I know that at first glance, the Angels of Omnipotence, probably sound contrary to necromantic workings. It almost does to me too, and I actually read through the grimoire and found several things that should help me with the necromantic side of life, if applied appropriately. I also noticed, when I was creating simple steps for the initiation ritual, that is quite certain to turn my life upside down, that the articles poster, talks about drawing a circle for a portal in front of you during parts of the ritual.
Portal… Gates… Oh yes, that is something I have been doing here, and like I said- I plan to use many of Tempest sigils, in hopes of aiding my necromantic journey. I don’t think many of the workings will hit this journal, as most of it will be energy work combined with very specific sigils for a set amount of time. I will be posting most of it in the book club for discussion and what not, but the initiation ritual isn’t required for this working, and most of us in the club are not doing it, as far as I am aware.
I started my preparation hours ago. First I needed a shower, followed by a cleansing bath. Then I needed to clean litter boxes, brew floor wash, sweep my floors and mop. I say needed, because it was an energy thing. We already know I’ve had an extra little visitor lately, and it’s honestly not been bothering me but I don’t really want my apartment to become a breeding ground for unwanted things, and honestly. I feel so much better when I get off my ass and do things like this. I don’t do well with clutter and while I’m lazy everything just feels better, when it’s extra clean and I’ve put out energy to empty the place.
I used different herbs than usual, or rather fewer plus one. I used bay, sage, lavender and jasmine. I also brewed lavender, jasmine and chervil tea. I have to say it was a bit bitter but I didn’t hate it. I was working with instinct. I also made incense for the ritual using lavender, lemon balm, and hibiscus. I was originally going to use my cute little hand held coffee grinder to hopefully get the herbs all smashed up smaller as I thought it would help them burn better, and quickly realized that was a mistake. Instead I got out my herb grinder, wishing I hadn’t been quite so lazy.
I began by opening my personal gate. I then proceeded through each of the nine angels, using their visual pathworkings as given by Tempest and imagining opening a gate for each of them when I got to part where the gate on top of the pyramid was to be- similar to how Connolly opens many gates for the elements or other purposes. I went in the order Tempest gave the angels, rather than the order that was found online- thusly meaning I fckd up one of them, and their summoning servant, but I realized when I got the next angel my mistake, and simply repeated without misstepping. I swapped up the wording some, since I wasn’t intending to invocate, however.
With the first angel, I noticed a sudden sharp piercing feeling at the top of my left ear. The next angel I noticed a similar feeling above my right eye. Moving a long to the next and I thought I saw flashing lights right in front of both eyes, then the next I could have sworn there were blue squiggly things swirling in the air- slightly to the left. After attempting to summon each angel through their visionary pathworkings and by their summoning agents, I asked to be initiated then felt led to explain what I was hoping to gain.
I didn’t get as emotional as one might expect, but there were certainly some emotions to be had. Nothing tearful or incredibly dramatic however. I was about to ask the final angel to banish the other either when I heard the words, Forgive yourself. This brought some tears to my eyes, and I asked mentally if that meant they were on board. I heard a Yes. I then asked the ninth angel to dismiss them all, and felt… ripples of energy running up and down my body. It was strange, not quite like vibrations, but more like waves.
I then went and ordered lunch, cuz I’m exhausted and starving.