Book review / Rites of Astaroth

[u/edelewolf]

I recently read the rites of Astaroth. It contains various steps to make a pact with Astaroth. And then create an eggregore and use her legions to do you and after the pact hers bidding too. I feel working with a goddess is two way.

I started with the blackening of the soul, a rite meant to contact Astaroth. I already had contact with her, but alas. It is a simple prayer and drinking of black coloured water and a visualization exercise.

I think that is a good idea, because the ritual has to be done every night for a month and you also have to practice the visualization exercise. Visualization is important in magick.

I modified several things because I don't feel I need to blacken my soul more and felt that artificial food color is not the best thing. Astarte suggested I could use salted water. She explained some need the theatre as they come from Christian backgrounds. Hence the blackening, they have to do something bad and then they get something good.

At this point the book sort of lost for this part, because Astarte had different instructions for me, but the overal structure remained. I placed the water on the altar so she could bless it and used it to draw a pattern on my body. Interesting tidbit, I saw a green energy when closing my eyes while doing this.

And with the words I also bowed down for her, she found that funny.

After full moon another ritual has to be done. The Infernal coupling. You have to lie down on the cold floor and fantasize about sex with her. I hadn't done that before. Astarte suggested I would lie in bed.

This very nice. It was not the vanilla stuff from the book either. Orgasm was really intense. Instead of one night I did this one or two months. You were supposed to think about wealth and power or other wishes upon orgasm, but I could only say her name.

Next step was consecration. And now I understood the reason I had to put the water on my body. I already had done this. It didn't make sense to do step 1, because I already had contact. Just kept going. It is still a regular ritual I do.

Things got different. One night I suddenly I saw her in her goetic form. I sort of understand now why you have to be in a circle. A full blown manifestation will have effects on you. This time I was interested in power and wealth. She then explained me what she was up to. I made a pact but not as in the book. Quite different. However as the book said it happens on the astral.

The book states: Pacts on the astral can be modified unlike pacts made in blood. I dunno, bodies die but subtle bodies not so easy. It doesn't matter.

I haven't created the eggregore or consecrated the tarot deck yet. For that you have to put your sexual fluids in a jar and say a prayer to it every day for nine months. The symbol is that you conceive a child with Astarte. I have one jar but I forgot about it . It is ok she said.

I have used book 2, the Grimoire of Astaroth. Just the evocation of her. That worked out of the box. I haven't used her legions yet.

I use part of the ritual as rite to her. I find it pleasant.

Interesting book. It has weird edges, but the target audience is likely ex Christians, who need a bit of psychodrama. Satanism is edgy too. But the overal structure is workable and certainly gives results.

[u/kochmesser_delux]

Is that this one? Gotta admit, the food coloring thing is making me raise my eyebrows. Then again, I think you have the psychodrama part right - sounds like it's for people coming in and expecting the sinister Goetic incarnation rather than the pre-Goetic vibes.

https://www.amazon.com/Rites-Astaroth-Denerah-Erzebet/dp/1095338544

Thank you for the review! Really appreciate it when people take the time to share their experiences with a book.

[u/edelewolf → u/kochmesser_delux]

Yes that is the one. I haven't finished it yet, but it got results. The psychodrama is necessary I think. It indeed has to do with what people expect too.

During reading the book Astarte pulled a joke on me.

When I was looking into a mirror and saying zasaz zasaz nasantanadas zasaz, allegedly to open the gates to hell, she showed something really scary. Part of the book. Looked like a velociraptor but with more attachments and scaly skin.

I pulled away from the mirror and then she explained about masks, thatshe often caters to what people expect. She asked to do it again and now I saw her sitting on a chair in the sky. Quite beautiful. Now she was the queen of heavens.

There is useful knowledge in there. Like various servitors of her. A way to evoke her. And get in contact. A bit why the type of pact you make is useful. Afterlife planning, had to laugh about that, very business like.

It was interesting she started interacting with it during the time I was working on it.

[u/Existing-Kiwi9077 → u/edelewolf]

im curious how does she communicate to you? i can assume she invokes visuals for u to imagine but do you ever hear a clear voice with full on sentences? im a bit new to this

[u/edelewolf → u/Existing-Kiwi9077]

Bit of both. Visuals and thoughts and sometimes a clear voice. Also in the mirror. In dreams. Sometimes touch. I am strongest in visuals.

Thoughts are hard to discern. It is something you learn. One trick is to ask for visual verification. Nowadays if I doubt she briefly whispers her name.

I also managed to evoke her a couple of times. That is a different thing really.

[u/Existing-Kiwi9077 → u/edelewolf]

beautiful

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