You might want to grab a snack or a coffee or something, this is a long one 
. I’ve included some headers, however, so feel free to pick which section you’re most interested in if you don’t want to read through it all.
– Law of Attraction
I just read through the Rose Manning book, thanks for the tip! I’ve not read much on the subject, but the Law of Attraction always seemed like watered down New Age hocus-pocus to me, even though it was likely derived from real occult principles, such as Emotional Transmutation. I’m glad this book is out there so that such people can get connected to some true power.
It makes sense that LOA is connected to the angels, as really it’s just magick, though the method is pretty light-weight and portable. I’ll get to the no-sigils thing in a moment, but I’m curious as to why the ordering of the archangels is the way it is. If you look at the Ladder of Ascent from the archangels book, I believe the ordering of the archangels there is based off of their associations on the Tree of Life, though I’d need to double-check that. The section on Crisis Magick uses a different ordering from that, and both differ from the LOA one. There might not be any concrete theoretical reason other than “it works,” but I thought I’d share my musings.
– Connecting to the Spirits
Ok, so why no sigils or words of power? While these things are helpful, technically all that is necessary to make contact with a spiritual being, or at least an angel, is the name of the spirit, and your intent to make contact. If you call out to Metatron, with the intent of being heard, the archangel will hear you and can respond to a request. This is why that LOA method can work (I assume it works, haven’t tried it yet).
If it’s really that easy, why bother with all these complex sigils and Hebrew words and whatnot? While it’s true that you can open a connection to the angel with only their name, some of these other ritual symbols, sounds, and processes help to make that connection stronger and more robust.
Take the Archangel Sigils, for instance. The sigils include the name of the archangel, along with some words of power. The Hebrew letters have been used in magick for a long time, and because of this they have taken on a power of their own. When used in magick, you can think of them less like letters, and more like abstract magickal symbols arranged in certain patterns to cause a certain effect. Bringing these patterns of light and shadow into your consciousness during the ritual will help make your connection stronger, in-part because many others have used these same symbols in their magick over thousands of years.
The words of power spoken in the ritual have a similar effect. Their patterns of sound and vibration have been used in much the same way as these visual symbols, and they strengthen the connection as well. In addition to other magickal practitioners using these things, their power also comes from the angels themselves. The spirits passed-on these techniques directly to the ancients, and they are the keys to unlocking the full-extent of the angels’ powers.
– Preparing for Angelic Contact
Now for the Job Seeker angel, I assume you mean Torquaret (TORE-KOO-ARE-ET), who can make you seem more appealing and persuasive “during interviews.” You don’t need a sigil, as remember contact can be made with only a name and intent, but you’ll notice that the authors included a little bit more than that in the ritual.
Before calling to Torquaret, you first call to Raziel, using a psalm associated with an aspect of Raziel known as Arzel. One of Raziel’s functions is that of a gateway angel. Raziel can be contacted easily, and can then connect you more strongly to other angels. Arzel has a similar power, being a “lower” angelic aspect of Raziel, and so calling to them both is a powerful way to establish angelic contact.
If you look at the Master Ritual in 72 Angels of Magick, you’ll find a more expanded method of contacting these angels, with requests made to each angel, and a psalm that is used to establish contact with Raziel in addition to the one for Arzel. As a quick side-note, the psalm for Raziel listed there is different from the one used in the Genius rituals in Magickal Riches. I’d be curious to know if the latter is more appropriate for contacting the geniuses, or if it’s just another psalm that also works for generally connecting to Raziel.
Back to the Shem ritual, you’ll also notice that prior to the calls to Arzel and Raziel, there is a pathworking/visualization to perform. Remember how the patterns of visual symbols and sounds help to establish stronger contact? These archetypal images operate in a sort of similar way. You are travelling through an angelic realm, in a sense, and by doing so you connect to their energies, and are empowered in various ways.
If you’re curious, the angels also showed me an expanded version of the meditation, though I have yet to confirm this with other occultists. After taking on the power of water, add this statement: “I plunge into the infinite black Shadow.” After taking on the power of air, add this statement: “I bathe in the infinite white Light.” When you come to the final statement, know that you are taking on the power of time, among other things.
So to recap, if you wish to empower a ritual seeking angelic contact, you may first perform the pathworking through their realms, then call to Arzel and Raziel to connect you to the angel. If there’s some little thing that I’d like to manifest, I won’t go to the trouble of performing such a complex operation, as it’s really not needed. For more complicated problems or situations that demand more robust magick, such as full Shem contact or archangelic evocation, then these are some of the steps that I will perform to ensure a strong connection is made, allowing for extensive communication and powerful results.
– Emotional Transmutation
Ok, on to the wrathful request. You can add the “bring no harm” clause to your spoken command, or you can think it in your mind after stating your command. Either will work fine, and in-fact it may not even be necessary for you to explicitly state that you wish no harm. It could be said that angels can “read your mind,” in a sense, but let me break that down further.
During the ritual, you perform an act of Emotional Transmutation, changing your emotional state from one of wrath, in this case, to one of just satisfaction, peace, relief, and perhaps even power. This is quite a powerful magickal act for a number of reasons. When you perform this alchemy during a ritual in which you make a request to an angel, the energy of your transmutation helps to empower the magick in a number of ways.
By showing the angel how you want to feel, the angel will then alter reality to ensure that you are able to feel that way. By making this inner transformation, you encourage outer reality to change as well. The angel will know your desire, and will be able to see what circumstances it could bring about that will enable you to feel this way. If bringing harm to your target would not be pleasing to you, and this is clear in your intent during the ritual, the angel will know this and will act accordingly.
This is why clarity of Will is important. If you clearly know what it is you want, the angels will be able to respond more strongly to your desire. This is why I follow the process that the Gallery sets-out at various points for performing this transmutation. First I consider my desire, and notice how it feels to not have that desire. I then consider why it is I have this desire, and ponder the circumstances I am in. I then imagine how it would feel if I did not obtain my desire, which in my experience really magnifies the negative emotions being generated at the start of the process.
– True Will
This does raise the question, however, of whether the angels will always act in accordance with our True Will or for our “greater good,” or if they will do what has been asked of them. Now this is a tricky question, because I believe the answer in some ways is “both.”
True Will could warrant a book of its own, but briefly it could be described as your truest desires, your truest self. As we go through life, we are influenced by so many things, from our parents, our peers and environment, advertising, and perhaps even magick and spirits. Within this web of influence, it is all but impossible to retain a clear understanding of what’s really our selves, and what we’ve come to think is our self, but in reality is illusion that has been projected onto us.
One characteristic of the angels is that they are able to see the big picture of your life, in space and time. I also believe that the angels can see your True Self, and often know your True Will better than you do. Let’s say you ask for something not in-line with your True Will, then. How will the angels respond?
From my experience, this sort of depends on where you are along your spiritual path, but I’ve experienced a range of possible responses. Sometimes the angels will go ahead and give you exactly what you asked for. You got your results, and perhaps you even enjoyed them for a time. However, by receiving what you asked for, you will come to realize that you only thought that you wanted it, but that that in reality there is a deeper need that was hidden beneath this surface desire.
In some ways, you can consider your self to be like a pool of water. At the moment of your birth, there was but a small puddle, though it was clear and free of debris. As you grow, so too does the pool widen and deepen, but along the way, things outside of you find their way within the pool.
When you first discover magick, there are likely many leaves, sticks, and perhaps even cans and other trash floating on the surface of the pool. By fulfilling your initial desires, you begin to clear away these things, and more and more of the water beneath them is exposed. Upon seeing this water again, however, you may find that it has grown murky, and that things within the water prevent you from seeing through to the bottom. To clear away these impurities, however, you will likely need the help of spirits other than the angels.
As you clear away more of the distractions above, and uncover what is below, a sense of clarity will begin to emerge. The Light illuminates the water from above, and the Shadow contains the water within the pool. It could be said that True Will comes from the union and alignment of these two aspects of your self, and indeed there is much truth to this.
– The Unfolding of the Self
Returning to the initial question, then, how will the angels respond if you ask for something not in-line with your True Self? I believe that the angels will often give you what you ask for, but that they will do so in such a way that you are able to learn more about your self, and in such a way that will ultimately lead you to its discovery.
Sometimes, however, the angels will respond differently. Let’s say you are undergoing a period of intensive self-exploration, perhaps after performing the Identity Ritual, and perhaps the Unfreezing Ritual after that, targeted at your self, later followed-up with another performing of the Identity Ritual. It may be better to begin with the Unfreezing, but let’s not get distracted.
If you were to undertake such an extreme spiritual process, you will likely find that you come to believe, quite fully, that you desire a certain path for your life, and that you begin to perform magick to attain this life. The angels will know that while there is some truth to that path, it is not fully in-line with your True Will. These truths will be revealed to you, some through an intuitive understanding, some through successful manifestation, and some through being brought to the very brink of manifestation.
As you might imagine, this process can be rather distressing and even disturbing if it is greatly accelerated. The feeling of the complete loss of a coherent identity, of being lost in the twisting labyrinths of one’s own potential, is not for everyone, as to destroy your Self is to destroy your world. It may take some time for them to be reconstructed, and not all may wish to let go of their old ways of being so completely. For those with the courage to walk this path, and indeed with a touch of madness, there can be great rewards.
– Servitors, Thoughtforms, and Egregores
Alright, so for a quick conclusion, there’s not really a need to worry about servitors becoming malevolent, at least not if you follow the methods laid out in the book. I’m by no means an expert on this topic, but if people have had servitors “go rouge” in the past, I’m guessing it was more because of undue fear than anything, though sloppy methods could also have played a part. Follow what’s written in the book and you’ll be fine.
As for thoughtforms, someone correct me if I’m wrong here, but you can sort of think of them as “personified ideas or thoughts.” You know how children like to create imaginary friends? They’ll typically have a name, some sort of personality, and an appearance. More than likely, the child actually created a thoughtform, a very real astral entity that may even talk to them. I have to say, I do envy the imagination of a child on occasion.
You may have noticed that companies, schools, even cities share many of these traits. Ever hear someone talk about the “personality” or “vibe” of a city? Well, turns out you can actually summon their spiritual counterparts, which is interesting. The difference between these entities and a child’s imaginary friend is that the friend is really only known to the child, while the city is known to many. An egregore is essentially a thoughtform that is being empowered by the thoughts of many people, rather than just one or a few.
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As always, glad I could help. I rather enjoy writing about this, so please feel free to keep 'em coming
