Barbelith Underground > Temple > "Stupid" magick, religion and spirituality questions

I was looking very hard at African traditions of the new world, but i decided i just could not honour them properly, kiumbanda thou had lots of references to the grimoire verum which is a loose reworking of the Legemeton, so that spiked something in me from the enochian material i had been reading before and another idea i was exploring sometime back of planetary magic.

Now i have been doing a regular practice of incense and candle work really simple, with hoodoo influence and some christian influence. I started looking at literature regarding candle rituals to make the practice more meaningful and then started picking up angel, planet and candle associations which is currently where i am at, it kind of makes sense as a sequence of associations, i am planning on a daily candle and incense devotion based on days of the week and working with various requests with planetary spirits.

Starting to look at how each classical planet would cleanse and purify my spirit. Along the way i am learning bits of astrology as well and starting to look at astronomy to be more practical with the timing of my devotions and rituals.

So far i have worked with Raphael, Sachiel and Cassiel with regards to purification looking at different areas of my life. Raphael in how i communicate to others and trying to introduce a healing aspect into my expression, Sachiel in my social relationships and the politics involved, trying to smooth out interactions and Cassiel with regards to old habits and decaying processes from the past, Cassiel was the roughest really cold, but it has probably been the most liberating so far in the work, thou most tearful.

I think putting them in the context of the days would be more appropriate to healing, then a different quality is absorbed and related too each day without one planetary influence becoming too dominant, also it allows me to look at the sephirah beneath the abyss in a constructive way, but also to engage with Binah or Babalon. (I am still not decided whether Saturn is Binah or Daath i see bits of both in it)

I think i can get a diversity from western hermeticism and its hodge podge of influences that allows me to feel less trapped, it includes pretty much elements of alot of things i have worked with, all of my study in various areas pays off as does the practice, for example something i find hard to drop from my practice since having discovered it 6 or 7 years ago is ancestor worship, its where i build up from, thou i dont see it much in modern hermeticism its included in my practice because it has become of central importance to me, the past has much to teach and it became highly relevant while dealing with Saturn.

Tarot and other divination is another mainstay of my practice.

I know it may look very scattered and fragmented but in some strange way it comes together to make sense for the moments its meant to, i would like to think that one day consistency may appear and modern hermeticism may well be that answer, having absorbed Buddhist teachings on impermanence and absorbed dramatic experiences of it in action i never can tell. All i can really say is at the moment this is where i find myself relating to my practice.

I will keep Saturn for Saturdays after completing this working.When followed by the Sun i have a feeling it will balance out the experiences more fruitfully.