The main to to remember is that for every action possible in creation there is an equal and opposite possible action ...this is a universal law of physics.
What I getting at is if there is a 'rite'...a 'ritual' that causes you to be vexed....there is another rite or ritual that can undo it...all rites performed with elemental ingredients can be nullified by 'Light' rituals ...as all elements are composed of light and energy...as Einstein stated with his famous equation...break down any piece of matter as completely as you can and all you have is light and energy. The light you are composed of is eternal and uniquely conscious...because of that you have the ability to control light. That is a true light worker.
Word and Light are one. [in Sanskrit the word is pronounced OM or AUM ptv]..learn the proper prayers/mantras/incantations that let you attune to the light and if you practice diligently eventually you'll find that the light is yours to project as you desire it to. [I discovered that the ancient Sanskrit mantras to the Light and the Sun do work...but that is what I'm inclined towards and feel natural and comfortable with. but I do have a Saturn/Neptune conj within 30' of a degree...which does give me a aptitude for doing it.] But until one masters that particular yoga remember your Kosher Salt, Sage for smudging, prayers to your Archetype...[names of God are very effective as I said]...the more you employ the more defense you'll have...it's cumulative.
A word of warning...don't ever let anyone get ahold of some of your hair with the rootball attached, I know first hand what a wicked and or vindictive person can do with such to harm possibly even get you killed. I understand that fingernail or toenail clippings are just as potent. I don't know what to do with them...but someone does.
It's a combination of words and element [hair or nails] and probably some ritual actions...but it can be countered...as I said above.
Best yet...don't let yourself be compromised and find yourself in such a position....but if you ever do...remember...Your fear is their greatest weapon...they primarily try to get you to do harm to yourself.
Those that love Sri Ram might want to find a copy of the Hanuman Chalisa or better yet learn it and recite it oneself.
The following is from wikipedia from the page "The 36 Tattvas"
[as wiki is from no one author nor is it copyrighted I believe the 100 word rule doesn't apply here for copying text....[Whooopie!]
Articulation of speech
Depending on the position where the tongue articulates speech, there are a number of classes of sounds: velar, palatal, cerebral, dental and labial. In Kashmir Shaivism each class of phonemes is correlated with specific mantric energies of the sound.[23]. The full sequence of phonematic energies is called mātṛkā and contains 50 sounds, associated with the letters of the Sanskrit alphabet. On a cosmic scale, the creation of the universe is described in Kashmir Shaivism as an evolution of sound, a descending process originating from the level of logos (pārāvak). Each phoneme represents a stage in the process of evolution, a tattva, a world in itself. Sounds are associated with energies and ultimately with aspects of consciousness. The magical power of sounds and words is derived from this association with energy (śakti) and consciousness (śiva). The study of these energies is an essential part of Kashmir Shaivism[24].
Vāk (speech) is seen as the result of the dynamic union of two parts that form the mouth (upper and lower), a complementary union of the opposites, yin and yang. There is always such a fusion of yin and yang at the basis of any creative process.
[edit]Speech as a creative power
Vak tattva plays a major creative role in the human being as the instrument of speech and as such, the origin of the interior world of thought. Speech acts as a mirror of the exterior reality, duplicating everything that exists outside into the mind. The word is the vehicle of the limited ego, ahamkara. The word as such is an imperfect tool though, because while it can reflect the exterior reality it always approximates. For example, when we say I saw a man we don't say much - what kind of man, what impressions did he give us, etc. The word is just an abstraction from reality. Thus language is at the same time a tool and an obstacle in knowledge.[25]
[edit]Three creative voids
Together with the mouth (the void that creates speech), two other creative aspects of the human body are the vulva (yoni) and the Heart (hṛdaya). Yoni creates both human life and of the energy of spiritual evolution (that is, the energy of transmuted sexual fluids and ascending kuṇḍalinī). The heart (hṛdaya, aham), as defined in Kashmir Shaivism, is a matrix of energies centered around the Self (atman), substrate and center for all the activities of consciousness. Yoni, heart and mouth represent three levels of the void and three centers of creative power.
In relation to sexual activity, both mouth and yoni are somewhat similar in form and role and sometimes their use is reversed (see the so called 69 sexual position). Kissing it begins a prelude to the sexual union and serves as a symbol of it. The mouth is the source of the exterior speech, but on the highest level, pārāvak (supreme word) is also named Logos Spermatikos in Greek - (spermatikos=seed, a sexual reference to its role as a creative power).[26] Thus we can see the multiple parallels and connections between mouth and yoni as both are expressions of the creative void, matrices of creation present in the human body.
[edit]Levels of speech
Speech is considered in Kashmir Shaivism to exist on multiple levels, but only the exterior (or spoken) speech is expressed through vak tattva. The full scale of speech is as follows:
vaikharī vāk - spoken word, exterior
madhyamā vāk - mental speech, interior
paśiantī vāk - pure intentionality, pre-speech
pārāvak - identical to the nature of the Spirit
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As the self is expressed in three levels, ego, soul and spirit, so is speech expressed in three different ways:
at the level of the ego (ahaṃkāra), speech is fully differentiated; it includes madhyamā vāk and vaikharī vāk, thus the vehicle of speech is the word itself
at the level of the soul (jivatman, or puruṣa in Kashmir Shaivism) language is not ruptured from its real signification any more; it can be described as paśiantī vāk, the language of mantric syllables, symbols and non-sequential instant knowledge (intuition).
at the level of the spirit (atman), language is expressed as supreme word - pārāvak; in term of sound, it is represents silence[29]; here there is only one single reality and one single meaning and it is described in a multitude of concepts, all approximative, as conscious light (prakasa-vimarsa), compact mass of consciousness and beatitude (cid-ananda-Ghana), supreme freedom (svatantrya), atemporal vibration (spanda) and the spontaneous flash of conscious light that projects objects into reality (abhasa). Thus at this level there is absolutely no difference between the word and its significance.
On this scale vak tattva corresponds to the first level of speech, that of the ego and vaikharī vāk.
[edit]Limiting power of words
The power of words is that of creating a new world, a world of the mind. Words act as symbols of external reality, yet their very act of indicating (or reflecting the exterior reality) is imprecise. Being trapped into the prison of words, ruptured from direct experience, the western philosophy is limited to an edifice of mental speculation.[30] While philosophy relies solely on words it cannot be a true path to the absolute Truth, because words are imprecise, limited tools.[31] Thus in Kashmir Shaivism as in many other oriental spiritual schools, accent falls on direct experience and realization through the means of the various disciplines of yoga and meditation. In Shaivism, words play as references, mere guide marks or pointers for the consciousness in its endeavor of rediscovering its true nature.[32]
[edit]Occult power of the word
The word has spiritual, magical, mystical and even demoniac powers, some of which are described in the following concepts:
mantra - the sacred syllable, both sound and spiritual energy, is a fundamental tool in tantra and consequently, in Kashmir Shaivism (see the practice of japa and uccara)
prayer and religious chanting - are essential instrument in religious rituals
casting a spell, incantation - speech is the principal magical instrument
scriptures - sacred words considered to be originated from God Himself, such as agamas in Kashmir Shaivism; a notable difference between the occidental scriptures and the Kashmir Shaivism agamas is that the agamas are considered to be Shiva Himself, in the form of word, not just the mere words of Shiva
degraded speech - curses and profanities - associated with demoniac resonances
satya siddhi - the power of efficient speech - whatever one says, comes true - such a power is said to be the result of the practice of satya - truthfulness
nyasa - a magical ritual of imposing mantras with the hand on specific parts of the human body, thus awakening the latent occult powers within it
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