k_a_nitz

Reading JMG's The Secret of the Five Rites, whilst also working through a translation of a German analysis of Greek magical papyri use of the 7 Greek vowels, it occurred to me that there are also five vowels in English and that the rites could potentially be combined with the five vowels in a J.B. Kerning/Krebs type of letter practice with poses akin to the runic yoga developed between the wars with the Armanic runes (Spiesberger is a good source for the how of that).

For this, if you're experienced in the five rites and would like to experiment, I would suggest the following allocation of vowels to rites, based on the shapes of the second parts of the movements (the equivalent runes could also be used):

1. I
2. U
3. E
4. O
5. A

Options are visualisation (starting in the feet then moving up through the rungs, see below, over time) or intoning.

Note though that the J.B. Kerning/Krebs approach to letter mysticism as developed by Karel Weinfurter works sequentially through seven 'chakras'/'roses'/rungs on Jacob's ladder starting with the ankles, then the knees (in both cases counted as one rung), a little below the genitals, the navel, the breast (solar plexus?), the throat pit, and the temples. This is of course different to those discussed in the Five Rites book, so care should be taken and you should follow Weinfurter's injunction to 'make haste slowly'.
(Note: The vowel order recommended by Weinfurter is I E O U A, so if you wished you could try reordering the rites based on that.)