A Goetia seal pendant, two inches, lost wax cast: choosing a daemon, wearing the work
Choosing a daemon, before choosing a pendant
This pendant begins, not with metal, but with a choice. A Goetia seal pendant is not a generic demon pendant. It is the seal of one named spirit, from the grimoires, and the spirit you choose decides what the pendant is for, what work it belongs to, and what you should be studying before you wear it.
Do not choose by appearance alone, and do not choose by a name that sounds impressive. Choose by the work you actually intend to do, and by the spirit whose domain, in the grimoire material you follow, fits that work. If you have been studying one spirit, working with that spirit's material, and reading that spirit's entry in the Grimoire Companion or in the grimoire itself, then that spirit's seal is a fitting choice. If you have not studied any spirit in particular, then study first, and order second.
The selection menu is, therefore, a test of preparation. A practitioner who can say, plainly, which spirit, and why, and what the work is, is ready for a seal pendant. A practitioner who cannot yet say that has more reading to do, and the pendant will still be there when the reading is done. That patience is part of the work, not a delay in it, and it will make the pendant, when you do order it, a tool for a real working rather than a piece of jewellery with a grimoire name attached.
Lost wax casting, and why pure metal matters
That distinction is not snobbery. It is about how a seal is made, and what it is made of, and both of those things matter for a working tool.
Lost wax casting begins with a wax original, carved and shaped by hand. A mould is made around that wax, the wax is melted out, and molten metal is poured into the space the wax occupied. The result is a solid piece of metal, in the form of the wax original, with the weight and the feel of metal throughout. It is not a printed shape, coated or filled, and it is not a plastic core with a metal skin. It is metal, through and through, and it will age, wear, and patinate as metal does.
That solidity matters when you wear a seal every day, and when you work with it. A pendant that is handled, anointed, laid on an altar, placed under a candle, and carried in a pocket or around the neck needs to stand up to handling, and pure cast metal does. It also matters for the feeling of the work itself. A seal that has weight in the hand, and that feels like the metal it claims to be, anchors attention in a way that a light, hollow imitation does not.
Two inches, and what that size is for
This pendant is two inches, and that size is a deliberate choice, not an accident. Two inches is large enough for a seal to be read clearly, for its lines and letters to be seen without a magnifier, and for it to hold its own on an altar or around the neck. It is also large enough to be handled as a tool: held in the hand during a working, laid flat on a table, or placed under a candle without disappearing under it.
A two inch pendant is, at the same time, a visible piece. Worn around the neck, it will be noticed, and a practitioner should decide, before ordering, whether that visibility suits the work and the life in which the work will be done. Some workings are private, and a large, visible seal may not suit them. Others are workings that the practitioner wants to carry openly, as a statement of the work itself. Both are legitimate, but they are different choices, and they should be made deliberately.
If you intend the pendant mainly for altar work, two inches suits that well, because the seal can be the focus of the working, laid out where it can be seen and worked with, rather than a small disc that gets lost among other tools. If you intend it mainly for wearing, try to picture it at two inches, in your daily life, and decide whether that size, and that weight, is something you will actually wear, day after day, or something that will end up in a drawer after a week.
Working with a seal pendant, in general terms
The general ways of working with a seal apply here, specific to the spirit whose seal you have chosen. You may hold the pendant in your hand while you work, so that the petition has a physical anchor. You may lay it on the altar as the focus of the working. You may put it under a candle, so that the light stands over the seal for the whole working. You may put oil on it, lightly, to dress it for the work, if oil belongs to your practice for that spirit.
You may carry the pendant with you, or wear it as a pendant, so that the work travels with you through the day, rather than staying behind on the altar. You may show it to the desired person, in workings where that is part of the practice for the spirit in question, though that is a specific use, for specific workings, and it should only be done where your practice actually calls for it, not as a general habit with every seal you own.
After a working, close properly, in whatever way your practice requires, and put the pendant away in its proper place, or resume wearing it, as your practice directs. Write down what you did, when you did it, which spirit's seal you used, what you asked, and what you noticed afterwards, over days and weeks. A seal pendant used without a record is a piece of jewellery. A seal pendant used with a record is a working tool, and the record is what turns wearing into practice.
Materials, time, and keeping the pendant
The materials mentioned in the source for this pendant are 14k gold, fine silver, copper, bronze, and brass, and the made to order time mentioned is 2 to 3 weeks. Those are the facts to work with when you order, and they are worth noting plainly, because a pendant ordered in a particular metal, for a particular spirit, is a different commitment from a pendant ordered in whatever happens to be cheapest. If your practice has a metal tradition for the spirit in question, follow it. If it does not, choose the metal you will actually wear and care for.
Keep the pendant in good order. Clean it as its metal requires, store it apart from ordinary jewellery when you are not wearing it, and inspect it before a working, so that you are not discovering a damaged bail, a worn loop, or a scratched seal in the middle of a rite. A two inch pendant, worn daily, will show wear, and that wear is the record of use, but neglect is different from wear, and it shows too.
Do not repeat the same working endlessly with the same seal, in the hope that repetition alone will force a result. Do the work properly, once, with a clear purpose, observe, and then decide calmly whether a second working, a different approach, or no further working is the right next step. The pendant will still be there, and the spirit's seal will still be the same seal, when you have decided, and the work will be better for the pause.
Wearing the seal, and living with it day to day
A pendant is worn, and wearing is a different discipline from altar work. An altar seal stays in one place, and you go to it. A pendant goes with you, through ordinary life, through work, through conversations, through days when you are not thinking about ritual at all, and that travelling changes what the seal means. Decide, deliberately, whether this pendant is for wearing every day, for wearing during workings only, or for altar work with occasional wearing, and then keep to that decision, so that wearing it remains a choice rather than a habit you no longer notice.
Living with a two inch pendant day to day also has practical consequences worth thinking about before you order. It has weight, it moves as you move, it can catch on clothing, and it will be seen by people who know nothing about Goetia work, and who may ask about it. Have a plain answer ready for such questions, if you want one, or a decision not to answer, made in advance, so that you are not improvising an explanation in the middle of an ordinary conversation. A practitioner who has thought about visibility, before ordering, will wear a large pendant with more ease than one who discovers its visibility afterwards.
Care for a worn pendant is also daily care, not occasional care. Check the bail and the chain or cord regularly, clean the metal as it requires, and inspect the seal itself, so that wear from daily use does not become damage from neglect. A pendant that is worn, worked with, and cared for, day after day, builds up an association that an altar-only seal does not, and that association is part of its value as a tool. A pendant that is worn carelessly, and never inspected, will lose that association, and will also, in time, lose its condition. The difference is not in the metal. It is in the attention.
A final word on choosing the spirit: if you are still unsure which daemon's seal to order, wait, and study, rather than ordering the seal of a spirit whose name merely appeals to you. Read the grimoire material, read the Grimoire Companion entry, and ask yourself which spirit's domain fits the work you actually intend to do, and which spirit you are prepared to study and work with over time. The pendant will still be there when you have decided, and the decision, made slowly, will be a better foundation for the work than a hurried choice made for the sake of ordering quickly.
The Goetia seal pendant, two inches, offered here
I offer this Goetia Demon cast seal, two inches, as a lost wax cast seal pendant. Choose which particular Daemon you would like to order the seal of, using the selection menu. These are pure metal, actually cast, starting with a wax version, in 14k gold, fine silver, copper, bronze, or brass, as listed, with a made to order time of 2 to 3 weeks.
This is the one I offer: Goetia Lost wax cast Daemon Demon seal pendant 2 inches Grimoire, $216 CAD. View the product
I make no promise about what working with this seal will do for you, only that it is cast by hand, in pure metal, for the spirit you choose. That wording is about the magical result, not about delivery dates for a physical item, beyond the made to order time stated above.
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