Introduction

Many of you likely wonder why I recommend the LBRP, which version I personally use, and
perhaps want a few alternative versions that may be appropriate. This write-up will cover these
common thoughts along with some useful explanations and personal thoughts on the LBRP and
related topics.

It should be noted that this ritual and its derivatives involve a hefty bit of visualization. If you
have trouble performing it that is most likely the area you need to focus on to set things straight.
People who think primarily in words tend to have more trouble visualizing.

The Qabalistic Cross

The first thing performed during the LBRP is the Qabalistic Cross. It can be performed by itself,
and when done so it is a very quick exercise with entirely positive effects.

Note that anything said in these rituals should be vibrated (think what you do when singing a
longer note in a song), or said with force. If you require silence for whatever reason you can
vibrate them in your throat as if humming, or even mentally vibrate the words instead, though
this is harder to do properly without practice. The steps for this are as follows:

1. Stand Facing to the East.​0​Imagine a brilliant white light touching the top of your head. Reach
up with the index finger (or, if available either a ritual dagger or a wand)​1​, and bring it down to
the forehead
2. Touch the forehead and say ‘Atah’ (ah-Tah)​2
3. Move your hand down slowly, touch the breast, and point downwards towards the earth. Say
‘Malkuth’ (Mahl-kooth’)​3
4. Touch the right shoulder and say ‘ve-geburah’ (ge-boo-rah)​4
5. Touch the left shoulder and say ‘ve-gedulah’ (ge-doo-lah)​5​. After this, you should be able to
imagine a completed cross of light running head to feet and shoulder to shoulder.
6. Bring the hands away from the body and then back together clasped against the breast (as if
in prayer). Say: ‘Le-Olahm, Amen’

This cross is performed at the beginning and end of the standard LBRP. Alternative versions of
the cross will be included as part of the two alternative LBRs provided. The cross by itself
promotes health, inspiration, and balance. Because of how easy it is to perform it, it should be a
staple in daily magical exercise. I normally recommend performing the cross alone upon waking,
and the entire LBRP before bed, every day, and especially on the days you feel the most
resistance to doing it. Both it and the LBRP can be performed more often than this as needed.
 The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram

Now for the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram proper. This ritual is most commonly
used these days in an effort to banish negative entities or clear areas of junk energy, however
its most useful aspect in my opinion is actually the internal purging it causes. Using it just to
clear the area of entities is insufficient, it should also be used to bring balance to yourself and to
purge yourself of any junk as well. We will discuss in simple terms how it and the symbolism
within it encourages these things after the ritual is provided.

The Ritual Proper:

1. Just as you would when performing the cross by itself, stand facing to the east and
perform the Qabalistic Cross
2. Still facing east, with your right hand, use your finger or ritual item to trace a large
pentagram​6​. Thrust the finger or item through the center of the pentagram and say
‘YHVH’ (Yode-Heh-Vav-Heh)​7
3. Turn to the south and trace the same pentagram there, charge the figure as before, this
time saying ‘Adonai’ (Ah-Doh-Nye)​8
4. Do this again in the west. Say ‘Eheieh’ (Eh-Hey-Yay)​9
5. Do this again in the North, intoning ‘AGLA’ (Ah-gah-lah)​10
6. Keep the arm extended and turn back to face the east. Extend both arms out in the form
of a cross and say ‘Before me, Raphael’ (Rah-Fay-el). Visualize this great archangel of
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air rising out of the clouds in flowing yellow and violet robes, carrying a brilliant sword.​
7. Behind you, visualize another figure and say ‘Behind me, Gabriel’ (Gah-bree-el). See the
archangel stepping out of the sea like the goddess Venus, dressed in robes of blue and
orange, with cup in hand.
8. Visualize to your right another figure, wearing flaming red and green robes and carrying
a fiery lotus style wand. Say ‘On my Right Hand, Michael’ (mee-kai-el).
9. See another great archangel on your left, rising up from the vegetation of the earth in
robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black​12​, holding stems of ripened wheat. Say, ‘On my
left hand, Uriel’ (Ur-ee-el).
10. Say ‘For about me flames the pentagram, and in the column shines the six rayed star’.
Visualize a hexagram (the six rayed star) over your spine, at or slightly above the breast.
It’s fine if you see it in front of you, at the back of you, or both, but it must be close to you
and within the area the pentagrams have essentially formed.
11. Repeat the Qabalistic Cross.
 Short discussion on Symbolism

There’s a lot of symbolism that makes the pentagram an appropriate tool for purgative
purposes, most notably the number five, which is associated with Geburah, which, among many
other things, represents strength and willpower. Geburah is seen as the purgative right hand of
god that wipes away evil and forges the growth of creation seen at Chesed. It is, for our
purposes, essentially the same idea as refining a lump of raw metal into an ingot.

The various god-names and angelic names represent different aspects of the universe and
yourself. Each angel represents an element, and these elements are meant to purge impurities
and ‘refine you’ as a person through said purging. This leads to elemental balance as each
takes its proper place within you. The geburic focus of the ritual is important for banishing rogue
entities or elementals, and this is the aspect most people focus on. The six rayed star
represents balance, as it is made of the alchemical triangles of water and fire in harmony with
one another, overlapped, further cementing the internal balance the ritual is meant to bring.

The ‘language’ of this symbolism is essentially you stating you wish to invoke the powers of the
universe and bring out the powers within yourself through the four basic elements to purge
yourself and your surroundings of anything that does not belong. As such a lot can be
substituted to the user’s taste, as will somewhat be seen by the two alternative versions I’ve
provided lower down, though these will not come with as much extra explanation.

The statements in the ritual pull from the lord’s prayer in the new testament (or at the very least
the same principles of said prayer, based on another prayer, the prayer of david in Chronicles
29:1.) This is mainly seen in the qabalistic cross, where, similar to the statement ‘for thine is the
kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever amen’ in the lord’s prayer, we say ‘Atah,
Malkuth, Ve Geburah, Ve Gedulah, Le Olahm Amen’, which will translate to ‘Thou art the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, the world forever, unto the ages, amen’.

Christians may notice that in contrast to the sign of the cross, the right shoulder is touched first
rather than the left. This has to do with a specific way of looking at God and by extension the
tree of life. A deep discussion of this is outside of the scope of this writeup, but in short, the
christians would see the tree of life as if god's ‘back was turned’, so the left side of a human
being would overlap with geburah, whereas we would see it in the other way, with him facing us,
so geburah would overlap with the right side of the human being. This is not a small difference,
representative of two competing viewpoints in regards to the nature of god as a force and/or a
divinity. If you consider yourself a devoted Christian and view god as an active divinity you are
not worthy to look upon, you would want to switch the shoulders at the very least, and preferably
make use of the cross within the Christian banishing ritual provided later instead.
Arguably, the Geburic nature of this ritual means you should focus on love and mercy in other
areas of your life a little more if you perform the LBRP regularly. Though I have never heard of
anyone becoming unbalanced from the LBRP, it couldn’t hurt, and normally the peace it helps
provide leads to such activities anyway.

Common Questions

Why this and not X other ritual used to banish/cleanse?

Preference. That and the idea of more ingredient intensive rituals like spreading salt or holy
water isn’t very appealing to me due to the mess they cause and the added expense. I also
prefer the symbolism here.

This ritual didn’t work to banish X entity!

Here are a few of the most common potential reasons for this:

1. Your will is weak. Most commonly this will be the reason. You are either afraid of the
entity, afraid of the ritual, don’t want the entity gone badly enough, or are psychologically
compromising yourself in some other way. There is nothing inherent to any ritual like this
that makes it work other than the emotional and energetic ingredients you put in, with the
design of the ritual made specifically to bring out and call upon the appropriate emotions
and energies in the user. Wanting the entity gone badly enough, hating it, and wishing
for it to be gone can technically do the exact same thing as the LBRP in regards to
banishing an entity. The LBRP is useful because it helps you access these emotions and
inner strength through the ritualism associated with it much more easily than simply
thinking a lot about it, as it limits competing thoughts and emotions during its use and
calls on symbolism to strengthen the useful ones.
2. The entity has anchored, taking advantage of an emotional vulnerability you currently
have to protect itself. In many cases performing the ritual twice, first with an emphasis
towards an internal purgative intent, then with an external one (think the sword, then the
wand), will fix the problem. If it doesn’t this means the vulnerability is a chronic one you
aren’t willing to face, and thus it can not be purged, allowing the entity free reign. In
these cases you will either need a more accomplished person’s help, or to introspect a
good deal, which can be more difficult under stress.
3. There is no entity, you’re just delusional.

The ritual didn’t help me purge X thing from myself!

See the last part of number 2 above. If you choose ignorance and don’t introspect this will not
be a miracle cure to rooted emotional issues or problems. If you half arse your introspection
you’ll naturally only get half arsed results from this ritual in regards to internal adjustment.
The ritual is Jewish so it’s bad.

The ritual pulls on Judaic symbolism. The power from the ritual comes entirely from you and
your command over the universe. If the Judaic symbolism bothers you then the basic ritual is
not the one for you, as it will compromise your emotional intent. This is why I’ve included two
other versions in the later parts of this document, and why so many other versions exist. The
ritual itself was created by the Golden Dawn, which is not Jewish, and therefore by extension
the ritual is not Jewish. Ideas are not cultural either, so the ideas behind it are not Jewish either,
the only thing that can be said to be Jewish is the symbolism.

Is it ok to perform this if I am a Christian?

There is a version specifically designed for Christians included here. However, the difference in
viewpoints relating to God between this and normal Christianity probably technically make it not
ok. I would still probably argue that it’s fine, but if you want to be as good a Christian as
possible, use the alternative version or buy and use some holy water with similar intent.

How often should I perform this?

Ideally once a day. Regularity will bring about elemental balancing, discipline, and keep things
clear. If you skimp on it that is when problems will choose to creep in. The days you least want
to do it are the days you should be sure to do it.

I know nearly none of you want to do that though, so if you just do it on the days that you feel
badly or think you’ve fucked up somehow, you’ll probably be ok.

What can be excluded from the ritual?

Anything. The ritual isn’t even technically necessary. Most commonly, however, the ritual
instrument will be omitted, and the ritual will be done silently, to avoid attracting attention or for
preferential reasons. When experienced enough with visualization the entire affair can be done
within your mental space through visualization, without moving a muscle.

Alternative Christian Version

This version swaps out the pentagram for the cross and naturally makes use of more Christian
symbolism, though of course it has a lot in common with Judaic symbolism. In copying this I
have also swapped the shoulders to fit better with the more mainstream Judeo-Christian
worldview. Remember to vibrate the words, similar to singing a prayer in church. The cross used
here is as follows:
 1. Stand and Face East and imagine a brilliant white light touching the top of your head.
Reach up with the right index finger to connect with the light and bring it to your
forehead.
2. Touch your forehead and say ‘Sou Estin’ (Soo Es-tin, ‘Thine Is’)​13
3. Touch the breast and say ‘He Basileia’ (Hay Bah-Sil-lay-uh, ‘The Kingdom’)
4. Touch the left shoulder and say ‘Kai He Dynamis’ (Kigh Hay din-ah-mees, ‘and the
power’)
5. Touch the right shoulder and say ‘Kai he Doxa’ (Kigh Hay Dox-ah, ‘and the glory’)
6. Clasp the fingers over the breast and say ‘Eis Tous Aionas ton Aionon’ (ace tooce
eye-oh-nas tone eye-own-own, ‘to the aeon of aeons’, but you can say ‘to the God of
Gods’, or perhaps even ‘to the God of All’ or 'to the god most high' to banish any trace of
possible polytheism from here. I don’t have the Greek for those potentials’)

The way to trace the cross, as you will have to do in the following ritual, is to begin at the top of
the shaft of the cross and draw straight downward, then simply start at the left point of the
crossbar and go to the right. Much simpler than a pentagram, frankly. As usual you will vibrate
the words, similar to the original. You can use the English translation rather than the Greek if
you wish, both with the former Cross and the following Banishing Ritual. As always remember to
visualize these things as best you can.

The Banishing Ritual:

1. Perform the Qabalistic Cross from above

2. Trace a large cross in front of you, and thrust your finger through it, saying ‘Pater Hamon
Ho en tois Ouranois’ (Pah-ter Hay-mon ho en toh-ees Oo-ran-oh-ees, ‘Our Father in
Heaven who art in Heaven’ if you wish you can simply say ‘Our father, who art in
Heaven’ like in the Our Father prayer).
3. Go to the south and draw the cross again. Thrust through its center and say ‘Ho kyrios
Meta sou’ (Hoh-kree-os meh-tah soo, ‘the Lord is with thee’, like in the Hail Mary)
4. Go to the west and draw the cross. Say ‘Oudeis Erchetai pros ton patera ei me di emou’
(Oo-days er-che-tai pros ton pah-ter-ah eh may dee em-oo, ‘No one cometh unto the
father, but by me’, which is what Jesus said)
5. Go to the North and draw the cross. Say ‘To Phos en te Skotia Phainei’ (Toh fohs en tay
sko-ti-ah fai-nay, ‘the light shineth in the darkness’)
6. Return to the east, say ‘Before me Raphael, behind me, Gabriel, on my right hand,
Michael, on my left hand, Uriel. For about me flames He Stauros Tou Kleos (Heh
Stow-ros too Klee-os, ‘the cross of glory’) And above me shines He Chariti Tou Theos
(Heh chah-ree-tee Thay-os, ‘the grace of god’, as usual for these use the english instead
of the greek as you so wish).
7. Repeat the Christian Qabalistic Cross

One way to understand this ritual is in the four sayings uttered while creating the four crosses.
The four pentagrams in the original used different names of God, here we reference God The
father through the reference to the Our Father, Mary through the reference to the Hail Mary,
God the Son through his utterance, and what seems to be a reference to the Holy Spirit. This
thereby reflects an important concept in qabbalistic terms: The father and mother (represented
by God, the father, and Mary here, to us represented by Binah and Chokmah), produce The
Son, or Jesus (Tiferet), and the church of the earth/holy spirit represents the ‘virgin’ who Jesus
takes as his bride (Malkuth), which in turn results in the father and the mother. In Catholic
tradition the Church is the bride of christ, and that is represented here by the way this ritual is
laid out. The ritual uses this mystery to ask for the grace and power of God to cleanse you and
the area. This important connection to the Qabbalistic tree of life is also why so many
replacement versions of this that I have seen tend to use two female and two male
divinities/energies, though the users may not always be aware of this.

Alternative Egyptian Version

By special request. This version still uses pentagrams, but these can be substituted by
the Ankh or Wedjat (eye of Horus), as both were very powerful amulets for protection. I’d argue
the ankh is better for spiritual health than the wedjat, while the wedjat is better for protection and
more typical forms of health than the ankh. To trace the Ankh start at the bottom of the top loop
and make the loop, then go straight down, then make the crossbar as a third, separate line. For
the eye, start with the brow from left to right, then start a new line from the same side slightly
below to make the oval shaped eye, dipping down in the middle of the top movement to create
the pupil (think making a barely open U in the middle rather than continuing the line), and
circling back around to meet the line slightly past where it began. Then you begin the third line
downward, drawing the strange U shape from the right, and upon finishing this draw the curvy
part from the point you reach. It’s easily the most complicated shape presented here today. You
can see the picture of what we’re making ​here​.

I will still reference pentagrams in the ritual, simply replace any ‘pentagram’ with ‘ankh’
or ‘wedjat’ if you wish to use one of those. I probably wouldn’t substitute the English for this one,
the English translation comes off as rather generic in many places and thus isn’t as useful for
emotional inspiration. As always vibrate the words.

The Egyptian Qabbalistic Cross (should visualize as more an ankh).

1. Stand and Face to the east. Imagine a brilliant white light touching the top of your head.
Reach up with the right index finger (or ritual instrument) to connect with the light and
bring it to your forehead.
2. Touch the forehead and say, ‘Entek Pau’ (En-tek pow, ‘thou art he who is’)
3. Touch the breast and say, ‘ta Sutenit’ (tah su-ten-it, ‘the kingdom’)
4. Touch the right shoulder and say, ‘ta Sakhem’ (Tah Sahk-hem, ‘the divine power’)
 5. Touch the left shoulder and say, ‘ta Djeser’ (tah d-jes-er, ‘and the glory’)
6. Clasp the fingers over the breast and say, ‘ta Taui en Hah (tah tow-ee en hah, ‘the world,
forever’)
7. Say Nedj Her (ned-j her, ‘Homage to Thee’)

The Egyptian Banishing Ritual of the pentagram (or whichever symbol you choose):

1. Perform the Egytpian Qabbalistic Cross from above

2. Face east, use your finger or ritual item to trace a large banishing pentagram. As you do
so, say ‘NudJeru Yebeta’ (nud-jeh-ru yeh-beh-tah, ‘Gods of the East’)
3. Thrust your finger or ritual item through the center of the pentagram and say ‘Nef’ (air).
Make sure to keep the right hand extended throughout; do not let it drop. This
pentagram and the others should be visualized in a flaming blue or white light.
4. Go to the south and draw the same pentagram while saying ‘Nudjuru Resu’ (nud-jeh-ru
Reh-su, ‘Gods of the South’)
5. Thrust your finger or ritual item through the center of the pentagram and say ‘Ash’ (Fire).
6. Go to the west and draw the third pentagram, and say ‘Nudjeru Amenta’ (nud-jeh-ru
Ah-men-tah, ‘Gods of the West’)
7. Once again, thrust through the center of the pentagram, and say ‘Mu’ (Water).
8. Go to the north and trace the last pentagram while saying ‘Nudjeru Mehta’ (nud-jeh-ru
meh-ta, ‘Gods of the North’)
9. Thrust though this last pentagram in the same fashion and say ‘Ta’ (Earth)
10. Return to the east. Say ‘Before me, Hathoor, the mother of light. Behind me, Toum of the
setting sun. On my right hand, Sakhmet, MIghty lady of flame. On my left hand,
Hapi-Wer, the Bull of Earth. For about me flames Sehedj (a heaven of stars). And above
me shines Tau Nudjer (the star of God). Make sure to appropriately visualize the
goddesses, flames, and star. Research into each will assist you with this.
 Footnotes

​0.​ ​If you don’t know which direction is east that is ok, just pick one and assume it is east.
1. The tools are most appropriate specifically in regards to their use in the LBRP. For the
cross alone, the dagger is more useful in bringing clarity, and the wand is more useful in
bringing passion/a spark, but they are not overly important to have on hand by any
means. In the LBRP the dagger is a more useful symbol for internal purging, and the
wand for external purging, in my opinion.
2. Many sources will say Atoh, or Ateh, etc. Atah is the most correct in regards to Hebrew,
Atoh is more traditionally used by magicians and in my opinion vibrates far better, and
Ateh shows up occasionally. Choose whichever feels best, it really doesn’t matter and is
up to preference.
3. Means Kingdom, Malkuth is the name of the tenth sefirot.
4. ‘The power’, Geburah is the 5th sefirot
5. ‘The glory’, Gedulah is Chesed, the 4th sefirot
6. For the purposes of the ritual, the correct way to draw out the pentagram has you begin
at the bottom left point, rather than, at least to me, the more intuitive middle leftward
point. The pentagram is of course upright, the reversed pentagram being a chaotic and
satanic symbol and one that should absolutely never be used in any of these rituals, lest
you bring forth the chaos and ruin it represents on yourself.
7. The Tetragrammaton, or four lettered name of god. We pronounce each letter
individually here, Yod, He, Vav, He, rather than the simpler Yahweh or Jehovah.
8. Translates to ‘Lord’ or ‘my lord’. As Jews were not supposed to say YHVH, this was and
presumably is the name they use in the synagogue. It, like the other names for god,
carries a lot of meaning that will not be covered here.
9. Translates to ‘I am’. There’s so much depth on the topic of this name as well, but most
will be familiar with the statement god made to Moses, ‘I am who am’ or ‘I will be’. YHVH
is, from my understanding, the same statement said in third person, this being the first
person equivalent. Can also be ‘I will be what I will be’, among others.
10. A kabbalistic Notarikon, or use of initials of a complete sentence: A ​ tah Gibor Le-olam
Adonai is the phrase, which translates to ‘You, O lord, are mighty forever’.
11. I have slightly altered the part of this ritual from the book that I am referencing, switching the
caduceus wand in the hands of Raphael with a sword, and the Sword in the hands of
 Michael with a lotus wand. This is because I personally prefer to symbolize fire with the wand
and air with the dagger/sword. Naturally, these four instruments relate to the four elements
and also by extension the four suits of the tarot. If you prefer using a sword to symbolize fire,
and the wand to symbolize air, the wand used by Raphael should be the Caduceus wand as
it is the most appropriate for this, and the sword will be fiery and held with willful intent. Either
works fine, it’s a matter of preference and a subject hotly debated, go with your intuition. I
personally believe the wand better represents the creative, and often destructive, spark of
fire, and the sword represents the cutting intellect and discernment that I often associate with
air.
12. These are the colors associated with Malkuth, which is often cut into 4 pieces for symbolic
reasons. If it’s easier, and you mentally identify earth as ‘brown’ you could likely replace this
conglomeration of colors with brown, which is itself a conglomerative color… Though that
would detract from the brilliance of the angel and by extension potentially weaken your
emotional intent.
13. It’s Greek. Everything else in the Christian rituals is in Greek. You can use the English
translation provided instead if you prefer, it shouldn’t make a difference, and saying it in
English may make it feel even more Christian given that’s the language English speakers
would make use of in their worship. Of course if you speak a different native language feel
free to make use of that one instead.

Document by: Fightersword

Links to other alternative versions provided by other people:

A Wiccan one:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190414131048/http://www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos025.htm