, you need not perform this ritual to accomplish the effects mentioned above during your summoning. The important aspects of this ritual are: the acknowledgement there is a force greater than you which keeps order and in asking this force to protect you by sending guardian aspects of itself to oversee and protect you during your magickal working prior to the actual act of summoning.
- Keep in mind that you enter a dangerous place if you attempt to summon entities without feeling a connection with the divine.