An Astral Container is a vessel on the astral plane for housing and manifesting entities created through your Creative Life Force. This enables you to shape entities for specific purposes, expanding your magical toolkit with deliberate astral work.
Understanding the Astral Container
The Astral Container is a conceptual vessel located on the astral plane, designed to house entities formed from your Creative Life Force. Unlike physical containers, it exists beyond the physical realm, acting as a receptacle for these entities to manifest and operate in your reality. Creating an effective Astral Container requires focused intent, visualization, and an understanding of entity attributes. #
How the Astral Container Works
Creating an Astral Container begins with forming a clear mental image of the vessel. You project your energy into this image, infusing it with specific attributes that define the nature and purpose of the housed entities. These entities are not created through belief alone but are shaped by your perception of their attributes as emphasized in my "Creating Magickal Entities". The container is a stable anchoring point, enabling entities to perform tasks aligned with your goals. #
Role in my Framework
In my framework, the Astral Container is a practical application of working consciously with entities. It is a controlled environment where you can direct the entities' actions without relying solely on subconscious belief. This aligns with my emphasis on deliberate creation and attribute-based perception, making it a powerful method for manifesting specific outcomes. #
Cross-Tradition Context
While rooted in modern pragmatic magic, containers or vessels for entities appears across traditions—from ceremonial magic's talismans to shamanic spirit containers. The Astral Container synthesizes these ideas into a flexible, non-physical vessel, emphasizing intentionality and attribute perception over physical objects. #
Practical Notes for Use
When working with an Astral Container, consider performing a preceding Balancing (Banishing) Ritual to clear energetic clutter. Visualize the container in detail, infusing it with qualities that match your desired entity's attributes. Charge the container through visualization, breathwork, or symbolic actions In my "Charging Rituals". To house an entity, focus on creating a stable connection, and after your work, perform a Closing Ritual to affirm its ongoing work. #
Cross-Referencing Techniques
This can be combined with methods like adding vowels to make entity names pronounceable, or using a Cavity in Housing for Items to deposit symbolic items or fluids. Cleansing and banishing practices ensure your space remains clear, while a dedicated Charging Ritual energizes your containers and entities for optimal manifestation. Understanding and utilizing the Astral Container enhances your capacity to manifest and work with entities deliberately. It bridges practical visualization with energetic manipulation, making it a core technique in the modern magician's repertoire.
You create entities and can accordingly determine what such entities will do for you.
You don't use the perception of belief with entities, but instead use the perception of attributes with your entity.
— Taylor Ellwood, Creating Magickal Entities
The Astral Container connects to broader practices such as cleansing, balancing, and charging rituals, all of which support effective entity work. Using these techniques ensures your astral work remains focused, energetic, and aligned with your intent, forming a comprehensive approach to practical magic.
Source books: Creating Magickal Entities