Post by Ny'obstaresh on Sept 17, 2011 11:34:07 GMT -6
I was considering the nature and use of bubbles a while back when I decided that I would design a ritual utilizing them to represent the orbs of Yog-Sothoth. Now, I don't usually like using electronics in my rituals, and you could certainly strip this back and perform it just blowing bubbles, but once I started on that tangent... So, anyway, there are UV lights, laser lights, bubble machines, etc. So it started with bubbles, and went crazy from there. Below is the ritual that resulted from these ponderments and experimentations. The directions are quite specific, but I had a very particular ambience that I wanted to capture, so feel free to change it to suit your own style should you wish to utilize this at any time.
The practitioner wears either a black hooded robe or performs the rite naked. Ritual jewellery may be worn - indeed, the practitioner should wear an old silver (or at least silver in appearance) key around his/her neck for the duration of the ritual. Obviously, this should be consecrated to Yog-Sothoth beforehand.
Practitioner stands within the fivefold concentric circle formation of Yog-Sothoth in a dark room lit only by a black light, and coloured laser lights if desired. An arrangement of mirrors will greatly enhance, and deepen the meaning of, such laser lights. The air should be thick with incense and the room be filled with a constant deep 'Om' chant accompanied by a slow, resonant drumming in a Middle Eastern style. To the front and either side of the practitioner, the walls of the chamber should have Sigils of Summoning painted in dripping strokes in fluorescent UV-reactive paint. The rear wall bears the Sigils that work towards bringing back the Great Old Ones.
Hail Yog-Sothoth! All praises to you, whose form is of Globes and whose face is the Void Itself. Hail to You, who is the Key and Keeper of the Gate and who is the Gate itself! Hail to you, Lord of Portals, Father of the Secret Paths, Lurker in the Angles! Ia! Yog-Sothoth!
N'gai, n'gha'ghaa, bugg-shoggog, y'hah: Yog-Sothoth! Yog-Sothoth!
Y'grr ftah'yg'gsh iieergrro y'f'gah-aa sh-tah: Yog-Sothoth!
N'gai yg'yggah n'gah y'hah: Yog-Sothoth! Yog-Sothoth! Yog-Sothoth! Ai!
The practitioner proceeds to meditate until an appropriate gnosis has been achieved for communion with the All-One. When this has been accomplished, the practitioner then initiates the bubble machine, so as to fill the air with them, continuing this while uttering the following invocation.
Mighty Yog-Sothoth, Most Ancient One, Wisest of the Dark Gods, You, whose form is hidden and revealed in the angles of the dimensional crossroads, cast a propitious eye on this working, allow me to bask in your glorious timelessness as an agent and extension of your omnipresence and omnipotence.Behold!, the spheres of the Beyond One, dancing in their cosmic rhythms, chanting the madness of the Void. The movement of the starss hold back Cthulhu and His Kin from the physical planes, but as we conspire against their poisonous ramblings so too shall we rise above them and smite them in aid of the Great Old Ones! Ia! Yog-Sothoth! Let loose the Gates, we turn the Key! Usher in the return of the ineffable Darkness, banish the Light and its myriad lies! The Gods of Man are dead, we bathe in their putrescence, and in the depths of their decay do we find peace, wisdom and freedom, so pry wide the gates of time and space that all may know the might of Yog-Sothoth!
N'gai, n'gha'ghaa, bugg-shoggog, y'hah: Yog-Sothoth! Yog-Sothoth! Yog-Sothoth! Ai!
When this is done the practitioner may proceed to make any petitions to Yog-Sothoth that (s)he feels appropriate, or simply bask in the unholy Presence. This is a good time to initiate a "spirit journey" or another astral practice for guidance, advice, divination, etc. with the aid of Yog-Sothoth. When timed to coincide with appropriate planetray and stellar movements this rite may also be used to break down the Barriers that hinder the crossing of the Thresholds using the incantations of the Nine Angles, Enochian Keys, or your own invocations. There are endless possibilities. Learn wisdom, and worship Yog-Sothoth.
Ia! Ia! Yog-Sothoth!
Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!
The practitioner wears either a black hooded robe or performs the rite naked. Ritual jewellery may be worn - indeed, the practitioner should wear an old silver (or at least silver in appearance) key around his/her neck for the duration of the ritual. Obviously, this should be consecrated to Yog-Sothoth beforehand.
Practitioner stands within the fivefold concentric circle formation of Yog-Sothoth in a dark room lit only by a black light, and coloured laser lights if desired. An arrangement of mirrors will greatly enhance, and deepen the meaning of, such laser lights. The air should be thick with incense and the room be filled with a constant deep 'Om' chant accompanied by a slow, resonant drumming in a Middle Eastern style. To the front and either side of the practitioner, the walls of the chamber should have Sigils of Summoning painted in dripping strokes in fluorescent UV-reactive paint. The rear wall bears the Sigils that work towards bringing back the Great Old Ones.
Hail Yog-Sothoth! All praises to you, whose form is of Globes and whose face is the Void Itself. Hail to You, who is the Key and Keeper of the Gate and who is the Gate itself! Hail to you, Lord of Portals, Father of the Secret Paths, Lurker in the Angles! Ia! Yog-Sothoth!
N'gai, n'gha'ghaa, bugg-shoggog, y'hah: Yog-Sothoth! Yog-Sothoth!
Y'grr ftah'yg'gsh iieergrro y'f'gah-aa sh-tah: Yog-Sothoth!
N'gai yg'yggah n'gah y'hah: Yog-Sothoth! Yog-Sothoth! Yog-Sothoth! Ai!
The practitioner proceeds to meditate until an appropriate gnosis has been achieved for communion with the All-One. When this has been accomplished, the practitioner then initiates the bubble machine, so as to fill the air with them, continuing this while uttering the following invocation.
Mighty Yog-Sothoth, Most Ancient One, Wisest of the Dark Gods, You, whose form is hidden and revealed in the angles of the dimensional crossroads, cast a propitious eye on this working, allow me to bask in your glorious timelessness as an agent and extension of your omnipresence and omnipotence.Behold!, the spheres of the Beyond One, dancing in their cosmic rhythms, chanting the madness of the Void. The movement of the starss hold back Cthulhu and His Kin from the physical planes, but as we conspire against their poisonous ramblings so too shall we rise above them and smite them in aid of the Great Old Ones! Ia! Yog-Sothoth! Let loose the Gates, we turn the Key! Usher in the return of the ineffable Darkness, banish the Light and its myriad lies! The Gods of Man are dead, we bathe in their putrescence, and in the depths of their decay do we find peace, wisdom and freedom, so pry wide the gates of time and space that all may know the might of Yog-Sothoth!
N'gai, n'gha'ghaa, bugg-shoggog, y'hah: Yog-Sothoth! Yog-Sothoth! Yog-Sothoth! Ai!
When this is done the practitioner may proceed to make any petitions to Yog-Sothoth that (s)he feels appropriate, or simply bask in the unholy Presence. This is a good time to initiate a "spirit journey" or another astral practice for guidance, advice, divination, etc. with the aid of Yog-Sothoth. When timed to coincide with appropriate planetray and stellar movements this rite may also be used to break down the Barriers that hinder the crossing of the Thresholds using the incantations of the Nine Angles, Enochian Keys, or your own invocations. There are endless possibilities. Learn wisdom, and worship Yog-Sothoth.
Ia! Ia! Yog-Sothoth!
Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!