Goetia & Grimoire Sorcery 101 Full Course
Ⓒ2024 Jae Cro
Course Description:
Welcome to the Goetia and Grimoire Magic course! This course provides 10 recorded lessons.
The lessons are taught at the introductory/primer level for goetia and grimoire magic, but they
do presume a basic familiarity with magic and experience in basic practices such as protection
magic, circle casting, spell casting, and invocation work, etc. Each live online lesson is an hour
plus and includes three parts:
1. Direct instruction on central Goetia and grimoire magic concepts .
2. A hands-on practice session in which students will actually do spirit magic.
3. A recorded Q&A discussion session on course topics.
The material covered focuses on the grimoire tradition from across the combined archaic,
syncretic, and medieval grimoire timeframes, while at the same time drawing on a number of
living traditions of spirit work. Goetia 101 lessons take you step-by-step through the archaic
goetia & grimoire traditions beginning with simple practices anyone can do anywhere and at any
time, and moving toward more advanced methods to prepare you to perform full on evocations
to forge pacts with spirits using the full arsenal of grimoiric methods.
Lesson Number, Description, & What to materials to bring to each lesson
Lesson 1: History of Goetia & Demon Petition Magic
(bring: a pen, paper, glass of water)
Lesson 2: Goetic Cosmology & Divination for Spirit Communication
(bring: a glass of water, dice, other divination devices)
Lesson 3: Goetic Theology & Grimoire Spellcasting
(bring: a glass of water, pen, paper, small symbol of desire)
Lesson 4: Necromancy & Ancestor Magic
(bring: a glass of water, image of ancestor or object reminding you of them -something they
owned or symbolic connection)
Lesson 5: Grimoire Tools & Consecration ritual
(bring: a glass of water, salt, incense, objects to consecrate: altar tools, divination devices, other
materia and implements)
Lesson 6: Magical Timing & Underworld Journeying
(bring: something to write with and write on -ideally your magical journal if you have one)
Lesson 7: Invocation in Theory & Practice
(bring: something to write with and write on -ideally your magical journal if you have one)
Lesson 8: Spirit Catalogs & Divining Spirit Allies
(bring: just yourself)
Lesson 9: Spirit Pacts & Goetic Circle Casting
(bring: magical knife if you have one, otherwise just yourself)
Lesson 10: Full Evocation Rituals & Mirror Scrying
(bring: a candle if you have one, if not just your mobile phone)
Bonus Lesson: Making the Grimoire Knife
Ritual Manual Links: Individual & Group
Course Facebook Discussion Group with slideshows:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/992706761757145/
Course Recommended Text Books:
Jake Stratton-Kent:
Geosophia I & II
True Grimoire
Goetic Liturgy*
Goetic Divination*
Paul Huson
Mastering WItchcraft*
Porterfield & Porterfield & Yronwode
A Deck of Spells
BJ Swain
Living Spirits
Course Recommended Web Resources:
Grimoire Translations: Esoteric Archives: Twilight Grotto
Color facsimiles of grimoires: BooksOfMagick.com
Frater Aacher’s Archaic Goetia Primer: Goeteia
An excellent FaceBook Group dedicated to Goetia & Grimoire Magic filled with thoughtful,
well-informed folks
How to build a simple Ancestor Altar
Resources mentioned during various lessons
Dice Interpretation from JSK’s pamphlet Goetic DIvination:
Archaic-Goetic 3-Worlds Cosmology:
Verum Tools Concept Map:
Exorcism of Water & Fire:
•Sprinkling some salt into the water, say: “Water and earth, where you are cast, let no
spell or averse purpose last, that be not in complete accord with me, as my word so
shall it be!”
•Lighting the incense, say: “Creature of fire this charge I lay, that no phantom in thy
presence stay, that be not in complete accord with me, as I will so shall it be!”
Recommended iphone apps: Lunar Widget & Time Nomad
Invocation to Hecate (Adapted from JSK’s Goetic Liturgy)
I invoke thee, Hecate, Goddess of Witchcraft, Lady of the Crossroads
O ruler of the darkest night, Queen of the Earth, Sea, and Sky: Diva Triformis,
Tergemina, Mediator of the realms, Thee, thee I invoke!
Thou with the crescent moon for thy diadem on thy brow –the sign of thy might, thee,
thee I invoke!
Thou who art adorned with the holy garland, and whose hair shines like the silver
moonlight, Thee, thee I invoke.
In your hand is the herald’s wand of Hermes, thee, thee I invoke!
Thou who bearest the flame-bright torch, thee, thee I invoke!
Thou who guardeth the serpent girdle and the key to the realms, thee, thee I invoke!
Thou whose sandal is of gleaming gold, thee, thee I invoke!
Thou whose coming is heralded by the baying of dogs, thee, thee I invoke!
Come thou forth, and make all spirits subject unto me, so that every spirit of the land,
and the sea, and under the earth, and of the whirling air,
and of the rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of the gods may be obedient unto
me!
Behold, I am she: Kore, Mother, and Hag! I am the night and the mother of night
–Sovereign Lady of the Darkened ways!
I am friend and guide to those who have passed!
My triform self traverses all the worlds! I open the gates, for I am the key!
I bear the torch for those who have gone beyond –by my flame they are brought to
Elysium!
Behold she is in me & I in her! I am she: Goddess of Crossroads and Mother of Sorcery!
Traveler of byways from Olympus to Hades! I am Hecate, mistress of Witchcraft!
I am the maiden who hunts with her hounds! I am the Mother who guards over birth! I
am the Hag who gives her wisdom!
Mine are the charms and hidden sorceries! My torch is the eternal guide of gods and
men!
Erishkigal! Aktiophis! Tridotis! I am nameless unto eternity! Maiden of pregnant moons!
Queen of all realms!
Come forth and follow me!
Crossroads Opening Rite
•The Headless Cross:
•Touch the forehead; vibrate: Aoth
•The heart: Avaoth
•Right shoulder: Vasym
•Left shoulder: Isaak
•Spread arms to form a cross: Savaoth
•Clasp the hands at the heart: IAO
•Facing East: draw in the air an invoking Mercurial triangle (clockwise triangle starting
from bottom left to top center) and while drawing the triangle vibrate: Lucifer, (while
drawing the symbol of Mercury in the center of the triangle vibrate) Hermes
•Facing Southwest: invoking Alchemical Salt triangle (starting top to lower right):
Astaroth, (draw symbol of salt at the center of the triangle): Hecate
•Facing Northwest: invoking Alchemical Sulfur triangle (starting bottom right to bottom
left), Beelzebuth, (draw symbol of sulfur at the center of the triangle) Hades
Center yourself Facing East (in orans posture):
Before me Oriens
Behind me Paimon
At my right hand Amaymon
At my left hand Aegyn
For about me flame the trigrams
And in the center shines the circle
Repeat the Headless Cross.
Pact Template:
•On consecrated parchment with consecrated quill and ink –ink with a drop of blood
(Verum)
•This pact is between the Spirt <name> and <your name> (formerly <maiden name>,
and <first name> hereafter)
•This pact is to ensure friendly and amicable relations between both parties.
•Both parties agree to not initiate hostile or harmful actions towards each other
•<Spirit name> agrees to not cause any harm to and always protect <your name> and
their family, loved ones and friends
•<spirit name> agrees to come when called in the future, without full evocation
ceremony
•<Your name> agrees to always provide offerings of flame and incense of <spirit>’s
choosing when calling <spirit>
•<your name> will not try to compel, intimidate or force <spirit> to perform tasks against
their will and will negotiate proper payment in offering for specific tasks.
•<your name> will offer (daily, weekly, monthly, annual, etc.) offerings of fire, incense
and food above and beyond all other task specific offerings to <spirit>
•<Your name> agrees to treat <spirit> with respect and courtesy during all interactions
•<spirit name> agrees to be truthful without deceit when offering instructions or
information, and refrain from lying through omission or speaking half-truths with the
intent to deceive.
•Only promises and agreements said out loud or written down by <your name> shall be
considered binding
•<Your name> agrees to learn patiently the sacred mysteries of <spirit name>
•<Spirit name> Agrees to teach their sacred mysteries
•Upon signing, <Spirit name> ordains and consecrates <your name> to themselves as
priest(ess) or their sacred mysteries, and grants <your name> power to consecrate host
for theophagy, perform ceremonies, marriages, funerals, confer blessings,
ablutions/baptisms, and give oracles, accept offerings, and conduct initiations in the
name of <spirit name>
•This pact is sealed under the auspices of Scirlin, <Chief> and <Deputy/Spirit>
Dedication:
With many thanks to the alumni of the initial cohort of students who piloted this course. Your
enthusiastic participation and input were invaluable.
