This is just a small sample from a chapter on Seth that I am working on for my book. It's a lengthy work, and I have no inkling as to when it will finally be finished. Please follow or subscribe or friend request or whatever for updates on the full work. It will include personal experiences of the fruits of these labors.
INVOCATION OF SETH
He who is cut from his mother's womb to tear the night in twain. He is of Set.
I am of Set. The greatest of our company. Each night I stand upon the golden barge of RA. Each night I battle Apophis, the Wyrm who would devour the worlds. I have done so for millions of years and no other God would dare to do as I.
I am Set. The bear in the northern sky.
I am Set. The boar who would eat the Moon.
I am Set. The Bull who spills his seed in the temple to beget new life. And when Horus lays me beneath the Earth I shall be Set, friend to the dead and lift them up to heaven with earthquakes and tidal waves!
I AM SET! I AM TYPHON! I AM BAAL!
Notes : I use a red candle and Egyptian Patchouli. Lettuce, especially Egyptian opium lettuce, make good offerings and invocations through devotion . For sigils there are traditional hieroglyphs and the wdj’et.
The wdj'et
"The wdj'et It is one of the eldest symbols of the netjer Seth, alternately known
as Sutekh, who the Greeks knew as Typhon, the Mesopotamians as Baal, the Nordic
tribes as Loki, and the pre-Columbian Mexicans as Tezcatlipoca."
"By looking at the stark shape of the wdj’et, which symbolizes a stylized cutting
instrument - in keeping with Seth’s harsh identity as the Cutter and the Separator - you
can seize the opportunity to cut away from the fetters that bind you. Draw the spirit of
Seth embodied by the wdj’et knife into your mind. Use its sharp blade to break from any
compromises you have lazily allowed to enter your life, cut away any self-deceptions
and corruptions you may have allowed to cloud your perception. Use the symbol of Seth
to disrupt the familiar, and accept the self-created fate of the Sethian: to expose, illuminate, disillusion and enlighten yourself to the hidden nature of reality that sleep and comfort have obscured from you. Seth was not born of the natural order of the world; he cut
himself from the safety of his mother’s womb, just as he cuts through all obstacles and
boundaries that restrict lesser beings. Through experiencing the liberating sting of the
wdj’et, the candidate for Sethian initiation may begin to understand the nature of the
Storm, for it too was born from a piercing act of dissent and self-awakening from com-
forting delusion"
- Zeena Shreck "The Storm"
Meditation to Seth: Light the red candle and place offerings before it. I wear a makeshift shendyt and anoint myself with Patchouli as well. Assume the Lotus position. Although the throne position is essentially more of an Egyptian nature, the lotus connects you to the Earth. Focus on the wdj’et and begin to breathe. A count of 3 on inhale. Hold for 3 and exhale for 3.
Assume the Kuji Kiri of Rin (or strength)
*Kuji Kiri are hand mudras derived from Taoism and used in Mikkyo, although it is not Egyptian I was led here through gnosis and it was effective *
(This is how I learned it from the book "The Ninja Mind" by Kevin Keitoshi C, but I have seen other variations using the middle finger instead of the index finger or not crossing the thumbs etc. Do what feels right to you.)
Rin is formed by interlocking the pinkie and ring fingers while the middle fingers and thumbs twist around each other. The index fingers are pressed together and extended. The "roped" fingers represent the tying down of negative emotions while the extended index fingers form the blade of fire which cuts through illusion. It is essentially the mudra version of the wdj'et! In Ninjitsu this mudra is used to focus your mind and gain strength and energy for battle. It is considered to be associated with the element of fire, however I contest this to be incompletely true. While the blade is most definitely the power of your will and therefore fire, the interlaced fingers and roped fingers providing the suppression of negative emotions through focus and discipline are that of the Earth. Therefore I say Seth is Earth and Fire conjoined! He is the bear in the Northern sky and North is the direction of Earth. I also contest Seth as a God of chaos, but is the order within the chaos, taking raw chaos through the focus of will and manifesting it to create something new.. He is more than the God of storms.. He IS the EYE of the storms! The calm at its center and for that reason the only God that can keep the primordial chaos known as Apophis from enveloping everything in its wake. He is Major Arcana one in the Tarot. The Magus. And as the numeral one represents unity and therefore creation. When will, ruled by fire runs untempered it burns everything in its wake and becomes pure chaos, but when will is controlled through focus it unifies Earth and Fire and creates something new.
These are the lessons Seth has taught to me!
.. Now forming the Rin mudra keep breathing. Focus on your breath. Let your breath become fire. Feel the Earth beneath you. Feel the sands of Egypt beneath you. Feel the chaos that surrounds you as it surrounds us all, but do not fear it. You are the immovable one. You are like a Boulder in the desert. You can not be moved. Be still, be calm, be focused. Breathe. If you have a stray thought, visualize it floating away down the Nile. Visualize the wdj'et flaming red behind your eyes. Breath. When you are fully focused and have mastered your will, intone the invocation and visualize yourself in Seth's image. Let your words form like fire that stretches across the deserts of your mind.
Practice this and you shall gain focus and control over your will and it will help your magic 3 fold.
Aum Ra Aum Set!
Side notes : It is not to imply that order should be imposed over chaos or that this is contradictory of Seth's nature. On the contrary, it is a lesson in controlled chaos. To apply it in a way that is beneficial for manifestation of one's will. Any concept of order imposed upon chaos is in itself illusory. All order is only a temporary manifestation and chaos rules supreme. (Of course I've been reading Principa Discordia and my opinions might be influenced of late). It has also occurred to me that symbolically Seth's battle with Apophis is in truth Seth's battle with himself.
My invocation is based on both the works of "The Storm" and the following article which includes incantations taken from the scrolls and pyramids of Egypt. I'm giving you the link for reference. Set(Seth) God of the Dessert Darkness and Chaos
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