The second ritual is as old as recorded history.  The Elemental Cross, or any of its variations by various names, is an intrinsic part of the Sphere of Protection. There are two primary variations. Candidates may use either one or any variation of their choice.

The Elemental Cross Ritual

The Elemental Cross Ritual is several thousand years old.  It's the same ritual as the more modern Kabbalistic (or Qabalistic) Cross.  It's the same ritual but with different words.  In reality, the Qabalistic Cross is just one form of the Elemental Cross which uses Hebrew God Names.  In the basic Elemental Cross, the ritualist may use any names for Deity the ritualist desires.

The intention of the Elemental Cross Ritual is to create a spiritual space where negative energies cannot exist and to enhance positive energies for the benefit of the ritualist.  The ritual is composed of seven distinct steps:

1. Preparation

2. Touch your forehead

3. Touch your lower abdomen

4. Touch your right shoulder

5. Touch your left shoulder

6. Form a standing cross

7. Complete the ritual

Those ritualists who want to use the Kabbalistic Cross are encouraged to do so.  But first learn the basic Elemental Cross:

Preparation

Find a space where you can stretch your hands out to your sides while standing erect.  Calm yourself and relax.  Center yourself and let the cares of this world fade away.  Take a deep breath and exhale completely then breath deeply and slowly.  Stay mentally alert and let all your thoughts fade away.  Stand erect with your hands at your side.

Touch your forehead

Reach up with your right hand above your head as far as you can reach.  Hold your wrist straight and don't bend it.  Bring your fingers together and draw a straight line down to your forehead.  As you draw this line, imagine or visualize it as a line of white light that extends to infinity above and comes down through the crown of your head to the  middle of your head.  Rest your fingers momentarily on your forehead, intone the name of Deity and then continue with the next step. 

Some people hold their index and middle fingers together with their thumb, the three digits touching each other.  The other two fingers are folded down into the palm of their hand.  Others hold their index and middle fingers erect, fold their other two fingers down into the palm of their hand and rest their thumb on those two fingers.  Yet others use only their index finger and fold the others into their palms.  You decide which fingers you want to use and how.

Intone the name of Deity you want to use when your fingers touch your forehead.  What name you use is entirely up to you.  Some people use their name for the Creator of the Universe when touching their forehead.  Others consider the head to be a combination of Father-Mother God.  Most consider this point to be the masculine father part of their pantheon.  

Intoning may be done aloud, silently or any way in between.  It may be done with a wide vibrato, called vibrating, with no vibrato or any way in between.  Some people mumble.  Others speak distinctly.  You decide how you want to intone what names of Deity.

Touch your lower abdomen

This point is about half-way between your belly button and pubic line.  As you bring your hand to this position draw a line of white light from the middle of your head to the middle of your lower abdomen halfway between your front and back.  Imagine or visualize this white line as continuing downward to infinity.  You now have a line of white light extending through you to infinity above and below.  Rest your fingers here momentarily and intone the name of Deity you assign to this place.  Some people next point down to infinity and then go to the next step.  Others just go to the next step.

Some people consider this to be the place of Spirit Below just as the forehead indicates Spirit above.  Others consider it to be the God of the Earth.  Most consider this the place of God the Son and the vertical line represents the masculine old and young deities.  Decide what name of Deity you want to use for this part of the cross.

Touch your right shoulder

Touch your right shoulder and imagine or visualize a line of white light extending to infinity on your right.  Imagine this light going not into your shoulder but straight through your side to your heart.  Rest your fingers on your shoulder momentarily and intone the name of Deity you want to assign to this direction.  Then move to the next step.

Those people who consider the forehead to represent the Creator usually consider the right shoulder to represent the masculine aspect of Deity.  Most people who consider the vertical line of white light as representing masculine Deity, also consider the horizontal line to represent feminine Deity.  They consider the right side of the crossbar to represent the older feminine aspect of Deity.  Decide what name of Deity you want to use for this portion of the crossbar on the Elemental Cross.

Touch your left shoulder

Touch your left shoulder and visualize or imagine the horizontal line of white light coming straight out from your heart and extending to infinity on your left.  Rest your fingers on your left shoulder momentarily and intone the name of Deity you want to assign to this direction.  Then go to the next step.

Those people who consider the forehead to represent the Creator usually consider the left shoulder to represent the feminine aspect of Deity.  Most people who consider the vertical line of white light as representing the feminine aspect of Deity, also consider the left side of the crossbar to represent the younger feminine aspect of Deity.  Decide what name you want to use for this portion of the crossbar on the Elemental Cross.

Form a standing cross

Extend both of your arms out to the side forming a standing cross.  Visualize or imagine a line of white light extending from your heart straight ahead to infinity and straight back to infinity thus making a three-dimensional Elemental Cross.  Intone the name of Deity you assign to the forward and backward directions, the name you assign to Deity Within or a phrase you use for completing the Elemental Cross.

Then bring your hands together in the prayer position and close the ritual or bring your right hand to your heart letting your left hand return to your side.  Then drop your right hand to your side or instead of touching your heart just bring both your hands to your side.  You have several options for closing this ritual.  Select one you prefer.

An Example of the Elemental Cross Ritual

Having prepared myself for doing a spiritual ritual, I stand facing East the direction of the rising Sun.  I extend my right hand upward to a position representing Deity Unmanifest and draw the white light down to the middle of my head and upward to infinity while bringing my hand down to my forehead.  I intone: "Osiris, mighty Father."

I bring my fingers from my forehead to my lower abdomen while bringing the white light from my head through my heart to my sacral plexus and on to infinity below.  I intone: "Horus, son of Osiris."

I bring my fingers to my right shoulder while visualizing a line of white light extending from my heart to infinity on my right.  I intone "Isis, mighty Mother."  Then I move my hand to my left shoulder while visualizing the white light going from my heart to infinity on my left while I intone: "Nephthys, daughter of Earth."

I become the sign of the cross by holding my hands straight out to my sides with my palms facing the Earth while visualizing the white light extending from my heart to infinity both in front of me and behind me, above me and below me, to my left and right.  I intone: "Protect me now and forever I pray."  Lowering my hands to my side I intone: "So mote it be."

This ends the example of the Elemental Cross Ritual.  Use your own words and create your own ritual for your purposes.  One of those purposes is to Circulate the Light of the Cross.  Another is to form a Sphere of Protection and then Circulate the Light.  There are other uses for the Elemental Cross which will be covered

The Qabalistic Cross Ritual

The Elemental Cross Ritual is several thousand years old.  It's the same ritual as the more modern Kabbalistic (or Qabalistic) Cross.  It's the same ritual but with different words.  In reality, the Qabalistic Cross is just one form of the Elemental Cross which uses Hebrew God Names.  In the basic Elemental Cross, the ritualist may use any names for Deity the ritualist desires.

The intention of the Kabbalistic Cross Ritual is to create a spiritual space where negative energies cannot exist and to enhance positive energies for the benefit of the ritualist.  The ritual is composed of seven distinct steps:

1. Preparation

2. Touch your forehead

3. Touch your lower abdomen

4. Touch your right shoulder

5. Touch your left shoulder

6. Form a standing cross

7. Complete the ritual

Those ritualists who want to use the Elemental Cross are encouraged to do so.  We suggest all ritualists at least familiarize themselves with the Qabalistic Cross Ritual.

Preparation

Find a space where you can stretch your hands out to your sides while standing erect.  Calm yourself and relax.  Center yourself and let the cares of this world fade away.  Take a deep breath and exhale completely then breath deeply and slowly.  Stay mentally alert and let all your thoughts fade away.  Stand erect with your hands at your side.

Touch your forehead

Reach up with your right hand above your head as far as you can reach.  Hold your wrist straight and don't bend it.  Bring your fingers together and draw a straight line down to your forehead.  As you draw this line, imagine or visualize it as a line of white light that extends to infinity above and comes down through the crown of your head to the  middle of your head.  Rest your fingers momentarily on your forehead, intone: "Ateh" which means "For thine is..." and then continue with the next step. 

Some people hold their index and middle fingers together with their thumb, the three digits touching each other.  The other two fingers are folded down into the palm of their hand.  Others hold their index and middle fingers erect, fold their other two fingers down into the palm of their hand and rest their thumb on those two fingers.  Yet others use only their index finger and fold the others into their palms.  You decide which fingers you want to use and how.

Intone: "Ateh" which means "for thine is."  Intoning may be done aloud, silently or any way in between.  It may be done with a wide vibrato, called vibrating, with no vibrato or any way in between.  Some people mumble.  Others speak distinctly.  You decide how you want to intone the names of Deity and the prayer accompanying the Kabbalistic Cross.

Touch your lower abdomen

This point is about half-way between your belly button and pubic line.  As you bring your hand to this position draw a line of white light from the middle of your head to the middle of your lower abdomen halfway between your front and back.  Imagine or visualize this white line as continuing downward to infinity.  You now have a line of white light extending through you to infinity above and below.  Rest your fingers here momentarily and intone: "Malkuth" which means "The Kingdom."  Some people next point down to infinity and then go to the next step.  Others just go to the next step.

Touch your right shoulder

Touch your right shoulder and imagine or visualize a line of white light extending to infinity on your right.  Imagine this light going not into your shoulder but straight through your side to your heart.  Rest your fingers on your shoulder momentarily and intone: "Ve Geburah" which means "the Power."  Then move to the next step.

Some Kabbalists prefer to form a Calvary Cross by having the light forming the crossbar go through their shoulders rather than their heart.  These same Kabbalists usually visualize or imagine the whole cross moving forward and backward to infinity when forming the standing cross.

Touch your left shoulder

Touch your left shoulder and visualize or imagine the horizontal line of white light coming straight out from your heart and extending to infinity on your left.  Rest your fingers on your left shoulder momentarily and intone: "Ve Gedulah" which means "and the Glory."  Then go to the next step.

Form a standing cross

Extend both of your arms out to the side forming a standing cross.  Visualize or imagine a line of white light extending from your heart straight ahead to infinity and straight back to infinity thus making a three-dimensional Elemental Cross.  Intone: "Le Olam" which means "forever and ever." 

Then bring your hands together in the prayer position and intone: "Amen."  Then drop your hands to your side.

An Example of the Kabbalistic Cross Ritual

Having prepared myself for doing a spiritual ritual, I stand facing East the direction of the rising Sun.  I extend my right hand upward to a position representing Deity Unmanifest and draw the white light down to the middle of my head and upward to infinity while bringing my hand down to my forehead.  I intone: "For Thine is..."

I bring my fingers from my forehead to my lower abdomen while bringing the white light from my head through my heart to my sacral plexus and on to infinity below.  I intone: "The Kingdom..."

I bring my fingers to my right shoulder while visualizing a line of white light extending from my heart to infinity on my right.  I intone: "The Power..."  Then I move my hand to my left shoulder while visualizing the white light going from my heart to infinity on my left while I intone: "and the Glory..."

I become the sign of the cross by holding my hands straight out to my sides with my palms facing the Earth while visualizing the white light extending from my heart to infinity both in front of me and behind me, above me and below me, to my left and right.  I intone: "Protect me now and forever I pray."  Lowering my hands to my side I intone: "So mote it be."

This ends the example of the Kabbalistic Cross Ritual.  Use your own words and create your own ritual for your purposes.  One of those purposes is to Circulate the Light of the Cross.  Another is to form a Sphere of Protection and then Circulate the Light.  There are other uses for the Elemental Cross which will be covered later.

Circulating the Light of the Cross

Circulating the Light can done either after first performing the Kabbalistic Cross or the Elemental Cross.  You're encouraged to find other ways in which Circulating the Light can be used. 

Elemental Cross

Kabbalistic Cross

Circulating the Light following an Elemental or Kabbalistic Cross Ritual is done in the following manner:

Visualize the line of white light going through you from top to bottom.  This light intersects the horizontal line going through your heart from left to right.  Take a deep breath and visualize the line above you  rotating down to the front of you.  At the same time, the line below is rotating toward the back of you.  As you exhale, spin this line of light quickly around you.  Take two more deep breaths and spin this line faster and faster. 

Secondly, visualize the line of white light going through your heart from left to right.  This light intersects the vertical line going through the middle of your body.  Take a deep breath and visualize the light on your right rotating toward the front of you.  At the same time, the light on your left is rotating toward the back of you.  As you exhale, visualize this line of light spinning around you counter-clockwise.  Take two more deep breaths and spin this line faster and faster.

Thirdly, visualize the horizontal line of white light going through your heart from left to right.  This light intersects the horizontal line going through your body from front to back.  Take a deep breath and visualize the line going out in front of you rotating up to above you.  At the same time, the line behind you is rotating down below you.  As you exhale, spin this line faster.  Take two more deep breaths and spin this line faster and faster.

You're now spinning three spheres of light around you.  Each sphere is spinning around one of the three arms of the cross.  The three spheres form one triple sphere spinning in three different directions all at the same time.  This is called a Ring-Not-Pass and forms an outer Sphere of Protection with you as the center.

Circulating the Light after completing the Invoking and Banishing Rituals is done in exactly the same manner.  However, in this case you also circulate the colored Elemental Symbols as well.  This is optional and forms a spinning multi-colored Sphere of Protection as the three primary colors mix and remix constantly to blend the colors into every color of the Rainbow.  For this reason Circulating the Light following the Invoking and Banishing Rituals is also known as creating the Rainbow Sphere of Protection.

Having advanced this far, the next step is to protect yourself against psychic attack.  Other people, becoming fearful or jealous of your spiritual advancement, may seek to harm you.  Disincarnate people may also sense you as a possible vehicle for helping them accomplish something here in the physical world.  You'll need to learn how to protect yourself against psychic attack.

The alternate description for Circulating the Light given earlier can be used if the student finds this approach more appealing.  The intent is to create a Ring-Pass-Not around you and circulate this all around you in three different directions to create a Sphere of Protection.  This sphere will protect you from both Elemental attacks and attacks by disincarnate beings. The final step is to protect yourself from psychic attack as well.

[ Protection Against Psychic Attack ] 

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