E. A. Koetting - staticfly.net

WORKS OF
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Worked upon of making sure that I became at least informally
acquainted with his victims hetween the time that he enacted his
destructive ritual and the time that the suffering hegan.
Although the voraciousness with which he devoured the secrets
of Baneful Magick at times alarmed me, I was unable (hoth hecause of
my oath to the Order and its Work, and due to my own insatiahle need
to teach) to turn him away or to admonish him against his sadistic
Sorcery. I knew that he was Becoming, and that his Descent into
Darkness was a necessary part of his own individual Ascent into
Godhood.
The case in particular that stands out fresh in my mind was an
Operation of Destructive Magick that he was to perform on the hehalf of
another: a friend whose hushand was in the regular and religious
practice of adultery, drug addiction, and general uselessness. His ahuse,
although not physical, left his friend with nowhere to run hut to the
Devil - and the Devil did answer.
My apprentice put to good use the rituals given above to bring
about the death of the ungrateful and unfaithful husband. Within
days he gave me his report that his friend's hushand had left her for
another woman and another fix, and had no qualms about allowing her
to move out of state with their children, never to enter their lives again.
I raised an eyehrow at his report and asked why he hadn't waited for
the ritual's success hefore assuming the matter is closed
"To her, he is dead," he retorted with a smile, feeling more like
a student of some Eastern Mystical School finding success where there
is none by the virtue of a philosophical victory.
"To me, and to the rest of the world, he still seems very much
alh·e. Wait for the success of your Operation, and then give me your
conclusive report."
Not at all to my surprise, his friend's hushand returned into
her life, making himself not only more of a nuisance than before, but
seeming more alive and invasive of her reality than ever. She battled
him in court, in Child Protective Services, in the house, and in the
bedroom.
Exactly one year after the Initiate had performed his Baneful
Ritual, he came to me with his final conclusive report. His victim had
been arrested for possessing a controlled substance, and while
incarcerated complained of an ache in his arms. Medical examiners
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