The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Trefoil

[qurgh]

posted on 7-16-2002 at 02:47 PM

The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Trefoil

In this ritual you should use a Daqtagh or other Klingon weapon.
1) Touching the forehead say SoHvaD
2) Touching the breast say 'ej wo'
3) Touching the right shoulder, say 'ej HoS
4) Touching the left shoulder, say 'ej batlh
5) Clasping the hand upon the breast, say taHjaj Hoch
6) Turning the the East, scribe the Trefoil in the air and vibrate Qo'noS
7) Turning to the South, the same, but say taH
Turning to the West, the same, but say QInlat
9) Turning to the North, the same, but say qeylIS
10) The Evocation of Honor:
Stretch arms out to point diagonally towars the ground, to form a trifoil.
Intone:
tlhopDaq QamtaH quvwIj
'emDaq QamtaH tuqwIj
nIHDaq QamtaH loDnI'pu'wI'
poSDaq QamtaH be'nI'pu'wI'
muDechtaH yejquv vaS'a' tlhoy'mey ,
'ej botlhDaq QamtaH wo' quv qeylIS quv je!
11) Face center again and repeat steps 1 to 6
12) Silently count to 30.
13) Say pItlh
 

[Kesvirit]

posted on 7-17-2002 at 03:18 AM

And this means/signifies... what, exactly?

(Don't forget that not all of your readers speak the Hol...)

[qurgh]

posted on 7-22-2002 at 02:31 AM

It's a lesser banishing ritual. You don't need to know Klingon to understand it, that is if you know what a lesser banishing ritual is. If you don't, keep reading.

The lesser banishing ritual (the English one that was orginal written down by solomon) is a shortened form of the greater banishing ritual. Banishing rituals are used in various forms of magick to clear location where any other magickal rite is to be performed. They are a way to focus and cleared your mind for the forecoming rituals. Usually it is done before to clear and after to help pull you back. Think of them as the magickal version warm-ups or mental streaches.

[Kesvirit]

posted on 7-22-2002 at 10:08 AM

Banishing Rituals

Originally posted by qurgh
Banishing rituals are used in various forms of magick to clear location where any other magickal rite is to be performed. They are a way to focus and cleared your mind for the forecoming rituals. Usually it is done before to clear and after to help pull you back. Think of them as the magickal version warm-ups or mental streaches.

I think I got it. We used to just call them attention-clearers practices for when we had to do some heavy concentration or dredging. Some said that they were an "if all else fails, just press reset"-type of thing, but I personally feel that that sort of thing calls for bigger guns. As it were.

- Kesvirit
 

[qurgh]

posted on 7-23-2002 at 03:40 AM

The lesser banishing ritual is one of the middle guns. It's not as big as a full banishing ritual, but it can work just as well. It all comes down to how much belief you put into them. I have never had a problem when I haven't use one doing small things, but when I started doing big things and doing group stuff others suggested using them and it helped calm them, so now I always use one (actually I use the Klingon one if I can get away with it) and it seems to have really helped.

[Kesvirit]

posted on 7-24-2002 at 01:08 PM

Banishing Rituals

Originally posted by qurgh
It all comes down to how much belief you put into them. I have never had a problem when I haven't use one doing small things, but when I started doing big things and doing group stuff others suggested using them and it helped calm them, so now I always use one (actually I use the Klingon one if I can get away with it) and it seems to have really helped.

That's kind of what worries me -- people tend to get caught up in the trappings to the point where they loose the intent. How can this possibly help matters, aside from the placebo effect? You end up working in a polluted space under the mistaken assurance that it's clean, if you know what I mean. Who only knows what the extra mess in the mix will do to the situation?

- Kesvirit

[qurgh]

posted on 7-31-2002 at 07:51 PM

Heh. Intresting that you would say that. I'm a Chaos Magician, so my complete focus is on the intent. The trappings are just created to help me focus more on the intent.

Any ritual can be broken down into it's most simple componants, and then put back together with different colours and "trappings", but the intent will always mean the same. I've been doing this for years and years and never had a problem. Nothing bad has ever got into the mix, because I understand all the ingredients very well and know excatly what I'm putting into the bowl, so to speak.

This Klingon version of the Lesser Banishing Ritual can be used inplace of any other Lesser Banishing Ritual and works just as well, because the words really don't matter, it's the belief that the person has which does the clearing.

Anyway, I don't think these forums are a good place for a detailed discussion on Chaos Magick. Maybe some other time.

[kratnor]

posted on 9-1-2002 at 05:41 AM

The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Trefoil

Most interesting. Thank you qurgh, old bean, for this klingon version of the ritual. Perhaps it will prevent trees from falling on me in the future. I don't feel, however that I need to do this every time I do the Plea for the Dead, do you?.
Kra'tnor

[qurgh]

posted on 9-18-2002 at 02:05 AM

Naw, it's only for big complex forms of cermonial rituals. For most small work you wouldn't want to do it.

I must admit, it does sound great in a large room with a bunch of people, but thats another story.

(Edit -- this thread has been split: see Klingon Compass Directions)

[Abbot Nej vIt]

qurgh,

Interesting, And I Dare Say Potentially Controversial, (But What about the Whole of Klingon Fandom is Not...<Chuckle>...)

That having Been Said, I Would Encourage Anyone Looking For Klingon Rituals to be Cautious of Invoking "Real" Power without Understanding the Significance of doing so.

There are Many Christians (As well as Others who are Sincere about their Spirituality), within Fandom who can be Shocked, or turned off by even the Most Well Intentioned Acts of Ritual. Not to Mention The Real or Psychological Effects of an Amateur Attempting to Perform a Magical Rite.

I Like the Concept here though, and I Feel it is Important that those Interested in any Metaphysical Rite or Practice, Explore it in Depth before Attempting to do it themselves.

Thank you qurgh for your Research and Translation of this into tlhIngan Hol.

[qoSagh]

While looking for another old thread, I came across this one. Now I am generally against using any specific ritual from a human tradition in Klingon fandom, but that is not my main point here. What I noticed while rereading this was the four compass points. In another thread we had discussed the concept of Klingons having only three compass points. Rituals and ceremonies being generally old, this would have certainly been written before contact with any other races (like humans) that had more points. In Klingonizing the ritual, ever thought of eliminating one direction?