The Sphere of Protection and the Sphere of Protection Against Psychic Attack are used to protect the magician while he or she travels the inner planes as well as during day to day activities in this mundane life. This ritual is recommended prior to any and all magical rituals and initiations. The previous two rituals are an intrinsic part of the Sphere of Protection and should first be practiced until they can be performed effortlessly

The Sphere of Protection

The first step in forming the Sphere of Protection is to perform either the Elemental Cross Ritual or the Kabalistic Cross Ritual.  Magical Golden Dawn recommends you try both and select the one which appeals to you the most.

The Elemental Cross

The Kabalistic Cross

The next step is to simultaneously invoke and banish the Elements starting with Air in the East.  We start with Air in the East as a matter of convention.  There is, of course, no reason why the ritualist may not start with any direction.  There's also no reason not to assign the Element of Air to a different direction at the option of the ritualist. In point of fact, if you already assign the Air Element to another direction, there's no reason why you should not continue to do so.

In the Sphere of Protection we invoke the positive aspects of the Element in question and at the same time banish the negative aspects.  The positive aspects are those which nourish and enrich the ritualist and others while the negative aspects are those which are considered to be harmful to the ritualist or others. 

We use the method for invoking the Element and only the invoking procedure.  When we charge the symbol in living color we state our intention to invoke the positive aspects we desire and at the same time banish the negative aspects we don't want in our lives. Since we're Invoking and Banishing at the same time, there's no need to close the ritual at any time.

In the rituals to follow certain colors are assigned to each Element.  While these are the customary colors, they are not universal.  The ritualist may already have another color assigned to the Elements or may prefer to use another color.  This is a matter of personal choice.  In any event, we're going to start with the Element of Air.

Invoking and Banishing Air Elements

Invoking and Banishing Fire Elements

Invoking and Banishing Water Elements

Invoking and Banishing Earth Elements

Invoking Spirit

Simultaneously Invoking and Banishing the Elements

Circulating the Light

By combining these rituals into one comprehensive ritual of protection we cast the most effective form of protection possible.  Having completed the ritual we may now state an over-riding intention for the sphere to protect us for a specific purpose or from a specific evil.  The ritual for Protection Against Psychic Attack is one such special purpose for which the Sphere of Protection may be used.

We suggest Candidates practice the Sphere of Protection daily for several weeks.  That's a good time to study the Candidate's lessons.

One other technique you can use is called the Cube of Protection.  What you do is create a Sphere of Protection about yourself.  Then change the size and shape of that sphere to conform with your workspace.  This may be an altar, a room, a building, temple or a large open space.  Just expand the Sphere of Protection to conform with the real or imaginary walls of your space and you have a Cube of Protection.

Only those with your permission may enter this Cube of Protection.  The more powerful you become as a magician, the more powerful this Cube of Protection will become in the physical universe.  But in the astral and higher planes your Cube of Protection will keep out anything and anybody you don't allow to enter.  That makes the Cube of Protection a very powerful form of protection.

Please keep in mind that the study materials for the Candidate form the set of basic knowledge required to advance through the initiations of Magical Golden Dawn.  These initiations are very powerful and they will completely change the person you are today.  You will advance step by step to become a spiritual adept and everything you want to become and more.

Protection Against Psychic Attack
by Brother A. A.

As you progress along your spiritual path, you'll undoubtedly pique the interest of others, both incarnate and disincarnate.  Those incarnated in the flesh may be tempted to attack you psychically in order to elevate themselves.  The net result of their attack is to hinder their spiritual growth.  At the same time, you may experience some negativity in your life because of their negative energy.  You can protect yourself against these attacks.

Those not incarnated in the flesh are usually, but not always, more benign.  They usually just want to get your attention to deliver a message for them to somebody residing in the flesh.  Occasionally, they want to talk with you, to warn you of some coming event, to persuade you to change your ways, or just to chat with somebody who'll listen.  It's good to remember, when working with disincarnate entities, that they're not all Holy people.  In fact, they're just exactly the same person they were when they died except they no longer have a physical vehicle.

The disincarnate may communicate with you in any number of ways including:

1. Visual: by showing you themselves or other things

2. Auditory: by speaking to you or making other sounds

3. Tactile: by touching you or causing sensations on or within your skin 

4. Olfactory: by causing odors to affect your sense of smell

5. Gustatory: by causing tastes to affect your tongue

6. Psychic: by attempting to cause you some sort of harm

The incarnate may also attempt to harm you psychically by using any one or more of those same techniques in their psychic attack.  They may send you pictures, messages, sensory perceptions, odors or tastes.  More likely they will attempt to harm you in a physical or emotional manner, to cause you physical injury, to induce a heart attack, to choke you, to induce fear and terror, or great sadness and depression.

By whatever method your assailant may attack you or benign entities may intrude into your mind, you have at your disposal a most helpful form of protection called the Sphere of Protection.  When used to protect yourself against psychic attack, use the following adjustments or additions to the Sphere of Protection.  The adjustments may be substituted for the intentions of the Sphere of Protection, but our intention is to add them to the Sphere.  That way you have two layers of protection against attack.  These are the suggested adjustments or additions:

Air

The Element of Air is associated with sound, any kind of sound including psychic or disincarnate voices.  When banishing Air also banish all unwanted voices and sounds.

Fire

The Element of Fire is associated with sight, any form of visual aid including their physical body when incarnate here on Earth.  When banishing Fire also banish all unwanted visions of every kind.

Water

The Element of Water is associated with touching and emotions including all sensations to the skin.  When banishing Water also banish all sense of touch.  Unwanted emotions are included in the regular Sphere of Protection.

Earth

The Element of Earth is associated with both taste and smell including all unsolicited smells and tastes.  When banishing Earth also banish all unsolicited tastes and smells.

Spirit

There may be times when you want these intrusions, or at least some of them.  These times include an emergency and anytime you voluntarily want to speak with disincarnate beings.  When invoking Spirit you can indicate such times or establish a signal so disincarnate beings know this is the time you will offer them an audience. 

Several years ago when I did a lot of trance mediumship and channeling I used the symbol for Spirit Above anytime during the day when I was willing to open myself to disincarnate beings.  I still use that symbol and I always state my specific purpose when using it.  I've had to stop opening myself to all the entities that want to talk.  There's just not enough time in the day to listen to every one of them.  But, I do allow urgent messages for people I know at the end of my sessions.

These simple techniques really do work.  The secret is to learn the Sphere of Protection very well first.  Then expand it to include psychic protection.  The alternative is to do the Sphere of Protection and follow that with a Sphere of Psychic Protection.  This second method is suggested to those people who have a problem receiving too much information from the other side.  After a few days or weeks, when the individual has solved his or her psychic problem, the two rituals may be combined into one.

If, after using the Sphere of Protection for several days you still experience unwanted communications, we suggest you try the Essene Healing Breath to raise your vibration level.  Perform the Sphere of Protection, spend ten to fifteen minutes doing the Essene Healing Breath Meditation, and then perform the Sphere of Psychic Protection.  After several days or a few weeks this can all be compressed down into one expanded version of the Sphere of Protection.

If, and this is extremely unlikely, after a few weeks you still have difficulty with unwanted communications, please consider speaking with one of our approved (member of Order) Spiritual Coaches. 

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