{"id":785,"date":"2012-07-27T09:40:41","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T14:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.wordpress.com\/?p=785"},"modified":"2012-07-27T09:40:41","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T14:40:41","slug":"conjuring-the-natal-demon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/27\/conjuring-the-natal-demon\/","title":{"rendered":"Conjuring the Natal Demon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I almost didn\u2019t perform the conjuration yesterday: a series of coincidences and a side of bad planning ended with me not having the apartment to myself at any Hour of the Sun.&nbsp; So once I\u2019d worked on my scholarship application until my brain was running out my ears, I decided to have a number and work on other projects in front of the boob tube.<\/p>\n<p>With the Fifth Hour of Night, though, the urge to Work fell over me like a weight: I reached for my sketchbook and finished inking the Circle of Art I had designed for the conjuration of my Natal Demon, whose name I had calculated according to Agrippa (using Frater Acher\u2019s lovely spreadsheet) and whose sigil I had drawn using that name and the Rosy Cross.&nbsp; I was already high, but it was the magic that really clouded my mind:&nbsp; despite the presence of Aradia\u2019s atheist room mate, which barred me from employing more formal ritual, I could feel the daimon coming on even before I completed the Circle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/circleofart-nataldemon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image:none;margin:0 auto 2px;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;display:block;float:none;padding-top:0;border-width:0;\" title=\"circleofart-nataldemon\" border=\"0\" alt=\"circleofart-nataldemon\" src=\"http:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/circleofart-nataldemon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"244\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The names on the Circle (for those who can\u2019t read Greek) are Helios, Phoibos, and Agathos Daimon.&nbsp; The glyphs are the planetary symbol and Grand Seal of the Sun, and the Seal of Och.&nbsp; I first conjured my Natal Genius under the auspices of the Moon, so it seemed appropriate to conjure my Natal Demon under the auspices of the Sun.&nbsp; My Demon\u2019s sigil and name have, of course, been edited out, but they were drawn in the innermost circle.<\/p>\n<p>When the circle was done and empowered to the best of my ability under the circumstances, I pulled the page from my sketchbook and laid it on my lapdesk.&nbsp; Almost immediately, the sigil appeared to me to become an eye.&nbsp; Grabbing my sketchbook, I drew that eye on the page and from there the image of my Natal Demon began to flow.&nbsp; Perhaps it was the amount of time I spent contemplating this ritual; perhaps the stars were just in better alignment; maybe I\u2019ve actually learned something since my first conjuration experiment.&nbsp; Whatever: the connection was much stronger than it was when I made my first attempt to contact my Natal Genius, ZG.<\/p>\n<p>During that Hour of the Sun, my Natal Demon was able to instruct me somewhat in its nature and image.&nbsp; It appeared to me as a narrow-faced humanoid, with an attentive expression.&nbsp; Its body was slender and tall, and from its back sprung two pairs of wings.&nbsp; Something rose from its head: I thought it a third pair of wings, but it may also have been horns or a helmet.&nbsp; It informed me that its nature was that of Jupiter, and of the Sun in Scorpio, and the Moon in Virgo.&nbsp; Perhaps most interestingly, the name of my Natal Genius was echoing through my head for most of the time I was performing the automatic drawing, leaving me uncertain whether the Genius and Demon are, in fact, separate entities or different faces of the same spirit.<\/p>\n<p>When the vision began to fade, I put the Circle on the altar and made an offering of incense and a votive candle, thanking it and bidding it license to depart.&nbsp; In all, I would call the experiment a qualified success.&nbsp; I wish I had been able to stick with my original plan, but at the same time: sometimes the magic arranges to be performed the way it wants to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I almost didn\u2019t perform the conjuration yesterday: a series of coincidences and a side of bad planning ended with me not having the apartment to myself at any Hour of the Sun.&nbsp; 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