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CHArTER NINE
DEMONIC EVOCATION
the Practitioner makes haste in skipping past those that teach the liberal
arts and sciences, or explain the manner by which all things have been
created and are thus sustained. These have no bearing on the forthwith
achieval of his goals and the satisfaction of his desires. They are useless
to him.
Perhaps these specific demons are useless at this stage. When a
demon is possessed of a specific talent or ability, however, and such a
demon is the effective associate of the Black Magician, the demon may
be inclined to share the secrets and keys to his mastery of these specific
powers, transferring the knowledge that he has used in perfecting his
power, thus transferring the power itself to the Sorcerer.
This communication of godlike demonic powers walks side-byside
with what is often termed by Kabbalists as "The Great Work,"
""hich is the Ascent of the microcosmic human being to a state of
autonomous self godhood. While every action, by virtue of its active
state, lends to Ascent in some obscure way, and while the Works of
Darkness are the Works of Ascent by virtue of their self-empowering
methods and results, there are Works and there are demons that, by
their own virtue, facilitate Ascent directly. These demons are by far
the most difficult to evoke and to hold conversation with, as their nature
is to destroy by fire all that is dross in order to for the god inside to
a",·aken. Once evoked, their influence cannot be stifled, their assault
cannot be countered, and their familiars cannot be exorcised. These
are the demons that murder the man in order for the god to rise from
the grave.
Before an evocation can be performed, the Evocator must have
a specific purpose for the summoning, rather than a vague will to power.
Once a goal has been established, a suitable demon must be chosen.
While demons exist in numbers dwarfing the supposed overpopulation
of the earth, and while any of these may be summoned to manifestation,
it is best to begin with those that have been evoked on numerous occasions
by many different Magicians, and on whom the most information has
been collected. Although all that is really needed for demonic evocation
is the name of the demon, it would be foolish and often counterproductive
to call forth beings who the Sorcerer knows nothing of.
The modern Student of Black Magick is fortunate in that it is no
longer necessary to travel by foot across desert and up mountain ranges
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