Working with Baalberith: a cast seal for dignities, true answers, and steady work
A seal is not a picture of a seal
A seal for Baalberith 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 Baalberith, 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.
Baalberith, and what working with him is for
Baalberith is sold as the traditional alias of Berith, and the Grimoire Companion entry for Berith gives the shape of this work plainly: Berith is a Duke with twenty-six legions, who turns base metals to gold, gives true answers of past, present, and future, and grants dignities. Those three strands belong together, and they are worth separating before you begin, because they point to three different kinds of petition.
Dignities, in this tradition, are not a vague wish to be liked. A dignity is a standing, an office, a place that is recognised by others: a post held, a rank kept, a reputation that carries weight when you speak. If that is what you are working for, name the standing itself, and name what you will do with it once it is yours. A working that only asks to be important, without saying important for what, has not yet been thought through.
True answers of past, present, and future are a second strand, and they call for a different kind of honesty. A true answer is not always a welcome answer. If you ask about a matter you have already decided, and you only want confirmation, you are not really asking. Prepare yourself to hear something that changes your plan, and decide in advance what you will do with an answer you did not expect. That preparation is part of the work, not an extra to it.
The turning of base metals to gold belongs in the same entry, and it is best read in this article as the traditional language of transformation: base material made precious by work, rather than a promise of wealth appearing from nowhere. Transformation of that kind is slow, it is done by hand, and it is measured in what changes in your own conduct and craft, not in a sudden reversal of fortune. No result of any of these kinds is promised here.
How a lost-wax cast seal is made
The seals offered here 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.
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, it has a surface that shows the hand work, and it does not have the layered texture of a printed object.
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.
Working with the seal
A pendant seal is made to be carried, and carrying it is part of the work, not an afterthought. Hold it in your hand before a working, put it under a candle during the working if your practice calls for that, put oil on it deliberately, carry it with you afterwards, or wear it as a pendant. Each of those uses is a different way of keeping the seal in the work, and each suits a different kind of day: a candle working suits a set evening at the altar, while carrying the seal suits a day when the matter itself will be in front of you.
Showing the seal to the desired person is another traditional use Athena names for seal work in general, and it belongs here with a plain caution about clarity: show it, or carry it, for the purpose you have actually named, not for a vague hope you have not put into words. For dignities especially, the seal is carried into rooms where standing is judged, and that is why its weight and finish matter: it should look and feel like a tool made for that purpose, not like a trinket.
Anointing a seal is a way of marking it for a purpose. In practice, that is often done with a matching oil, applied deliberately, naming the purpose in your own words. Fumigating a seal is the companion practice: passing it through incense smoke, to start a working, and for fumigating the tools and talismans that will be used in it.
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. If the matter is a dignity, carry the seal on the day the standing will be tested, and put it away afterwards with a note of what happened. If the matter is a question, use the seal in the working where the question is asked, and write the answer down in full before you interpret it.
Keeping a record
Keep a short record for each working: date, purpose in one sentence, seal and any oil or incense used, what you did, and what you noticed afterwards, over days and weeks, not just on the night itself. If nothing changes, that is also information. Do not repeat the same working endlessly in the hope that repetition alone will force a result. 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. Keep the pendant in a clean, dry place when you are not wearing it, away from other metal objects that could scratch it, and clean it gently with a soft cloth.
Baalberith cast Daemon Demon seal pendant 2 inches
A seal for Baalberith should be a seal, not a picture of one. 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 Baalberith, as a pendant, 2 inches, made for traditional Goetia work with Baalberith, to be carried and worked with. I make no promise about what it will do for you, only that it is cast by hand, for this work.
Baalberith cast Daemon Demon seal pendant 2 inches, $216.00 CAD. View the product
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