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@persepholloway was looking for rituals or hymns involving Hades the deity, not the underworld as a place, if you know of any? (I got nothing)
Oh wait, in the elemental balancing section of Helios Unbound, there's a brief ritual to Hades. I'm not sure it'll be much use, and I think the wording is taken from the Orphic hymn anyway, but I'll post it below:
(Helios Unbound is a pagan process for connecting with your Holy Guardian Angel, called in this the Higher Genius - that's why this ritual includes a sun invocation and solar breath (pore breathing solar energy into tiphareth). In Month Two, you do an earth-balancing ritual invoking Hera every day for a week, a water-balancing ritual invoking Persephone every day for a week, an air-balancing ritual invoking Zeus every day for a week, and this fire-balancing ritual invoking Hades:
Week Four
- Inscribe a red candle from top down with the sign of Leo, Zorothion, your name, Hades and a Fire triangle. {Zorothion is a Coptic egyptian fire elemental word]
- Draw a banishing pentagram in front of it and say:
"Creature of Wax, I exorcise you so that you will be a perfect sacrifice to the gods of the element of Fire so that I might better manifest the of this element in my life and be a more aware channel powers for my Higher Genius. As you are sacrificed so shall the elemental blocks and barriers which prevent this happening be removed."
- Place the candle on the triangle on your altar and wash yourself as you did last month.
- Invoke the Sun for that time of day.
- Commence the solar breath for five minutes.
- Perform your confession.
- Go northeast and say,
The purpose of this ritual if it pleases the divine triad is to awaken in my sphere of sensation the powers of the element of Fire so that I might manifest these powers for my Higher Genius and that these will help me to awaken to my spiritual self.
Open the quarters in the element of Fire (in all four quarters using the supreme pentagram ritual). If the Fire element is over powered in your chart do not use the pentagrams but stand in each quarter and vibrate the names.
Purify and consecrate (as last month). Invoke Hades as the King of the Fire:
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agnanimous Hades whose Kingdom is below the earth, You are wrapped forever in the depths of night.
Zeus Khthonios with the keys to the Earth you unlock the Fires of Vulcan upon which all matter is tested.
You bring forth riches of the world and are the throne of creation.
Distant, unknown, surrounded by pale ghosts and the shrouds of the dead.
In Akheron's obscure depths you hold the flames hidden within everything.
The life animating, burning, and creating. Awaken your powers within me, raise your Fire spirits to help me manifest my Higher Genius' elemental power over Fire.
I offer you this sacrifice in the hope that you will assist me to awaken to my true self.
Light candle and meditate.
haha okay having written that out... I really doubt it's going to be much help. Hopefully someone else can provide!!