TEST PRAYER OF THE BLACK SCHOOL
“Though western grimoire traditions have survived, the absence of a living tradition has stymied many practitioners in their abilities to interface with tradition – the Black School of Saint Cyprian remedies that and establishes a new, living, and vibrant tradition without being proscriptive. By the time you leave the Black School, you will have a powerful arsenal of techniques and practices which will draw you back in again.” – Michael Lux
Repeat the following prayer before bed. It is was the spark that lit the flame of the Black School, and contains its whole program in its lines. See how it feels to speak those words. See if dreams or signs emerge.
Holy Saint Cyprian, Martyr and Mage
Patron of magic committed to page
Thy book is thy altar, blood ink is spread
Granting power over living and dead
Calling down angels granting them form
Raising up demons in baptism reborn
Winged Serpent of East, Southern black Iynx
Great Bear of the North, Western black Sphynx
Four kings conjured and mark compass around
Where spirits come gather on consecrated ground
In the Ostensorium, the spirits you show
Grant power to bind, to converse, and to know
Martyr of Antioch, Master of the Black School
Three Nails, Three Oils, and Three worlds you rule
Sorcerer Saint betwixt Heaven and Hell
Pray for us now, And at the hour of our spell
Amen