Volume I
Chronicle Five

Dealing with the Pest

Occasionally, you will run across a person that manages to break through your defensive shields. The more shields that you create, the more they continue to baffle you by breaking through. Usually such a person will not have any magical abilities, and still he or she will manage to accomplish this. These people are usually, angry at you for some reason, consider you the enemy perhaps on a religious context, or in some cases they are ex-partners that simply have not found closure in your separation. It is a very frustrating situation that drags you to your limits and leaves you with this enormous temptation to crush this person like a bug.

You could just accept it as the Universe testing your ability to use your magic responsibly and just give up trying to stop this person. Although, doing nothing is not a part of a magician's vocabulary, and based on what I have seen; many magicians would prefer to accept the negative karma and crush the pest. 

The problem lies in the fact that passive defenses do not stop such people because the are obsessed and as such they devote a considerable portion of their lives to breaking through your defenses. It doesn't matter how strong you make your shields, when anyone devotes that much effort, it will manifest, unless you are willing to commit an equal amount of effort in defense.

The term passive defense refers to rituals that are spread out across a time period, and by doing so the force cannot be concentrated. This is done because you have no idea when you are to be attacked so therefore you must spread your energy thin to cover a lengthy stretch of time.

The term aggressive defense refers to a ritual that focuses energy into one solid defensive push. Unfortunately, in order to do this you must have knowledge on when this defensive action will be needed, and that is something that you are not privileged to until the very last moment. Without knowing when this will occur, you have no target on which to focus your energy.

Achromancy provides new alternatives to handling such situations, as it is swift enough to conjure at a moments notice. By doing so, the confrontation is met on your terms and you now hold the advantage. Against the full force of your abilities, they can not win.

In addition to the Achromation Ritual of the Lesser Banishing Pentagram which is an effective aggressive defense, another method may be applied which is even more aggressive. This ritual is called Throwing Elementals, and as the name implies, the objective of this ritual is to throw artificial elementals at the person until he or she is overwhelmed and completely preoccupied with dealing with the elementals.

In order to perform this ritual, you must be able to perform the following methods and rituals. You must be able to perform the Mind State Identification Method, Sensorial Association, and the Creation of an Artificial Elemental.  

To Create an Artificial Elemental is a standard High Magic Ritual and may be found in many High Magic Books that deal with the fundamentals. If you so choose, you may convert the Invocation of the Lesser Banishing Pentagram into a ritual to create an artificial elemental. In order to do such a conversion you must accomplish the following.

1. Perform the MSID and Sensorial Associate one of the four elements in order to identify and control the energy of the said element.

2. Replace the second LBRP in the ritual with the sensorial association of the element.

3. Change the incantation to suit the creation of an artificial elemental. Suggestions on how to do this will be given in the Ritual of Throwing Elementals.

Always remember that you are taking an existing energy created by you or otherwise and giving it a purpose. Like many forms of magic, once you give an energy a purpose it begins to work on it's own outside of your control. The trick is to be specific on it's purpose. When you're too general, you get back something not exactly what you wanted, sort of a generic result.

The Ritual of Throwing Elementals

STEP ONE. Perform the MSID. The objective here is to insure that you are starting from your normal mind state as it is important to perform magic in balance and harmony.

STEP TWO. Perform the Creation of an Artificial Elemental Ritual. It is important that you are specific in your incantation. The objective here is not to harm anyone, but to eliminate only what is necessary in order for you to maintain balance. In many cases it is not to change the person's intentions, but to prevent yourself to be affected by his actions. Should the person's actions be an attempt harm or affect you, you have a right to prevent this from happening.

The incantation in this ritual must reflect this as what your intentions are is what shall manifest. An example of such an incantation is as follows:

Air elemental, I summon thee. Go thou and protect me against those who choose to harm me, yet harmeth none thy self for distraction is thy task. If thou hast not completed thy task by the next hour passing then disperse nonetheless and hurt none on thy way. Do so now, so mote it be!

The key ingredients in the incantation is that the elemental must match the element. You can not charge an Air elemental with the energy of fire. A duration period must be given. One hour is recommended. A proper task should be given along with instructions not to harm anyone.

STEP THREE. Once the elemental has been created, the elemental now exists within your area of perception therefore it affects your mind state. Perform the MSID to recognize and familiarize yourself with this energy.

STEP FOUR. Sensorial Associate this mind state. This is needed in order to achromate the creation of an artificial elemental.

STEP FIVE. Meditate on your current mind state and wait for the one hour time period to expire. When this occurs, you should feel your mind state change. When this occurs, return to your normal state.

STEP SIX. Use your sensorial association to acquire the mind state that creates an artificial elemental. The elemental energy that is the elemental should return.

STEP SEVEN. Bend the fingers of your right hand and touch the tip of you right middle finger to the tip or your right thumb. By doing so, a circle is formed by your right hand.

STEP EIGHT. Take a deep breath and as you do so, visualize the energy of the artificial elemental being drawn in through your nostrils. Focus this energy through your right arm into the circle of your right hand. You should feel a physical sensation (which is actually being experienced on the ethereal) in your right hand.

Repeat this step until all of the energy is stored in your right hand.

STEP NINE. Extend your fingers on your right hand and as you do so, project this energy through your fingers at the object you wish it to manifest on.

STEP TEN. Return to your normal state.

Much like the Achromation of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, as you work with this ritual and become more familiar with this mind state, you will no longer require the physical elements. Eventually this process as with all forms of Achromation will become second nature to you and they will seem effortless to perform.

As an example and a suggestion, I chose to use the task of distraction as the method of action. The reason I choose so, is that distraction is a wonderful defensive maneuver. You will not find another that is as amusing and entertaining as distracting your attacker and the best part is that it does no harm and allows you to maintain your balance.

A co-worker may say, "I think you're a" then completely loose his train of thought. The next time he approaches, the phone rings.He approaches once again and the boss walks in. Each time this occurs, it become more and more amusing.

As a word of caution, should you choose to throw elementals not out of compassion, but instead to abuse this power out of malice. You will be in for a rude awakening. Without the support of your higher self, you can not control an elemental. The elements are stronger than we are. They will allow you to help them manifest, but they will not be controllable and they will probably ruin your day.

The Higher Forces

One of the greatest advantages also happens to be one of the greatest hindrance and these are the higher forces. The higher forces are energies and entities that do not have direct physical counterparts existing on the physical plane. Such entities are the angelic forces, the guardian forces, the different aspects of God and Goddess, and also the Light Divine.

These forces have the ability to guide and inspire us. They help us when we are in danger and they allow us to work with their energy by revealing their existence. They make working with magic interesting and fulfilling, but they can also be intrusive. When working with one higher force, other higher forces can sometime get in the way. This is why the Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram is a necessary ritual.

Through the BRH we are able to isolate particular energies that we seek to work with and this allows us to familiarize ourselves with a particular force without having it cluttered and distorted by other forms of energies.

Due to the importance of the BRH, it is also necessary to achromate it's process in order to utilize it's filtering capability in achromancy. To do so requires first the successful completion of the training ritual known as the Invocation Ritual of the Banishing Pentagram.

The Invocation of the BRH is and only can be a training ritual. It should not be invoked for extended periods of time, as it would be potentially harmful to the practitioner. As the equivalent to the BRH, the Invoked BRH will filter out higher forces. This would result in loosing contact with your guardians and the angels. You will not receive any warning signs and you will be essentially on your own.

In order to successfully accomplish the next ritual, you will require the capabilities of performing the LBRP and the BRH without the invocation of the Light Divine. You will also require one of the following rituals or an equivalent. These rituals are Invocation, Evocations (Wiccan), Talismanic Magic, Channeling, or Elemental Magic. Again, should you not posses this ability, I suggest that you acquire it first before proceeding.

The Invocation Ritual of the Banishing Hexagram

STEP ONE. Prepare yourself for initiating a ritual as you would normally prepare. Perform any relaxation or cleansing Rituals at this time.

STEP TWO. Perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. Once again you will need a lot of room to perform this ritual.

STEP THREE. Perform the Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram. There will be no need to perform a second BRH, as higher forces will not attack you as you invoke the BRH and contain this energy.

STEP FOUR. Perform the Mind State Identification Method. Once again, you will need to perceive and recognize this specific form of energy or you will not be able to project or focus it.

STEP FIVE. Standing behind your alter, hold your hands straight out in front of you with the palms facing towards each other. Visualize a translucent sphere that forms between your palm. This sphere should be about a foot and a half in diameter. Once it has been formed, increase it's size to a size that you desire to be your shield size. Your hands should still be raised but it should not interfere or penetrate the sphere.

STEP SIX. Focus on the energy of the BRH. Take a deep breath and inhale this energy through your nasal passage. As you exhale, project this energy through your mouth and blow it into the sphere. As this energy is trapped in the sphere, you should feel it's presence emanating against the palms of your hands (and again, it's ethereal) Continue in this fashion until all of the energy of the BRH has been stored in the sphere. The power emanating from the sphere should be exceedingly powerful due to it's concentration into the sphere.

STEP SEVEN. Release the sphere by returning your hands to your  side. As you do so, the sphere will float in it's same location in front of you. Say the following incantation or one of your own design: Be thou a vessel to amplify the higher forces of my choosing. Be thou a mystic sphere to banish all others from this abode. Be thou the essence of the Banishing Hexagram. May thy task be done till the bell tolls one.

Note: Bell tolls one equals One O'clock. I like doing rituals at the top of the cycle. If you rather do it at another time, don't say bell tolls one.

STEP EIGHT. Step back from your alter and allow the sphere to center on your alter. Do not step beyond your outer circle. If you had made your outer circle as big as I instructed you to, this should not be a problem.

STEP NINE. Step into the sphere and as you do so, visualize the hole you have just made sealing behind you. You should once again feel the energy of the inner sphere as well as the energy of the outer circle that hasn't gone anywhere and should still be present.

STEP TEN. Close your ritual and release any   and all entities from your ritual space, except that of the sphere which has a specific purpose and must remain.

STEP ELEVEN. Perform the MSID and attempt to Sensorial Associate the mind state of the Invoked BRH.

STEP TWELVE. Return to your normal state.

Departing thought

I remember a story my teacher once told me.   A wizard and his student was sitting at a bar. The student seemed perplexed and the wizard asks, "What is troubling you?". The student replies, "I've been trying to move that bottle telekinetically and to no avail." At that very moment a drunk passes by and most unmagically the bottle falls over. The wizard proclaims,"Congratulations.". The student responds, "What that? That was that drunk. He hit the table and the bottle fell. That wasn't me. I didn't do that." The wizard then smiles and says, "Don't be too sure.".

The issue of the story deals with the nature of magic. How does magic work? We have discussed in detail why magic works and the mechanics of how it works, but the actual effects magic has on physical events and how magic tends to manifest into the physical is often thought of as a mystery. Often considered the factor unknown that must be waited out and once it has happened; only then can we know the outcome. Many practice magic in this manner and it is a dangerous risk that never has to be taken.

Once you understand the nature of magic, you then become the master of your craft rather than being at the mercy of fate set into motion by your own hand. As it should be, you will determine your destiny, you control your own life and there is no limitation to what you can accomplish.

What is this thing called the nature of magic? It is a natural process after all magic is natural and in tune with nature. As all natural processes, it doesn't care. One way or the other, it doesn't matter as long as it is the quickest means to an end. Magic is like water in a stream and water does not flow upstream. When faced with a stone, it goes around it. When faced with anything, it tries go around it, but it never takes the longer way, always the shortest.

Where is the danger? Imagine the rain falling from the sky. The natural process here is that one way or another, that water is going to try to reach the ocean no matter where it is that it's falling. It will try to seek out a river, but if the rivers are full, it will make it's own path and wipe out whatever is in it's way.  If water can not go around. the quickest way for water is to go through.

Magic is like water falling from the sky. While in the air, there are hundreds of possible outcomes and some more deadly than others. The trick here is to control the water. Getting out of it's way is not a guarantee. Accepting it's devastating potential is giving up and that too is not a solution. In life, we control floods through channels and storm drains and in magic we must do the same.

Magic requires a physical element to manifest and if you do not provide it with one, it will create it's own method of manifesting and it may not be what you had intended. Asking in the name of highest good may protect you karmatically, but physically it does not. If karmatically, you are destined to be struck by lightning, magic may very well use that as a means to an end and nobody wants that.

Do not go into ritual with tunnel vision. It is good to be focused, but always look at the whole picture and consider the possible options that magic might manifest. Protect yourself against the undesirable outcomes and you will be able to predict your magical responses.

How does one protect oneself? Let's say you are trying to quit smoking. A possible outcome would be for you to loose your job and eventually be so poor that you cant afford to buy a cigarette. Nobody wants this to happen, but it is a possibility and if it is in line with your karma, watch out. The solution is quite simple. Do a prosperity spell to help guide your quite smoking spell. I'd also throw in a healing spell too for good measure. And offcourse the quicker you clean up your karma, the less you'll have to worry, but even then I do these extra spells for safety.

If this sounds like a lot of work, you're right it is a lot of work. Even so, I think that paying the consequence for not protecting yourself can be even harder.

To guide your magic to what you want is your right. It is your magic and your life and these things can not be taken away from you. They can only be given away by you. Always remember that life is what you make it as is  magic is what you make it. That is the way or the magician.