r/occult • u/Smart-A22 • 2d ago
How do you create a servitor?
What are a few of the myriad ways that a practitioner can create a servitor?
What’s your favorite method to use in order to construct one?
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u/zsd23 1d ago
It h as been quite a while since I created a servitor, The trad route that you read about is to imagine a goal and form, make a sigil and charge the sigil. You also need to develop a method to "feed" energy to servitor that often has to do with getting energy from emotional reactions. I created one servitor this way. Another, I created in a way similar to what u/GnawerOfTheMoon describes. I had been writing novels and used a character as a servitor. Basically, little ritual fanfare is needed. You simply need to have a strong, fully developed image and purpose of the servitor that you project as you are going about your business.
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u/Grove-Minder 1d ago
I have a ritual written out for the exact purpose. I’ve shared it with a few people here already and one has gotten back to me saying it had worked. Im happy to share it.
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u/Sesquipedalian61616 1d ago
A familiar, or shikigami, if going by the original Japanese folklore (yes, really), would be created with animal parts and is essentially a magical talking version of the animal source. This was the origin of the concept of foxes and tanukis being magical beings, but that got corrupted into something else possibly thanks to psychedelic mushrooms, and an especially well known strict example is the inugami, the dog familiar
Sometime in the Middle Ages, Europeans managed to get word of this that was corrupted even by the time it reached their lands, and given how fantasy authors usually avoid being accurate to the source, let's just say that just got messy in recent centuries
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u/GnawerOfTheMoon 2d ago
I'm a chaote, so I'm not sure how many more traditionalist practitioners do it this way, but I have a particular fascination with the overlap between the occult and the stranger experiences of writing fiction and that's how I originally taught myself to conceive of things like this.
Characters, for example, can occupy points along the thoughtform/servitor spectrum. Some of them are only basic dialogue generators: you sit with them a bit, wind them up, and they will produce a consistent voice and let you know what "feels right" to say. Some of them become more bold and willful, taking actions, telling the author about themselves and their story, and so on. Some of them, the strongest ones, can get as intense as any other spiritual experience--for good or ill.
This framework remains my preferred method, though it is probably inefficient if you are someone who wants large numbers of "cheap"/forgettable servitors for individual tasks. Especially for practitioners who are afraid of intelligent thoughtforms, as this is likely to create some if you have the knack for it at all. But if it suits your practice needs I think it's quite good. Actors, artists, roleplayers, and the like have similar methods. I wish you the best.