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This do-at-home rite is adopted from a handwritten, untitled grimoire written around 1577. Notable for being a practical guide as opposed khổng lồ a theoretical one, the book contains marginal notes from numerous, unknown Renaissance magicians/wannabes who seemingly tried to follow its formulas. (The book is, incidentally, the original source of the magic word “Abracadabra!”)
A note of caution before you begin your ritual: Many experienced magical practitioners (wizards, warlocks, necromancers, etc.) maintain that even a simple ritual requires a lifetime of dedicated spiritual practice và should not be undertaken lightly, lest great harm befall you.
But they just want khổng lồ hog all the demons for themselves—esoteric mystical rituals are easy to perform, fun, and, since it’s all make-believe, present little danger beyond your mom yelling at you for stealing all her candles.
With that out of the way, let’s summon something! The original spell is sometimes confusing due to lớn the age of the language and the fact that it’s handwritten, but I did my best.
Summoning a spirit into a glass
Step one: Gather your supplies. You’ll need:
A clean towelA “fayre table” A glass
Olive oil
Wine
Holy water
White bread
A fire
Step two: Lay your clean towel upon your (fayre) table and place your glass on đứng đầu of that.
Step three: Recite the oration. Stand over your glass & recite the following Latin aloud. Use a commanding, deep voice (it’s cooler that way): “Omnipotens sempiterne deus adesto magna
It goes on like that for a looooong time. You can see the rest in the original text. Make sure you read it all và don’t mispronounce any words, though, or this might not work.
Step four: Recite the consecration. Say the following aloud: “deus qui hoc speculum ex materia fragili…” You know what? Go lớn the source again.
Step five: Put five drops of olive oil in the glass “like a rose.”
Step six: More latin. Say, “discendat in hoc speculum virtus spiritus sancti…” etc. Kiểm tra the source.
Step seven: Spread the five drops of oil on your thumbs và “make a cross.”
Step eight: More Latin!
Step nine: Make a sufflation (?) và say “discendat in hoc speculum
Step 10: Wash the glass with wine, holy water, and pieces of white bread.
Step 11: Put everything in the fire—the glass, table, towel, everything. This will assist the spirit in some unspecified way.
Step 12: If you’ve done everything correctly, and not mispronounced any of the Latin, you should see a spirit appear shortly. But you won’t hear him/them/it. So you must…
Step 13: Recite more Latin.
Step 14: Soon after your final Latin recitation, an otherworldly spirit should be visible & audible. If you have done everything correctly, he/she/it will “app
The aftermath of your ritual
So, how did your ritual go? Got a new friend lớn hang out with? If so, controlling it could be an issue. Và I have no idea how to lớn send it back from whence it came, so you’re on your own from here.
Sadly, my ceremony didn’t work. Maybe I mispronounced “discendat.” Or it might be a problem with the entire concept of “summoning demons.”
What we talk about when we talk about summoning demons
Rituals lớn summon supernatural entities or forces have been (and are) practiced in lots of spiritual traditions, from Shintoism to lớn Santeria. Different rites have different meanings & implications in different traditions, so know that I’m only talking about the Western idea of calling explicitly evil entities into the material plane. Lượt thích you see in horror movies.
The early history of demon summoning
Calling forth a “tutelary deity” (a city’s demigod) was common before battles in Ancient Rome, but it’s not the same as summoning a demon. For that, you have fast-forward lớn early Christianity.
Summoning a demon to bởi your bidding is central to the Testament of Solomon, a text falsely credited khổng lồ King Solomon that was written somewhere between the over of the 1st century CE and the high medieval period. In it, an angel gives Solomon a ring inscribed with a pentagram. Solomon uses his magic ring to lớn compel Beelzebub and other demons lớn build his temple.
Solomon doesn’t enter a pact with these demons though. He is portrayed as a holy man acting in accordance with God’s will, enslaving demons through His power. Early books of Christian practices for would-be magicians follow this model. The Key of Solomon, for instance, does contain spells (like “How to make the holy garters”) but they only work for the most pure, virtuous, pious man.
The Hammer of Witches
The idea of summoning demon-y demons for your own gain, as an act of evil, catches on widely with the publication of Malleus Maleficarum (“Hammer of Witches”) in 1478.
This book, written by Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer, details the scary practices of witches, including pacts with devils, stealing babies, and all manner of bad stuff. Importantly, it portrays practitioners of mystical spell-casting & demon-evokers as enslaved khổng lồ Evil. These witches & warlocks (mostly witches, of course) are not powerful, pious folks mastering mystical forces. They’re weaklings who have given their will to lớn Santa, (er, “Satan”) in exchange for selfish things. It is also, it should be noted, fake: Witches, as portrayed in Hammer of Witches, are pretend.
Fake or not, a lot people died for real because of Hammer of Witches. As many as 80,000 people, mostly women, were tortured & murdered during the witch trials that were heavily influenced by Kramer’s book. So if any tome is cursed…
Demon summoning after Hammer of Witches
Most of our current ideas about summoning demons can be sourced partly to Hammer of Witches and partly lớn De praestigiis daemonum (On the Tricks of Demons) and its appendix, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (False Monarchy of Demons). Written/collected in 1563 by physician Johan Weyer, these volumes describe 69 demons (nice!) and their hellish hierarchy, as well as offers tips on how lớn summon them.
On the Tricks of Demons is notable because Weyer’s point is that witchcraft isn’t real, and that anyone who thinks they have entered into a pact with an evil entity is probably suffering from a mental illness, so maybe let’s not burn people at the stake anymore, guys? He presents spells & rituals not as recipes khổng lồ follow, but as a way of exposing black magic practitioners in order to “put their hallucinations into the bright light of day.” He doesn’t quite make the leap to “The witch-hunter types made this shit up,” though. Close, but no cigar.
Either way, False Monarchy of Demons is packed with cool demons. There are terrifying creatures lượt thích Amdusias, who appears as a human with a unicorn’s head, has claws instead of hands and feet, và is in charge of the cacophonous music played in Hell. Then there are the more benign hell-spawn, lượt thích Marquis Samigina, who takes the form of a small horse & teaches liberal arts; & Naberius, who looks lượt thích a three-headed crow and teaches the art of gracious living, like a demonic Martha Stewart.
Modern day demons
The demons Weyer detailed (minus the whole “this is all fake” part) helped inspire everything demonic that followed, from gothy romantic-period excesses, to lớn Alastair Crowley, to heavy metal, The Exorcist, & that weird kid in high school who was really into Anton La
Vey. Any practical guide to lớn how lớn summon demons from later grimoires like The Lesser Key of Solomon (or You
Tube) is likely to be based at least partially on these sources (even if its practitioners don’t know it) and, as such, is pretty silly & fake.
Evil, however, isn’t fake. While there don’t seem lớn be many actual practitioners of “black magic” in the world (and they’re really boring lớn talk to lớn at parties, trust me) the idea that legions of evil people are worshipping demons & must be stopped didn’t die with the end of the witch trials. It keeps popping up. From the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and ‘90s khổng lồ Q-Anon weirdos in 2022, I’m not sure which grimoire people are using lớn summon this particular brand of evil, but I wish they’d give it a rest.
In summation: There is no point lớn summoning demons because hell is other people.
Hocus-Pocus Recipes & Rituals: How to lớn Summon a Demon FriendMarcie Di Bartolomeo (writer); Jessica Norton (illustrator)
Here I’m going to lớn show you some simple tricks of the trade khổng lồ summoning a demon to lớn the mortal realm.
Hello hello! I’m Selena Sparklemoon, your local apothecary & witch. If you were anything like me growing up, you probably struggled at times making friends. As you come of age you may realise you still struggle making friends. & sure, you can choose lớn focus on pursuing other things (like gardening). But what if you need to lớn bring a friend to a party, or a family reunion? What if you need some pals to keep you safe in the city? It’s hard to make friends; it’s especially hard to lớn make them on short notice.
So why bother making friends when you can summon them? Here I’m going to show you some simple tricks of the trade lớn summoning a demon khổng lồ the mortal realm. If you feel reluctant khổng lồ summon denizens of hell, don’t be! I can assure you, demons are very fun, cordial, social individuals. I should know, my best friend Amon’s a demon! and this ritual is mostly safe. Maybe pack some extra salt just in case.
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You can source most of these ingredients from your local market or garden, or a travelling salesperson at any old crossroads. Just don’t close any đơn hàng with a handshake—unless you don’t mind your soul being eternally bound to hell & its denizens.
You will need the following:
A summoning areaA cup of salt. Sodium chloride (Na
Cl) to be precise
Six scented candles. Preferably lavender
Chalk. Lots of it (at least one box)A box of matches
An offering (depends on the demons, usually a couple boxes of organic dark chocolate will work out fine)Start by choosing your summoning area. It can be your attic or basement, a clearing in a deep dark forest, or an abandoned building. You can also choose a cemetery but expect some unexpected guests (like ghosts & ghouls and vampires).Cover your chosen summoning area in a large ring of salt. Make sure there are no gaps. You don’t want your demons getting up to any mischief the minute they appear in the mortal realm—save that chaos for later.Using your chalk, draw a circle within the confines of the salt. Then draw an inverted pentagram in the circle—make it big và expressive so that it looks like you put your heart and soul into it. After all, you’re trying lớn impress your future demon friends!Place five of your candles at each point of your pentagram. Place the sixth in the centre.Light the candles with a match (the fewer the better, you don’t want khổng lồ waste too many). Your summoning circle should be glowing now (and smelling faintly of lavender).Place your offering in the centre of the circle, next to lớn the sixth candle.Now recite the words, “Saecula saeculorum, be my friend, be my friend,” over and over, about six times. Say this confidently & with conviction. If you have a particular demon in mind for summoning—such as an old friend you want to lớn see again—picture them in your head while chanting.If you have done steps one through seven correctly, you should see volumes of purple và red light emanate from the centre of the summoning circle. You should then see several demons munching greedily on your offering.At this point, introduce yourself! Get to know them too, and make sure they know not to cause too much chaos while on the mortal plane. The demons you have summoned will be pretty random—unless you concentrated on a particular one while chanting—and this applies to their personalities as well, so keep that in mind!Once you have confirmed that they’re cool và you will be safe in their presence, feel không lấy phí to break the salt ring và invite them to your social gathering!Once you are done with your social gathering, return them khổng lồ the summoning circle, rebuild the salt ring, recite the words, “Home sweet home,” và they will return to lớn their ring of hell. You are welcome khổng lồ avoid this last step & keep them around as long-term friends, but vì be warned: after 24 hours the ritual’s protections will have worn off và your demon friends will be không lấy phí to vị whatever they please!
That’s something I admittedly did the first time I cast this ritual. And sure, it got me Amon, my best friend—but after one too many destructive adventures in the đô thị square, my coven forced me to lớn finish the ritual và banish them home. I sure do miss them, I wonder if they’re doing okay… That’s all from me for now! Tune in next time where I will reveal a nifty recipe on a perfume that removes brain fog! Buh-bye for now!