When The Goetia Attacks!
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This is directed to yall who are relatively familiar with the workings of the Goetia. I have a friend who appears to be under indirect attack by the goetic spirit Botis. The story is as follows.
My friend, J, was in a relationship with a somewhat unstable girl, N. He wasn't aware N was unstable, but he was aware that she is fond of toying around with ritual magick, particularly what she calls black magick. She doesn't seem to really know what she's doing, and somehow or another, about a month ago, she made a "new friend" called Botis whom she said she was able to hear, and from whom she could seek advice and favors and such. It's not known for sure, but it is highly doubtful that she performed any 'proper' evokation ceremony for this spirit (i.e. no circle, triangle, sword, seal or sigil). She claims to have just kind of called him up- and then he refused to go away. J reports that over the weeks, she has become more unstable, complaining of a screaming voice in her head. J has also found her speaking in tongues reportedly against her will. One night, N and J were out driving, and N saw a little girl, then a man standing in the road. Then she went completely blind for the rest of the night and said that Botis had some particular grudge against J.
Last week, J's house was broken into by one of N's friends and his life's work was stolen and thrown into the river. Then N attempted to attack J, hurt herself, the cops were called, and J was thrown into jail for a few days.There are at least two possible explainations for what is going on here:
- N is a very damaged kid, and is making up this demon stuff for the sake of attention, and is trying to hurt J for some unspecified reason.
- N is a very damaged kid, and has somehow opened herself up to the uninhibited control of a quite malign demon, who is trying to hurt N and J for some unspecified reason.
What are your thoughts? Would it be possible for someone to unleash a goetic demon in such a way without use of the evokation rituals from the lesser key of solomon? Advice for J?
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Banish.
Banish.
Banish.616
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N reportedly attempted "to draw a circle" to banish the demon, but the thing apparently screamed in her head enough for her to stop. I doubt either N or J are familiar with any banishing rituals. J is quite familiar with the banishing effect of laughter though, and all things considering, he's been using that tool quite effectively.
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Drawing a circle doesn't banish demons - it protects magicians. Just tell N. to take up the LBRP or Star Ruby before attempting any more evocations...you shouldn't turn something on unless you either can turn it off or are prepared to deal with it.
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Do as many of the following steps as are necessary.
STEP 1:
Banish. Banish. Banish.STEP 2:
Repeat Step 1.STEP 3:
Wait for the drugs to wear off.STEP 4:
See a skilled psychologist.STEP 5:
Continue Step 1.PS - If a talisman was made to control the spirit, use it to control the spirit. If the talisman was destroyed under the mistaken idea that it would break the link, then you're pretty screwed because that was the means of controlling the spirit - get a fucking good exorcist!
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That reminds me, The Exorcist is another one for my top 20 (did anyone notice how Pazuzu resembles Levi's Baphomet?)
Botis is the 17th demon in the Goetia and his sigil is easily found online. Even if the original talisman was destroyed, couldn't that sigil be used to control and banish the demon?
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@bryan said
"This Last week, J's house was broken into by one of N's friends and his life's work was stolen and thrown into the river. Then N attempted to attack J, hurt herself, the cops were called, and J was thrown into jail for a few days."
I can't add anything really but I'm curious what sort of "work" we are talking about and why was it thrown into a river...
Have you confirmed that N. actually summoned a Goetic spirit? Does she have previous knowledge of the Goetia or this is meant to be a strict "coincidence" of names?
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@Jim Eshelman said
"get a {shagging} good exorcist!"
...in other words, have a skilled magician banish for her.
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@KRVB MMShCh said
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@Jim Eshelman said
"get a {shagging} good exorcist!"...in other words, have a skilled magician banish for her.
"Well, sorta but not really. The skills to do a full exorcism are quite different from even top notch banishing skills.
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@Jim Eshelman said
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@KRVB MMShCh said
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@Jim Eshelman said
"get a {shagging} good exorcist!"...in other words, have a skilled magician banish for her.
"Well, sorta but not really. The skills to do a full exorcism are quite different from even top notch banishing skills."
...I've never taken exorcisms seriously to tell you the truth - therapy seems to me to make the most sense...
...then again, I suppose we could always call Bob Larson
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@KRVB MMShCh said
"tell N. to take up the LBRP or Star Ruby before attempting any more evocations."
I'll try to do this, so she can actually figure out how to banish.
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See a skilled psychologist."I can't remember where, but I remember reading something about how when approaching a problem that appears to have its cause in some occult phenomenon, it's a good idea to attack it on all planes, the most material and mundane explanations first. Kinda like in scooby-doo, I guess. Though I think the kids in that show usually go about it backwards. Anyway, J happens to be a psychology student, so he's probably looking into this.
@Escarabaj said
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Have you confirmed that N. actually summoned a Goetic spirit? Does she have previous knowledge of the Goetia or this is meant to be a strict "coincidence" of names?"There is no confirmation that N actually summoned a Goetic spirit. She is very likely at least mildly familiar with Goetia, so I doubt the name is a coincidence.
What I wonder is whether it's possible to summon a Goetic spirit without having actually performed a formal evocation ceremony.
Thanks everyone.