{"id":1001,"date":"2012-11-05T13:56:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T19:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.wordpress.com\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2012-11-05T13:56:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T19:56:10","slug":"seven-spheres-invocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/05\/seven-spheres-invocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Spheres Invocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I actually haven\u2019t done today\u2019s full Seven Spheres invocation: just my own morning planetary work.\u00a0 But the Lunar influence was strong with me this morning, and I hammered out a set of seven planetary invocations this morning over breakfast.\u00a0 Below is the first of them, which I won\u2019t actually get to until next Sunday (obviously), but I look forward to performing the Lunar version this evening.\u00a0 Also obviously, this builds upon the Saturnine instruction I received over the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<h3>INVOCATION: PETTITION FOR ACCESS TO THE SUN BY WAY OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL<\/h3>\n<p>Build your altar and your Circle of Art as instructed by Saturn.<\/p>\n<p>Perform the Titan&#8217;s Cross<\/p>\n<p>Perform the Invocation Rite of the Pentagram<\/p>\n<p>Kneel before the altar and light the first candle and fumigation.<\/p>\n<p>Read the Orphic Hymn to the Moon<\/p>\n<p>Light the candles on the Circle of Art and pour a libation<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call upon you, O Archangel Michael whose sphere is the Sun,<\/p>\n<p>You do not know me: I am Tieresias of the Obsidian Dream,<\/p>\n<p>and I call upon you in the tradition of magicians dating back to Moses,<\/p>\n<p>and in the name of Rufus Opus and the Seven Spheres Group.<\/p>\n<p>By this seal I invoke you, and by the secret names of God<\/p>\n<p>which have been handed down to me and which are inscribed there on.<\/p>\n<p>That I might most fully participate in the rites Seven Spheres Group,<\/p>\n<p>I ask that you lead me to the Gates of the Sun, and vouchsafe me entry.<\/p>\n<p>Permit me a glimpse of Iophiel, he of the eighth sphere.<\/p>\n<p>In return I offer libations and fumigation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I actually haven\u2019t done today\u2019s full Seven Spheres invocation: just my own morning planetary work.\u00a0 But the Lunar influence was strong with me this morning, and I hammered out a set of seven planetary invocations this morning over breakfast.\u00a0 Below is the first of them, which I won\u2019t actually get to until next Sunday (obviously), &hellip; 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