Consorting With Spirits

✍ Scribed by Jason Miller

• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 248
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
A NOTE ON THE MAGIC IN THIS BOOK
THIS SHOULD NOT BE YOUR FIRST BOOK ON MAGIC
CHAPTER 1: What Is a Spirit?
WHAT ARE SPIRITS?
MAGIC'S NEXT TOP SPIRIT MODEL
THE EMERGENCE OF THE MIND MODEL
CHAOS AND RESULTS
BEYOND Y2K
A MEGA MODEL
SO, WHAT IS A SPIRIT?
TRADITION
ORGANIZED BY LOCATION
ORGANIZED BY BEHAVIOR
INDEPENDENTLY ORGANIZED
EMBRACE COMPLEXITY
CHAPTER 2: Modes of Manifestation
ORIENTATION
MANIFESTATION MATTERS
MANIFESTATIONS OF RESONANCE
INHABITATION
CONTROLLED APPEARANCE
MANIFESTATIONS OF TRUE SPIRITS
POSSESSION
ASPECTING
TRANSVOCATION
WAIT! WHAT ABOUT DREAMS?
CHAPTER 3: Spirit Skills
THE PERCEPTION/PROJECTION RATIO
SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP
JUST DO NOTHING
LOOK PAST THE VEIL
DREAMING TRUE
PILLAR AND SPHERES
SO MUCH MORE . . .
THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILL TO MASTER
CHAPTER 4: Respect and Authority
EARN RESPECT
EXERCISE AUTHORITY
THE LONELY INITIATION
MUTUAL RESPECT
THE SPIRIT FEAST
CHAPTER 5: Prayers and Spells
FROM PRAYER TO SPELL
THE SORCERER'S CALL TO ST CYPRIAN
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL!
COMMON ELEMENTS OF PRAYER
CHAPTER 6: Get to Know the Locals
ALL SORCERY IS LOCAL
MAPS AND LEGENDS
PEEK BENEATH THE VEIL
SPIRITS OF HISTORY
THE BONE YARD
CHURCHES
WHAT ARE YOUR PLACES?
COMPASS ROUNDS
KINGS OF THE FOUR DIRECTIONS
DON'T NEGLECT THE LOCAL
CHAPTER 7: Fear and Danger
PROTECTION
SPIRITS ARE PROTECTION
ROCK ME, ASMODEUS
PROTECTION SPELLS
A HEKATEAN PHYLACTERY
CHAPTER 8: Friendly Conjuring
THE CONJURATION OF ASTAROTH
PURIFICATION
THE CIRCLE
THE CONJURING KIT
CONSECRATION OF TOOLS
THE SEALS OF THE SPIRIT
START THE CEREMONY
THE CONJURATION OF ASTAROTH
CONJURE OTHER DEMONS WITH THIS METHOD
CONJURE SPIRITS UNDER DIFFERENT POWERS
CHAPTER 9: Compelling Conjurations
WHY BE BOSSY?
CONTROLLED APPEARANCE
POWER AND PASSION
PARTNERS IN CRIME
AN EXAMPLE OF A COMPELLING CONJURATION
THE PRAYER OF CONJURATION
DISMISSAL
A HEKATEAN CONJURATION
THE CIRCLE
PRAYER OF RECEPTIVITY
PRAYER OF COMPELLING
WHAT ABOUT THE DEVIL?
A LUCIFERIAN CONJURATION
TO COMPEL, OR NOT TO COMPEL, THAT IS THE QUESTION
CHAPTER 10: Intermediary Spirits and Familiars
THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGEL
THE PAREDROS
SYSTEM-SPECIFIC SPIRITS
SAINTS
SAINT CYPRIAN
FAMILIAR SPIRITS
MALL SANTAS
CHAPTER 11: Relationships and Pacts
DO NOT YIELD SOVEREIGNTY
CULTIVATE HEALTHY SKEPTICISM
TWISTED LANGUAGE
STREAMLINE AND PERSONALIZE COMMUNICATIONS
AVOID ABUSIVE AND PETTY SPIRITS—EVEN GODS
KEEP YOUR PROMISES
REAL BEINGS WILL CHALLENGE YOU
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN TERMS THE SPIRIT WILL UNDERSTAND
PREPARE LESS, RISK MORE
MAKE A PACT WITH A SPIRIT
CHAPTER 12: Questions and Answers
Parting Words
Notes
Also by Jason Miller
About the Author
About the Illustrator
To Our Readers