Working with Valefor: a one-inch seal pendant, carried close

Valefor, both sides kept, in a small seal

Valefor is the sixth spirit in the Ars Goetia, a mighty Duke over ten legions, who appears, in the old books' words, in the shape of a lion with an ass's head, bellowing. He is a good familiar, but he tempts those he is a familiar of to steal. Both sides are kept together here, for the same reason they are kept together in the Valefor bath and oil articles: dropping the second half would make a tidier, but different, spirit. The Grimoire Companion entry, in shorter form, calls him a ready and willing familiar spirit to the practitioner.

A one-inch pendant is a small seal, and its smallness is part of its use. A two-inch seal is a presence on the chest, noticed by others as well as by the wearer. A one-inch seal is a close, private tool, carried under clothing, held in the hand, and worn through an ordinary day without announcement. For familiar work, that privacy suits the relationship: a familiar is kept close, not displayed, and a small seal can be kept close in a way a larger one cannot, through work, travel, and ordinary dealings.

A familiar, kept close

A familiar, in this tradition, is a spirit kept close, worked with over time, and relied upon. That closeness is the good side of the entry, and it is also why the second side matters. A spirit kept close has more opportunity to influence the practitioner than a spirit met once, in a single working. Before any pendant is worn daily, be clear about what kind of familiar work you mean, and about where your own boundaries sit, in one sentence that could be read back afterwards and checked against what actually happened.

That sentence should also name, plainly, what stealing means in your own life. Stealing is not only taking an object from a shop. It can mean taking credit, taking time, taking an advantage that was not offered, or taking a shortcut through someone else's work. A practitioner who has named those forms in advance is in a better position to recognise them when they appear as temptations, dressed up as opportunities, than a practitioner who only thought of the narrowest form.

How a lost-wax cast seal pendant is made

These 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. A cast seal has weight and a surface that shows the hand work, and it does not have the layered texture of a printed object.

Gold, for example, cannot be cast properly in that way, so a bail is soldered on for gold.

Working with a small pendant: holding, oil, candle, carrying, wearing

A seal is worked with in the ways a working tool is worked with: holding it, placing it under a candle, putting oil on it, carrying it with you, wearing it as a pendant, and showing it to the desired person where your practice calls for that. A seal kept only as a picture does none of those things, and a seal left in a drawer after one working is not being carried through the life the working is about.

A small pendant rewards handling. Hold it in the hand, turn it, and learn its weight and surface before it is worn daily, so it is familiar to your fingers before it is asked to carry any working. Put oil on it where your practice calls for that, place it under a candle during a working, and wear it afterwards, as a pendant, through the ordinary life the familiar work is about. If your practice calls for showing the seal to the desired person, a pendant can be shown deliberately, by taking it out and presenting it, rather than by wearing it openly all day.

When the pendant arrives, do not start by wearing it everywhere at once. Take time to look at it, to hold it, and to set it aside in a clean place used for your working tools. If your practice calls for cleansing or consecration of a new tool, follow the instructions you already follow in your system. A general article like this one is not a substitute for proper teaching in the system.

Daily wear, and the record of a close working

Daily wear is where familiar work is actually tested, because daily life is where temptations appear in ordinary dress: a chance to take credit, a shortcut that harms someone else, an advantage that was not earned. Keep a short record, not of dramatic events, but of ordinary ones: the occasions when a boundary was tested, and what you did. That record is the honest measure of a familiar working, and it is worth more than a retelling of the ritual in which the pendant was first worn.

After a working, 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. With a familiar kept close, that pause is especially important, because closeness can make it hard to see change clearly. Step back, read the record, and judge the working by its ordinary fruits, not only by its feeling.

A small seal, for a close relationship

A one-inch Valefor pendant is a small, cast, private tool for a close working: a familiar kept close, a temptation named in advance, and a daily life watched honestly. It is cast by hand, in pure metal, blessed before it is sent out, and worn where it can be held, anointed, and carried, rather than displayed. What it carries is the work you bring to it, stated plainly, with boundaries stated alongside the petition, and carried out in ordinary terms as well as in ritual ones.

One inch, or two: choosing the size honestly

Choosing between a one-inch and a two-inch seal is a practical decision, and it should be made on practical grounds rather than on the idea that bigger is stronger. A two-inch seal is easier to read at a glance, easier to show, and more present as a worn object, and it suits a working where the seal is meant to be seen and handled openly. A one-inch seal is easier to carry privately, easier to hold in a closed hand, and easier to wear through a day in which a large pendant would draw comment or get in the way, and it suits a working where privacy and closeness matter more than display. Neither size is a stronger seal in itself. The seal is the same seal, cast in the same way, and the difference lies in how it will actually be worn, in the life you actually live. Choose the size you will really wear, every day, through ordinary work and ordinary dealings, rather than the size that looks most impressive in a photograph, because a seal worn daily, held, anointed, and carried, is a working tool, and a seal left at home because it is inconvenient is not, whatever its size.

Valefor cast Daemon Demon seal pendant 1 inch

A seal for Valefor should be a seal, not a picture of one, and a one-inch pendant should be carried close, not displayed.

I make these as lost wax cast seals, cast from a wax version in pure metal, one at a time, and I bless each one myself before it is sent out. This one is Valefor, as a seal pendant, 1 inch, made for traditional Goetia work with Valefor, to be carried and worked with, not left in a drawer as decoration. I make no promise about what it will do for you, only that it is cast by hand, for this work.

If you want a Valefor seal made in this way, this is the one I offer: Valefor cast Daemon Demon seal pendant 1 inch, $108 CAD. View the product

Companions for the same work, made in small batches when you order: Valefor Goetia incense, $44 CAD, and Valefor Goetia grimoire demon evocation oil, $44 CAD, 1/2 oz bottle. View the product

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