Astaroth teaches me, but not like a schoolteacher. No chalkboard, no voice, no lesson plan. He teaches through downloads. Pure insight that doesn’t always make sense in the moment. Sometimes it takes days or weeks, but when it lands, it lands hard.
It’s like waking up one day and knowing something down to your bones, even though you never studied it. (The 7 Hermetic Principles are a perfect example. I never studied them formally. But now I know them intimately. I’ve embodied them.)
I’ve had a few back-and-forth moments with him, but honestly, the real teaching comes in the silence between. The space after the ritual. The walk in the woods. The moment when you’re just barely paying attention, and boom. There it is. He’s never been stingy with knowledge, but he is precise. What comes through is exactly what I’m ready to process. No more, no less. And when I came in cocky once, trying to argue like I had station I didn’t? He handed me my ass... hard. Deservedly. I’m lucky I got a second chance. Since then, I just listen respectfully (Dont bring that Lilith wildfire rebellion to Asteroth haha).
Let me contrast that with Bune. I worked with Bune for a while, and he taught with a firehose. Creative flow blasting through faster than I could contain it. It got so intense, I did a ritual to Saturn, not for control, but to provide structure, just so I could hold what was coming through without burning up.
Bune is regal and calm. Doesn't suffer my jokes, but smirks at my mistakes. Calculating. Serious. A completely different current from Astaroth.
I share this to show that different demons teach in very different ways. One isn’t better than the other, they’re just... aligned differently. If you're open and honest, you’ll get what you’re meant to get. But it’ll come on their terms, not yours.
Your experience may be different from mine, and it should be.
