Guland: the Verum spirit of disease, and a cast seal for his work

Who Guland is in the Grimoirium Verum

Guland is a spirit of the Grimoirium Verum, one of the subordinate spirits of that system. The Grimoire Companion research notes give the same office, kept to the text: Guland causes illnesses. One modern summary adds the word heals as a variant, and the research notes record that variant and set it aside, keeping to the text, which says causes. This article follows that same discipline. It does not soften the office, and it does not add a healing office that the Verum text does not give.

That plainness matters, because it is easy to blur a spirit's office into something more comfortable, and blurring an office makes for a vague working. Guland's office, as given, is disease. If you are studying the Verum, you should know that plainly before you do anything else, and you should sit with what that means for your own practice, rather than rewording it into something else. A spirit's office is not a marketing line. It is the description of what the spirit is said to do, in the text that names him.

Guland sits among the Verum subordinates, in a system with its own hierarchy of superiors, chiefs, and subordinate spirits. Work with him belongs inside that system, under the teaching and forms you already follow for Verum work. A seal alone does not supply that system, and a general article like this one is not a substitute for studying the text itself. If you have not studied the Verum, read it first, and ask a teacher you trust, before you begin work with any of its spirits.

Why a seal, and why a cast seal

A seal is a drawn or engraved figure that stands for a spirit in the working. It is set out, worked with, and kept as the focus of the petition, rather than as decoration. In practice, a seal gives the working a centre: something to look at, to hold, to anoint, and to put away properly when the working is closed. Without that centre, a working can drift into general intention, and general intention is hard to read afterwards.

The seals offered here 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 you find around the internet. That distinction matters in practice, not as a selling point, but as a matter of weight, feel, and durability. A cast seal has a heft in the hand that a printed copy does not, and it survives handling, anointing, and years of use in a way that a lighter copy may not.

The designs are hand engraved right into the wax used to create the seals, and no engraving machine is used for this, since that would take away much of the magic. That handwork is part of why the made-to-order time is what it is. A seal made this way is not pulled from a shelf. It is cast for the order, and that making time is part of the work, not a delay in it.

Working with the seal in practice

There are several ways to work with a seal, and the right one depends on the working and on the system you follow. You can hold it during the working, keeping it in your hand while you speak your petition, so that the seal itself is the point of contact. You can put it under a candle, letting the candle burn over it for the duration of the working, so that the seal sits at the centre of the light and the heat. You can put oil on it, anointing it deliberately, naming the purpose in your own words as you do so. You can carry it with you, keeping it on your person through the day or through the particular matter the working concerns. You can wear it as a pendant, which is why these seals are offered with a bail cast onto them or soldered on, depending on the metal used, so that the seal can be worn. Or you can show it to the desired person, in workings where that showing is part of the practice you follow.

For Guland work, the way you use the seal should follow the petition you are actually making, and the forms of the Verum system you follow. A seal kept in a fixed working place, set out and anointed deliberately, suits a working that is done in one place and closed properly afterwards. A seal carried or worn suits a working that is meant to go with you. Do not mix methods carelessly. Choose one method for one working, do it properly, and close it properly, rather than trying every method at once and doing none of them well.

Whatever method you choose, keep the working order simple and consistent. Prepare the room and yourself. Set out the seal and anything else you will use. Anoint, if you are anointing, deliberately. Speak your petition clearly and once, rather than repeating it until it loses its shape. Sit quietly for a time and listen. Close the working properly, in whatever way your practice requires, and put the seal away in its proper place. That closing matters. A seal left out, handled carelessly, or mixed in with ordinary objects loses its standing as a working tool.

Choosing a metal, and the making time

If you are choosing between metals, choose according to the practice you follow and the way you intend to use the seal: a seal to be worn daily as a pendant has different practical needs from a seal kept on an altar and handled only during workings. Weight, durability, and care all differ between metals, and those practical differences are worth considering alongside any traditional associations your system gives to a metal.

The made-to-order time mentioned in the source is approximately two to three weeks, with eight weeks for seals that are not listed but fall under the other option, because their waxes have not yet been carved. That time reflects the hand casting process: wax, engraving, casting, and finishing, done for the order. If you are planning a working around a particular time, allow for that making time in your planning, and do not treat it as an afterthought.

Being specific about what you want

Reflection about being specific is worth stating plainly here, because Guland's office is a serious one, and serious offices deserve clear petitions. If you are working with Guland, be specific, in your own private preparation, about what you are asking for, and why, and what you are prepared to deal with as a consequence. Vague work tends to produce vague results, and vague results are hard to read afterwards. A petition that is vague about a serious office is not a careful petition.

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. After the working, keep a short record: date, purpose in one sentence, seal and method 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.

What not to do

Do not treat a general article as a substitute for proper teaching in the system. The Verum is a system with its own hierarchy, forms, and requirements, and work with a subordinate spirit like Guland belongs inside that system, under the teaching you already follow. If you have not studied the system, a seal alone does not supply that study. Read, learn, and ask a teacher you trust before you begin, rather than improvising a hierarchy you do not yet understand.

Do not use the seal as a casual object. Do not lend it about, do not leave it where it will be handled as jewellery by people who do not know what it is, and do not mix it with ordinary trinkets. That is not superstition. It is care for a tool, and care for a tool is part of keeping a practice coherent over time. If you wear it as a pendant, wear it deliberately, and keep it clean and in good repair.

Do not use spirit work as a substitute for ordinary-world action where ordinary-world action is what the situation calls for. If a matter is medical, legal, or a matter of safety, deal with it in the ordinary world first, or at the same time. Ritual work is not a substitute for a doctor, a lawyer, or for leaving a dangerous situation. That applies with particular force to any working that touches on illness, in either direction.

When this is not the right work

Sometimes the right answer is not a spirit working at all. 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. Uncertainty is not a reason to rush. It is a reason to pause, and a pause costs nothing, while a hasty working can cost a great deal of reflection afterwards.

It is also worth asking, honestly, whether the office you are petitioning matches the real problem, and whether you have thought through the consequences of the outcome you are asking for. A working aimed at one person when the real problem is a pattern, a situation, or a set of circumstances will not do the work you actually need done, and it may create a situation you then have to deal with. Match the office to the matter, honestly, before you begin, and be prepared to decide that no working is the right answer for this matter at this time.

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