The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram

A foundational rite of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

For cleansing, protection, alignment, and spiritual centering.

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✦ PURPOSE

This ritual banishes all disharmonious, stagnant, or chaotic influences from the space and the subtle body. It consecrates the ritual environment and establishes the magician as a balanced microcosmic reflection of the divine order.

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✦ STRUCTURE OF THE RITE

1. Qabalistic Cross – Invocation of Divine Light

2. Banishing Pentagrams at the Four Quarters – Sealing the space

3. Evocation of the Four Archangels – Guardian alignment

4. Qabalistic Cross (Repeat) – Centering and conclusion

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I. QABALISTIC CROSS

Face East. Stand upright, envisioning yourself at the center of the universe.

With hand or dagger, perform the following:

• Touch forehead:

“ATEH” (Unto Thee)

(Visualize light from above entering your crown)

• Touch chest: