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Black Moon Ritual,

Conquering the Shadows,

by Sor.: Zauberkraut

Dealing with ones fears and socalled shadows is essential to the

asiring !agician. "nly through continously facing and conquering

our shadows can we ut oursel#es truly in charge of our li#es. Being

in touch with, and realistic about $the dark night of the soul$ is

also a tool against the !ost dangerous, and co!!on, sickness of the

!agician: !egalo!ania and aranoia.

%t aears that the !a&ority of hu!ans in this society go through

life in a !oderately deressed state. %t see!s that eole a#oid

!a&or !ood changes, referring to be !ore or less !iserable at all

ti!es. "ne who does not know the dee it of fear and deression

will also ne#er know the high altitudes of ecstasy.

'his ritual is designed to get eole in touch with their shadows

and to o#erco!e the!. "ur fears and deressions are in fact our

de!ons and shadows. (or the indi#iduals who refuse to deal with the!

they beco!e e#er !ore treacherous and owerful. 'o quote (ra.: ).D.:

$%f you lock the de!ons in the base!ent they are going to blow u

your house*$

+arahernalia: Black altar cloth, one black candle, tarot card -%%%

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'he Moon/, 0ecate or Moon1+luto incense, taes with aroriate

!usic Dia!anda 2alas $'he Saint of the +it$ and 3aibach $3ife is

3ife/, white #oti#e candles in glass containers, one for each

articiant, to be used to cast out unwanted shadows.

Structure:

4Banishing ritual of ersonal reference.

4State!ent of intent: $%t is our will to face and o#erco!e our

shadows$.

4(i#e !inutes of guided ranaya!a during which the instru!ental

ortion of the Dia!anda 2alas is layed. 'he Magister 'e!li guides

the ranaya!a by raising and lowering his or her hands o#er the

altar in ti!e with the breathing. 0e or she should begin to slow the

breathing down gradually in order to allow all of the articiants

to tune in and breath si!ultaneously.

45t the end of the instru!ental ortion of the tae articiants

for! a circle facing outwards, for we !ust conquer our shadows by

oursel#es. 0ere a guided !editation follows while the !usic

continues:

Re!e!ber a ti!e in your life when you were truly !iserable, you ha#e

beco!e terribly deressed, you feel you ha#e no #alue, your lo#e has

betrayed you, life is ain.

6ou begin to feel #ery weak now, all your will ower is gone and you

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are frightened. 6our knees are shaking, no strength, no hoe,

nothing can hel you now.

3ie down on the floor, curling u in an e!bryonic osition, you are

alone, nobody is resent to hel you, all of your friends ha#e left,

your arents ha#e long since dearted. 6ou ha#e nothing any !ore,

terrified you lay there.

'his is the dark night of the soul, you are co!letely obsessed by

ain, insanity, deression. 6ou begin to go insane with !isery as

the shadows around you begin to cackle with delight. 'here is naught

you can do in the araly7ing an8iety. 'here is absolutely nobody

there to assist you. 5ll that re!ains is total surrender.....

5ll of this litany should ha#e been read in a slow enough fashion

to allow the articiants to trance out and the tae to end. During

the rest of the !editation the M.'. !o#es about lighting the candles

one by one./

6et in darkness there is light* (eel the life force retu!ing to you.

(eel your heartbeat strong and #igorous, fill your lungs with air,

roll onto your back and stretch. Stretch your body as though it were

recently awakened fro! a long dee slee. Stretch with your ar!s,

legs, back and neck. 6ou are atte!ting to touch the uni#erse, oen

your senses and your eyes as wide as they ossibly can be. 2et u

and take your candle fro! the altar, assing it o#er your body. Cast

out all that is not strong, healthy, #ibrant and whole. 'une in

co!letely with the light and allow it to heal you. 'ake your ti!e

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allowing its rays to er!eate your being, cleansing e#ery asect.

Make certain there is nothing left that is not light, bright and

strong.

9hen you are ready, relace the candle uon the altar in the !iddle

of the te!le. 5t this oint lace the 3aibach tae in the layer

if you desire./

45ll artciants hold hands and !o#e rhyth!ically around the altar,

e#er faster, drawing the co!bined life force within.

45t the cli!a8 of the circu!a!bulation collase to the floor whilst

erfor!ing a laughter banishing.

4Closing banishing of reference if desired.

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