So I'm probably about to summon a few demons, (Lilith most likely) so I can question them and so I have a few questions beforehand to make sure she doesn't like drag me to hell or whatever demons do if you give them an opportunity

[Mulberry]

If your attitude is based on fear, I suggest holding off until you can let go of that. You are at a high risk of attracting parasites - lesser astral entities that feed on negative emotion - and they can play impostor and waster your time at best.

I strongly suggest first setting up at least one mirror shield, and one ward, and then smudging your space before you start.

Instructions are in the many useful protection tutorial in this thread: this is Magick 101.

Unofficial Tutorials: Spiritual Hygiene & Defense Basics Collection

Assumed to be so basic no one talks about it until beginners get a problem and wonder why, and six people say “cleanse and banish, set up wards, take care of your spiritual hygiene”. This megathread collects our favourite cleaning, banishing and self protection preventative techniques. Some are fix and forget/maintain occasionally, like wards, some are for on the spot emergency use. My top book recommendation for this work has to be Robert Bruce’s The Practical Psychic Self-Defense Handbook: A Survival Guide. (This one is a basic that is worth knowing for all mages, really)… click the image for it’s Amazon listing: [image] Please feel free to link other forum posts that helped you!