WHAT IS IT?

Nergal

God of War, Plagues and Death

Introduction:

One of the many forgotten gods in lost ancient civilisations, Nergal is the God of war, plagues and diseases to the Sumerians, who held tremendous power in the underworld, ruling as a terrifying King of Death. Son of Enlil and Ninlil He is said to be the most aggressive and violent God of the Sumerian pantheon, we see that attribute in the Epic of Erra where the world was in shambles and was at Nergal's mercy. He is also the God of "inflicted death" which is something interesting to note. Consorted with Ereshkigal co-ruling with her, Nergal is said to hold cures to every diseases he controls and decides the fate of who dies, gets injured and who gets spared too. Some say that Nergal is the chief of Hell's secret police, and is Beelzebub's spy in certain medieval lores. He was considered the patron God of hunting to the Assyrian kings. Besides war, plagues and death, Nergal also rules over famine, drought, lightning, fire etc as well as necromancy and destruction. He is a solar deity, it's said that his breath is the hot and dry desert winds, his destructiveness can aid heavily in baneful magick, he is definitely not one to underestimate, since He whole rules the dead, holds tremendous power and is a force to be recognised. He grants those he favours gnosis and protection, as well as further guidance down their paths. He can help destroy one's enemy, yet also rejuvenate one from sickness.

Titles:

Lord

Emperor

King

Chief

Names:

Nergal, Nirgil, Nirgali

What can you work with Him for?

Necromancy

Plague magick

Death magick

Baneful magick

Gnosis working

War/Destruction magick

Pyromancy

Shadow work (if the God wills it)

Blood magick

Solar magick

Martian magick

Signs:

Lions

Flies

Mace

Sword

Bull

Scythes

Offerings:

Bl00d (do not give blood blatantly to random beings)

S£xual offerings (if the God wills it)

Fruits

Imageries/statues of him

Skull imageries

Lion imageries

Loafs of bread

Coins

Candles

Correspondences:

Cardinal Direction: North

Planet: Mars; Sun

Colour: Crimson, green, orange, yellow, black

Elements: Fire; earth

Crystals: Garnet

Holy Day: Summer Solstice

Tarot: King of Pentacles, Death, King of Swords, 10 of Swords

Welp, here's 2 posts back to back. Requested by a friend of mine to do this, have Nergal's permission/blessings to do so. May glory be with his name! May He get the recognition and praise He deserves!

SOUND CLEANSING

HOW IT WORKS

Sharp, sudden sounds—often metallic ones—vibrate on a frequency beyond what our ears can detect, compelling the objects and atmosphere to resonate in harmony and neutralize the energy in a space.

METHODS

you don’t need to splurge on expensive instruments to cleanse your home. You can use pretty much anything that makes a noise, even if it’s just your hands.

A bell

a sound bowl

coins in a bag

drums

tapping on a table

flicking an empty wine glass

If you just have your hands, you can clap

look at what you have. Try experimenting with different household items and see which type of sound resonates the most with you

STEPS

Head to the room or place object you want to ~cleanse~ close to the sound source (and open the windows so the negative vibes can clear out).

Then make your noise! Start in the center of the room, then move to each corner. It’s important to listen to the tone of the sounds you create. The duller the noise, the denser and more clogged up that area is.

You may need to make the sound several times before you notice the tone becoming higher, clearer, and cleaner.

EFFECTS

Over time, as you use sound tools more often, you’ll develop a feel for the kind of sound that chases out the negative energy. But most importantly, when you next enter the room, you’ll notice a lighter and purer quality to the air. Or to the object

This is really just a simple breakdown of sound cleaning! If you’d like to add anything please do!! 🥰 I am currently shadow banned right now so if you have any questions please feel free to send them via asks while I get the situation sorted! 💕 MERRY MEET! ~B ✨

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BLACK SALT (also known as WITCH’S SALT) is used primarily for protection, banishing, and repelling.

Those uses aren’t exclusive—it has also been known to feature in baneful magics, and can be used in uncrossing rituals.

WAYS TO UTILISE BLACK SALT

To protect your property from negative spirits, people with ill-intent, unwanted visitors, and negative energy: sprinkle black salt around the perimeter of your property.

To both banish any residual icky energy that a person may have left in your home, and prevent them from returning: sprinkle black salt on the front step and sweep it away. If you’re feeling more traditional (and brave!) you can throw black salt at the back of someone that is leaving your home also.

To prevent nightmares: use in a sachet and keep beneath your pillow.

To repel negativity, unwanted visitors, and rumours/gossip: sprinkle generously across windowsills and doorways.

To cleanse your home and keep nasties from entering: add black salt to a floor wash and go ham on your floor. Focus especially on high traffic areas.

To undo a curse, hex, or other form of malignant magic that has been cast upon you: use in an uncrossing oil or powder. Learn more about uncrossing [here].

To alleviate any negative thoughts and feelings that you are carrying: add a pinch of black salt to your bath, or to an oil with a similar purpose that you anoint yourself with.

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King Belial

The Lawless One, Great Ruler of the Abyss

Introduction:

68th spirit of the Ars Goetia, King Belial is notorious for his unpredictable nature and his enormous power within the Infernal Realms. He governs 50 legions and is said to appear in chariots of fire. It was said from the Ars Goetia that he was created second to Lucifer and his command is also second to Lucifer as well. Belial incites lust, sexual perversion and some even consider him as the chief of demons. He rules of the Abyss, lawlessness, trickery, sin, wickedness, chaos, darkness, witches, war and necromancy/death. He grants familiars and helps those he favours tremendously in their paths, practitioners should often give offerings when summoning the Great King, as he often demands it. He guides people through darkness, testing his practitioners and thus strike old foundations down to build new ones. He acts as a Guide when the magician ventures in the Abyss, he can help one reach enlightenment and is often an initiator to many traditions and currents.

Personal Experience:

King Belial is probably one of the most intimidating spirits/guides I've ever encountered. His unpredictable nature makes workings with him a bit more difficult since his tests are rather strict and unrelenting. He is a great alliance to have however, when you have gained his favour, he will assist and guide you to the right path. He is not a beginner friendly King due to his unpredictable nature, and i advise practitioners to give the utmost respect when encountering this great King. He is known to be stoic and strict, but can be kind, compassionate and a great protector towards those he favours much. Always be open minded about King Belial.

Titles:

King

Lord

Goetic King

Without Master

Names:

Belial, Beliar, Baalial, Balial, Belhor, Berial, Bylyl, Beliya'al.

His name means "without worth" or "worthless".

What can you work with Him for?

War magick

Qliphothic workings (particularly Daath)

Necromancy

Vampyrism

Chaos magick

Abyssal workings

Draconian magick

Baneful Magick

Shadow work (if the King wills it)

Enlightenment

Signs:

Dragons

Crows/Ravens

Hawks

Chariots

Serpents

Offerings:

S£xual offerings (he's particularly fond of that)

Statues/imageries of him

Bl00d offerings (only if instructed, don't blatantly give blood to random spirits.)

Meat

Fruits

Candles

Gifts (jewellery, decorations etc that are attributed to him)

Correspondences:

Cardinal Direction: North/South

Planet: Sun

Colour: Yellow, white, black

Element: Fire, Earth

Crystals: Tigers eye, Onyx, Hematite

Tarot: Six of swords, King of Pentacles, Judgment, King of Swords.

Thank you King Belial for your generosity and guidance! May eternal praise be with your name! I thank you for your blessings!

Beginner Steps for Studying Witchcraft

A simple set of beginner steps that can be adapted to many different forms of witchcraft studies. 

Step 1 - start with feeling energy and some simple meditation techniques. You’re looking for - can you create focus, draw energy to you and then move it into something else.

Step 2 - research the natural area around you. What are the plants (particularly the weeds. Weeds are often more native to the area). What are the stones in the area. What events happened that may have created or shifted energy in a particular area around you. 

Step 3 - learn to cleanse your space. Look into various techniques - smoke, sound, sweeping, etc. Because you’ll want to be able to clear and cleanse before going further.

Step 4 - try some basic spell work using what you have available around you or can easily obtain locally. Do things like make a protection oil, create a charm, do a candle spell for something like finances. 

Step 5 - look into divination practices. Tarot cards, pendulums, scrying. Is there a technique you’re particularly drawn to and want to incorporate into your craft.

Step 6 - begin exploring ritual and creating sacred space. You can look into techniques like casting a circle or laying the compass to create a space to work in. Study the witches’ sabbats and moon rituals. Try doing spells in ritual and sacred space. The spells done this way may be (but don’t have to be) more complex and focused. 

Step 7 - are you interested in deity or spirit work? Often this goes together with ritual and sacred space. Research some of the deities traditionally associated with witchcraft and see if that aligns with your craft. For spirit work, you want to be sure you have control over your space before working with spirits. At this point, you’re probably safe to start researching it, but perhaps not to start actually summoning. 

The steps will sometimes overlap and the order might shift depending on what is happening around you and what you’re drawn to, but these would be some of the things done and studied during a traditional year-and-a-day of witchcraft studies. So keep in mind - you would devote a year just to the learning the basics. After a year, you’d be able to do basic spell work, create sacred space and participate in ritual and cleanse your space. In a coven, you’d be working with the coven deities, so you wouldn’t be expected to run off and find a patron deity. And while you’d be using divination as part of your practice, you wouldn’t be expected to offer public readings. Essentially at the end of the year, the question to answer would be - do I want to go further?

Tomasz Gudzowaty - The Monks of Shaolin (2011)

How to Work & Calibrate Your Pendulum

This is by no means an official guide. If anything this is just a way of letting you all know how I go about using my pendulum. I’m going to talk about calibration/establishing how I worked out what-means-what before I go into any methodology (I gathered my information from myriad sources and will list them if I can remember what/where they are).

Calibration/Figuring Out What Your Pendulum is Telling You:

Alright, so you might have a totally different way of doing this, but here’s mine! Firstly, you need a pendulum. This may be obvious, but I’m just putting it out there. A pendulum can be any weighted object that is suspended from a chain or string or some kind. You’ll find that lots of people use crystals for pendulums as they work particularly well. I did not with my first pendulum (tragic side story: my Mama accidentally threw my guide sheet and pendulum away when cleaning - absolutely devastating).  That being said, you do not have to use a crystal. As I mentioned, my first pendulum was in fact a small silver pendant that held a white and black pearl inside. It was hung on a slim silver chain that was 7″ in length. An effective pendulum should be something that is connected to you and only you as it will be imbued with your energies. Take care - do not allow others to handle your pendulum as it may alter the energies and therefore the accuracy and effectiveness of your tool.

Onto the actual subject of this post (I digress often, as you’ve probably noticed). “But, Rowan how do I even get started!?” I hear you cry. Well, my darlings, this is how I did it:

First things first, you’ll need a piece of paper, a pen, and a ruler (if you like your lines straight) and of course, your pendulum. On the piece of paper, draw a circle as best as you can. It doesn’t have to be perfect but you can draw around a cup or mug if you like to get a nice round circle. Make sure the circle is big enough; I would recommend something akin to the size of the palm of your hand or bigger. 

Next, use a ruler to find the centre of your circle and mark it with a dot. Now draw a line horizontally through the dot. Do this vertically and diagonally so that you have a diagram like the one below. 

Once you’ve done this, sit down and breathe in and out deeply and calmly. It is time to prepare yourself for divining.  Before every use of the pendulum, it is imperative (for me!) to be in a calm and serene state and to do this, I sit comfortably and close my eyes. I envision an aura of protective white light surrounding my body. Starting from my toes I let it envelope me and bathe me in warmth and spiritual energy. I visualize it travelling up through the crown chakra and into the third eye. This increases psychic and spiritual power.

The next thing you must do is a little strange sounding but important in this sort of work. You must tap a small circle counter-clockwise (the opposite direction in which a clock moves) around your thymus with your index finger (your thymus is just over an inch below the hollow between your collar bones on your chest). Doing this helps balance the energies within you.

This next part you will only have to do once, unless like me you lose your guide papers in an unfortunate cleaning mishap:

Now you need to establish the directions and what they mean. For example, which swing means yes? Which means no? Who knows? You will, in a minute. Sit with the soles of your feet planted firmly on the ground and place the paper between your legs/feet and take the chain/thong/rope between your thumb and finger, or two fingers; have a loose but secure grip. Let the pendulum hang and make sure the point of it is above the centre of your circle - this is why the dot in the centre helps because it’s a larger focal point. 

To find your directions, you have to ask! Simple! Say aloud: “Show me the ‘yes’ signal/sign”, and take note of the direction of the pendulum’s movement. Does it move clockwise? Counter clockwise? Swing side-to-side? Diagonally? Up and down?  If the pendulum does not move, repeat your question. If, after say 5-10 minutes it shows no intention of going anywhere, move onto your next enquiry. Once you have identified your signal, claim it and confirm it by saying something along the lines of, “this is my signal for yes”.

Repeat this exact process for ‘no’, and then, ‘do not know’, ‘ask later’, ‘cannot say’ and ‘maybe’ or ‘sort of’. 

To further confirm that these are correct, test the pendulum by using statements that you know the answer to, for example, ‘my hair colour is ______’, or ‘my name is ______’. If your signals are right, the pendulum’s response will be yes or no depending on the statement you have made.

Once you are sure that you have calibrated your pendulum, make a note on your piece of paper regarding the directional signals. Note their meanings down. 

Once this is all done, you’re done! You can begin divining to your heart’s content! You can keep using your guiding circle for as long as you like, there is no harm or shame in it! I used mine for a while afterwards to keep myself calm and confident as I am still a baby at this sort of thing.

Good luck and happy witchcrafting!

Prince Stolas

Introduction:

Prince Stolas, 36th demon of the Ars Goetia rules over 26 legions of the demonic appearing as either a raven or the more commonly portrayed owl with long legs. He is a spirit of wisdom and knowledge that grant magicians of his favour knowledge of astronomy, plants and herbs, and crystals/precious stones. Prince Stolas hears the command of Lucifer and serves under his authority, he is a fallen angel and one should not ask regarding his fall lest he wills it. He is a great teacher of those who wishes to be taught and is unyielding to those who are ignorant. He is a very friendly spirit, suitable for those starting on this fiery path and can guide one to the heights of knowledge of witchcraft.

My Experiences:

He is the one that can initiate one into the mysteries of the Black Moon, revealing much knowledge of how to see through illusions and follow the intuition. He also helps one with meditation and how to utilise the energies of the black moon through meditations, thus awakening the inner serpent. He is a granter of astral knowledge and helps one understand the importance of energy, he can help with energy manipulation and control.

Name:

Prince Stolas, Stolos, Solas

Rank:

Prince of hell, Great Prince.

What can you work with him for?

Astronomy

Astrology

Herbal knowledge

Understanding the use of precious stones

Obtaining knowledge

Initiating through the mysteries of the Black Moon

Qliphothic workings (particularly Gamaliel)

Meditation/focus

Shadow work (dependant if the Prince wills it)

UPGs

Protection

Additional Information:

Cardinal Direction: East

Planet: Jupiter

Element: Air

Colour: Blue

Signs:

Owls

Crows/ravens

finding precious stones out of nowhere

Birds

Offerings:

Wine

Tea

Precious stones

Plants

Books

Candles (in blue)

Owl imagery

Bread

Baked goods

Jewellery

Tarot cards:

10 of cups



Thank you Prince Stolas for your guidance and wisdom! May those who find this helpful have a fruitful relations with the great prince!

Let this be a post of gratitude to thou! Great prince of the Inferno!

My Grimoire

Beginner witch research list

History of witchcraft

Types of witches 

Book of shadows and grimoire and how to make your own

Altars and altar tools

Types of spells

Psychic protection, protections spells, home and house and protection

Shadow work

Banishing

Protective herbs

Grounding, centering and meditation.

Moon phases and how they can be incorporated into spells

magickal/witches tools

Candle colour correlations/ colour correlations in witchcraft

Herbology

Crystals

Types of divination- tarot, pendulum, runes ect

Astrology

Dream interpretation

Reasons why a spell or ritual may fail 

How to fix a spell if it goes wrong or ask a fellow witch for advice

The elements and how to connect to them

Understanding substituting and how to rework rituals and spells

Affirmations

Pentagram, pentacle and the goat of mendes

The laws of magick

The law of attraction

dangerous / poisonous/ toxic herbs!

Crystal care

auras/ aura reading

Folklores,superstitions and wivestales

Different deities in different cultures

Chakras

Alchemy

Seals

Familiars

Sigils and talsimans

energies/ energy work

Solitary vs coven/group witchcraft

sabbats/ esbats- if you’re interested in that.

Faeries

Lucid dreaming/astral projection

Working with spirits, angels, deities and 

Steps to take to make sure you are working with certain angels and deities or spirits.

Methods for opening the third eye and other chakras

Chaos magick

Personal spirit guides

How to find your spirit guides and guardian angels

The higher self

Taglocks and magick links

Lightworkers

Symptoms of being cursed/ hex

How to remove a curse or hex/return to sender

Empaths

Symbols

Types of water(moonwater ect)

Writing your own spells

Cord or knot magick

Ritual structures

How to cleanse your space and cleansing herbs

Do not try hex ,cursing or any type of baneful magic as a beginner witch! It can backfire and go wrong if you’re not prepared! But knowing the symptoms and how to send one back can be very useful