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Hello, everyone. I decided to make this thread in this forum in order to share my progress working with the Ars Goetia. I am writing down this stuff anyway and someone might find it useful, who knows?
This is my first time attempting to do something like this, stepping off the armchair and into the circle. I do like reading a lot about philosophy, with a particular interest in Platonism and Buddhism, and I do have a practical religious life. But never tried magic (unless you would consider some basic tantra, and some lackluster attempts at "theurgy" magic).
So getting into the meat of the topic, I am writting this a few days after my first attempt at evocation, which was done Wednesday, 18th of February 2026 at the eight planetary hour. The evocation failed. Perhaps the day chosen was ill fated as the combination of the moon being still close to the sun, though in Pisces, and the eclipse the day before might have impaired the manifesting of the spirit. The reason I chose this day is because the spirit I was trying to evoke, Valac, is a Mercurial spirit, and I didn't want to have the moon square to mercury, as it shall be next week.
The Preliminary Steps:
Ritual Structure:
How it actually went:
It was an interesting experience. The feeling of stepping into the circle is quite interesting. Having drawn the circle, after figuring out how to do somewhat perfect circles in chalk, with all the names written down I was left with a vague feeling of power. The sensation of being inside the circle was quite nice.
Now what went wrong with the ritual, or what I think went wrong.
Nothing came of course, but something major that happened to me and lowered my spirits is that I actually forgot the coal disks outside the circle. This left me with only one charcoal disk for the whole operation, which eventually started fading. Likewise the incense, storax, ran out surprisingly quickly, and I underestimated how much I would need to have a constant amount of smoke filling the room. I am no stranger to using charcoal disks, but this really threw a wrench into my operation I think.
What am I looking forward to:
After seeing some comments online it seems like the days for the evocation of the 70th demon, Seere, are supposed to happen next week. So I am tempted to try my hand at another evocation next thursday, I will have to do all paper seals however as it is practically impossible for me to get a tin laser engraved sigil in such a short time. My idea is to hand write them with a fountain pen.
The alternative is to prepare myself better for another evocation some other waxing moon season. But this feels like a good opportunity window, and after a few days it feels like the memorisation step has sticked better in my brain. The text feels more internalised. Furthermore I don't know for how long I shall have access to this empty house. If anyone has any interesting idea they would like to share I would of course appreciate it, especially on the structure of the ritual.
This is my first time attempting to do something like this, stepping off the armchair and into the circle. I do like reading a lot about philosophy, with a particular interest in Platonism and Buddhism, and I do have a practical religious life. But never tried magic (unless you would consider some basic tantra, and some lackluster attempts at "theurgy" magic).
So getting into the meat of the topic, I am writting this a few days after my first attempt at evocation, which was done Wednesday, 18th of February 2026 at the eight planetary hour. The evocation failed. Perhaps the day chosen was ill fated as the combination of the moon being still close to the sun, though in Pisces, and the eclipse the day before might have impaired the manifesting of the spirit. The reason I chose this day is because the spirit I was trying to evoke, Valac, is a Mercurial spirit, and I didn't want to have the moon square to mercury, as it shall be next week.
The Preliminary Steps:
I fasted for seven days, the first four being an intermitent fasting where I only ate one meal a day, and the last three and a half days(I started my fast the night of the Saturday) being water only. I am still in a fast like state as I only had a vegetable broth after the operation. The fast came with abstinence from sexual activity for 9 days. As well as daily ritual confession and meditation. Every day I would recite "Asparges me, Domine..." in the shower. The day of the ritual I took a full bath, after droping a handful of salt into the bathtub.
The items I consecrated to carry out the ritual were the following:
All of these were consecrated through the week previous to the ritual using the methods shared by David Rankine in his book "Claves Intelligentiarum". The consecrations were done on a waning moon, rather than a waxing moon. I was ill advised on this, as I later learnt from Rankine's book that they should be done on a waxing moon. So I am reconsecrating them all again.
As for the circle and triangle I copied the three band model:
Inner circle read: +Agla+ +Adonai+ +Eloy+ +Tetragrammaton+
Middle circle read:
The triangle was made also out of chalk, with its base towards the circle and its other end pointing to the west. On each side it read, Anaphaxeton, Primeumaton, Tetragrammaton. And in the inside each angle had a sylable of the word MICHAEL. Just besides the triangle I left a bell, expecting it to be rang if there be a manifestation.
The items I consecrated to carry out the ritual were the following:
- Robes, grey not white. I could not get my hands on a white one.
- A white fabric belt. I tied this arround my waist, used it to hide the Hexagram of Solomon under. The idea was that the cloth would act as a sort of proxy for a white robe.
- Annoiting oil. Made it myself by mixing myrrh and cinnamon in olive oil and letting it extract for a while.
- An earthenware censer.
- Charcoal disk (only took one with me into the circle which was a mistake as I shall discuss later)
- The appropriate incense, storax and frankincense. Though I also had benzoin and rose petals with me, and vacuum sealed garlic in case I needed to banish something quickly.
- A single tea candle and it's container.
- Matches
- A steel sword.
- A medal with a laser-engraved Pentacle of Solomon, steel
- A medal with a laser-engraved Hexagram of Solomon, steel
- A medal with a laser-engraved seal of Valac on one side, Iahhel's seal on the other, steel
- A container with holy water.
- Three ball point pens.
- Paper
- A printed "contract" containing 5 articles, which in total contain within them all together 19 subarticles.
- A notebook with the conjurations.
- A simple handcrafted bamboo cane whistle.
- Two chalk sticks, which I used to draw the circle.
All of these were consecrated through the week previous to the ritual using the methods shared by David Rankine in his book "Claves Intelligentiarum". The consecrations were done on a waning moon, rather than a waxing moon. I was ill advised on this, as I later learnt from Rankine's book that they should be done on a waxing moon. So I am reconsecrating them all again.
As for the circle and triangle I copied the three band model:
Inner circle read: +Agla+ +Adonai+ +Eloy+ +Tetragrammaton+
Middle circle read:
- Name of the hour, Thamic
- The angel of the hour, Raphael
- The seal of Raphael
- The angel of the day, Raphael
- His ministers, Miel and Seraphiel
- The name of the season I am working in, Casmaran
- Angels of the season, Gargatel, Tariel, Gaviel
- Sign of the season, Tubiel
- Name of the Earth in this season, Festavi
- Name of the sun in this season, Athemai
- Name of the moon in this season, Armatus
The triangle was made also out of chalk, with its base towards the circle and its other end pointing to the west. On each side it read, Anaphaxeton, Primeumaton, Tetragrammaton. And in the inside each angle had a sylable of the word MICHAEL. Just besides the triangle I left a bell, expecting it to be rang if there be a manifestation.
Ritual Structure:
I will divide this in the 6 step process outlined by Skinner and Rankine.
Consecratio Dei:
I started with the trinitarian formula in Latin.
Then as I put on the robe and belt I recited the formula:
On the consecration of the circle I also traced the outline of the inner circle with the sword while saying:
Invocatio:
I started by calling the angels of Wednesday. Raphael and his ministers Miel and Seraphiel.
Then I recited the middle band of the circle containing all the seasonal angels. You might have noticed the angels are the ones of summer, I am in the Southern Hemisphere so I was unsure as to whether I should go with them or the winter angels, decided the summer angels fit the mood better, but perhaps this is a subpar reason to base this choice on.
Afterwards I invoked Iahhel by reciting the Psalm verse associated with him.
Finishing with:
To end this section I also shortly invoked the king Mediat Rex, using the whistle after each invocation. I did use the "exorcisme of the spirit of the air" as said in the Heptameron, as the book I was basing this on "The Goetia of Doctor Rudd" omited it.
Evocation:
For the rest of the ritual I used the exact same formula given in the Goetia of Doctor Rudd, only skipping the curses section, as I lack the materials.
Consecratio Dei:
I started with the trinitarian formula in Latin.
Then as I put on the robe and belt I recited the formula:
Followed by the consecration of the circle, the benediction of the incenses and the exorcism of the fire, as indicated by the Heptameron.
On the consecration of the circle I also traced the outline of the inner circle with the sword while saying:
This was indicated on the GlitchBottle podcast as well as the following step. Here is where I recited the Amorule prayer to the four portions of the circle, rather than doing it in the evocation step.
Invocatio:
I started by calling the angels of Wednesday. Raphael and his ministers Miel and Seraphiel.
After having asked for their help in the evocation I then moved to calling the angels of the four cardinal directions.
Then I recited the middle band of the circle containing all the seasonal angels. You might have noticed the angels are the ones of summer, I am in the Southern Hemisphere so I was unsure as to whether I should go with them or the winter angels, decided the summer angels fit the mood better, but perhaps this is a subpar reason to base this choice on.
Afterwards I invoked Iahhel by reciting the Psalm verse associated with him.
Finishing with:
And the conjuration of the angels of Wednesday. Asking again for their help in this operation.
To end this section I also shortly invoked the king Mediat Rex, using the whistle after each invocation. I did use the "exorcisme of the spirit of the air" as said in the Heptameron, as the book I was basing this on "The Goetia of Doctor Rudd" omited it.
Evocation:
For the rest of the ritual I used the exact same formula given in the Goetia of Doctor Rudd, only skipping the curses section, as I lack the materials.
How it actually went:
It was an interesting experience. The feeling of stepping into the circle is quite interesting. Having drawn the circle, after figuring out how to do somewhat perfect circles in chalk, with all the names written down I was left with a vague feeling of power. The sensation of being inside the circle was quite nice.
Now what went wrong with the ritual, or what I think went wrong.
Nothing came of course, but something major that happened to me and lowered my spirits is that I actually forgot the coal disks outside the circle. This left me with only one charcoal disk for the whole operation, which eventually started fading. Likewise the incense, storax, ran out surprisingly quickly, and I underestimated how much I would need to have a constant amount of smoke filling the room. I am no stranger to using charcoal disks, but this really threw a wrench into my operation I think.
Major Issues:
I did memorise the consecratio dei, the invocatio, and the first conjuration. But I really could not manage to make enough time to memorise the second conjuration, the constraint, and the calling of the king. As such I had to rely on a notebook, which I did consecrate, but even reciting the memorised lines felt a bit clunky. I did know the text, but I didn't feel the text.
I said the first conjuration outlined in the Goetia of Dr Rudd, then went to the second which I used several times, then the constriction which threatens the spirit openly, then the invocation of the king. After saying the invocation of the king I went over the conjurations again. I did this process several times till I ran out of fire and incense. In no part of the process did I feel anything indicating a precense being called into the room.
The only point at which I did actually feel like something was happening was when reciting the first conjuration. It did feel like the temperature of the room dropped a bit, but only while I was reciting the first part of the conjuration. It quickly faded away.
Overall I did feel very clunky throughout the evocation. I still did all of the remaining steps until the license to depart just in case, but doubt anything would happen.
Other issues:
The seal of Valac was laser engraved on a stainless steel medal. While this is technically not iron, iron still is the main component of steel.
I did draw the four pentagrams outside the circle, but I didn't place anything in them. It has come to my attention that candles are supposed to go there, and I also think I placed them wrongly.
Another thing I didn't know about is that it seems people put a paper version of the seal into the triangle. I was not aware of this, my triangle was empty.
I did memorise the consecratio dei, the invocatio, and the first conjuration. But I really could not manage to make enough time to memorise the second conjuration, the constraint, and the calling of the king. As such I had to rely on a notebook, which I did consecrate, but even reciting the memorised lines felt a bit clunky. I did know the text, but I didn't feel the text.
I said the first conjuration outlined in the Goetia of Dr Rudd, then went to the second which I used several times, then the constriction which threatens the spirit openly, then the invocation of the king. After saying the invocation of the king I went over the conjurations again. I did this process several times till I ran out of fire and incense. In no part of the process did I feel anything indicating a precense being called into the room.
The only point at which I did actually feel like something was happening was when reciting the first conjuration. It did feel like the temperature of the room dropped a bit, but only while I was reciting the first part of the conjuration. It quickly faded away.
Overall I did feel very clunky throughout the evocation. I still did all of the remaining steps until the license to depart just in case, but doubt anything would happen.
Other issues:
The seal of Valac was laser engraved on a stainless steel medal. While this is technically not iron, iron still is the main component of steel.
I did draw the four pentagrams outside the circle, but I didn't place anything in them. It has come to my attention that candles are supposed to go there, and I also think I placed them wrongly.
Another thing I didn't know about is that it seems people put a paper version of the seal into the triangle. I was not aware of this, my triangle was empty.
What am I looking forward to:
After seeing some comments online it seems like the days for the evocation of the 70th demon, Seere, are supposed to happen next week. So I am tempted to try my hand at another evocation next thursday, I will have to do all paper seals however as it is practically impossible for me to get a tin laser engraved sigil in such a short time. My idea is to hand write them with a fountain pen.
The alternative is to prepare myself better for another evocation some other waxing moon season. But this feels like a good opportunity window, and after a few days it feels like the memorisation step has sticked better in my brain. The text feels more internalised. Furthermore I don't know for how long I shall have access to this empty house. If anyone has any interesting idea they would like to share I would of course appreciate it, especially on the structure of the ritual.
I tried to structure my post in a legible manner. I skipped the creation of a thread in the introduction section, if this is considered rude I apologise.