New web

I have found a good webhosting and started already working on the CMS system for the new website. It takes a long time because most of my spare time is taken by my practices plus the web development changed a lot since my last endeavors with php. So I am currently learning php 5, mysql 5 and html 5 (with css 3) during the process.

Generally I am very happy, php finally solved the problems with the sql injection via prepared statements, mysql got a lot faster and supports transactions and procedures now and html 5 even supports x3dom (so be sure to expect some cool 3d content on my new site).

Plus I will get a lot of space from the webhosting so I will be able to host a lot of external sites and blogs, as well. So stay tuned and expect to be amazed :-D.

Getting annoyed

I am getting a little bit annoyed regarding the Blogger, I think I should write my own CMS system where I could separate the blog and articles and also put articles into appropriate categories with a possibility of translation to foreign languages.

Well, it is possible to translate my articles here, but with a very shady ability to categorize my articles and with a very bad SEO possibilities.

I also don't want to use commonly available content management systems because general solutions always sucked imho.

Well, first of all I have to find a good webhosting provider.

Physical manifestation

What is a physical manifestation
Physical manifestation is purpotedly an event when a spirit attains a physical form during which it can freely communicate and interact with the Magician or anyone around.

We split the physical manifestation into two categories: full manifestation and partial manifestation.

Full manifestation is when the spirit is fully materialized, its whole body is visible and the manifestation is consistent (stable). Partial manifestation can be arms, legs, head, shoulders, usually also flowing from one body part to the other one during the course of the evocation.

Concerns regarding physical manifestation
I am not a big fan of the idea of spirit being "materialized", I would rather explain it as "Astral light being densified to the point of being visible" than "assemling particles to the form of a spirit". It's true that I was able to achieve only a partial manifestation, never a full one, but I doubt the process is any different. What I believe is really happening during the manifestation is the Magician getting to the right trance state of seeing the spirit as real as it was truly physical.

There also is a claim that anyone will be able to see such a manifested spirit, not only clairvoyant mediums. Well, I worked with people before and they really did see what I saw, but was it because the spirit was truly physically materialized or was it because they were part of the evocation from the beginning to the end and the ritual itself had the same effect on me as it had on them? Would they see the same what I saw if they came in after the manifestation occured? I personally doubt that.

How to for physical manifestation
The setup is as always, just in the beginning you state your request for the spirit to manifest its presence in a visible form. Shadow evocation technique we learned before has amazing results regarding physical manifestation, and it can also help you to pinpoint the exact location of the manifested spirit (in the middle of distance between you and your shadow on the wall).

Main problem regarding physical manifestation is time. You must be sure you are able to spend about two hours performing the ritual, calling the spirit to manifest again and again, cursing it and commanding it by all godly and godless names you can think of and doing so till the spirit appears. I know you were expecting a bit more, but this is really no-brainer, it's just time consuming.

Shadow evocation

What is a shadow evocation
During evocations we need some vessel for the spirit through which the spirit will manifest. It can be a smoke, black mirror, fog, water, or light. During shadow evocations you use your own shadow as the vessel for the entity to appear through.

Setup
To set up the operation you need a very dark room. Sit on the floor and put a big candle with strong flame behind your back, far enough so you won't burn yourself, it is actually not a good idea to have the candle too close, because you need to have a good sharp shadow projected on the wall in the front of you. Oh, yes, you should be facing a wall if you didn't figure this out already.
The candle should be the only lightsource in the room so there is only one sharp shadow without any disturbances.

The operation
The format of the ritual is as always, just for the incantation you are sitting on the floor and you passively observe your shadow on the wall, repeat the incantation a couple of times and then you can also sit a couple of minutes in silence before repeating again.

During the operation the shadow should start forming its own shape and "thickness", it should become plastic and start moving on its own as the spirit enters it as its vessel for manifestation.

Continue with the ritual as you are used to.

Getting lazy

Recently I became horribly lazy in using pen and paper so I am currently doing Sigils on the phone again. Let's hope it won't have so devastating effect on the phone as it had few years back.

Magickal chain

What is a Magickal chain
Magickal chain is a protection ritual. Papus called it the absolute defense. The practice itself is split into two categories: the ritual and the use of the chain.

Point of the ritual is the creation or re-assurance of the chain, usage involves calling the master of the chain to activate it.

How to create the chain
First of all you should already have some experience with the Magickal prayer, these two are closely related. Secondly you should choose a master of the chain. This can be any long diseased occult master that somehow influenced your art (e.g. Crowley, Bardon, Papus, Spare, Paracelsus, Pythagoras...)

During the ritual you call and pray to the master of the chain. Then you call for guardians of cardinal directions, elementals, spirits, demons, angels... in other words you start at the bottom of whatever hierarchy and you work your way up till you reach whatever force you are used to pray to in Magickal prayer. Entities in the chain can be called specifically or generally, for example you can call specific entities you have already worked with or just elementals generally.

After all required entities are called you then request them to become your chain and appear to protect you any time the master of the chain calls them, you then ask the master to come at your call to activate the chain.

Then you can end the ritual as usually.

Using the chain
So, the chain is already created and you get into a really bad situation and you need to activate the chain. To do so you don't need to call all the entities again, just call the master of the chain with the request to activate it and that's it.

Time by time the chain should be re-assured, for that use the same ritual you used for the creation of the ritual, it's actually a good idea to keep the ritual description and used incantations in your journal.

Rune circle

Portable rune circle.