Invocation to Mercury?

[Hm]

In need of a quick help.

On May 1 I started energy focusing into a particular financial goal (which is to be realized till May 31). I continued the energy focusing & visualizations nearly every day for 1-2 hours. As a result I got some "message" / "realization" / whatever that I must perform an invocation to Mercury on Wednesday (note the day) the 14th May (a full moon) cause it should be a very powerful day for this kind of invocation.

Well my trouble is, I'm nearly ignorant of ceremonial magick and this kind of stuff. I started with Crowley's Liber 4 yesterday and got lots of info "between the lines" kind of stuff (now reading the second part of the book 2) but it doesn't seem to be coming in the right direction plus I'm really not out of the liberty to fetch me all those magickal instruments so quickly (in 20 hours or so), not to speak of having no "temple" etc etc etc.

I just REALLY wanna perform this invocation, just no idea what it really means and how to do it. lol.

any help?

note: I may not ask Mercury's favour for this financial goal only, I'm interested in regulating my uni exams too, so what I wanna do is to dramatically enhance Mercurian "energies" within me .. sth like that.. whatever it means [grin] [grin] [grin]

[RoseRed]

Don't.

That'll be your best bet.

You could burn rosemary while you study - that helps aid memory and recollection.

[Desecrated]

If you are that uncertain, don't do it.
Keep it in memory, keep studying, do it the next month, or the same period the next year.
Sometimes life is about discovering how little you know and how far the road is ahead.

If you feel that this absolutely fucks up everything. Do something really small and personal.
I'm going too describe a supershort ritual that you can do.

(Disclaimer; I don't like inviting things into my life. Some might call upon mercury for help, but I rather don't.)

Stand in the middle of the room.
Face Greece. (for me this means face towards the south. Find Greece on a map)
Say these words.
-Mercury, I forbid you to disturb my business.
-The money is mine
-I will have it by the 31st

Throw some salt in that general direction. (mercury likes minerals and stones)

Draw a pentagram before you and Repeat this to yourself, each line for each point:
I will not yield,
I will not fail
I am persistence,
I am strength
I am determination.


Take a depth breath. And say with confidence:
-It's done



Simple 3 step ritual. Opening, middle, closing.

[manonthepath]

Now why would an energy on the level of the magnificent Mercury want to help a non-devotee at a time when more deserving are invoking? What you need to do is examine yourself, if such a thing is possible, and develop a growth plan for the year it will take for the calendar to swing around again. No short cuts or easy fixes, just old fashioned learning that comes from devoted research and the search within and without for revelation. Tell me, are you simply after coin?

[manonthepath]

This ritual is relatively harmless and is a good way to introduce yourself, which is the starting point from which to discover how to honor and interact with Mercury:

XV Maius/May 15: Sacred to Mercurius, this is traditionally the birthday of the Patron of Merchants (this day is also sacred to Maia, his mother). Merchants draw water from the aqua Mercurii — a sacred spring tied to Mercurius — in jars cleansed by fumigation. With a bough of laurel, the merchant then sprinkles both his merchandise and himself with water from the jars. Mercurius is closely associated with merchants and traders, and they hold this day as a feast day.

By the way, ordering Mercury not to fuck with your business is not something you should do. This is nor some random spook you' re seeking to deal with, but a cultivated and ancient deity.

[Desecrated]

By the way, ordering Mercury not to fuck with your business is not something you should do. This is nor some random spook you' re seeking to deal with, but a cultivated and ancient deity.

Don't tell him to fuck off. that is just insulting. But you can tell him not to interfere with your business or not to disturb it.
Basically, have him leave enough space for you to conduct your business without pleading for help or guidance.

But I agree with your first post, the best thing would be to wait.

[Hm]

Isn't an invocation acting as the deity itself? Embodying the deity? (For a while?) Being it? And it doesn't mean which one, I mean generally.
There is only one thing I'm missing. Le't say I make 1) Banishing / Purificaition / Consecration 2) General Invocation 3) The Oath of Proclamation 4) Specific Invocation ...

... but what's the actual, crucial, utmost, most important step - how to ACTUALLY become the deity? for a while?

isn't some special crazy mambo jambo required? or does it suffice to say myself 'I'm the deity' and that's it?

// sorry, I'm a beginner

[RoseRed]

No, it's not.

A proper invocation will channel the god/dess inside of you. You don't get to do what you want as a godform. You get to hang on for the ride until they get bored and decide it's time to leave. At least if you're not properly prepared. God/desses aren't very good at taking orders.

You have no idea what you're playing with.

[Hm]

Uncle Al:

There are three main methods of invoking any Deity.

The "First Method" consists of devotion to that Deity, and, being mainly mystical in character, need not be dealt with in this place, especially as a perfect instruction exists in Liber 175 ("See" Appendix).

The "Second method"is the straight forward ceremonial invocation. It is the method which was usually employed in the Middle Ages. Its advantage is its directness, its disadvantage its crudity. The "Goetia" gives clear instruction in this method, and so do many other rituals, white and black. We shall presently devote some space to a clear exposition of this Art.

(...)

The "Third Method is the Dramatic," perhaps the most attractive of all; certainly it is so to the artist's temperament, for it appeals to his imagination through his aesthetic sense.

Its disadvantage lies principally in the difficulty of its performance by a single person. But it has the sanction of the highest antiquity, and is probably the most useful for the foundation of a religion. It is the method of Catholic Christianity, and consists in the dramatization of the legend of the God. The Bacchae of Euripides is a magnificent example of such a Ritual; so also, through in a less degree, is the Mass. We may also mention many of the degrees in Freemasonry, particularly the third. The 5'=6' Ritual published in No. III of the Equinox is another example.

In my question I was using some combination of all those 3.

A proper invocation will channel the god/dess inside of you. You don't get to do what you want as a godform. You get to hang on for the ride until they get bored and decide it's time to leave. At least if you're not properly prepared. God/desses aren't very good at taking orders.

I didn't consider and am not considering "giving gods orders", hell no. What I think is rather visualizing "myself as a god in a given situation" or place, circumstances. Let's say it's about money. I didn't want to "ask Mercury for money" or "give Mercury an order to bring me money", I wanted to become Mercury who had (recently) provided himself lots of money (so that he's currently possessing it), some thing like that. I just thought it would be a great manifesting method. isn't? doesn't work this way? why not?

[Desecrated]

I didn't want to "ask Mercury for money" or "give Mercury an order to bring me money", I wanted to become Mercury who had (recently) provided himself lots of money (so that he's currently possessing it), some thing like that. I just thought it would be a great manifesting method. isn't? doesn't work this way? why not?

I think most people would call that possession. I've seen similar things in more primitive religions.
Most ceremonial magicians are control-freaks and wouldn't sign up for that.

I want to stand in my magic circle and have the entity/god/demon appear in it's own magical circle so that I am safe at all time and have the god do me a favor.

[RoseRed]

You can visualize all you like. There's a HUGE difference between visualization and invocation. And no, it doesn't work that way.

I've come to think that Gods don't really do favors.

Desecrated - what you described I would consider to be an evocation. Invoking is taking it inside of yourself. Or am I missing something?

[Hm]

RoseRed, what's the purpose and aim of invocation in your point of view? what can it be good for? why do people (or you) practise it?

[Asurendra]

Hello Hm,

Your original post said that you were in need to “quick help.” I think you should forget that qualifier. Before undertaking this type of operation there are a number of steps that you first have to work through and depending on you that might take some time. If you are interested in moving in that direction I can give you some pointers.

Regarding invocation, many people use this referring to what is basically channeling or having the angel/deity enter into the auric field. I'm going to throw a monkey wrench in this and say I do not use it that way … exactly. To me, invocation is what one calls 'down' and evocation is what one calls 'up.' An example is in the Key of Solomon: the Almadel. One invokes an angel onto the crystal ball in the incense smoke so it appears outside of oneself there. But, it is blurry because in an invocation, and here is where Hm should listen up, one can breath in the energy of the positive entity or work with it if there is permission to do so and it is done in a respectful manner.

But on this use of the words, to go back to that a moment, I just agree to disagree since there is good reason for why people hold the opinions they do on defining these terms and hope they keep in mind what I mean when I use them as I do when they use the words.

Manonthepath made a point I also agree with and want to emphasize here since I have made it as well, you have to build connections with these entities and approach them respectfully. I have quoted it before and will again here (and not sound like a Bible-thumper):

Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita (3:11&12) "Cultivate the Devas (Gods) by this (various types of sacrifice or offerings), and may those Devas nurture you. Nurturing each other, you both will attain the highest beatitudes. The Devas, cultivated by sacrifice, will provide you the desires pleasures. He who enjoys these pleasures given by them without offering to them in return is merely a thief."

Think about what I underlined in this quote and what that means.

By way of example, I have recently begun to work more with yantras and have the yantras for the Planetary Devas (Gods). So, the first thing I did at appropriate times was to make abhishekam (offering) to them simply as a positive offering to ask them to work with me and be a positive force in my life. This runs deeper and there's more involved but this is an introduction to the concept for you to think about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yantra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prxbi0Dkrdo

If you are specifically attracted to the planets there are books on Planetary Magick that are purely Western.

[Desecrated]

You can visualize all you like. There's a HUGE difference between visualization and invocation. And no, it doesn't work that way.

I've come to think that Gods don't really do favors.

Desecrated - what you described I would consider to be an evocation. Invoking is taking it inside of yourself. Or am I missing something?

I just found out that invocation means 4 different things.
It's a subject more complex then I thought.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invocation

[RoseRed]

From the wiki page under the Possession heading:

In some religious traditions including Paganism, Shamanism and Wicca, "invocation" means to draw a spirit or Spirit force into ones own body and is differentiated from "evocation", which involves asking a spirit or force to become present at a given location. Again, Crowley states that

To "invoke" is to "call in", just as to "evoke" is to "call forth". This is the essential difference between the two branches of Magick. In invocation, the macrocosm floods the consciousness. In evocation, the magician, having become the macrocosm, creates a microcosm.[3

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And as a general rule - I don't practice it. I've done it in the past and do not foresee a need to do it again in the near future.