This Wand will prove to be invaluable in operations connected with the Seven Planets. The name of this instrument is the Phoenix Wand and has a connection with the ancient Egyptian Ousa Scepter. The main shaft of the Phoenix Wand is painted in seven different colored sections referring to the Seven Sacred Planets, the Seven Double letters of the Hebrew alphabet and the Seven Colors of the Rainbow. The top section of the Wand is to be painted White and the last band on the lower Black. Each colored section of the Wand is consecrated separately by the Invocation of the force of the Planet to which it is referred. The White and Black extremities of the Wand are attributed to Kether and Malkuth respectively. When Invoking with the Phoenix Wand the operator holds the Band allotted to the Planet Sephira he is at the time working with, pointing the White end of the Wand away from his body. When Banishing he, as before, holds the appropriate planetary band but this time he directs the Black end of the Wand away from his body. The Top of the Phoenix Wand represents the IBIS, a bird sacred to the ancient Egyptians; the forked lower end representing the feet of the Ibis. The Phoenix Wand is best made from wood about two feet in length and half and inch thick; the curved neck can be made by cutting small sections of wood at an angle and gluing together the pieces. The colors are as follows and they are taken from the Paths of the Tree of Life in the King Scale of Color (Atziloth):
The top of the Phoenix Wand (the Ibis head) is painted Gold to represent Spiritual Force. The White Band attributed to Kether must be a little longer than all the other bands representing the Power of Spirit over all- manifestation levels. Magical Weapons of course have no value whatsoever unless they are properly charged or magnetized with the appropriate level of Force; the following Consecration may be used in the case of the Phoenix Wand. The Consecration of the Phoenix Wand 1) Set up an Altar with the same items as used I the Consecration of the Four Elemental weapons, but this time drape it with a black cloth to represent Space and Time, on the Altar place the newly-made Phoenix Wand. 2) Perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. 3) Circumambulate with the Phoenix Wand holding it by the White Band, and saying:
4) Stop facing the East to describe a large Circle with the Wand, point Wand at the center of the circle and visualize with force: a Great Spiral of Brilliant White Light entering the weapon through the Ibis Head and causing the White Band that you hold to glow with Great Brilliance (Kether). (Place Phoenix Wand on Altar). 5) Go to the Altar face South (the position of Fire in the Elements) and say:
6) Take up Phoenix Wand by the Red band and say:
7) Hold the Phoenix Wand aloft and Invoke thus:
Make the Sign of Mars with the Phoenix Wand in the air before you, in doingso visualize the Red Band of the Wand that you hold Glow with a powerful Red Light. 8) Turn sunwise to the East, place Phoenix Wand once more on the Altar before you. Extend arms sideways in the form of a Cross and say:
Take up the Phoenix Wand by the Orange Band and say:
9) Hold the Phoenix Wand aloft and Invoke thus:
10) Make the Sign of Sun in the air before you with the Phoenix Wand, and in doing so visualize the section of the Phoenix Wand that you are holding (Orange) glowing with a powerful Orange Light. 11) Turn sunwise to the West, place the Phoenix Wand on the Altar. Extend the arms sideways in the form of a Cross and say:
12) Hold the Phoenix Wand aloft and Invoke thus:
13) Turn sunwise to face once more South, place Wand on the Altar, extend arms in the form of a Cross and say:
14) Hold the Phoenix Wand aloft by the green band and Invoke thus:
Make the sign of Venus in the air before you with the Wand, and in so doing visualize the section of the Phoenix Wand that you hold, as glowing with a powerful light of Emerald Green. 15) Turn sun-wise to face once more East, place the Phoenix Wand upon the Altar, extend the arms sideways in the form of a Cross and say:
Take up the Phoenix Wand by the Blue Band and say with force:
16) Hold the Phoenix Wand aloft and Invoke thus:
Make with the Phoenix Wand the sign of the Moon, and in so doing visualize the section of the Wand that you are holding, glowing with powerful bright Blue Light. 17) Turn sun-wise to face once more the West, place the Phoenix Wand upon the Altar, extending the arms inthe form of a Cross say:
Take up the Phoenix Wand by the Indigo Band and say:
18) Holding the Phoenix Wand aloft invoke thus:
Make the Sign of Saturn with the Wand and in doing so visualize the section that you hold as glowing with a soft Indigo Illumination. 19) Turn-about sun-wise to face once more the same direction (West), place the Phoenix Wand upon the Altar, extend the arms sideways in the form of a Cross and say:
Take up the Phoenix Wand by the Violet Band and say:
20) Holding the Phoenix Wand aloft invoke thus:
Make the sign of Jupiter with the Wand in the air before you and inso doing visualize the section of the Phoenix Wand that you hold as glowing with clear Violet Light. 21) Turn sun-wise to face the North, place the Phoenix Wand on the Altar. With the arms at the sides say:
Take up the Phoenix Wand by the Black end and say:
Make the invoking Hexagram of Earth (Saturn) with the Wand saying:
Make with the Wand the sign of Taurus and in doing so visualize a shaft of dark green Fire rising from the Earth in the North and striking the forked base of the Wand. Then say:
22) Race the Banishing Hexagram of Earth in the North. Lastly, perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual ofthe Pentagram drawing the figures with the Black end of the Phoenix Wand, and vibrating the Names with great force.
Proof read and edited by Frater D.M.T. © Thelemagick. [ » Primary Source: Ordo Α et Ω - The Phoenix Wand and Consecration Ritual « ] |
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