Protection spells

[Ainsophic XI]

I have not dwelled much in the Right Hand Path. I'm interested in your experience with protection spells, do you use sigils, ritualistic tools, incantations and sigils.

 

[dzb10035]

Protection isn't something that is specific to the right hand path, but for me I use both verbal incantations / mantric magic for shielding and banishing rituals personally. I usually go into further more specialised rituals of protection if there is a specific need, but for generic protection it is shielding, banishing, meditation, and weekly / daily purifications.

For purifications, I keep it quick with some magical washing form Bardon's tradition to wash away negativity from my astral side. I also use specific rituals from GoM books here and there in order to keep my mind / emotions a bit lighter. Relieving oneself of heavier emotions and their burdens is a protection by itself. It is helpful. Meditation kind of also helps in the aspect of purification, even though it goes beyond protection.

 

[Ainsophic XI]

That's interesting, your mind is your well of energy and you protect it with emotional control. Thank you for the reply!

 

[Eldros]

I have not dwelled much in the Right Hand Path. I'm interested in your experience with protection spells, do you use sigils, ritualistic tools, incantations and sigils.

Well, I have experimented with sigils, ritual tools, and spells.
I guess in my case it is more about the intention rather than the tool itself.
In protection, I like to put boundaries better than protecting myself from certain things. It is something that has attracted me always...

 

[Angelkesfarl]

Writing spiritual and divine names inside your circle is the quickest way to protect yourself—even if you use chalk or charcoal.

 

[vargr23]

I use a variety of techniques, depending on the exact nature of the protection that I'm trying to convey. Physical talismans (rings, trinkets, or medallions) that have been prepared for the purpose are one, another is a simple ritual of sympathetic magic wherein I ring a proxy with incense, essentially concealing the recipient in a smoke screen. I also have a variety of sigils for narrower protective purposes. These are all separate from the protection of a space, which may also be done by a number of ways, such as an areal banishing/claiming of space, or the use of tokens such as iron nails etc. Do you have a specific purpose in mind?

 

[0utsider]

I have a few experiences, but most are allied with banishing techniques. My strongest are my own home protections, due to my devotion to Hestia and my lunar month rituals with my Agathos Daimon. There are plenty ways to approach protection (and which to use depends on what resonates with you) but all of them boil down to discipline and intent.

Talismans usually require more work, but are imo more reliable due to their fixed nature and maneuverability. Setting the boundaries of a space with sigils or rituals tend to be easier to make, but require constant maintenance. Incantations are bread and butter to most rituals so you see them as a supporting act in (if not all) most of them. Ritual tools, however, are a little more complicated to place in RHP practices (if you exclude things like athames and wands).

Tools, from what I could gather on my studies across both Right and Left Hand Paths, carry a strong active/aggressive energy by their own nature. Think of sickles, wands, knives, staffs: they all are forged to take something, to whip forces into shape, and that's the antithesis of a RHP approach to protection. All protection structures in RHP practice are passive, even if a chained reaction is triggered by an attack. They answer instead of shouting, building and waiting instead of molding.

Purification is another topic entirely, but my general rule of thumb is that when you cleanse something you get rid of all energy, not only the filth. Good to keep that in mind to avoid the energetic equivalent of using excessive alcohol wipes and fucking up your skin.