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Petitioning Deities From Around The Globe

Ancient Art of Osteomancy

Curses: A History On The Dark Arts and How to Practice Them

The Enochian Language

Scrying, A History, and Guide

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Protection From Malignant Spirits

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Sonneillon The Demon Of Hate

Demonolatry for Lesser Known Demons

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Out of all the powers that the demons in the Goetia have, no one really expects "reconciling friendships and other relationships," but there are at least four demons in the book that perform that function.

Help, this grimoire is full of Care Bears.

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Gundam Bael and Demonology - Iron Blooded Orphans Spoilers:

All of the 72 Gundam frames in Iron Blooded Orphans are named after demons found in various grimoires and demonological texts, most famously the Ars Goetia in the Lesser Key of Solomon. The Gundam Bael is especially important to McGillis Fareed's master plan in Season 2, but who is Bael in the Lesser Key and elsewhere?

The name "Bael" clearly connects the demon to the Canaanite deity Ba'al (an honorific term meaning something like "lord" usually used for the rain, fertility and storm deity Hadad), a deity that was something of a cultural and cultic rival to the worshippers of Yahweh in the area, a rivalry that's easy to pick up on if you read the Old Testament or stumble on fundamentalist conspiracy theories. Like many deities that were competing against Yahweh for followers, Ba'al became a demon in Judeo-Christian mythology and demonology.

In the Lesser Key of Solomon, Bael is said to appear as a man, cat, toad, or even a combo of such, and the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum of Johann Weyer says he will appear with the heads of all three (as you can see above in an illustration found in the Dictionnaire Infernal, another grimoire of note). Bael is said to have 66 legions of spirits under his command, and is often described as a "hoarsely-voiced king" with the power to make men invisible, etc.

Personally, I think IBO made a huge mistake by not making the Bael Gundam frame three-headed and grotesque, but that's just me.

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The copy of the Goetia I use the most

I talk a lot about what my favorite copy of the Goetia is, but it's not the copy I use the most. The copy I use the most is here and it's been there since the 90s. The code has never been updated. It looks like a GeoCities page. And I appreciate its fast load time, consistency, and lack of inline seals. It is the most dependable version of the book I can find, as it is always there and can be loaded on the slowest of devices and connections. I don't need to put rocks on it to hold it open. I can text search the whole thing at once for any term. I can make the text bigger. The pages don't get stuck together and there's no app for me to juggle. I use my books, I use all kinds of tools, but I probably use this webpage more than any of them.

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Jake Stratton-Kent, Dis Albion and Erzebet Barthold, editors. Conjure Codex 5: A Compendium of Invocation, Evocation and Conjuration. West Yorkshire, Hadean Press, 2022. Paperback. 214 pages. 

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Fucked Around

And used Goetia, like full-Goetia, like lionskin belt Goetia, to summon my current Vampire: the Masquerade group. 11/10 decision. They will never disappoint me.

This was worth fasting for three days.

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Magical summer: Goetia

GOETIA

Category: Demonology

When I say “Goetia” you probably think “Ars Goetia”, thanks to Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel… But in truth the “Ars Goetia” is but a small fragment of what the term “goetia” truly covers.

Goetia was actually a common term back in medieval and Renaissance Europe. In France we were lucky because the word evolved in our language, became “goétie”, but in English the word stayed stuck in its original Latin form, “goetia”, itself derived from the Greek word goeteia (charm/witchcraft). Christianity at the time recognized generally two different types of magic, two types of magical craft or occults arts. One was the “good magic”, aka the “theurgy” (theurgia), the art of speaking with benevolent spirits (such as angels) and summoning divine powers (such as those of the saints or of the Virgin Mary) in order to do things making you closer to God. Also called the “natural magic”, it was not exclusively found in Christianity and was widespread (for example the Kabbalah is a form of Jewish theurgy). However the goetia is quite exclusively Christian.

The goetia is the reverse of the theurgy. An evil and heretical form of magic, the goetia is the art of invoking demons. The goetia practitioner could summon demons to do their bidding, be it a defensive job or an offensive job, and they could also enslave evil spirits to their will. In modern days, this kind of “demon-summoning” is what the common folk refers as “demonology” but in truth the demonology is originally just the study and classification of demons. It was an honorable practice done by clerics or by respected authorities – an illustration of the “Know thy enemy” proverb. The “scientific” study that was demonology and the “witchcraft” that was goetia only got confused because demonology texts have goetia as their main subject, AND because demonology treaties also study and report all the ways to invoke, summon and enslave the demons it lists or categorize. But the true art of summoning demon is goetia.

 However, we cannot ignore the “Ars Goetia”, which was the most famous use of the term in history and greatly helped popularize this concept.

What is the “Ars Goetia”? Some say it is a list of demons. True. Other says it is a grimoire of demonology… Yes and no. But then some (encouraged by the Hazbin/Helluva popularity, and before that by its use in comic books and the like) believe that the “Ars Goetia” is actually the name of a specific group of demons – and this is a big no.

The “Ars Goetia” is a book, yes, but a book that doesn’t stand on its own. The “Ars Goetia” is part of a wider and larger grimoire of demonology AND theurgy, written by an anonymous author during the 17th century. This grimoire is known as “The Lesser Key of Solomon” (though ironically, while it is known by this name, it is not the actual name of the book – its real name is “Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis”, which means “The Little Key of Solomon”, but people used the more poetic and approximative translation of “The Lesser Key of Solomon”. Other times they shorten the original Latin title and call the grimoire the “Lemegeton”).  Now The Lesser Key of Solomon is divided into five different books, or five different volumes, each one actually describing a different “art”. And “art” in Latin… is “Ars”. One book is the “Ars Notoria” (Notory Art), a series of prayers that gives the magician who says them the gift of eidetic memory and instantaneous learning. Another is the “Ars Almadel” (the Art of Almaldel) which gives recipes and methods to create wax tablets allowing contact with angels through scrying. A third one is “Ars Paulina” (The Art of Paul, aka Paul the Apostle) giving a list of the 24 angels corresponding to the 24 hours of the day, and another list of the 360 benevolent spirits associated with the degrees of the zodiac. Etc…

And one of these five books is called “Ars Goetia”, which simply means “The art of the goetia”. And this volume (which is actually the first part of The Lesser Key of Solomon) gives a detailed list of 72 demons, each of them having a unique name, appearance, specific powers and abilities, as well as a specific ranking. The result makes a complex demonic hierarchy in Hell with Kings, Dukes, Princes, Counts, Marquis and Presidents. The Ars Goetia also contains indications and precisions about the various rituals and magic spells that can be used to conjure, interrogate or banish those various demons. It notably includes for each demon a given sigil.

The Ars Goetia ended up being the most popular and well-know part of The Lesser Key of Solomon (because demons and Hell and dark magic is cool, and who would want to just talk to lame angels anyway, right?), to the point that many people starting thinking (and editing) the Ars Goetia on its own as if it was its own unique grimoire.

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Fun fact: The Lesser Key of Solomon, while well-known and very popular, is not actually a unique production. In truth, The Lesser Key is just a compilation of many other previous grimoires, rewriten and mashed-up together in five volumes For example the "Ars Goetia" volume is actually just an entire rewrite of a previous demonology grimoire called the "Pseudomonarchia Daemonum", with just a few details changed (for example there are new demons that weren't in the Pseudomonarchia, or some ranks are changed, etc...). In a similar way, the other books also tend to be rewrite or rip-offs of previous grimoires, such as "Steganographia", the "Magical Calendar", the "Heptametron" or the "Three Books of Occult Philosophy" by Cornelius Agrippa.

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The Work Begins...

So not too long ago, I bought the book Magister Officiorum and in one section, it discusses "The Black Table of Buné" which is a sort of hybrid spiritualist meets Göetia séance ritual. With it, you can call up any spirit you desire and speak to them with the aid of the demon Buné. One of the main implements in there is a black bone rosary...

So yeah, I didn't get a black one, but this rosary is made of yak bones. Originally I intended to do this work, but I quickly realized I have no friends who'd realistically want to do this ritual with me... 😅

So now, I have other plans.

Flash forward to October, and one of my friends passes me a very interesting work known as Ars Rosaria, a book on how to use the Rosary for conjuring and making pacts with the demons of the infamous Grimorium Verum, by way of the new translation, Secrets of Solomon, which adds new sigils, new invocations, and new methodologies of working with the Verum demons, and other strange spirits.

As a bit of a side note, if you choose to work Ars Rosaria, you really should pick up a copy of Secrets of Solomon it will help immensely, even if you have a copy of the Verum.

Of course, the central tool of the ritual is the Rosary, so I thought, Perfect! I can put this rosary to good use! as it wasn't really cheap. However, when I read Ars Rosaria, I found the consecration of the rosary... Lackluster? It's simply an anointing with oil. And while that is not to say it isn't powerful, or that it won't work (as I truly believe it will work), I felt like there was more I could do. And so did Maria.

The Virgin Mary is obviously the main spirit within this formula, she serves as the operating force behind the work. I could go on and on about how she is under represented in the grimoire tradition, and ceremonial magic as a whole, but that's probably best saved for a separate post. I went to her shrine, which I have next to my Santísima Muerte shrine, and asked for her guidance on what to do. She provided to me the following method:

Go out to a cemetery, the Grave Lord and I (Mary) will lead you to a tree. For the next 7 days, pray the rosary in full, with each mystery being meditated upon. Upon the 7th day, bury the rosary in a place which I shall direct you towards. Let it lay in the Earth for 7 more days. Dig it up, and it shall be consecrated as you need.

Today marks Day One (1) of the process. I went to a nearby cemetery and prayed the rosary. While I prayed, I heard and eagle cry out. The wind picked up quite a bit as well, and I felt the presence of multiple spirits, beyond just those of the Grave Lord and the dead. Once I finished, I left the cemetery and went directly to my 5PM class. It was strange, leaving such a magical state and entering into perhaps the most mundane of places, but I guess that's part of the thrill of living in a high speed society with so much to do!

If anyone is still reading and would like updates, I can update y'all if anything weird happens in the next 7 days, and of course how this week ends, and what happens after I unbury it. Hope this was at least interesting! I can talk for hours about all kinds of esoteric things, so sorry if this is a long read haha

Also I'm not a Catholic and I'm not a Christian in case anyone asks. I need to keep clearing up that annoying misconception. I am simply a doer of magic, and doing these rituals that are based in Christendom, on my own terms, has been a lot more empowering than simply shunning them and letting them have power over me. Also not a Christopagan. Just for clarity lol

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[wanderingsorcerer]

Scrying, A History And Guide To One Of The World's Oldest Practices ~ by W.S

Scrying is a subcategory in the Art of Divination, in its simplest form, scrying is gazing into the surface of an object and allowing the mind to wander, opening oneself up to the other side allowing images and words into your brain from an external non-physical source. Basically Hallucinating Without the use of Drugs.

Scrying Throughout The Ages

Babylonia

Scrying has been practiced for thousands of years. Our modern history holds Babylonia as the earliest written record of the practice, they put water in bowls alongside droplets of oil. This process was known as lecanomancy a subcategory of hydromancy, and the scryers would read the shapes the oil made within the water to divine possible futures or speak with the dead. The practice spread and later it became more common to simply use water as it was a naturally reflective surface.

Hebrew Bible

The Hebrew Bible Briefly Goes over an object which is supposedly used for scrying in Chapter 44 of The Book Of Genesis. A silver chalice is placed inside Benjamin's Sack to frame him for theft. In his trial, it is stated that the chalice is used for divination, but in the Book Of Genesis, it is never expressly stated he actually did any Divination.

Ancient Persia

The Ancient Persian Epic The Shahnameh, from the 10th Century, details a mystical object known as The Cup Of Jamshid, which was said to be used by ancient Persian kings to Observe the "Seven Layers Of The Universe". The Cup Of Jamshid is said to have been first used in Persepolis, which existed from 518-330 BCE.

John Dee and Sir Edward Kelley

In 1582, John Dee sought the guidance of one of the most famous scryers of the time Sir. Edward Kelley. It was through his teachings that John Dee was able to crack the code of proper visualization and begin to transcribe what he believed to be the voices of angels. They guided him to create Angelical or as it's known today, Enochian.

Scrying and its modern-day PreConceptions

Scrying has garnered much popularity in Hollywood's portrayal of witches, in the TV Show Charmed, witches use scrying to find lost objects or the location of Demons. In Supernatural it allows for a witch to see things from a great distance away. And while yes it is true that one can hone these skills to a degree of supernatural clarity, I would be lying if I said it was as Visually stunning in real life.

The Reality is in the Modern Era, Scrying allows one to commune with the spirits of their ancestors and commune with the other side just as it has always been. And with those trained in the art of divination, one can read the past and future of a person or kingdom. The theatrics of modern television paint scrying as a showcase of our abilities, but to the uninitiated when they see someone scrying, they are often unprepared for how dull it is. When a person is scrying and is in a trance, their eyes go dead as they allow their mind to wander. These trance states are what allow one to see past the veil and into the supernatural realm. But to external viewers, it is rather boring, to say the least. This is why you won't often see a practitioner scrying in front of people who haven't the foggiest idea of its nuances.

Simple Scrying Ritual For Communing With Ancestral Spirits By W.S

To begin scrying safely one must understand the dangers, you are preparing to go into the world of the supernatural, the things you see can see you as well and you must be aware that they can leave a permanent scar on your psyche if abused in any manner. Go into it with wards up and confidence in your abilities.

This scrying ritual is used to commune with the spirits of one's own ancestors and when done properly can allow you to have conversations and get advice from them.

Opus Est

Patience

Candle

Dark Room

Mirror

Sacred Water

Oil

Salt

Before anything, one must prep the mirror for communing with the Ancestral Spirits, To do this mix together one part water, salt, and oil into a slurry. Dipping the left ring finger into the mixture begin drawing the pentacle in each corner of the mirror, connecting each pentacle with a line following the edge of the mirror as shown below

As you are drawing on the pentacles, feel free to use the below chant, but you may change it to your liking so long as the main goals are the same.

" Lock This Mirror, Lock It Tight, Lock it now with sacred light. Let only those whom I call, Answer Me to give me guidance. May no evil enter through this portal, and may no unnamed spirit answer my calls. As I have said it so it has always been."

The mirror is now prepped for the ritual, the next step is to create a salt circle where you are going to be seated. As well as a secondary salt circle surrounding the candle and mirror. These salt circles are an extra step of protection between yourself and the spiritual realm.

The next step is to darken the room, as dark as possible, pitch black is best. From there, place the candle in front of the mirror and ignite it, then begin the process of staring into the mirror. Watch as the candle shifts shadows around and brings new shapes to the surface.

After about 10-30 minutes your body will begin to go into a trance state of mind, from there you can call upon the name of one of your ancestors to help guide you. It may not be immediate as scrying takes years to master but after a few tries you should begin to see their faces and hear their voice.

Scrying sessions can be anywhere from a few minutes, to several hours or even days from some accounts. Don't be frustrated if nothing happens your first time. And most importantly, always remember to thank the spirits for their time and energy, and always remember to say goodbye when you blow out the candle.

After each use feel free to cleanse the mirror with sacred water and store the mirror in a sacred space.

Post Script

Scrying isn't for everyone and that's okay. It takes patience and an open mind, but if you decide to give it a try it can do wonders for your spiritual practice.I hope I was able to teach you something new, Until next time my Friends :)

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Do you know whether Shax has an animal motif as well or not? She seems to be the only demon without any even subtle animal symbols, unless there's something I'm missing?

Hiya! :) Yeah, it's a stork! :) You can see it on their battle armour:) (and Shax has a Stork in the goetic grimoire Ars Goetia :).

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Just Look My Way

Can we please talk about the way the lyrics have changed from the original to showcase Stolas' growth and character development?

I was already surprised that what originally looked like it was just going to be a fan video ended up becoming canon content, but when I heard the different lines my mind exploded, you guys.

Note the difference, the major difference, in treatment!

In the original version, which released back in season 1 but before Ozzie's, Stolas' line was actually:

"Come now, my little impish plaything, we've both made our choice."

Keep in mind the original most likely included this line as a reference to what both Striker and Stolas said in regards to Blitzo's relationship with Stolas. Even our dear owl boy referred to him as just a plaything while saving him from D.O.R.K.S! Which most likely only helped cement Blitzo's internalised belief that Stolas would never see him as anything other than a cheap thrill.

Here, however, Stolas is cementing him as his dearest! A loved one! Someone he values and cares for! That is a huge difference from being just a sexual partner!

And the second line. OMG, THE SECOND LINE.

Unlike the original, where Stolas speaks of a choice that, realistically, was never there (as it usually is the case with relationships where there's a power imbalance and, moreover, were born out of transactional needs), this time he is reaffirming Blitzo's agency and independence. The implied choice is clear: Stolas will present the asmodean crystal to him so he no longer relies on his Grimoire and sleeps with him out of necessity. All that's left for Blitzo now will be to choose if he wants to remain by Stolas' side even then. And the choice is his.

As a quick aside, I also love the constant symbolism between Blitzo and the Moon.

Technically, compared to Stolas and the Earth, both are just satellites, nowhere near as important as a Goetia demon and member of Hell Royalty or a planet brimming with life and where beauty and wonder happen at every corner. And yet, without them neither can thrive. Stolas is as fascinated and dependent of Blitzo as the Earth is with the Moon. Without the Moon, there's no tides; it brings inspiration and romance to countless souls, brightening the night sky, just like Blitzo brightens Stolas' life.

Blitzo is Stolas' moon, and I just think that's beautiful.

Every word in this line in particular just oozes character development, too.

The original was:

"What's left for me in this broken house if I cannot have you?"

This is no longer about Stolas using Blitzo to escape his boring routine and his horrible marriage to Stella, it's about Stolas being deeply and hopelessly in love with Blitzo and not knowing what to do to convey that in a way that will reach him.

Once again, Blitzo has stopped being a mere plaything or boy toy and become so much more. He has become an essential part of Stolas' life he doesn't know what he'll do without but knows he'll have to let go of if that's what Blitzo wants!

Now, I must admit I am not exactly a fan of this change in these particular verses. On the one hand, I understand it's meant to reflect Stolas is trying to understand Blitzo and see things from is point of view, but I also feel it robs the moment of the raw feeling the original conveyed:

"Is this how she'd feel? Abandoned, all alone, left to fend for herself, for a semblance of happiness that doesn't have to end?"

"She" clearly referring to Via.

I just think it would have been more powerful to keep it and allow that juxtaposition between the most important people in his life to help Stolas understand Blitzo better. After all, he loves them both dearly and unconditionally, but his actions have also hurt them both very deeply.

I just think it'd be fitting if one allowed him to understand the other better.

Nevertheless, if there is something this song has taught me, is this: we are so not ready for the next episode.

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Jake Stratton-Kent. The True Grimoire: Encyclopedia Goetica Volume I. London: Scarlet Imprint, 2022. Standard hardback edition. 265 pages. Limited to 1200 copies. Necromantic emblems by Artem Grigoryev.

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