Greetings!
Well............
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I blessed all my tools with holy water. Im not using any particular method, Im pretty much just "mixing and maching" as I go along. So is this good enough ?
No.
You are not experienced enough to slapdash together things and expect to get results! You MAY have enough force of will to pull off some minor phenomena but that is hardly a satisfying Goetic experience!
Please, please, please! Read the material. Does it call for blessing the instruments with holy water? (where did you obtain holy water?) SanguinedeNapoli has the right idea about the tools (this also applies to the mindset) but, unfortunately, the ability of most people to 'switch gears' and view the 'butter knife' as any of the attendant knives in the Magicians setup, is on trial here. That is the reason why we have ascribed specific uses for each of the tools...to forgo the impression of toast when using the white handled knife (or any of the others).
Here is where I start getting abit rough... bear with me. So, you wanna Summon a Demon? The Goetics are the favored lot for this! They can also be the most perilous! They are (or can be) VERY subtle! Just because every wannabe mage goes straight for the Goetics doesn't mean that they are easy...or safe! If you had even read the material your first question wouldn't be 'what tools are needed for success..?' Sorry but this isn't some game to while away a boring Saturday afternoon! If that is what this is to you then please put away the Lemegeton and pick up some Gygax and AD&D! (Now that is some safe fun...but I digress) Evocation , IMHO, should NEVER be tried until one has learned some basic exercises FIRST! Learn, by heart, the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP) and the Quabalistic Cross (QC). If these are not to your taste....please find some Auric strengthening exercises. Learn how to breathe. Try to open your senses to include the local Astral. Meditate on the Event (Evocation). Learn the proper consecration of the Tools of the Arte! Does your wand carry the proper inscriptions? Et cetera ad nauseum! If you really work at these things you will have a chance at becoming a Magician! (Learn what incenses will help facilitate materializatioms....and no, they aren't made from narcotic herbs...)
Look...I could write a book on this subject (almost did here!) but, hopefully, you got the drift... I wish you well and I hope that you become all you want to be! Good luck and remember,...practice, practice, practice! (IMG:
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