HIEPACTH, who brings a distant person in an instant

Who HIEPACTH is, in this tradition

HIEPACTH belongs to the Grimoirium Verum, not to the Goetia list that most seal articles on this site begin with, and that placement matters. The Verum is its own system, with its own spirits, its own order, and its own way of working, and a spirit from it should not be treated as if it were simply another Goetia demon with a different name. If you work in the Verum, you will already know that distinction. If you do not, it is worth learning it before you order a seal, rather than after it arrives, because the seal belongs to the system it comes from, and the working should follow that system.

That second half — "or visions thereof" — is as important as the first, and it is easy to overlook when the first half is so striking. A distant person brought in an instant is one form of the power. A vision of that person, brought in an instant, is another form, and for many practitioners, it is the form they will actually meet.

The Grimoire Companion entry for this spirit, under the spelling Hicpacth, agrees in modern wording: he brings a far-distant person to you in an instant, with tags for travel and love. Those tags are useful, because they point to the two settings in which a distant person matters most: a person far away in distance, whom travel would take time to reach, and a person far away in feeling, whom love or longing has put at a distance. A working with HIEPACTH, then, is a working about distance, and about closing it, whether that distance is measured in miles or in a relationship.

Distance, and what "in an instant" means for a working

Distance is not only a matter of miles. A person can be distant because they live far away, because they have moved, because communication has broken down, because time has passed, or because a relationship has cooled. All of those are forms of distance, and a practitioner should be clear, before the working, which form they mean. A petition that says only "bring them" without naming the distance, or the person, or the kind of coming that is wanted, is too vague to be read afterwards, because almost any contact at all could be counted as a success, and almost any silence could be counted as a failure, depending on mood.

"In an instant" is also worth reading carefully. In the old language, it describes the swiftness of the spirit's action, not a promise that a person will arrive at your door at a particular hour on a particular day. A working that expects a literal arrival, on a timetable, will misread its own results, and will put a pressure on the working that the working cannot bear. A working that asks for the distance to be closed, swiftly, and then observes, over days and weeks, what contact, what vision, and what change actually follows, will read its results far more honestly.

That is why the vision form matters so much. A vision of a distant person — in a working, in a dream, in a quiet moment afterwards — is not a lesser result, to be dismissed while waiting for a physical arrival. Record visions and physical contacts separately, and give each its proper weight, rather than counting only physical arrival as success and everything else as failure.

Being specific about the person, and about what you want

Reflection about being specific about what you want is essential here, more than in most seal workings, because the petition concerns another person. Write the person's name down, in full, in your own notes. Write down, in one sentence, what distance you mean, and what kind of coming you are asking for: a meeting, a message, a reconciliation, a vision, a clearing of the distance itself. Do not write a paragraph that tries to cover every possible outcome. Write one sentence, direct and honest, and keep it in your record.

Be specific, too, about what you will do yourself when contact comes. If the distant person writes, will you answer? If they come, will you receive them? If a vision comes, will you record it, and act on what it shows, or will you dismiss it as imagination? A working that asks for a person to come, while the practitioner is not prepared to meet them, is a working that has not been thought through. Prepare the welcome as carefully as you prepare the petition, or the working will undo itself at the moment it succeeds.

It is also worth being honest about whether the distance is one that should be closed at all, in the way you are asking. That is not a lecture, and it is not a prohibition. It is a plain question to ask yourself, before the working, in your own notes: is this a distance that the other person would also want closed, or is it a distance that exists for a reason you have not yet faced? A clear answer, one way or the other, will make the petition clearer, and the record afterwards easier to read.

The seal itself: one inch, cast by hand

This seal is a one inch cast metal seal or pendant. One inch is a small, practical size: large enough to be held, to be looked at, and to be placed in a working, and small enough to be carried or worn as a pendant without becoming a burden. That size suits a spirit whose work concerns a person who is not present, because the seal can be carried through the days after the working, while you wait and watch for contact or vision, rather than being left on an altar at home.

The seals in this line are lost wax cast seals, described as pure metal 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. A cast seal has weight, surface, and presence, and it stands up to being held, anointed, carried, and worn, in a way that a printed reproduction does not. The design is cast into the metal itself, not printed onto a surface that will wear away.

That choice — disc or pendant — is worth deciding before you order, according to how you intend to use the seal. A disc sits well on an altar, under a candle, or in a pouch. A pendant is worn, carried close, and present through the day, while you wait for the distant person to come, or for a vision of them. For HIEPACTH, that carried presence has a particular fit, and the choice should follow the working, not habit.

Working with the seal

The ways of working with a seal given for this line are the usual ones, and they apply here with a particular fit. Hold the seal during the working, so that the hand has something to anchor to while the mind names the distant person. Put it under a candle, so that the light and the work sit over the seal for the whole of the working. Put oil on it, anointing it as you would anoint any tool that is being prepared for use. Carry it with you afterwards, so that the connection made in the working is not left behind in the room. Wear it as a pendant, so that it is close through the days of waiting and watching. Show it to the desired person, where the working concerns another person and the tradition calls for the seal to be shown, and where that person is present to be shown it. Those are recognised ways of working with a seal, and the right one depends on the working.

For HIEPACTH, carrying and wearing deserve particular attention, because the result of the working — contact or vision — may come days after the working itself, in an ordinary moment, not during the working. A seal left on the altar will not be present when a message arrives, or when a vision comes in a quiet moment. A seal carried in a pouch, or worn as a pendant, will be, and the practitioner who carries it is, in a practical sense, still in the working, with the question still in mind, and with the record-keeping habit that lets the contact be noted rather than forgotten.

Afterwards, write down what you did: the date, the person named, the distance in one sentence, how the seal was used — held, placed under a candle, anointed, carried, worn, or shown — and what followed, in plain language, over days and weeks, not just on the night itself.

A simple order for a working

The following is a general order, not a fixed script. Adapt it to the system you already work in, and to the Verum instructions you follow. First, prepare the room and yourself, and set out the seal with the other tools for the working. Second, state the petition, in your own words, in one clear sentence, naming the distant person and the kind of coming you ask for, and name HIEPACTH as listed. Third, hold the seal, or place it where your practice puts it, and speak the petition over it, once, clearly, rather than repeating it until it loses its shape. Fourth, sit quietly for a time and listen, rather than filling every moment with more words. Fifth, close the working properly, in whatever way your practice requires, and put the seal away in its proper place, or carry it as you had decided to carry it.

Then, over the days that follow, keep the record open. Note messages, meetings, visions, dreams, and any contact that feels timed to the working, with date and circumstance, and without immediately forcing a meaning onto it. Meaning, if it comes, will come from the pattern across several entries, not from a single entry read in isolation. That patience is part of working with a spirit of distance, whose gift is a closing that may come swiftly, or may come in the form of a vision first.

What this working does not do

A working with HIEPACTH does not replace ordinary communication, and it does not replace ordinary travel, where those are possible. If the distant person can be written to, or visited, in the ordinary world, that ordinary step belongs to the working, not apart from it. If the matter concerns a legal, safety, or medical question, deal with that question in the ordinary world first, or at the same time. Ritual work is not a substitute for that, and a seal does not change that.

A working with HIEPACTH also does not guarantee that a particular person will arrive, on a particular day, in a particular way. Distance closed swiftly is not the same as a timetable kept, and a record that expects a specific arrival on a specific date will read every other form of contact, including visions, as a failure. Ask clearly, do the working properly, once, and observe, over time, what follows. If nothing follows, that is also information. It may mean the petition was unclear, the timing was wrong, or the matter needs a different approach.

Do not repeat the same working endlessly in the hope that repetition alone will force a coming. Do the work properly, once, observe, and then decide, calmly, whether a second working, a different petition, or no further working is the right next step. Repetition without reflection is not persistence. It is noise.

HIEPACTH Grimoirium Verum one inch cast seal

One inch cast metal seal or pendant of HIEPACTH, who will bring thee a distant person in an instant, or visions thereof.

These are lost wax cast seals, pure metal actually cast, starting with a wax version, not 3D printed metal powder and plastic. They are pictured as discs, and can be had as discs, or with a bail cast or soldered on, so the seal can be used as a pendant. I make no promise about what the seal will do for you, only that it is made by hand, for this work.

If you want the HIEPACTH seal, this is the one I offer: HIEPACTH Grimoirium Verum one inch cast seal, $108 CAD. View the product

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