When appearing, he looks fierce in order to frighten the conjurer or to see if they are courageous. The conjurer must be brave, and hazel wand in hand, must draw a triangle by striking towards the south, east, and upwards, then commanding Beleth into it by means of some conjurations.

kitty-cri-screm "FEAR ME MORTAL!"

Christians of Hexbear, pls explain?

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[–] booty@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago

I'm going to pet the demon

I'm going to give the demon scritches under his chin

Cmere demon headpat

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago

Emoji potential there.

@WhyEssEff@hexbear.net timmy-pray

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Toot toot motherfuckers

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

I miss the old days when demons would have like a whole dude's head for their groin. Now demons are all the same - balrog or horny girl balrog

[–] Yukiko@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

But are they allowed outside?

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

Idk this looks more like a little angel than a demon to me. So cute!

[–] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Does he know astronomy though?

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

He will never be as cool as Stolas (noooo I don't mean the Helluva Boss version. I mean the actual demon that just looks like a normal ass owl lmao)

[–] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

Stolas is awesome. Phenex is also cool.

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

does he also bestow gifts?

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think they impart knowledge of math? Not sure.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

Any chance they're good with C++?

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

There's a whole thing with owls being spooky. One of athena's symbols is the owl, which is funny because they're canonically dumber than paint (no offense). I think in Latin or Italian owls are called "Strix" or something like that which is related to "striga" and a whole bunch of other words for wishes.

And then in north America there's a couple of indigenous cultures that have some kind of beef with owls but I don't recall the details.

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

looks like the original party animal

party-cat

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's so scary that the mice can't help but spontaneously dance.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

I mean what would you do if a giant confirmed predator of humans was trumpeting a song?

If I was face to knee with cthulhu I'd probably start beatboxing.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I never understood the appeal of beer bongs

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

this is clearly that post horn that pynchon got at a yard sale

[+] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

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[–] Commiejones@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

heh. Check out this liberal who thinks a personification of the human faults of hedonism and stubbornness are a power stronger than them and willing gives their life to those impulses claiming that they are an outside force.

Lilith is a demon of independence to a fault and you grovel at her like an abused dog. That is hilarious. You would disgust her if she existed.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Lilitu are a bunch of bog devils that give you sleep apnea. Y'all need to find cooler gods.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

Lilith is a demon of independence to a fault and you grovel at her like an abused dog. That is hilarious. You would disgust her if she existed.

Holy shit I thought that comment was cringe but you didn't have to go that hard, they'll never recover

[–] SadArtemis@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Honestly while I don't see the lib nature of that comment, that was beautiful. It's basically bullying, but it was also beautiful. Besides, from the sound of their comment, they genuinely like being bullied anyways.

[–] Commiejones@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Cosmic Forces, predating humanity" is an inherently idealistic and non-materialist statement. Lilith as outlined in occult pracitces is a supreme force of independence and individuality like Cartman screaming "wha eva I do what I want." basically just peak liberalism.

[–] SadArtemis@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago

"Cosmic Forces, predating humanity" is an inherently idealistic and non-materialist statement.

Isn't that also... basically most if not all religions and spirituality? Not disagreeing (it is the "opium of the masses" after all) but such idealism/metaphysical beliefs don't necessarily prevent someone from materialistic analysis or being a comrade inherently, and there are many examples of such.

Lilith as outlined in occult pracitces is a supreme force of independence and individuality like Cartman screaming "wha eva I do what I want." basically just peak liberalism.

This is a better point, but even then independence and individuality can be expressed, acted upon, and interpreted in different ways as well (though it almost always is liberalism). More than that though, dismissing people who believe in or like the occult (as someone who doesn't believe in it) or in one deity/spirit/abstract cosmic concept or another doesn't strike me as any different from doing the same to those following other religions/spiritual beliefs.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

how's a mere human being supposedly "capable" of suppressing the force of a cosmic force?

Guns? Iron? Salt? Do you want an exhaustive list I have one somewhere. Silver, aluminum probably would work if anyone thought to try it, dogs obviously, rosewater, waving your vagina at the devil is pretty reliable, various roosters, red and white strings in assorted configurations, sandalwood, fire, turning around three times. I could go on for quite a while if you give me some time to dig out some old books.

My apologies to the Goëtians, but I'll never understand the human desire for "commanding" entities, "giving orders" to them as if humans were "superior" to them.

The main practical utility is pranking your neighbors and, I shit you not, per the Hammer of the Witches, stealing pies.

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

theft adds a certain spice 👌

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Reminds me if a character from a great series of books called the incorruptibles.

Give it a read