On binding

Imagine the world a vast web extending from The One, inscrutable, child of none and Father of all, the primal unity beyond our comprehension, out through myriad levels of daimonic influence culminating in the manifestation of the physical universe, the outermost. As such, every thing, insofar as it exists, and in addition to its physical characteristics, bears also the traces of the Divine, as well as that of the spiritual governors who have dominion over it. Every utterance, too, then, is a manifestation, however debased, of Ideas from on high, the Word. Thus the operator, by means of this occult knowledge—of physical tokens, of symbols, of words—seeks to manipulate these invisible vinculis so as to exert some sway over the course of the unfolding...and yet by these same binds is he bound.

I've heard it argued that this was one of the boons promised by the early church: escape from the bondage of both magical operators and random divinities in the name of Christ (CF Matthew 10:1). I suspect this remains true, as well, as it's been my experience that the two do not necessarily mingle well.