A REVIEW OF AZARIEL FLAME’S “The Art Of Sigil Craft: Sigils, Servitors, And Hypersigils Master Class”
It is not very often that I have time to take another occultist’s classes, just because life gets hectic as a business owner and teacher. But I made the acquaintance of Mr. Flame and, after looking through his online shop, became quite curious about his class on chaos magic. I do not consider myself a strong chaos magician, mainly because I have not found a book or method that makes the practice work well for me.
That was until I took Azariel’s class! I was impressed by two things he does. One is that he packs much information in a little over three hours. And when I say large, I mean LARGE. As the namesake title suggests, we went over sigils, servitors, and hypersigils and the general conditions to use them. Unlike other things I read or studied, Azariel makes such your sigil crafting is deeply grounded. He does not give one way to do this (then it wouldn’t be chaos magic!). He instead offers examples and invites you to piece together what works for you. Perhaps the most novel is his teaching that a novena—usually a tool of Catholic devotional piety—can “power” a sigil or servitor. By making this distinction (something I have never seen anyone else do), he shows a clear path toward apprehending the power of sigils so they work for you without forcing you into a box you would rather not be in.
The second of many gifts the class gives is around how what he teaches about sigilcraft in chaos magic is something that can be its self-contained practice. In other words, you don’t have to be or study anything else. The practice he lays out is something a person can use to improve their life with the tools of chaos magic alone. I like this level of utility because not everyone is called to or feels comfortable practicing multiple traditions. Some people are also very focused, meaning they resonate with a specific way of working and stick to it, often with excellent results. I teach in this fashion, presenting Hoodoo systems as their own self-contained thing so people do not feel pressure to become something they don’t want to be.
This is a course where you cannot go wrong. Even if you have no interest in doing chaos magic, I encourage taking the course to learn a clear method of how it can be done. I think it’s always best to understand how different people do the same thing so that you can appreciate your personalized way even more. In the end, this is something Azariel accomplished.
So, if you are looking for a different purpose or perhaps a new direction, you can’t go wrong taking this course! I am still determining when Azariel will teach it next, but you can find the website to sign up here: https://mysticflame.myecomshop.com/product/sigils-servitors-and-hypersigils-class/.
Enjoy!
