HGA ritual breakdown - Damien Echols ”We find the number 72 mentioned frequently in magick. This is because it’s a veiled reference to a specific invocation ritual, which leads to attaining the knowledge and conversation of the HGA. For example, in the gospel of Luke we find mention that Jesus had 72 disciples. In esoteric Judaism it’s said that by using a code to decipher certain holy texts we obtain a “hidden” name of God called the Shem HaMephorash - and that there are 72 angels connected to it. In one of the most important books of magick, the Sacred book of Abramelin the mage, the magician Abramelin takes gold to “72 poor persons.” There are 12 constellations in the zodiac. Each of those constellations can be separated to 3 equal parts of ten degrees. Each of these ten degrees is governed by an intelligence - which gives us the 36 angels of the decans of the zodiac. 3x12 = 36 (An aside - three sections of ten degrees come from the fact that there are 30 degrees in each constellation. This is why in ancient Sumer it was said that Inanna’s sacred number is 30 - and she was called the “Queen of heaven - a title taken up by Mary in early Christianity.) The three equal sections of ten degrees that make up each constellation of the zodiac can be broken down into halves - giving us 72 segments consisting of 5 degrees each - giving us 2 x 36 = 72. These 72 sections also have a presiding intelligence which governs them. In modern hermeticism this is where we get the 72 angels of the Shem operation....or Christ’s 72 disciples....or the “72 poor persons” of the Abramelin ritual. All of the modern Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - are just vehicles used to pass along the same information which originated in ancient Sumer.....astrotheurgy. Not only was religion born of magick....so was science.
I memorized most of them, but not intentionally. The pics are of my cheat sheets - which I held and peeked at during the ritual - but I did it so many times I started memorizing them through sheer repetition. They were never commonly known...in fact, the whole reason for the “code” was to PREVENT them from being known to the masses. You only got them one of two ways - being born of royalty, or receiving initiation into a tradition that knew what they were and handed them down. The whole point of the story of Jesus was to make this info more available...so that any man (or woman) could become king.He was bringing an end to the “divine right” of kings to rule.Giving everyone keys to obtaining sovereignty over their own existence. This is why magick is called the royal science. It’s the science by which a slave can become a king. These angels are how you reach the egregore known as the HGA. By invoking them, you will establish contact with the egregore. The only way to connect with them is by invoking them....and doing research into what each represents. Practice and study, practice and study. Quick side note....if you invoke the 12 angels of the zodiac around yourself, followed by the 36 angels of the decans, and then the 72 angels of the Shem operation, what you have done is put yourself at the center of the universe.”
- Damien Echols