Do you want your own hell-spawn? Do you want to play chess with someone? Attempt to conjure a demon!
If there's one thing I've learned from heavy metal, horror movies, and Dungeons & Dragons, it's that demons are amazing. I want to bring as many people into my life as possible to do my bidding and participate in violin tournaments. I'm sure you do, so I've put together a step-by-step tutorial on summoning strange beings. We're not going to start by commanding Lucifer because this is our first demonic summoning. Instead, we'll conjure a humble, generic spirit into a glass.
This at-home ritual is based on a handwritten, unnamed grimoire from circa 1577. The book is notable for being a practical handbook rather than a theoretical one, and it contains marginal notes from various unknown Renaissance magicians/want tobes who appear - have attempted to follow its methods. (Incidentally, the book is the original source of the magic term "Abracadabra!")
Before you begin your ritual, keep in mind that many experienced magical practitioners (wizards, warlocks, necromancers, etc.) believe that even a basic ritual involves a lifetime of committed spiritual practice and should not be attempted lightly.
But they really want to keep all the demons for themselves—esoteric mystical rites are simple to conduct, enjoyable, and, because it's all made up, pose no threat other than your mother shouting at you for taking all her candles.
Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's summon something! Because of the history of the language and the fact that it's handwritten, the original spell is sometimes tricky, but I tried my best.
Invoking a spirit in a glass
Step 1: Gather your materials.
- You will require:
- a fresh towel
- A "fayre table"
- A glass of wine
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Wine
- Sacred water
- The bread is white.
- A flame
Step 2: Place your glass on top of your clean cloth on your (fayre) table.
Step 3: Deliver the oration. Recite the following Latin loudly while standing over your glass. "Omnipotens sempiterne deus adesto magna[e] pietatis tue misteriis, adesto piis Invocationibus nostris ut speculum istud quod in tuo nomine bene dicere facto..."
That goes on for a very long time. The remainder may be found in the original text. http://esotericarchives.com/folger/v b 26 transcription.pdf
However, make sure you read it completely and don't mispronounce any terms, else this may not work.
Step 4: Recite the consecration. Say it aloud: "deus qui hoc speculum aus materia fragili..." You know what? Return to the source. http://esotericarchives.com/folger/v b 26 transcription.pdf
Step 5: Place five drips of olive oil "like a rose" in the glass.
Step 6: more latin. "Discendat in questo speculum virtus spiritus sancti..." and so on. Examine the source.
Step 7: "Make a cross" with the five drops of oil on your thumbs.
Step 8: More Latin!
Step 9: Sufflate (?) and state "discendat in hoc speculum [ut] supra" (A nice short one.)
Step 10: Wash the glass with wine, holy water, and white bread slices.
Step 11: Throw everything in the fire, including the glass, table, and towel. This will help the spirit in some unknown way.
Step 12: If you followed all of the steps correctly and did not mispronounce any of the Latin, you should see a spirit come shortly. But you won't be able to hear him/them/it. So you must...
Step 13: Continue reciting Latin. http://esotericarchives.com/folger/v b 26 transcription.pdf
Step 14: An extraterrestrial spirit should be seen and heard soon after your final Latin recital. If everything is done correctly, he/she/it will "app[ea]re with a voice sayinge & [d]oinge all things to [t]hy will."
Your ritual's aftereffects
So, how did your ritual turn out? Do you have a new pal to hang out with? If this is the case, controlling it may be difficult. And I have no clue how to return it to where it came from, so you're on your own from here.
Unfortunately, my ceremony did not go as planned. Maybe I mispronounced "discendat," or maybe there's something wrong with the whole notion of "summoning demons"
What we're talking about when we say we're summoning demons
Rituals to call supernatural creatures or forces have been (and continue to be) done in a variety of spiritual traditions, ranging from Shintoism to Santeria. Varied rites have different meanings and ramifications in different cultures, so keep in mind that I'm just referring to the Western concept of intentionally summoning evil beings into the material realm. As you may see in a horror film.
The origins of demon summoning
In Ancient Rome, calling a "tutelary deity" (a city's demigod) was customary before wars, but it is not the same as summoning a demon. To do so, you must go back to the early days of Christianity.
Summoning a demon to execute your will is important to the Testament of Solomon, a document erroneously attributed to King Solomon and composed between the end of the first century CE and the high medieval era. In it, an angel bestows on Solomon a pentagram-inscribed ring. Solomon used his magical ring to persuade Beelzebub and other demons to construct his temple.
Solomon, on the other hand, does not make a bargain with these devils. He is represented as a pious man operating in line with God's will, using His power to enslave devils. This concept is followed by early publications of Christian practices for aspiring magicians. The Key of Solomon, for example, contains spells (such as "How to Make the Holy Garters"), but they are only effective for the most clean, virtuous, and devout man.
The Witches' Hammer
With the publishing of Malleus Maleficarum ("Hammer of Witches") in 1478, the notion of summoning demon-y devils for your own advantage becomes popular as an act of wickedness.
This book, authored by Catholic cleric Heinrich Kramer, exposes witches' terrifying behaviors, including as pacts with devils, snatching newborns, and other heinous crimes. It is important to note that it depicts practitioners of mystical spell-casting and demon-evokers as being enslaved to Evil. These witches and warlocks (mainly witches, of course) are not powerful, devout individuals who possess mysterious powers. They're wusses who have surrendered their will to Santa (er, "Satan") in return for selfish benefits. It should also be remembered that witches, as represented in Hammer of Witches, are fictitious.
Whether they were genuine or not, many people perished as a result of the Hammer of Witches. During the witch trials, which were greatly influenced by Kramer's book, up to 80,000 persons, primarily women, were tortured and slaughtered. So, if a tome is cursed...
After the Hammer of Witches, a demon is summoned
Most of our present notions about summoning demons may be traced back to Hammer of Witches, as well as De praestigiis daemonum and its supplement, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (False Monarchy of Demons). These books, written/collected in 1563 by physician Johan Weyer, explain 69 demons (great!) and their diabolical hierarchy, as well as suggestions on how to call them.
On the Tricks of Demons is important because Weyer's thesis is that witchcraft isn't real, and anyone who believes they've made a contract with an evil creature is most likely suffering from a mental condition, so maybe we shouldn't burn people at the stake anymore, guys? He offers spells and rituals as a means of exposing black magic practitioners in order to "bring their hallucinations into the brilliant light of day," though he doesn't quite make the leap to "The witch-hunter types cooked this crap up." It was close, but not quite.
In any case, False Monarchy of Demons is chock-full of fascinating demons. Amdusias, who appears as a person with a unicorn's head, has claws instead of hands and feet, and is in command of the cacophonous music performed in Hell, is one of the most horrific animals. Then there are the more benign hell-spawn, such as Marquis Samigina, who appears as a tiny horse and teaches liberal arts, and Naberius, who appears as a three-headed crow and teaches the art of gracious living, like a demonic Martha Stewart.
Demons of today
The demons described by Weyer (without the "this is all false" bit) influenced everything demonic that came after, from gothic romantic-period excesses to Alastair Crowley, heavy metal, The Exorcist, and that odd guy in high school who was really into Anton LaVey. Any practical method to summoning demons from later grimoires such as The Lesser Key of Solomon (or YouTube) is likely to be based at least partially on these sources (even if its practitioners are unaware of it) and, as such, is rather ridiculous and phony.
However, evil isn't a phony. While there don't appear to be many genuine practitioners of "black magic" in the world (and they're pretty dull to speak to at parties, believe me), the concept that legions of bad individuals worship demons and must be stopped did not die with the conclusion of the witch trials. It continues reappearing, from the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and 1990s to Q-Anon freaks in 2022. I'm not sure what grimoire people are using to conjure this specific type of evil, but I wish they'd stop.
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