Peace be upon everyone: The Marid is the satanic Jinn, and it is the faction of Jinn that rebels against any law; it consists of various types and factions, including Kabbalistic satanic ones, such as the 72 Marid kings or demons in the Goetia, or the Arab demons and Marada, who differ not in form or strength, but in ideas, ideologies, and ways of dealing. The Arabs in ancient times used to worship Jinn and angels alongside their traditional deities, and they believed in the seven Jinn kings, the rulers, and drew very close to them, and their magic was largely based on the civilizations of Persia and India. The science of conjuration and talismans emerged during the era of the great openness in translation movements in the East; after the conquest of Persia and Egypt, a great wave emerged that took even Platonic sciences and remnants of paganism and thrust them into the heart of Arab thought on magic. Therefore, you find side by side Chemosh and Gilgamesh, along with Shiva, Bharati, Osiris, or other Chaldean names that appear clearly in planetary worship, such as the names of the eight rulers of each planet, or let us say, more precisely, the manifestations of each planet: an origin, a mover, and six for the directions. Then, the world of the Ifrit Jinn is the counterpart of the Marid; it is the stronger and more dangerous Jinn, for it possesses very great power and descends from lineages called the Jinn of the First World, such as the children of Sasa bin Shah Shah, the father of the Jinn, or the children of Shakhia and Bakhia, "from whom descend the demons," the children of "Al-Jan," the father of the Jinn, and "Al-Jinnia," his wife. The Arab system of work was influenced by the same seven-fold planetary movement, and this is known as planetary magic, which is known in the esoteric school as the magic of the days or the magic of the week. There are other traditions that rely on what is called the Ummar, those who inhabit the earth, i.e., they dwell in it, and they are our neighbors on the planet. These do not require lunar paths or planetary hours because their connection is primarily spatial, and because, naturally, whoever prefers living next to a slaughterhouse will not be like the dweller of a garden, and will not be like the dweller of a grave. Thus, Arab magicians excelled in drawing close to them and subsequently knowing their secrets, their names, and the words, the words of power that move them. There is another type of magic, which is the most dangerous and hidden: the magic of letters and relationships, from which Arab magicians can know the methods of extracting names, which are divided into the names of the letters—"words of power"—then the names of their servants, then their assistants, and urging them by the laws of relationships between letters, numbers, and the universe. There are two ways, one of which is the safest: obtaining permission from a person authorized to do so—meaning he presents you to the King, and then you are granted permission, and you have a known name and a governed secret between them that allows you to enter the world of Jinn through its easiest doors. Or the long path of spiritual exercises (Riyadat) and retreats (Khalwat), which is an arduous path, but it finally makes you the same as the authorized one if you are accepted into the kingdom by appointment as an affiliated magician. "All the followers of that kingdom will be compelled to obey you," and for each of these, there are words, laws, and methods, some of which are hidden and highly complex, and some of which are easy and simple. I hope that I have been able, in these few words, to provide an approximation of the understanding of the truth. Thank you to everyone, loyal to the Lodge.
