Making a Sigilum Dei Aemeth out of Wax [Esoteric Saturdays]
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- Опубликовано: 4 сен 2024
- About a year ago, I decided to make a Sigilum Dei Aemeth out of wax. In this video I describe the process of trial-and-error that let to this more or less acceptable outcome so you don't have to go through the same process (or at least use it as a starting point).
What I wish I'd known:
1) Use a single-piece silicone cake-mold (25cm/ 9.5 inch)
2) Ensure it is 100% IMPECCABLY CLEAN
3) DO NOT use a bain-marie.
4) You need about 700g (0.7kg / 1.5lbs) of virgin beeswax.
5) Melt the wax in the oven for around 15 minutes (be sure not to burn it, or let it start smoking)
6) Do not let even the tiniest drop of water come close to the molten wax
7) After trying around 7 times, I can say that flipping the cooled, solidified wheel over to smooth out the top-side ripples DOESN'T WORK.
8) Pop bubbles on the surface with the flame of a lighter when the wax is still liquid.
9) The wheel will shrink a lot if it's cooling from fully liquid, and a little if it's only partially melted.
10) Drawing the sigil really is the easy part.
Bonus 11) from @Kingsley Ravenscroft in the comments section: using a 1 piece metal tin and leaving the melted wax to cool down slowly in the oven overnight, he got no ripples. One, or the other, or both of these differences may be the magic ingredient... I'd bet on the slow cooling.
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I’m so glad I found this channel
:D So am I! Thanks for watching! :)
Me too, just found this channel a week ago while watching Damien Echols videos 😁
@@Louise1107 Me too!
Me too, brother. Me too. This man is a light in the darkness.
No kidding!!! I really like that the videos are in a sort of matter of fact and fun way.
What a piece of art! As a novice beekeeper myself, i wanted to note that the bees wax tends to crack when it cools too fast. To minimize that, one could let the wax cool in a warm room (around 25-30 degrees Celsius) or in a warm oven with the door closed (warm it to 200F and just leave the wax in the oven to cool very slowly). I’m wondering if it would also help with the wrinkling on the surface…. Thanks to your vidéo, I may actually try to make one myself next beekeeping season!
One of the most exhausting but rewarding occult tools to construct. Love Lon Milo Duquette's books, btw.
For sure! I'm far from satisfied with the details of the outcome, but those niggles are completely overshadowed by the absolute delight of having completed a real Sigilum that I can hold, and, dare I say it, use! :D
@@FoolishFishBooks yes! Some practitioners are ridiculously dogmatic in the construction of the Enochian materials, and if we were trying to actually receive the SYSTEM like Dee and Kelly did, I would understand replicating their materials exactly. But to use and have mystical experiences, I think Duquette's recommendation are totally adequate. I never found a red silk cloth with golden tassels personally 😉
@@zachbyars8030 I hear that the early sigili on which Dee based his own were actually made of wood. Definitely an easier route! :D
Using a fine liner pen for me was a NIGHTMARE because the tip got clogged with wax every few strokes. I highly recommend instead making a wash of black acrilic paint (a tiny bit of black paint in a shotglass full of water) painting it over the whole surface and quickly wiping it clean. The ink wash falls in the recessed marks/letters and the rest is pure beeswax. Thank you for this video!
This will work with good quality ink as well.
Dude, that is absoluty awsome! Much better then painting easter eggs! :D
:D Yeah, the easter egg I painted this afternoon feels like a bit of an afterthoughth for sure! :D instagram.com/p/B-2BYirnQCd/?
Great job, Mr. “Fish”! Before I have made my Golden Dawn style earth Pentacle (out of solid wood), I first made a beeswax one (in Duquette style), using a process similar to the one you described here. I used an aluminum mold with a removable bottom and the result was similar to the disc you showed: I got some smooth and perfect surfaces and no solidified bubbles at all. Then I used a drawing compass needle to transfer the figure from the paper to the disc surface, and reinforced the grooves and crannies in the same way. Your idea of reinforcing glyphs and letters with a fine-tipped pen is very good: the final result is better than mine, I have to admit it.
Beautiful indeed, and fascinating… such a gift you have in knowing how to translate the old world to share with the present world.. Thank you. 🌟
What an amazing job you did, I love it! I am a candle maker and yes no water near beeswax (in candles the water droplets will pop and crackle... learnt from my mistakes). Beeswax needs to be heated at a higher temperature than other wax and can also be a little bit more temperamental. It can cool down quickly in some parts then others and this can cause bubbles and imperfections. I use a heating gun to get smoother areas in my candles and it can be a little frustrating as a perfectionist. I love the look of your Sigilum Dei Aemeth, it is rustic and real life looking those little imperfections make it more perfect. For transferring the Sigil you can use transfer papers and decals especially made for candle use but they can be a bit difficult so you did an amazing job, I am not sure I would have the same level of patience. I am curious did you use refined beeswax or unrefined? Unrefined beeswax does have flaws into the wax as it hasn't been cleaned (unlike refined beeswax) but it is the type that smells like honey and smells amazing.
Thanks so much for this! Yes, I used unrefined beeswax and it does smell amazing! 💜
im amazed ! ,i just got the kevin klein trilogy of john dee's work today and to see you Sigilum Die Aemeth..totall respect to you denis, love from eire
Nice acquisition! 😊 Enjoy! And thanks for the kind words! 😊🙏
Beautiful job! I’m excited to try this. I’m an encaustic painter so working with beeswax is what I love to do! Thanks for sharing!!
Oh! That's awesome! If never heard of encaustic painting... Thanks for the trail!
Impressive painstaking work!
😅 Doing my best 😉 Thanks for three kinds words, @Sejdr!
Simply stunning! I bet your wife wasn't best pleased about the oven though 😆
😅 she was pleased to find a nice clean oven after I'd tidied up after myself 😂
Beautiful work, you can feel it emanating through the screen.
Thank you very much for your very kind words 😄🙏 I'm so glad you liked the video!
Congrats! You really deserve an award and obviously is a work of art. I like the idea of magic but If an angel appears in front of me I will be scare to death I swear. I mean I like to pray, mantras, I'm learning about ceremonial magick, sigils and grimoires but I feel I have to be careful because the line between reality and fantasy sometimes is dangerous. I prefer to learn and after to practise, I'm 35 so I have to be quick lol I will be an old wich soon. Thanks for creating this content, I don't find people to talk about this topics in my daily life. A big hug from Spain.
Great job! I have not gone as far as inking those that I’ve made, and yours also has much more detail.
It looks absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you! 😁
Looks good. Might make myself one of these at some point.Loving the new direction this channel is taking. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, and good luck if you do try it yourself!
Hi! A beutiful object indeed! I've been watching your videos for some days and it's honestly been super helpful, informative and thought provoking. I'm learning a lot and I am very grateful! So, while I probably cannot tell you anything you would't know on the esoteric side, I thought I'd seize the occasion to share something on wax-working which I hope might prove useful for your next sigil: go for a hear gun or even a simple hair dryer! They both melt the beeswax quite easily, and not having to work with a direct flame makes the smoothing work a lot easier :) cheers!
Great tip, Sebastiano! 😄🙏
That is an incredible effort!
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I'm working on digitizing the Sigillum Dei Aemeth and making it a laser cut file as well as an embroidery file. I still want a wax replica though. Really great work. Thanks for showing us!🙏
I think the ideal way to dry it would be in a pressure pot, the sort that people use to set their resin casts, but most people don't own them, and they are rather expensive. But if you know someone who uses a pressure pot, perhaps you can ask to use it. Very tricky work. I've never made one of these, but I used to make a lot of candles as gifts for friends and family, and I discovered very quickly how difficult it is to make certain types of aesthetically pristine, ornate candles without pocks, bubbles, or imperfections.
I'm a very big fan of John Dee. Mainly because he really showed even the Christian world has plenty of occult and esoteric concepts and traditions. Also, he was just a brilliant man otherwise.
Wow, it looks great! Thanks for practical instructions!
Gorgeous!
Beautiful thing
there’s you who makes it perfect then there’s me who fails drawing a pentagram.
😀😄😆😃😅😂☺️😂😂😂😄☺️🙂😉😌😇😜😝😛😋🤨🤪🤩🥳🥳🤩🤩😀😃😁😅🤣☺️😂😂😁😂😂😂☺️😂😅🤣😃😁
My heart goes out to you!
BEAUTIFUL.
I really enjoy your channel. Kinda weird but I noticed you and I have the exact same thumbs. I'm grateful that there is another copy of the set somewhere incase one of us need to find replacements.
Hahaha!
Very cool. I love your book reviews. This was a nice change up. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching, @locwillwin1! I do something a bit different most Saturdays.
Sir, this is amazing.
Thank you, @Scroll Sessions! 😁 Glad you like it!
Stunning
Is it required that the disk has to be constructed from wax exclusively as opposed to wood, perhaps? If so, what is the significance of it being of wax composite? I understand the value of putting the time, meditation, intention, & well, sheer effort into that which you create, but I would postulate that if hypothetically you invested the same energy into another medium one may yield similar results purely based on the intention invested in it. Forgive me if I'm missing something here, this is really just a general question of mine. Thanks for any insights, & otherwise great job on yours!!! Looks fantastic!
Very inspiring (and persistent) work of art.
Thanks @James Skinner :) I appreciate the appreciation :D
Looks great. Amazing detail!!!
That is amazing. Thank you for the instructions and tips. Now I need to find a lot of wax.
Super cool! Will try this as a project! Thanks on how to make it.
Hehe! Good luck!
beautiful work, great video, love your channel
I think of the five Sigillum Dei Aemeth with the Holy Table as the ego within the elements and quintessence.
An object I'm working on is an Illuminated Kabbalah Grimoire. After seeing this, I definitely want to add these in as pages. I'm also needing to research the 2 types of Enochian and align those with the Hebrew letter(by sounds, and by meaning/representation, separately) so I can add some angelic flair to it.
The big inspiration for this is to replace the Grimoire I burned years ago. See, I used to have a demonic entity possess me, and through their teaching I practiced a dark magick. As I'm learning about Kabbalah, it's looking more and more like the demon's magick was a cheap knockoff. That being said, the channels should still work if used in a divine way and powered by the Priesthood. (I'm an elder of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints) so I'm working on a Grimoire to go along with my Book of Lights.
appriciate all your work man, ive got quite a reading list
Thannks for the kind words, @juan montes! This channel was actually an incentive to force me to get through that very reading list ;)
beautiful sigil beautiful attitude
Excellent work, and excellent channel! Thank you for sharing 🙏
Thank you! ,😁
One question: Does it have to be wax? How about wood or ceramics? Thank you in advance, great channel
Outstanding work!
Thank you, @Juju Poil! 😁
That is fabulous 😍.
Your work is neat.
Thanks, @Stanley! :) It's best when viewed from a little distance, for sure! :D
You are really trying, am a student of occult science, I have been studying for long getting set to go into full practice. You know its not easy to start without an adept as a teacher
@@stanleyukaoha1765 I do know, indeed! 😄 But I wouldn't actually have it any other way. I don't do well with teachers. I'm way too stubborn.😅
so much dedication .. omg :o
I remember doing mine , but on a piece of cartoon .. and I didnt print it . I bless a pencil and draw it manually 🤣
Sometimes you can get those magic tools in special stores but i prefer to build my sigils and other tools myself - in old times all magi build the items by thmselfs it was a part of magical Education-i like natural stuff like wooden things or clay but this could be also good for resin to be poured you can add colours and glitter sparcle..i made Sigils for my ritual work from the mystic grmoire from Frater Malak with epoxy resin
That looks great!🌈😊
Dee interestingly didn't use the black mirror on it, just the crystal! Beautiful work brother :)
Well done
It's beautiful!
Thank you!
That is an absolute priceless work of art. I think the trial and error of any project is what makes the it so. H.P. Lovecraft at what age?
Did the angels reply? Any nice insights from the beyond? :) Congratulations, though, that is a work of art! I'm sure John Dee would thoroughly approve :) Looks like a lot of hard work. Perfect for lockdown!
Oh, I haven't used it (yet 😉) but yes, great fun creating it!
Am elevated to hear your foresight into the invocation for making angels part of one's life. Big fan buddy. Thank you for making my wishes a reality.😌👨👆
A lot of effort went into this, with beautiful results! I hope you don’t mind me asking, but is this wax sigil something that it’s part of your regular practice?
Thank you for your kind words! I do intend to use it eventually, but not as a regular part of my practice 😊
Love this video!! I'm thinking I'm treating myself this holiday season with making myself one of these!
Would you be interested in exploring more Enochian Magik related topics? I'm working through Duquette's Enochian Vision Magik and am trying to understand the Aethyrs. I'd love to hear a breakdown from you!
It will definitely happen! :)
Will you be making more of these? Or similar? Might I suggest you invest in the high heat craft gun/blow dryer? It would help with smoothing the undulations and bubbles. At some point a heating pad may have been useful as well. Im thinking the more you control the temperature and pace of the melting and cooling.....as in slow and steady, the better the results.
Great job!
Thanks, @Cozy! Happy Easter to you! 😁
@@FoolishFishBooks Happy Easter 🐰🐤
@Foolish Fish, where did you buy the silicon mold? What did you use to do the designs?
amazin
Hello. Beautiful video. Where can I find the printables?
Awesome Work!! :-)
orange peal
when it drys too quick (car paint)
annealed steel
alignment of the crystals
slowly turn down the heat
up down down... up. down.. down.. up... down... down... up
etc
Not to be all numerology on you but 21/8 is 2.625. the square root of 2.625 is a very close approximation (1.62) to the golden ratio (1.618)
Another way to make the sigilum is to use a clay disk and coat it with wax then etch the letters and symbols.
That's impressive. What was it you used to trace/ cut the pattern into the wax again? I'm not familiar with the term you where using.
Biro/ball-point pen
thanks
Thank you for sharing with us your experience and all the advice. I have no wish yet to work with Enochian magick (it seems extremely obtuse EXCEPT for the new Success Magick book by GOM), but now I know better how to approach making the wax disc with your video
Yes, it looks daunting for sure, but step by step, I hope to get there eventually!
Thank you for this, for enlightening others on the way, it's a great work! I am on my way to start mine. Just a question: in your video you said that the wheel shrinks about 5mm on the sides when it dries which reduces the diameter by 1cm, so you have a sigillum of 24cm diameter, don't you? So I ask this question because there are some proportions to the Tabula Sancta. Is 24 cm not too big?
Incredible!!!! Wowwwwww so impressive...⚜️🔥😈🔥⚜️
Thank you, @chickenflavouredwaffle! 😁
If anyone's curious 21/8 means EL
Thank you!
is that available on amazon metal type or plastic type or wood type?
Now, take the cost of materials and any equipment purchased for this. Multiply the number of hours of labor you put in over the one year by the average value of your labor. Add that all up. The ones on Etsy suddenly look a lot less expensive...lol. To make this more painful, compare the quality. This is why I use Etsy.
Looks amazing! And the fact you also play Arkham Horror the Card Game makes me so so happy to hear lol
When I made my SDA last year, I found the inking of the characters to be the hardest part as ink and wax don’t like each other very much. Please can you tell me exactly what you used for the inking!
A couple of Sakura Micron 3 pens on the top (pens keep drying up and get coated in wax, so had to keep cleaning the tips and teasing out ink on paper) and a Sakura Pigma Graphic 1 fine marker on the AGLA underneath which didn't need to be so fine.
Many thanks! Beautiful work by the way!
I used a solid metal tin and didn’t have issues with the rippling that you found - not sure why... maybe the metal cools more evenly? I also just turned off the oven and left in there to cool overnight so it set really slowly.
@@Vibeakimbo Good tip! 😯
The darth vader chest plate tells you all you need to know about anglo magic. Just listen to Alan Parsons project. Used to have a phaestos disk from a greek gift shop. no exit
sooo... does it work?
Curious if it would matter if I bought one… or if I should I make it myself? Would it even change the outcome of ritual? Also must it be made of wax like the original?
I believe buying this would be just as effective. John Dee's was wax. The one it was based on from the Liber Juratus was made of wood. But I'd say that making changes is something to be experimented with, but that may not yield the results you wanted.
Thanks for your work. Have you tried it out, did it work?
No, no. It's only item number one of a long list of equipment required. I may or may not continue building... 😉
any kind of wax works for the sigils for the nephes, mate?
I wonder how it would dry in a vac chamber?
So now I know that you play Call of Cthulhu 🤪👾
🤜🤛💯 Like my playmat? 😜
Were you playing D&D???
What purpose does it serve magically?
I'm working on one (at least) of these at the moment. I have used a brand new cake tin and let it cool from the oven. Do you think the wax is more likely to crack after multiple melts? Also, what did you use for ink? Thanks so much for this video!
I used Sakura fineliners for the ink (several which I ruined in the process), and I think the best thing to do to avoid cracks is to leave it in the oven as the oven cools down overnight.
@@FoolishFishBooks Thanks :)
Original is 7 cross each hand
If you tried again, would you attempt using resin instead of wax? If not, why not? I'm wondering if it would be easier. Not sure if it would cost more, though.
No. The instructions from John Dee specifically require virgin wax.
The main thing I would do differently is that I would leave it in the oven as the oven cools down (slower cooling process would avoid cracks).
What if I use a wax other than virgin beeswax? Will it work?
I'm almost 100% sure that if wood works and even foam board I've heard work, then anything would work. These are simply the materials used by John Dee and Edward Kelly to receive the system. It's just traditional more than anything else.
@@FoolishFishBooks Thanks Man it makes things easy and clear. Keep on
Wow!!
Glad you like it, @Nobody Here 😜👍
I’m not sure what you said you scribed everything in with.
Sorry. Biro is British for "ball-point pen", like a classic Bic.
Man I can feeeeell the Virgo in you !! Which sign is it ?
Almost right... Taurus. My wife is Virgo.
Do you know your birth chart?
Most important is does it work for you?
Believe it or not, I haven't got round to making the rest of the materials yet to try it out. It really is quite involved! 😅
@@FoolishFishBooks well I don't want to discourage you but you need to make four more smaller sigilums lol but should be no problem now that you learned from this one 😁
21/8• means "EL"
Great job. How much wax did you need to buy?
1.5 kg
@@FoolishFishBooks hello FF, am I write in thinking that I pour the wax granules into the mould and melt in the oven? If so, low temperature?
@@quaesitorluminis9445 yes, low temp until melted, then turn off the oven and let cool in the oven overnight.
@@FoolishFishBooks Hello FF, what type of pen or ink did you use to fill the cavity’s? 🖋
@@quaesitorluminis9445 a few micron fine-liners (they stop working quite quickly when you drag them over wax)
Why wax though? Why not wood?
John Dee received clear instructions to make his sigillum out of virgin wax. The one he took inspiration from (in the Sworn Book of Honorius) was made of wood.
@@FoolishFishBooks thank you!
Is Enochian magic, magic of Enoch from the bible?
How do you use it?
How can i contact angels?