How to go from nothing (no tools, no prep, no experience) to Drawing Spirits Into Crystals in one day, dirt cheap.
Fair warning this is a bit of a long one, but hopefully a good one. Gonna cover a lot in a short space so ask questions if stuck.
As most of y’all already know, magick utilizing planetary virtue, correspondence, intelligences, archangels, godforms, etc. is an extremely prevalent form of all-purpose, day to day working. All the time, however, there are a posts flying around with some form of the question “how do I do x basic operation involving a planet?” Additionally, there’s some strange construction of the Elitist Grimoire Magician TM with 50+ “ingredients” and massively (pointlessly) expensive tools and components. This is often not really the case; the goal is to do so within our means, and/or figure out how to perform an operation within the means of the operator.
So given this, there is a grimoire that (IMO) stands out among the rest in terms of ease of setup and prep work, while still yielding almost universally applicable results. I’ve used this system to receive other rituals, accept “illumination”, divine for other projects, and I’ve heard from some other magicians (all way better than me, thanks Kab, Skal, and Jack) that it can be used to consecrate talismans or other tools. Plus, the tools are super low-key if that’s a concern for the operator.
This grimoire is Drawing Spirits into Crystals [by Johannes Trithemius, available here at EsotericArchives]. There are additionally two modern rehashes of this system that I’m aware of, 7 Spheres[by Rufus Opus, I hear google is your friend and VK is loyal in bringing PDFs to the karcist lmao] and the Angelic Ritual of Conjuration[Sam Block, available here at DigitalAmbler, seriously if you’re into this style of evocation dig around on his site for more of the same flavor].
I list all of these together because they’re essentially the same- 7 spheres is Drawing Spirits Into Crystals (abbreviated DSIC) applied to all of the classic planetary intelligences with some additional pomp and circumstance, and the Angelic Ritual of Conjuration is a modernized DSIC setup with a script that draws on the Heptameron (among others) to neatly fill some gaps.
Briefly, a Hot Chaote Take TM (that is not to say that this is a mental model approach to DSIC), this is a reductionist tech approach intended to achieve a minimal yet effective ritual for both ease of operator access and experimentation for future adaptation. Grimoire purists beware, this will give you a hernia. Sorry not sorry.
DSIC can be done at minimum with 2 sheets of paper, a pen, some tape, the ritual “script”, and a glass of water or other similar scrying medium. Note that these are things that you can either get for free or you already have the stuff laying around.
I’ve done it the following way to evoke mercurial intelligences, and I say “in a day” in the title because both the construction of the tools and the evocation of these spirits itself (solong as they are Mercurial in nature) are done on the day in the hours of Mercury- although not perfect and takes what i assume to be a fair bit more effort than a formal setup it can be done such that it brings results. Additionally useful tools and
accoutrements, if available to the operator, are:
A big ol’ chunk of crystal (it is drawing spirits into crystals after all. I’ve used and continue to use a piece of Icelandic Spar, doesn’t matter what so long as its clearish and/or can be used to scry.)
Incenses appropriate to the spirits conjured. This is going to be imo/ime the most important thing to add to the system after the fact if available.
Blessed or otherwise consecrated candle(s)
Blessed or otherwise consecrated chalk
A wand (or knife if appropriate)
Appropriate offerings to the spirit conjured as needed (flowers, additional incense, food, drink, candles, stuff like that)
A circle…
Some brief commentary on the use of the circle in the context of DSIC: if you’re calling up scary shit on high, or anything categorized classically as sublunar or lower, then you’ll probably want one as described in the actual grimoire. However, for “low risk” evocations of planetary intelligences or spirits higher than sublunar that are additionally typically regarded as friendly to the operator, it’s not super necessary. For further commentary and some other options regarding this topic, Balthazar as always has interesting things to say in this video [here at his youtube channel].
So there are a few things to do before the big day of a Conjuration. Chief among these is to decide on a goal, determine the appropriate intelligence to ask to accomplish that goal, and determine the corresponding planetary day and hour for that spirit you intend to conjure ([Lunarium] is the calculator that I use, I hear there are some cool mobile apps, find what works for you. Regardless, make sure you set the location and time zone correctly).
Additionally, you will need to make the tools. The 2 sheets of paper are for the Table of Practice, shown here:
(Yes, the correct version has the directional demon kings (Egyn, Oriens [discrepancy rife with this name], Amaymon, and Paymon). Fight me Leich.)
and the Lamen (a fancy thing with appropriate spirit or god names written on it that is worn during a ritual) shown here:
(This is the example lamen for Michael given in DSIC, however Block uploaded a variation on this tool with Raphael as an example a while back (i personally use Block’s version b/c i think it’s cooler, it’s somewhere on his site). Either way just use the appropriate names of that which is evoked and appropriate Name(s) of God.)
Draw both of these with the pen, use some string or an overturned plate as a way to make the circles, make sure to take care when writing the names and do so with respect. For added flavor do this in the day and hour of Mercury.
1. Slightly before this appropriate time, Take a shower/bath (cold if you’re into the whole ritual purity thing (I am)), saying “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” with as much conviction as you can as you do so. Ez pz. If this doesn’t do it for you, just get clean and refer back to the video linked in the discussion of the circle [Linked here again].
2. Go to the place of evocation and set up your tools and circle as required. Tl;dr circle with the blessed chalk if you got it constructed appropriately around the space, scrying medium in the center of the table of practice, candles and incense ready to be lit if in use, all that jazz. If you have the wand or knife make sure to have it in reach, if not, use the index finger of your dominant hand.
3. Follow the script of the ritual as written in whichever source you decide to use (I like Block’s over both the original DSIC and 7S), consecrating and banishing your tools and materia magica, and repeating in sequence the conjurations given and Golden Dawn style intoning (technically vibrating) the name(s) of that which you’re summoning (you can hear it what I mean in [this video]…you may also want to commit the content of this video to memory at some point in your magical career) until something shows up. If that something is what you intended to conjure, proceed. If not (and its something totally nonsensical, don’t do this with like a representative of the thing you call- this is where discernment is a critical skill, there are a myriad of resources for this online, use google.) blast it’s ass and keep going with the conjurations.
As I would just be restating a lot of the material that’s already written in the links provided (plus I cant be bothered to copywrong the material), give the ritual at digitalambler a read [linked here again] as to how it should go, and be sure to print them out or otherwise copy them down to physical form. Footnote 4 at the end of the Angelic Ritual of Conjuration is a critically misunderstood point by a lot of people- before you ask, it is probably not the best idea to be subbing god/goddess names Willy-Nilly for anything in the system. This approach involves intelligences and other spirits that answer to the Tetragrammaton, hence that is the name used.
4. At this point, you have the thing in the scrying medium. Nice work. Ask it to help accomplish the goal, be it consecrate a talisman, provide some sort of theurgic illumination, recite the Konami code, whatever your initial goal was. There are a variety of options for communication depending on how your manifestations may vary, either direct communication in the scrying medium, visual cues, or using things like dice or cards to get a cleaner line. Ensure that this is is worth your time and actually make a deal or force it to accomplish the goal. Leave offerings or payments as needed here.
5. After this evocation is wrapped, read the license to depart a few times until the thing you evoked does just that, then banish with whatever method ([LBRP], [LBRH], [Gnostic Banishing Ritual], the Shua visualization sequence, [Pillar of Fire], or Center-Cross are all in theory acceptable options. Follow these links or google these terms if you don’t know what they are, there are plenty of perfectly good explanations online) you choose.
So there you have it, how to evoke planetary intelligences or really whatever spirits of your choosing into a physical medium to accomplish metaphysical goals for dirt cheap. Note that as you move forward, this system takes real practice and quite a bit of effort to become adept- just like any other hobby or skill, you need to practice and experience it over and over with all manor of evocations in order to improve. Some things that may help that also aide in practice and are excuses for experience are using the system to evoke jupiterian or solar intelligences to draw money or luck with which to acquire new or better tools, or evoking mercurial spirits and making deals to accumulate clout in spirit communication or evocation itself.
Colophon: a statement at the end of a book containing the scribe or owner’s name, date of completion, or bitching about how hard it is to write a book in the dark ages
Oh, my hand
The parchment is very hairy
Thank God it will soon be dark
St. Patrick of Armagh, deliver me from writing
Now I’ve written the whole thing; for Christ’s sake give me a drink
Oh d fuckin abbot
Massive hangover
Whoever translated these Gospels did a very poor job
Cursed be the pesty cat that urinated over this book during the night
If someone else would like such a handsome book, come and look me up in Paris, across from the Notre Dame cathedral
I shall remember, O Christ, that I am writing of Thee, because I am wrecked today
Do not reproach me concerning the letters, the ink is bad and the parchment scanty and the day is dark
11 golden letters, 8 shilling each; 700 letters with double shafts, 7 shilling for each hundred; and 35 quires of text, each 16 leaves, at 3 shilling each. For such an amount I won’t write again
Here ends the second part of the title work of Brother Thomas Aquinas of the Dominican Order; very long, very verbose; and very tedious for the scribe; thank God, thank God, and again thank God
If anyone take away this book, let him die the death, let him be fried in a pan; let the falling sickness and fever seize him; let him be broken on the wheel, and hanged. Amen
what does oh d fuckin abbot even MEAN
an abbot is the head of a monastery so it just means “fuck my boss” basically, an abbreviation of “O damned fuckin Abbot”. this is what it looks like:
My cousin and I are in frequent communication about coyotes and coyote news because the area he lives in also has a large population and is similar in demographics. Over the last few years we’ve noticed them becoming more aggressive, larger, and in increasingly larger groups. That’s…not great for either of us.
Anyway, I texted him something about how the reintroduction of wolves in the Western part of the state is sure to make coyote watching interesting as wolf genetics become more prominent. He sent me back this photo, which he swears is from the Appalachian mountains, though he doesn’t say what state and in the age of the internet, who can say I believe it?
One thing for sure. Those are coyotes. And that’s a wolf. I find this picture so unsettling that words don’t quite begin to form. I once was less than a hundred feet in front of a coyote and my lizard brain kicked in immediately and told me to run for my life. I didn’t, because I’m not stupid, but I don’t know if I’d be able to suppress the urge if I saw that thing.
Anonymous: HOMEGIRL HERE just got her ass a copy of the book of st cyprian (maggi's) and i know that mole blood is a requirement for some of the tools, know anyway i can grab some or atleast something else i can use in place of the trad mole blood? i know it has to do with their cthonic nature (and the fact moles blood was used medically/to purify things in the past?) what the hell else would be suitable?? thank you and sorry if this is dumb!
I’m not going to give my personal recommendation on this beyond saying Aaron’s method definitely has the highest potential for error, can easily be completely ineffective, and needs to be augmented with additional magick to be a remotely adequate replacement. No mixture of plant matter is a true substitute for life’s blood.
Also don’t be a fucking moron, don’t use your own blood.
