So… A few things about this series of comments…
A.This is the Hexagram of Arte [originally, “ Solomons sexangled [hexagonal] ffigure”, go see for yourself here] from the Goetia, which is book 1 of the Lemegeton (comonly known as the Lesser Key of Solomon, not the Greater Key of Solomon). It is described in the text (again, which you should read, here) as follows, “This figure is to be made on parchment made of a calfes Skin and worne at the Skirtt of ye white vestment, and covered wth a lennen [linen] cloath to ye which is to be shewed to the spirits when they are appeared that they may be compelled to be obedient and take a humane shape &c.”
B. This sort of thing is exactly what you should use for “spirit work” and precisely as Gary suggests. This is applicable to any sort of spirit that you would ever be actually evoking that needs to be constrained (which should be almost always). Spirits are way more often than not NOT your friends and should be treated such, especially for the catalogues of the Lemegeton and the Verum. Generally, they are best treated as contractors that probably want to do you grievous harm in the end- you should probably just make them do exactly what you want and pay them for the work ONLY AND STRICTLY AFTER the work is complete.
C. Christian Magickal Tech is actually insanely common in actual Tradcraft, folk magick, hoodoo, conjure, braucheri, etc. and even features heavily in the author’s craft. She wrote a book called The Charmer’s Psalter, as in the Psalms, and a ton of her tech is legit lifted directy from the Solomonic Grimoire Traditions, such as the greater and lesser keys, Grimoirium Verum, Secrets of Solomon, and if you need proof of these things look into a book called “The Grimoire of Arthur Gauntlet” for the confluence of witchcraft and Christianity in history, or even look at the pentacles taken from the Greater Key of Solomon in the authors other works like Cornish Book of Ways and the same Black Toad, and all of these books can be found FOR FREE online as PDFs with a simple google search. This can also be seen in modern books like Huson’s Mastering Witchcraft (which has a really fucking messy and dangerous conjuration of Vassago, which is a spirit listed in the same aforementioned Goetia) and Secrets of Solomon (a literal book confiscated from actual witches during the Venetian inquisition).
Please read the Grimoires after learning where the tech comes from and understand that all these traditions converge, intermingle, and form a workable system. Also, please refer to the tags of this reblog. @foggy-student-witch
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