SIRCHADE, who shows all kinds of animals

Who SIRCHADE is, in this tradition

SIRCHADE 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.

The Grimoire Companion entry agrees, in modern wording: SIRCHADE shows all kinds of natural and supernatural animals. Those two wordings, taken together, are the whole of what this article claims about his domain, and they are enough to work with, because they are specific. "All kinds of animals, of whatsoever nature" is not a vague claim about nature in general. It covers animals as they are met in the world, and animals as they are met in vision, in dream, and in spirit work, and it does not narrow itself to one kind or one setting.

That breadth is worth pausing over. A spirit who shows animals is not, on the face of it, a spirit for wealth, or for love, or for protection, or for any of the aims that dominate most seal orders. His work is showing: bringing something before you, so that you can see it, know it, and learn from it. Showing is a quieter power than commanding or granting, and it asks more of the practitioner, because what is shown still has to be understood, and understood correctly.

Showing, as a kind of knowledge

To be shown an animal, in this context, can mean several things, and a practitioner should be clear, before the working, which one they mean. It can mean seeing an animal in vision, during a working, with a clarity that ordinary imagination does not have. It can mean encountering an animal in the world, in a way that feels pointed, repeated, or timed to the working, and that carries meaning for the matter in hand. It can mean learning about an animal: its nature, its habits, its character, in a way that goes beyond what a book alone would give. Those are different experiences, and they should not be blurred together in your record, or you will not be able to tell, later, what actually happened.

The Companion tags for SIRCHADE are nature and knowledge, and those tags fit the showing power well. Nature, because the subject is animals, in all their kinds. Knowledge, because the act is showing, which is a form of teaching. A working with SIRCHADE, then, is best approached as a working for knowledge, not as a working for a material result. Ask what you want to be shown, and why, and what you will do with that knowledge once you have it. A practitioner who asks to be shown animals without knowing what they want to learn from them will receive, at best, a confusing series of impressions, and at worst, nothing they can use.

Write the question down, in one sentence, before the working. Not "show me animals," which is too broad to be useful, but a specific question: an animal connected with a particular matter, a particular place, a particular problem, or a particular stage of your practice. A specific question gives the showing a shape, and it gives your record a measure against which to read what follows.

Animals, natural and supernatural

It says that the animals shown are not limited to the animals you can already name, or to the animals of your own country, or to animals that are alive in the ordinary sense. Natural animals — the ones met in fields, woods, water, and sky — are included, and so are supernatural animals: the beasts of vision, of dream, of grimoire lore, and of spirit work, whose nature is not the nature of an ordinary animal at all.

That distinction has a practical consequence for how you record a working. If you are shown an animal in vision, record it as a vision: what it looked like, how it moved, what it did, and what you felt, in plain language, without immediately deciding what it "means." If you encounter an animal in the world, after a working, record it as an encounter: where, when, what kind of animal, and what was happening in your life at that time. Do not merge the two kinds of record into one, or you will lose the very distinction that makes the record useful.

It also has a consequence for how you prepare. A practitioner who works with animals, in the world, will bring a different knowledge to the working from a practitioner who works only with books. Both are legitimate, but they will read what is shown differently. Know which one you are, and be honest about it in your notes, so that later readings of those notes are not misled by an assumed knowledge you did not have.

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 is showing, because the seal can be carried into the places where animals are actually met — out of doors, in the field, in the woods — 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. For a spirit of showing, both have their place, 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 asks its question. 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 when you are out where animals are met. Show it to the desired person, where the working concerns another person and the tradition calls for the seal to be shown. Those are recognised ways of working with a seal, and the right one depends on the working.

For SIRCHADE, carrying and wearing deserve particular attention, because his showing may happen outside the working room, in the world, after the working itself. A seal left on the altar will not be present when an animal is met on a walk, or when a vision comes in a quiet moment out of doors. A seal carried in a pouch, or worn as a pendant, will be. That does not mean the seal causes the encounter. It means the practitioner who carries it is, in a practical sense, prepared for the encounter, with the question still in mind, and with the record-keeping habit that lets the encounter be noted rather than forgotten.

Afterwards, write down what you did: the date, the question in one sentence, how the seal was used — held, placed under a candle, anointed, carried, worn, or shown — and what was shown, 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 question, in your own words, in one clear sentence, and name SIRCHADE 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 visions, encounters, dreams, and any animal that appears in a way that feels pointed or repeated, with date, place, 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 showing, whose gift is knowledge, not instant answer.

What this working does not do

A working with SIRCHADE does not replace ordinary knowledge about animals, and it does not replace ordinary care in meeting them. If the matter concerns a real animal, in the world, deal with that animal in the ordinary way, with the knowledge and caution that real animals require. If the matter concerns a medical, legal, or safety 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 SIRCHADE also does not guarantee that a particular animal will appear, on a particular day, in a particular form. Showing is not summoning on demand, and a record that expects a specific animal on a specific date will read every other showing as a failure. Ask the question clearly, do the working properly, once, and observe, over time, what is shown. If nothing is shown, that is also information. It may mean the question 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 showing. Do the work properly, once, observe, and then decide, calmly, whether a second working, a different question, or no further working is the right next step. Repetition without reflection is not persistence. It is noise.

SIRCHADE Grimoirium Verum one inch cast seal

One inch cast metal seal or pendant of SIRCHADE, who has power to show thee all kinds of animals, of whatsoever nature they may be.

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 SIRCHADE seal, this is the one I offer: SIRCHADE Grimoirium Verum one inch cast seal, $108 CAD. View the product

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