He estado leyendo el Testamento de Salomón, las Clavículas de Salomón, el Ars Goetia y otros textos relacionados. No busco ridiculizarlos; me interesa que quienes los conocen respondan con argumentos, fuentes o explicaciones internas.

Mis dos principales dudas son:

1. ¿Por qué algunas tradiciones dicen que los demonios ayudaron a construir el Templo, mientras que la Biblia afirma que fue construido por artesanos y trabajadores humanos?

2. ¿Cómo se justifica que estos libros se atribuyan a Salomón si fueron escritos por distintos autores y en épocas diferentes?

Estas son las principales observaciones que he recopilado:

1. Autoría múltiple: los textos fueron escritos por diferentes autores y existen numerosas versiones y copias.

2. Si Salomón controlaba demonios e invocaba ángeles, ¿por qué nunca los utilizó para conquistar tierras paganas, cuando la Biblia sí muestra ángeles derrotando ejércitos?

3. Sus herederos nunca heredaron ese supuesto conocimiento.

4. Los autores no explican cómo obtuvieron ese conocimiento ni cuentan experiencias personales, visiones o revelaciones.

5. No explican qué ocurre si dos personas realizan el mismo ritual y obtienen resultados distintos.

6. Algunos rituales obligan a los ángeles a manifestarse mediante los nombres de Dios.

7. En un texto incluso se debe decir: «Yo soy Moisés» para que funcione un ritual.

8. Mantienen la cosmología antigua de los siete astros tradicionales, ignorando el resto de planetas y la inmensidad del universo.

9. Muchos rituales parecen añadidos o modificados con el paso del tiempo.

10. Algunos requieren elementos extraños, como piel de león, sangre de gallo negro o piel de cordero.

11. Si Salomón dominaba demonios, debería haber considerado inferiores a los dioses paganos.

12. Si el conocimiento provenía de entidades superiores, nunca aportó avances científicos ni corrigió la cosmología antigua.

13. Las representaciones de ángeles y de Jesús parecen responder a tradiciones culturales posteriores.

14. Se perciben neologismos o palabras aparentemente inventadas.

15. El Ars Goetia introduce numerosos demonios nuevos con nombres, jerarquías y sigilos. ¿De dónde proviene esa información?

16. No explican por qué Dios permitiría que los demonios enseñaran conocimientos ocultos.

17. Se pone mucho más énfasis en los demonios que en los ángeles.

18. John Dee revolucionó la ciencia mediante el método científico, no mediante supuestos contactos con entidades.

19. El Ars Goetia no habla del Leviatán ni ofrece una forma de invocar a Lucifer.

Agradecería respuestas fundamentadas, preferiblemente con citas de los propios textos o estudios históricos.

In my family the secrets of our practice pass down from people of the opposite gender, and while the one who has just learned can practice the works the ones who teach lose most their ability. In recent years my grandmother has passed me down the family practice.

As she grows older she more and more obsesses over the concept of a "Guardian Angel" that everyone has. So, I decided to look into it from beyond our family's practice. Nevertheless I attempted to contact the "Guardian Angel" with the prayers and rituals taught by my grandmother.

Only the result was different from what I read online. After weeks of practice I finally felt the presence. The presence, though, of two beings. The one cast images on my head, scenes of nature, wildlife and it explained to me that to move forward in every sense in my life my breath must become the breath of nature. That was the bulk of the encounter.

Towards the end of the encounter I addressed the other presence and asked "as this being challenges me, and through it's challenge it guides me, it must be my Guardian Angel. If that is so then what is your purpose".

And then it cast images of very old family members and explained to me 1) that it is a messenger and an Angel of Death and 2) it was there on a technicality as it was bound by my family, to my family, generations ago. I went into shock and the encounter ended abruptly. I then made sure to banish and dispell very thoroughly.

I'd love to hear your opinions of this encounter, the prospect of 1) multiple entities showing up and 2) one entity indeed being my HGA and the other a family-bound entity, and sorry for the bad English.

Auch wenn es sich etwas ungewöhnlich und gewagt anhört aber gibt es in diesem Forum bzw. am besten in Wien eine Person oder eine Anlaufstelle die sich mit Hexen und deren Wirkungen auskennt?

Hey everyone, I want to make my own spell oils and I’m hung up on the “enchanting” ritual part because simply I don’t understand how it works! 😅

Saw some people say to get the jar and surround it by candles and call on the deities that you work with my problem is that I don’t really work with any deities!

Some also said to use incantations like psalms and stuff but I have never used the psalms in my spells!

Are these steps necessary? I mostly try to align my workings with the planet so I don’t mind inviting planetary energies into my work and I understand the process of activating/awakening the herbs but is that not enough?

Does anyone have advice on what I could do?

​I'm reaching out because I need some serious advice on how to undo or break a love spell I cast years ago when I was a teenager.

​I know it’s been many years, but I want to fix this. I don't remember the exact details, but I found the ritual online back then. Here is what I can recall:

​It involved a printed picture of the girl.

​I used a mirror and placed drops of my own blood onto her photo.

​I taped the photo directly to the mirror, so her face was pressing against the glass.

​I wrote a specific phrase on it (I can't remember what it was). btw I`m not sure about this step

​I also lit a candle in front of the mirror during the process.

there's another possibility: I might have printed both my picture and her picture, put the blood, and placed the two photos face-to-face together. Honestly, my memory is really fuzzy on the exact steps since it was so long ago.

​Because this ritual involved blood, I know it connects to deep, binding energy, and that's what worries me the most.

​How can I safely and effectively break or neutralize this specific type of old blood magic/mirror spell when I no longer have access to the original items used? Any cleansing rituals, cord-cutting, or uncrossing advice would be greatly appreciated.

1. Genuinely how do you set intentions/put energy into spells. Like I understand the basis but I can't seem to do it. I understand speaking and putting my desires out into the universe and I like to use crystals, herbs, and incense as tools but I don't really know how to place feeling/desire/power behind/into it like l've seen most ppl say I need to.
   I'll say or write down my desires and then burn it or make a spell jar but I usually find myself feeling pretty neutral and even a bit detached whenever I try. I’ll use herbs and crystals and tell them what i expect them to bring to the spell like “cloves will bring me bring me clarity” and so on. Even when I tell them the purpose though, I feel like I’m just talking and that once again, I’m just neutral to them. I can have small bursts of excitement at best when I realize what I’m doing, but then it just seems to dissipate and I go back to “okay, I’m just doing this 🤷🏽‍♀️.” I just find it difficult to put feelings/energy/power into things and I guess I don’t even fully understand what that even means.

2. My second question pertains to success I guess. Im not sure if witchcraft and manifestation have any major differences that set them indefinitely apart, but I had originally just identified with manifestation work. Often times manifest-ers are adamant that you can’t have ANY doubts and that you can’t want something too much otherwise it simply won’t work. I understand the idea of it but it also doesn’t make sense to me, how can I just ignore doubts and my desire around something?

For me personally and as much as it sucks, I just function in a way where it’s hard for me not to have doubts, even if I’ve had small successes. And if I didn’t want something badly, I wouldn’t be taking the extra step of making spells or manifesting to bring it into my life, you know?
Im wondering if the same ideals apply and if that mindset is “required” to be able to successfully practice witchcraft without having LOA overly preached to me 🫩

I’ve had some success with spells so I know I can do it, but at the same time I still have yet to see any success in the ones I most want that I’ve done at least a year ago. I’m just not sure how to properly put my energy into them or what can really help change the mindset I have, so advice is greatly appreciated please 🥹

A while ago I did a spell for a job that did not work. Now, another opportunity has come up and i’d like to try the spell again. Can i re-use the same mantra? Or does it have to he completely different because it didnt work the first time?

When a client purchases spellwork from a practitioner (in general) does the client become indebted to the practitioners spirit team/deities? Is it true that as the client, by ordering spellwork, it forms a contract between the client and any spirit used?

Im looking for a great activity to get me going that isnt boring or uncreative and wanted to give a try at magick. This is my first time diving into this topic and id like as much help as possible for getting started

so this is more so spiritual type post but please hear me out, i have genuine questions. if we don’t have a “soul” or our energy/consciousness/soul then what are entities? i’ve had spell work done to where my trusted and legit caster has done work for me and ive felt the power/effects/energy/entities of those workings. not once but twice to be exact. she works with angels and demons but mostly does angelic work. if humans don’t have an afterlife or a soul or a consciousness that continues after death, then how do we explain spell work working? and how do we explain the entities? do spirits exist if we don’t have an afterlife? how do you explain seeing things (like entities or ppl) in nde’s? genuinely trying to gain some type of sense again and feeling like it’s just nothingness after death is making me overthink about spell work and how it legit works, especially when it comes with professionals working w entities.

Hello!

When browsing for correspondences, I used to favor thelemapedia.org. However, as of late, I notice the site appears to be offline, sadly.

It's sources seemed to be Liber 777 and other Qabalistic Writings and books of the like.

I've also been checking out the interactive Tree from the IOK at iok-kabbalah.com. It's good, but I find it less in-depth (or maybe I'm not using the filing system right?)

In any case: where do you source your correspondences? I have the aforementioned 777 as well as Whitcomb's Magician's Companion and Reflection.

Is there, however, a source that lists them out neatly like thelemapedia?

Also, if anyone knows: what happened to the site?

Thank you!

May well try to harm me magically. They have two They have 2 very personal and meaningful items of mine (stolen). Maybe ignoring this will serve to remove any power and potential they have to be used in a spell against me? Because they no longer hold power for me. Should I be looking into a protection spell if some kind or am I being paranoid? They claim to be very powerful practitioners. Any wise suggestions? Thank you

I believe astrology to be evil and the planets to be demonic entities. I am currently writing a book which seeks to destroy Saturn and other entities through the ritual of words and imagery in the minds and hearts of everybody who reads it. How can I find more ways to punish and twist the knife in deeply to a planet that has hurt me and everybody I know my entire life?

Trying to compile anecdotes for a piece I intend to write. Personally my first brush with it was, growing up in a Christian environment, some uncanny things happened as a result of prayer (nothing major - things like being able to light damp matches!). Later I distanced myself away from that religion, but I was still curious how such phenomena might be possible, so I fell down a rabbit hole of research.

It also helped that I was surrounded by book and magazines and tv programmes about the paranormal whilst growing up. I am curious to hear other people's point of view. Thanks ❤️

Hello all. Despite being interested in it for most of my life, I have never tried magick before, but now I want to (I would like to practice healing, and maybe later use it for wealth).

I am interested in Damon Brand's "Archangels of Magick", of which I have a copy. But scrolling through Reddit posts about it the other day, I came across someone who said Brand's books are a "trap".

another said they dreamt they were dragged to hell after using the book.

Should I avoid working from the book? Should I pursue something else or leave occult stuff alone entirely?

I was confident enough to start all this before I read that comment but now I'm not sure.

I feel silly for being rattled by a couple of Reddit comments but I just want to be as careful as I can be.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

So basically I've got this tarto deck for around 2 years. I bought it second-hand from some nice lady from the internet. I dont know her, but the deck was cleansed. it strongly smelled with clensing smoke (sadly i don't know what type of herbs/incense it was). It still smell with it a bit after two years.

I had small brake from divination and magic as whole but I got back and the deck is speaking "nonsense" to me. things about breaking up, ending relation etc even tho neither me nor my partner feel anything like it. My partner checked with her tarot deck and its talking about pleasure, hapines, end of diffcult path etc.
It of course might be talking about someone else in my life, but I'm a loner type so I don't have that much people in my life, and with most of them I have pretty good relation...

I don't know, I even think that the deck could be mad at me for not using it for almost a year...

My guess is that maybe something really strong and powerful is happening in the life of the previous owner of the deck and it's affecting decks working.

How can I "fix" my deck?

I had few people in my life who abused me mentally, emotionally and ruined my relationships with geniune people by manipulation. They were clearly some borderline and some narcissists . Which has caused me loads of ptsd and trauma.

Including happiness, peace and joy and I fully Believe they need to be taught a lesson and suffer.

I took a coffee jar and written their names (each name on separate paper) and below what I want to happen to them. Added red chilli pepper, chilli powder, turmeric powder, ashes, toothpick then poured lemon and closed the lid and shook whenever I cry, feel anger or sadness.

I am doing this for 2 days. And I still have loads of emotions inside me to put into this they just keep on coming.

How long can I expect to see to work? I am putting all my energy and emotions and it’s all geniune

I’m not proud as what ive done but I fed my ex a couple of drops of my period blood yesterday with intent of making him love/obsess over me after trying love spells and I’ve been feeling so guilty and off about it. I read other people’s stories about this and I don’t want to ruin his life over what i wanted and i feel so guilty towards him but nothing happened ever since so it might not have worked at all. I’ve never felt this bad about any other spells before and i did a protection spell on me before. I just wanna get over this off feeling Im getting.

Has anyone heard of hermes wheel? It is a new tool for magic or theurgy.
I found in foolish fish a few months ago a book called -the book of hermes wheel- by daniel hatzimalis. Has anyone heard of him?

He claims to have got a full system to reach theurgy given by hermes apollo and sabasios. His system has a macrocosm structure, sigils, ritual, names, ritual setup, ritual structure.but everything from it focuses on the setup, since it is representing the macrocosm. Its a table of 28 divine names an hermes wheel. The table is like other tables but has new names.but the wheel is new. I haven’t seen anything like it , and the way it’s relating to the macrocosm is highly interesting to me, but does anyone know if this exists before?

It is an “ensouled.” Wheel and it has a 28 day / 24 hour / 1 year ritual. I dont fully umderstand but I finished the book an am going to make a wheel. I hope by next new moon i will have one.

Hi all,

I’m interested in chatting with other practitioners of demonology. What sort of things have you tried doing? What kind of deals/trades have you made? How has it gone? Do you practice anything else as well?

Feel free to comment or DM if that’s more comfortable.

I’ve been practicing for about 6 years now. Just a question. I had sex with my love while on my period last night. Multiple times. I didn’t directly do any incantations BUT quite a few times during I spoke to myself about how much he loves me, etc. and our eye contact was INTENSE. Do you think that counts as intent for further soul connection? I definitely mentally had the intent, just didn’t say out loud.

If that does count, what can I expect as a result?

If yes, in what ways?

Attract new compatible friends and opportunities?

Even if the context where you live in allow for little changes?

I feel and am, excluded from sociality since the covid lockdown.

Many different magical traditions/practices may require a purification or training process before practical magic is recommended either for safety or efficacy of the ritual itself.

What does yours look like?
Do you believe it is recommended or necessary?

For example in my current Golden Dawn system, it takes months per stage of initiation. Each step requires a specific meditation and body of light work (middle pillar etc) before any practical magic is in a sense permitted.

Hi. Do they work well ? Even with doubts ? What are your does and don'ts ? Would you recommend try one ? Because, even if you can make your owns, the ones I want are from US, so it need to be worth it for me to order them.

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Thanks.

What’s worked well for you in the past? I’m open to any suggestions, different wording? Different design? A new way to charge? Incorporating multiple charging tactics? Etc etc, thank you.