My first experience of the Miracle of New Avatar Power book by Geoff Gray-Cobb was a low quality scan of the original print by the Parker Brothers. It was packed full of ‘testimonials’ that were hard to believe because they were so outlandish and exaggerated. This put me off for a while. It reminded me of the adverts for Finbarr booklets in the U.K – immense claims but often very little meat on the bones to work with.
The Miracle of New Avatar power kept on coming up on forums and on reddit with lots of people saying that it worked for them and offering a few adaptations to the original ‘chants’ and rituals. Taking this as a sign I managed to get my hands on a hardback copy.
This is where the old ‘be careful what you wish for’ comes in. I decided to use the ”chant to excite love’ on a female friend I had very much been in love with for years. She had never shown any sexual or other interest in me other than a platonic friendship.
The ritual changed that. Within a few days of doing the ‘chant’ there was a sudden change in her. She was attracted to me. She couldn’t get enough of me. We had great sex, often. But it came back to bite me. She decided that she needed a break from the relationship – that was 15 years ago and I haven’t seen her since.
This made me a believer in the book. I hadn’t even got into the ‘Titanic Rituals’ that Gray-Cobb gets into later in the work. It also made me a believer in the law of unintended consequences. It ruined a long-term friendship BUT it also (sort of) gave me what I wanted.
The book has been recently republished with the ‘testimonials’ removed. This makes it a much easier read.
Despite my somewhat negative experience I know I will keep going back to this book. I haven’t used his ‘central pillar ritual’ (which is the middle pillar ritual of the Golden Dawn) which also involves invoking angelic names of the planets while visualizing a specific color.
Practitioners seem to somewhat agree on the following sequence when working with New Avatar Power: Qabalistic Cross, LBRP, Middle Pillar, Bornless Invocation, Planetary Invocation, Specific Chant.
I haven’t done this yet. I know that I will, but ‘once bitten twice shy’ as they say. As with any magickal operation there is the potential for unintended consequences. I suggest adding this to the end of your ‘chant’: “Please make this happen for the highest good of me and everyone else involved”.
New Avatar Power is a classic modern grimoire.