Working with Andromalius: stolen goods, wickedness, and underhand dealing

A seal is not a picture of a seal

A seal for Andromalius should be a seal, not a picture of one. That distinction sounds simple, and it is, but it changes how you work with the thing in your hands. A picture can be looked at. A seal can be carried, anointed, fumigated, placed on an altar, and worked with over time. It has weight, it has a surface you can touch, and it stays with you after the working is over, in a way a printed image does not.

That is why the form of a seal matters in traditional Goetia work, and why a seal that is made properly is different from a seal that is merely reproduced. The seal in this article is for traditional Goetia work with Andromalius, as a hand cast seal, in pendant form, 2 inches. It is made to be carried and worked with, not left in a drawer as decoration, and not filed away as a reference image.

Andromalius, and what working with this spirit is for

In the Grimoire Companion material, Andromalius is a Earl whose office is described in plain terms: he brings back the thief with the stolen goods, and discovers all wickedness and underhand dealing. That description is the place to start, because it tells you what kind of working this seal belongs to, and what kind it does not. A seal is not a general-purpose charm. It is a tool tied to a particular spirit and a particular kind of work, and it is most useful when the work you actually need to do matches the office it is made for.

That matching matters more than enthusiasm. Practitioners sometimes reach for a well-known name because it is familiar, or because a seal looks impressive, rather than because the office fits the matter in hand. Before you order, ask yourself plainly whether the matter you are working on is the matter this spirit governs. If it is, a seal gives you a steady focus for the working. If it is not, no quality of casting will make the wrong tool into the right one, and you will have spent your attention in the wrong place.

How a lost-wax cast seal is made

These are lost wax cast seals of the Daemon Demons of the various grimoires. They are pure metal which is actually cast, starting with a wax version, which is much higher quality than the 3D printed versions using metal powder and plastic that you find around the internet. In lost-wax casting, the seal is first worked in wax, then cast in metal from that wax form. The wax is lost in the process, which is where the name comes from, and the metal that remains is a solid, cast object, not a printed shell. You can feel that difference when you hold it: a cast seal has weight, and a surface that shows the hand work.

That process also explains why a cast seal is made to order, and why it takes time. A seal that is already listed takes about two to three weeks while seals that are not listed, but are under the other option, take eight weeks, because she still has not carved their waxes yet.

That is a practical detail worth knowing before you order, because it affects how the pendant hangs and how it will wear over time.

Preparing to work with a seal

Preparation is most of the work, and with a seal that preparation starts before the seal arrives. Be clear about why you are working with this spirit, what you are asking for, and what you are prepared to do yourself. If you cannot state the matter in one clear sentence, write it down, leave it overnight, and come back to see if it still reads true. Being specific about what you want is part of doing the work properly, and a vague petition tends to produce a vague record, whatever spirit is involved.

When the seal arrives, do not start by wearing it everywhere at once. Take time to look at it, to hold it, and to set it aside in a clean place that is used for your working tools. If your practice calls for cleansing or consecration of a new tool, follow the instructions you already follow in your system. A general article like this one is not a substitute for proper teaching in the system, and it should not be used to invent a consecration rite for a seal you have not been taught to consecrate.

Carrying, anointing, and fumigating

A pendant seal is made to be carried and worked with, and carrying it is part of the work, not an afterthought. Hold it in your hand when you are preparing a working, put it under a candle if your practice calls for that, put oil on it deliberately, naming the purpose in your own words, and carry it with you or wear it as a pendant when the working calls for the seal to travel with you. Showing it to the desired person, where a working calls for that, is another of the traditional ways a seal is used, specific to the purpose of the working rather than as a display.

Anointing a seal is a way of marking it for a purpose, and fumigating it — passing it through incense smoke — is the companion practice, used to start a working and for fumigating the tools and talismans that will be used in it. A seal that is never anointed or fumigated, and is only worn as jewellery, is not being worked with in the same way as a seal that is prepared for a working and then carried.

Andromalius also has a matching incense, at $44 CAD, for spirit work and spellwork with Andromalius. This article is about the seal, so it does not turn into a second article about incense, but it is worth knowing that companion exists, because a seal that is fumigated with its matching incense before a working, and then carried, is being worked with in a fuller way than a seal that is only worn.

A simple working order, to adapt to your own practice

The following is a general order, not a fixed script. Adapt it to the system you already work in. First, prepare the room and yourself. Second, set out the seal, and any oil, incense, or candle you will use. Third, anoint or fumigate the seal, if your practice calls for it, deliberately, naming the purpose in your own words. Fourth, speak your petition, clearly and once, rather than repeating it until it loses its shape. Fifth, sit quietly for a time and listen, rather than filling every moment with more words. Sixth, close the working properly, in whatever way your practice requires, and put the seal away in its proper place.

Afterwards, write down what you did, when you did it, and what you noticed. Not what you hoped would happen, but what actually happened, in plain language. That record is what lets you tell, weeks later, whether anything changed, and whether that change had anything to do with the work. Note the seal itself in that record: when you wore it, when you put it away, whether you anointed or fumigated it, and what you noticed on days when you carried it compared with days when you did not.

Care for a cast seal

Keep the seal in a clean, dry place when you are not wearing it, away from other metal objects that could scratch it. Clean it gently, with a soft cloth, and do not use harsh chemicals or abrasive cleaners on it, unless you know, for the specific metal involved, that such a cleaner is safe. Pure cast metal will show wear over time, especially if it is worn every day. That wear is normal for a working tool, and it is not, by itself, a sign that the seal has stopped working. It is a sign that it has been carried.

Do not use a seal as a substitute for the rest of the working. Carrying a seal and then doing nothing else, with no petition, no attention, and no closing, is not spirit work. The seal supports the work, it does not replace it. Do the work properly, once, observe, and then decide calmly whether a second working, a different approach, or no further working is the right next step.

Andromalius cast Daemon Demon seal pendant, 2 inches

I make these as lost wax cast seals, cast from a wax version in pure metal, one at a time, and I bless each one myself before it is sent out. This one is Andromalius, as a pendant, 2 inches, made for traditional Goetia work with Andromalius, to be carried and worked with, not left in a drawer as decoration. I make no promise about what it will do for you, only that it is cast by hand, for this work. This is the one I offer: Andromalius cast Daemon Demon seal pendant, 2 inches,

$216.00 CAD. View the product

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