newbie LBRP question about Spirit

[GreyBird]

I understand the LBRP, east, north west south but When to Invoke spirit? And would you invoke or banish Spirit? Would you invoke and banish east, north west, south?
Is spirit you are calling on an angel or demon?

Thank you

 

[Johny111]

The Spirit in the LBRP system is somehow immanent and is not operable like the other elements. In general, the Spirit in the Pentagram Ritual, I mean what is called the Greater Pentagram Ritual, has its passive and active form, which is drawn depending on whether you are invoking or banishing the 'active' or 'passive' element. The passive elements are Earth and Water, while the active ones are Fire and Air. So, in the LBRP you do not invoke or banish the Spirit, only the elements.

 

[Durward]

The names invoked are Archangels.
This is commonly performed to start, or end, the day. And is also used before or after more advanced magical work.

In my world, this is only 'practiced' while awake, and actually performed while lucid or out of body, where you are then also surrounded by a flaming green circle as you turn, the cardinal directions are flaming in blue as you draw the pentagram with an athame or wand. At that point, these points are then portals you can draw things out of, or that you can enter into.

Other methods and practices exist, of course.

Directions of rotation are often creating or removing/closing, and directions of the start and end of symbols can also be meaningful.

The pentagram is also not the only thing you can use, and there are some basic geometry figures and colors used for the elements.

A good place to start would be Ophiels series in The Art and Practice of... it is much easier than trying to decipher the Golden Dawn or other more complicated versions.

 

[Firetree]

I understand the LBRP, east, north west south but When to Invoke spirit?

Before that . Did you start with 'Kabbalistic Cross ' ?

And would you invoke or banish Spirit? Would you invoke and banish east, north west, south?
Is spirit you are calling on an angel or demon?

No .

Thank you

 

[umbriel]

I understand the LBRP, east, north west south but When to Invoke spirit? And would you invoke or banish Spirit? Would you invoke and banish east, north west, south?
Is spirit you are calling on an angel or demon?

Thank you

In LBRP you are the "5th element"-the operator of the ritual. And depends, but I would stick to earth pentagrams if you're just starting out. Not sure exactly what you're asking about the directions, but in the LBRP you generally move with the direction of the sun: East to South to West to North, doing the required ritual actions accordingly. What are you using as areference for the ritual