The Spirits of the Hours - part 1

The Spirits of the Hours - part 1

There is a new author I'll be referencing in many posts to come.  His name is Damon Brand, and he belongs to a group called "The Gallery of Magick".  I have read almost all of his books. I'll be reviewing them in another post.  For this post, the book I'll be referencing is entitled "Magickal Protection".  There are many reasons I enjoy Brand's books.  Dare I say, they are aimed at people who have little to no magickal background.  They are very simple to use, require little to no tools, and can be performed with no background in meditation.  Conversely, the explanations are clear, the magic is sound and the ideas are fresh.  There is something else... Brand is heavily influenced by Geoff Gray Cobb and NAP.

One thing about Brand's books, is they all have killer cover artwork.

This book works primarily with seals that are goal specific.  The seals are to be activated, using a technique he outlines in the book, accompanied by short, phonetically-spelled incantations that are (from my newbie understanding of Hebrew) names from heavily influenced Kabbalistic sources.

These seals aside, the book has two main techniques.  One is called "The Sword Banishing".  This is a solid banishing & protection technique, which takes about a minute to perform, and utilizes little known  angels from Kaballah. The other technique he gives is called The "Master Protection Ritual", which I will refer to as MPR (not to be confused with the Middle Pillar Ritual.)

I said earlier in this post that Brand is influenced by Geoff Gray-Cobb.  Something they share is the utilization of spirits called "Genii of the Hours".  The MPR utilizes these exact spirits.  I found these spirits to work quite well.  Nitika, of NAP Money-fame, is one such spirit. 

The Master Protection Ritual is to be performed by saying the Sword Banishing first.  It is followed then by gazing at the MPR Seal, and studying the Hebrew characters (from right to left, of course!)  You then invoke 12 spirits, each having a specific office or duty.  He instructs you to do this once a day, for 33 days.  Completing this 33 day cycle, will activate the protection for up to a year.  I have found I peform it a few days in a row, and I'm good for at least 2 weeks.

This is no ordinary banishing technique I have found. This ritual seems to clear away any blockages you may have holding your magick back.  I have also found that it helps with my social and general anxiety.  I have found this ritual is very positive, and I encourage you to check it out for youself.