First Month-Meditation 1: Themis
Take a ritual bath and perform a ritual of relaxation. Be seated comfortably in your temple space, bedroom or any other area where quiet and solitude may be main- tained. Light a yellow candle in the center of your temple space.
Bum incense or scented oil, preferably frankincense or cinnamon.
Perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, also known as the LBRP:
•	Stand and face east. Perform the Qabalistic Cross:
•	Imagine a brilliant white light descending from the Highest Throne touching the top of your head. Reach up with the index finger or blade of a dagger to connect with the light, and bring it down to your forehead.
•	Touch the forehead and vibrate, “ATAH” (Thou Art)
•	Touch thy breast and bring the dagger blade down till it covers your groin, pointing towards the ground. Imagine the Light descending from the forehead to the feet. Vibrate “MALKUTH” (The Kingdom)
•	Touch the right shoulder and visualize a point of Light there.
Vibrate “VE-GEBU-RAH” (and the Power)
•	Touch the left shoulder and visualise a point of Light there. See the horizontal shaft of light extending from the pposite shoulder to join this point of Light.
Vibrate “VE-GEDU-LAH” (and the Glory)
•	Imagine a completed cross of Light running from head to feet and shoulder to shoulder. Now, bring the hands outward, away from the bod, and finally bring them together again, clasped on the breast as if praying.
Vibrate: “LE-OLAHM, AMEN” (Forever, unto the Ages)
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•	Face east, use index finger or dagger to trace a large banishing pentagram of Earth. Thrust the dagger through the center of the pentagram and vibrate: “YHVH (YODE-HEH-VAH-HEH)”
•	Face south, trace the same pentagram there. Charge the figure as before, vibrating: “ADONAI (AH-DOH-NYE)”
•	Turn to the west, and trace the pentagram.
Vibrate: “EHEIEH” (EH-HEY-YAY)
•	Turn to the north:
Vibrate: “AGLA (AH-GLAH)”
•	Keep the arm extended, and face east. Extend both arms out in the form of a cross, and say:
•	“Before me, Raphael” (Archangel of air, flowing yellow, carrying caduceus wand)
•	“Behind me, Gabriel” (Archangel of water, out of the sea, dressed in robes of blue and orange, cup in hand)
•	“On my right hand, Michael” (Archangel of fire, in flaming red and green robes carrying a sword.)
•	“On my left hand, Uriel” (Archangel of Earth, ib robes of olive, russet and black, holding stems of ripened wheat.)
Perform the Adoration to the Lord of the Universe. (See Chapter One, page 85.) Then give four knocks. Close your eyes and imagine yourself sitting in a violet ovoid shape. Say:
Through theDivineNameofTetragrammaton, YHVH, (Yode-Heh-Vav- Heh) I, (state name) proclaim myselfto bea humble seeker after the Light of Wisdom and the Splendor of the Divine. From this dayforward I shall strive ever to prove myself a true and worthy candidate for initiation into the Mysteries. To this end I seek the guidance of the goddess THEMIS, that she might reveal herselfto me and intercede on my behalfbefore the Guardians of the Sacred Knowledge.

Again give the Battery of four knocks. Intone the name of the goddess THEMIS a number of times. As you do so, the violet ovoid shape surrounding you changes to brilliant yellow.
Visualize the form of a tall goddess standing before you. She has short, dark hair and dark eyes. Imagine this figure in flowing white Greek robes trimmed with yel- low and violet. Her features are austere and her expression denotes seriousness. In her left hand she holds a pair of scales. In her right hand she holds a golden chalice. Visualize strongly the form before you.
Say:
o thou radiant goddess of Wisdom and Oracles! THEMIS! Thou whose name means the Steadfast One! Thou Incorruptible One who defendeth those who are Just! Thou who presideth over the feasts of the gods on Olympus! Revealer of Laws! THEMIS! Thou who art the collective conscious and the Keeper of Order! Thou who art called the Lady of Justice and the Protectress. SOTEIRA! EUBOULOS! Thou who gives good counsel and advice! Interpreter of the Will of the gods! Let thine Oracle portray me in afavorable light. Thou goddess of the Scales! See thou that my heart is true,and that I am indeed a true Seeke rafter the Stone! Defend me as thou wouldst defend all worthy Aspirants on the Path of Wisdom! Speak on my behalf before the assembly of the gods! Counsel and guide me in my quest for the Light Divine! This I ask in the Name of the Ineffable One!
Visualize the form.strongly. See it breathe with life. The goddess places her scales over your body-the two halves of the scales balancing from your right shoulder to your left shoulder. The scales are absorbed into your body-into your shoulders and arms-merging into the flesh. The balance point of the scales is absorbed into your heart center, becoming one with it. You feel strengthened by this blending.
The goddess Themis then hands you the golden chalice of nectar to drink from. You taste its pure sweet essence. A sensation of warm white Light washes over you. The drink invigorates you and leaves you with a feeling of calm and balance.
Meditate for a few moments on the godform of Themis before allowing her to fade gently from your sphere of awareness.
Slowly dissolve the yellow ovoid surrounding you. When you are ready, perform the Adoration to the Lord of the Universe, followed by the Battery of four knocks and the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.
Keep a written record of any impressions or insights gained during the meditation.e