by Joseph Max.555 and Lilith Darkchilde.777
!*WARNINGS*: Lilith is a primal egregore
of the dark animal. She is unfettered sexual dominance and power. This
invocation should not be attempted by those with little background in
ceremonial magic, nor by those who harbour unresolved psychological problems
related to sexuality.If blood is to be drawn, or sexual activities ensue,
all precautions pertaining to the prevention of diseases borne by blood
or sexual fluids should properly be observed. It may be wise to appoint
a "guardian" who shall "observe" the rite as it proceeds
from a detached viewpoint and intervene if the participants, in their
excess, are about to commit dangerous acts. The guardian should cast
hir own circle of protection about hirself. The guardian should only
intervene if there is a threat of serious bodily harm; otherwise, events
must be allowed to transpire as they will. Anyone fearful of the possible
psychological effects of this rite would do well not to participate in
it in the first place. It is not for the timid.
With these caveats, all discretion pertaining to these
matters is left to the participants. The authors assume no responsibility
for the irresponsibility of the participants in performance of this rite.
You have been warned!
Materials:
- Black, and/or purple candles
- Musk incense
- A silver chalice
- A scourging whip ("cat-o-nine-tails" type)
- Black cape, preferable satin (for Main Operator)
- Red wine
- A (sterile) scalpel or x-acto knife (to draw blood)
- A fairly decent music playback system, and an ominous, sexual musical selection.
(Diamanda Galas, "Deliver Me From My Enemies" or This Mortal Coil, "Filigree
and Shadow" are excellent choices, but this is left up to the participants.
Preparation:
Lilith is the primal feminine aspect of dark sexuality.
For that reason, it is the opinion of the authors that invocation is
more likely to succeed if the Main Operator is female. This is not to
discount the possibility of success with a male M.O., but he must be
able to contact his primal feminine nature strongly enough to succeed
at invoking she who is the most fundamental of all feminine demons. The
participants may be either male or female or a mixture of both in any
proportion.The applications of this rite vary considerably. Since it
is a combined Lunar/Saturnine working, it may be approached as a ritual
rehearsal of sex and death (very Thanateros-ian, eh?) - much like Carroll's
Thanateros Invocation from _Liber Kaos_. As presented here, it is a ritual
of liberation and is also used to bring forth a Word Of Power from the
egregore for subsequent use by the participants; therefore the Statement
of Intent reflects this intention. The Statement should be tailored to
properly express the intentions of a particular working.
The Rite:
0. Large black candles are arranged in a circle around
the temple space and lit, as is copious quantities of incense. The room
should be thick with smoke.
1. Banish by LBRP, GPR, Vortex or other procedure as desired.
2. The Main Operator, naked beneath the black robe, takes position in the middle
of the circle. She holds the scourge in her right hand. Other participants
sit in a circle around the M.O. The music begins.
3. The Statement of Intent is declared by the M.O. and echoed by all participants: "It
is our Will to invoke the egregore of Lilith, so that by her spirit we experience
the power of Sex and Death and obtain her Word Of Power!"
4. The following passage (see notes) is recited by the M.O. to invoke the persona
of Lilith into hir body and mind: "I am the daughter of Fortitude and
ravished every hour from my youth. For behold, I am Understanding, and science
dwelleth in me; and the heavens oppress me. They covet and desire me with infinite
appetite; for none that are earthly have embraced me, for I am shadowed with
the Circle of the Stars, and covered with the morning clouds. My feet are swifter
than the winds, and my hands are sweeter than the morning dew. My garments
are from the beginning, and my dwelling place is in myself. The Lion knoweth
not where I walk, neither do the beasts of the field understand me. I am deflowered,
yet a virgin; I sanctify and am not sanctified. Happy is he that embraceth
me: for in the night season I am sweet, and in the day full of pleasure. My
company is a harmony of many symbols, and my lips sweeter than health itself.
I am a harlot for such as ravish me, and a virgin with such as know me not.
Purge your streets, O ye sons of men, and wash your houses clean; make yourselves
holy, and put on righteousness. Cast out your old strumpets, and burn their
clothes and then I will bring forth children unto you and they shall be the
Sons of Comfort in the Age that is to come."
5. The participants then begin chanting the mantra of Lilith. As they chant,
the Main Operator must sink into a deep gnostic trance and invoke the spirit
of Lilith into hir body."Flesh she will eat, blood she will drink!" (repeat)
6. As the chant continues, one participant (the Secondary
Operator) recites the following: "Dark is she, but brilliant! Black
are her wings, black on black! Her lips are red as rose, kissing all
of the Universe! She is Lilith,who leadeth forth the hordes of the abyss,
and leadeth man to ruin! She is the irresistible fulfiller of all lust,
seer of desire. First of all women was she - Lilith, not Eve was the
first! Her hand brings forth the revolution of the Will and true freedom
of the mind! She is KI-SI-KIL-LIL-LA-KE, Queen of the Magic Circle! Look
on her in lust and despair!
7. The participants begin to chant "Lilith! Lilith! Lilith!" repeatedly
as the the M.O. invokes the Lilithian egregore. One by one they pass around
the scalpel and cut their left thumb and anoint their foreheads with blood.
They then pass around the chalice (which is filled with red wine) and touch
it to their foreheads one by one. After all have done so, it is taken to the
M.O. who drains it in a single draught. This is the climax of the invocation.
8. If the invocation is successful, all participants should feel the emotions
of simultaneous fear, lust and the urge to submit. Forced over-breathing or
another variation of Death Posture should be used to deepen each participant's
level of gnosis until they come close to fainting. As they are overcome by
these emotions, they should fall to the ground and prostrate themselves before
Lilith.
9. What proceeds next is not specified, but left up to the will of the egregore.
She may choose to scourge the participants, or mock them or entice them or
seduce them. She may force them to commit various unspeakable acts of lust
upon her or each other. All participants must submit to her will, whatever
it may be - it would be dangerous in the extreme to do otherwise; do not risk
the wrath of Lilith!
10. Eventually the energy of the group will begin to wane. At this point, the
S.O. (prompted by the guardian, if nessesary) will rise and face the M.O. and
recite the following in a commanding voice:
"Black Moon, Lilith, sister darkest,
Whose hands form the hellish mire,
At my weakest, at my strongest,
Molding me as clay from fire.
Black Moon, Lilith, Mare of Night,
You cast your litter to the ground
Speak the Name and take to flight
Utter now the secret sound!"
11. The M.O. from within the depths of the Lilith-trance,
will call out a name, as the legendary Lilith did call out the unutterable
name of God to rise up from Eden into the heavens. It is not known in
advance what this word will be, but it will most certainly be a Word
of Power to be used subsequently by the participants in further magickal
work.
12. If all has been done properly, the spirit of Lilith will flee the M.O.
at the calling of the Name, and s/he will likely fall to the ground, spent.
The guardian or S.O. should then draw an upright pentagram over the M.O., a
full facial lustration of cold water is administered to hir, and s/he is called
forth by her ordinary name until s/he responds.
13. The temple is banished and closed.
Notes:
The invocation is the text of a message delivered by
an unidentified spirit entity to Sir Edward Kelly in 1592 during a scrying
ritual. Kelly, along with Dr. John Dee (Queen Elizibeth's Royal Astrologer),
originated the Enochian system of magic. The vision of this entity so
frightened Kelly that he abandoned the working of magic from that day
forward. Though Kelly never identified the entity, in our opinion it
represented the Lilith egregore. The calling forth of Lilith is adapted
from "The Hymn to Hecate" by Frater U:.D:.
I found these lyrics, along with many other Genesis song lyrics, at Maksim
Moshkow's Library
Black Moon and Astrology - From the article "Lilith:
the "first" woman by Clara Negri:
In some horoscopes the monthly passage of Lilith is shown, together with
her influence on human sexuality. Her meanings in the Houses, the Signs
and the Aspects with other planets will be more or less considered as
those of a strongly damaged Venus or of a Venus who sublimes negatively
her sexuality. We also remind you that Lilith, the Black Moon, allows
us to discover, in addition to the obscure side of our sexuality, our
relation with occultism, transcendent, mental powers. In fact, if she's
in a very strong position, Lilith always causes a strong intellectual
excitement and plays a leading role in many horoscopes of mediums, occultists
and sensitives. You don't have to be surprised by that, because the Moon,
black or white, always symbolizes the unconscious, the intuition and the
inspiration.
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