Casting a Circle

[TeaDidikai]

Sovereign of Darkness

TeaDidikai

The Greater Seals of Armindle (sp?) and the Lesser Keys of Solomon to summon supernal and infernal spirits.used.

I believe it's Almandel...As in the Almadel of Solomon, fourth book of the Lemegeton?


EDIT: Doh. The Grimoire of Armadel, silly me. Yeesh...look at that latin title O_o (Liber Armadel Seu Totius Cabale Perfectissima Brevissima et Infallabilis Scientia Tam Speculativa Quam Practiqua)

Heh... I did spell it right then?

~is so not a Ceremonial Magician~  

[Gingerbread . Coffin]

Sovereign of Darkness

If you're using live fire to cast a circle, than that's a tradition you've taken upon yourself.

Who said I did? A lot of "conventional" rituals I've read call for candles, incense (and there's more variations to insense than just the sticks you can find at gas stations, like cones and charcoal disks) and a sacred alter and such.

Sovereign of Darkness

I've never heard of anyone doing it like that and quite honestly, it's relatively safe to cast a circle in your house as long as you're not grossly incompetant with match saftey.

But bumping something over by accident is completely unheard of...

There are those that lack mobile grace. xp  

[Midnight Ana]

Midnightelf

True. Seeker here of course, I'm still in the experimentel phase. I see nothing wrong with casting a circle. Unless, since it's a wiccan concept it makes me look like a fluff by not calling myself a wiccan but still casting a circle. Rats...

Wrong. Casting a circle stems from Ceremonial magic. As did the pentagram, I believe...just a little food for thought.
That actually makes more sense. I will certinly look into that, thank you.  

[Kal Eldritch]

Gingerbread . Coffin

Sovereign of Darkness

If you're using live fire to cast a circle, than that's a tradition you've taken upon yourself.

Who said I did? A lot of "conventional" rituals I've read call for candles, incense (and there's more variations to insense than just the sticks you can find at gas stations, like cones and charcoal disks) and a sacred alter and such.

Sovereign of Darkness

I've never heard of anyone doing it like that and quite honestly, it's relatively safe to cast a circle in your house as long as you're not grossly incompetant with match saftey.

But bumping something over by accident is completely unheard of...

There are those that lack mobile grace. xp

I completely forgot about those damnable candles...eh, my bad. Although I don't think incence is a very serious threat as a fire hazard though.

@Tea: Yes, you were right. You only spelled it wrong. My original attention was to just give you the correct spelling.  

[TeaDidikai]

Sovereign of Darkness

@Tea: Yes, you were right. You only spelled it wrong. My original attention was to just give you the correct spelling.

Thank you. Most of my CM books are in storage.  

[wicked_faery]

the way i've always seen it is that circles help protect u & ur spell by keeping spirits and energies other than ur own from tampering with the spell. it secludes ur energy & focus from surrounding energies.  

[Kal Eldritch]

wicked_faery

the way i've always seen it is that circles help protect u & ur spell by keeping spirits and energies other than ur own from tampering with the spell. it secludes ur energy & focus from surrounding energies.

That's the basic premise of casting, yes.  

[TeaDidikai]

Sovereign of Darkness

wicked_faery

the way i've always seen it is that circles help protect u & ur spell by keeping spirits and energies other than ur own from tampering with the spell. it secludes ur energy & focus from surrounding energies.

That's the basic premise of casting, yes.

It's also a bit of psychodrama.  

[wicked_faery]

TeaDidikai

Sovereign of Darkness

wicked_faery

the way i've always seen it is that circles help protect u & ur spell by keeping spirits and energies other than ur own from tampering with the spell. it secludes ur energy & focus from surrounding energies.

That's the basic premise of casting, yes.

It's also a bit of psychodrama.

...u seem to argue everything i've said...not discussed...argued..  

[Sivirs]

wicked_faery

...u seem to argue everything i've said...not discussed...argued..

Isn't it funny how you think everything's about you, when she was actually talking to someone else who'd replied to your post, and not you?

And actually not arguing, but adding on? You're still having trouble understanding what an argument is.

Huh. stare  

[wicked_faery]

Sivirs

wicked_faery

...u seem to argue everything i've said...not discussed...argued..

Isn't it funny how you think everything's about you, when she was actually talking to someone else who'd replied to your post, and not you?

And actually not arguing, but adding on? You're still having trouble understanding what an argument is.

Huh. stare

& u seem to bud into other people's business...a lot. is this all that you're going to talk about this, what used to be a, fine evening?  

[TeaDidikai]

wicked_faery

TeaDidikai

Sovereign of Darkness

wicked_faery

the way i've always seen it is that circles help protect u & ur spell by keeping spirits and energies other than ur own from tampering with the spell. it secludes ur energy & focus from surrounding energies.

That's the basic premise of casting, yes.

It's also a bit of psychodrama.

...u seem to argue everything i've said...not discussed...argued..

Note the bolded word.

Also, meaning in addition to. So, what I am asserting is that the idea of "protecting spellwork" from this and that functions to seperate it from surrounding energies as well as creates psychodrama to further the ritual.

Do you contest this? If so- why?  

[wicked_faery]

TeaDidikai

wicked_faery

TeaDidikai

Sovereign of Darkness

wicked_faery

the way i've always seen it is that circles help protect u & ur spell by keeping spirits and energies other than ur own from tampering with the spell. it secludes ur energy & focus from surrounding energies.

That's the basic premise of casting, yes.

It's also a bit of psychodrama.

...u seem to argue everything i've said...not discussed...argued..

Note the bolded word.

Also, meaning in addition to. So, what I am asserting is that the idea of "protecting spellwork" from this and that functions to seperate it from surrounding energies as well as creates psychodrama to further the ritual.

Do you contest this? If so- why?

i contested something i thought u meant...which ended up not being the case.. sweatdrop sorry. i see what u meant now