Thank you. Yes, I’ve come to the same realization — that you have to follow your inner voice and look for what resonates most deeply with your soul. It’s the same with the language of the Psalms — choosing the one that feels closest to you, that brings the desired state of the soul.It's actually an awfully long story but I hope this tiny bit helps a little.
By the way, Psalm 113 in Old Slavonic (114 according to the Masoretic text) used to give me kind of prophetic dreams. But the energy was very heavy, oppressive — I’d wake up feeling as if I’d been tortured. So I stopped reading it.
Here too, it’s important to find your own way through trial and error.
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If you’re drawn to Western KQbbalah and are looking for protection, you could start with the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. Only after you’ve fully mastered and felt it you could add the Middle Pillar Ritual.
I practiced them for quite a while — they provide excellent protection and bring harmony. I performed them using the Divine Names in Hebrew. Choose the version that feels right for you, since some practitioners work, for example, with Egyptian deities instead.
And for protection, Psalm 91 (Masoretic
numbering) is one of the most powerful. You could begin by reading it in your native language to truly feel its essence, and later read it in Hebrew — even just through transliteration, that will already be beneficial.
In fact, any psalm brings harmony. Yes, there are traditional associations — that certain psalms correspond to specific intentions — but even reading just one psalm regularly will help. Or you can read them all in sequence, going through all 150, and then start again from the beginning. Or doing The Kathisma. Try which resonates more.
There are actually many techniques. The main thing is to find your own — to feel what resonates with you most strongly. It’s really a matter of trial and error. What matters most is sincerity. Candles and ritual tools are meant, among other things, to help you enter an altered state of consciousness.
It’s important to understand that nothing literally “comes” to us from the outside world. Rather, we — by changing our perception — find ourselves “on the other side” (in quotation marks, since the idea of “here” and “there” is a separate topic of study).
The key is to believe without a trace of doubt. But I’m not really a good adviser here, since I’ve stepped away from these practices.
As for connecting planets with the sefirot, from the standpoint of Traditional Kabbalah:
The Sefirot are manifestations of the Divine, not cosmic bodies.
The planets belong to Assiah (the World of Action), while Binah is in Olam ha-Briah (the World of Creation).
They cannot be mixed.
In other words, identifying the Sefirot with planets is kind of a profanation — a simplification that reduces spiritual levels to physical bodies.
But in planetary magic magicians connect and they claim to have good results.
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As for planetary magic I can only say this: if you decide to practice planetary magic, you need to immerse yourself completely in it — for example, when working with Saturn (I’ll explain at the end why connecting it to Binah is quite questionable).
So, you would need to perform a ritual with Saturn. Choose an appropriate day, hour, and minute for it — ideally when, according to planetary magic, Saturn exerts its strongest influence. Many practitioners also take into account the moon’s phase — waxing or waning.
Let’s say that according to your calculations, the perfect alignment of all these factors will occur two months from now. Time is set. Then study the myth of Saturn thoroughly. Immerse yourself in Saturn’s symbolism — its colors, stones, metals, plants, everything that can be associated with the Saturnian myth.
In daily life, start noticing Saturn’s manifestations everywhere — someone in grey clothes, an elderly person, a bit of grim news, a heavy conversation — that’s all Saturn. This way, you accumulate Saturn’s energy. Methodically, patiently. You don’t perform any rituals yet; you just collect and wait.
When the day and hour finally come, you are filled to the brim with that energy. You light the candles, your altar is decorated with every Saturn-related item you could find, and with full sincerity you give yourself completely to the ritual. And that’s it.
Then comes the period of silence. You keep living your life without obsessing over results. Time will show whether it worked or not. There have been people who said it did.
And so it goes with any magical ritual. If I understood correctly, you’re interested in the magical aspect — since Western Qabbalah is more about magic (with all the consequences that come with it).
The same principle applies to any technique — a methodical, meticulous immersion into the myth/archetype of a deity, angel, or demon. No rush. Tedious, repetitive work until those “forces” notice you. Many people give up after just a month or two of practice. That’s why it’s so important to find what truly resonates with your soul — otherwise you’ll drop it quickly.
The only people I’ve met who claimed to have consciously connected with their Higher Self said it happened once or twice after many years of practice. Dreams are another matter. I mean entering an altered state of mind while fully awake.
One practitioner told me he regularly spends hours in complete darkness, meditating by candlelight while chanting random names and sounds. So it’s definitely not something achieved in the first year of practice. And one must have a very strong psyche to avoid losing their mind.
I’ve also seen people on forums who awakened kundalini carelessly and then suffered from hallucinations and waking nightmares — leading to psychosis.
Just this summer I met a clairaudient woman who experiences audial contact with otherworldly entities daily, but she constantly fears that it might be schizophrenia. She keeps looking for proof that her predictions come true, and when they don’t, her anxiety about her mental health only grows stronger.
So one need to be very careful with any magical practice. Hope this helps.
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