Historical Ritual Archive
The Power Being Addressed
Amy is approached as Fifty-eighth spirit of the Ars Goetia, a Great President commanding thirty-six legions.
Amy is brilliant, formal and intellectually hungry. He appears as flame before taking human form and is associated with astrology, liberal sciences and treasures guarded by spirits.
Daemonology profile: Read the complete Daemonology profile of Amy
Why the Rite Exists
The rite creates a controlled threshold between ordinary life and the domain attributed to Amy. Preparation separates the practitioner from ordinary noise. The sigil and name establish the centre. The petition directs the encounter. The offering defines exchange. Dismissal restores the chamber to ordinary time.
A rite without preparation is only demand. A rite without closure is pressure without a boundary.
Personality and Ritual Conduct
Amy is brilliant, formal and intellectually hungry. He appears as flame before taking human form and is associated with astrology, liberal sciences and treasures guarded by spirits.
The practitioner should enter with one clear purpose and avoid contradictory requests. The entity's rank and temperament determine the tone. Respect does not mean submission, and command does not mean theatrical aggression.
The Atmosphere of Manifestation
Firelight may seem to contain a face or body. Constellations, calculations and buried structures dominate thought, while the room acquires a dry, luminous pressure.
Manifestation may begin before any full figure is seen. Sound, temperature, dream, bodily pressure, altered flame, animal imagery or a complete inner sentence may mark the transition from preparation into contact.
Historical Image and Ritual Figure
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Sigil of Amy
Sigil of Amy. Traditionally drawn on parchment and placed at the centre of the rite as the principal visual focus for the invocation.
The Rite: Full Ceremonial Sequence
The following material preserves the original SatanWorld article's ritual content without omitting its operative details.
Who is Amy?
Amy (also known as Auns or Avnas) is the 58th spirit listed in the Ars Goetia, a 17th-century grimoire from the Lesser Key of Solomon. Described as a great president of Hell, Amy appears as a fiery flame but can take human form—a handsome man in some accounts. He commands 36 legions of demons and specializes in teaching astrology, astronomy, liberal sciences, and granting knowledge of treasures hidden by spirits. He's said to be truthful and obliging to the summoner, though like all Goetic entities, he's bound by infernal hierarchies.
Traditional Method to Summon Amy
The ritual follows the standard Goetic framework from the Ars Goetia. It's elaborate, requiring preparation, tools, and incantations. Skip steps at your peril if you're going for authenticity (or just read it as folklore).
1. Preparation (The Circle and Tools)
Time and Place: Perform during a Tuesday (Mars' day, aligning with Amy's fiery nature) at dawn or noon, when the sun is strong. Choose a secluded, clean space—ideally outdoors under open sky for astronomical themes.
The Magic Circle: Draw a nine-foot diameter circle on the ground using chalk or flour. Inside, inscribe a triangle (the "Triangle of Art") pointing east. Surround it with protective symbols: the Seal of Solomon around the circle's edge, and Amy's sigil (a complex star-like glyph) inside the triangle. (Search for "Amy Goetia sigil" for visuals—it's public domain.)
Tools Needed
A black-handled knife (athame) or wand for tracing.
Incense: Frankincense and myrrh (for invocation).
Robes: White linen for purity.
Offerings: Gold or herbs like saffron (Amy's associated metal/color is gold; avoid blood or sacrifices—Goetia emphasizes will over gore).
The Ars Goetia text or a grimoire copy for reference.
2. Purification and Protection
Fast for 24 hours beforehand to "purify" intent.
Bathe in salt water while reciting a banishing prayer (e.g., the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram from Golden Dawn traditions: Visualize pentagrams at each direction, invoking archangels).
Enter the circle clockwise, knife in hand, and declare: "I am protected by the Most High; no evil may cross this bound."
3. The Invocation
Light incense in the triangle. Stand in the circle facing east.
Recite the general Goetic conjuration (adapted for Amy)
"I do invocate and conjure thee, O Spirit Amy; and being with power armed from the Supreme Majesty, I do strongly command thee, by Beralanensis, Baldachiensis, Paumachia, and Apologiae Sedes; by the most Powerful Princes, Genii, Liachidae, and Ministers of the Tartarean Abode; and by the Chief Prince of the Seat of Apologia in the Ninth Legion, I do invoke thee, and by invocating conjure thee. And being armed with power from the Supreme Majesty, I do strongly command thee, by Him Who spake and it was done, and unto whom all creatures be obedient. Appear thou now before this Circle in a fair human shape, without any deformity or tortuosity. Come thou in and from all the corners of the earth to obey my will. And make rational answers unto all things I shall demand of thee. I conjure thee by the Seal of Solomon, which I wear, and by the Words of Power: Adonai, El, Elohim, Elohi, Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, Tetragrammaton, Shaddai, Jah, Jehovah, and by all the Names of God. Come, Amy, and appear!"
Gaze into the triangle's center. If "successful," a flame or shadowy figure manifests. Command it to take human form and swear obedience on the Black Book.
4. Communication and Dismissal
Ask questions (e.g., "Reveal the stars' secrets" or "Show hidden treasures"). Amy reportedly answers directly.
End by thanking and dismissing: "Depart in peace, Amy, to thy abodes and habitations. By the power of the Most High, be thou bound henceforward. Amen."
Erase the circle counterclockwise to close.
Variations and Tips
Modern Twists: Some neopagans simplify with meditation/visualization instead of full ritual—focus on Amy's sigil while chanting his enn (a short demonic chant): "Ayer avage secore Amy secore." No circle needed.
From Other Grimoires: In the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Johann Weyer, 1577), Amy's summoning is similar but emphasizes his president status—invoke via infernal dukes first.
Risks in Lore: If disobedient, he's bound by threats of divine torment. But texts warn of backlash if the summoner lacks "true will."
Ritual Architecture
Separation
Bathing, silence, fasting, abstinence, darkness or isolation signal that ordinary time has been left behind. The preparation should be coherent rather than assembled from random gestures.
Construction of the Chamber
Candles, incense, circle, salt, water, metals, herbs, stones and offerings organize the room around the office of Amy. Each item should perform one function.
Establishing Contact
The sigil, name, chant or enn becomes the visual and verbal axis of the operation. Repetition narrows attention until the chamber feels organized around one intelligence.
The Petition
The petition should contain one principal request, one boundary and one completion condition. Ambiguous wishes invite expansion.
Recognition of Presence
The central phase begins when the atmosphere changes in a sustained way. Pressure, heat, cold, altered flame, internal speech, animal forms or dreamlike imagery may mark the crossing.
Offering and Exchange
The offering represents reciprocity. It may carry the entity's color, office, appetite or symbolic domain. A promise should never be made casually.
Dismissal and Return
The operation ends only when Amy is thanked or dismissed according to the preserved method. Candles are extinguished safely, the chamber aired where appropriate and the result written before sleep or distraction changes memory.
Instruments and Their Symbolism
The sigil acts as the visual body of the name. The candle establishes color, rank and duration. Incense gives density to the air. Salt or the circle defines limits. Water reflects and carries emotional force. Metal, stone, herb or coin embodies office.
More objects do not automatically create more power. A crowded altar can divide attention.
Timing and Correspondence
Where several systems appear, one coherent system should govern the operation.
Manifestation Signs
Signs associated with Amy include:
- a sustained shift in the chamber's emotional pressure;
- dreams repeating the spirit's form or office;
- unusual candle movement without a matching draft;
- sounds, smells or bodily sensations consistent with the entity;
- a complete phrase arising inside thought;
- external events beginning to mirror the petition;
- fear, attraction or resistance intensifying at the moment of contact.
A repeated pattern across chamber, dream and aftermath carries greater weight than one isolated sign.
The Frightening Edge of the Rite
Amy's instruction can become sterile ambition. Knowledge of stars and treasure may eclipse ordinary judgment and produce fixation on hidden value.
The deepest danger is transformation that feels useful. The practitioner may begin to imitate the spirit's temperament, organize life around the petition or interpret every event as part of the operation.
Failure Patterns
Failure appears when preparation is abandoned, the request changes repeatedly, symbols are mixed without purpose, panic replaces attention, impossible offerings are promised or the practitioner refuses to close because no dramatic apparition appeared.
Failure can also appear as excess success: the requested current enters ordinary life faster than expected.
Boundaries of the Petition
The petition should state what is requested, where the result may operate, what form the result may take and what event marks completion. Knowledge can destroy innocence. Protection can become isolation. Transformation can become instability. Treasure can become obsession.
The wording is therefore part of the danger.
Completion and Aftermath
The rite is complete when the petition has been spoken, the exchange acknowledged, the presence dismissed and the chamber returned to ordinary order.
Record the date, timing, preparation, tools, words, signs, dreams, first external movement, emotional changes and fulfillment of any promised offering.
The aftermath belongs to the rite. Results may arrive as opportunity, conflict, warning, sudden knowledge, disappearance of an obstacle or an intensification that reveals the true shape of the request.
The Inner Ordeal
The rite of Amy is also an ordeal of resemblance. The chamber reveals where the spirit's office already exists inside the seeker's life.
The frightening moment is often recognition rather than apparition. The seeker discovers that the request has already shaped behavior before the first candle was lit.
The Return to Ordinary Life
After closure, eat, drink, wash, change clothing, step outside or speak with another person. These acts declare that ritual time has ended.
Do not repeat the operation immediately because silence feels uncomfortable.
Final Warning
Amy's instruction can become sterile ambition. Knowledge of stars and treasure may eclipse ordinary judgment and produce fixation on hidden value.
Do not leave the altar active indefinitely. Do not continue chanting after dismissal. Do not add a second petition during closure.