In the Morning I performed the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram

At lunch I tried to perform the Gnostic Pentagram Ritual. After doing my daily walking meditation.

I have to actually double check the Actual directions that I was sitting. Upon doing the banishing in the way I did the banishing, I was doing well, but in the Left direction ( Left and front), I actually got a pretty severe headache. The way I do the Gnostic Pentagram Ritual, I generally push and focus the pentagram out from me in each direction, usually destroying any negativity coming toward me, a kinesthetic response, usually is a divinatory information impact. I have to research more, get the exact directions not the metaphysical north usual stuff I do. I was able to back the pentagram up with Invocations of Chaos from The Enochian system and then use a forceful chaos star to push back further ... clearing up the headache but I couldnt push the star all the way out to infinity. Will do a little divination.

Later evening.

Knife Strike

Target: We will leave this classified. I will however explain why this was personally very empowering.

This is going back to the off vibe I had. Through multiple divinations, across 3 people I clearly got a hit. Now I did not tell the other people what was going on. To facilitate a change in luck, I did a rather extensive working in the astral. 5 hours later

Step one: Capture and extract information from spiritual elements involved with the negativity that occurred in Chicago. Those of you who have read my quantum selves article and some other things I have written could guess how this went. My car protector had been physical moved, so I know somebody had to touch it.

I tapped into the touching part of this and got a vibe ( aka an Information wave). I put myself into resonance with this information wave and energy, and then did a journey with a fellow magician to find said influence. Based on the extensive divinations, we did not believe this was a manifested aspect of personal shadow. After using some of the techniques of the Astral Magic Class on teh arconorium, I was able to get resonate with and track down the influence.

In the presence of this negative thing, I found myself getting somewhat mentally confused, and this thing seem to be really good at manipulation. From the astral magic, I used my body as a bridge between the physical world and the astral one. Pulled the entity from the astral area I was in, and then pushed it into a containment bottle. That is actually a set of techniques combined from my book "Hands On Chaos Magic" :) yes that was a blatent product plug.

One the entity was in a containment field. I set out to persuade this entity to give up the goods, however it was really good at lying and was really scared of who summoned it. Even after various threats... I grew out and out tired of its likes.. Using various methods, I devoured the entity, systematically deconstructing its information patterns, saving the useful skills as I saw it, and integrated the essense into an astral talisman which is bound to me. From the devouring process, and divinations to double check, I got a name and link to the person.

Stage 2:

At this point, the person who caused some of the chicago stuff was kinda pissed off that I gave away too many occult secrets, btw none of which I was oath-bound not to. It happens, but this guy was pretty good. But we have a saying in Vodou, when someone hits you, hit them so hard they never get back up.

Currently with a name and a link, using a complicated set of divinations in a double blind set between me and another magician, to double check our results, remote viewing and a convoluted system Google Map Divinations, we were able to get something like a link. Again we chose an astral methods. Effectively, again we attuned to the resonance. so we could track the person. Again he was well defended so I went to the space between the astral and the physical world and attacted with Leviathon and a draconic spirit of dissolution ( along with my demonic familiars). I had a second sorceror, feign an attack with more direct means on the astral using Draconic spirits again, and faery like things.

Astral magic tends to be extremely theatrical for me, so the details are not needed.

Suffice to say at the end of the day, it seemed like we had succeeded. At this point, using a combination of techniques and in direct relation, I drained the magical essense from this person. I was not allowed to cause physical harm but I did drain his magical essense and incorporate it into my own since he hit me first.. I wont give the exact techniques of htat, but I feel great now. For good measure though, I made sure to burn his third eye completely.

Returned to normal space, Banished.

NOTE: Next day, a talented other magician psychic was able to tell something was changed and that there was an influx of both ability and power without prompting of the events. She went so far to say it was a like me but not me, but that the not me was becoming me. AKA thats some verification on the events.

Why am I counting this as an act of empowerment,... well for personal empowerment it was. As far as Eschalon work, maybe magicians should NOT attack people because they believe their book is dangerous since people should have to study for years before getting an understanding of those magical concepts. Magicians can be stupid, a rising tide raises all ships.