🜁Between the Owl and the Stars: Study and Opening to the Archetype of Estolas🜁

[Mondschein]

Greetings everyone. I’m Dann, a developing practitioner with a strong inclination toward structured occult study and mental alchemy. I’ve joined the forum with a very specific goal: to **prepare consciously and respectfully to work with the entity Estolas.

I’m not looking for shortcuts or flashy rituals, I’m aware of the energetic and ethical price that comes with real spiritual work. I’ve already begun a symbolic connection protocol with discipline and intent, but I want to validate and strengthen my study path before going deeper.

Key Questions:

1. What texts, grimoires, or authors would you consider essential for understanding Estolas beyond the traditional Goetia?
2. Have you had personal experiences with this entity (if you’re open to sharing)?
3. How have you handled reciprocity or energetic exchange when working with him?
4. Do you believe it’s useful to complement the work with systems like esoteric astrology, Qabalah, herbalism, or the Tarot?
5. What do you consider valid signs that an entity like Estolas is open to working with someone?

Any sincere guidance is appreciated. I’m not here to play. I’m here to learn, build, and evolve.

[Mulberry]

Welcome to the forum!

Please do make your Introduction HERE [ ← click me! ], which we need per the forum rules and see our posting guidelines in the FAQ.

Points to cover:

• Do you have any practical experience in magick?
• If so, what exactly do you practice and
• How long have you practiced?
• Do you follow any specific system or tradition?
• What are your areas of interest?

Here is a getting started with magick guide.

You’ll want to get your spiritual hygiene sorted out, and start work on developing your astral senses.

Then when you can know you have a decent chance at avoiding impostors and parasites then try the first contact guides we have on here.

For reference:
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[Mulberry]

I don’t work with Stolas but I have a thought or two…

@Mondschein

1. What texts, grimoires, or authors would you consider essential for understanding Estolas beyond the traditional Goetia?

Do you mean the entity more commonly referred to as Stolas or someone else?

For ANY entity: I wouldn’t. I would say anybody elses UPG, while it’s great as a guide to get you started and no shade on them at all, if you really want to get to know an entity, make it personal.
Evoke him, invoke him, do your thing, and have a proper conversation with him, don’t bother with everybody else’s gossip about him - find out face to face.

@Mondschein

4. Do you believe it’s useful to complement the work with systems like esoteric astrology, Qabalah, herbalism, or the Tarot?

Only if you feel like it, and not if you don’t. It’s your magick, your unique energy, what works for you may not work for others and vice versa, you really have to just try and build up your own experience. Trust yourself and follow your intuition.

Personally, I see these not as systems, but as tools that I may or may not call of for any given working. Qabalah is a system of self discovery that Stolas and others can help you with. Astrology and Tarot are largely divination devices. Herbs can be used for healing, as entheogens or their associative properties.
The right tool for the right job can really help, the wrong tool is a waste of time.

@Mondschein

5. What do you consider valid signs that an entity like Estolas is open to working with someone?

“Valid signs” is open to debate, but I generally say, if you THINK it’s a sign, it’s a sign. If you see a weird cloud that looks like an owl and immediately think “that looks like Stolas!” and feel good about it - run with it. You got an impression from your subconscious and your first reaction is usually the right one. Don’t overthink it - that gives the conscious mind to much leeway to come in and invent identifications that are not true.

The reason I say “trust your subconscious impression” isn’t to lead you down tha path of madness - it’s because if you do that. your subconscious notices it’s being recognized and communicated with, and then does it more. This is the beginning of training yourself to communicate well with your subconscious, which is how the psychic aka clair-senses are developed - your subconscious gets the info, and then has to translate it into symbols for your conscious mind to interpret. So it’s necessary to encourage it to communicate more by trusting it first, even at the risk of making mistakes. It gets better from there.