Raising Power
I actually raise power BEFORE I call on Arzel, but after I get into the Trance State.
No matter though. Play with what works for you.
In New Avatar Power, the author highlights several methods to "raise power". I don't think it was ever clearly explained WHY you do this. That's the funny thing about NAP. The book tells you WHAT to do, HOW to do it, but not really the nuts and bolts of WHY.
The reason we raise "divine power" is to call on an entity, and to send our intention off. If your doubting yourself, saying "I think I'm just talking to myself here", it WONT WORK! But if you channel the divine light into yourself, if you ignite the creator's spark which is present inside each and every one of us, your NAP will have power, and the angels will listen to you.
There are various ways to raise power. One of my favorites is taken from a Catholic prayer. You simply say, "The Light of God surrounds me, the love of God enfolds me, the power of God protects me." If you say this a few times during trance, and actually visualize and feel it, you will raise power.
Here are some other methods outlined in the book:
Kabbalistic Cross
Stand up with your feet together. Close your eyes. Put your left hand at
your side, and raise your right hand to be pointing at the ceiling with
your first and second fingers. Keep those two fingers together, and curl
your thumb and your other fingers into your palm.
Say the Word of Power: AH-TAY (For thine)
Now, bring your right hand straight down in front of your body and point
at the floor between your feet.
Say the Word of Power: MALL-COOT (is the kingdom)
Lift your right hand, and point your two fingers at your right shoulder.
Say the Word of Power: VAY-GAY-VOO-RAH (the power)
Move your right hand and point at your left shoulder.
Say the Word of Power: VAY-GAY-DOO-LAH (the glory)
Clasp both hand in front of your chest and say: LAY-OH-LAHM-AMEN (forever and ever, Amen)
The Middle Pillar Ritual
Sit or lie down. Now breathe in and out until a rhythm is established.
While inhaling and exhaling in this pattern imagine that a sphere of light
is hovering just above your head. This is the Sphere of Spirit.
Say 3 times: EH-HE-YEH (Eheieh)
You will feel a tingling sensation in your hands and feet. Picture the
mental image of a small shaft of white light moving out from the lower
half of the sphere of light. The shaft moves down through your head until
it reaches your throat, at which you imagine a second sphere of light.
This is the Sphere of Air.
Say 3 times: YEH-HO-VO EL-OH-HEEM (Jehovah Elohim)
You will experience warmth in your throat. With these two spheres
awakened, visualize that the shaft of light moves slowly down through
your chest. Now picture a third sphere on at your heart. This is the
Sphere of Fire.
Say 3 times: YEH-HO-VO EL-OH-AH VAY-DAH-ASS (Jehovah Eloah
Ve Daas)
You will feel a vibration throughout your chest. Now imagine the shaft of
light moving down your body to your groin, visualize a fourth sphere. This
is the Sphere of Water.
Say 3 times: SHAD-AY EL-KAY (Shadai El Chai)
You will experience a pleasant sensation in your pelvic region. Extend the
shaft of white light to your feet, where a fifth sphere is visualized. This
is the Sphere of Earth.
Say 3 times: AH-DOH-NAY HA-AH-RETZ (Adonai Ha Artez)
The image you have in your mind should be a shaft of white light running
from your head to your toes, in the center of your body, studded with
five, white spheres – three along the center of your body and one at each
end.
NAP Bornless Ritual
Thee I invoke, The Bornless One. Thou are Man made perfect, whom no
man has seen at any time. This is He whom the winds fear. Hear me, and
make all subject unto me, so that every Spell and scourge of the Vast
One shall be made obedient to me.
I am He, the Bornless Spirit, strong and of immortal fire. I am He, the
Truth, that lighteneth and thundereth. I am He whose mouth ever
flameth. I am He the begetter and the manifester unto the Light.
I find these exercises to be quite powerful, and if done in a meditative state, will produce feelings of elation, and perhaps certain physical signs as well. Sometimes I notice a wind generating off my body. You should feel strong, happy, and a sense of immense power. Once you've achieved this state, you are ready to start your incantations / Chants to the spirits.
