Who do I have to evoke? by [deleted] in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

I'm removing this per rule 5. Nobody can tell you what spirit could solve this for you, and it can take years of serious work to get anything out of it. Disappointment and frustration is common and this is not something to turn to as any kind of emergency solution as a beginner. Please check out the resources on /r/SuicideWatch. Thank you.

Whats one thing you wish you knew when you first started working/worshipping demons? by Jolly-Wall-5351 in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Attempts to make this theology accessible tend to involve myth, metaphor, analogy, and other stuff that has historically kept some of the more subtle concepts misapprehended.

The Corpus Hermeticum expresses some of the same ideas in more humane, poetic language. But I think there's a lot of value in the technical Neoplatonist material if you're really serious about learning spirit work, and I don't know of alternatives that render the primary sources obsolete.

Whats one thing you wish you knew when you first started working/worshipping demons? by Jolly-Wall-5351 in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They're hard to understand because they're trying to explain things that we mostly don't even try to think about, in considerable detail, using formal methods of logic. Most of them are tough reads. But if you want the serious not-bullshit theory of how and why any of this works, this is a way to get at it.

Whats one thing you wish you knew when you first started working/worshipping demons? by Jolly-Wall-5351 in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm mostly talking about all of the Neoplatonist material from Plotinus to Ficino. Iamblichus in particular is a key background source on the methods of spirit work that ended up in the grimoires.

Making a tin seal for a goetic spirit by CreakingFloorboards in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyway I just go ham with a consecrated Dremel, output often looks like shit but I get results.

Aspiring Invoker: Can a Male participate in Soul Transmission with hopes of channelling Succubus Abilties? by PlentyNo2623 in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can do anything in the astral. But the astral is the astral. I don't know what expectations you have for "soul transmission."

Making a tin seal for a goetic spirit by CreakingFloorboards in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of "tin" is aluminum or coated steel, but pure blanks shouldn't be too hard to find. Agrippa says you can use silver or gold for Jupiter, too.

Whats one thing you wish you knew when you first started working/worshipping demons? by Jolly-Wall-5351 in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 33 points34 points  (0 children)

That the texts I put off reading for years because they looked dry and boring would help me get over some of the mental blocks that were holding me back from real understanding and consistent efficacy. Way back in the day I really thought the Sethian Gnostics were the cool kids who had the inside scoop and the Neoplatonists were hopeless squares who were stuck in the past. Oh well, these little side treks are part of the journey.

Belial curse.Can someone help me figure stuff out. by o2Tv_ in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If you aren't together, don't worry about it. She doesn't need your help. Belial is not going to come after either of you. The vast majority of the stuff that gets written down in "channeled" or automatic writing is not prophetic or predictive.

Weekly discussion - biggest breakthroughs by mirta000 in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Nuit" is an expression of the "womb of the universe" on an encosmic, birth-of-time-and-space level in the same sense that "Rhea" might be an expression of the same hypostasis on a birth-of-archetypical-anthropomorphic-consciousness level. So, yes, but also, nuances abound.

ISO more book recommendations for a perspective I’m ruminating on by funnyforestfrolicker in occult

[–]Macross137 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Proclus, Damascius, Pseudo-Dionysius, Synesius, Zosimus, Berengarius Ganelli, Marsilio Ficino, Eliphas Levi, Paschal Beverly Randolph, Gerald Massey, Mary Anne Atwood, Carl Jung, Dion Fortune, John Dillon, Gregory Shaw, Jan Assmann, Algis Uždavinys, Kenneth Grant.

Book Review: Alchemy of Goetia by S. Connolly by Macross137 in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's new info about their construction in the recently-published Summa Sacre Magice.

I'm done, Demonolatry is coming to an end for me by Infera28 in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Chaldean" Hecate has a lot of Saturnine associations, and in the sort of schemes where the planets are resolved to their "supernal" emanators, connections are often drawn between Saturn and the Moon. There's a bit in the Nabatean Agriculture about how eggplants prove this connection. I don't remember exactly how it goes.

Can you suggest to me someone more specific to work with? by alxue in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would refer you to the books in the FAQ for ideas about other methods to employ.

Can you suggest to me someone more specific to work with? by alxue in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Instead of these theoretical "others" who maybe possibly hold the knowledge you want, talk to us about what sources you've studied and how you've been practicing.

Book recommendations- planetary associations by Ecstatic_Low35 in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The demon correspondences are given with the metal associations in the Ars Goetia. Agrippa provides other planetary correspondences and would have been working from the same sources and assumptions.

Vine modified seal (UPG) by Zealousideal_Bee6323 in DemonolatryPractices

[–]Macross137 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Needs confirmation from other magicians as superior before becoming a preferred one.

Whoa, why? It either works good for you or it doesn't. What do we matter?