Working with Cimeies: grammar, logic, rhetoric, and finding what is lost

Who Cimeies is, in the tradition

Cimeies, also given as Cimejes in the Grimoire Companion material, is a Marquis in the Goetia tradition, and his office is one of the clearest and most useful in the whole list. He teaches grammar, logic, and rhetoric. He discovers lost and hidden things. And he makes men valiant. Those three parts belong together, and they describe a single kind of practitioner: someone who needs to think clearly, speak clearly, find what has been lost or hidden, and then act on what has been found, without flinching.

Grammar, logic, and rhetoric are the old trivium, the three arts of language and thought. Grammar is the art of speaking and writing correctly, in the language itself. Logic is the art of thinking correctly, of following an argument to its conclusion without being led astray. Rhetoric is the art of speaking persuasively, of putting a true argument in a form that can actually be heard. A spirit who teaches all three is a spirit for students, teachers, writers, speakers, and anyone whose work depends on words being clear, true, and effective.

That is the first question to sit with before a Cimeies working. Is your work a work of words? Are you studying, writing, teaching, arguing a case, or trying to say something that has not yet been said clearly? If so, Cimeies' office fits, in a direct way. If your work is something else entirely, it is worth saying so plainly, and choosing a different focus, rather than stretching a clear office to cover everything.

Finding what is lost, and what is hidden

The second part of Cimeies' office, discovering lost and hidden things, is the part that most practitioners come to first, because it is the most immediately practical. Something is lost: a book, a paper, a tool, a piece of information, a memory, a thread of an argument that you had and then lost in the middle of writing it. Something is hidden: a fact that is being withheld, a motive that is not being stated, a detail in a text that you have read three times and still not seen.

Those are not the same kind of loss, and the working for each is slightly different, even when the same seal is used. A lost object needs to be found in the ordinary world, by searching, by retracing your steps, and by asking who last saw it. A hidden thing needs to be uncovered by reading more carefully, by asking a better question, or by looking at the matter from a different angle. Cimeies' work, as given, covers both, but it does not replace the searching or the reading. It focuses them. A petition for a lost thing, followed by no searching at all, is not a working. It is a wish.

Be specific about what is lost or hidden, in one clear sentence, before you begin. Name the object, the paper, the fact, or the thread, as exactly as you can. Vague work tends to produce vague results, and vague results are hard to read afterwards. Write the sentence down, leave it overnight if you can, and come back to see if it still reads true. That pause is part of the work, not a delay in it, and for a spirit of logic, it is a particularly fitting pause: logic begins with a clear statement of the question.

Valiant, in the old sense

The third part, making men valiant, is the part that turns learning into action. Valiant, in this old sense, does not mean reckless, and it does not mean loud. It means steady in the face of difficulty, willing to stand by a conclusion once it has been reached by clear thinking, and willing to speak it, even when speaking it is uncomfortable. A student who has learned grammar and logic, and who has found the hidden thing, still needs valour to act on it: to hand in the work, to make the argument, to tell the truth that the argument has uncovered.

That is where Cimeies' three parts join into one working. Grammar gives you the words. Logic gives you the argument. Rhetoric gives you the form in which the argument can be heard. Discovery gives you the fact you did not have before. Valour gives you the steadiness to use all of it. A working that asks for only one part, and ignores the others, will feel incomplete, because the office itself is complete in this way. If you are asking Cimeies for help with a speech, ask also, in your own words, for the steadiness to deliver it. If you are asking for a lost thing to be found, ask also for the steadiness to deal with what is found, once it is in your hands.

That steadiness is also worth watching in yourself afterwards. Notice, in your record, whether you spoke more clearly, whether you held a difficult argument more steadily, and whether you acted on what you found, rather than simply finding it and then setting it aside. Those are the signs, in plain language, by which a Cimeies working can be read over weeks, rather than judged by a feeling on the night itself.

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 weight matters for a Cimeies working, because the seal is meant to be held, carried, and worked with, not looked at as a picture. A seal that is a solid object can be held while you study, placed under a candle during a working, anointed with oil, and worn as a pendant while you go about the work it was made for.

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

Working with the seal, day by day

A pendant seal is made to be carried, and carrying it is part of the work, not an afterthought. Hold the seal while you study, or while you work through an argument, and let the holding itself be a reminder to be clear. Place it under a candle during a working, and let the candle mark the time of the working. Put oil on it, deliberately, naming the purpose in your own words, if your practice calls for anointing. Wear it as a pendant when you go to teach, to speak, or to present your work, and put it away properly when you are not working, rather than leaving it in a pocket with keys and loose change.

Showing the seal to a desired person is also part of the general seal-working guidance for this site, and for Cimeies work it has a plain reading: show your work to the person who needs to hear it, clearly and in good order, rather than keeping a clear argument private out of fear that it will not be received well. A rhetoric working that never reaches an audience has not been completed. The seal, shown or worn while you speak, is a support for that speaking, not a substitute for it. The words still have to be said, in good grammar, in good logic, and in a form that can be heard.

Prepare the room and yourself in the same way you would for any Goetia working: clear the space, set it aside for this purpose, bathe or wash, change into clothes you do not wear for ordinary errands, and know what you are going to say, in your own words, before you begin. A clear head is a working tool, just as much as a seal, oil, or incense is, and for a spirit of grammar and logic, a clear head is the first tool of all.

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, as above, and state the question, or name the lost or hidden thing, in one clear sentence. Second, set out the seal, and any book, notes, or paper you will use. Third, hold, 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, study, write, or search, in the ordinary world, with the attention the working has focused. Sixth, sit quietly for a time and listen, rather than filling every moment with more words. Seventh, 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. Note what was found, what became clearer, and what you did with it afterwards. That record is what lets you tell, weeks later, whether anything changed, and whether that change had anything to do with the work. If nothing changes, that is also information. It may mean the question was unclear, the searching was not done, the work was not appropriate, or simply that the situation needs a different approach.

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. Repetition without reflection is not persistence. It is noise. For a spirit of logic, that point matters twice over: repeating an argument without examining it does not make it true, and repeating a working without examining it does not make it effective.

Cimeies cast seal pendant, 1 inch

If you are working with Cimeies, for grammar, logic, and rhetoric, or for discovering what is lost and hidden, this is the seal made for that work.

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 Cimeies, as a pendant, 1 inch, made for traditional Goetia work with Cimeies, to be held, carried, and worn, and worked with, not left as a picture. I make no promise about what it will do for you, only that it is cast by hand, for this work. That wording is about the magical work itself, not about delivery dates for physical items.

If you want a Cimeies seal made in this way, this is the one I offer: Cimeies cast Daemon Demon seal pendant, 1 inch, $108 CAD. View the product

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