It is not rare for the Practitioner to have a desire for love, yet for such a desire to be vague and unformed. He doesn’t have a specific goal, although his longing is strong enough to warrant ritual action.

The uncomplicated ritual below has proven its worth in bringing love into the Practitioner’s life in a form that may or may not be anticipated. Once the will of the Black Magician has been catalyzed and released through ritual, the universe begins to move, the Powers of Darkness creeping between every molecule and shifting planets to accomplish the set goal.

The result will always be in accordance with the will of the Sorcerer, and if it is left to work the details out on its own, the forces of Black Magick will bring him that which is most needed, although often that which he has yet to realize that he desires.

 

 

THE RITUAL

With the emergence of what has now become modern Paganism, the ritualist has endeavored to separate himself from his ritual, trying to objectify the experience rather than to experience it himself. The hands are the tools by which man is able to take an ephemeral thought or desire and built it into a solid form. Those that have practiced the Arts of Magick in any depth will notice a unique quality develop in the ritual and its success when he includes himself in the ritual in the same way that the chalice, dagger, and altar are.

The spiritual dance that you share with the flame is a mutual understanding of the purpose of the ritual, an intimate conversation and agreement.

Before the ritual itself begins, the Temple should be properly prepared.

• A comfortable chair should be set facing south, the altar before it.
• The ritual dagger is to be set on the right side of the altar, the chalice being set to the left.
• A single long, tapered, black candle should be set in the center of the altar.
• All other objects or furniture need to be removed from the Temple.

1 . Open the ritual with meditation. Softly shut your eyes and take a deep breath in. Release the breath and release your tension. Continue breathing, clearing yourself of all unproductive energy. View the Temple through your inner vision and gradually bring the image into clarity. Your main visual focus should be the altar rather than the walls, ceiling and floor of the Temple.

2 . Place your hands on the altar, palms down, linking yourself to that tool, uniting with the foundation of your will. Throughout this ritual and most others, your hands should be placed on the altar in this manner.

3 . Open your eyes and gaze at the candle. Visualize and feel a dark power welling up inside of it, growing with every second of the ritual, the vibrations pushing their way up the wax and into the wick.

4. Light the candle. Visualize the energy stored in the candle expanding through the burning flame and spilling into the Temple. Feel it throbbing, waiting to be released from the Temple walls at your command.

5 . Gaze into the candle’s flame. Watch it dance and flicker. Feel its heat, its life beaming out into the room. Look through the yellow and gold fire into the heart of the flame, at the blue and green tongues rising from the wick. Feel yourself swaying with the flame, your energy rising as the flame rises, shrinking when it shrinks, dancing as it dances. Lose yourself in the candle’s flame, letting your mind be burned in it save for the thought of the ritual and the goal.

6. Still gazing into the burning wick, visualize a bright sphere red light surrounding you. Know that the light is being fed by the black candle, making it stronger and more vibrant as it burns. See and feel the rays of the red aura moving through the walls of the Temple, traveling endlessly and affecting all that it touches. Sense that everything touched by the red light is drawn to you, compelled to deliver the love that you are in need of.

7. Hold this image in your mind as long as you can, sensing the reality of it. Cement in your mind that this visualization is your awareness of the actual happening.

8. Eyes still fixed inside the flame, state aloud:

“By the Powers of Darkness, I compel the universe to bring me love. By the Powers of Darkness, I command love to come into my life, to enrich it and to fill it with happiness. All things beautiful and good are mine, and are delivered to me immediately.”

9. Sense the energy rushing about you, stirring through the universe to bring your will to pass. Feel the red light around you solidifying and know that it will remain as it is until the love that you seek is yours.

1 0 . Speaking directly to the candle, state:

“By the Powers of Darkness, my will be done.”

11. Blow out the candle and breathe in the smoke. It will rise into the air and will whisper your command to the universe, and the love that you desire will be yours.

Compelling a Lover Creating the Desire