Focalor Goetia bath
Focalor, in the old books
Focalor, also spelled Forcalor, is the forty-first spirit listed in the Ars Goetia, a Mighty Duke, over 30 legions. The old books say he appeareth in the form of a man with gryphon's wings. His office is to slay men, and to drown them in the waters, and to overthrow ships of war, for he hath power over both winds and seas. He hopeth to return to the seventh throne. The text also saith that he will not hurt any man or thing if he be commanded to the contrary by the Exorcist. Those passages are reported here as text claims, not as modern instructions, and this article does not turn them into a how-to.
That starkness is part of why Focalor work needs care in its framing. A spirit of wind and sea, in the old text, is a spirit of forces that do not negotiate: water that carries, wind that drives, and ships that are overthrown. A bath working with Focalor sits, in that sense, in the same element as the text itself. Water is not a background for this work. It is the medium.
A bath is not a wash
A magick bath, as described on this site, is not an ordinary wash with scent added. It is a working done in water, over a set time, with a set preparation. No herb, root, or oil is named here, because none is named there, and inventing a recipe would turn a general article into a false specific one.
To use any of these baths, you simply add them to a pot of water, approximately one litre or so. If you do pour everything in, including the bits of herbs, just use either a strainer to get the chunks out after your bath, or one of those fish tank nets, or a bird catching net. It is best to take each bath each day for three days in a row. That three-day rhythm is part of the working, not a suggestion to fit in when convenient. A bath taken once, in a hurry, is not the same working as a bath taken on three consecutive days, with the same preparation each time.
Starting with the work, not with the tool
Spirit work is not shopping, and a bath does not do the work for you. Before you begin, be clear about why you are doing a Focalor bath, what you are asking for, and what you are prepared to do yourself. Focalor work, on the text's terms, is wind and sea work, and it is not a vague, general-purpose working. 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. That pause is part of the work, not a delay in it.
Ask yourself, plainly, whether this is the right working at all, whether the timing is right, and whether there is ordinary-world work that should be done first, or at the same time. Ritual work is not a substitute for dealing with a legal matter, a safety matter, or a medical matter in the ordinary world. If any of those apply, deal with them first. A bath is a preparation and a working in itself, but it does not replace a decision, a conversation, or care that belongs in the ordinary world.
Preparing for three days, not one
Preparation for a three-day bath working is different from preparation for a single night's working, because the preparation has to hold for three days. Clear the space you will use, and keep it clear across the three days if you can. Set out what you will need before the first bath: the bath itself, a pot for the litre of water, a strainer or net for the herb pieces, and a clean place to keep the bath materials between days. Fumbling for a strainer after the bath is already poured breaks the attention the working is meant to hold.
Prepare yourself in the same way each day, so that the three days form one working rather than three separate washes. Bathe in the ordinary sense first if you need to, then take the magick bath as its own step, with the same care each day. Eat simply beforehand if you can, and avoid starting when you are exhausted, drunk, or already agitated. A clear head is a working tool, just as much as water, roots, and herbs are. Keep the same time of day if you can, so that the rhythm itself becomes part of the preparation.
Water, and how to work with it carefully
Water in a bath working is both the medium and a practical matter, and both sides deserve attention. Do not pour herb pieces down a drain that will clog, and do not leave a bath standing afterwards in a way that becomes a slip or a mess. Those are practical points, but they are also ritual points: a working that ends in a clogged drain, or a bathroom that has to be cleaned in a hurry, has not been prepared properly.
If you have sensitivities to herbs or essential oils, test carefully, or choose a different form of working. If the bath irritates your skin, or makes you feel unwell, that is information, not a test of dedication. Stop, rinse with plain water, and reconsider how, and how much, you use. A bath is made for ritual use, from roots, herbs, and sometimes essential oils, and it should be treated as a ritual bath, not as a food, a medicine, or a skin treatment. If you have a medical condition that affects bathing, deal with that in the ordinary world first.
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, and to the instructions you already follow for Goetia work. First, prepare the room and yourself, as above, and be clear about the matter in one sentence. Second, prepare the pot of water, about a litre, and add the bath as directed. Third, take the bath deliberately, naming the purpose in your own words if that is part of your practice, rather than rushing through it as an ordinary wash. Fourth, strain out the herb pieces afterwards, and clean up properly. Fifth, sit quietly for a time after the bath, rather than filling every moment with more words. Sixth, repeat on the second and third days, with the same preparation, and close the working properly on the third day, in whatever way your practice requires.
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 the bath itself in that record: how the water was prepared, how the three days felt compared with each other, and what you noticed over days and weeks afterwards, not just on the nights themselves. That record is what lets you tell, weeks later, whether anything changed, and whether that change had anything to do with the work.
What not to do
Do not treat a three-day bath as a single bath stretched out, and do not skip a day and call it the same working. If a day is missed, that is information, and the honest response is to decide, calmly, whether to begin the three days again, or to choose a different approach, rather than pretending the missed day did not happen. Do not use the bath internally, and do not use it on broken skin. It is made for bathing and ritual use, and it should be treated as such.
Do not use a Focalor bath as a substitute for the rest of the working, or for ordinary-world action. Taking a bath and then doing nothing else, with no petition, no attention, and no closing, is not spirit work. It is just a bath that smells of herbs. The bath supports the work, it does not replace it, and it does not replace a decision or a conversation that belongs in the ordinary world.
Keeping a record, and knowing when to stop
Keep a short record for each three-day working: dates, purpose in one sentence, bath used, what you did each day, and what you noticed afterwards, over days and weeks, not just on the nights themselves. If nothing changes, that is also information. It may mean the petition was unclear, the timing was wrong, the work was not appropriate, or simply that the situation needs a different approach.
Do not repeat the same three-day 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. Repetition without reflection is not persistence. It is noise.
Focalor bath
A bath is not a wash. It is a working done in water, over three days.
I offer this bath for work with Focalor, made from pure roots, herbs, and sometimes essential oils, with no synthetics used. It is best taken each day for three days in a row, prepared in a pot of water of about a litre, with the herb pieces strained out afterwards. I make no promise about what it will do for you, only that it is made for this work. That wording is about the magical result itself, not about delivery dates for physical items.
If you want the bath for that work, this is the one I offer: Focalor Goetia bath, $44 CAD. View the product
For the same work, I also make Focalor oil, $44 CAD, and Focalor incense, $44 CAD. View the product
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