Dear Peter: Thanks for referring to Rawn's article on Predators, Energy Vampires and Astral Irritations. I found that extremely enlightening and a perfect reminder because it has been my understanding that negative emotions such as envy for example, is certainly a predator and an energy vampire. All negative emotions drain one of vital energy. In the bibical story of Job it was said that Job had a hedge about him. "Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou has blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land." Job l:9,10. It is my belief that magical training creates that "hedge" that is protective in nature. As the hedge is slowly constructed through one's own efforts, their spiritual "substance" is increased. This is not just referring to physical wealth and material objects, although in the end, Job had more than he started with materially. The process of transformation cleans the soul and allows that which is above to manifest in that below. Thank you, Rawn, for writing this article. It was filled with wisdom. It would certainly be helpful to all aspiring to be magicians. Robert Peter Reist <preist@...> wrote: Dear Pasha, Welcome to Bardon Praxis. >>>1.Whether is in IIH ways of protection and defogging equivalent on efficiency to rituals: "pentagram", "hexagram", "viewing tower "...? <<< Within IIH there really isn't much in the way of ritual working as you find within Golden Dawn, OTO and other such groups. Rather, Bardon presents a methodology which allows you to work with these energies directly, having a firm understanding of their quality and quantity before forming that understanding into a personalized ritual that is often quite a bit simpler than the rituals that you describe. The closest thing that you'll ever find to such a working would be the Magic of IHVH-ADNI that is the rough equivelent of the Middle Pillar exercise and so much more. You can find more information about this at http://www.tmo-wg.net >>>2.Whether has sense to practice Franz Bardon IIH to add exercises for development of the power centers (Chakr)??<<< Yes, IIH does include a methodology that helps clear out the bodies energetic system. One that tackles this job from the establishment of an elemental equilibrium within the self as well as the manipulation of vital energy. >>>3.Whether accumulation of vital force through breath by a leather {skin} of a body can, serve as protection against a magic attack??<<< Yes. Though I would also suggest that you check out the following page as well: http://www.abardoncompanion.com/Predators.html You'll be hard pressed to find an English translation of "The Practice of Magical Evocaton" online, though there are numerous German editions floating around out there. You can find an online copy of IIH and KTQ here though: http://bardon.freespeechsite.com/ I would caution you by restating what Bardon says within both PME and KTQ: these are advanced practices and should only be attempted once one has mastered IIH up to step 8. Though, they do give you a good idea as to what you should be aiming for, and the theory sections of both books are exceptional. Love and Live well, Peter Reist To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BardonPraxis-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]