I am not sure where to start with this one…or the many.

I feel everything is One, therefore any god, spirit, demon, cacodemon, elemental are all me…or me them…All One.

Do I want to let ME be completely unmanaged or for that matter unhinged? No.

The magical texts, grimoires or spirit evocations do not impress me because they are written by someone else or someone else’s perceptions. To believe that someone can simply draw a prescribed sigil and say some specific words or a spirit name, does not impress me at all. For those who study and do, know that it is the intent and consciousness, as well as will, heart and mind that create (or perceive) reality.

I have used and do study many magical/grimoires of magicians past and am not impressed, other than they did “their” work and documented it for all of us the read/study/re-do.

Do not misunderstand my comments, my evocations are as real as real gets with things/beings appearing and moving in my (and others) physical perceptions, but I profess that these are manifestations of real “magick”.

They are not necessarily black or white magick, because intent is the most significant factor in magick (i.e. the grey space between). If you are looking for change, intent, focus and action are most important. If you are looking to explore, reflect that many explorers of past have brought on many unexpected troubles.

Here, the most significant I quote/paraphrase and agree. “The spirits of the Goetia are portions of the human brain.” (Aleister Crowley’s Illustrated Goetia, by DuQuette/Hyatt/Wilson). The senses are key as elaborated below.

Magical phenomena…are willed, and their cause is the series of real magick. The brain, heart and mind are influence by the senses and/or execution of the ritual. There is (1) Sight (The sigils, circle, square, triangle, vessels, lamps robes, implements, etc.), (2) Sound (The verbalization of the invocations and/or evocations), (3) Smell (The incense and perfumes), (4) Taste (The Sacraments), (5) Touch (The implements and Temple space), (6) Mind.

The combination of all these and reflection on their significance.
These unusual impressions (1-5) produce unusual brain-changes
hence their summary (6) is of unusual kind. Its projection back into
the apparently phenomenal world is therefore unusual.
Herein then consists the reality of the operations and effects of
ceremonial magic.

If you choose to study or practice/experiment with someone else’s grimoires (texts), then know that it is all you and us for that matter.

Be conscious and focused during your executions and know that it is real and part of the All.

Seq Goetia Spirits Description
1 Bael invisibility, secrecy, disguises
2 Agares reunites, truce, communication
3 Vassage knowledge of the past and future, recovers lost articles, protection
4 Samigina or Gamigin sciences, contact the dead, discovery of secrets, correcting mistakes
5 Marbas logic, shamanism, shape shifting
6 Valefor discover lost objects, obtain magical familiars
7 Amon luck, prosperity, wealth, influence, love, friendship, familiars
8 Barbatos animal communication, wealth, discenchantment
9 Paimon personal magnetism, charisma, honors, arts, bondage
10 Buer healing and with herbs
11 Gusion information-past, present and future, honor, dignity
12 Sitri sexual attraction, desire
13 Beleth sexual passion
14 Leraje triumph over obstacles, physical strength, winning, corruption
15 Eligos strategy in life and love
16 Zepar infertility, barrenness
17 Botis truce, reconciliation
18 Bathin transformation, astral travel, physical travel
19 Sallos love
20 Purson assistance, special favors
21 Marax wisdom, method
22 Ipos eloquence, presence, courage
23 Aim victory, stimulation
24 Naberius spirit guide, spirit communication
25 Glasya-Labolas commanding, endings
26 Bune wealth, spiritual protection, wisdom, knowledge, helps make decisions, necromancy
27 Ronove charm, gain through charisma
28 Berith honor, power, status
29 Astaroth practicality, clarity
30 Forneus fortune, fame, recognition
31 Foras understanding wisdom, longevity
32 Asmoday intelligence, skill
33 Gaap astral travel, ignorance
34 Furfur transformation, attraction, violence
35 Marchosias prosperity, strength
36 Stolas success, psychic protection
37 Phenex artistry, harmony
38 Halphas rise to power, ambition
39 Malphas aspiration, strength
40 Raum justice, luck, loss
41 Focalor uncrossing, failure
42 Vepar karmic balance, destruction
43 Sabnock triumph, construction
44 Shax confusion, immobility
45 Vine psychic protection, exposure, excellent for helping magicians
46 Bifrons past lives, spirit channeling, memory
47 Vual sensuality, luxury, antiquity
48 Haagenti transformation, alchemy, change
49 Crocell intuition, pleasure
50 Furcas divination, psychic power
51 Balam revelation, invisibility, wit
52 Alloces psychic and astrological understanding, wisdom, brings familiars
53 Camio intuition, diplomacy, interspecies and alien communication
54 Murmur restraint, information, philosophy, spirit communication
55 Orbas fame, recognition, dignities, honors, influence, friends, foes
56 Gremory treasure, gain, reward, love
57 Ose transformation, answers, secrets
58 Amy treasures, knowledge, astrology, gives familiars
59 Orias prediction, transformation, treasures, honors, astrology
60 Vapula expertise, knowledge, philosophy, science
61 Zagan transformation, wealth, wisdom, wit
62 Valac discovery of treasure, discovery of hidden enemies
63 Andras overthrow, create discord
64 Haures balance, beginning, justice to enemies
65 Andrealphis measurement, cunning, mathematics, transformation
66 Cimeies strength, structure, communication, charm, finds lost objects
67 Amdusias manipulation, music, gives familiars
68 Belial mastery, dignities, political power, favors, gives familiars
69 Decarabia apparitions, mystic visions, illusions
70 Seere swiftness, motion, translocation, discover thieves
71 Dantalion persuasion, reveals secrets, brings love, telepathy, visions
72 Andromalius retribution, regains stolen goods, punishes thieves, and reveals underworld dealings

Many sources but only listing a few:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_of_Solomon

https://ia600506.us.archive.org/34/items/greaterkeyofsolo00solo/greaterkeyofsolo00solo.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lesser_Key_of_Solomon

https://www.deliriumsrealm.com/goetia-demons/

Sturgeon’s law (or Sturgeon’s revelation) is an adage stating “ninety percent of everything is crap”. It was coined by Theodore Sturgeon, an American science fiction author and critic, and was inspired by his observation that, while science fiction was often derided for its low quality by critics, most work in other fields was low-quality too, and so science fiction was no different.^[1]

SOURCE: Sturgeon’s law – Wikipedia

Modern Magick, Donald Kraig Reference and Elaboration

Sturgeon’s Law. This law states that 90 percent of everything is crap. It is named in honor of science-fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who used it (originally calling it “Sturgeon’s Revelation”) because he was tired of defending science fiction to various literary critics in the 1950s. Supposedly, after being asked if he didn’t agree that 90 percent of science fiction was crap, his response was that 90 percent of everything was crap.

For the discussion here, I’m simply using this law to point out that of those thousands of books, much is repetitive, and much more is useless guessing by people who haven’t even tried the simplest ritual. That is, much of it really is crap. This course will leave you with the best of thousands of books, plus over twenty-five years of personal research and practice.

Leo’s Take On It Relating to the Esoteric Internet

The internet has so much data but is not organized for the seeker or learning mystic nor is it rated on quality of the information. The reality is “people just make shit up”.

The ritual of the pentagram has had so many different versions and interpretations, over many centuries, by so many different people and groups of practitioners.

What is correct? Remember magick starts in your mind and heart!

First, whether or not you are moving or drawing paths clockwise (deosil) or counterclockwise (widdershins), or upright versus inverted, intent and will are much more important than directions or having specific implements. For that matter, what archetypes or words of power you use are also not as relevant as intent.

There are also the so-called lesser and greater versions of the Ritual of the Pentagram. The lesser is version is very simplified. I have found this version to work very well for the quick setups and it works very well for the beginners (because it is less distracting from the mission), as well as the experienced (because the will and intent are usually very clear), and thus it returns back to what the practitioner is thinking, feeling, visualizing and where their intent and focus are.

I have used invoking and banishing, clockwise and counterclockwise, elements rearranged, upright and inverted for over 35 years. All of them work if your mind, heart, will and intent are in the right place.

First, choose one method/system, understand it, learn it, know it, and feel it in your mind and heart. The most important, is what you visualize, know, see and feel. It is very real!

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O.T.O./Thelema Greater Ritual of the Pentagram

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Golden Dawn Ritual of the Pentagram

A great description of why the Golden Dawn chose the method they use, which is not consistent with the other GD practices (see GD Hexagram Ritual), is excepted below from LBRP Theory – Q&A – Hermeticulture, Nicholas Chapel.

Q: Why are the pentagrams traced clockwise in the LBRP, rather than counterclockwise? Shouldn’t banishing be performed widdershins?

In order to understand why the LBRP’s pentagrams are traced clockwise, you have to gain some understanding of the larger Adept-level Pentagram Ritual within the Golden Dawn tradition. The four elements crowned by Spirit are arrayed around the figure of the Pentagram as follows:

While there is some problematic history here regarding the Pentagrammaton, I will not go into it here: for further information on that front, watch the video, in which I briefly digress into the history of the Pentagrammaton and the ordering of the letters around the Pentagram. Suffice it to say that this diagram did not originate with the Golden Dawn, but represents the key to understanding the Pentagram Ritual.

While we are used to the trope of “invoking = deosil/clockwise” and “banishing = widdershins/counterclockwise” in modern occulture, this isn’t how it’s done in the Pentagram Ritual. Here, it isn’t whether you’re moving clockwise or counterclockwise that determines whether you’re invoking or banishing; it’s whether you’re moving towards or away from the element you’re working with.

In the LBRP, you start and finish with the Earth vertex of the Pentagram. Earth is used here as a substitute or stand-in for a general banishing, as it is the heaviest and densest element. You can see this same logic behind the use of the Saturn Hexagram as a general banishing figure within the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram.

So far, so good. Things get complicated, however, by the fact that the lower “X” of the Pentagram—the paths joining Fire/Air and Water/Earth—are reserved for the element of Spirit or Quintessence, as those two paths connect and unite the active and passive elements respectively. Consequently, these two paths are unavailable for use in drawing an Earth banishing pentagram. In the LBRP, you start at the Earth vertex and move away from it to banish.  Because you can’t use the path of Spirit Passive to do this, however, you use the path between Earth and Spirit instead, tracing the figure the only way you can—which is clockwise.

Now, note however that when you perform the LBRP, you are NOT banishing the element of Earth!  The LBRP is a general banishing ritual that works on the microcosmic level—that is to say, the elemental and terrestrial realm.  Remember that Earth here is just used as a shorthand or signature for the overall operation, and is used as a stand-in because it’s the heaviest and densest element.  But again, it’s not an Earth banishing or even a specifically elemental ritual when you’re talking about the LBRP.

Because of the symbolism of the pentagram and its connection to Gevurah (or Geburah), it may be more accurate to say that the LBRP is a Gevuric ritual than an elemental one, insofar as it operates in the same manner that tracing a protective magic circle on the ground with a sword does in the grimoiric tradition—especially when the LBRP is performed using the Sword of the Hiereus or the Magic Sword of an Adept.

SOURCE: https://www.hermeticulture.org/2022/02/22/lbrp-theory-qa/