Day 5 - The Power of Sound

Today, we’re adding an additional layer of practice to empower your Jupiter ritual even further.

But before we get into that, let’s just summarize what we’ve covered thus far:

At a theoretical level, we’ve covered the definition of ritual magic, and why it’s important for manifestation. We also did a brief look at the history of this tradition.

The ritual itself involves setting up your altar with a candle, incense, a bowl of water, and any materials associated with Jupiter that you’ve collected.

The ritual works by lighting the candle and the incense, smudging your space with the incense, and then sitting down in contemplation for a moment to quiet your mind. Then, placing your hands in prayer, you call out to Jupiter with the formula Io Zeus Io Aristos Io Megistos, and then ask for help and give offerings to the deity.

It’s actually fairly simple, and now that you’ve done the ritual several times you are probably finding that it flows more smoothly and naturally.

We’re going to add a further layer to this by exploring the formula for summoning that I gave you: Io Zeus Io Aristos Io Megistos

Io is an interjection that means “hail” or “hey.” It was used to call out to deities in the ancient Greek and roman world, The colloquial greeting “yo” is actually derived from Io.

Zeus is the Greek name for the planet Jupiter. The oldest astrological manuals from ancient Greece and Egypt refer to the planet Jupiter as Zeus or the star of Zeus.

Aristos means “the best” or “supreme.” It’s the root of our word aristocracy.

Thus, the meaning of this formula is Hail Zeus, hail supreme one, hail great one.

You can think of this as a Greek version of a Hindu mantra like Om Namah Shivaya, which literally means “om, praise to Shiva.”

And just like a Hindu mantra, we can recite this formula consistently to build up the energy of the ritual and create an even more powerful portal to the domain of Jupiter.

Words have power. Specific words – even specific sounds – resonate with different energies around the cosmos. When you recite them consistently, with the proper intention, and within the context of a ritual at an altar like the one you’ve constructed, then a formula like this can become an extremely potent tool to call in more of Jupiter’s essence and power into your sphere.

By reciting it consistently over a span of just 5-10 minutes, you will start to feel the whole energy of the room change. You will feel more sensations and currents of energy within your own body. Your whole awareness will begin to be saturated by the sphere of Jupiter.

And this shift makes it so much easier for Jupiter to leave his realm and come into yours in order to help you.

So your assignment today is to complete the same ritual as before. Light the candle and incense, and invoke Jupiter.

But this time, instead of reciting the formula just four times at the beginning, I want you to recite it consistently for about 5 minutes. You will start to feel the energy build more tangibly around you as a result.

Then, after you make your requests and give your offerings, recite the formula again for another five minutes. This will call in more of Jupiter’s energy to help you and answer your request.

You can sit again in meditation after reciting this formula, awaiting any messages or insights that may come in ritual. Then, when it feels right, close out the ritual.

Here’s another summary including these new steps just so you can keep everything straight:

  • light the candle and incense.

  • Sit quietude to steady your heart and mind.

  • Recite the magical formula IO ZEUS IO ARISTOS IO MEGISTOS for several minutes.

  • Speak to Jupiter with a greeting, then introducing yourself, then give offerings.

  • Then asking how you can be of of service and help others and for opportunities to help others to open for you, then express gratitude.

  • Recite the formula IO ZEUS IO ARISTOS IO MEGISTOS again for several minutes

  • sit in meditation; feel for any energetic shifts and listen for messages that may come through.

  • Close out.

Have fun! The ritual should feel more and more natural to you by now. You may have even started seeing answers to your requests already.

Merlin