From SourceryForge BY ELSEWARE Outline of a Ganesha Banishing Ritual This ritual combines elements of the
Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram with the Ganesh mantra. It's not
authentic, ancient, or anything else. Suggested Materials * A knife which has not
been used for other purposes. * An image of Ganesh My understanding is that indian magic
typically uses ten directions: down, the eight compass points, and up. Start the rite by worship of the Ganesh
image: place it in a clean space, bow, and recite one of the Ganesh
mantras 108 times. "Om Gum Ganapatayei Namaha" would be a
typical mantra. "Gum" is pronounced "Goom" and there are lots of
pronunciation guides on the web if you need help with the sanskrit. Start the banishing proper. We'll be
drawing ten hexagrams, charged with a mantra. 1. Stand in the center of
your circle, and draw a triangle on the floor infront of you, point
towards you, clockwise. Start and end at the point closest to you. 2. Draw a second
triangle, clockwise, starting at the top point, the sum of the two
triangles to form a hexagram. You'll be leaning over your first
triangle to do this. It's a little awkward. 3. Step into the hexagram
you just drew on the floor. 4. Place the knife in the
center of the hexagram, and say the Ganesh Mantra. 5. Facing straight ahead,
draw another hexagram at chest height. Start with the point-up
triangle, drawing clockwise from the top, then draw the point-down
triangle, also clockwise, put your blade in the center of the form and
say the mantra. Hexagrams drawn point-up triangle first are "male." 6. Turn 45 degrees, draw
another hexagram, starting with the point down triangle. This is a
"female" hexagram because you drew the point down triangle first. The
Cardinal directions, and the above hexagram are all male. The Ground,
and the ordinal directions, female. Don't forget to say the mantra in
the center of each hexagram to charge it. 7. Continue drawing
alternating male/female hexagrams until you have drawn a hexagram for
each of the eight compass directions. 8. Draw a final male
hexagram overhead. The one you are standing inside is female, if that
helps figure out where to start and finish. Don't forget the mantra. 9. Now sit in the center
of the shapes you've drawn, and repeat the mantra 108 more times. 10. To close, chant "AUM"
loudly in each direction, starting overhead, then working around the
circle, then finally below your feet, imagining the hexagrams
dissolving into the sacred sound leaving a peaceful, banished space. The ritual can be extended by drawing the
Aum glyph while chanting the mantra in the center of each hexagram, by
extended ritual worship in the opened space, by further recitation of
mantras to the directions, by prayer, and by using an alternative
closing. The alternative closing is something of an
initiation, in that it defacto installs an astral temple in your energy
system which could reside there for some time. Here is the alternate closing. Stand in the center of the space, facing in
the direction your started in. Empty your lungs, then inhale and recite
the Ganesh mantra with great vigor. Now inhale again, and visualize the entire
energetic structure you have created being pulled in towards your
heart. As it decreases in size, it increases in intensity. Say the mantra again, using your full
breath. Your lungs empty, inhale, again pulling the entire energetic
structure towards your heart, concentrating the energy within the
structure as it grows smaller. Repeat as often as necessary, until the
energetic ball is only as wide as the palm of your hand. Now place both hands over your heart,
pushing the ball into your chest, and inhale forcefully, pulling the
ball into your heart chakra. Allow it to integrate into your energy
system. If this "takes" - if you feel it lock into
place - then you can manifest a banished space simply by exhaling the
structure into the space around you while reciting the Ganesh Mantra
you used in this practice. The structure should be kept fresh by
repetition of the entire ritual until it is deeply engraved in your
energy bodies. I've worked with this ritual fairly
extensively, and found it works much as one would hope/expect. Retrieved from
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