Valac, Hidden Treasure, and the Oil for That Work

What Valac is known for

In the Goetia, Valac, also written Volac, is a President, and the Grimoire Companion record for him, under the name Volac, is plain and practical: he finds hidden treasures, reveals serpents, and delivers the practitioner from the bonds of enemies. Those three offices belong together more closely than they first appear. Hidden treasure, a serpent revealed, and a bond broken are all, in different ways, about things that are concealed: value that is hidden, danger that is hidden, and a constraint that is hidden in its workings, even when its effects are felt daily. A spirit known for finding what is hidden is therefore not only a spirit of treasure hunting. He is a spirit of uncovering, in general, and that generality is worth understanding before you work with it.

That is why a Valac working should begin with a clear question about what is hidden, and why it matters to you. Is it a resource you have overlooked? A danger you have not yet seen? A bond, a habit, or an obligation that holds you more tightly than you have admitted? Each is a different aim, and each calls for a different petition. Be specific about which one you mean, because vague work tends to produce vague results, and vague results are hard to read afterwards. If you cannot state the hidden thing in one clear sentence, you are not ready to anoint anything yet.

Treasure, and what counts as treasure

Treasure work tempts people into fantasy, and fantasy is the enemy of this kind of practice. If you sit down expecting a windfall, you have already left the working behind and entered daydreaming. The older sense of treasure is broader and more practical: something of value that is hidden, overlooked, or not yet claimed. It might be money owed to you, work you are suited to but have not pursued, a connection that would open a door, or knowledge held by someone who would share it if asked in the right way. Be specific about what kind of treasure you mean, and be honest about whether you have already done the ordinary work of looking for it.

That honesty matters because spirit work is not a substitute for ordinary effort. If there is a letter to write, a conversation to have, a record to check, or a place to look, do that as well as the working, not instead of it. The working clarifies and opens; it does not exempt you from acting on what you learn. A practitioner who asks about treasure and then waits passively for it to arrive has misunderstood the bargain at the heart of the work, and will wait a long time, with a good story about waiting, and nothing else to show for it.

Serpents, and what a revealed danger looks like

Revealing serpents, in the old language, is not only about literal snakes, though a practitioner working outdoors will take that sense seriously enough. In the broader sense, a serpent is a danger that is present but not yet seen: a person whose intentions are not what they seem, a situation that looks safe but is not, a habit that harms quietly, over time, rather than dramatically, all at once. A working that reveals such a danger does not always feel like a revelation. Sometimes it feels like a small unease, a detail noticed, a conversation remembered differently, or a pattern that suddenly becomes visible, once you have asked the right question.

That is why the record matters so much in this kind of work. Write down what you perceived, plainly, during or immediately after the working, before you interpret it. Then, over the days that follow, notice what that record points to, in ordinary life, without forcing it to fit. A revealed danger that is recognised early is a gift, even when it is unwelcome, because it gives you time to act. A revealed danger that is ignored, because it did not arrive in the dramatic form you expected, is a working wasted, and the fault lies not with the working, but with the expectation.

Deliverance from bonds

Deliverance from the bonds of enemies, the third office in the record, is often read as escape from a person, and sometimes it is that. More often, in practice, the bond is not a person holding you, but a situation, an obligation, a fear, or a pattern that holds you in place, even when no one is actively holding you there. Naming the bond honestly is part of the work, because a petition for deliverance from a person is not the same as a petition for deliverance from a habit, and neither is the same as a petition for deliverance from a set of circumstances that you have, in part, chosen and maintained.

Reflection about being specific about what you want is essential here. Do you want the bond broken, loosened, or transformed into something you can live with? Do you want to leave a situation, or to change your place within it? Each is a different aim, and each calls for a different petition, and for different ordinary actions alongside the working. A working that asks for deliverance, followed by no change in how you act, is a wish, not a working, and wishes do not teach you anything when they fail.

Preparation for a Valac working

Prepare the room first, and prepare yourself second. Clear the space, set it aside for this purpose, and use it consistently if you can, so the place itself begins to carry the association. Bathe or wash, change into clothes set apart from ordinary errands, and eat simply beforehand. Do not begin when you are exhausted or agitated. A clear head is a working tool, and a working about hidden things goes badly when the mind is already full of noise, because noise is easily mistaken for revelation, and revelation is easily drowned in noise. If you cannot settle, postpone the working. The hidden thing will keep.

Next, prepare the tools you will actually use: the seal if you have one, a candle, the oil, and something to write with. Have the question written out before you begin, not composed on the spot. Have a notebook open for the answer, and write in it during or immediately after the working, in plain language, without polishing it into something more impressive than it was. That record is the working's memory. Without it, you will remember the feeling and forget the content, and the content is what you came for.

Why anointing, and why oil at all

Anointing is a way of marking something for a purpose, deliberately and by touch. It is commonly done on the hands, the forehead, or on a tool, seal, or candle that will be used in the working. The act is simple, and its simplicity is the point. You are not hiding the work behind complicated gestures. You are touching the thing, naming the purpose, and doing it with attention. Oil is used because it stays: it does not vanish in a moment like scent on the air, and it remains on the skin or the tool while you work, reminding you, through smell and touch, of what you set out to do.

That staying quality is especially useful in work about hidden things, where the temptation is to rush towards an answer. The scent on your hands slows you down. It keeps the question present while you listen, instead of letting your mind run ahead to the answer you hope for. An oil made for this specific work, from real materials, in a small batch, carries a different weight in the room than a synthetic scent bought in bulk, and you will notice the difference when you open the bottle and again halfway through the working, when the scent is still clear.

How the Valac 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, because the oil has not been sitting, opened and closed, through other people's orders. It is made for your order, and 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. What follows from your practice, in terms of magical result, is yours to observe, not mine to guarantee. That wording is about the magical result, not about delivery dates for physical items. The oil itself is a tool for anointing and ritual use, not a food, a medicine, or a skin treatment, and it should be treated as such. Do not use it internally, and do not use it on broken skin. If you have sensitivities to essential oils, test a small amount first, or anoint a tool or candle instead of skin.

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 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, candle, and oil, with your written question and your notebook. Third, anoint deliberately, naming the purpose in your own words. Fourth, light the incense if you are using it, and let the space settle before you speak. Fifth, speak your question clearly and once, rather than repeating it until it loses its shape. Sixth, sit quietly and listen, rather than filling every moment with more words. Seventh, write down what you received, plainly, and close the working properly, putting the tools away in their proper place.

Afterwards, do not interpret the record on the same night if you can avoid it. Leave it, and read it again after a few days, when the excitement of the working has cooled. Ask yourself what it actually said, not what you hoped it said. Then act on anything in it that calls for ordinary action, and watch, over weeks, whether the rest of it bears out. That patient reading is what turns a single working into knowledge, instead of a story you tell yourself about a single night.

When this is not the right work

Sometimes the right answer is not a spirit working at all. If the question concerns 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 whether the hidden thing you seek is something you are ready to know. Some answers change what you must do next, and if you are not prepared to act on an answer, you are not yet prepared to ask the question.

Do not repeat the same question endlessly in the hope that repetition alone will force a clearer answer. 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, and it drowns out the very listening the work requires.

Valac oil, and Valac incense to go with it

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

I hand make Valac 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 Valac. 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: Valac 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: Valac Goetia incense, $44 CAD. View the product

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