- Is he using any of the circles he sells on BALG? Unless I missed it or didn’t get that far I can’t see what circle he’s using. Even around minute 35 where he starts kneeling down and you can see the ground and general work space I see no circle.
E.A.: No. The Persian system is extremely new to me, and so for my first evocation and really my first ritual introduction to Ahriman, I wanted to abide by the rules of that system, to the best of my ability, before introducing too many of my own elements. So, the circle that I am standing in is a simple circle of stones. Burnt ashes were also scattered into the circle prior to the working, as well, per the suggestion of a confidant who claims the path of Yatuk. When you’re experimenting with any new occult system, this is always what I’d suggest, though: follow the rules of the system the best that you are able, until you develop an intimate knowledge of the system, which will allow you to know, intuitively, how your personalized introductions to the format will effect it.
- Why is he evoking this spirit for a prophecy or revelation? I’m not the least bit well versed in Iranian mythology but from what I can find, Ahriman has nothing to do with prophecy.
E.A.: Ahriman is the essence of darkness, of chaos, and of movement. There is nothing that has occurred or will occur that Ahriman does not know. However, it was not my intention to call on Ahriman directly (as I foolishly considered that Azi Dahaka and Ahriman were separate entities, rather than manifestations of the same conscious force, as it can be said that all of us in Darkness are manifestations of Ahriman, but that’s another story for another time). My intention was to call on Azi Dahaka, who is the Master of Witchcraft and the Leader of ALL Daevas and Druj. I called him to gain his knowledge of Witchcraft and to discover his secrets of Demonic Power. Rather than getting an answer directly, in the moment, though, Azi Dahaka has prepared a path by which I can learn these things, and much more. Now, it’s just a matter of walking the path before me.
- What sort of evocation was this? The e-mail this video came in is called Evocation of 3-Headed Dragon, Azi Dahaka-Live Ritual. I don’t see any incense or other sort of manifestation base or an “elixir of life” if you will. I know he said was going to invoke Ahriman and then summon Azi Dahaka but where was Azi Dahaka supposed to appear? Now, he did say he was making a vessel. Was this vessel a sort of spirit pot? If so then I have nothing ill to say as I do think the ritual he did was great for spirit pot creation. He said the vessel was supposed to hold the essence of Ahriman (which throws his invocation out the window) but where does Azi Dahaka come into play?
E.A.: Although a good deal of research went into the ritual that you have seen, you also need to understand that a greater portion of what you’re watching is what I have intuitively discerned myself, during my period of Preparatory Immersion. While, in Western Evocation, summoning to visible manifestation is desired, in most, more ancient forms of Sorcery, this is less of a concern, the focus instead being on the felt-presence of the entity, and more so on the final result. Now, if I was going for a visible materialization, I’d most definitely have used incense or Elixir of Manifestation, but as I prepared for the ritual, and the essence of Ahriman and Azi Dahaka coalesced around me and within me, I knew that the contact I’d be making would go far beyond an “evocation.” I didn’t know that it would become a near-full possession, though!
- Why didn’t he use a demon bowl? I mean, he is evoking (or not?) a Middle Eastern demon, namely Persian/Iranian. He could have used a demon bowl for Azi Dahak and kept the vessel for the essence of Ahriman.
E.A.: I actually looked into incantation bowls quite a bit before doing this ritual. It seems an awful lot like the Blasting Rod… it’s only purpose is to trap, threaten, and generally make yourself the enemy of the Druj that you are calling upon. ([url=http://jewishchristianlit.com/Topics/Lilith/bowls.html]http://jewishchristianlit.com/Topics/Lilith/bowls.html[/url] for an example). This isn’t how I choose to treat those that I call upon for assistance. Instead, nakedly calling into the darkness for them to arise, without any threats, without any tricks or traps, just presenting myself as I am, has proven to gain me much more ground in my spirit interactions than threatening them. If I am able to craft an incantation bowl myself (which would require learning Farsi, which will be a task in itself!), then I’d be able to craft one that would act as a power-spout cycling and ejecting the essence of the spirit into the area, recycling the power of the ritual into amplification. Nine of these in the circle would be awesome! However, to use an incantation bowl like the ones I’ve seen translated would be offensive to any spirit under Ahriman.
All-in-all, I can understand your confusion. I’m quite confused as well by the whole experience. If I were going to call your phone and I had a list of questions that you had agreed to answer, then it’d be easy to say whether or not the outcome was what was expected. When you’re crawling through the swamps of the darkest reaches of inhuman consciousness to meet a monster that you’ve never seen before and ask for its help, it’s a bit more difficult to determine what is likely to happen.
The idea of the Prophecy Series is that I will call on any entity that I want to call on, ask it any questions that I want to ask it, record it, and make it available… for free. This isn’t a Mastery Course that is supposed to teach you everything about what I’m doing… but you can pretty much bet on some of the things I learn from Azi Dahaka are going to make their way into the Black Magick Mastery Course that I’m going to start filming soon!