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The Power Being Addressed
Sitri is approached as Twelfth spirit of the Ars Goetia, a Great Prince commanding sixty legions.
Sitri is seductive, mocking and intensely perceptive of hidden appetite. He is said to expose desire by drawing it out of secrecy, often making restraint feel like dishonesty.
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Why the Rite Exists
The rite creates a controlled threshold between ordinary life and the domain attributed to Sitri. 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
Sitri is seductive, mocking and intensely perceptive of hidden appetite. He is said to expose desire by drawing it out of secrecy, often making restraint feel like dishonesty.
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
The air may become warm and charged. Leopard imagery, a winged beast, flushed skin, perfume and the sense of being watched with intimate amusement may gather before a beautiful human form appears.
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 Sitri
Sigil of Sitri. 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.
Sitri (also spelled Sytry or Bitru) is the 12th spirit in the Ars Goetia, a grimoire section of the 17th-century Lesser Key of Solomon. He is depicted as a leopard-headed prince riding a gryphon, who can transform into a handsome human form. Sitri is said to specialize in revealing secrets of love, inciting lustful passions between people (including same-sex desires), and causing women to reveal their naked forms or confess hidden truths. He commands 60 legions of spirits and is associated with air elementals. These descriptions stem from medieval occult traditions, blending demonology with Renaissance magic.
Preparation for Summoning
Traditional Goetic rituals emphasize purity, intent, and protection to avoid unintended consequences. Here's a step-by-step overview based on the Lesser Key of Solomon and related texts like the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum by Johann Weyer:
Gather Materials
A consecrated circle: Draw a 9-foot diameter circle on the ground using chalk, flour, or salt. Inscribe protective symbols inside, such as the Triangle of Art (an equilateral triangle outside the circle for the spirit to appear in) and names of power (e.g., Adonai, Elohim).
Tools: Black-handled knife (athame) for tracing the circle; incense of frankincense or myrrh; a black mirror or scrying stone for evocation; virgin parchment or paper inscribed with Sitri's sigil (a complex glyph resembling intertwined loops—search for "Sitri sigil Ars Goetia" for visuals).
Offerings: Suitable for Sitri include red wine, honey, or symbolic items evoking passion (e.g., roses or mirrors). Avoid animal sacrifice, as modern adaptations omit this.
Timing and Location
Planetary hour: Sitri aligns with Venus (love/lust), so perform during a Venus hour (use an astrological calculator; e.g., Friday dawn or dusk).
Lunar phase: Waxing moon for attraction rituals.
Space: A quiet, undisturbed room at night. Face east (direction of air spirits).
Mental and Physical Prep
Fast for 24 hours or abstain from sex to heighten focus.
Bathe in salt water for purification.
State your intent clearly: e.g., "I seek Sitri's aid in matters of desire and revelation, under my command."
The Summoning Ritual
This is a condensed version adapted from the Ars Goetia's evocation formula. Perform solo or with a trusted assistant. Total time: 1-2 hours.
Cast the Circle
Stand outside the circle. Trace it clockwise with the athame while reciting: "I conjure thee, O Circle of Art, by the power of the Most High, that thou shalt contain all spirits and protect me from harm."
Step inside and seal it counterclockwise.
Preliminary Invocation
Light incense. Recite the Preliminary Invocation (from the Lesser Key)
"O Thou, the great and mighty God, who art the Lord of all spirits, I beseech Thee to send Thy servant Sitri before me, that he may appear visible and affable, in a fair and comely shape, without deformity or horror."
Call Sitri Specifically
Hold his sigil aloft. Chant his enn (a modern demonic calling phrase): "Lirach Alora vefa Sitri" (repeat 3-11 times, vibrating the sounds).
Full conjuration (abridged)
"I do invocate and conjure thee, O Spirit Sitri, 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 terror. Come thou peaceably, visibly, and affably, now and without delay, manifesting that which I shall desire."
Appearance and Binding
Gaze into the scrying tool. Sitri may manifest as visions, feelings of heat/arousal, or auditory whispers.
If he appears, command: "Sitri, I bind thee by the power of the pentagram and the names of the Most High. Thou shalt answer truly and depart peaceably when dismissed."
Ask your questions (e.g., "Reveal the secrets of [person's] affections" or "Incite passion between [names]"). Keep it concise—Goetic spirits dislike verbosity.
Dismissal
Thank him: "I thank thee, Sitri, for thy obedience. Depart now in peace to thy abodes."
Recite: "O Thou, the glory of the God of Israel, the mighty God, the Lord of Hosts… Depart ye, O Spirits, unto your places."
Erase the circle counterclockwise. Bury or burn any remnants.
Variations and Modern Adaptations
Solomonic Lite: Skip the full circle; use meditation with the sigil while visualizing Venusian energy.
Chaos Magic: Treat Sitri as a thoughtform—create a servitor embodying lust, charged via sigil magic.
Safety Tips: If discomfort arises (e.g., intense emotions), banish with the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram: Trace pentagrams in air while vibrating "YHVH" (Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh).
Warnings from Texts: The Ars Goetia cautions that without proper command, spirits like Sitri may deceive or inflame uncontrolled desires. Historical accounts (e.g., in The Book of Abramelin) stress humility.
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 Sitri. 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 Sitri 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 Sitri 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
Sitri's danger is not desire itself but exposure without mercy. Attraction may become obsession, privacy may collapse and the seeker may confuse compulsion with authenticity.
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. Justice can become vengeance.
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 Sitri 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 Weight of the Name
The name of Sitri is repeated because repetition changes the relation between sound and meaning. At first it is a word. Later it becomes atmosphere, pressure and a point around which expectation gathers.
The rite becomes dangerous when that point remains active after dismissal. Extinguishing, washing, recording and leaving the room are therefore part of the operation.
When the Rite Is Truly Complete
A ritual is not complete because the candles have burned down. It is complete when the petition has reached a defined result, the promised exchange has been honored and ordinary life is no longer suspended around the operation.
If no result arrives, the record must still be closed. An unanswered petition should not become a permanent altar.
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
Sitri's danger is not desire itself but exposure without mercy. Attraction may become obsession, privacy may collapse and the seeker may confuse compulsion with authenticity.
Do not leave the altar active indefinitely. Do not continue chanting after dismissal. Do not add a second petition during closure.