Working with Gremory: Hidden Things, True Answers, and Love

Who Gremory is in the Goetia

Gremory is a Duke in the Goetia, and the Grimoire Companion sums her offices in a single, useful line: she discovers hidden treasures, tells of past, present, and future, and procures love. That is a broad set of offices, and it is worth pausing over, because each part of it points to a different kind of working, and a different kind of question.

Hidden treasures, in this context, are not only gold in the ground. A hidden treasure can be a lost thing, a forgotten resource, a talent you have not used, or an opportunity that is sitting in plain sight but that you have not recognised as yours. A working with Gremory for a hidden treasure begins, therefore, with an honest question: what are you actually looking for, and would you recognise it if it were shown to you? If the answer is vague, the working will be vague too, whatever spirit you call.

Telling of past, present, and future is divination, and divination has its own discipline. A true answer is not always a welcome answer, and it is not always the answer you hoped for. Part of working with a spirit of true answers is being willing to hear something you did not expect, and to sit with it before you act on it. Write the answer down. Leave it overnight. See how it reads in the morning, when the excitement of the working has faded.

Procuring love is the third office, and it is the one that most needs care in how you phrase it. Love, in a working, is not a single thing. It can mean affection between people who already know each other, a new meeting, the healing of a distance, or the strengthening of a bond that has grown thin. Be specific about what you want, in plain words, before you anoint anything. Reflection about being specific is not a lecture. It is practical advice, because a working aimed at love in general will wander, and a working aimed at a particular, honest wish has something to hold onto.

Preparation before anointing

Preparation for Goetia work is not decoration. It is how you get yourself into a state where you can listen, speak clearly, and notice what changes. 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, so the place itself starts to carry the association.

Prepare yourself as well. 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 oil or incense is.

Then prepare the words. 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 a hidden thing, name what kind of hidden thing. If it is a question about the future, ask one question, not five tangled together.

Why anointing, and why oil at all

Anointing is a way of marking something, or someone, for a purpose. In practice, it is often done on the hands, the forehead, or on a tool, seal, or candle that will be used in the working. The act itself is simple, and that simplicity is the point. You are not hiding the work behind complicated gestures. You are touching the thing, naming the purpose, and doing it deliberately.

Oil is used for anointing because it stays. It does not evaporate in a moment like a scent on the air, and it does not wash off at the first touch. It remains on the skin or on the tool while you work, and that staying quality is part of how it functions in a ritual setting. You can smell it, you can feel it, and you are reminded, through the whole working, of what you set out to do.

That is also why the quality of the oil matters in practice, not as a luxury, but as a matter of attention. An oil made in a hurry, from synthetic scent, does not carry the same weight in the room as an oil made for this specific work, from real materials, in a small batch. You will notice the difference when you open the bottle, and you will notice it again halfway through the working, when the scent is still there and still clear.

How Gremory oil is made here

I hand make all of my own perfumes, colognes, and oils from only pure essential oils, roots, and herbs. I do not use any extraneous ingredients or fillers. I also do not use any synthetics. Sometimes there is the odd gemstone thrown in as well.

That made-to-order point matters for a working like this. It means the oil has not been sitting, opened and closed, through other people's orders. It is made for your order, and then blessed by me myself before it is sent out. I make no promise about what it will do for you, only that it is made by hand, for this work, and not mass produced.

Incense, and why oil and incense go together here

Incense and oil are often used together in Goetia work, and Gremory work is no exception. They do different jobs in the room. The oil marks and anoints. The incense fills the space and sets the atmosphere for the working itself.

The Gremory incense offered here is hand made in the same way: each batch is hand made when you order it, unless a batch has just recently been made. The incenses made here are of a quality that I use them myself for magical work. They work well enough that I use them successfully for spirit work, work for clients, as well as my own spellwork.

If you are doing a full working, rather than a single anointing, use both. Anoint first, with a clear purpose in mind, then light the incense and let the room settle before you speak your petition. Do not rush from lighting to speaking. Give the room a moment to change, and give yourself a moment to notice that change. If you are only anointing a seal or a candle for later use, you can still use the incense to fumigate that item at the time you prepare it.

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 seal, tool, or candle you will use, and the oil and incense. Third, anoint, deliberately, naming the purpose in your own words. 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 divination especially, the record matters, because memory reshapes answers to fit what we wanted to hear.

Working with the seal

Gremory's seal is a working tool in its own right, not a picture to admire. In practice, 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. Each of those uses is a way of keeping the seal, and the purpose it carries, present through the work, rather than leaving it as an idea in your head.

If you anoint a seal, do it deliberately, with the purpose named, and let the oil stay on the seal while you work. If you place it under a candle, choose the candle for the working, not at random, and keep the seal in place for the whole burning, or for the part of the working your system directs. If you carry it, carry it with intention, and put it away properly when the working is done, rather than letting it drift into a pocket with loose change and receipts.

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 the hidden thing you seek is hidden by circumstance, or hidden because you have not yet looked carefully at what is already in front of you. A working can sharpen attention, but it does not replace the ordinary work of looking, asking, and following up. Do the ordinary work as well. The two kinds of work strengthen each other, and either one alone is thinner than both together.

The oil is made for the work, blessed by me before sending, and sent to you to use in your own practice. What follows from that practice, in terms of magical result, is yours to observe, not mine to guarantee. That is about the work itself, not about delivery dates for physical items. Do not use the oil internally, and do not use it on broken skin. It is made for anointing and ritual use, and should be treated as a ritual oil, not as a food, a medicine, or a skin treatment.

Keeping a record, and knowing when to stop

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

Gremory oil, and Gremory incense to go with it

If you are doing spirit work with Gremory, the oil is for anointing, not for show.

I hand make Gremory oil myself, from pure essential oils, roots, and herbs, with no synthetics and no fillers, and I bless it myself before it is sent out. It is made in small batches, when you order, for anointing and spirit work with Gremory. I make no promise about what it will do for you, only that it is made by hand, for this work, and not mass produced.

If you want the oil for that work, this is the one I offer: Gremory Goetia grimoire demon evocation oil, $44 CAD, 1/2 oz bottle. View the product

I also make the incense to go with it, for the same work: Gremory Goetia incense, $44 CAD. View the product

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