THE WELCOME UNTO THE SPIRIT
Welcome, spirit, welcome art thou unto me; I have called through Him Who created Heaven, Earth and Hell, with all contained therein, and thou hast obeyed, also by the like power. I bind thee to remain affably and visibly before this circle, within this triangle, so long as I need thee, to depart not without my license, till thou hast truly and faithfully fulfilled all that I shall require.
THEN standing in the midst of the Circle, thou shall stretch forth thine hand in a gesture of command and say:
“BY THE PENTACLE OF SOLOMON HAVE I CALLED THEE! GIVE UNTO ME A TRUE ANSWER!”
Then let the exorcist state his desires and requests.
And when the evocation is finished thou shalt license the Spirit to depart thus:
About …..
Ceremonial magic (ritual magic, high magic or learned magic encompasses a wide variety of long, elaborate, and complex rituals of magic.
The works included are characterized by ceremony and a myriad of necessary accessories to aid the practitioner. It can be seen as an extension of ritual magic, and in most cases synonymous with it. Popularized by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, it draws on such schools of philosophical and occult thought as Hermetic Qabalah, Enochian magic, Thelema, and the magic of various grimoires. Ceremonial magic is part of Hermeticism and Western esotericism.