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wondered how to summon a spirit? Whether or not you are a student of mysticism and
occult, you may have at one point considered summoning one in the basement or attic
with your friends using an Ouija board or some other paraphernalia.
But, have you wondered what spirits actually are, what kind of spirits exists and when
or when not to “play” around with them, and what can be gained from them?
If so, congratulations — some sort of synchronicity has lead you to stumble upon the
right article. The objective here is to cover the issue of dealing with all sorts of “spirits”
from the viewpoint of occultism, by exploring the science of evocative magick.
Note: This article goes deep into the rabbit hole and may require rereading, pondering
and going through various other sources recommended in order to truly understand
how to summon a spirit; and by no means do I claim it to be exhaustive. It is written for
someone who is genuinely interested in what spirits are, mysticism and occult, and
want to learn how to communicate such beings. If you are looking for a quick recipe to
play around in your basement, please look elsewhere.
Note 2: DO NOT take anything given here as a given, and as dogma. They are to be used
as "maps" only. The information herein is based on my experience and knowledge.
This article will be updated as new understanding presents itself before me. Read,
experiment, explore and �nd out your own truth and what works for you!
Caution: We take no responsibility for the results and what may happen if you do
decide to dabble without preparation.
Before we dive into the practical works, we must cover some preliminaries:
Firstly, what are “spirits”? Most people would likely —and immediately— conjure up
negative images of trapped and distressed energy remains of dead people and/or
demons; or in some cases, angelic spirits.
While they do amount to a fraction of the types of spirits that exists out there, they are
far from all encompassing, nor can any spirits be deemed “good” or “evil” in the
objective sense.
Some may cause “harm” to human life based on circumstances and how they were
formed, and some may bene�t humans in various ways. However, it must be
understood that our human minds have a rather myopic view of what constitutes
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“harm” and “bene�t”. The issue of dealing with potential dangers while learning how
to contact spirits is covered at a later section in this article.
Not only that, it can also be said that the di�erent types of spirits dwell in di�erent
planes of existence and may even be completely oblivious to each other's existence,
except if they actively try to a�ect each other by exerting their in�uences in the other's
“sphere”, or through a third sphere. For example, our own.
Your “self” too in�uence the spheres of the spirits, although your normal, everyday
waking consciousness may not be aware of it.
First, let us try to encapsulate *some* knowledge in our minds as to what spirits are:
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It is of course, really di�cult to say what spirits are with absolute authority, but the
important thing to remember is that it is impossible to “know” whether or not reality
itself is wholly objective or just a projection of the subjective.
As covered in more depth in the article on Psychedelic Shamanism, idealism may not
be useful from a scienti�c standpoint, but it may just be a fallacy to say that
materialism is the only way to explore, experience and understand the universe.
Mathematics and other scienti�c tools are not intrinsic to the universe, but are devices
that WE developed from the capacity of our own limited brains, to understand the
objective world.
The scienti�c tools that we know today too are subjective “mental trips” to somehow
encapsulate “understanding” into mathematical placeholders, into laws and theories,
enough to observe the e�ects of these laws and theories by verifying them objectively.
However, even though scienti�c results may be reliably veri�ed by testing them in
reality, they are still “mental trips”, and quite possibly extremely limited in scope and
potential.
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lifeforms that are out there would eventually evolve the exact same tool sets that we
have, to navigate the universe.
Back to idealism and subjectivity: It is theorized that the people of the old had little
understanding of the “line of separation” between the objective and the subjective
world, and that out of this delusion, various superstitions were born. However, how
real is this “line of separation”? Even through modern scienti�c understanding of
biology, we come to the conclusion that the reality we experience is what our brain
stitches together based on sensory inputs.
Another interesting thought experiment: Even knowledge of your own brain (and the
mind), the structure of it, what constitutes it, and so on are basically it's (mind's) own
representation based on inputs and thought processes. Therefore, the objective is
INSIDE the subjective and vice versa.
In various idealistic, mystical and magickal traditions, the brain and the mind itself is
considered as a receiving antenna for the consciousness.
Aldous Huxley also went so far as to say that our brains act like a reducing valve. If you
have any experience with psychedelics or any form of altered states of consciousness,
you can clearly see how this is possible.
All theories and concepts about the universe that our minds can concoct are essentially
“models” of the universe. In the scienti�c community, the standard model and later,
the more accurate general relativity and quantum mechanics are models of the
universe. Possible contenders would be String theory and the Holographic universe
theory.
Keeping all this in mind, and how it might just be useful to think like the ancients —
removing the distinction between the subjective self and the objective world, and
understanding how both exists within one another, let us now dive into the occult map
systems of the Kabbalah, and the Chakra systems and see where the various spirits �t
themselves into these maps:
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These maps of course, have variations and interpretations and do not claim to
exhaustively and objectively describe the universe. They are but simpli�ed navigation
devices that somewhat describes the basic structure of the subjective/objective world
complex. For example, in the west, you �nd the Kabbalistic tree of life Sephiroth and
it's antipole Qliphoth, both based on objective “worlds” or “spheres” . In the traditions
of the East, you have the Chakra system, which is more subjective and layered on
human anatomy itself.
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Tree of Sephiroth
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Tree of Qliphoth
The map of the Kaballah, although widely regarded as Jewish, is said to be even more
ancient in origin. Some claim it may have come from the legendary Atlantis itself,
although the early prototypes of it most likely originated sometime during the period
of ancient Sumeria. A good account of what the Kabbalistic tree of life Sephiroth and
it's antipole tree of knowledge Qliphoth is can be found here, but the gist of it is as
follows:
In the beginning, there was Ain/sof or pure, unrealized potential. In a quest to become
conscious of itself, it broke into Kether, the �rst spark or idea without form. Then came
Chokmah, wisdom and the �rst principle that had the ability to de�ne itself in relation
to something else. Binah, or understanding came next, which balances Chokmah.
Together, they form the trinity or the �rst principles of existence. All the other
“spheres” come below them, and Malkuth or the “Kingdom” represents the lowest
sphere that represent our gross, material world. Yesod, or the foundation above it,
represents the astral world.
The goal of the Kabbalist or the “light adept” then is to rise the spheres (this may also
involve learning how to communicate with spirits), back to the source or “Kether”, and
unify with “God” by following strict rules, regulations and devotion. This is usually
what the traditional religion advocates.
There is, however an alternate, less spoken path among the Kabbalists, which some
even regard as the “true path”:
In the original tree of life, there existed an additional sphere or Sephira which went by
the name of “Daath” (as seen in the diagram above), and represented knowledge.
Daath stood in between Binah and Chokmah, and represented the highest Sun or
Lucifer. The Sephira Malkuth or our material world, did not exist. Yesod, or the astral
world is the perfect re�ection of Kether. The connection between this map and the
biblical mythology is quite evident.
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However, even before the �rst principle of Kether was created, “Ainsof” had to
withdraw inwards, leaving behind dark aspects of itself that did not participate in
creation. This dark principle still retained in it, the need to create and separate.
Therefore, it caused a “stir” in the original tree of life to advance it's agenda.
It did this by a�ecting the perfect re�ection of Kether, Yesod — for it is the principle
that had the potential, much like it's original to replicate godliness.
This was accomplished by a “fall” of the Daath principle or Lucifer into Yesod, to give
the light of knowledge, and the creation of Malkuth, the material plane where the
perfect re�ection descended to.
The Daath principle and the dark principles then went onto create the ten anti-worlds
of Qliphoth, occupied by demonic Kings and their subordinates.
The parallel to this is the story of Lilith, the dark goddess, who was the �rst wife of
Adam (or Tipareth or the second “Sun”) . Lilith is also associated with Daath, who was
the highest Sun. The argument between the highest Sun, and the second Sun caused
the highest Sun or Daath (also associated to Saturn) to be banished from the Sephiroth,
causing the creation of Malkuth, or Eve — our illusory material world.
However, Eve, or Malkuth still presents it's �ip side Lilith, on occasion, causing an
opening into the shadowy Qliphoth, where Lilith is the lowest Qlipha herself, and rules
the higher Qliphoth above it (Gamaliel).
This is similar to the Tantric idea, where the great goddess “Maya” or illusion, who is
also the personi�cation of our material world often presents herself in various
“roudra” forms of Shakti — Kali or Smashan Tara, for example.
As you can see, the shadowy Qliphoth and the anti worlds are in fact, aspects of the
original Ainsof, or “God” responsible for creation. “Lilith” therefore, can be seen as
the dark aspect of creation that did not form into the creation itself, but instead is
what is left of the original Ainsof that is responsible for creation itself!
The goal of the Dark Adept or the initiate of the left hand path, is to continue the fall
through Lilith, and complete the original intention of breaking the seed and creating a
new universe and becoming “godlike” himself.
These are all abstractions concocted by mystics of course. In the east and in the
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traditions of Tantra, the end goal of both paths are one and the same — to return to the
original universal soul.
Where do spirits come into all this: Using the occult maps to
learn how to communicate with spirits
The lowest Sephiroth, Malkuth is where we dwell in, and it is what is perceivable to us
using our senses. As we already discussed in an early section, what we perceive is but
our own brain's concoction of what's out there. That is, if you talk in terms of occult
anatomy, it is the brain's version of what Malkuth is. More precisely, Malkuth is the
brain's (knowledge machine's) limited version of what Yesod is.
The world we most closely know and can relate to most, is a world of “personalities”,
and not that of abstractions such as “spheres”. The personalities most closely
resembling ourselves — other humans — are most easy to classify as “personalities”.
A dog or a cat might also be classi�ed as a personality by most of us. However, upon
more contemplation, one can see that there are more subtle forms of personalities.
Trees have their own personalities, but going even further, the hive minds of a group of
ants or bees have their own personalities. In fact, we ourselves are “personalities” of
groups of many di�erent cells.
But remember — our brains do not actively look at each other as a group of cells, but
as personalities or “I”s. It is easy to see why we have the a�nity to work with
personalities, rather than any other types of abstractions or removal of abstractions. It
is perhaps why when this illusion of “I” is shattered, that everything seems to be
“one”.
The ancients often treated diseases as an invading “spirit”. If you look at it, a disease
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oft has its own personality as a result of a group of viruses, bacteria etc, and it goes
directly against our own “personality”, which is again just an abstraction for a group
of cells. They are only more non individualized in nature in comparison to us, relative
to us.
“Spirits” that we refer to here are essentially such personalities, but of an even more
subtler nature. The personalities of the principle spheres in the occult maps of the
Kaballah are deemed it's primary rulers, and are represented by Angelic or positive
personalities or Demonic or negative personalities, based on which side of the tree you
are looking into — Sephiroth or Qliphoth. Spirits could be said to be our way of
perceiving those aspects or Spheres and it's constituents — as personalities, because
that's what we have the most a�nity to.
Each “Sphere” in turn also has its various dwellers and citizens, much like how we
perceive in the sphere of Malkuth. In the higher spheres of Sephiroth, you �nd, what
you would perceive as “angelic” or “light” spirits while in the Qliphoth, you �nd
demonic or “lower” spirits and are given various forms.
Hopefully this gives you an idea of what the spirits of angels, demons, and their
various servants are. There are however, many more elementary spirits and subtleties
below them and, and we shall cover them in subsequent sections.
For now, let us look at the Chakra system, which could be said to be the subjective
version of the same occult map of the Kaballah.
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Each of the �ve Chakras that stand between the Sahasrara and Muladhara are also
associated with the �ve great elements (Fire, Water, Air, Ether).
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The ultimate goal of the traditions that adopt the Chakra system (Tantra, Yoga,
Buddhism, Taoism etc.) is to raise the dormant Kundalini (often represented as the
serpent) at the base (Muladhara) and to let it rise to the Sahasrara (similar to rising
through the spheres).
This also �ts in very well with the “Lilith” characteristic of “Malkuth” or Eve, that
breaks away from her shackles into the wild lands, and carries the will of the creation
from the original dark aspect of Ain-sof. She is also the “serpent” (or the Kundalini)
that tempts Eve (Or Maya, or Malkuth, or our world) to eat from the forbidden tree of
knowledge.
Indeed, this parallel was already observed and Leonardo Davinci beautifully portrayed
this in his “occult anatomy map”:
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Occult anatomy map: you can buy a hard wallpaper version on etsy.
If you are interested in the primeval feminine and it's importance, I highly recommend
you read our article on Lilith.
Now let us move onto the Sri Yantra and the various deities and spirits that exists
within it. This is not unlike spirits that dwell in various spheres of the Kaballah:
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The Sri Yantra is a mystical diagram that represents the whole of the cosmos and the
human body. It is said to contain all yantras, and is considered the mother yantra of all
yantras.
The various deities and spirits that exist in the Sri Yantra map are described in the
various accounts account of the Sri Yantra:
Sri Yantra and it's various energies, an English version will be posted here in the next update.
The deities and spirits of the Sri Yantra can be found here. Kulachev's research on Sri
Yantra can be found here.
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Essentially, the deities and “spirits”, including the lower ones, can be mapped to the
occult anatomy of the Chakra system.
This is very much similar to the kabbalistic arrangement of spirits in the Tree of
Sephiroth and Qliphoth. The only di�erence being that the discussion is wholly
subjective, because the map is mapped onto the human body.
When we discuss the types of spirits, you'll be able to see the similarities and overlap in
their functions, although there may be slight variations. For example the Incubi,
Succubi; Pisachinis, Yakshinis, Gandharvas and Apsaras.
Each “Sphere” of the kabbalistic tree of life Sephiroth is also associated with the
planets that correspond to the ones that are present in astrology, and represent the
exact same characteristic e�ects on human life:
Malkuth = Earth
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Geburah = Mars; Characteristics ruled: War, separation, severity, aggression, drive and
competitiveness
Daath (the fallen Sephira) = Saturn; Characteristics ruled: Knowledge, learning, hard
work.
The spheres of Chokmah and Binah do not a�ect us by characteristics, but by the
principles of who you are, and by your karmic pro�le. They can be equated to the
correction factors of Rahu and Ketu nodes in the Vedic astrology.
Astrology is out of scope here, but the key takeaway here is this:
Through working with the ruling spirits of the spheres and their denizen spirits, one
can a�ect the e�ects of the planets’ in�uence on oneself.
Mastering how to communicate with denizen and ruling spirits other than that of the
personality of the individual spheres itself is only accessible to the advanced magician
and can be worked toward as described in Franz Bardon's “The Practice of Magickal
Evocation”, but chanting planetary mantras for example, can help synchronize your
personality/spirit with that of the personality of the planet/sphere itself, reducing it's
male�c e�ects and improving the bene�cial e�ects.
Even if you do not have direct access to the other spheres, it is possible to work with
the spirits of Malkuth or earth itself, to help build a better relationship with them, or to
bring back “knowledge” from the other spheres.
Hopefully, you now have a better understanding of how all of it �ts together, and a new
appreciation for the various occult maps, including the Kabbalistic tree and the Chakra
system.
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Now, let us look at the most common types of spirits that in�uence our world:
Servitors are believed to be your thought forms manifested into the reality in a way
that they have lives of their' own.
The Tibetan monks called them "Tulpas" and were adepts at manifesting such thought
forms into altering reality. If you are a materialist atheist, a psychological explanation
might help: They can be considered as aspects of your own personality, created by your
own will. The regular personalities that we adapt are largely given to us by the external
world. You can observe this in your daily life pretty easily — go watch a movie and
identify with the hero completely.
You'll �nd that, after the end of the movie, you'll still be hungover by the identi�cation
with the character for a while before completely returning back to mundane reality.
It is not hard to see now, that you already hold multiple personalities within you that
you cycle through, in your daily life, all given to you by the world around you.
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With Servitors, you create a personality consciously, through rituals, in order to satisfy
a certain purpose.
However, the psychological explanation fails when the servitors actually appear to take
actions, seemingly independently, manifesting magick in the real world. Servitors can
be valuable tools if created consciously, correctly and for the right purpose.
Sometimes, they can even go against the original creator of the servitor in the material
world. Such a rogue phenomenon can be called as “phantasms”.
Remember that these beings (or personalities) can exist both internally and externally.
A phantasm can also be your personality that is negative, and unconscious. The more
this personality is reinforced, the more the phantasm grows.
Externalized, such a rogue personality can be the cause of “hauntings”. In most cases,
the hauntings are simply the host being unaware of the rogue personality (or
phantasm) taking action, very much in a schizophrenic manner.
But in some other cases, these phantasms can be externalized to an extent to have a life
of it's own, and such hauntings can usually be experienced by other human beings
around the host/in a given vicinity either through poltergeist type phenomenon or
through the hijack of their own life functions by these phantasms. This can be either
blatant or insidious.
If you are a beginner, I highly recommend you start working with these kinds of beings
in your endeavor to learn how to communicate with spirits. Details and sources on how
to get started are given in the sections below.
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Our world (Malkuth) can be said to be constructed from 5 basic elements, the �fth
being the Akasa or Ether principle that the astral world or Yesod is made out of, out of
which all other elements come into being.
Note — It is important to keep in mind that the names given to the elements — “�re”,
“water”, “air” etc., do not refer to the actual �re, water, air or earth. They represent
fundamental universal phenomena that run the clockwork such as expansion,
contraction, the mediation between expansion and contraction etc. and are ubiquitous
throughout the universe, not just the Earth. The names are such because phenomena
such as actual �re, water, air and earth is what is observed on earth that most
accurately encapsulate the elements (or clockwork phenomena)!
• The �rst element is the �re principle (Tejas) and it represents the “spark”
or light. It is also the principle responsible for expansion, extension and
transformation (including from one state of matter into another)
• The second element is the water principle and it represents contraction,
darkness — interestingly, it is also life giving and nourishing (just like the
original darkness of Ainsof!)
• The third element is the air principle and it represents the mediation
between the �re and water element, making life itself, possible.
• The fourth element is the earth principle and it represents the “solidity”,
and “material stu�”. It is what is responsible for space, weight, measure etc.
And is also the representation of all three other elements in action, on our
world including the formation of our own bodies.
Now, just as everything else, these clockwork phenomena or “elements” also have
their personalities. The properly initiated magician seems to be able to learn to work
with these subtle personalities and master how to summon and contact spirits of the
elements, and manage to use their assistance to perform feats such as pyrokinesis etc.
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Not only that, each aspect of our own personality and makeup (both negative or
positive) can be associated with each of the elements. Anger for example, the �re
element, because it represents expansiveness in the destructive form.
In such a manner, unwanted emotions can also be the cause of creating “elementary”
or unwanted elemental spirits that can also cause hauntings and other phenomenon.
They are also called “larvae”, or Tattwa debris.
If you are a beginner, it is highly recommended that you �rst balance the elements or
Tattwas in your own system before working with any kinds of spirits (including
elemental spirits). This is described in Franz Bardon's work — Initiation into
Hermetics.
The various elemental spirits can manifest in di�erent ways, based on your
psychological make-up, but the most common manifestations are :
The advanced magus can cultivate the ability to even talk to the personalities of the
elements (Pancha Bhootas) themselves.
If you have experience with psychedelics such as DMT, and have listened to Terence
Mckenna's work on it, you will �nd an interesting parallel to both the nature and
characteristics of the “machine elves” to the elemental spirits of the earth element.
This is also observed in the Amanita Muscaria origin of the Santa Claus myth.
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This class of spirits is perhaps the most controversial, most misused, and considered
blatantly dangerous and “pointless” by the occult community and to contact this type
of spirit is considered a sort of sacrilege. The misinformation surrounding this class of
spirits is staggering.
These spirits can be considered “servant” spirits or denizens of the Muladhara Chakra,
the Lilith Qlipha or the Adi Shakti, hence their sexual nature. They are the denizens of
the Kundalini Shakti.
In the Western world, the Succubi and Incubi are almost always described as appearing
seductive but vile, whilst in the east, the appearance and nature of the Apsaras and
Gandharvas vary from being both haunting and heavenly beautiful, like angels.
However, their form and characteristics is wholly dependent on your own Tattwas and
Gunas.
Remember that the objective world, and these spirits themselves, are manifestations of
your own subjectivity and vice versa. The �ip of Malkuth is Lilith, and so, the �ip side
of an Apsaras (heavenly maiden) is a Succubus or Pishachini.
There is nothing wrong with sex, but if you have a great need for sexual lust and
summon them as whores to solely satisfy those desires, it will be your own lust
collapsing in on itself perpetually, into a singularity. This explains how these spirits
have the bad name of “draining the life force” of the summoner by means of sex, and
being “jealous” if they engage in a sexual relationship with any other.
These “lower” spirits have no morality, direction or "clue" of their own. However, they
can be of great assistance if used correctly and in order to be able to communicate with
these spirits correctly, your sole purpose in life should be spiritual elevation.
There are lower, servant type spirits in each of the above spheres other than that of the
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Lilith sphere (both in the positive Sephiroth and negative Qliphoth), but covering all of
them here would be impossible.
The right approach would be to come from an angle of assisting them to elevate into
higher planes of existence whilst you ascend yourself, while they help you with any
physical barriers that may hinder your (and their) growth. How to go about this is
discussed in subsequent sections.
Various “Pretas”
Pretas are what can normally be called as “ghosts”. They are essentially residual
personalities. They can be human, but they can also be residual personalities of
animals, trees, objects etc.
Due to their subtle nature, most of the residual personalities or Pretas do not even
register in our normal waking consciousness. Since human residual personalities most
closely resemble our own, the really sensitive person or someone who has been trained
to be a medium may be able to detect their presence.
Normal Human Spirits: In most cases, these personalities get reabsorbed into the
Yesod (or the Astral world), the causal body washed, and then projected into the
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But in some cases, if the personality is too attached to some form of emotion or some
other personality that dwelled in the material world, (which most often happen with
human personalities and in some cases, animal personalities) they do not pass into the
astral world, and may be the cause of “hauntings” and various other phenomena.
Such spirits are often used by necromancers for their own advantage, but I highly
recommend against it. Unlike other types of spirits where there is a give and take
relationship, all you do is manipulate the spirit, unless the spirit willingly agrees to it
in exchange for liberation etc. Playing with such spirits will almost most certainly
attract heavy karmic burden.
The best way to deal with this type of spirit is to help liberate them from the world of
Malkuth, into Yesod, where they can be reborn and continue on their task of advancing
their spirit until ultimate liberation.
Vampiric Human Spirits: As we all know, death is inevitable. When the time comes, the
transitory “Maya” or Malkuth or the physical body fades away, back into Yesod.
However, with extreme attachment to Maya and in seeking immortality, those who
possess some amount of occult powers and sorcerers can produce and be subject to
some really interesting circumstances. One such is that of the “Vampiric” spirits.
The sorcerer who turns into a Vampiric spirit usually manage to get their bodies
preserved in a form that lasts for really long, either through physical means (objects
etc.) or through various paranormal means, or both. The bodies are then “fed” and
further preserved by draining and leeching o� the prana or life force of living spirits
that dwell in any given area, in hopes of “waking up” again at a later stage. Legends of
vampires that suck actual blood come from this phenomenon, and the only way to get
rid of such vampiric spirits would be to burn or destroy the body (or object) that is
preserved, through certain rituals. How true the notion of body being persevered is
unknown to me, but life draining sorcerer spirits that seek immortality exists in
various cultures of the world. One such is the Brahmarakshas or spirits of a “sinner”
sorcerer, which we shall see next.
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The malevolent type is very similar to the vampire mentioned above, but without the
notion of a body being preserved. They usually exist in a given area and drain the life
force of living beings in those areas. Often, another sorcerer of a high order is required
to free the Brahmarakshas or “trapped sorcerer” from their shackles. Otherwise, the
only way would be to appease them by various rituals.
The benevolent type is the residual remains of a sorcerer/magus, who has left it in a
given area by performing various rituals (including funeral rites on himself, called
Swayam Pindam), before his death. Such a spirit usually takes the form of the original
sorcerer and acts as a protector of the given area, often protecting and giving
knowledge to his/her own lineage. My own family has such a spirit dwelling in our
ancestral home.
What Angelic and Demonic spirits are was already discussed in the early sections. They
are essentially the same “type” of spirits, but the opposite “�ip” of each other. The
demons are nothing but “fallen angels"and vice versa.
The di�erence between these spirits and the servant type spirits are that these have
their own sense of direction, and goals and represent either the spheres themselves
(like Lilith) or have their own personalities within the spheres and are usually assigned
titles and roles — Duke, Prince etc.
Both angel and demonic spirits can be used for aggression and defense. The demonic
spirits may be easier to access for the untrained, however and this explains the faustian
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legend and how teenagers accidentally summon demonic spirits. If untrained and used
with ill intent, this is not unlike the above mentioned sexuality collapsing in on itself,
like what happens with the servant spirits. They are easier to access than Angelic
spirits, because the average human is more in tune with the lower emotions.
The Yaksha or Yakshini is the same as Demonic or Angelic type spirits. The only
di�erence is that they are not given any particular characteristics and appearance
(good or evil). They are often portrayed and described to appear in both forms.
Nagas and serpentine spirits are the personalities of the transition between Maya and
Shakti or Malkuth and Lilith. They are essentially, the gatekeepers of the underworld.
They represent the transition from the Sephiroth Malkuth to Lilith Qlipha and vice
versa.
This is the reason why the Naga spirit is also often associated with the Kundalini, and
also represent the one that tempts eve into eating from the tree of knowledge
(transition to Malkuth).
Since they open the gateway to the “underworld” as perceived by us, they are also
represented as being evil and malicious.
The reptilian part of our brain is the oldest and is responsible for vital functions such as
heart rate, breathing etc. The reptilian brain is the closest to the original “darkness”
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The Naga or serpent spirits often act as guardian spirits and were widely venerated
among cultures of the old.
Even today, they are often erected in various places as guardian spirits, and function as
defenders from “lower” spirits. Kerala, India is one such example.
If you are dealing with “lower spirits”, then appeasing the Nagas may be a very good
idea.
In order to know more about the Nagas, the following book is recommended:
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preparation.
Of course, if your goal is to simply “see” whether or not spirits exists, good luck to you!
Occult powers seem to be something that nature intended to be used to measure your
“spiritual growth” and your elevation to the higher spheres, not to satisfy worldly
desires.
You could learn how to communicate with spirits for solely materialistic reasons of
course, but you must know that by doing that, you are getting essentially using the
other spheres to solidify the illusion.
Essentially, you get snared and entrapped into the dominion of Malkuth (or Maya)
more and more. You may even get to a point where you become “trapped” in the �ip
side Lilith sphere and beyond. This is what a “pact” with the devil/demon is. There is
nothing inherently “wrong” or “right” about it, but it is better if you know what you
are getting into, rather than be taken by surprise, no?
The details of how to prepare will be given in the next section but the basic progression
of your abilities whilst dealing with spirits goes like this:
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I like to classify those who dive into the mystical into three categories:
It is my contention that the merely curious dabbler has no business summoning any
kind of spirits. In order to learn how to summon a spirit or mastering how to
communicate with spirits, a certain degree of sincerity is absolutely necessary.
The lower spirits may (depending on the nature of the spirit evoked) o�er help to the
dabbler, but will most likely refuse to listen to the dabbler and bind him/her into a
“pact”, but even this is rare. Even this is more likely to happen to a sorcerer than a
dabbler. In most cases, nothing will happen.
The energies of the dabbler will not be su�cient to make contact with a “positive”
spirit either.
The sorcerer is someone who may not be an adept magician, but has worked
su�ciently to enhance their spiritual faculties through meditation, mantra sadhana
and some puri�cation of elements and gunas etc. The sorcerer *can* work with spirits,
provided they adopt the right mindset. The higher spirits may or may not work with
the sorcerer, depending on the circumstances.
The lower spirits will likely assist the sorcerer no matter what the wish, but If they
attempt to use the lower spirits for a power trip, it will most likely be answered, but the
long term consequences will be dire. Like already discussed in the dark magick article,
these spirits have no concept of what is “right” or “wrong” and are essentially like
children.
But if the sorcerer is someone who continually strives to grow spiritually and dedicates
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his/her life for this sole purpose, and uses the lower spirits for protection and
assistance, then the result will be a perfect match — the sorcerer grows, and the lower
spirits get a chance to elevate themselves with the sorcerer, to the higher planes.
Again, the tales of incubi, succubi and the like draining the life force out of humans is
only true for dabblers and sorcerers who use them for physical pleasure and
materialistic gains.
The magician is the highest adept; they are ones who have gone through su�cient
training and preparation, and traversed the spheres. This type seems to be one that has
already achieved the state of enlightenment, nirvana or satori. They are usually able to
command and control almost any type of spirit including deities, because they become
the will of the Ainsof, or the original universal soul itself. The highest arcane abilities
are reserved for the magician.
It may take one several lifetimes to achieve to the state of the magician, however and I
by no means claim to be one.
If you are truly serious about developing faculties for contacting spirits, then I highly
recommend you start developing yourself in various ways. The following are two paths,
one the path of the sorcerer and the other, that of the magician.
• The path of the magician may take you several years or lifetimes to develop
faculties, but it is what seems to develop you fully, not only in terms of
learning how to contact spirits, but also in terms of all magickal faculties.
• The path of the sorcerer will take you relatively less time, but you will have
to remember the earlier warnings on how to use your occult faculties and
eventually be working on your way towards the path of the magician anyhow.
Books are recommended below, but please note that the de�nitions and line of
di�erence is not strict based on the knowledge given below. Don't take it as dogma,
experiment and see what works for you!
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Grimoires
Grimoires are essentially book of spells. They contain “seals” and symbols of
particular beings which when used and channeled through the appropriate “mantra”
or chanting, whilst undergoing certain procedures and o�erings, can “summon” the
apropos spirit(s).
However this is only partly true. There seems to be a huge misunderstanding about
how to use and what they actually are. Countless dabblers have tried to use Grimoires
alone in an attempt to learn how to communicate with spirits, with little to no results,
and many sorcerers with adequate mana power have used Grimoires with dire
consequences.
The Grimoires of the old are essentially magickal diaries of those magicians who have
had contact with the various spheres all by themselves.
The various spirits have to be contacted directly, and it is an entirely subjective ordeal.
A sorcerer with adequate power may summon a phantasm that mimics the spirit of the
Grimoire while having no way to determine whether or not they are the actual spirits or
a phantasm etc. In some cases, a “lower” spirit may actually present itself and o�er
their services, provided they gain something in return — either an opportunity to bind
the sorcerer into a pact and then drag them into their own planes of existence, or an
opportunity to grow with the sorcerer and rise into the higher planes (which is more
ideal).
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For the sorcerer, it is highly recommended to start working with Servitors, Tulpas (as
described in chaos magick books) and perhaps even elemental spirits (as described in
Franz Bardon's �rst work).
Working with lower order spirits such as Succubi, Incubi and the like is also possible
for the sorcerer, provided you have a mentor deity assisting you and your mental
framework and life purpose is solely directed towards mysticism and not materialism.
But even then, be careful about “spiritual ego”, because even such a thing can render
the lower spirits to drag you down. Also, be careful about when you have any sexual
relationship with any spirit — be it elemental, succubi etc. First, you may not be able to
have a sexual relationship with another human and second, NEVER have a relationship
with the spirits grounded on a sexual/lover only nature. It is best to have a parent-child
relationship with the spirit.
As described in the article on dark magick, please use the following table for a HONEST
self assessment. The higher the stars, the more likely you will be able to successfully
work with lower order spirits (scroll right and left if on mobile):
Sensitive
Thick-Skinned
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Summoning and/or using human spirits or pretas is HIGHLY NOT RECOMMENDED for
both the dabbler AND the sorcerer and goes into the realm of Necromancy.
Only humans from the lower girdles of the astral plane can even be summoned.
Summoning higher human spirits is said to be impossible, unless the magician is of a
higher development themselves. If you are already someone of that caliber, you will
likely have ascended beyond most materialistic ambitions. Moreover, reading this
article would be pointless.
In such a case, even a sorcerer's skill may come in handy, provided the intention is
good. Various other methods like electronic gadgets are used to detect a spirit
presence, but in this article, we will not be discussing them.
Unfortunately, the media has been projecting spirit presence as necessarily evil and
“horror”. This is the wrong attitude to have, for the sorcerer.
Once again, one must remember that the objective and subjective is one inside another,
like a fractal, and that everything is part of the “whole”.
The right attitude to have then, is that of a helping hand for the spirits, especially when
it comes to human spirits, servitors and the like because in essence, you are helping
yourself.
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If one comes across lower spirits (such as familiars, incubus and succubi) as a sorcerer,
the best way to deal with them would be as a teacher.
If a more demonic presence is detected, one may need the help of a deity or that of an
angelic spirit to help liaise with the spirit (unless you are a magus of the higher order),
but understand that it is all part of the cosmic play.
Conclusion
It is my hope that this article has given some sort of direction to the genuine seeker as
to how to communicate with spirits, from an occult/mystic point of view. We have
stripped o� many details of course, but it is in the attempt to encapsulate the absolute
essentials in a way that everyone can understand for further exploration and
experimentation with spirits.
And if you are someone who does not believe in the existence of the supernatural or if
you are merely curious, it is my hope that this article as given you a TLDR version of
the lore/idea behind what spirits are from an occultist's point of view.
All comments are more than welcome, and I would highly appreciate it if you share
your own ideas down below!
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Vishnu M
Amorphous being
hi,
what about the soul or spirit of a living person? Would I be able to
summon and communicate with them?
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Hello there!
I hope you read this message thoroughly, for there are many things
a dabbler such as me needs help with to reach better understanding
on what all can i kearn from my experiences and how far have I
gone.
I sat up and in this dankest darkness I’ve ever seen I heard strong
growling, like that of a wolf-dog and I thought it was our dog.
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I said for the voice “Shut up” but the voice came closer and
stronger.
With few weeks of practice I learned to face this beast and after two
months of training I succeeded in pushing it away by force after one
priest made quite half-assed prayer �lled with doubt of my
experience.
There is even more to my story, so I’d like to discuss with you if it’s
okay for you.
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