The LBRP for AFW Witches

This ritual is an adaptation of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram with influences from Aliester Crowley's Star Ruby ritual (itself an adaptation of the LBRP).  It uses forms of the Witchfather and the Black and White Goddess in place of the traditional Hebrew names of God.  It also replaces the Archangel guardians with the four Watchtowers of Celtic lore.

The purpose of the LBRP is to banish all undesirable forces from oneself and the local area and to create Sacred Space.  It is often recommended as a daily magical exercise to discipline the mind and create internal and external peace.

The Qabbalistic Cross

Imagine a ball of light above your head. Reach up with your right hand and grab the light. Now when you touch yourself with that hand part of the light will go into you.
Touch your forehead as you say “Coronis." (Crown) Let it fill with the light.
Touch your pelvis at the pubic bone and say “Serpentis". (Serpent) Let it fill with light.
Touch your right shoulder and say “Clementia". (Mercy) Let it fill with light.
Touch your left shoulder and say “Severitas". (Severity) Let it fill with light.
Hold your hands in prayer over your heart and say “Fortunia". (Blessings) Let it fill with light.
Feel your whole body fill with the cross of light.

The Pentagrams

Face East. Before you in the air draw a giant pentagram using your right index finger (or if you prefer use the whole hand) in the direction shown in the illustration. Now imagine that pentagram shining in front of you. Electric blue is a nice color to see it in. If you see it a different color that's fine.Take a step forward with your left foot. Just the left. Leave your right one where it is. The size of the step will be determined by your space. At the same time you step forward thrust your open hands, side by side, palms  downwards, into the pentagram, as if you are diving in. This is called the Sign of the Enterer. As you enter the pentagram you will say one of the names of the Witch God or Goddess.

Here, at the first pentagram you will shout “Lucifer".  Lucifer is the Light-Bringer, the Lord of Illumination of the World and the Mind.  He is called in the East as the bright aspect of Tubal Cain, and the lord of elemental Fire.  Lucifer is called with a jubilant shout to celebrate the rising of the sun in the East.

Now step back with your left foot so it is once again beside your right foot. Touch your right index finger to your lips like you are making the “Shhh no talking" gesture. Point your right index finger to the center of the pentagram and make a quarter turn to your right. As you do so, draw an imaginary arc of white light around to the next direction.

Now draw a pentagram in South. Enter the pentagram singing “Goda". Goda is the White Goddess, the Queen of the Seelie Court, and Lady of Death-in-Life.  She rules the Southern quadrant, the place of elemental Earth.  Her name is sung for she is the Lady who shall "have music wherever She goes".

Make the “shhh" gesture and turn to the right drawing an arc.

Draw a pentagram in West. Enter the pentagram intoning “Azazel" in a low voice. Azazel is the Lord of the West, the place of elemental Water.  He is Tubal Cain in his aspect as the Lord of the Dead, and is both the angel who taught magic to the daughters of man and the angel who collects our souls for their great rest.  The West is the place where the sun goes to die, and it is to the West that we all must travel upon death.  Azazel's name is intoned in a low voice of mourning and respect.

Make the “shhh" gesture and turn to the right drawing an arc.

Draw a pentagram in North Enter the pentagram whispering “Kolyo".  Kolyo is the Black Goddess, the Weaver of Fate and the Lady of Life-in-Death.  She rules the North, which is the home of elemental Air.  Her name is whispered for she is an ancient mystery.

Make the “shhh" gesture and turn to the right drawing an arc.

The Watchtowers

You are now standing in the center of a circle of white light. At each quarter there is a giant electric blue pentagram. Now we post a watchtower between each pentagram. Open up your arms. Stretch out like you are a cross: feet together, arms out at shoulder height. Call the watchtowers to their posts. Stand in the cross position and say:

“Before me stands The Castle of Stone. Behind me stands The Castle of Glass. On my right stands the Castle Perilous. On my stands the Castle of Revelry."

These are the four castles of myth and legend.  The Castle of Stone is Caer Bannog, the Castle of Glass is Glastonbury, the Castle Perilous is the silvery Grail Castle, and the Castle of Revelry is the Golden Castle of the Beacon of Awen.

Stand in pentagram position and say: “Around me flame the pentagrams. Above me shines a six-rayed star, and below me spins a three-armed triskle.  I stand within the Spiral Castle.  I am the World Tree." This declaration places you in all three realms, and allows you to traverse shamanic space.  It states that you yourself are the World Tree, and that you ride the stang to other realms.

The Qabbalistic Cross  (Closing)

Now repeat the Qabbalistic Cross as you began.
Imagine a ball of light above your head. Reach up with your right hand and grab the light. Now when you touch yourself with that hand part of the light will go into you.
Touch your forehead as you say “Coronis." (Crown) Let it fill with the light.
Touch your pelvis at the pubic bone and say “Serpentis". (Serpent) Let it fill with light.
Touch your right shoulder and say “Clementia". (Mercy) Let it fill with light.
Touch your left shoulder and say “Severitas". (Severity) Let it fill with light.
Hold your hands in prayer over your heart and say “Fortunia". (Blessings) Let it fill with light.
Feel your whole body fill with the cross of light.