I’m trying to understand the relationship between the two. Because both involve the same deity and figures underneath him, but seem to operate under different beliefs. For example, in both the Abrahamic God is the ruler of the cosmos. However, he plays different roles in each system. In Christianity, God is locked in a cosmic battle of good vs evil. In ceremonial magick, he seems to act as a morally neutral. Not to mention, Christianity thrives off of the idea of God having an antagonist in the devil and his demons. But in ceremonial magick, demons seem to be subordinate spirits to whom the magician may command under God’s given authority. Granted some won’t always cooperate. Demons seem to be like intelligent beasts than evil spirits. As for the devil, I’m convinced he doesn’t exist. Also, Christ is the savior in Christianity, but I have no idea what role he plays to the ceremonial magician. I’m not sure if Heaven or Hell bear any meaning either. I may be wrong, but I’d like to find out.
Not a ceremonial Magick but see a guy told me and teach me same old prayers,christians ,but then he mix whit a few names like 30 ,plus a altar hold altar cloth incienso candles ,for 3 days, second time call archangel Michael Apple,bays leaves pray ,let say it was a prof he’s real.then fasting,not sex etc and call angels,for like 2 weeks to call one for like 30 mnts,also lot of names a knife,talismans not from Moises book but Christians,and more prays,ceremonial Magick I gess depends the order,coven or group.im not ceremonial person but the christian part I have to learn,bcse names have power,
I’m not a ceremonial magician so cannot speak for them. However I will approach the topic of the Devil within my craft.
I am a folk practitioner and the Devil features heavily within the craft. To the British folk magician the Devil is the embodiment of pre evil. No good no bad just evil taking shape form. This is why any working with the devil means lots of fine print reading. The devil as they say is in the detail. The usual stuff that the devil wants from you is the power to grow and be known, so the Devil loves being asked / talked about - words have power.
There is lots of Christian prayers within Folk Magic, this is because the Cunning Folk / Pedlar (as they are known over here) work with who or whatever it takes to get a job done. It is common for me to call on prayers but mix in Demons, Angels, other entities / deities. Folk Magic is hands down dirty. In Folk Magic you make your reality - including your own heaven / hell.
the Grimoire of Pope Honorius features a prayer in which God is progressively equated to the magician: on this point the Bible is somewhat like “Humans are gods, but they aren’t” and about the area of practical applications, so to speak, there is that New Testament’s passage of the keys in heaven and on earth, so theoretically this would go along with contacting entities.
“Ceremony” just means “a formal act or series of acts prescribed by ritual, protocol, or convention”.
So ceremonial magick is magick done in a formalised way.
Christian church rituals are an example of ceremonial magic, but not all ceremonial magick is Christian.
For example you will also find ritual ceremonies in Taoism and Buddhism as well as the Grimoiric tradition. You can also have ceremonies that are not intended to be magickal.
As much or as little as you want him to, he’s just another entity, engage him or don’t, the choice is yours.