Post by Nalyd Khezr Bey on Oct 30, 2013 5:17:01 GMT
The following was originally written and posted on another forums where it was more likely that the readership was not as familiar with the works of Kenneth Grant. I have attempted to re-work it here to get more to the point.
Kenneth Grant never divulged much actual praxis in his Typhonian Trilogies. Most of what is actually there is genuinely occult and you have to decipher it or piece it together in some way. One of the rare instances that he did outline an actual ritual is in his Outer Gateways.
The ritual is called "The Entreating of the Stones" and can be found in chapter 3 where he discusses Austin Spare's connection to a witch coven through Yelga Paterson. Grant claimed that in 1980 he was in contact with an elderly woman (no name given) who claimed membership in Mrs. Paterson's coven at around the time of the turn of the 20th century. She supplied Grant with this ritual which is claimed to have been used in ancient times by the Narragensett tribe from the Rhode Island area of the U.S. for "their traffic with the Outer Ones".
Before outlining the rite Grant says this:Then he goes on for a bit speculating about the origin of those names and attributing them to corresponding sephira on the Tree of Life, etc. before he finally says "the text proper of the Ritual now commences". The following is what he says:Grant goes on to analyze certain words and aspects of the ritual as usual. Though I find what he says interesting, none of it really sheds much light on what it does or how to really go about putting something like this into practice. Like what exactly are these particular stones? How should they be arranged? Where?
I've been kind of puzzled by this rite for years and am wondering if there really is some connection to ancient traditions of witchcraft. Grant said himself he couldn't find a real connection to the Narragensett tribe. I'm curious if anyone here knows anything about it or notices a similarity to something else for comparison. I know what Grant says about those elementals named but I'm curious if anyone else has ever come across them or names that are similar.
I'm also curious if anyone here has actually ever performed this rite.
Kenneth Grant never divulged much actual praxis in his Typhonian Trilogies. Most of what is actually there is genuinely occult and you have to decipher it or piece it together in some way. One of the rare instances that he did outline an actual ritual is in his Outer Gateways.
The ritual is called "The Entreating of the Stones" and can be found in chapter 3 where he discusses Austin Spare's connection to a witch coven through Yelga Paterson. Grant claimed that in 1980 he was in contact with an elderly woman (no name given) who claimed membership in Mrs. Paterson's coven at around the time of the turn of the 20th century. She supplied Grant with this ritual which is claimed to have been used in ancient times by the Narragensett tribe from the Rhode Island area of the U.S. for "their traffic with the Outer Ones".
Before outlining the rite Grant says this:
In a preamble to the Rite, too diffused for inclusion here, it is declared that the number of stones to be used will vary according to the nature, and other affinities, of the elemental entity evoked. They are classified, along with the four elements, as follows:
For Water, Syth Ooloo, three stones; for Fire, Syth Odowogg, six stones; for Air, Hru Syth, eight stones; for Earth, Shognigoth, five stones, and so on.
For Water, Syth Ooloo, three stones; for Fire, Syth Odowogg, six stones; for Air, Hru Syth, eight stones; for Earth, Shognigoth, five stones, and so on.
Point 1: Be seated to the left of the centre of the Circle delineated by sea-shells. (The Circle's diameter depends upon the magical nature of the entity, or entities, invoked.)
Point 2: Each stone is to be named after its reflection in the Great Deep. The Point may be considered as fulfilled when a definite form appears to emerge from each stone and to overshadow it, which it will not do if the image is not a true emanation of the stone but a mere astral construct.
Point 3: Visualize lines of power emanating from the stones. This will create a specific number of avenues which will converge upon the operator.
Point 4: Through the spectral reflex of the Spirit(s) obtained project a luminous simulacrum of the spirit of each stone, thus spinning a light-web energized by the Will (desire) to penetrate the inner spaces responsive to the elementals (entities) of the outer spaces as embodied in the sorcerer.
Point 5: Become as a corpse, as taught by Zos Ka, and visualize the ensuing Hro as a brilliant explosion near the centre of the light-web.
Point 6: The Ritual manifest the Magical Will of the sorcerer at the moment of Hro. This Will will reify within as many days, hours, or minutes even, as there are stones in the Circle. If the rite is performed daily it will be found unnecessary, and, perhaps, unwise to think about it at any time other than during moments preceding sleep. The entire ritual should then be visualized, point by point, and the Working should be sealed with the Star in order to abort premature manifestation in sleep. On the other hand, if fulfillment in dream is desired, then the Sea-Star should be traced in the astral atmosphere above the Circle. If an ethereal reification is required the stones should be sea-laved and collected beneath a full moon within the space between two tides.
Point 2: Each stone is to be named after its reflection in the Great Deep. The Point may be considered as fulfilled when a definite form appears to emerge from each stone and to overshadow it, which it will not do if the image is not a true emanation of the stone but a mere astral construct.
Point 3: Visualize lines of power emanating from the stones. This will create a specific number of avenues which will converge upon the operator.
Point 4: Through the spectral reflex of the Spirit(s) obtained project a luminous simulacrum of the spirit of each stone, thus spinning a light-web energized by the Will (desire) to penetrate the inner spaces responsive to the elementals (entities) of the outer spaces as embodied in the sorcerer.
Point 5: Become as a corpse, as taught by Zos Ka, and visualize the ensuing Hro as a brilliant explosion near the centre of the light-web.
Point 6: The Ritual manifest the Magical Will of the sorcerer at the moment of Hro. This Will will reify within as many days, hours, or minutes even, as there are stones in the Circle. If the rite is performed daily it will be found unnecessary, and, perhaps, unwise to think about it at any time other than during moments preceding sleep. The entire ritual should then be visualized, point by point, and the Working should be sealed with the Star in order to abort premature manifestation in sleep. On the other hand, if fulfillment in dream is desired, then the Sea-Star should be traced in the astral atmosphere above the Circle. If an ethereal reification is required the stones should be sea-laved and collected beneath a full moon within the space between two tides.
I've been kind of puzzled by this rite for years and am wondering if there really is some connection to ancient traditions of witchcraft. Grant said himself he couldn't find a real connection to the Narragensett tribe. I'm curious if anyone here knows anything about it or notices a similarity to something else for comparison. I know what Grant says about those elementals named but I'm curious if anyone else has ever come across them or names that are similar.
I'm also curious if anyone here has actually ever performed this rite.
