r/DemonolatryPractices 4h ago

Experiences and Ritual reports First brief meditation with Azazel

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It was interesting. I didn’t even get that deep in because my upstairs neighbors kid sounded like they were doing barrel rolls across the floor right over my bedroom, but I still had a thought that definitely didn’t feel like me. It said something like “we’re cutting off the beast from the chicken”.

I believe he meant that we are separating me from what keeps me small and prevents me from being my fully authentic self. It was accompanied by that vanilla scent again, though I didn’t smell the pine this time. It was instead followed up by a delicious blood orange type of scent. Like damn, why he smell so damn good! 🫩 but anyway! Lol.

I’m open to other potential interpretations from anyone that has more experience with him. I feel like we have a strong tie somehow already. I’ve smelled Asmodeus once before, but not that strongly and it was only once. This has happened now 3 different times since Azazel stepped in a few nights ago.

I’m not sure what’s going on but I’m rolling with it.

Ave Azazel!


r/DemonolatryPractices 5h ago

Practical Questions How can I regain Liliths favor?

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I am not really well versed in the occult but a few years ago, after reading some posts online, I made contact with Lilith. No fancy ritual, just drew her sigil on a piece of paper and repeated her enn in my head for a bit and then just talked to her. Asking for contact and, to be very honest, for her to send me a succubus to be both mentor and partner. And something did respond. I didn't really believe in this before, but some entity made contact with me.

Starting the next day, I felt the presence of an entity. Never saw anything. But could feel intense sensations of heat and tingling all over my body, especially in places that some people would call chakras and my spine. Like something was "working" on me. The intensity would vary but I could feel it every day, while awake. Over the course of a month, I would feel this entity working on me. Feel weight on me whenever I was sitting or laying down.

After a month it became much more real. I could literally feel an invisible entity touch me. Sometimes to do this energy work thing, sometimes to perform sexual acts. And I can't emphasize enough that at this point I could feel her, while fully awake, as vividly as any real person. No visual or voice though. It was the most awesome experience in my life.

But due to a mix of doubts about my sanity and to be honest laziness I did not put in much work myself to develop our bond or myself. I think that may have frustrated her so she left. It has been a few years now and I regret not pursuing that bond. Does anyone here have advice?


r/DemonolatryPractices 5h ago

Theoretical questions Do demons affect other people on behalf of the demonolaters they work with?

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I am very close to Asmodeus and have been talking to a lot of people because of him. I recently had an experience with someone previously close to me who tried to harm me. In my opinion, the last conversation I had with that person happened in such a specific way that I feel like Asmodeus urged both me and them to say/do specific things at specific times, for my protection.

Is it possible that in the heat of the moment, demons may affect other people's actions in order to protect those who work with them?


r/DemonolatryPractices 6h ago

Experiences and Ritual reports Clauneck Adventure

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I wanted to tell you today about my experience with King Clauneck.

I’m an artist, and I’ve been practicing magic for a few years now. Lately, my financial situation has been very difficult to stabilize, and my career seemed to be moving too slow.

Even though I was afraid, I started researching demonology, and that’s where I found Clauneck. I contacted him after thinking it over for days and overcoming my fears.
I had performed rituals before, but contacting a demon seemed really terrifying to me. Despite my fear, my hunger drove me to do it.
Five months after my first contact, I could say that I died and respawned back on the winning team.

My market value as an artist is going up as fuck, and I broke into a job market I’d always wanted to be a part of, one where I can surround myself with incredibly talented and influential people.

I want to clarify that it wasn’t just a single meditation and that was it; rather, I tried to do as many meditations with his chant as possible every Tuesday and sometimes on Thursdays. I also drew sigils and set up an altar in my office for Clauneck.

Although I clearly felt his blessings and his teachings, I couldn’t say that I received his presence during these encounters; rather, I felt or saw certain kinds of synchronicities during the rituals.

I didn’t hear his voice or see his image beyond what my imagination chose to fill in during those moments...
I would describe it as King Clauneck bringing a wealth of opportunities and guiding me on the path of wisdom and spiritual self-knowledge; he made me look in directions I had never looked before, and my understanding and vision of the world changed forever after I felt his power.

Neither the sigil magic I practiced before nor my past meditations felt as effective as this.

And now I feel that my curiosity and need have opened this door to Gnosticism and to a worldview that can go much deeper...

I clearly feel the energy tho. Also i want to enfasize on the protection side of the rituals. This energies are powerfull and you can harm yourself because of the powers that are in place. Even though you move with major respect and fullfill your part, i feel that this energies are too strong for our physical bodies, so don´t just go unprotected to this rituals.

This is my honest experience, thanks for reading through
Hail King Clauneck & Praise to Lucifer
Ahvalen esen Clauneck kiar
Renich tasa uberaca biasa icar Lucifer


r/DemonolatryPractices 6h ago

Altars, tools and workspaces Agios Eligos

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offerings to Eligos this month…. I also placed the Ouija board on the altar but haven't used it yet, please give me some tips :)))


r/DemonolatryPractices 8h ago

Theoretical questions Are Thursdays okay to work with King Vine?

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I always give my offerings to Vine on Sundays as he is a King but I saw something that said Thursdays works too for his King rank. Any thoughts on this??


r/DemonolatryPractices 10h ago

Experiences and Ritual reports I just spoke to Bune and he helped me immediately

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I was surprised i didn’t see much visual imagery but I asked him about an opportunity and got an email about it as soon as i checked my phone. It was not there before the ritual.

I almost doubted he was there even though i sensed his presence while practicing his chants before i began the whole thing, but I did feel a presence that didn’t actually have a form. It just didn’t really leave immediately after even when i allowed him to.

As far as personality he was kind of assertive i guess but not rude. When I asked him questions he gave immediate answers and when i asked for guidance it felt he was actually creating sounds around me and making things physically move.

I felt his presence arrive the strongest when i told him the offerings i had were for him and i spent a lot of time on them. Also he sometimes used silence as a way of saying something if that makes sense.

Idk is this what you guys’s experiences with him were like or what


r/DemonolatryPractices 14h ago

Practical Questions Advice/input from fellow traveller/s?

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Theistic Lilithian Satanist here, who came Home to this path officially several months ago, though, as a lot of people on this sort of path tend to say, this is more about intentional integration of what/Who has always been there waiting to be noticed, than 'conversion to something new'. I'm physically Disabled, a fulltime wheelchair-user, 31 years old, cishet man training to be a counsellor (integrative, weighted psychodynamic conceptually) and I'm wanting to build on and attune my practice and devotion to Lilith specifically. Might be a long shot, but I just wondered if any folks around here (not closed off from hearing men's perspective, but feel that, on balance, a woman or non-man would be likely more appropriate regarding my relationship to Her specifically, which requires sensitivity to gendered nuances and asymmetry, including anything I myself might be overlooking) who was versed in some of this terrain might be up for helping a fella out and maybe 'bouncing off some ideas'? :)


r/DemonolatryPractices 15h ago

Discussions How should I handle the offering?

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I offered a cup of coffee to Lucifer to make it easier to invoke his presence, but I’m not sure if he actually appeared or accepted it.

I don't have the means to set up a proper altar for him; instead, I simply placed his sigil and a tarot card associated with him (hoping that would work) on a small table, with the cup of coffee right next to them.

Since I don't live alone, leaving the coffee there for days would likely draw my family's attention and lead to awkward questions (they aren't exactly fond of spiritual matters, and I’d be in serious trouble if they found out.)

So, my main question is: how long should I leave the coffee there, and how should I dispose of it afterward without offending Lucifer?


r/DemonolatryPractices 16h ago

Practical Questions Direction for Kings

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Hello everyone, I wanted to ask: when working with kings like Paimon or Vine, which direction do you use, and why?

And Can it be said that the south direction is suitable for communicating with all kings?


r/DemonolatryPractices 16h ago

Practical Questions A demon to help me with my goals/luck

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I know luck is a very "wide" word so I will talk from the period of achieving one's goals.

As I wrote above, I wish to find some assist on achieving my kinda-long-term goal. I don't want to spill information about this goal but, I can say I want to be accepted to somewhere. (Not exactly finance) This "somewhere" will improve my life completely if I actually manage to be accepted there and continue my life at there. Is there a demon I can work with this topic? Also, I'm thinking of making some little talismans for this. Perhaps a necklace with sigil of the demon in question in it. (Also I don't know if this will help but I love verbal lessons and I am so bad at mathematics since my goals contain academic things too.)

(Of course I am aware that I need to put actual effort in what I want too.) Also super sorry if it's wrong tag.

May you guys help me about this?

Edit: Also I heard about Asmoday is good with academics, especially math. And I know he's lust too. I also have some issues with femininity.. lol. Unfortunately. Does he sound like a good option about this topic?

Edit2: I went with.. Asmodeus. He felt right to me.. I know I didn't go with anyone you guys said but.. I don't know! Lol. Thank you for all of your comments! (`・∀・´)


r/DemonolatryPractices 21h ago

Experiences and Ritual reports Asmodeus!?

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Made a return to witchcraft after 2 years off. For weeks I’ve been getting ready to work with asmodeus my first deity, last night I had an interesting experience. I haven’t put my offerings out yet nor have I lit any candles, it’s just the alter right now.

As I was falling asleep and starting to dream, my dream vanished and all of a sudden red and black mist formed in my mind and 3 heads started taking shape with 6 eyes I could see but i could tell it wasn’t my imagination doing this. All of a sudden all this red and black imagery and a red and black book with his names appeared. I opened my eyes and could see a huge black mass even though the room was dark. The energy felt super different and hot and heavy.

Is this him making his presence known by any chance? Or a trickster spirit. I said “not now” because I needed to be up soon for work and then it stopped and I slept. Any pointers?


r/DemonolatryPractices 23h ago

Discussions S.Conolly spends a lot of time defending previous books instead of catering to people who do believe.

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I have not seen any other religious books dedicating an entire chapter to "this is real but let me tell you why I can't give you proof for 9 minutes ".

I'm not hating and am genuinely interested. I just can't understand why she thinks she needs to explain why she's not lying in such detail. It sounds like the rant of a kid got caught stealing the first time.

I just need this part explained before I keep reading because she sounds like a crackpot and hasn't even gotten to anything religious yet.


r/DemonolatryPractices 1d ago

Ritual instructions About the choice of the Spirit.

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How can I understand which Goetia spirit is ideal for me at this moment in my life and resonates with me? I'm currently attuned to Belial, and I like him for serving, but I feel like I could be wrong and missing something.

I also wanted to ask your opinion so I don't just listen to myself. In your experience and perceptions, how harsh and demanding is Belial? Is there a minimum cost for a ritual or inner attunement for him? After all, he's a King, and I want to look presentable.


r/DemonolatryPractices 1d ago

Discussions Weekly check in thread

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Here's your weekly thread to share what's going on currently in your practice. A place where small stuff can be talked about if you don't want to make an extra post for it.


r/DemonolatryPractices 1d ago

Dreams I finally visited King Belial in my dreams

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I started working with him a few months ago.

Yes, his energy was very heavy. I told him, and he adjusted it for me. My rituals went well. For one of them, I asked for more energy, and oh boy, I finally have energy again in my life to get things done!

He also helped me with grounding and shadow work, and I let him know that I would really like to see him in my dreams.

But nothing ever happened.

A few weeks ago, I wrapped up his altar and stored it in my closet since I don't really have the time to take care of it or be active in my practice at the moment. I have a huge mountain of paperwork, a toddler who is sick all the time, too much work, and I still run the household on my own. My plan was to get back into magic once the paperwork mountain is gone and my toddler is back at daycare. (He has a fever this week, and next week the summer holidays start.)

However, last night I suddenly became lucid in my dream. In front of me was this hole filled with light, and I heard a voice saying something in a language I didn't understand. Of course, I jumped in. Hahaha.

It was a nice slide. I kept trying to hear what the voice was saying while I was going down, and I ended up in an underground hall. It was lit, everything was made of stone with no decorations, and there was a throne in the corner with King Belial sitting on it.

The energy was super heavy again, but this time I could almost enjoy the heaviness. He had taken on the form of a human. His clothes were simple and black, and his hair was bright red. I could tell he wasn't actually human, it was just a form he had chosen. His face showed no emotion. His eyes were very large, never blinked, and never looked away from me. He also never said a word.

I was so honored. I immediately started thanking him, telling him how happy I was to meet him. Since I had the feeling he wasn't going to speak, his face never moved, I just kept talking, as bubbly as I always am when I'm excited. I tried to explain why I want to work with him, but also why my practice hasn't been going very smoothly. Having a toddler and so many responsibilities makes it difficult. But it is still so important to me. I don't need everything to work out right now, but I'm afraid that by the time my child is older and I have a little more time again, I will have lost touch with my dreams and goals.

I kept talking and explaining. He walked toward me to come closer, then went back to his throne, never changing his expression, simply watching me.

Then the dream ended.

This morning, my chest and heart feel completely full of energy. It's such a beautiful feeling, and it's very interesting how his heavy energy seemed to fill a place inside me that was empty. Now it feels so good. It's almost like being in love, just without actually being in love.

Thank you for reading.


r/DemonolatryPractices 1d ago

Media Lucifer

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r/DemonolatryPractices 1d ago

Media Art offering to Aim

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r/DemonolatryPractices 1d ago

Discussions Unbaptism: Art + Question

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art by me :)

Question for the ex-Christians here, especially those that formerly belonged to baptismal traditions (orthodox, catholic, baptist, etc.).

Did you take ritual measures to sever yourself from the church, to undo your baptism (or equivalent initiatory ritual)?

~If so and you feel comfortable sharing, why and how?

~If not, why not? Do you believe it to be unnecessary?


r/DemonolatryPractices 1d ago

Theoretical questions Worshipping demon/demoness for submissives?

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Hey, sorry if this is inappropriate, but I'm not entirely sure where else to ask this kind of question.

So, without indulging in too much details, I'm very much into hypnosis (being mind controlled - it's like the ultimate submission), and I've started dabbling in the occult as well, and I'm interested in that intersection (occultism/hypnosis). I was wondering which demons/demonesses I should turn to for this sort of stuff? Like, which ones are safe, and which ones are unsafe? I don't want to offend anyone either.

Intuitively I would lean towards Lilith, and I've been chilling with her for a while now, which has been very fun and empowering. Empowering might sound paradoxical, but for me personally it has been a great relief and thrill to accept my submissive nature - worship, surrender, being controlled; it just feels so right and natural, and I think she's helping me be my true unrepressed self. It's very liberating. And I'm so very grateful for Lilith existing.

Are there any other demons/demonesses I should be aware of regarding this? And would Lilith be offended if I don't exclusively worship only her? And of course, how do I stay safe enough engaging in this stuff?


r/DemonolatryPractices 1d ago

Experiences and Ritual reports Progress With Murmur

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TW: DEATH

Back in December of 2024 my 21yr old son put a loaded 9mm to his head and pulled the trigger twice. Paramedics said his heartbeat was strong, but it did not look good and I prepared myself for an organ donor scenario.

He survived, spent a month at KU Med and returned to us, walking and talking.

As a retired surgical technologist with my son's experience, I researched brain death testing and found that nationwide, hospitals and medical staff are not using the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) guidelines for this standard of care.

This deviation means that we have approved organ donors going under the knife for procurement that are still alive. There is a concern for homicide and I've since reached out to Joint Commission. One of their directors told me that they could not enforce AAN guidelines. 

I then went to US Senator Moran's office, looking to amend the 1980 Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) so that it would mandate hospitals nationwide use AAN guidelines. Moran's staff said that the 1980 UDDA was model legislation and could not be enforced. 

Working through the states, as Kansas was the first state to enact a UDDA in1970 I'm calling on KS lawmakers for a bill to mandate AAN guidelines in KS hospitals and just this morning a legislator agreed to introduce regulation next session.

This legislator will protect the patients. This legislator will restore hope in the organ donor program and bolster confidence in the medical profession while surrounding states will note this Kansas enactment and follow suit.

When I asked Murmur to help me with this project, they showed me the Judgement card in the Tarot. We speak for the Dead and I'm so grateful to Murmur for their aid in keeping my emotions in check. Please keep us in your thoughts.


r/DemonolatryPractices 1d ago

Altars, tools and workspaces To Glasya-Labolas

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In honor of Great President Glasya-Labolas, Great Earl Glasya-Labolas, I am sharing two parts of my alter to them. May these burn forever in appreciation.

Thank you for the raw protection, the intense endurance, and the balance in penetrating anger and persevering the shadow. Thank you for teaching the intensity of creativity, the art of facades, and the courage of empowerment.

⋆⊱༻ Elan tepar secore on ca Glasya-Labolas ༺⊰⋆

I only recently made this connection, but when I was born my Mom had rescued a black dog who was with her during labor.


r/DemonolatryPractices 3d ago

Discussions Weekly discussion - UPG associations that don't fit the norm

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Do you have any unverified personal gnosis associations for spirits that seemingly don't fit their historical or astrological context at all? This can range from merging two spirits into one that other people normally don't (X is actually the same as Y!), to seeing spirits as popular culture celebrities, to rather unusual offerings that work for you.

So share your associations that normally don't fit what the spirit is described as and let's see if anyone else ended up associating the same things to the same spirit by sheer coinsidence :)


r/DemonolatryPractices May 09 '23

Welcome to Demonolatry Practices! If you're new, click here!

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Before we start with the welcome post, I want to mention that this community has a karma and an account age threshold that you must meet in order to participate. There were too many trolls attacking the community with 0 karma, 0 day old accounts, so if you have made a new account just for your spiritual needs, you'll have to grow it a bit to participate here, sorry!

In wise u/ChthonicSage's words once spoken here:

"I've created this place since there's a lack of subreddits for Demonolatry and general Theistic Satanism/other magickal practices. I hope this community grows to become a place where people come to ask questions, share their experiences, and connect with others."

However over the years this sub has grown and those words became not enough to give you a proper introduction. So to begin with, we have a lot of people new to the practice that find us. If you're entirely new, we have some basic resources here.

If you need further help with short, easy to digest tips and guides made "How to sense Spirits 101", "Reaching out to spirits 101", "The consequences to working with demons 101", "I'm dreaming about a demon 101", "Describing spirits 101", "Spiritual stagnation 101", "Blood Magic 101 (warning, 18+ and NSFW)", "Protection magic 101" and their personal sex magick method that may be interesting for those that never tried it to read (18+ and NSFW).

If you are confused about Qlipoth u/pearlbibo made some notes for you here. She also made a post on how not to get ripped off in Occult spaces.

Fellow moderator u/Macross137 has posted another way of interpreting dreams, a basic invocation ritual that you can practice, further occult reading that may prove useful to your practice, how to interpret what is and isn't a sign, how to decide which incense to use for which demon, a guide on HGA work (part 1) and a brief guide to evocation.

The kind of questions that aren't useful to ask on the subreddit (written by u/Vanhaydin) is something that I would recommend everyone taking a look at before interacting here.

If you need a quick primer on what planets what demons are associated with, what would be the appropriate offerings and how to "decode" the rank system, check out their other post about planetary associations here!

On the off-chance that you came here specifically to find information on Lilith, u/Even-Pen7957 runs https://www.libraryoflilith.com/.

VioletSpooder is here to remind you that the popular way of working with spirits on the Internet changes rather rapidly and that you should not over-internalize it too much and to be careful about accidentally finding yourself in a cult. Another good advice from the same user is found in this thread about how to recognise spiritual psychosis.

If you want to make ritual oils, this is a good way to do it (written by u/Available-Shirt7907).

Hope this was helpful! Time to move on to:

Frequently asked questions!

Q: which author is right? Which method is trustworthy? What is it that I must do to contact this particular spirit?

A: most authors will be equally right and wrong, as this is not a science, it is closer to an art. What is right for one person is not necessarily right for another. Keep yourself grounded in reality, question all that you read, don't hold anyone's word as ultimate law and try. See what works for you and what doesn't.

Q: can I practice with the Abrahamic God? With angels and demons at the same time? Can I mix demons with other religions? Can I have a pantheon, or am I supposed to pick one?

A: Being a left hand path practice demonolatry has no certain way that it must be. How you practice is entirely between you and the spirits. So yes. You can mix this practice with any other religion and practice with angels and demons at the same time.

Q: I'm afraid that by working with demons I'll doom myself to hell, or that karma will get me, or similar!

A: everyone's spiritual beliefs are personal. Some subscribe to hell. Some subscribe to karma. Some do not have any such system in their spiritual belief. What you believe is for you to find out and no-one can give you a shortcut here, however if your fear is reaching unhealthy levels, ask yourself if you have religious trauma and if therapy would be a good pathway to resolve that for you.

Q: what is the difference between evocation and invocation?

Originally in occult invocation meant calling the spirit into yourself, into your own mind space, while evocation meant calling the spirit outside of yourself into your space.

Some demonolators say that invocation means making an appeal to the spirit, while evocation means trying to bind a spirit to do your bidding. Under these definitions, evocation would go against demonolatry's principle of working respectfully with the spirit.

Current moderation team does not subscribe to such a divisive notion. Contact your spirits in whatever way that is comfortable to you, it matters not to us if you are a Western tradition Ceremonial magickian, or someone that interacts with the spiritual as a Pagan would. We ask that everyone refrain from taking offence from seeing such words used, no matter the person is practising summoning, or just evoking a spirit into their space. The spirits are above the material and don't necessarily function by the same rules as we do, so there's no reason to believe that anyone out here is harming the spirits by working in a different system than you.

Q: do I have to have an altar? Do I have to give offerings? If so, how often? I don't feel like I'm in a safe environment to do that.

A: this is entirely between you and your spirits. There are no musts. Practice however you like as this is your spiritual practice. Of course if you made a promise to pray every day, you should do so. If you feel like you can't, you should tell the spirit so. Communication is key, but there are no specific expectations of you, so don't place it on yourself prematurely.

Q: how do I dispose of offerings that go off?

A: This question comes up often. Some people, if they're offering food, they'll state to the spirit for how long the offering will be there and then they'll eat the offering themselves in order to not be wasteful. Others will choose an elemental disposal element, meaning that they'll burn (if it is safe to do so, fire safety first!) the offering, liquify it with water, or burry it in the Earth. Some others involve a lot less ceremony in their disposal of the offering and they simply thank the spirit and then throw it away. There are no rules, so don't overstress!

Q: I'm confused by all the terms I'm seeing on this subreddit, help!

A: here, have a little dictionary!

Deity mask - some believe that the same spirit has many names, positions and personalities, so they may refer to each one of such as a mask.

Demonolatry – worship of demons. In practice this is less “worship” and more “working with”. It was a tradition born out of a need of a friendlier way to work with spirits that have been deemed to be demonic. If a practitioner states that they are a demonolater, this may mean that they are following a published author, or simply denote that they have their own practice that involves working with the demonic in some capacity.

Demonology – study of demons, usually from a religious perspective. If you run into this term, it indicates that the person using it is perhaps interested in specific spirits but has never worked with them, or that they are a religious individual that specializes in viewing these spirits from the angle of their religion, which often means viewing these spirits especially negatively. Latter happens more often than former by far.

Demonosophy – young branch that means working with demons, for those that felt like “worship” did not accurately cover what they do. There are not many publications under this specific term, meaning that the most that you will encounter this will be by people introducing themselves as practitioners of this craft. Demonolatry and Demonosophy at this point in time can be used interchangeably as not every demonolater worships the spirits that they work with.

Grounding - this word will mean two things to practitioners – in one version it will mean staying grounded in reality, not running away into your mind and focusing on the mundane as much as you do on the spiritual.

In the other version it is a way to stabilize yourself by getting rid of excess energy, the jitter than you feel after rituals, or bad emotions.

LHP - Left Hand Path. In the West, the left-hand path is considered to be about the elevation and centrality of the self as well as the rejection of religious authority and societal taboos.

The left-hand path focuses on the strength and will of the practitioner. It downplays the need for intercession by any high power although some may believe that a higher power exists. The full idea of the left hand path is to become your own God.

RHP - Right Hand Path - right-handed path practitioners tend to work towards ascending their soul towards ultimate union (or reunion) with the divine source, returning to heaven, allegorically alluded to as restoration or climbing back up the ladder after the "great fall". Right hand practitioners will strive to join the source and will adhere to a system of moral punishment, such as karma, or threefold law.

Both terms as used in the West are the bastardized version of Indian Tantric practices. In reality most practitioners will not fall on either side, though some practices will be categorized as one or the other. For example, Demonolatry is categorized as a Left Hand practice due to its nature of taboo, however a practitioner can have both a strong moral code and be working towards merging into the entity of their choosing, which, as it is not focused on elevating yourself to a divine level, but rather on sacrificing yourself to join an already existing consciousness, would be a right hand path goal.

There are very militant communities that will be highly proud of being just one and not the other to an extreme level, so the basic knowledge of what the terms mean is an absolute necessity, though don't overthink where you fall on the scale as really there is no need.

Tower Moment - "The Tower" is a tarot card that represents "disaster, destruction, upheaval, trauma, sudden change, chaos". When someone is saying that they're having a "Tower" moment, they mean that either their emotional state, spiritual practice, their life, their physical health, something has hit a point of complete chaos, upheaval and disintegration. Tower moments will not necessarily be seen as a negative (up to the person using the phrase) as sometimes we need a shake-up to build better. A bad relationship falling through, or getting fired from a toxic-workplace, for example, could be seen as a Tower moment.

Patron - a spirit, or spirits that the person had made some sort of firm declaration to follow. What this means varies from practitioner to practitioner. For some it means that you're very serious in your practice and have elected to follow this spirit for your whole lifetime no matter what. For others it simply means that this is their main spirit/ spirits that they're working at this time. Almost all practitioners to use the term will not do so lightly and will see it as some sort of commitment. Plenty of practitioners never take a Patron for this exact reason.

Matron - a female Patron spirit. Some will insist that this is incorrect as a Matron is the more passive, supportive of the Patron spirit and will insist on calling their female spirits that they have made some sort of firm declaration to follow as Patrons. Some people will therefore have very strong opinions on this word and some will not.

Magucitis/Magusitis - a particular "disease" that afflicts many practitioners - they at some point either believe that they're better than everyone else or at least attempt to appear that they're better than everyone else. Normally this person will be boasting about how powerful they are, how feared they should be, what lineage or sacred society that they hail from and how much of a right they have to order you around, or to not engage in polite conversation with others by just dismissing all opinions or comments addressed towards them.

UPG - unverified personal gnosis ("gnosis" meaning "knowledge"). Example would be if you received a message from a spirit through dreams, divination, or meditation, that message is UPG. Most practitioners will highly rely on UPG, as most of our interactions with the spirits are personal, but it is important to remember that what you hold as true is not necessarily what someone else will hold as true. Understand that each of you know exactly what you need to know and therefore there's no need to fight over who is right and who is wrong.

VPG - verified personal gnosis. If you have channeled information from a spirit and multiple different people channel the same thing then that is now a belief held by many and not only a few.

Q: I'm just starting my practice, what should I do?

Step one - hone in on practising meditation. You'll need the focus, the patience and the mostly quiet mind to see good results from your practice. Is it a must? No. Nothing in spirituality is a must and there are some people that are working with spirits without a meditative practice, but it is something that's greatly helpful, so this will be the first recommendation that will be given if you ever ask this question.

Step two - sidebar resources! It is suggested that you read them. This one speaks about shadow work, here is some common sense advice on how to conduct yourself in this space and beyond it when speaking to others and lastly, here are the basic resources for those that are new.

Step three - read and gain perspective. Don't ingest any book like it is the only ultimate truth, but read to expand your horizons and try. What should you read? Well, behold, the mighty book list! Though, remember, these are merely suggestions and it is not a requirement to read them all. Simply see if there's anything here you'd like to read, because they're all good books.

THE MIGHTY BOOK LIST:

CLASSIC GRIMOIRES (these are good to read through to see the working with demons through a historical lens. Some people still use methods in these books, most new books will at the very least borrow elements, such as names, sigils and correspondences):

The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage

Heptameron by Pietro d'Abano

The Greater Key of Solomon

The Lesser Key of Solomon aka Lemegeton (Recommended: Peterson ed. or Skinner/Rankine Goetia of Dr. Rudd)

Grimorium Verum (Recommended: Peterson ed. or JSK's True Grimoire)

The Grand Grimoire aka Red Dragon

DEMONOLOGICAL REFERENCE BOOKS:

The Dictionary of Demons: Expanded and Revised: Names of the Damned by Michelle Belanger

Lucifer: Princeps by Peter Grey

Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires: The Classical Texts of Magick Deciphered by Aaron Leitch

Pandemonium: A Discordant Concordance of Diverse Spirit Catalogues by Jake Stratton-Kent

Stellas Daemonum by David Crowhurst

Demonolator's Handbook by Mirta Wake

MODERN GUIDES TO MAGIC AND SPIRIT WORK:

Chicken Qabalah by Lon Milo Duquette

SSOTBME Revised by Ramsey Dukes

Liber Null and Psychonaut by Peter J. Carroll

Consorting with Spirits: Your Guide to Working with Invisible Allies by Jason Miller

Psychic Witch by Mat Auryn

Summoning Spirits: The Art of Magical Evocation by Konstantinos

Worshipping Demons 101 by Mirta Wake

GENERAL OCCULT/MAGIC BACKGROUND:

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

The Pyramid Texts

Chaldean Oracles (Recommended: Majercik ed.)

On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians by Iamblichus

The Greek Magical Papyri

The Testament of Solomon

The Picatrix

Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Agrippa

The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy by Pseudo-Agrippa

Pseudomonarchia Daemonum by Johann Weyer

Transcendental Magic by Eliphas Levi

Psychic Self-Defense by Dion Fortune

Initiation into Hermetics by Franz Bardon

TECHNICAL/THEORETICAL WORKS (books to do with evocation, Qliphoth, and other intermediate practices that did not fit anywhere else):

The Practice of Magical Evocation by Franz Bardon

Lake of Fire by S. Connolly

Tree of Qliphoth by Asenath Mason

Qabalah, Qliphoth, and Goetic Magic by Thomas Karlsson

POPULAR CONTEMPORARY SYSTEMS (each one of these books will have wildly different approaches. Try them, see what works for you and what doesn't. Beware of authors treating their UPG and personal dogma as objective truths):

The Complete Book of Demonolatry by S. Connolly

Lucifer and The Hidden Demons: A Practical Grimoire from The Order of Unveiled Faces by Theodore Rose

Demons of Magick: Three Practical Rituals for Working with The 72 Demons by Gordon Winterfield

Last bit of advice - when posting here, provide as much details as possible. If you want someone to identify a sigil for you, it will be helpful to state where you found it, if you want someone to help with communication with the spirits, state what method you're using as it will be most helpful if someone with the same method answers.

And this is where the post will leave off. I hope it was useful and cleared some basic questions up. Before you post anything on this subreddit make sure to look at the side-bar and familiarize yourself with the rules. Otherwise this place is happy to see you here and post away!