Post#4 » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:26 am
Sorry, I am not so familiar with NAP spirits, but here is something from my experience with Arator.
197. Arator (17° Libra)
Faculty: Alcoholic drinks
Abramelin the Mage names him: Arator
Evocation: I offered to Arator a glass of slivovitz and went out of my hotel room. Having spent four months in Turkey, it was my last day in that country. Influenced by Arator, I decided to take a longer walk. I made a plan to find a shop where I could buy beer. However, that was not easy to find in Konya, because that city of over 1 million people had less than 100 shops licensed to sell alcohol. I walked for more than two hours without finding the right shop and my promenade took me to the suburban parts of the city. Finally, I found my shop and bought two bottles of beer. Just as I left the shop, I found myself exactly at the same place where I had been in my dream five months before, the night before I had left for Turkey. It was the same bus station, the identical empty street, the equal dusty road and the same dirty fields as in my dream. The deserted playgrounds were in front of me and the grey blocks of buildings beyond me – just like in my dream. The bus number in my dream had been 104 which I had interpreted as number 5 - the sign of Mars – and indeed my life in Turkey proved to be under the sign of that planet. Still under impression about being at the exact place as in my dream, I slowly turned around to see what number was written at the bus station. It was 103! It was a near miss of one number. I guessed it was a lucky miss. I calculate this as number 4 - the sign of Chesed and Jupiter. Arator took me for a ride around the city and my quest for a bottle of beer brought me to the place where dreams and reality join together. This was my last night in Konya. I took my beer before I went to sleep. I cheered to Arator and thanked him for an interesting day.
Arator’s subordinate spirits like to see people in a good mood and to make them happy. Each alcoholic drink has its own class of spirits and their own masters. Spirits of beer are often melancholic. Spirits of wine are famous for their gaiety. Spirits of whiskey are real gentlemen, but can be brutal if they get out of their mind. Brandies may be female or male, depending on fruit they are made of. Those spirits are partly artificial, which means that they are a mixed between natural spirits and manmade egregorae. However, there are also many human beings among Arator’s subordinate spirits. They used to be drunkards when they were alive and as it seems that that was their only sin, they have a chance to continue with this practice until they get tired of it.
Arator’s counter-genius: The differences between Arator and his counter-genius are obvious. If the magician is a moderate drinker and enjoys his drink - then he is under Arator's influence. But if he is a notorious alcoholic, then he is under the influence of his counter-genius. We often attract either heads or their counter-genii with our own deeds and decisions. Arator's and his counter-genius example with alcohol is very obvious, but the same principle applies to many other heads of the Earth Zone.