It is a form of “possession,” in which we retain a certain degree of our normal awareness so that we can learn about the nature and powers of the summoned force and we are able to control this force by the power of our Will. In this state we can see through their eyes, hear through their ears, taste, smell, and feel things with all their senses. In other words, for a particular moment we become them, our consciousness is merged with their consciousness, and we get to see what it’s like to be a god.

If we open ourselves to this experience and let it transform us from inside, we will successively absorb the powers of the invoked deities and make them our own. Each time we invoke a divine consciousness, we open way to new levels of self-transformation, understanding and knowledge. Therefore, each invocation is a sort of an initiation in itself.

This, however, is different from rites of possession where the practitioner is merely "ridden" by entities that take over the body and speak through the mouth of the host. In such forms of possession, man is only a vessel for gods and spirits, and this kind of invocation is used when there are more people involved in the practice and the spirits communicate through the body of the host with other participants of the ceremony. In such cases, the person usually doesn’t remember what happened and how it felt to be possessed. This is not the kind of possession presented in my Qliphothic Invocations & Evocations. Here we are all the time aware of what is going on, and this way we learn about the powers of the invoked forces, how to use them, and what we can learn from them.

What does it mean in practice? Let’s say we want to invoke Naamah, the lady of the first Qlipha on the Dark Tree. At first we should find out as much as we can about her - after all we are going to absorb her powers and qualities, and we have to be sure that we really want them to be a part of our conscious mind. So what do we know about her from the source literature?

Actually, not much. We know that she is related to Lilith, possibly as her sister or daughter, and like Lilith, she is thought to be a succubus. Naamah is also believed to be the mother of divination and the sister of Tubal Cain, the Maker of Sharp Weapons, who is the ruling force of A’arab Zaraq. In the Bible she is mentioned as one of the descendants of Cain, the first murderer. In the Qabalah she is an angel of prostitution and one of Samael’s consorts, and according to the apocrypha, Naamah and Lilith visited Adam when he and Eve separated for one hundred and thirty years after Cain’s murder of Abel. Demonic offspring born from this union are called the Plagues of Mankind. Also, according to the Zohar and the apocrypha, it was Naamah who first seduced the Watchers, angels that descended from heaven to fornicate with the daughters of man, while she herself became the mother of countless demons and evil spirits.

Why would we want to work with such a being? First of all, as the lady of the first Qlipha, Naamah opens the gate to unconscious layers of the Self, exposing us to the forces of the personal Shadow which are normally inaccessible to the mundane consciousness of man. From the esoteric point of view, these forces are our dreams, desires, fantasies, fears, obsessions, and other primal impulses that work from beneath the surface, driving our actions and shaping our lives. In religious terms, these are demons and monsters that lurk in the shadow, awaiting an opportunity to lead us away from salvation. But the path of Naamah, the way of the Qliphoth, is a way of self-salvation, and these forces are not viewed as something to be afraid of, but something desired. As the adepts of the Left Hand Path, we don’t strive to return to the Garden of Eden, but we seek to create our own paradise and become the rulers of our own universe.

And here is where Naamah’s role starts. She opens the gate to our personal underworld, awakens sleeping demons, and projects them on the black canvas of the Void, where they grow and morph into desires and aspirations that drive us on the path. This driving force is often experienced in sexual form, as lust or urge, because sex is the most natural expression of the human desire of transcendence. It contains all polarities of our existence - movement and withdrawal, power and weakness, control and submission - just like the bright and the dark sides of the Tree itself - hence the image of Naamah as a succubus and the goddess of passions. When we confront Naamah, we also face our passions and urges, the very source of our motivation, the driving forces behind all our actions. At the same time, in the course of the process, we realize why we actually act the way we do and what really drives us in our lives, and this way we are able to set ourselves on the right track to become free from what binds and weakens us.

Naamah offers a lot to a practitioner working with the Qliphoth - she is a guide to the Other Side who opens the gate and leads us into the tunnels of the Dark Tree; she prompts us to resolve our personal issues, especially those related to passions and desires; she can make us feel young and full of life; and she can also bestow the gift of “sight” and awaken the Serpent Force in the practitioner’s subtle body. But there are also many ways in which we can profit from working with this Qliphothic lady. Naamah is a manifestation of the Dark Goddess, a force carrying a lot of female power. That’s why female practitioners invoking her, apart from using her as a guide to the Other Side, can also absorb her female strength. Like Lilith, she can make a woman strong, confident, aware of her female powers, especially in the sexual sense, assertive, independent, and able to take what she wants and when she wants it. Male practitioners invoking Naamah can be guided through lessons involving encounters with strong and powerful women, learning how to approach and handle this primordial feminine force and how to transform the negative image of a vicious succubus draining men’s life force and sexual powers into a picture of a powerful initiatrix into female magic and female mysteries. Naamah’s consciousness is therefore especially helpful to women who need to work on their confidence and self-awareness, and to men who feel uneasy in the presence of strong women - shy or aggressive - helping them overcome these issues in the process of self-initiation.

You will find the invocation of Naamah, her history and mythology, and more information about her and the other Qliphothic gods and goddesses in the book itself. Have a great time working with these deities in your own practice and don’t be afraid to embrace their powers!

In the meantime, I strongly suggest you look over my precursor Qliphothic Meditations. It provides much-needed preliminary meditations to synchonize with the Current of Sitra Ahra. It will allow you to hit the ground on both feet when you enter into the finale of this series Qliphothic Invocations & Evocations. I fillied it with magical artwork of the Dark Gods & Goddesses as I personally witnessed them in ritual gnosis. You may find this right here:

See you at midnight on Halloween...

Darkest Blessings,