The Mercury Invocation

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If you’re a magic-curious person who’s running a business
(particularly in the early stages), getting the god Mercury on your
team could be one of the most lucrative decisions you make, and it’s
one I highly recommend.

I’m about to exalt his name, and share how you, too, can experience
his wildly creative, rapturous energy. Stay tuned.

My name is Anna Bellissima - I am an extremely powerful magician

(as of course are you), a writer and shaman of words, and work on
this channel is to equip you with all the tools and concepts you need
to achieve your every desire.

Today we are talking about the deity Mercury, associated with the
planet of the same name, and also known, in the Greek pantheon, as
Hermes. I’m going to tell you exactly how to initiate a relationship
with him and what to expect from it.

But before we get into the nuts and bolts of our Mercury devotions,
let’s spend just a moment examining why we might wish to do this.
After all, it can indeed feel awkward the first few times we reach out
to a new deity - most of us are not culturally conditioned to feel
comfortable and at ease standing in front of a home made altar,
giving a perfectly good slice of cake to an invisible entity and
wondering if we’re doing it right.

In fact, you may even have been taught that it is actually sinful or
wrong to do such a thing - in which case I commend your
commitment to utter disregard for such a blinkered point of view.

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 So, given all the barriers put up by our culture’s spiritual gatekeepers
(in other words, THE CHURCH), why would we want to risk
ostracisation?

The answer, kittens, is MAGICK.

For thousands of years, long before Christian times, the planets (and
the deities and archetypes associated with them) have been invoked
by alchemists as powerful benefactors, wearing a clear path by which
you can connect with planetary archetypes known to assist with the
outcome you desire.

Making an appeal in planetary magic is a creative act of relationship-

building made with intentional offerings, respect and gratitude,
specific requests and reciprocity.

Conveniently for the novice magician, the seven planets of our

blessed solar system represent seven extremely helpful deities.

Also conveniently, all the deities have a well established list of

correspondences, or ‘stuff they like’, that will attract their
attention and energy. Foods, drinks, herbs, flowers, minerals,
colours. Each has their own glyph or symbol, mudra, hymn, mantra,
poetry, day of the week, even their own hours within each day.

I imagine the planetary deities in engaged in an eternal dance of

unopposed and blissful creation. Our mortal offerings of appropriate
correspondences attract the attention of the deity we need.

Imagine Michelle Obama or any other dignified, wise elder were

visiting for afternoon tea: before her arrival we might make some
discrete enquiries about her particular likes and dislikes and if
possible would have her favourite treats available, and a posy of the
flowers in a jug on the table. We would certainly use the best
tablecloth and china, place a comfortable cushion on a chair before
her arrival, and generally tidy up the place.

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 Before I get on to Mercury’s particular preferences and how to use
them to strike up a friendship - or even a love affair - I should note:
it is extremely important to continue your practices of personal
alchemy while creating planetary magic for several reasons:

1. your internal blocks will stand in the way of incoming beautiful

synchronicities. Working with these archetypes can also dissolve
these blocks, although they often do so in a rather
uncomfortable and tricksy way.
2. in the process of alchemy, ‘transformation’ into a metaphorical
butterfly can only happen after the painful and frightening
disintegration something formless and slimy
3. AND your WILL, your DESIRE, will be always be reflected in the
results of your magic - especially if your shadow wants one thing
and your ego wants another. A practice of personal alchemy - in
other words, shadow integration (and you can see my video on
Quick and Dirty Alchemy for more on this) unifies your will.

Please also note: magic can only be created within the

‘mundane’ (actual, physical, existing in reality) channels in your life.
Magic to fly on your own wings, will reach you in the dream realm.

Likewise, you will not become a famous author on this earthly realm
if you never sit down to write.

Remember, you do not need to believe in magic in order to practice

it effectively. Magic is a technology: perform the practices, and be
open to observing the results.

And after that extensive preamble, we are ready to talk about

Mercury!

Mercury and Jupiter are the two planets most often recommended
for business and career purposes, but every one of the planetary
deities have extremely useful attributes to lend to your work: my
own business is dedicated to Mercury, who is particularly helpful in
the early stages of establishing a business, so we will start with him.

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 Mercury is the power of thought, creativity, words and how we use
them. His is the energy of the humming supercomputer, the
internet, digital currency and innovation. Mercury is the fastest
moving of all planets in the solar system, he rules speed and
technology, wealth, good fortune, healing, trade and commerce: all
wonderful gifts for a growing business to harness.

Metaphysically, Mercury is the archetype of the messenger and

magician. He delivers messages between heaven, earth and the
underworld, travelling between the realms and therefore, on an
individual level, connects our higher self, ego and shadow.

He is also the god of thieves and tricksters, and while I would not
recommend theft, asking Hermes for trickster energy is a highly
effective antidote to Imposter Syndrome, the fear of being ‘found
out’ and exposed as incompetent or unqualified.

Before I talk you through this ritual, I’d like to remind you that this
channel exists for the purpose of changing your life for the better,
and the lessons I share here are transformative. Your future self will
thank you for subscribing, so that you never miss a thing.

First, gather a candle (orange or gold for preference, or white), a

suitable cloth, card or tray to act as an altar space, and a few
correspondences to attract Hermes’ energy.

Gather any items you can from the list below. The exact number is
unimportant - even just a slip of paper with his glyph will work.
Magician’s choice always, based on the time and resources you have
available.

An incomplete list of Mercury correspondences.

Glyph: !
Day of the week: Wednesday
Colour: orange, gold
Number: 8

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 Orphic hymn: 27 ([Link]/Text/
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Energy centre: throat
Scent, spices and incense: frankincense, lavender,
coriander, cardamom, star anise, sandalwood, bergamot
Crystals: agate, carnelian, mica, jasper
Metal: mercury, aluminium
Food & drink: coffee, tea, wine, honey water, strawberries,
bread, olives, olive oil, pistachio
Plants & herbs: lavender, parsley, honeysuckle, garlic,
birch, mulberry, marjoram, ferns
Totems or emblems of the magician or trickster: the
fox, the coyote, the hare, the raven, the spider, Shakespear’s
Puck, Bugs Bunny, Pippi Longstocking, The Magician/
Magus tarot card, the Joker in a deck of playing cards

Do not let your perfectionism delay this practice. You have

everything you need, right now, to start a conversation with
Mercury. He is waiting and eager to work with you.

Next, decide what you will ask for: any of his powers are
appropriate: you can request inspiration, clarity on your next steps,
his support to be a brilliant writer, joy and fun in building your
business, trickster energy to overcome doubt - whatever you feel
would help most right now.

Remember, you can change what you ask for from week to week,
day to day, or even by the hour. My experience when first working
with Mercury was that the inspiration and ‘next steps’ were coming
much too fast, I was unable to keep up with the downloads I was
being given, and so energised by inspiration that I could not sleep.
So I asked him to slow down a little, to provide me with ease and
playfulness, and always plenty of time to what I need to do.

Then, decide what you will give in return: planetary deities

tend to be somewhat transactional so you should let Mercury know
what you offer in return for his favour. More offerings, honouring

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 his day, exalting his name, are all perfect (just be sure, when he
delivers, that you hold up your side of the bargain).

Set a date. All of the planets are available to us, all the time.
However, planetary magic is, well, planetary so your appeal will be
strongest if you’re able to perform the invocation below on
Mercury’s day (Wednesday), and in Mercury’s hour which can easily
be discovered with a quick search.

Again, do not not let perfectionism hold you back. An invocation

performed on a Monday will be infinitely more effective than no
invocation at all.

The ritual: clear and clean a space to make your offerings. Be

clean, be in a place that is clean. Gather your offerings, and cleanse
the space with smoke, sound, or clap loudly three times and say
loudly “Hekas! Hekas! Este Bebeloi!” to banish undesirable energy.

Light the candle and incense, and place all your offerings
ceremoniously on the space you have cleared. Anoint your third eye,
throat, heart, palms of your hands and base of your skull with an
appropriate sacred oil or water if you have one.

Ask Mercury to accept your humble offerings. You can beckon him
by reading aloud his Orphic Hymn or say something like:

“Hermes, I offer you this flame, this fumigation, this food

and libation. Draw near and hear my prayer. Thank you for
all your wondrous gifts that you bring to the world and
allow us to access.

I humbly invite you to channel your gifts through my

business, please help me to [say what you want here] so that I
may bring more of your attributes to the world.

In thanks for your blessings, I shall return to you with more

and bounteous offerings, and exalt your name.”

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 Meditate for a short while, imagining the absolute wonder of what it
means to allow an actual deity to channel through you and your
business. Then close the ritual by saying:

“Hermes, thank you for the generosity with which you share
your gifts. Please, stay to enjoy these offerings, and leave
whenever it pleases you.”

Then snuff out the candles (don’t blow them, it is generally

considered poor manners to blow upon the elemental spirits of fire
in this way) and note the ceremony - what you did, how it felt, what
came up - in your journal.

You have now initiated a reciprocal relationship with Mercury.

Afterwards, note in your journal how your moods and dreams are
affected in the days immediately following your invocation.

I know, this all sounds like a lot. As I explained at the beginning, it

does require a bit of ego death to put cake on an altar, banish
demons, and say this kind of thing out loud if it hasn’t been part of
your practice before.

But I promise that when you see how quickly Mercury responds,
you'll be chatting to him regularly, and it will feel as natural as a
phone conversation with a friend. It’s very enlivening and great fun
to plan these rituals, too. A mission like this is a very invigorating
thing and one of the greatest perks of being a magician is the
research and acquisition of witchy candles, herbs, crystals and oils.

In the coming days and weeks, practicing non-attachment

to outcome is the single most important attitudinal adjustment
that you can create on your quest to become a powerful magician,
and again you can see more about this in my lesson on Quick and
Dirty Alchemy.

Attaching urgency and importance to a particular specific outcome is

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 symptomatic of a divided will. Whenever we are strongly attached, it
is because we sense our Shadow’s longing for the drama and
intensity of not getting it - and we already know that shadow usually
gets her way.

For example, if I feel deeply attached to attracting a specific sum of

money, and have a deep fear that it may be impossible for me to
achieve that, sure enough, it will be.

First, I must celebrate and enjoy the intense sensations of feeling

undervalued, unconfident, ‘blocked’, misunderstood, incompetent,
financially lacking, ‘less than’, shut out of the ‘success club’,
deprived, a failure - because my Shadow's desire is just as important
as my ego’s, and her masterful manifestation deserves to be
celebrated.

The moment we stop feeling victimised by the results we create, is

moment we start to feel already satisfied, fulfilled, powerful, creative
- is the moment we remember our power as magicians and creators
of our reality.

Once I am able to revel in the high drama of my Shadow’s desires, I

feel delight and fulfilment and my attachment to a particular sum
goes away - and then it arrives.

Simply put: the less attached you are, the more beautiful
and unexpected the results you will see.

Beautiful one, I truly hope this short lesson has helped you on your
path to unstoppable magical power - I can’t wait to see what you
have in store for the world, now that Mercury is on your team.

Anna Bellissima
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