The Rite of Indwelling

The Rite of Indwelling is a new Tenebrous ritual I’ve developed. Nine Keys of Abyssal Darkness offers two rites of communion with the Nekalah. One, the Rite of Descent, entails psychically entering into the acausal realm of the Dark Gods. The other, the Rite of the Threshold, involves meeting with them in a boundary zone between our world and theirs. Both have their applications and limitations. Such limitations recently prompted me to devise a third option. This post will describe my method and initial results.

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Baneful magick with the Nekalah, part 2

Something I’ve increasingly been thinking this blog could use is more of my personal gnosis re: the Nekalah. Toward that end, this entry shares some thoughts I have on working baneful magick with these entities. There will be three entries in this sub-series: 1) Nekalah who I’ve known to be quite keen on baneful magick, but only in specific circumstances; 2) Nekalah who, despite being entities of Darkness, nonetheless lean toward solving problems in a non-baneful manner; and finally, 3) Nekalah who might plausibly described as specialists in malice. This entry will discuss those I class in the second category: Atazoth, Athushir-Kthunae, Budsturga, Mactoron-Falcifer, Nemicu, and Sauroctonos.

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