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Alternate Rite to Eurynomous

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It’s only the second of October, but autumn has arrived in full force where I live. Most of the trees have turned, and the leaves dance in lively orange and yellows against the dreary sky. Just a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t need a jacket in the morning. Today, I wanted gloves when I went for a walk. It feels like Halloween is coming early. Eurynomous is definitely in the air.

Before I became a Daemonolater, I studied everything from chaos to ceremonial magick for over twenty years. I devoted most of that time to developing a relationship with the Norse pantheon and still work with them frequently. I don’t feel that this conflicts in anyway with my current faith. Just as there can be Kemetic and Canaanite Daemonolaters, I suppose there may be others who align better with the Aesir and the Vanir. Besides, Norse gods like Loki have definitely been demonized by Christian scholars in the past. One need only bring him up in Reconstructionist circles to learn how controversial of a figure he remains. He’s one of the reasons I continue to adore the Norse deities. Every Halloween, I still hold a blót or sumbel because of them, even if I don’t do so specifically in their honor.

The word blót (pronounced bloat, like boat) comes from the Proto-Germanic blōtą, meaning “sacrifice.” Of course, to “sacrifice” something literally means to make it sacred, but it ancient times this typically involved an animal offering to the gods. Worshippers would ritualistically kill the pig, goat, or cow and give its meat to the spirits. Its blood would be sprinkled on statues, holy items, and on the members of the community as a form of blessing. This is now carried out in the form of asperging, where a ceremonial fir branch is dipped in alcohol instead of blood, and this is sprinkled on the blót’s participants. Similar rituals remain in use in the Catholic Church too, where the penitent are blessed with holy water.

On the surface, a blót may seem similar to Catholic communion in other ways as well. In ancient times, it was traditional to share in the sanctified meat offered to the spirits. Now beer or mead tends to be passed from person-to-person instead. As it goes around the group, requests are made before the gods, making sure they always get a portion of the holy drink in turn. The leader of the ceremony returns the contents of the offering bowl to the earth afterwards with proper respect.

Blóts are held to grow closer to the divine. Sumbels, on the other hand, are held to grow closet to the community. Here, instead of making requests, toasts are made to beloved gods, ancestors, and personal heroes, with the toasts leaning towards bragging and tales of renown. You drink the energy of this retelling down with the holy beverage. (From my personal experience, the line between blóts and sumbels is very thin—especially when a large number of people and alcohol becomes involved. I’ve found additional rounds of a blót typically turn into a sumbel.)

In the Norse faith of Asatru, blóts are usually held several times a year, with the most important being those for Yule, midsummer, and autumn. The autumn blóts were especially auspicious to the ancient Norse; they had named November, or Blót-month, entirely after it. The Norse held sacrifices to the elves and disir at this time of year, both whom where strongly connected—and sometimes indistinguishable from—ancestors in their mythology. This habit of honoring the beloved dead in common in many Pagan traditions at this time of year, including Daemonolatry, where many practitioners set up ancestral alters during this time.

Alternate Rite to Eurynomous

If you would like to augment your ancestral practice with a blót or sumbel-styled ritual this season, here is what you’ll need:

  • a punch bowl
  • a chalice or cup for everyone to drink from
  • paper cups are those who don’t want to share
  • sufficient alcoholic beverage for everyone participating to drink three rounds PLUS offerings to the spirits
  • sea salt or diabetic lancet, as required
  • clean spoon or ceremonial dagger
  • paper towels just in case you make a mess
  • a designated spot to pour out the offerings
  • any other ritual paraphernalia to set the mood that you need such as candles, incense, etc.

Fill the chalice or cup with your alcoholic beverage of choice.

If you are taking part in this ritual alone, you might want to prick your finger with a diabetic lancet and add a drop or two to the drink to share with the Daemonic Divine. (Daemonolaters working as a group who wish to add their blood to offerings should refer to Abyssal Communion and Rite of Imbibement by S. Connolly. Until then, please be safe and leave blood out of your group workings.) Those who do not want to add blood to the beverage should drop a single grain of sea salt into the chalice instead and mix it thoroughly with a clean spoon or ceremonial dagger.

Finally, draw the ZD sigil over the beverage saying:

Talot pasa oida Belial et Leviathan.

Now construct a ceremonial circle as you normally would, inviting the elemental daemons and Satan with their enns. From the northern most point of the circle, invite Eurynomous with:

Ayar secore on ca Eurynomous.

Once this has been done, the blót itself can begin.

Pour the first cup and present it to the elemental daemons one by one in the same order you invited them to the circle. Return to the center and present the cup to Satan and Eurynomous. If you are working as a group, start with the person closest to the northern most point.

During the first round, everyone participating drinks to an ancestor who has helped get them where they are today. If you have difficulties connecting with your family of origin, consider thanking ancestors farther down your line, whether or not you know their names.

Lift the drink high with your toast, visualizing it imbued with all the vitality they have given you. Feel that connection flow through as you drink it down.

After you toast the ancestor, pour some of your beverage into the punch bowl with “Hail” or “Ave!” Do not forget this. It reaffirms the link. Also, do not let the cup run dry. If it becomes low while being passed around, make sure you refill it. You do not need to bless it again or add more blood.

In the second round, say goodbye to someone or something you lost this year. While this round tends to be heavier in tone than the last, you do not have to have lost something sad or negative. You might have parted ways with someone who caused you nothing but grief, or shut the door on a job you didn’t like.

No matter what you choose to speak about, life the cup high and say your final goodbyes. Taste whatever you’re letting go the last time on your lips, and watch it flow away from you into the punch bowl. If this rite is being held around the fire, you could burn items that represent this aspect of your past as well.

The third round is meant for what you want to accomplish this year. If you have plans for the next twelve months, boast about them in the presence of the Daemonic Divine! Ask for their help, even make an oath if you dare. Halloween acts as a spiritual year end for many Pagans, so you can take this time to make “resolutions” if you like.

As you raise the cup, visualize all you wish to have happen filling and literally overflowing the cup. Drink from it, taking in the energy. Again, if this rite is being held around the fire, flames can be used to transmute prayer requests written on paper into energy. Either way, don’t forget keep that cup full and always offer some of what you are drinking to the gods after every request.

You can keep going after three rounds if you wish and if there is still alcohol to be drunk. Devote further rounds to tales of your ancestors and the spirits themselves. Continue making toasts and offering the beverage as before.

When you feel that you are done, pour the last of the beverage into the punch bowl. You can leave this sitting on your altar for up to 24 hours for the spirits to feast on it. If that isn’t possibly, it may be ceremonially returned to the earth immediately.

Any time after you have thanked the daemons in reverse and opened the circle, the offering should be walked outside. Return it to the earth with this prayer.

En tasa melan wehlc Belial.
En tasa melan Eurynomous.

  The ritual is complete.

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Ask A Daemonolatress: Oration, Lamentation, and Monologues

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Something showed up in my inbox today and it’s been a common topic in recent months.

“How will I summon Zagan. I don’t know what to say cus there must be
something you’ll say before they come to you what are those steps to
take pls tell me’

Apparently, enns aren’t enough in the way of invocation for some people. More and more I meet people who feel there should be something more. More long orations and lamentation during invocation. More walking around the ritual space performing actions. Holding lots of things on high. They think they need to read pages and pages of dark poetry, or spend half an hour monologuing at the Daemonic, and believe if they do it just right – the Daemonic Divine will show up.

Yes, magick and ritual can be theatrical. A lot of liturgical rites, including initiations, baptisms, etc… contain a great deal of reading and poetic verse. But when it comes down to the deep, nitty gritty magick — it’s really unnecessary. No really — let me explain.

First, don’t take this to mean that if you love reading dark poetry before your magickal work, or doing initial invocation with long orations that I’m picking on you. I’m not. Those things are perfectly acceptable as an OPENING or even as a closing to your magickal work.

But if, while doing the work, you have to pause every few minutes and read another long block of prose, you’re not in the right mental state (alpha or theta brain wave states are where you need to be for most energy work, meditation, and ascension practice) to be doing magick. If you are in the right space for energy work, stopping to read an oration is going to break this concentration and completely ruin your connection. There’s a reason Buddhists chant OM and not some long diatribe.

“But, but – what about delta brain wave state?” That’s the state of consciousness most of us fall into when we’re in a deep sleep, though monks who have been meditating for years can reach it during a waking state. Unless a person has been meditating for hours every day for 30+ years — it’s not likely your average weekend occultist (let alone dabblers or beginners) can jump in and out of delta in a ritual that see-saws between meditation/energy building/divine communication and oration. Basically – this means that a lot of these theatrical rituals full of lamentation and odes to the Black [insert awesome/scary thing here] are not as “deep” or profound as their creators would like you to believe.

Most people, especially those new to magick, start their magickal careers performing their magical work during waking states (gamma and beta). This is why there is such a huge push for practitioners to learn meditation. If you really want to do the deep, abyss crossing, shadow work that is all the rage these days — leave the orations for the beginning and end of ritual and use the middle for some REAL WORK, not a string of actions or theatrical recitation.

Don’t get me wrong – the theatrical rituals have their place. They’re perfect as liturgical (i.e. public worship) rites. Most seasonal or Daemonic celebration rituals are liturgical. There’s a great deal of pomp, props, sights, sounds, and lots and lots of oration. Usually there’s prayer involved, or requests and offerings, or elemental or abyssal communions.

That isn’t to say you can’t psyche yourself into a spiritual experience during such rituals, or have profound realizations. After all – we should never underestimate the power of atmosphere during ritual work. A lot of these beautiful rituals are perfect for Hollywood — not so much magick. Most intense, deep magickal work is about as exciting(visually) as watching cement dry.

So go ahead – make your magickal rituals pretty at the beginning and the end, but leave that shit out of the middle of it.  Also never underestimate the effectiveness of rituals that aren’t as elaborate as a liturgical rite. Chances are they’re bland like that by design. 😉

Ask A Daemonolatress

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So, recently I announced that my release of Daemonic Love Magick might be my last Daemonolater’s Guide for some time. I want to work on some more advanced books and the 101 has been sucking up too much time.  I started that series of chapbooks to answer the most common questions I get in my email.  It serves dual purpose – it gets the information out there for those new to Daemonolatry and Daemonic Magick, and it clears out my inbox and maintains my sanity.

A friend of mine suggested that perhaps what I should do, instead of writing chapbooks, is just blog more. Take these frequent questions from my email and start answering them here on the blog. So I’ve decided that that’s what I will do with the beginner material for now – resulting in my new monthly blog spot: ASK A DAEMONOLATRESS.  

The premise is this — you ask the questions, I answer them in a post. It’s a pretty simple thing. So feel free to ask your questions in the comments below, or if you want to remain completely anonymous – send your questions to my email swordarkeereon@gmail.com and put ASK A DAEMONOLATRESS in the subject line.

Today’s question:  HOW DO I ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT AN ELEMENTAL DAEMONIC CIRCLE STEP-BY-STEP? I AM NOT SURE HOW TO DO IT.

  1. So the first step is to clear the temple space. The square footage of the space doesn’t matter, you just need to be able to get around in it so you can face any direction without knocking anything over.
  2. Next – mark your cardinal directions (i.e. North, South, East, West). Some Daemonolaters will mark the cardinal points of their temple or ritual space with small placards that have on them the corresponding Daemonic Sigil.
  3. After that, there are three ways you can choose to invoke your elemental Daemons. The first option is to start at the North and move clockwise. (Going counter-clockwise doesn’t make it darker, scarier, or more evil – I suppose you could do that if you must.)  The second option is to start at your elemental direction (i.e. based on your astrological sign) and work clockwise or counterclockwise from there. For the record, in old-school Daemonolatry — we work clockwise and save the counter-clockwise for closing. The third option is to start at the elemental direction most suited to the work being done and work from there. So, for example, if you’re doing a Rite to Lucifer – start East. If you’re doing a working to draw a lover – start South.
  4. Once you’ve chosen where to start, you stand facing that cardinal direction. Then you invoke the Daemon using the ZD sigil (traced in the air with your athame, forefinger/middle finger, or your wand) while intoning, saying, singing, or chanting the corresponding Enn. The following are the enns for the Dukanté elementals. You can replace these with the Goetia Spirit elementals if you choose.

To Invoke Earth: Lirach Tasa Vefa Wehlic, Belial.
To Invoke Air: Renich Tasa Uberaca Biasa Icar, Lucifer.
To Invoke Fire: Ganic Tasa fubin, Flereous.
To Invoke Water: Jedan Tasa hoet naca, Leviathan.

5. After all the elemental Daemons have been invoked, you can invoke Satan, your Patron, or the Daemonic force you are working with from the center.

That’s it. There are many variations of circle construction. Some rituals have processions where each of the Daemons are invoked with the athame, the incense, a candle, and the infernally blessed water. These tend to be more liturgical rites or more ceremonious, often led by priests, but you can do this as well if you feel like performing a more elaborate ritual.

To close, you simple reverse the direction in which you invoked. So you would say thank you and goodbye first to the Daemon you invoked from the center and then back around the way you came, ending with the first Daemon you invoked.  HOWEVER – I have actually closed in the same direction I opened – and nothing terrible happened. So feel free to experiment with this.

Another one of the big questions I get from readers is if you need an elemental circle (or even a ritual construct) at all. The fact is that you can get away with not bothering with an elemental circle. You can, literally, do Daemonic work “witchcraft style” where you simply carve a sigil in a candle, anoint with oleum and burn. Or just sit down with a sigil and meditate on it – all without a ritual construct.

The reason the elemental circle is a part of so many basic Daemonolatry rituals is for BALANCE. Daemonic energy can often be imbalancing for new practitioners. The entire point of the construct is to keep you balanced, and to make your Daemonic guests comfortable. Rituals performed inside Daemonic circles of any type tend to pack more energy – especially if you’re also a Daemonic magician.

I hope this short article has made the construction of the Daemonic circle more clear to those who have been having a hard time with it.

Again, feel free to ask questions in the comments below, or email me.

On Banishing

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Cross-posted from my personal site.

As stated in last month’s post about meditation, people often misunderstand my position on things because they may have only read a single book or two of mine. To fully understand my positions, however, it is often necessary to read my entire body of work. Just because I don’t beat something to death in every guide or book I write, doesn’t mean I don’t think it’s important to some degree. Or, readers who haven’t read the foundational books may not realize where I’m coming from.

I don’t talk about banishment in my books and there’s a reason for this. Depending on the individual’s psychology, banishment is either necessary always, sometimes, or only occasionally. It’s not one-size-fits-all. And I’m not talking about banishing divine intelligence (Daemons) but rather negative psychic energy. To a Daemonolater, there’s a difference.

Admittedly when I was younger I banished negativity more often due to my own volatile emotions brought on by extreme hormonal states, but as I get older and that’s no longer an issue for me, banishing has become a scheduled chore. Twice a year whether I need it or not.

See, many magickal traditions banish Daemons because they view the Daemonic as evil and undesirable. It’s a staple practice for those traditions for that reason. Guess what’s not undesirable in Daemonolatry?

Daemonolatry literally means DAEMON WORSHIP. You see why banishment of Daemons is a stupid and disrespectful idea for someone who WORSHIPS DAEMONS right? If you hold the Daemons in high regard, and you respect their wisdom and influence, you aren’t quick to banish them or their influence because it defeats the purpose of working with them to begin with. If you can’t handle Daemons, you probably ought not be invoking them to begin with.

If you don’t RESPECT and HOLD IN HIGH REGARD (aka WORSHIP) Daemons, then you’re not a Daemonolater by definition of the damn word. Period.

However – it is perfectly acceptable for practitioners of Daemonolatry magick to routinely banish negativity from their space, themselves, or their lives. But again – it varies from practitioner to practitioner in how often it must be done, and the strength of the operation used to do it.

Those with emotional or psychological problems probably should practice banishment daily, or after every magickal working. Though I am an advocate of abstaining from magickal and meditation practice if you have a mental disorder that is not properly managed. People who are younger than thirty-five and still have raging hormones or histrionic disorders probably should practice banishing negativity daily or after every magickal working. The reason being that strong psychic energy like that can attract negativity and astral sludge. If you choose to call that “Daemonic” – that’s your choice. Though if you recall, Daemon means DIVINE INTELLIGENCE. If divine intelligence, in your opinion, is negative astral sludge… well… then again, you’re not a Daemonolater. Speaking as a Daemonolater –  let’s just say I’d rather keep the divine intelligence around.

This is why I do include “Banishing Negativity” workings in some of my books. A simple method for this is sit down in front of a black candle (black is the color traditionally linked to absorbing negativity) and shove all your fears, worries, and anxieties into the candle via energy work – then light the candle and let the sucker burn down to nothing. Symbolically you are giving all that negativity to the flame so it can be burned away. Simple, but effective. No loquacious BS required.

Another common method is to “smudge” your space by lighting a sage stick and allowing the smoke to get into every corner of the space you’re clearing. The theory there is that negative spirits and nasty energy doesn’t like the properties (or smell) of the sage and will evacuate the space. Daemonolaters also practice “warding” which is a precautionary, proactive way of keeping negative shit out of your space to begin with. This means invoking protective Daemons at every quadrant, placing warding symbols in those quadrants, and anointing above every door and window with a protection oleum. See Wortcunning for Daemonolatry for recipes.

We even have rituals for exorcising negative (non-Daemonic) spirits from one’s home. See Keys of Ocat.

So I reject the criticisms of some magicians (who think Daemons are negative) who say that I’m irresponsible for not shoving banishment down every Daemonolatry practitioner’s throat. Not all practitioners are equal in their need for banishment, and Daemons aren’t Christian devils unless you’re a Christian. I’m not.

Daemonolater’s Guide to Sex, Money, & Power

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moneywomenpowerThis booklet wasn’t something I took lightly to writing.  I wrote it in response to the growing number of people (most of them Christians) who contact me expecting that for $50, I can make Satan and the Daemonic bring them sex, money, and power. It was a similar issue that called for me to write Daemonic Pacts. So I was like, “Okay, the Daemonic can help with these things, but not in the way most ignorant people think. As sad as it may be, this booklet is actually needed.”

Alas – Sex, Money, and Power was born. A “quick-fix-it” guide to getting all the sex, money, and power you want. Of course for those who aren’t dabblers, you’ll notice it’s not at all surfac-y, or a quick-fix. Some of the self-work in this book can take years and years to get through depending on how damaged the magician (or dabbler as the case may be) is to start with. Clearly some folks are far more damaged than others.

A funny (or perhaps terrifying, I’m not sure which) side note to that — a Christian actually wrote me yesterday complaining that these 23 pages were TOO much work! The chicken-shit was just hoping he could offer up his family to the Daemons to get all the wealth, power, and women he wants. He wasn’t even willing to offer up himself. At least some folks are willing to give up their own soul. ::eye roll::  How’s that for a lazy fuck?

So all of that said – here is the official blurb: Do you want sex, money, and power? Are you willing to work with Daemons to do it? In the chapbook Sex, Money, & Power, S. Connolly directs those who want to use sorcery to gain all they desire with the power of the Daemonic. Inside, find Daemonic magick for wealth, fame, opportunity, sex, power, and influencing others!

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The Importance of a Regular Practice

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As an author and teacher, I am constantly getting emails filled with questions about Daemonolatry and magick. I don’t mind this because I have assistants who help me answer the vast volume of mail I receive. What’s interesting is a lot of the questions we get can be answered quite simply, “Establish a regular practice.”

  • How can I better connect with the Daemonic Divine?
  • How can I increase my  divination skills?
  • How can I learn more about the Daemons or a specific Daemon?
  • How can I become closer to my patron/matron?
  • How can I advance in my Daemonolatry studies?
  • How can I learn ascension?
  • How do I get started?

Yes — every last one of these questions has the same answer. Establish a regular practice. Your spirituality is not a weekend hobby or something you simply do when you get off of work at night and/or when you have no other obligations. Your spirituality shouldn’t be some separate part of yourself locked away in a closet, only to be taken out, dusted off and used at your convenience.  No – it’s part of you and you should acknowledge it EVERY DAY.

Now I’m not saying dress in all black or metal concert t-shirts. I am not telling you to wear sixteen of your favorite pentagram-daemonic-sigil-magick pendants at any given time.  While the pendants may be symbols and/or reminders of your devotion (as may your manner of dress if you’re into that sort of thing),  and your talismans manifestations of current magickal works-in-progress,  I’m talking about something deeper. This goes beyond the outward aesthetics.  After all, many practicing Daemonolaters are consummate professionals who must wear suits or proper business attire during their working day. No, I’m talking about daily PRACTICE.

But, Steph, I don’t have time! I’m really busy. I live with non-Daemonolaters.  I hear these excuses a lot. They’re JUST EXCUSES to get out of doing anything tangible. Sorry, but developing relationships with Daemons and honing magickal skills can’t be done overnight. There are no shortcuts. No magick pills. No magicians or sorcerers you can pay to do it for you.

I think every last person reading this can find fifteen minutes a day for a daily spiritual practice. Take a look at the following picture and tell me what you see.

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What do you see? Let’s list the items. Shall we?

  • Simple stick incense.
  • A simple white tea light candle. Nothing fancy.
  • A clay sigil. (Make it out of paper if you want)
  • A small finger-bowl with rum in it. (Cups work just as well)
  • A prayer cord.

That’s it, and a lot of this is optional. For example, if you can’t burn incense because you live with someone who is allergic, or who will think you’re smoking “the pot“, don’t burn incense. If you live in a “dry” house – substitute juice or water for the rum. The sigil can be drawn on paper. The tea light can be ANY color. The prayer cord, too, can be any color.  All of this can be easily hidden or stowed away and brought out of hiding as needed. Or it could even be left out on a dresser or bedside table and most people wouldn’t be any the wiser. Whatever works for you.

So let me explain what I mean by a REGULAR PRACTICE.  You wake up, brush your teeth, take a shower, get dressed, have breakfast, and go to work. This is a daily practice. Now I want you to try something.

Tonight – gather all of these items (or what you can get) together and when you wake up tomorrow, brush your teeth, take your shower, then light a candle and incense, offer the wine/rum/water/juice, kiss the sigil, say a prayer with the prayer cord, get dressed, have breakfast, and go to work.

You see what I did there, right? 😉  Now – do this for a week. Then try another week. And another.

Tada! It’s magick! You’ve just incorporated a REGULAR DAILY PRACTICE.  Simple, right?

Now, take the sigil of any Daemon you wish to work with, and place it under your mattress. Draw it on lined notebook paper if you have to. Whatever works for you.  If your nightly routine is undress, brush your teeth, wash up, put on pajamas, go to bed… try this instead.  Undress, brush your teeth, wash up, sit on the bed and meditate for ten minutes (even if you’re just enjoying the silence),  put on your pajamas, go to bed. If you sleep with a partner either do this before they come to bed, or do the meditation in the living room after they’ve gone to bed. Alternatively you can lay down and do the meditation in the dark right before you go to sleep. No one even needs to know you’re doing it.

There you go!  You’ve just added a nightly meditation practice that will enhance your ascension, divination, or magickal pursuits overall. Together you’ve only added about 15 minutes to your entire daily routine.

The sigil beneath the mattress will help enhance any Daemonic communication through dreams. (Change out the sigil as necessary.)

If you want to take it further and enhance an existing daily practice with additional magickal practice – choose one day a week for a certain type of practice/operation/ritual. For example, I do readings every Thursday and Sunday and have for years. As a result – I get a lot of divination practice and my skills are constantly being used and honed, making me a better reader and seer than I was, say, four years ago. Why? Practice.  If you want to work on a certain aspect of yourself or hone your talents for a certain type of magick, add a regular ritual to your weekly routine for a month and see what happens.  If you can’t keep up with it — try something different.

But DO something and do something EVERY SINGLE DAY even if it’s just lighting a candle and acknowledging the Daemonic within.  That is how you better connect with the Daemonic or your patron or matron. That’s how you develop your magickal skills. That’s how you advance, and that’s how you get started in Daemonolatry.

Finally, I leave you with words of wisdom from Yoda (because I’m geeky like that): “Do or do not. There is no try.”

Class, Workshop & Ritual 2014 – Master Schedule

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Frank and I realized how confusing it must be with all of the events we have going on in 2014, so we decided to create a master schedule post to help people quickly find the classes, workshops and events they would like to attend. Remember – we do have some scholarships available, so if there’s something you desperately want to attend but just can’t afford it, let us know. As always, GenDen, OFS, and TTS get their regular discount. For workshops and ritual, call-ins only can also get a discount. Contact us at demonolatry.org@gmail.com for more information.

A few quick notes — those who sign up for the Necromancy Workshop by September 15, 2014 get FREE admission into Rite to Eurynomous. Also, during Eury this year people can order a live reading. I have 5 spaces open.  You have to register for the event and the reading SEPARATELY! Groups are always welcome. Remember that each class, workshop, ritual cost is PER CONNECTED COMPUTER, not per person! These fees help us pay for our domain and web hosting here at demonolatry.org, they compensate me for my time, and they help ensure I have the equipment we use to continue to bring these events to you!

Thanks for reading and I look forward to seeing you all in the near future.

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2014 Schedule

October 25, 2014 (Noon MST) – Daemonolatry Necromancy Workshop

November 1, 2014 (3pm MST)- Rite to Eurynomous

November 9, 2014 (11am MST)  Daemonic Sigil Meditation

November 15, 2014 (11am MST) Astral Temple Meditation

November 23, 2014 (11am MST) Daemonic Prayer Meditation

December 7, 2014 (11am MST) Daemonic Sigil Meditation

December 14, 2014 (11am MST) Astral Temple Meditation

December 21, 2014 (11am MST) Rite to Belial

December 28, 2014 (11am MST) Daemonic Prayer meditation

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We have a few new things going on at demonolatry.org at the moment!

First — there are a couple of Daemonolatry specific divination card sets now available!  With any luck there will be more in the future.

Second — We are having a big Necromancy event here at demonolatry.org from late August/early September to early November. What we’re doing is offering specialty Necromancy Packages to people who want them. These packages have special, limited edition items included in them that, even if you don’t choose to acquire a pre-made package, you may be able to get said items individually IF you reserve/order these things ahead of time so we’re sure to make/order enough for everyone who wants them. demonolatry.org@gmail.com or swordarkeereon@gmail.com for details.

Third — This also means we have Deluxe special editions of Keys of Ocat available for sale at a discount. If you can’t afford the $85 price tag, contact me about slightly damaged copies and I’ll put you on the list. First come, first serve on those. We don’t know how many damaged copies we’ll have from shipping, or if there will be any.  As always, TTS and List discounts apply.  Funerary priests can contact me for special pricing as well. swordarkeereon@gmail.com

That is all at the moment! Thanks for reading!

 

An Interview with Andrieh Vitimus

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I had the wonderful opportunity to interview magician Andrieh Vitimus for my blog over at The Quadrant and decided the folks who followed demonolatry.org would also find this interview enjoyable and interesting!

andrieh pic 2When did you first know you were a chaos magician?
A better question is when I first new I was a magician, since the two are inextricably linked. First, I was a complete skeptic when I started. When I was really younger, I had considered going into the priesthood of an Orthodox Eastern Rite Catholic church. Seriously considered it. I was one of those compassionate “gentle” souls. I even was an altar boy. When I went to an all boys catholic school, people were pretty vicious and rotten. To be blunt, if people could act with such cruelty and call themselves a Christian, I came to the conclusion all religions were bullshit, but especially Christianity. So I put all that stuff away, deciding to become a hard scientist, trying to understand my visions and dreams through a materialist psychological perspective. It worked for a while.

And then, it didn’t. You get to a point where the blood is dripping form your veins, madness has infected you, and you are trying to use every bit of psychology you have to avoid going in the asylum. The shadows torment you, and everything goes badly. You reach for a couple lifelines, and they tell you they are afraid of you, they can’t help you because they have physically seen the shadows too. With nothing left to loose, I drove down the road in one of the worst storms in Illinois listing to Ministry. Multiple tornados touch down in around me. Did I stop? No, I dared it not to move and spun up my turbo charged talon at 150 mph straight toward it. At that moment, something snaped inside. I connected with that Tornado. It moved.

I had no doubts that I was a magician then.

From the start, I was always interested in chaos magic. At the time, it was the only idea of magic ( it is not a system of magic in itself) that combined what I saw as scientific reasoning and skepticism without appealing to unneeded explanations of faith. Yes, there are mysteries but non-dogmatic skepticism will serve most people well.

How long have you been a magician?
15-18 years depending on how you count.

How long have you been a writer?
25 years. I was a published poet in another life and formally studied English writing.

Were there any other books/authors who influenced you early on?
Early on I was a big fan of Phil Hine, and to a lessor degree Peter Carroll. In addition to those books, I spent a tremendous amount of materials on Qigong, mostly through in person seminars (which was no small amount). Early on, after I got through the few rough patches, I was able to learn a tremendous amount from inner city conjure practitioners in Chicago, my extended family ( who came out of the woodwork from no where after the rough patches), and even various occult stores. Although by the time I started talking to other people after the rough start, I had mastered a lot of critical defensive practical magic skills such as cleansing, banishing and protecting a space. Nothing like adversity to teach you.

Since a lot of my readers are also authors, how much time did it take from writing your first book to having it published?
So it took me about 5 years to write the first book, and then about 2 years to go to publication.

What other careers have you had?
Or better still have? I am computer programmer, system administrator, do hypnosis, and currently manage a department.

Do you write under more than one name? Why?
I used to write under the name Pentilian. I currently, only have the one Pen Name. Pentilian unfortunately became a sacrifice substitution in a ritual that a name could die so I didn’t have to and no, I am not kidding about that one.

What finally influenced you to write a book?

Things didn’t go well for a while after the Tornado incident. It was not like the Shadows left me alone. They followed. I learned a lot about demons back in those days andandrieh chaos magick what happens when a real curse was thrown at you ( the why someone would do that is a whole story in itself, a novel that I will write). I learned through struggle. I took very basic techniques and refined them again and again till they always worked. I got better as a magician. The thing is that, most books on magic are not very useful in that situation. You do not know who to ask or about the culture of the occult. The magic takes so long to learn. Think about it, you do not have a mentor. Demons are hunting you and tormenting you. You are couch surfing because things are not going so well, and now spend 4 months learning the LBRP so you can get a moment of calmness and then your LBRP probably will not even work.

You have a choice too, do you decide to live or die and if you do live, what do you have to know? Most of the occult books I have just do not distill down the magic to useable bites. Hands On Chaos Magic was my attempt to write a training guide for people who to be blunt might be in a similar situation to what I went through and also my attempt to reveal the underlying keys of magic that I had worked through by that time ( Hands on Chaos Magic was written over 5 years ago, I’ve gotten better). I found that many faith based or dogmatic systems of magic just believe these answers will come to you over a few years of study, maybe. I just haven’t seen that happen. Essentially, it was trying to fill in the gaps of Peter Carroll’s Liber MMM and Liber KKK with more guidance.

What was the hardest part of writing your book?
I can be somewhat of a perfectionist. I had written a 150 book, then tossed it out and started to try to meet my original intention of having a good training manual. Essentially, in the first copy, I used way too much jargon. Stepping back into the book a second time, was really difficult.

What do you hope readers take with them after reading your book?
You can do it and start now. Ignore all the fear mongering out there. Sure their might be some bumps in the road, but the process of magic will change you. Embrace it and do it.

If you could give one bit of advice to beginning magicians, what would it be?
Research a little, do a lot. You will learn more by doing then you can from all the theorizing. All of the secrets in my first book are hidden in plain sight, they all become obvious if you are doing the exercises.

What’s something readers and fellow magicians would find fascinating about you?

I am a pretty down to earth person. Although my rituals are quite powerful, I am generally somewhat low key and grounded. I really never got over the idea that there are quite a few things larger then I might be although I do tend to be playful with the spiritual world. Being low key does not always serve me well in the PR department. I always have something going on and very much am a Magician first, and author second. At one time, I was very shy but have transformed my personality from those days.

What else would you like readers to know about you or your work?
I really live the path of magic, for better or worse. There is a huge difference between that and an academic magical thinking. Sometimes, I will do magic and it does not turn out quite how I planned. It makes for great stories and makes for great actual connections, however I do tend to have very little desire to talk to people who do ceremony with no real desire to do magic which is very much a thread in modern paganism.

How do your family and/or friends feel about your book or writing venture in general?
Some of family knows what I do, some do not. I have honestly found that the birth family members who are into the occult (which many are), are quite jealous over the fact. They also tend to be quite anti-author. That saddens me greatly, but it very like some parts of the occult that promote a certain view so it is not surprising. My life partner and friends are fully supportive and often get on me about not getting the next project done fast enough.

Where are you from?
Chicago. But Now I live in Ohio!

Has your life changed significantly since becoming a published writer?
I think the quality of the people I have met has greatly improved. I met my wonderful life partner, new and great friends and the fans are wonderful. Of course, Hands On Chaos Magic itself had some embedded spells in the text of the book almost all of which have come to pass.

Do you work on one project at a time? Or do you multi-task?
I multi-task… but I do it badly. I am trying to focus on actually getting projects done instead of the 20 or so somewhat worked on books lying around the house.

When not writing or practicing magic, how do you relax?
Nothing says fun like playing Starcraft II, and X-com with the step son. I drink Café Au Lait’s at Jazzy cafés and read books on business, psychology and fiction. I also do some drawing and occasionally play the piano. Of course, I occasionally like visiting the Goth clubs on occasion. Really, I love to go hiking with my step-kids as much as I can. Love the hiking. I plan to get back into Martial Arts.

Please tell us 5 miscellaneous facts about yourself.

  • Favorite Color: Red.
  • Favorite Café now destroyed due to Starbucks, Scenes.
  • Most hated food: Onions.
  • I am half-way to a black belt in Shuai Jiao.
  • I actually have a masters degree in computer science and am currently pursuing a MBA.

Tell us about www.magical30.com , how it got started, and the work that goes on there.
chaos 2Magical 30 came about for a few reasons. It comes from a simple idea that was something I noticed and was very supported by neurology. I noticed that physical manifestation becomes more likely after working with an entity repeatedly. I theorized that if you had a solid foundation in magic, you could make this type of physical manifestation happen after about 24-30 days of dedicated work using 30 minutes day. Of course, it does not always happen but with a higher likelihood, because it takes 30 days for your neurology to fully integrate new neuro-pathways. AKA it takes about 24-30 days for your brain to adapt to an entity fully. I realized, 30 days is just about the right amount of time to really break into and do magic and to start a whole process of doing magic. Around the same time, I started taking Gamification classes and studying motivation. The Magical 30 was born as a result, to try to get people to dip and do magic and put it into a game context to get people to start. That is the real goal, Get people Doing, not just theorizing.

 

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New Releases:
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AUTHOR BIO

andrieh pic 1Andrieh Vitimus has been a practicing magician for over 15 years in multiple systems. He holds the highest initiatory rank in Haitian Vodou, that of Houngan asogwe. He has had several store appearances through out the Midwest and has taught at conventions including Aeonfest, Ancient Ways, Convocation, Starwood, Crucible and Sirius Rising. Andrieh Vitimus’s magical career, however, began with a undergraduate degree in psychology with a strong emphasis on cognitive science. He is a Usui Reiki Master Teacher, and is a licensed hypnotherapist/NLP practiciner. In addition to the formal training as a Reiki master and Qigong practitioner, Andrieh Vitimus comes from a line of magically inclined individuals whose lineage include Asowge level Haitian Voodoo priests, Jesuit priests, psychics, and natural healers. Andrieh is currently faculty at Peter Carroll’s Arcanorium College ( http://www.arcanoriumcollege.com/).
More About – Hands On Chaos Magic:
This irreverent guide to chaos magic emphasizes experimentation and finding out what works best for you. Andrieh Vitimus presents a revolutionary hands-on course of study for the average Jane or Joe. Vitimus banishes the severe tone of other esoteric orders, offering an accessible and practical approach that makes it easier to perform successful chaos magic that is uniquely your own.

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Emotional Preparation

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I’m convinced a lot of the failure in magick is due to the lack of emotional preparation on the part of the magician. In this I mean that the magician is either ready for the answers or changes the magick is meant to impart, or (s)he isn’t.

For example: Perhaps the magician seeks to become wealthy. However, wealth, for many of us, requires a far different mindset than continuing on the current path we may be on.

In instances like this, this is where preparation begins. The magician needs to find not only the willpower to manifest the change, but also needs to deeply analyze his/her self, habits, and emotion about a situation before (s)he seeks to change it.

We’ve all heard time and time again that it can take numerous tries before one is able to quit smoking or break a bad habit. Perhaps you’ve been fortunate enough to experience this yourself. That’s because those numerous tries cause a person to seek out their real motivations and to find that one thing that will help them change their life for the better. Weight loss works much the same way. People may have to try numerous times before they’re able to change the habits that caused them to gain weight to begin with.

Now let’s apply this to our example of wealth. Just like it can take many tries to learn how to break a bad habit, it can take us numerous tries to learn how to save money, or make money.

All things worth doing are worth doing well. It’s very unlikely that you’re going to work magick and suddenly a few billion dollars is going to fall into your lap. Instead, magick often works in more subtle ways by presenting the magus with opportunities. Whether or not you take those opportunities, or can recognize them for the opportunities they are, is part of the process where emotional readiness is imperative.

If your self-esteem lacks, you may not apply for the manager’s position that pays more. You may shy away from the suggestion that you publish that book. If you fear failure, you may react the same way to opportunity. Additionally, if you have fear, you may shy away from a more aggressive portfolio, instead going for more conservative investments that won’t net as much in the long run. You may find your willpower lacks when it comes to saving money to buy something and hence you always find yourself in debt. There are, literally, hundreds (perhaps even thousands) of reasons wealth magick, and other magicks, may not work for someone and it all starts at that emotional level.

The universe is mental and we do create our own realities.

So the next time you plan magick to manifest anything in your life, give your emotional preparation the same consideration (if not more) as the ritual itself. You may just find a different level of success.