I think everybody who’s into Magic(k) deserves a few experiences that are “movie-like.” One of my first was my first Legba possession. The next one came a few weeks later when Andrieh Vitimus invited me to his house for a day of marathon magic(k). I was told ahead of time to work on a quick, effective banishing technique. I decided to go with “APO PANTOS KAKODAIMONOS” from Crowley’s Star Ruby ritual. I’ll explain my reasons for using this, and only this, in due course.
I arrived around noon and met Vitimus’ roommate. We hung out and bullshitted for a bit, and then we went into the basement. I was told, in a joking manner, “This is your first time at Fight Club, so you have to fight.” It was explained that I was going to be involved in alot of ritual work, and that I had to be able to banish quickly, and well.
I’d always thought of banishing as a way to balance and center, get in the right frame of mind, create a working space, etc. You know, th typical stuff you read in books. I was not really prepared for what was about to happen. I was told that a demon was going to be evoked into a triangle on the floor in front of me, and my job was to make it go away in a timely manner.
So I stood against the wall, breathing deeply and mentally preparing myself, while these two guys performed a goetic-like evocation ritual about 3 feet in front of me. When they were done they told me “ok, it’s here.” I saw nothing, but I focused on the triangle and shouted the short incantation. That was about the time a large chaos star banner flew off the wall on the other side of the room. Everybody kind of laughed, and said “It’s still here”. I repeated my performance, and began hearing A LOT of noise coming from outside….people yelling and stuff. “That’s to distract you. Focus. Ignore it.” I repeated my Banishing again, and again. After some time I thought to myself “I cant do this”. One of the other guys said “Yes you can”, as if he’d heard my thoughts. I gave it one more go, from the heart, and they said it was gone.
There’ll be more about Banishing later.