Questions for Laeviss

Q: How did you contract with the Elementals for the Ritual?

A: Laeviss says he sought them out once purposefully during trance work to contract for the ritual, and then in another time the Elementals contacted him during trance work to see if his actions were intended to produce the effects of the ritual.

Q: So the ritual can begin on its own in accordance with your actions?

A: Laeviss says yes. He says that magic flows like water or like energy along spiritual channels, which are like conduits for fluids or a like a channel on the TV. Magic likes to flow along well-worn pathways, much like rivers. Even though the stream bed may be dry at the time, when the rains come the water will follow the path of least resistance. So if you push the right buttons on the remote control, so to speak, you access the program and it starts running seemingly of its own accord. But the Elementals will still verify the particulars in any case before allowing the rite to continue. Laeviss says that conscious knowledge of the purpose of the ritual is not always necessary, although unconscious knowledge is, and this will manifest as some sort of symbolism in the lives of the wizard and his Client. Both the wizard and the Client are born into the material world on Earth with a "prime directive" from the Goddess to achieve this Ring. Laeviss says that the Client will be born on Earth feeling compelled to seek out the companionship of the wizard, and the wizard will always arrive upon Earth with the directive from the Goddess to perform this ritual for the Client, and that it is the primary purpose for his life. He will feel overwhelming compulsion to perform this for the Client, and the rite will seem both reverential and natural to both himself and the Client, though the morals of the society in which they find themselves may not agree at the time. There may be times when conscious knowledge of the purpose behind this rite is not beneficial. Laeviss adds that both Loki and Odin consciously sought to produce the Ring.

Q: Does this mean that only those who have the "prime directive" from the Goddess are allowed to achieve this particular Ring?

A: Laeviss comments that, although it's far easier and takes much less time to create lesser Rings, he believes that it might be possible for anyone to try it, though the normal rules would still apply. (The client would have to be someone the Earth Elementals understand to be of worth, the wizard has to be able to communicate with the Earth Elementals, both participants should desire the physical and spiritual process that leads to the Ring, etc.) Laeviss also adds that the Goddess has revealed new instructions to the beings of Earth, including the words "Nor do I demand aught of sacrifice." (Note: There are various versions of the Charge of the Goddess, adapted from Doreen Valiente. This is what Laeviss is referring to.) The wizard should persistently and firmly remind the Earth Elementals of this new charge when they request he make a contractual vow to them. Make sure they will accept an alternate form of payment (they also like music, dance and ritual, anything that raises energy) than has been usual in the past, and don't make any vow that would harm either yourself or any other living being.