The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram: A step-by-step 'how to' perform this classic ceremony first developed by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Useful for energising, banishing (space-clearing), balancing and as a daily practice. The LBRP is used by practitioners of a variety of traditions today. This instruction was written by David Rankine and is based on the way he teaches this classic ceremony.

The Heptagram Ritual - Instructions on how to perform the planetary Heptagram ritual developed by Sorita d'Este and David Rankine, and first published in their book 'Practical Planetary Magick in 2007. This ritual is suitable for use in all ceremonies which draw on planetary energies or invokes beings associated with the 'deathless powers' - or the seven classical planets.

The Crystal Cave Meditation - this simple meditation can be used as a general meditation, or as part of a daily routine of practice. Created by David Rankine and first published in his book 'Crystals Healing & Folklore'.


Liber AL & The Prime Qabalah - Article by David Rankine on the system of prime qabalah (primary number gematria) he developed some years ago and the remarkable results achieved with it when applied to key phrases of Aleister Crowley's channeled text "The Book of the Law" or Liber Al vel Legis.

Hagstones - In reality this is both a practical and theoretical article, but we thought we would include it here in the practice section to encourage more magickians to get their hands dirty looking for stones! Hagstones or 'holy' stones as they are also known, are traditionally used for a variety of magickal applications - from protection against faeries through to making wishes with.

Astral Preparation - Some musings on prepratory steps which can help the individual wishing to explore the possiblities of astral projection and astral travel to do so more efficiently and effectively. Slightly adapted from an article originally written for avalonia by Sorita in 1997.