The Kabalistic Cross is used at the end of some versions of the Lord’s Prayer, which was described by Yeshua (often called “Jesus”) as being “the perfect prayer”. It affirms yourself as the Tree of Life or God.
The Pentagram is a protective symbol and relates to spiritual consciousness. It is also said to represent Man. It is used as a banishing\cleansing symbol in this ritual. The Earth Banishing Pentagrams, as used in this ritual, remove everything of a lower\earthly nature, through your Will, in the name of YHVH. The five points of a pentagram represent the four elements and the fifth element, “Quintessence” or “Spirit.” In the Magick Circle, the four elements are attributed to the four cardinal directions (East = Fire, South = Air, West = Water, North = Earth). The center of the Circle is attributed to the Quintessence\Spirit (the True Self), just as the top point of the pentagram is. Each element signifies a different aspect of Self.
Fire signifies Will, the preferences of an individual that prompt one’s movements through space.
Water signifies Love (and all emotions), the uniting of the individual with a willed object (also known as experience).
Fire and Water are two sides of a coin: emotional energy needs the Will to give it direction, and we can only define the Will in terms of the objects towards which it inclines.
Air represents the Mind (and the Intellect), whose job it is to interpret Will and Emotions.
Earth represents the physical world upon which the other elements operate: it is the job of the Mind to figure out how best to manifest Fire and Water upon Earth.
Adonai is a Hebrew name meaning, “My Lord” and is a title for your Soul (also called your Holy Guardian Angel: your personal part of, and connection with, God). It adds up to 65.
YHVH is said to be the actual name of God. YHVH adds up to 26 via Gematria, which represents unity (13) extended into duality (x2), a perfect description of the function of YHVH (i.e. Kether splits into Chokmah (Yod) and Binah (Heh), and these two produce two more: the middle six sephiroth (Vav) and Malkuth (Heh-final). YHVH is, in short, a summary of the whole universe, a representation of creation and initiation (leading to the “destruction” of that created universe). It is appropriate that it is intoned when the magician banishes obstacles to clear perception, for it is clear perception that enables full comprehension of the universe.
Eheieh is part of the name that God gave to Moses at the Burning Bush. It means, “I AM”. It is appropriate to vibrate it in the West, for what “I am” can only be defined in terms of what I experience, those objects with which I unite myself (i.e. the experiences I undergo, ideally directed by my True Will). Eheieh adds up to 21, the number of “The Universe (or World)” in the Tarot, the full extension of Zero (The Fool) into manifestation. Through our acts of Will and our experience, we declare “I am,” as we build up our universe.
AGLA is an acronym for, “Atah Gibor Le-Olam Adonai,” and means “Thou art great forever, my Lord.” AGLA adds up to 35, which, among other meanings, reduces to 8 (3+5), the number attributed to Hadit and the force that “saves” the physical world (or, rather, the perception of the physical world as dead or cut off from Spirit). 8=Cheth=418, and it is attributed to the Chariot in the Tarot. This Chariot signifies the “path” of the individual driven by his or her True Will. Remember, also, that 418 is the Four (elements) reduced to One by the power of Eight (4+1+8 = 13). All dissolves into the Unity of the True Will. When you combine the words from your Circle in order of occurrence, the full statement is,
“Lord YHVH, I am (or I exist)! Thou art great forever, my Lord.” You are, in effect, causing yourself to stand out to the Divine and all Creation, becoming more receptive to Divine power (which you are learning to wield) and guidance. As a Self Affirmation, you are proclaiming your existence to your own Soul (Lord YHVH) and acknowledging its Power.
This stage of the operation represents the removal of influences that prevent the True Self from working its Will in the World. The archangels have both elemental and philosophical natures to them:
Michael is an archangel who is credited with expelling Satan (here, representing the Lower Nature of the human Psyche) from the heavens (active consciousness). His name means, “Likeness of God”. He holds a flaming sword (representing, among other things, the element of Fire) in his Right hand.
Raphael’s name means, “Healer of God”. He holds a Caduceus Wand (representing the empowered Mind and the element of Air) in his Right hand.
Gabriel means, “Might of God”. I’ve also seen it translated as “Man-God” and ‘God is my Strength”. All of these mean, basically, the same thing. He holds a Cup in his Right hand (representing, among other things, the element of Water).
Auriel means, “Light of God” and signifies spiritual understanding and illumination. He holds some sheaves of Wheat in his Right hand (symbolizing, among other things, the element of Earth).
Thus, standing before you is the Likeness\Image of God, while the Power of God is behind you (as your support). At your Right (the direction of Activity) is the Healing force of God. At your Left (the direction of Passivity) is Illuminating\Enlightening force. These four Archangels are all aspects of your
Higher Self, which guard your psyche against corruption.
The purpose of Evoking these four Archangels is to build the elements back up again, to invoke the power of these aspects of the Self. Having driven away obstacles to these aspects of Self, you now invoke them and bring them into your cleansed perception. Additionally, the position of the elements (represented by the Divine Names and Archangels) in the Circle balance your psyche, preparing you for further spiritual work, which later will include practical Magick.
The Hexagram represents the Universe, through its correspondence with the planets of our solar system. The interlocking triangles represent the union of the physical and the spiritual, and the points represent the macrocosm (the Six classical planets and the Sun in the Center). Placing the hexagram (6) within the pentagram (5) affirms that 5=6, that the individual is an inseparable part of the cosmos, that the True Self springs from the very universe, from the One Mind (or God), which the Hexagram also symbolizes.
The nature of this ritual can be summarized as Balancing and Silencing or "shutting down" the Mind (the Inner World). It severs personal connections and cleanses your aura.