The seal of Falkaroth from Black Venus: copper, the Tuba Veneris, and a seal made to be worn

What this seal is

Here is the seal of Falkaroth from the Tuba Veneris, or otherwise known as the little book of Black Venus, which was owned, or perhaps written by Dr. John Dee. The book is associated with Dee, and the association itself is part of why the seal carries weight for those who work with it.

The Tuba Veneris, the Trumpet of Venus, is a little book: short, focused, and concerned with Venusian work. A little book is a different kind of grimoire from a great encyclopaedia of spirits. It does not try to cover everything. It covers one current, one set of seals, and one way of working, and it covers them in the detail that a short book allows. A seal from such a book is therefore not a general-purpose tool. It belongs to that book, to its current, and to the practice that surrounds it.

Falkaroth is presented here as a seal from that book, offered as a talisman pendant seal. The title itself carries three words for what this object is: talisman, pendant, and seal. Each word describes a different aspect of it. As a seal, it bears the figure of Falkaroth. As a talisman, it is made to be worked with for a purpose. As a pendant, it is made to be worn. This article keeps all three in view, because a seal that is only looked at, and never worn or worked with, is only one third of what it is.

Cast in copper, as the little book states

These seals are cast in copper, of course, as stated is essential in the little book itself. It is essential, as stated in the book. A Falkaroth seal in another metal would not be the same seal, by the book's own standard, however fine its casting.

Copper, as a metal, has its own character in the hand. It warms quickly, it darkens with handling, and it takes a polish that does not last, which means a copper seal shows its use. A seal worn daily will not stay bright. It will carry the marks of skin, air, and handling, and that patina becomes part of the seal's history. For a working seal, that is a virtue, not a fault. The seal records, in its surface, that it has been carried and used.

Copper is also a Venusian metal, in the traditional correspondences that a book called Black Venus would draw on, and that is presumably why the book states it as essential. The rest of the working should be learned from the book itself, and from teaching in its current, rather than from a general article.

Working from a little book

A seal from a little book asks for a different kind of study from a seal from a large grimoire. With a large grimoire, the temptation is to collect: many spirits, many seals, each tried briefly. With a little book, the invitation is to go deep: one book, one set of seals, read and re-read, worked with over time, until the book's way of working becomes familiar.

If you work with this seal, read the Tuba Veneris itself, in whatever edition you can obtain, and study it before you begin working in earnest. Note what it says about preparation, about timing, about the making of seals, and about the manner of working. A general article can describe the seal and its making. It cannot replace the book, and it should not be used to invent a rite for a book you have not read.

It is also worth studying the Dee association with care. Dr. John Dee is a figure who attracts both serious study and loose legend, and the two are easy to confuse. Work with the book as a book, and with Dee as a historical figure, rather than with a legend of Dee that has grown up around the book. The seal will be better served by careful study than by dramatic stories about its origin.

Being specific about your purpose

Before you work with any seal, be specific about what you want. That advice is general, but it applies with particular force to a seal from a Venusian book, because Venusian work covers a wide field: love, affection, beauty, harmony, attraction, and the arts, among others. A vague Venusian wish, carried on a seal, will be hard to read afterwards, and hard to learn from.

Write down, in one clear sentence, what you are asking for, and who, if anyone in particular, is involved. Leave it overnight and read it again. Does it still say what you mean? Often the first version turns out to be about something else: a wish for approval, a wish to be noticed, a wish that a situation would resolve itself. Those are real wishes, but they are not all the same working, and they should not all be carried on the same seal without distinction.

Being specific about what you want is not a restriction on the working. It is what makes the working readable afterwards. If you ask specifically, for warmth in a particular relationship, or for steadiness in a creative practice, then you have something to observe, over weeks, and something to record honestly. If you ask vaguely, you will be left interpreting every small kindness as a result, and that interpretation will not hold up on re-reading.

Working with the seal: holding, candle, oil, carrying, wearing

There are several ways to work with a seal, and they are best learned as a small set of practices you can combine. Hold the seal in your hands while you state your purpose, in your own words, clearly and once, rather than repeating it until it loses its shape. Holding it is how you bring your attention to the seal itself, and to the figure it bears, before anything else happens.

Put the seal under a candle for a working, so that the candle burns over or beside it while you work. The candle marks the time as set apart, and the seal sits within that marked time. You can also put oil on the seal, anointing it deliberately, as you would anoint a tool or a candle, naming the purpose as you do so. Oil stays on the copper while you work, and reminds you, through the working, of what you set out to do.

Carry the seal with you, or wear it as a pendant, since this seal is offered as a talisman pendant seal, and wearing is part of its form. A seal worn around the neck, or carried in a pocket or pouch, keeps the working close through ordinary life, not only in a working room. If your practice, or the book, calls for showing the seal to a desired person, do that deliberately, with the purpose in mind, rather than as a casual gesture. A working done in a way you would be uncomfortable explaining afterwards is a working whose purpose you have not yet been honest about.

Preparing the room and yourself

Preparation is most of the work, and a seal working is no exception. Clear the space you will use, and set it aside for this purpose. Put away the things that pull your attention elsewhere. If you have a regular working space, use it. If you do not, choose one place and use it consistently for this working, so the place itself starts to carry the association.

Then prepare yourself. Bathe, or at least wash your hands and face, and change into clothes you do not wear for ordinary errands. This is not about looking a certain way for anyone else. It is about marking, for yourself, that this time is set apart. Eat simply beforehand if you can, and avoid starting a working when you are exhausted, drunk, or already agitated. A clear head is a working tool, just as much as a seal is.

Know what you are going to say, and what you are not going to say. A petition that tries to cover every possible outcome usually covers none of them well. Keep it direct, keep it honest, and keep it to the matter at hand. If you work in a system with its own forms for the Tuba Veneris, use the forms you have been taught. A general article like this one is not a substitute for proper teaching in that system.

Keeping the seal, and keeping a record

Keep the seal in its proper place when you are not wearing it: a pouch, a box, or an altar space of its own, apart from everyday objects. A copper seal that lives among keys and loose change will be scratched and dulled, and will soon feel ordinary, whatever was done with it. Clean copper in a way suited to copper, gently, and handle the seal with the same attention you brought to its first working.

Keep a short record: the date, the purpose in one sentence, what you did with the seal, and what you noticed afterwards, over days and weeks, in plain language. Note what actually happened, not what you hoped would happen. If a relationship warms, write down what was said and done, not only that it felt better. If nothing changes, write that down too. A record that only keeps the successes is not a record.

If nothing changes, that is also information. It may mean the petition was unclear, the timing was wrong, the work was not appropriate, or the situation needs a different approach. 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.

A seal for steady work, not for display

Finally, it is worth saying what this seal is not. It is not a display piece, and it is not a curiosity to be shown around as evidence of an interest in the occult. A seal from a little book, cast in copper as the book requires, is a working object, and it is best kept as one: worn, carried, held, anointed, and used, rather than exhibited.

That steady, quiet use is also the best way to learn what the seal does for you. Dramatic claims about a seal are easy to make and hard to test. Steady use, with a clear purpose and an honest record, is slower, but it produces knowledge you can trust: knowledge of what changed, when, and in what way, set down in your own words, over time.

Approach Falkaroth, and the Tuba Veneris, in that spirit: with study, with a clear purpose, and with the patience to let a little book do its work over time, rather than demanding a single dramatic result from a single night.

Falkaroth from Black Venus, Tuba Veneris talisman pendant seals

If you want a seal of Falkaroth for this work, this is the one offered here: the seal of Falkaroth from the Tuba Veneris, the little book of Black Venus, cast in copper, as stated is essential in the little book itself, offered as a talisman pendant seal.

Falkaroth from Black Venus, Tuba Veneris talisman pendant seals, $108 CAD. View the product

I make no promise about what the seal will do for you. That wording is about the magical result of the work itself, not about delivery dates for physical items.

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