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To: alt.magick
From: Gnomedplume@aol.com (Gnome d Plume)
Subject: Re: Evocation of the 72 Goetic Demons (or how astrology leads to Satanism)
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 17:59:34 GMT

On Sun, 6 May 2001 16:09:05 +0100, "Kwaw" 
wrote:

>Axel Harvey  wrote in message
>news:Pine.LNX.4.10.10105032111500.523-100000@localhost.localdomain...
>> Hey, did you know that an interest in astrology leads to necromancy and
>> other Satanic practices, and is a multi-billion dollar business..
>>(according that is to the centre for bible studies)
>
>Well, as an amateur astrologer myself I would just hate to let them down.
>So....
>
>As we all know
>the 72 Goetic (Goetia = Greek term for witchcraft) demons have rule through
>the govenment of the 36 astrological decans. Each decan has two rulers, one
>who rules by
>day and one by night.
>
>The notorious 'satanic' symbol the pentagram is of course a symbol for the
>planet Venus, for if you mark her synodic periods on a map of the heavens
>you will discover the figure of a pentagram is plotted.  Venus anciently had
>two aspects, as morning star or evening star. In one Venus is symbolized by
>the upright pentagram and is called The Queen of Heaven, in the other Venus
>is symbolised by the averse pentagram or Goat Star and called King of the
>Four Quarters. To invoke either one simply face towards Venus or the Mirror
>of Venus as appropriate, and draw the pentagram in a clockwise fashion from
>the uppermost point (for the Queen) or lowest point (for the King) and call
>upon them in whatever words you can best devise (remembering of course that
>the Spirit and Spirits are entranced and entrapped through and within
>patterns in sound as in images. The most atrocious rhyming doggeral is
>therefore usually more effective than the most eloquent prose).
>
>If you wish to call upon one of the Demon Princes of the decans it is
>advisable to protect yourself within a circle which you should inscribe
>around you with the knife of art. At each quarter you should place an
>elementary shield. At the east a pentagram of fire, which is drawn upright
>in a clockwise fashion from the lowest right point and at its centre place
>the symbol for leo. In the south the pentgram of earth drawn from the lowest
>left hand point with the symbol of taurus. In the west, air, upper left hand
>point, aquarius. In the North, water, upper right hand point, scorpio.
>
>The
>circle of course represents the zodiac, and the elemental attributions are
>accordingly Aries/East/Fire; Capricorn/South/Earth; Libra/West/Air;
>Cancer/North/Water. The symbols of the fixed signs are used partly because
>they represent the most 'stable' form of each element. Also because if the
>pentagram is inscribed on a wheel of the heavens then the points to which
>each element is attributed fall in Scorpio, Leo, Taurus and Aquarius.  By
>happy 'accident' the elements flow along the lines of the pentagram in order
>of 'density' Spirit/Fire/Air/Water/Earth.
>
>There is of course a great many
>more esoteric reasons behind the symbolism which for reasons of space and
>time I won't go into here. But speaking of which the circle and four
>quarters are themselves symbolic of Time and Space and together make up five
>aspects which connects them with the pentagram and the God and Goddess, the
>Queen of Heaven and the King of the Four Quarters. They represent in fact
>the manifestation of the God and Goddess on a lower plane and hence after
>the invocation of the King and Queen the making of the circle and the four
>shields is one of the steps in 'calling down' their presence; to witness,
>empower, or celebrate according to the nature of the rite.
>
>For the purpose of evoking one of the demon princes of the 36 decans you
>will of course have placed the triangle of manifestation outside the circle
>in the east. Within the triangle will be the crystal stone or magick mirror
>in which the demon will appear. The mirror is charged with the invoking
>hexagram of the decans planetary ruler. You may call upon them by addressing
>them as 'Demon Prince of the Nth Decan' or by the names given in the Goetia
>(understanding of course that they are themselves 'titles' and not names of
>individual spirits as such). The Goetic demon associated with each decan can
>be found in 777.
>The rite should of course be timed so that the appropriate decan is rising
>on the ascendant. Sunrise, sunset, noon or midnight are traditionall
>favourites as the veil of spirit is more easily rendered at points of
>'crossing'. Planetary Days and Hours could also be used by those who have
>wit to understand their astrological basis.
>
>After the license to depart the pentagrams and circle should be 'undrawn' in
>reverse order, widdershins.
>
>An alternative experiment to the evoking of the Demon Prince is to go
>exploring the astral regions of the decan. The procedure is much the same
>excepting the mirror should be in the circle with you and not the triangle
>of manifestation (or use the 'mind's eye and do away with the mirror
>altogether). Visualise the ancient and traditional magical image of the
>decan upon the mirror and then place yourself within it. Some 'modern'
>witches prefer to use the tarot cards associated with each decan rather than
>the traditional images (youngsters eh? Think they know everything!). The
>magical image of each decan and the tarot attributions I can give in a
>follow up post if anyone is interested.
>
>Kwaw
>To think It all started with Linda Goodman's Sun Signs!
>
****It obviously started a long time before Linda Goodman, but this is
an excellent post. Very well worked out, thought provoking and
original. The Venus pentagram analogy is accurate in more ways than
you may suspect, which tends to justify the Astaroth=Astarte Goetia
connection. Originally there were 72 Egyptian gods of the quinances,
some good, some evil. This developed into the 36 day spirits and 36
night spirits in medieval terminology. Let's have more discussion on
this theme. This is what this news group is supposed to be doing.
Thanks again.*****

Good Magick!

Gnome d Plume
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