#klepoth

[ditchdwellersupreme]

Klepoth Work (From The Secrets of Solomon)

This is probably one of the most insane and out there practices I have done and gotten results from. Within the Secrets of Solomon By Joseph H Peterson are many different works based around the Verum demons. The "Secrets" are all very unique ways of contacting and working the magic of these demons. However, I felt that this particular secret was going to be my first attempt at contact with one of these spirits.

I was genuinely unsure how this would manifest, and was excited to find out!

I went out to the woods near my parent's house. I brought a bag of flour, the book, and 6 white tea light candles. I made it to the spot, and set down my bag. I drew up the circle in flour, and made the sigil within. I placed a candle at different points around the circle, and then lit each of them. I then took out the book and sat next to the circle. I began to sing the invocation, for 12 rounds. Over time, I grew familiarity with the words, and they seemed to come to life. Well, after 12 rounds of singing, nothing happened. I waited and waited, still nothing. I figured that it was something of the past, and not really worthwhile. I thank Klepoth for her time, and dismissed her. I snuffed the candles, and removed the circle.

The rest of my night was pretty normal. I talked with my friends on Discord, refused to sleep until 3AM, the usual. But, as my candles dimmed and snuffed out, and I prepared for bed, I finally got the results I wanted. I laid my head down to go to sleep at long last, and that's when I heard it.

A strange voice came from nowhere saying "Did you really think I'd forget about you?" or something to that effect. Her voice was very inhuman, but it was eerily similar to Kyubey from Madoka Magica. But very distorted, pitch shifted, and non human. After she spoke, music came, again from no discernible source. The thing that shocked me is that it had actual musical theory applied to it. It made sense. It was real music, though I had never heard this piece in my life. It had many instruments, starting more orchestral then branching off, gaining new genres and styles. It grew and grew. becoming greater and greater. Finally, it came to an end, and left just as it went.

I fell asleep afterwards, and have been thinking about this experience since. The Verum spirits are truly unique, and in all honestly Klepoth didn't seem to act like any of the demons I've previously encountered. She even seemed more fae-like than demon-like. There's a lot to ponder with this and other experiences I will discuss soon. But for now, I'll let you all ponder on this one.

[thricegreatmagusaugustusofcrete]

Working the Grimorium Verum P2 the Wand of Klepoth

The wands are not something that are very much spoken of in the Grimoirium Verum. However, from what I understand the Hazel wand/Wand of Klepoth is used for more divinatory purposes. While the Elderwood wand/Wand of Frimost is used more in evocation. I could be wrong here, but my logic primarily stems from the fact that you are to hold the Frimost wand in your hand while reciting the conjuration, and Klepoth is associated with divination. Ignoring the fact that JsK in his version of the Grimorium Verum just refers you to the Keys of Solomon in his notes on the tools, which in some sense helps, but in other ways doesn't.

When it came to acquiring the wood for my wand I quickly ran into a problem. That being, no hazel trees grow near me in Illinois. Maybe I didn't look hard enough. I ended up choosing to get a branch from a walnut tree for my wand. Their correspondences are similar enough, and I really did not want to spend about 30 or so dollars to get a branch from a hazel tree shipped to me from Europe. I know JsK said in the ritual procedure section of his notes on the Grimoire, that it's only ok to substitute the goat for paper. You can argue I'm a bad magician or something if you want, but to me, it is more about building a relationship with the spirits and if I am coming to them earnestly and kindly then they would understand more so when I change a few things here and there. I'm not saying, "Oh it's ok to change the entire system to however you want it to be." Rather, I think that it is ok to change a few things here and there as long as you are aware of what you are changing and why.

Sunday, 8/20/23, I went out to my local forest preserve in the first hour of the sun. There I found a young walnut tree, which had not any walnuts growing from its branches like the others nearby, and I prayed to it. I asked it for a branch and for its spirit to aid me in all workings in which the wand was to be used. I then took my Heramael knife (see previous post if you are interested in it) and I cut a branch off the tree. I took it home and shortened the branch to roughly the length of my forearm and removed the bark from it. Here is where I deviated again, the book says to engrave the seal of Klepoth onto the wand. Instead, I used my wood burner and burned the seal on.

I then waited until the second hour of the sun for the consecration. When I began the consecration, I started with the opening prayer at the front of the third part and asperged myself. Then I recited the blessing of the water found in the same part but in the section on the asperger. From there I held up the wand in my right hand and recited the wand's consecration 7 times. I then aspergered the wand and recited the aspergering section on the wand. I then ran it through the incense and recited the prayer for that. After such I then said a prayer to the spirit of the wand and to Klepoth and promised to give the rest of the water I consecrated to the walnut tree which I got the wand from. After the ritual I did exactly that and prayed to the tree and promised that I would pray for its spirit when reciting prayers to the spirit of the wand.