The Sign of Silence is used for protection against any attack or to stop or seal the motion of Magical Energy. When projected with the Sign of the Enterer, Magical Current tends to rebound upon the Operator through a reflux wave. The Sign of Silence prevents this rebounding of Energy on the Inner Planes. It should be used to confine a Force during the Consecration of Talismans. It should also be used after the tracing of Banishing Pentagrams in Ceremonial Magick. DO NOT use it following the Sign of the Enterer during an Invocation because we WANT the invoked forces to flood back through the invoking pentagrams and come into the Magick Circle.
To perform the Sign of Silence, make a fist with your left hand and extend your left forefinger. Bring your left hand up to your mouth and touch the center of your lips with your left forefinger. When performed with the Sign of the Enterer, bring your left foot back parallel with your shoulders and stamp once forcefully with your left foot. Visualize simultaneously that a water vapor encircles and encloses you.
