I’ve heard this before too. It’s not a huge problem but is something to watch out for.
When i began using the book, Garth Ravenholt told me the spirits in it don’t work with you if you don’t know the appropriate Godnames for each seal. That might be an issue. When you use the right Godnames and conjurations, the spirits obey.
The method Garth taught me to use the books with was to create the circle and seals using fimo or sculpey clay, with the circle around the outside and the seal you want to use inside of the circle. He said this method works for the Moses seals from the Treatise Sion onward. The 6th Book seals and 7th book Tables work according to a different method.
The circles are fig.22 for the 7th Book, and fig.109 for the Faustian spirits in the Spirit Commando. For fig.109 you anoint the circle with blood inks instead of an oil, and you select the ink based on your purpose.
He said to etch the circle and symbols into the clay, and then to harden it in the oven (do NOT put polymer clay in a microwave). He then told me to invoke the spirits of the circle using the General Citation while rubbing the appropriate magical oil or ink into their etchings.
He then told me to evoke the the spirits of the seal using their semiphoras conjurations and Godnames while rubbing the oil into their symbols inside the circle.
He said you get the best effect when you anoint the seals of mercy (Jupiter and Venus seals) or Middle Path seals (Moon and Sun) with your own blood, but use oil for the seals of severity (Mercury, Mars, and Saturn) unless you want those spirits to attach to you Those spirits work people very hard so yeah you don’t want them on you like that.
I tried his method out and it actually worked.
It also works when you create an inner seal using a Psalm from Sefer Shimmush Tehillim or other verse from Torah, but then you have to figure out the Godname using kabbalist numerology. I’ve figured out that you don’t need to make a symbol when using this method with the Psalms, simply insert the Psalm into the General Citation and read it and it works fine.
With the Psalm it’s relatively easy to figure out the Godname, simply read the interlinear Psalm and the names will be written out in full for you. But finding the angel names is a lot tougher and you need to use numerology on the verse for that.
Funny how you reminded me of this, i haven’t done Garth’s method since i got my radionic machine a decade ago, but his method works VERY well.
I have used the Psalm method many times it works fine and has no downsides.
I also did the eclipse technique from the 7th Books using the Generation Seal. It was incredible, but i have yet to see a result from the work so time will tell. The way i did it was with the Table of the Moon while calling the infernal spirits listed. Some of them are missing names, though so i don’t know if that section of the book is complete and therefore the ritual itself may be compromised.
Offering the method i was shown here if you’re willing to try it out.