"I’m now inclined to believe that Aiwass is not only the God once held holy in Sumer, and mine own Guardian Angel, but also a man as I am, insofar as He uses a human body to make His magical link with Mankind, whom He loves, and that He is thus an Ipsissimus, the Head of the A∴A∴”
- Equinox of the Gods. A. Crowley
When contact is established with this egregore the ancient Sumerians labeled Enlil - “Lord of Heaven” - it’s whats referred to as “attaining the knowledge and conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel” in magick. When it happens, you will receive two things - the first is a name unique unto you that you can use to invoke it instantaneously, instead of going through the Abramelin ritual. For example, when Moses was given Eheieh. Crowley was given Aiwaz. The second thing is an image to fasten the mind upon when invoking it. Once this happens, we’ve really only completed the first step in the process. The next step is to use that name and image to invoke it repeatedly, as often as is possible. The goal is to enter into a state where the magician is focused single pointedly upon this intelligence, and is swept up in devotion to the point that the outside world becomes nearly irrelevant. This triggers the next step of the process, known as crossing the abyss. The process begins with the dissolution of self - the individual sense of “I” disintegrates. This is what the book of Enoch is attempting to convey with the words “And Enoch walked with God, and Enoch was no more.” Crowley describes this as becoming Nemo....Latin for “No man.” When this occurs, there will no longer be a distinction between the magician and the intelligence they are invoking. A merging takes place. This is where the work for the grade of Master of the Temple begins. - Damien Echols, From his Patreon
“What does it look like to “attain the knowledge and conversation“ of the HGA? The “knowledge” You attain will be the entire scope of human history as it unfolded under the egregore that the Abrahamic religions would eventually call “God.” You will experience things that will fill you with wonder and joy. Every single aspect of life will become dense and rich with meaning. ” - Damien Echols, From his Patreon
“When I wasn’t doing this(hanging out in Sumerian section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art), I was doing magick. Invoking Enlil using the Lesser Invoking ritual of the Pentagram, with modifications. Sometimes I would invoke Enlil up to 100 times in each of the four directions, as well as above and below me. By the time I would finish, there would be no thoughts within my head. I would experience myself as nothing more than a state of alert presence.....of divine consciousness, with no concept of past or future. To anyone watching, it would appear that I was standing in the middle of my temple floor, eyes closed, my entire body straining as I whispered or hummed to myself. I’d often strain so hard that I was unaware of grinding my teeth, until the grit of a broken filling coated my tongue. It was during one of the most intense of these sessions that I was told “OPEN YOUR EYES.” I use the word “told”, but I heard no voice. Nor was it strictly a feeling. There is no way to articulate exactly how I perceived this command, but I knew to the core of my being that it was a direct dealing of the universe with my soul. So I opened my eyes. They fell upon a painting I had made about a year previously. It was a white background, covered in black cypher that was indecipherable to anyone who didn’t posses the code. What it said, over and over and over, was “May the light protect, guide, and illuminate me.” I had created it as a sort of Talisman. This time as I looked upon it, most of the piece appeared as a blurry haze. The only thing I saw in any distinct way, right in the center of the canvas, was “LIL”. - Damien Echols