Working with Furfur: Love, Storm, and Secret Things

Who Furfur is in the Goetia

Furfur is a great Earl in the Goetia, and the Grimoire Companion gives his offices in a line that joins three matters most practitioners would not expect to find together: he kindles love, commands thunder and lightning, and answers of secret and divine things. That combination is worth sitting with, because it tells you something about the character of the work. Furfur is not a spirit of one quiet office. He is a spirit of heat, of weather, and of hidden knowledge, and a working with him should be approached with that breadth in mind.

Kindling love, in Furfur's case, sits alongside storm and secrecy, and that changes how it reads. Love kindled by storm is not a gentle, gradual warming. It is sudden, intense, and hard to ignore. A practitioner asking for love through Furfur should be specific about what kind of love, and about whether suddenness is actually what the situation needs. Being specific about what you want is practical advice here, not a lecture, because a sudden result in a delicate matter can be harder to live with than a slow one, and a working should be chosen for the situation as it is, not for drama.

Thunder and lightning are, in the old language, the powers of the sky made visible and audible. In a working context, they point to sudden change, to a breaking of a long stillness, and to a force that does not ask permission. If the situation you bring to Furfur is one of long stagnation, where nothing has moved for months, that imagery may fit. If the situation is fragile, and needs gentle handling, it may not. Choose the spirit for the matter, not the matter for the spirit.

Answering of secret and divine things is divination of a particular kind: not fortune-telling for entertainment, but answers about matters that are hidden, whether by circumstance, by other people, or by your own unwillingness to look. A true answer in such a matter is not always welcome, and it is not always the answer you hoped for. Part of working with a spirit of secret things is being willing to hear something you did not expect, and to sit with it before you act.

Why a cast seal ring

A seal ring is a different tool from a pendant, and the difference is practical. A pendant hangs, and is seen, and moves as you move. A ring sits on the hand, and the hand is the part of the body that touches, that gestures, and that does the work of a rite. Anointing a ring, or wearing a ring while you anoint a candle or a tool, keeps the seal at the point of contact, through the whole working.

A cast seal, as opposed to a printed or engraved flat image, has weight and depth. These seals 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 are found around the internet. That difference is not snobbery. A cast seal feels different in the hand, wears differently over years, and carries the design in relief, so that it can be felt as well as seen.

A ring made in this way is meant to be worn, not kept in a box. Wear it consistently for the working it was made for, and put it away properly between workings, in its proper place, rather than leaving it among ordinary jewellery. The association is built by consistent use, and casual use builds a different association.

Preparation is most of the work

Start with the room. Clear the space you will use, not just physically, but in the sense of setting 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. 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 or oil is.

Next, prepare the words you will use. Do not improvise a whole petition on the spot if you can avoid it. Know what you are going to say, in your own words, and know 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 the matter is love, name the love. If it is a secret thing, name the question, in one sentence, not five tangled together.

Working with the seal ring

A seal can be held in the hand during a working, placed under a candle, anointed with oil, carried with you, worn as a pendant, or shown to the person you have in mind, according to the working and your own system. A ring adapts those uses to the hand. Wearing the ring during the working keeps the seal present without needing to hold it separately. Holding the ringed hand over a candle, or touching a tool with the ringed hand, brings the seal into contact with the working directly.

If you anoint the ring, do it deliberately, with the purpose named, and let the oil stay on the ring while you work. Use an oil suited to the spirit or to the purpose, as your system directs. Furfur oil and Furfur incense are both offered for this work, and they are made in the same hand-made way as the other Goetia oils and incenses here. If you place the ring under a candle, keep it in place for the whole burning, or for the part of the working your system directs, and put it back on, or away properly, afterwards.

If you wear the ring daily for a working, wear it in the same place, in the same way, so that putting it on becomes a small, daily act of intention. Notice, over days and weeks, how it feels to wear it, and whether anything changes in how you carry yourself. A ring that changes how you hold yourself, how you speak, or how you meet a situation is doing real work, even if that work is quieter than you expected.

Oil and incense for Furfur work

Oil and incense do different jobs in the room. The oil marks and anoints. The incense fills the space and sets the atmosphere for the working itself. For a full working with Furfur, rather than a single wearing of the ring, use both, as your system directs.

The Furfur oil is hand made from only pure essential oils, roots, and herbs, with no extraneous ingredients or fillers, and no synthetics, in 1/2 oz bottles, unless otherwise stated. The Furfur incense is hand made in small batches when you order, and is of a quality that I use myself for magical work, for spirit work, for work for clients, and for my own spellwork. Both are blessed by me before they are sent out, and I make no promise about what either will do for you, in terms of magical result. That is about the work itself, not about delivery dates for physical items.

If you are only preparing the ring for later use, you can still fumigate it in the incense at the time you prepare it, and anoint it then as well. That preparation, done deliberately, is part of the working, not a preliminary to be rushed through.

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. Do not treat a general article as a substitute for proper teaching in the system.

First, prepare the room and yourself, as above. Second, set out the ring, and the oil and incense if you are using them. Third, anoint the ring, deliberately, naming the purpose in your own words, or put the ring on with that purpose in mind. Fourth, light the incense and let the space settle. Fifth, speak your petition, clearly and once, rather than repeating it until it loses its shape. 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 tools away in their 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. With secret things especially, the record matters, because memory reshapes answers to fit what we wanted to hear.

When this is not the right work

Sometimes the right answer is not a spirit working at all. If the situation is a legal matter, a safety matter, or a medical matter, deal with that matter in the ordinary world first, or at the same time. Ritual work is not a substitute for a lawyer, a doctor, or for leaving a dangerous situation. If you are unsure whether a working is appropriate, wait, ask a teacher you trust, or choose a simpler practice first and see how that sits.

It is also worth asking, honestly, whether suddenness is what you need. Furfur's storm imagery points to sudden change, and sudden change in a love matter, or in a matter of hidden knowledge, can be unsettling. If the situation needs slow, steady work, a different spirit, or a different approach, may serve it better. Choosing the right spirit for the matter is part of the discipline, and it is a discipline that rewards honesty over enthusiasm.

Do not do this work when you are angry in the moment, if you can avoid it. Anger passes, and a working done in the heat of it often reads, afterwards, as something you wish you had phrased differently. Wait until you can state the matter calmly, even if the matter itself is serious.

Keeping a record, and knowing when to stop

Keep a short record for each working: date, purpose in one sentence, ring 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. 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 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.

Furfur Goetia cast seal ring

If you are doing traditional Goetia work with Furfur, the ring is for wearing and working with, not for display alone.

These are lost wax cast seals, in pure metal cast from a wax version, made for traditional Goetia work with Furfur. I make no promise about the magical result of wearing or working with the ring, only that it is cast for this work, and not a printed imitation.

Furfur Goetia cast seal ring, $216 CAD. View the product

For the same work, I also offer Furfur Goetia incense, $44 CAD, and Furfur Goetia grimoire demon evocation oil, $44 CAD.

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