I've been doing the Novena of St. Cyprian for ten years now. He's apparently gained some serious cred recently - especially with the sorceress crowd. I keep finding blog posts about him and folks doing his novena. Thought I'd share my own experience with you all for the nine days of his work.A bit of History:
There are two St. Cyprians out there. The first (and slightly better documented) was Cyprian of Carthage. He is endorsed as the true Cyprian by the Catholic church. Born in Carthage in north Africa in the early 3rd century, he worked throughout North Africa for most of his adult life and was martyred in his own villa in 258 AD. Beheaded, actually, with his own sword. In true Catholic idiocy, his body was buried, disinterred, reburied and moved - twice. Supposedly, it now rests in both France and Rome. His bones are also distributed across four cities and several churches. The poor man is in worse shape than Osiris - no wonder he continually resurrects - he just wants to be whole again.
The second (and more interesting one) is Cyprian of Antioch. He was a bishop, but also a renowned Pagan conjurer, sorcerer and magician who dealt in shadows and dark magics. He seriously lusted after St. Justina, and sent demons to bring her to him. When she dispelled his demons by the sign of the cross, he converted on the spot to Christianity. However, he retained his magical prowess and continued to use a powerful book of spells he had written. Hey, once a sorcerer, always a sorcerer. He and Justina (who was now his bestie) were beheaded together, after a few rounds of torture. This Cyprian is considered to be the patron saint of witches, conjurers, root doctors, magicians, sorcerers, occultists, demonologers, necromancers, spiritualists, and spiritual workers, both good and evil. Needless to say, he's a busy guy.
His biggest devotional gang is on the Iberian Peninsula. Here is a link to a wonderful site with lots of prayers in both English and Latin: Prayers to St. Cyprian. Although they tend to be skewed toward his Jesuit manifestation, they work, trust me on that one.
There are many books attributed to St Cyprian. The most well known is the El Libero Infernal. St Cyprian's books have the reputation for having been quoted in the trials of the Spanish Inquisition, though none have survived in trial papers - at least none that have been found. Demonology would gain quite the foothold in Spain. The French priest and writer Helinand of Froidmont observed that "one could seek liberal arts in Paris, the Law in Bologna, medicine in Salerno and demons in Toledo." Cyprian's books played well with the underworld and its denizens.
For a well written examination of Cyprian's magical books, check out Dan Harm's blog on the many books attributed to this great wonder worker - Cyprian's Magical Discourse
The Novena - Nine Days of Magic and Recourse
A novena is simply a set of prayers offered (or spoken) for a specific number of days. You can dress it up from there. Don't have a lot of time or space? Then just say the prayers at the same time each day and head off to your life. Have the time to devote to a larger working? Then spend it at your altar with proper accoutrement for the saint.
Cyprian's Feast Days begin on September 19th and finish on the 26th. That's because the 19th is the date observed by the magical world as the Feast of Cyprian of Antioch, while the Catholic's observe the 26th for Cyprian of Carthage. Smart mages do well to work a novena for the entire 9 days as a complete Feast of Cyprian, just to hedge their own bets in the underworld.
I dress our personal altar in gold and purple, the colors shown in the above chromo of Cyprian. I strew 9 gold dollars on the cloth as an offering, and light purple candles in his honor. I place my own magical books on the altar beginning with my father-in-law's Masonic bible, my liturgy of Vodou and my Egyptian Book of the Dead. I light frankincense and myrrh incense and then say the following prayer to Cyprian:
Glorious Martyr,Saint Cyprian of Antioch,
who by Divine Grace converted to the
faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,
you who possessed the highest
secrets of Magic,
build now a refuge for me against my
enemies and their evil deeds.
For the merit that you obtained
before God, Creator of heaven and earth,
cancel out all evil spirits,
products of hate,
the spells that hardened hearts have
cast or will come to cast
against my person and against my
home.
With the permission of the All
Powerful God,
answer my prayer and come to my assistance,
through the blood of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Amen.
Light the candles, then offer 3 Our Fathers, 2 Hail Marys, and 1 Credo
Remember, Cyprian was a Christian sorcerer, so use Christian prayer to work with that particular stream. I am also a Vodouisant, and we use Catholic prayers for everything, both magical and mundane. It fits very nicely into my world purview.
Do this for nine straight days. Cyprian was said to straddle two worlds - the red realm (this one) and the black one (the underworld). See if doing this ignites your magic with a power and grace you've not felt before. I believe for me, it does. Let me know how you go. I'll keep you posted.
8 comments:
Great post but just a slight correction: The RCC recognizes Sept 26 as Cyprian of Antiochs feast day
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04583a.htm
Dang - thought I had it right - no problem, thanks for the update!
Need to publish this on 3 different sites, please approve.
ORACION A SAN CIPRIANO PARA QUE REGRESE EL SER AMADO !!!!!
Opciones
POR LOS PODERES DE SAN CIPRIANO Y DE LAS 3 ALMAS QUE VIGILAN SAN CIPRIANO_________ VENDRA AHORA DETRAS DE MI ________________, VA A VENIR ARRASTRANDOSE Y ENAMORADO LLENO DE AMOR,DE DESEO PARA VOLVER Y PEDIRME PERDON POR MENTIR Y PARA PEDIRME EN NOVIAZGO Y MAS TARDE EN BODA LO MAS RAPIDO POSIBLE.
SAN CIPRIANO TENDRE ESE PODER QUE EL OLVIDE Y DEJE DE UNA VEZ CUALQUIER MUJER QUE PUEDA ESTAR EN SU CABEZA Y VUELVA A ASUMIRME Y DECLARARSE PARA QUE TODOS VEAN.
SAN CIPRIANO ALEJE DE __________________ CUALQUIER MUJER, QUE EL ME BUSQUE EN TODO MOMENTO HOY Y AHORA,DESEANDO ESTAR A MI LADO,QUE EL TENGA LA CERTEZA QUE SOY LA MUJER PERFECTA PARA EL, QUE_________ NO PUEDA VIVIR SIN MI Y QUE ____________________ SIEMPRE TENGA MI IMAGEN EN SU PENSAMIENTO EN TODOS LOS MOMENTOS.
AHORA DONDE ESTE CON QUIEN ESTE,EL ME BUSCARA PORQUE EL PENSAMIENTO DE EL ESTA EN MI.
Y AL ACOSTARSE QUE SUEÑE CONMIGO Y AL DESPERTAR QUE PIENSE EN MI Y ME DESEE,AL COMER PIENSE EN MI, AL PISAR QUE PIENSE EN MI,EN TODOS LOS MOMENTOS DE SU VIDA PIENSE EN MI.
QUE QUIERA VERME,SENTIR MI OLOR,TOCARME CON AMOR,QUE_______ QUIERA ABRAZARME,BESARME,CUIDARME,PROTEGERME,AMARME LAS 24 HORAS DE TODOS SUS DIAS HACIENDO ASI, QUE EL ME AME MAS Y QUE SIENTA PLACER SOLO POR OIR MI VOZ.
SAN CIPRIANO HAGA A _______________________ SENTIR POR MI UN DESEO FUERA DEL NORMAL, COMO NUNCA SINTIO POR OTRA PERSONA Y NUCA SENTIRA. QUE HAYA PALCER SOLO CONMIGO,QUE HAYA DESEO SOLAMENTE POR MI Y QUE SU CUERPO SOLO A MI PERTENEZCA, QUE SOLO TENGA PAZ SI ESTA BIEN CONMIGO.
TE AGRADEZCO A TI SAN CIPRIANO POR ESTAR TRABAJANDO A MI FAVOR Y VOY A DIVULGAR TU NOMBRE EN PAGO DE AMANSAR A__________ Y TRAERLO ENAMORADO,CARIÑOSO,DEVOTADO,DEDICADO,FIEL Y LLENO DE DESEO A MIS BRAZOS.
REZAR 3 DIAS Y DIVULGAR EN 3 SITIOS DIFERENTES... YA VERAS LOS RESULTADOS... TEN FE!!!!!
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By the powers of st ciprian and the three souls who watch st ciprian will now come behind me, he will come crawling and in love full of love of desire to return and ask forgiveness for lying and to ask me in courtship and later in wedding as fast as possible.
St ciprian will have that power that he forgets and once and for all leave any woman who can be in his head and return to assume and declare for all to see.
SAN cipriano i away from ____ any woman, that he seeks me at all times today and now, wishing to be by my side that he has the certainty that i am the perfect woman for him, that ____ cannot live without me and that ____ always have my image in your thinking at all times.
Now where he is with whom he is he will seek me because the thought of him is in me.
And at bedtime he dreams of me and when he wakes up he thinks of me and wants me when he thinks about me he thinks about me at all times in his life.
That he wants to see me to feel me to smell me to touch me with love that he wants to embrace me to kiss me to take care of me to protect me to love me 24 hours a day of all his days doing this. That he loves me more and feels pleasure only by hearing my voice.
St ciprian make ____ feel for me an unnatural desire as he has never felt for another person and will never feel. That there is pleasure only with me that i desire only for myself and that his body alone belongs to me that he only have peace if it is right with me.
rhanknyou San cipriano for working on my behalf and i am going to divulge your name in payment to tame____ and bring him in love affectionate devoted faithful and full of desire to my arms.
Pay to st cypriano for help. This was a surprising month for me
By the powers of St. Cyprian and the three souls who watch St. Cyprian will now come behind me, he will come crawling and in love full of love, of desire to return and ask forgiveness for lying and to ask me in courtship and later in Wedding as fast as possible.
St. Cyprian will have that power that he forgets and once and for all leave any woman who can be in his head and return to assume and declare for all to see.
San Cipriano away from ___ any woman, that he seeks me at all times today and now, wishing to be by my side, that he has the certainty that I am the perfect woman for him, that___ can not live without me and that ___ always have my Image in your thinking at all times.
Now where he is with whom he is, he will seek me because the thought of him is in me.
And at bedtime he dreams of me and when he wakes up he thinks of me and wants me, when he thinks about me, when he thinks about me, he thinks of me at all times in his life.
That he wants to see me, to feel my smell, to touch me with love, that he wants to embrace me, to kiss me, to take care of me, to protect me, to love me 24 hours a day of all his days doing thus, that he loves me more and feels pleasure only by hearing my voice.
St. Cyprian makes __ feel for me an unnatural desire, as he has never felt for another person and will never feel. That there is pleasure only with me, that I desire only for myself and that his body alone belongs to me, that I only have peace if it is right with me.
I thank you, San Cipriano, for working on my behalf and I am going to divulge your name in payment to amasar a__ and bring him in love, affectionate, devoted, devoted, faithful and full of desire to my arms.
I thank you Saint Cyprian for working on my behalf and I will disclose your name in exchange for my urgent request. Please make my impossible wish come true as soon as possible and the reconciliation with my partner. I ask this from bottom of my heart to the powers of the three black souls that watch over saint Cyprian. 🙏
Parnal Kumbhojkar
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