by burnt herbs, plants, and such as cakes and alco- by mentally multiplying . seeing them fill infinite space.
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Offerings need not always be done ceremoniously or formally. You can leave a dime or some whiskey on a grave, lay some flowers or pour some water near a tree or plant, or burn some incense in the backyard and mentally offer it to the 10 directions. Acts of generosity like this, no matter how small, serve to build up a good relationship with the spiritual forces around your home and wherever you travel.
If you do want to make a formal ritual offering, the following is a ritual that is short enough to be done regularly, if not daily. The rite rewards protectors and familiars who have worked on your behalf and pacifies those spirits that would cause obstacles and harm to you and those under your protection. This rite speaks to elemental and spirit forces generally. The potential to make this a more elaborate offering ritual geared at specific classes of spirits exists but care should be taken as to what is offered. Certain spirits can be offended if the wrong type of offering is made. For instance, in some Mro-Caribbean traditions an offering of salt will upset the dead, and in the Himalayas offerings of meat will enrage the N agas. In the future I hope to publish a more detailed book on the classes of spirits and offerings traditional to each. In the meantime, if you want to make more elaborate offerings to specific types of beings, let research, omens, and dreams guide you in your efforts.
In the following rite, the physical support for the offerings will be some incense or a burnt wood such as juniper or sandalwood. If you are doing the rite outside, you can add to this some water, tea, or whiskey to spill on the ground as a libation. Because you are making offerings to spirits that may initially be hostile to you, I recommend staying away from herbs that aid in the manifestation of spirits such as dittany of Crete of mullein. I call the incense a "physical support"
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because you will be feeding that incense with energy directly, visualiz ing it filling all space, and willing it to take on whatever shape is most pleasing to the recipient.
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Take your incense and your libation, if you have one, and arrange them on an altar or table. Don't light the incense yet.
Part 1: Purification of the Offerings
Hold your hands over the offerings forming the triangle of manifestation between your hands. Say the following:
By Earth, the body of the gods By Water, their flowing blood By Air, the breath of the gods By Fire, their burning soul
May these offerings be made blessed and made pure.
As you say this consider that any impurities in the offerings are washed, blown, and burned away.
Part 2: Inviting the Guests
IO EVOHE! IO DAEMONES! DAIMONES EVOHE!
Spirits of the firmament of earth and of ether Spirits of the dry land and of the flowing water Spirits of the whirling air and of rushing fire Come! Come! unto me place Every undine . gnomish spirit! Come! Come! All spirits who human action!
Part 3: Making the
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Phantoms of the dead the quick and in-between To those whom I owe debt and who owes debt unto me
Famulus and guardians who are bound unto me! Come! Come!
Every dryad, slyph, and satyr who dwells within this place
Every undine and salamander, every fey and gnomish spirit!
Every succubi and incubi, every spectre of ill will Come! Come!
All spirits who cause help or harm in response to human action!
Come here according to your desires, be seated on the thrones
Io Evohe! Come! Come! Part 3: Making the Offering
Light the incense. Give the sign of offering, which is done by rubbing your palms together several times until they become hot. Then turn your palms upward, and, as the heat leaves your
hands, imagine that clouds of offerings flow from them and mingle with the incense smoke, filling all space.
Clouds of offerings, I give to you Food and drink and fumigation Enjoy! Enjoy!
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Let the offerings arise and pervade all space Let it take the form that is most desired Enjoy! Enjoy!
Friends and family from former lives I am grateful for your past kindness Enjoy! Enjoy!
You who form obstacles as retribution to my action Forgive any offense made by mistake or delusion Enjoy! Enjoy!
Spirits of the dead and trapped in-between spaces Wardens of this ground and keepers of the winds Enjoy! Enjoy!
Guardians and familiars, be thou fulfilled Quickly realize my hopes and desires Enjoy! Enjoy!
To each of you I offer inexhaustible treasures and Delightful substances and enjoyments.
You who would harm me
Partake of this feast and be at peace You who would help me
Be fulfilled and accomplish that with which you are charged
After making this charge, you can either go directly on to the next section, or sit and try to commune with the forces invoked.
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Take your last peace.
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These three practices of all become regular parts of be to do all three every da�; day. This seems like a lot, but practices daily, then you three or four times a week
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Part 4: License to Depart
Honored guests of this temple, the window of our communion is closing,
Take your last taste of these enjoyments and go in peace.
Vacate the thrones of the feast and go forth unto your abodes and habitations as you desire,
Forever act as friends and helpers. SoMoteltBe
These three practices of meditation, banishing, and offering should all become regular parts of your magickal regimen. The ideal would be to do all three every day, meditation a d banishings perhaps twice a day. This seems like a lot, but really it isn't much time at all, especially after you learn the rituals by heart. If you can not do them or similar practices daily, then you should at least shoot to meditate and banish three or four times a week and perform offerings at least once a week.