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Saint Gaspar del Bufalo Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory (detail), 2016

Agares - Provides knowledge of all tongues, brings back runaways or can prevent desertion, can cause earthquakes, and bring about the downfall of important men causing them to lose their position, public honor, and respect of others.

Aim - He spreads destruction by means of fire. Also teaches cunning and shrewdness, and will answer questions of things unknown.

Alloces - A warrior who may be sent to revenge yourself from secret enemies.

Andras - Very destructive, he can bring ruin to an enemy in the twinkling of an eye, causing him financial havoc and personal despair.

Andrealphus - Can transform humans into birds at will. Also teaches mathematics.

Andromalius - Knows all—recovers lost articles, finds money, and reveals any secret plots of intrigues planned against the possessor.

Asmoday - Confers invisibility, answers any questions, and enables the petitioner to know the innermost thoughts of those he meets.

Bathin - Transports one from one place to another at the speed of light by supernatural means. Tells the virtues of all stones and herbs.

Bifrons - Can move corpses magically, and coerce spirits of the dead to assist the magician or answer inquiries. Is capable of enlightening one on astrology, mathematics, herbs, and stones.

Camio - Will teach the tongues of all animals so that they may be understood, and can also reveal the mysteries and secrets of the other worlds.

Corcell - Produces great noises, confusion, and indecisiveness in one’s foes. Gives knowledge of geometry, art, literature, history.

Dantalion - Produces hallucinations in others if requested, influencing the minds of men against their will and without their knowledge. He can reveal the innermost thoughts and desires of others.

Decarabia - Knows all pertaining to the powers of plants and stones.

Focator - Causes winds to blow, ships to sink, and death by drowning.

Furfur - Bestows love of battle, causes thunder and lightning, and can reveal the secret thoughts of others.

Glasya-Labolas - Can cause murder and death, make men invisible. He knows all ancient wisdom and occult secrets, can teach all sciences.

Haagenti - A powerful alchemist who can change any metal into gold, and water into wine.

Halphas -  Causes wars, punishes sinners, and can make those who have wronged the magician suffer the tortures of the damned.

Haures - Protects the magician against other spirits. Knows all secrets and will bring harm to one’s foes.

Leraie - Causes wounds not to heal, starts battles. He can be persuaded to break up rival’s love affairs and even marriages.

Malphas - It is claimed that he helped Solomon build many things. Causes anything to be made by magical forces.

Murmur - Causes souls of the dead to appear and answer any questions the petitioner may ask. Also teaches philosophy.

Ose - Transforms the petitioner into any form he desires. Will bring delusions and insanity to others if asked, and the person affected will not be aware that he has been changed.

Paimon - Confers upon the magician the power to influence and control those he wishes to subjugate. Will produce familiars to serve the possessor, and can bring any honor desired upon one.

Purson - Tells past and future, reads the thoughts of others and conveys the message to the possessor.

Raum -  Creates love and reconciles enemies. Can also demolish a reputation, destroy property, and will steal money to bring to the possessor.

Ronove - Teaches languages, and humbles an enemy who does not show partiality toward the petitioner.

Sabnock - Can cause wounds not to heal, arguments to inflame, and turn a small dispute into a full-scale battle. He controls military camps and protects soldiers.

Samiginia - Gives account of the dead souls that died in sin, and teaches all liberal sciences.

Seere - Controls time to suit himself and the wishes of the sorcerer who calls upon him. Can cause things to happen instantly magically.

Shax - Can cause one to become deaf, dumb, or blind. Will steal money or possessions, and can lead the way to almost any hidden things or stolen goods. Can create a familiar to assist the owner.

Sitri - The Prince of love and lust. Will cause any man to love a woman, or any woman to desire a man. Compels women to display themselves in the nude to the one who calls him. 

Valefor - In charge of occult medicine, curing all ills magically. Can make a man skilled with his hands and sharp with his brains. Can change men into animals at will.

Vepar - Controls the sea. Can cause storms, death, and disaster.

Vine - The only spirit which will tell a magician the identity of other sorcerers and witches. Knows ail secrets and can destroy the enemy or defend the magician against the attacks of others.

Zagan - Can change liquids—water into wine, wine into blood. He can bring to one’s mind the humor and wit in all happenings.

*Please don’t dabble in darker magic unless you are well protected and have done your research.

Patroness of: Necromancy, Mediumship, the Arcane, the Knowledge of Death and the Knowledge of the Dead; whomever passes through the Gates offers up their Wisdom. She also acts as a testament to the tenacity of The Craft, as even though Saul “eradicated” all Seers and Witches from his city, still she we there, ready…  – and on a more mundane level: Grief, Illness, Patience, Death and Loss – or more poignantly, how to heal after being dealt a blow. She is the Liminal Witch, the Gate between the Living and the Dead – she is as ageless as death itself and, in death, has become Death – she is Merciful, she is Maternal, but she is.

Call upon her for works of: Healing – for it is Death who makes the final decision, Sorcery, Necromancy, Mediumship, Graveyard Work, Witchcraft and Knowledge of the Esoteric, Guidance. Be not frightened of her hidden face, for beneath she is release – she is Hope and she is Freedom; she is the Willful Psychopomp – sworn to usher, coin or not.

Symbols: The Gallows & the Pomegranate

For the Story of The Witch of Endor, see: 1 Samuel, Chapter 28

“Prayer”:

“Sorceress of the Black,

Who walks about one-footed:

For the other’s in the Grave –

Great Familiar Spirit –

Watching from the Shadows,

Sat patient as a masoned statue

Ever watchful –

Come the Great White Light:

Recede – for this is not the time

But phantoms songs are:

Eternal –

Whispering sounds

And howling dogs,

Faunch eagerly by the spit,

All toothy muzzled,

Dog-tooth grin –

Impart your blooming

Spectre – Queen:

Of ivory bone

And Golden Gate

And summon up –

These Arcane Tomes

From the side of Lazarus;

And impart on me – not

Just your graceful Spectre,

But the knowledge of

The Centuries,

Bound beneath your –

Silver;

Shrouded Witch o’ Endor:

Come now, Great

Serpentine –

From the inky pits of Hell,

Wherein Unseen are seen;

The one who moves –

Freely between:

The Golden Gates and –

The Fires Beneath…”

Ritual:

To Acquiesce Information from the Dead

Collect some scruples of food: corn meal puddings flavored with hot peppers or cooked beans, unleavened bread sopped in vinegar and oil, vessels of spiced rum or unfermented grape juice, water or honey, extremely salted meat (that’s inedible by human standards) – whatever is feasible and fits your unique faith – and a pouch of coins (I don’t care what faith you’re in, if you’re working in the cemetery, you pay, simple as). At the Gates of the Cemetery, leave your food offering, and some coins – actual silver, copper and gold are great, but damn near impossible to come by. Don’t by stingy. As you do so, read the above “prayer” or give them the abridged version: “Thank you, keep doing what you’re doing, we’re very grateful…”

If you require knowledge from a specific spirit and can readily access their grave, you should also bring something for them – perhaps something they liked or something that reminds you of them. It is also good to keep something that belonged to them on your person.

Leave the offerings at their grave and skip to the reading.

If you do not need an answer from a specific spirit or cannot readily access their grave, you’ll have to do a little asking about. Even if you aren’t a medium, simply vocalize (softly, don’t yell, they’re dead, not deaf) 1) whom you wish to speak with or 2) the question you need answered or information you seek.

If they come quickly, perfect. Ask, vocalize, and ask that they convey the information to you in your preferred medium (dream, cards, séance, whatever) – if not, grease the gears with this addition to the above Prayer:

“I walk amongst your children,

Now – it is answers that I seek,

Keeper of the Dead, I ask:

Bring to me the Soul –

I seek; Unveil –

The hidden visage;

And the answers

That they keep…”

Donald Carol

Dakinis