Demons

I've never especially been one for angels or angelic spirits. maybe it's my past experiences in life, but instead, I was always drawn to the demonic side of things. after I became more experienced at spirit work, I became incredibly interested in demonology and working with demons, both named and unnamed.

I think that demons are not necessarily "evil." they are dark spirits to be sure, and you should never go into working with them without full confidence in your abilities. however, I think they tend to have very individualized agendas for working with humans. the ones I've met all had different reasons and different wants, and it's up to you to decide what you can offer and work with.

demons most certainly do not coddle. they can provide advice, energy, or even guard, but unlike deities they generally have no inherent vested interest in your wellbeing. it's a give and take relationship where you are expected to keep up your end of the deal or suffer the consequences. I was okay with that going in - I had enough guides in my life that I didn't feel in need of an entity who would be kind to me. I wanted to grow and learn, and was willing to hold up my end to achieve that.

I worked with beelzebub for a long while. he taught me a great amount about confidence, and about harnessing my own anger in a way that isn't detrimental to me. he contributed a lot to my work with death, and I moved on from our connection on good terms. nowadays, my demon of choice to work with is baphomet.

baphomet, I believe, is an amazing demon to work with if you're queer. they have helped me hugely with harnessing confidence about my gender and sexuality, and being willing to engage with my identity with pride. they hold an understanding of the dark energy of feeling lonely, isolated, afraid - and have helped me turn that into raw energy for my work and confidence for my body, appearance, gender, and identity.

there are other named demons I'm interested in working with eventually, but in the meantime I work with one dark entity in my spirit family and with baphomet. they are a huge aid to left hand work such as curses, and to me, are an essential part of my path. I cannot work only in the light - I consider myself a grey witch, and need a balance of darkness as well to fill fulfilled in my path. demonology is a major way to that for me and is something I've become very passionate about.