I’m curious if anyone here has done a little research and experimentation in using different styles of the triangle of art, such as E.A’s, OTA, GD, traditional, ect.
If so what kind of similarities and differences were there and how did it effect the evocation experience in general.
Here’s a traditional triangle that I use
I’m not a traditionalist, but have used several methods before.
The Shadownomicon uses a triangle as a means to call forth Legion. It’s verticle and each cut is deliberate, with pauses for setting the intent for each side. It also acts as a gateway or portal of sorts, but can be used to forcibly evoke these spirits. Say, if they piss you off…
I typically just use three stick incense holders for my triangles for evocatuon, making sure they are connected (touching). These are traced over with a wand or my fingers to set intent and open tjrm for their purpose.
I’ve done them energetically when I didn’t have my holders or needed more.
S. Connolly has a video where she talks about using triangles and it didnt matter to her whether they were plastic, cardboard, etc… Been a while since I watched it.
I did set up the gate and triangle for the Kingdoms of Flames work through, but the entities I talked to acted like (told me) the book specific triangle wasn’t any better than tracing one out energetically if you knew what you were doing.
I can’t speak to anything else.
Very interesting, shadownomicon is something on my to do list eventually as is KOF.
I’ve done the incense holder variation also, and three candles energetically linked.
I know the OTA uses a Phoenician script on thiers with God names from the corresponding pantheon.
I guess it’s mostly the same with the triangle variations. You call, the spirit shows up and everyone makes music…or not as it were.
One thing that I give Ceremonials credit for is that their tools get a lot of intent put in them as a magical device. It seems similar to the (simplistic) difference between printing out a sigil and drawing it yourself. It imparts on both the item and the magician doing it.
Whether that results in better or stronger results, I don’t know, but a longer lasting tool that has strong energy from the start with heavier ritual use would seem to be more likely to add to the overall performance of the ritual (and hopefully the result).
Yes I totally agree with that. I think I read in Bardon that this is due to an accumulation of energetic vibration infused into the tool or object. Definitely the longer I’ve had a tool and used it the stronger it seems to become.
I think for me it does have an effect on the overall ritual.
I also think a printed seal while it may look prettier is going to have a lot less in it than say making your own seal or sigil while using appropriate colored paper or inks, passing it through incense smoke if that’s your way and concentrating on the spirit or it’s enns during the creation of the seal or sigil for sure.
I think it the very act of creating the seal is a preliminary part of evocation actually. It is one of the first physical concrete steps to manifesting the desire to make contact with that particular spirit.
Another BALG practicioner said they routinely make the seal directly prior to the evocation itself because to them that actually is a part of the Ritual. I personally have all mine made already and stored in a silk lined jewelry box so I don’t have to make them, I already have them. But I can certainly see what she was saying and that it had validity. Also when I make my seals I like to play the enns in the backdrop and let my mind wander around thoughts of the nature of the spirit I intend to call.
I guess this post kind of meandered around Abit. Lol
I think your right with your comment about the ceremonials but I as a ceremonial Magician I’ve learned to be intuitive and be able to work on the fly sans tools also when the need arises.
Good thing it’s your post 
I agree with what you’ve said.
I’m not a Ceremonialist, but I’ve incorporated more ceremony in my rituals over time, where appropriate. I, personally, have a limit where more gets in the way and isn’t better.
As far as triangles go with a few exceptions it appears that most of the differences are cosmetic. It doesn’t change the function of it. That’s what I wanted to know in the OP. I’ll keep an eye on the thread anyway and see what others think also.
Thank you for your thoughts.
I’m just a humble practitioner and I don’t even come close to your level, but if you’ll allow me, I would like to share how I do it.
I spend more time on the preparation than the ritual itself.
For me, a well-prepared ceremony has a beauty of its own even before it starts. I appreciate when details were observed and it gives me a personal satisfaction that is passed on and transmitted to the entities during the ritual.
I don’t always use a triangle but when I think it’s necessary I draw one for each ritual on the floor or on a black table and sometimes I use flour, earth, sand or rice and depending on the entity to be evoked I change the material or mix other “heavy” ingredients . Natural elements have my preference.
It may not be necessary and it may only serve to build more confidence in the subconscious of modest practitioners like me, but it is part of the tradition that I think is important to maintain.
I’m just a practicioner also. There are plenty on Balg way above my pay grade 
That’s awesome. That’s a really good post and thank you for sharing your insights.
My triangles are generally drawn energetically, and I’ll usually place candles at the points.
Edit: I have also used the Golden Dawn version, and a demonic version that used demon names around it.
So far what I’ve tried is the following…
At the most simple, I’ve used a triangle with Hekate written on each side of the triangle.
(At times I’ve incorporated my own personal sigils on the three points of the triangle where I usually place tealights)
A step up from that has been incorporating the universal circle…
If you watch Connor Kendall’s videos he uses a smaller universal circle for evocation.
I put the universal circle in the center of the triangle, with He-ka-te’s name inside the points (like what is normally done with Mi-Cha-El), and the taking a page out of mark Alan smiths work, I’ve used the rest of his hekatean triangle of art from “Queen of Hell”. That was my standby for awhile.
I wanted to mix it up and try something different though and found the Azazel triangle of manifestation interesting.
So I again used the universal circle in the center of the triangle, but with the addition of the “Seal of The Sorcer” from kingdoms of flame (have not gotten or worked through that book) in each point of the triangle with Azazel’s name going around. Because the UC is based on the SotS, and Azazel is a big part of all that so it only made sense to me to put it all together. I thought about putting the names of the three demons involved in the SotS and UC around the triangle (Azazel Fastos, I don’t remember the third one) but didn’t.
Activating that was an interesting experience…
I blooded the inner UC and started to chant the grand conjuration while simultaneously playing this video:
I eventually saw the center of the circle flame up and burn away so that there was a dark portal or hole.
Then I felt an energy I would describe as shifting sands and my vision matched that energy staring into the triangle as I started to trance out real hard.
Shit was intense, and really cool 
(It’s really good for servitor creation as you evoke them into it, Azazel being associated with metallurgy and blacksmithing, it only makes sense that you could use this triangle as a manner of “FORGE” for things, cuz why not?)
Edit:
Recently I’ve contemplated how I might go about making a triangle with Lilith, and Lucifer or Samael (or just all three) incorporated into it.
Ohhh that’s badass!!
Love that!
Excellent post great links too.
Thank you!
I’ve noticed that some demons have more of a upward pointing triangle feel, and others more of a downward pointing triangle feel. I’ve never actually used a downward triangle, but I still got that feeling from the demons.
I’m sure there are many interpretations. You could think up to heaven, down to hell. One, to me at least, encourages a focus on a single point, despite the more collectivist or grouped feeling of the overall magick, while the other does the opposite in a way - encouraging a focus on many of the demons, while the overall magick feels rooted to a single demon. i r o n y
