I get a great deal of mail asking me to give explanations about things written in books such as the 6th and 7th Books of Moses and The Secret of the Psalms by Godfrey Selig. These are books written about Psalm magic which are not a part of the magical current of the Psalmic Path I follow. Our Psalmic Magical tradition states clearly that in Psalm Magic, one needs nothing but a psalm for maximal magical effectiveness. Our Psalmic Path forbids nothing. One may add anything they like to their Psalmic Magic practice.
Many magicians on our Psalmic Path include things like talismans, traditional witchcraft, alchemy, and ceremonial magic in their Psalmic magical practice. The power of the Psalmic formula is neither strengthened nor diluted by these practices, and can therefore blend perfectly with them. While including things other than the Psalms is always permissible in anyone's practice, any Psalm Magic system that requires anything other than a Psalm for magical effectiveness has thus revealed that it is not a part of our ancient Path.
Many of these systems are rife with superstition, and most do not incorporate any form of the Psalmic formula.
If a person wants to include the rituals from these other Psalmic magical systems, they, of course, are at liberty to do so. But these additions shouldn't be a substitute for the Psalmic Formula, nor should they be considered vital to the effectiveness of Psalmic Magic.
Our Tradition only requires us to use the Psalmic Formula to get results: 1. Read the Psalm out loud, all the way through once, without stopping;
2. Go back through the Psalm, verse by verse, and do your best to find the occult meanings within the Psalm, and apply them to the situation at hand. The deeper we dig, the more treasure we will find, and the faster and more powerful will our magic be.
No matter what kind of Psalm Spell we are casting, we keep casting it daily. We return to the Psalm (or collection of Psalms) that we are working every single day until we get a sense of peace and certainty about the situation in question. Once we feel this peace, we know our spell has taken. Then we stop casting and release the spell. We forget about it completely and move on to something else. We go about our lives and do what is in front of us to do, claiming divine guidance and divine right action at every turn. This type of attitude in our daily living gives the spell we have cast a means by which to manifest.
Add anything you like to your Psalmic Practice and enjoy it, but always remember that
in Psalm Magic, one needs nothing but a psalm for maximal magical effectiveness.