What follows is an ancient theurgic visualisation method devised by the neo-platonic philosopher Plotinus. I have modernised it and added a few things to make it more practical. It is important because it links our techniques and those of antiquity.
Place a statue or picture of the god on the altar with a tealight before it. Perform an invoking pentagram. Purify and consecrate as the 0=0. Light the candle and invoke the god using the normal method.
Visualise yourself in a crystal ball with the night sky reflected in it.
Then visualise yourself as being within that universe. You should see planets, stars and know that this is your universe. You are a soul at the centre of the shining universe.
Vibrate the word IAO which calls down the light into your universe. As you vibrate it, allow the universe to fade and melt into the light. The mass of the universe dissolves.
Now invite the god into your universe, not as something small but as something which fills the whole sphere. Chant its name or proper barbarous name of power until it can be seen and felt within your sphere.
Then you can communicate. When you have finished, open your eyes, focusing on the statue or picture and be aware that the god is with you in your sphere of sensation.
Close with the cabbalistic Cross.
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