A Self Exorcism
Background:
This is an adaptation of the Goetia. Only the demon evoked is a personal demon rather than one from the list in the Classical Goetia. Also, a lot of the rules are relaxed and changed.
Preparation:
Prepare a triangle large enough to contain Sigil(s) and perhaps some other physical means for manifestation. (We used wormwood for incense.) The three sides or the triangle should be guarded by names of some power to those doing the ritual. (We used Chaos, Babalon and Baphomet). Sigil created the usual way. Demon should be given a name (naming something is traditionally a way of gaining control over it) derived from the letters making up the sigil.
The Rite:
1. Open with a Vortex.
2. Pointing to the Sigil in the triangle, order the demon into the triangle.
3. Once the demon is separated from the operator and safely contained in the triangle, operator can either work with the spirit by "rehabilitating" it to make it a servitor or to reabsorb it and reintegrate it into hirself or (s)he can destroy it. (We destroyed our demons by burning the sigils).
4. If one wished to keep the demon as a servitor, one could dismiss the demon from the triangle at the end of the ritual and keep the Sigil in a safe place. Goetic magicians sometimes reward a servitor demon by putting their Sigil on better material in time.)
5. End by closing the Vortex and banish with laughter.
This kind of "negative" evocation can be followed by a more "positive" magick made more possible by clearing away the debris.
The first time I tried this, I used "It is my will to destroy my resentment". And I then created the demon's name from the letters that didn't repeat and also my sigil. I meditated on the sigil for a while, using a tapping to music (the new Aluk Todolo album "Finsternis", hehe) technique on my legs while cross-legged and eventually ordered the demon into the triangle and into the sigil, which I kept in my incense censer. Not a good idea huh? It should be a consecrated object. Or does it matter if I'm working Chaos? Anyway, I destroyed my sigil by burning it but the stupid thing is... I burnt it by using my lighter by extending my arm slightly into the triangle. Now I knew this was wrong when I did it, but how else am I supposed to burn my sigil during the ritual? A longish splint maybe? See, this is why I need advice on how to do this ritual well. The instructions I provided here, that I got off a website aren't very detailed and there's a load of question marks attached to it when you read it. I'd just like some examples of how to do this one. And also, some different names of protection than the ones I used, being TETRAGRAMMATON, YAHWEH and MICHAEL. I do not want to use Crowleyian names for protection since I am not a Thelemite. I used different names of God obviously because I believe in one, and Michael since I believe in angels & demons, of course.
It's all a bit confused at the moment, but I'm sure with some of your help, I'll get things cleared up.
I'm still pretty new to Chaos magic, and I want to stick to Chaos specifically because it is not dogmatic and it's the most interesting type of magic, in my opinion. So erm yeah, all help is appreciated, thanks!
