QUOTE(Agni @ Nov 19 2008, 09:53 PM)
However I've personally felt that drawing those complicated Armadel sigils is a good attunement process to the entity's energy, so unless you use an astral evocation method or something else which includes visualizing them from memory I think you might benefit from using the original sigil.
I agree. There is no need to utilize a less complicated sigil, operate with patience - simply draw the sigil several times, very slowly, before doing the final work, and then you should proceed almost painfully slow. After a bit, you'll be completely focused on the task of replicating the sigil, and by the time your done, you'll feel as though you were already deeply involved in the Work you're attempting. I think this may be part of the purpose for the complicated nature of the sigil. If you do it right, you'll feel physically and mentally 'worked out' if not outright exhausted from the effort. This is good, it means you're actually placing a significant amount of energy into the sigil - energy which will be exalted during the work itself.
Be sure to breathe when you do - many times I, and some others I've had the opportunity to discuss sigil magic and general, have found ourselves suspending breath when reaching a critical point of focus, only to have it break because the body spasms in order to 'shock' you into breathing. Totally kills the moment.
peace