Hey, Kurtis. I performed the Rite of Consecration on my Black Book of Ahriman in the darkest hour of the morning today. Here’s my journal thread if you want to read through it.
Last night, I prepared for the Rite by immersing myself in the Dark Staot. I stayed in a medium trance state and tried to allow the correct pronunciation to flow through me.
And I feel it was close, although not perfect.
I’m not a linguist and foreign languages don’t come naturally to me.
I felt it was more important to allow the feel of the words to flow through me rather than staying in my head and trying to consciously get the pronunciation perfect … hope that made sense. Still coming down off “Ritual Rush”. lol
When I started speaking the Dark Staot, it really felt like the words were being ripped from my throat. My throat is a little sore and my voice is a little raspy now.
But I let go of my conscious mind and tried to allow the power of those words to flow through me. And it did.
After I finished the Rite of Consecration, I sat in the complete darkness and meditated.
Before the Rite, I called the essence of Ahriman forth as a black fog completely surrounding me.
After the Rite, I breathed that essence of Ahriman into myself, through myself, and allowed my sense of self to dissolve and flow into the essence of Ahriman.
I found myself speaking what I can only call the Dark Speech. It was like a glossolalia, but the sounds themselves sounded very similar to the same sounds in the Dark Staot. I was completely lost in the moment and just noticed briefly as I allowed the words to flow through me and out through my voice.
So here are my questions …
(1) Is it important to memorize the correct pronunciation of the Dark Staot verbatim?
(2) Or should you allow the sounds to just flow through and out like I did during the meditation afterward?
I guess I"m asking if the Dark Staot is a specific formula of sound or if it’s just a matter of allowing the powerful sounds emanating from Ahriman to flow through you.
Hope this makes sense. I’m still processing the experience and this shit is tough to describe with our weakened and limited words.