Hello! I have a question about the Lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram given by the golden dawn. What is your opinion about this and other rituals ( Invoking ritual of the pentagram/ Hexagram ) that are suggested as basics.
As you implied, these practices are basic. They are a kindergarten for the young. Just as a graduate student would not read books at a 3rd grade level, likewise we utilize in our Gnostic tradition the mystical armaments of spiritual self-defense. See the following books by Samael Aun Weor: