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Reference: Details of major ritual magic
Serack:
In a discussion of what the items of power from SG might be used for last summer, I cobbled together a list of major ritual's Harry has done. In it I generally listed the props he used, and any other significant circumstances. This topic is to serve as a repository for that information for future reference, and as a place to collect information about similar ritual magic.
Sanctum invocation with Demonreach:
* Circle: three foot area cleared off with short wisk broom. Wooden-armed chalk compass to draw out a perfect circle in glow-in-the-dark chalk.
* 5 white candles set out in a pentagram aligned properly by sighting with the north star.
* Skyclad except for pentacle amulet
* KA-BAR U.S. Marine combat knife.
* Plain silver chalice
* silver former Salvation Army bell with a black wooden handle.
* his blood in the chalice with soulfire.
First "attempt" at using Little Chicago (interupted by phone call)
Props needed for ritual started with "the elements first"
* Water: Silver cup, filled with wine
* Earth: Geode
* Fire: Faerie-made candle, formed from unused beeswax, its wick braided from the hairs of a unicorn's mane.
* Air: Anchored by a pair of hawk-wing feathers wrought from gold with impossibly fine detail and precision by a band of svartalves.
* Spirit: Pentacle amuletProps to engage the 5 senses:
* Scent: Insense
* Taste: Fresh grapes
* Touch: Square with sand paper on one side and velvet on the other
* Sight: Opal
* Sound: Tuning fork.Also accounted for:
* Mind: Old K-Bar military knife as a ritual athame
* Body: Fresh droplets of his blood on a clean white cloth
* Heart: Pictures of loved ones
Dead Beat summons of the Erlking
Lighting: Chem Lights.
Physical circle: Barbed Wire circle 7 feet across. Tacked down with horseshoe shaped staples.
Five points of an invisible star within the circle with airticles with an affinity for the Erlking at each point:
* Heavy collar like for a hunting hound
* whetstone
* small bowie knife
* flint and steel
* several steel arrowheadsFive items with afinity to Harry opposite those of the Erlking's, outside the circle
* Copy of The Hobbit
* Splintered end of his last blasting rod
* .44 revolver
* unpaid parking ticket
* Pentacle amuletAlso performed immediately after sunset, on Halloween.
Missing Rituals: (ones I need to flesh out the details on)
Summons of Mother Winter in CD
Summoning of Titania in CD.
Summons of Ulshavas
Summons in Ghoul Goblin.
Serack:
Rituals performed by practitioners other than Harry: (research needed for most of these yet)
Broken containment circle in FM
Kim Delaney's failed containment circle in FM
Summons of HHWB/entropy curse by Madge in BR (quote of the original text)
* 10 foot circle
* equilateral triangle
* Black candles at points of triangle
* Incense... cinnamon and other spice
* Curved ritual knife
* Silver bowl
* Incantation in creepy language
* Attempted human (wampire) sacrifice
Hellfire containment spell in SmF
Thorned Namshiel's interrupted spell in the Shedd (SmF)
Containment Spell of the Archive on Demonreach
Investigation spell in La Fortier's death (TC)
peregrine:
How much detail did he put into the mental summons of Uriel? It was in the mind, but it still had a lot of the same imagery as I recall.
Foxed:
So obviously the SG relics could summon either the White Christ (five objects affiliated with him) or the Black (anti-)Christ (five objects affiliated against him). More likely it would summon the White Christ, as I imagine finding five objects affiliated with the summoner is easier than finding five items affiliated with the Antichrist.
So we have five objects.
Grail - Water, taste, Heart/Soul
Knife - Air, touch, Mind/athame
Placard - ???, ???
Thorned Crown - Earth/Nature, scent, Body (blood drawn from it?)
Shroud - ???, ???
Actually, using the artifacts for anything BUT summoning leaves an incomplete shopping list for a ritual.
namkcas:
CI would be a major ritual.
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