I’ve a question on Gatekeepers, perhaps a few additional questions.
Who are Gatekeepers?
What is their rank?
What is the function of gatekeepers in relation to the seer or magician?
Can you encounter them in dreams?
Which system are you thinking of? There’s no fixed or agreed meaning for this term between magickal currents. Though generally this would be a good word for any spirit that can act as a go-between or someone you should talk to before the others.
It’s pretty self explanatory after that:
In E.A. Koetting’s Gatekeeper workings, there are 9 gatekeepers that will bring you self knowledge and development.
In Vodoun, Papa Legba could be called a “gatekeeper” as it’s advised to approach him first, and have him introduce you to more of the Lwa, not just call them on their own. However, he’s not called that by the people of the religion that I know of.
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Not that much. Not that I have any kind of encyclopedic knowledge of all entities. For KoF, he states that you DON’T have to do that. He mentions the traditional options, and then says:
The incantations in this Grimoire, however, contain no such words of power or entity name-dropping. The only names given are those of the entity to be summoned and the evocator himself. This places the magician in a unique position. It places him in the same position implied by standing within the Circle, performing rites of centering and invocation of Divinity and by performing these Arts in the first place. Conducting a ritual in one’s own name is blasphemy to the orthodox morality, as it places the individual in a position of Supreme authority over all astral beings, and, presumably, over creation itself.
– Koetting, E.A.. Kingdoms of Flame: A Grimoire of Evocation & Sorcery (The Complete Works of E.A. Koetting Book 1) (p. 28). Become A Living God. Kindle Edition.
Another one I thought of, is Corwin Hargrove’s Jinn Magick - for that you must call the Kings, like in the first case that E.A. provides in KoF, which is probably what you were remembering:
Traditionally, an entity is evoked by virtue of the grace of its superior, all spirits being subject to a hierarchical chain of command. The conjuration will usually read, “Spirit N., in the name of (Superior Spirit), I call thee forth…” There are two basic reasons this is done: firstly, summoning a spirit by the name of its superior guarantees its obedience to the magician’s command; and, second, using the name of the superior spirit in the conjuration is a manner of asking such spirit to release the particular subordinate for the time of the evocation.
– Koetting, E.A.. Kingdoms of Flame: A Grimoire of Evocation & Sorcery (The Complete Works of E.A. Koetting Book 1) (p. 28). Become A Living God. Kindle Edition.
KoF is not traditional in this sense.
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I think you are referring to the Grand Spirit that rules over the particular kingdom. While personal experience has shown that calling a spirit from KoF in the name of the ruling spirit brings a quicker response, it is not strictly necessary. EA Koetting used spirits from KoF in his other books with no mention of their square or ruler so all you really need is their seal.
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@Mulberry and @DarkestKnight ,
Thank you both for your replies! They really both nailed my questions.
Thank you again 
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Had I utilized the search button, I would have found that many have slight name differences, but most are intact with three at the .least I didnt expect - Asmodeus, Baal, and Belial.
Thanks again for the input from you both.
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