According to legend, King Solomon was not only supremely wise, but was also a learned sorceror, who had at his command a vast array of demons, which he employed for various projects. There exists a book of magic describing those demons called “The Lesser Key of Solomon the King”, or also the Goetia.
Some guy, S.L. MacGregor Mathers and Aleister Crowley re-wrote & released this grimoire at some point, although some might argue that they were the original authors of it. I’m not interested in that argument here though.
What I am interested in though is a section of the introduction, which was penned by Crowley, explaining certain metaphysical properties of these demons, which I think is very interesting.
- The spirits of the Goetia are portions of the human brain.
Their seals therefore represent (Mr. Spencer’s projected cube) methods of stimulating or regulating those particular spots (through the eye).
The names of God are vibrations calculated to establish:
(a) General control of the brain., (Establishment of functions relative to the subtle world.)
(b) Control over the brain in detail. (Rank or type of the Spirit.)
(c) Control of one special portion. (Name of the Spirit.)
And then there’s this part…
- When I say… “The Spirit Cimieries teaches logic,” what I mean is:
“Those portions of my brain which subserve the logical faculty may be stimulated and developed by following out the processes called ‘The Invocation of Cimieries.’”
This is all a very interesting way of looking at demonology, as well as looking at mythology, religion, etc. To view these characters & figures as centers of activity within the mind (and the universe) at large, and that one can ritually activate these centers for specific ends. Very very interesting to me. And you can view myths and religious stories from this perspective as well, wherein the stories indicate how different energies of the mind & universe interact with one another.
Besides just that though, take a look at some of the names of the Goetic demons… here’s just a sampling:
- Valefor
- Zepar
- Focalor
- Oriax
- Vapula
- Zagan
- Volac
- Phenex
So yeah, I was just thinking about how similar those are to the names of different drugs made by pharmaceutical heavyweights like Pfizer and Lilly. Examples:
- Prozac
- Strattera
- Xigris
- Zyprexa
- Zoloft
- Zyrtec
- Viagra
- Celebrex
The sounds of them are virtually the same. Interesting, right? Also interesting to compare and contrast what these drugs do: assert control over certain portions of the brain (and body) for some specific ends. And just like traditional demons, these drugs have nasty side effects, like addiction (possession) and stuff like blood in your stool or depression, or you name it. It’s all very suspicious to me, the similarities here. It’s also fun to blend the terminology from the two camps, and imagine some black magician invoking brand name drugs:
- “Oh mighty Lord Zoloft, bestow your blessings upon me. I am your humble servant.”
Or…
- “By the flaming sword of Prozac Infernus, I banish thee to the depths!”
Hehe. That shit cracks me up. Anyway, so yeah, that’s my story.
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