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The topic of Inner Goetia has already come up in the introductory part of the forum, and I decided to create a separate thread to explore it in more detail. I’d like to share my experience and ask a few questions. Perhaps some of you have encountered this approach as well... Sometimes ago word "goetia" used to fill me with quiet dread. I associated it with images of black magic, sorcery, and attempts to subjugate forces for power or gain. My own path has always been different - more of an inward search, through mindfulness practices, tibetan buddhism, and attempts to find silence within myself. I have never practiced ritual evocation and would not do so without deep preparation and a teacher. Everything changed when I read Enmerkar's "The New Lemegeton: Goetic Psychoanalysis." Suddenly, Goetia stopped being something frightening - it transformed into a clear, structured method for working with consciousness. The annotation, which speaks of a "system of consciousness therapy" and "ways of correcting its work," resonated deeply. What once seemed dangerous became a tool. This book has become a three-layered mirror for me, in which the unconscious takes shape and reveals a path forward. First, on the analytical level, it acts as a map. The deep exploration of destructive matrices within consciousness through grimoires and astrology helps to clearly recognize familiar patterns within myself. The text provides a precise schema, making it possible to identify an internal "glitch." Simultaneously, on the empirical level, it serves as a reflection. The author's personal accounts are a living report of real experience, direct dialogues written with such honesty and poignancy that it's impossible not to believe them. These are not stories about external spirits, but a mirror of my own inner states. In them, I recognize the same tricks, pressures, and temptations I know from within. Most crucially, the layer of purpose acts as a compass. The book does not leave one with just a diagnosis. It immediately points toward the harmonious state that needs to be cultivated. Thus, a recognized distortion becomes a tool: seeing the flaw provides the direction toward the light that dissolves it. I'm interested in your opinions, especially if you have experience at the intersection of different traditions.... Have you used concepts of goetic forces or similar systems specifically as a tool for internal diagnosis and working with states of mind, rather than in a ritual context? Have you noticed similar structured systems of "pairs" (destructive pattern – constructive quality) in other traditions - Buddhism, Kabbalah, depth psychology? What books or approaches have become for you such a personal map of inner landscapes, helping you not to wander in the dark but to move consciously toward wholeness? I would be grateful for any thoughts, personal stories, or recommendations. For me, this synthesis of perspectives has turned out to be surprisingly alive and practical.