THE
FORTY
SERVANTS
ARTWORK AND TEXT BY TOMMIE KELLY
Copyright 2017 by Tommie Kelly
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First Printing, 2017
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ISBN-13: 978-1544178905
ISBN-10: 1544178905
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Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A big thank you to all my test readers: Michael Metelits, Jerome Madulid, Vanessa Irena, Lua Valentia, Lea Akiona, Marcelo Bueno, and Siddhi Sahaja Arciniega.
A huge thank you to Robbie Laliberte for proofreading and editorial assistance.
A big thanks to Josh Horton for the Map Magick idea and to Michael Metelits for the Spirits of Place suggestion.
I would like to give a huge thanks to The Forty Servants Facebook groups for all their insights, feedback and generous sharing of their experiences with the Servants. I also want to thank everyone who has sent me a message or email telling me all about their experiences with the Servants. All of your insights helped me in writing this book.
I also want to thank my wife Venessa for continuing to put up with me.
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WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE FORTY SERVANTS?
Firstly, The Forty Servants are forty individual archetypes, ideas or representations of energies that can be used for divination purposes. For example, you can shuffle the deck, pick out cards, and then lay them out in a predetermined spread. By analysing the cards position in the spread and then looking up what the card represents you can gain some insight into the question asked.
Secondly, The Forty Servants can also be used in your day to day life to increase or decrease the amount of energy or influence that each Servant represents. This is known in some circles as magick, but it goes by many names.
You can use The Forty servants exclusively for divination, or exclusively for magick, or you can use them for both, its totally up to your own needs and preferences. If divination doesn't interest you then the magick side will still serve you just as well, and the opposite also holds true.
But the above descriptions are only of their uses and not of their nature. So, what exactly are The Forty Servants?
At the outset I had a very definite answer to what the exact nature of the Servants was: The Forty Servants are servitors; but these days I am not so sure. These days it's hard to pinpoint exactly what they are, and the more I try, the more I get the feeling that I am somehow missing the point, and in many ways I am only limiting them by trying.
But defining a servitor is as good a place as any to begin, so let's start there.
A servitor is commonly described as a thought-form. Personally though, I prefer to see a servitor as an idea . Servitors are created in order to fulfil a particular purpose or perform a certain function. So in our case, each of The Forty Servants has been given a particular role, or power, so that they can be used to aid or guide you. Some Servants represent protection, or increased good luck, while others are imparted wisdom and knowledge, some are for personal development and many others things.
But what does a servitor or thought-form look like in day to day life? Are servitors alive? Are they spirits? Do they have a mind and will of their own? Can you see them? Can other people see them? Well, sadly, there is no definitive answer to this. Everyone will have a different experience and view on servitors. I personally know people who have physically seen their own, or other peoples, servitors, I know people who can sense a presence or even hear a voice. I also know people who have never seen, felt or heard their servitors but use them anyway as they seem to be quite effective. And others still, never seem to get servitors to work no matter what they try. I have yet to see any of The Forty Servants in the mundane world, though some people have told me that they have.
The Forty Servants were created by me during the period of late spring to autumn of 2016. I did all the artwork, wrote the original guidebook (poorly I will add), designed the box, formatted the art for the printers, made the websites and groups, and basically did all the things that a creator of a piece of art would do. I did all the mundane things but, I also wanted them to be functional servitors that other people could use, and this required an extra step in the process of creation. This is where the woo woo comes in.
The Servants were finally complete and birthed on Halloween Night, 2016 in a special ceremony which involved, among other things, me blowing life into each of them, anointing them with ritual oil and giving them representations of each of the classical elements. It was at this point that they became more than just interesting lifeless pictures.
I then let them loose out into the world, thinking that maybe a handful of people would find them interesting or useful. After all, The Forty Servants were mainly created because I wanted to use and have them as part of my magick work. I really didn't expect many other people to care that much about them.
But then a curious thing happened- lots and lots of people became interested in them, and it quickly became obvious that The Forty Servants were on a journey of their own- a journey that I could never have imagined!
I am extremely proud of my work on the Servants; it flowed out of me almost as if I was just the channel rather than the creator but dont get me wrong, I certainly wouldnt go so far as to say this is channeled work. However, at times, it really did feel like other hands were at work alongside me or that there was a bigger picture to the story that I wasnt fully privy to. It reminded me of when I was writing THEM and THE HOLY NUMBERS there was a point where the characters took over and I became as much a witness to the story unfolding, as the readers were. The difference is that the reader didnt have to get up every morning and actually do the writing and drawing, and I most certainly did.
When I was working on The Servants images I felt somewhat like a sculptor who had to chip away at the stone until the statue revealed itself, rather than me forcing my own ideas on the stone.
From the start there was a feeling that The Servants had a life of their own, and they also seemed to have a purpose: one which is probably better known to them than I. I guess in hindsight it seems appropriate to say that The Servants found me, rather than I found them. If you are a creator of any kind then I am quite sure you understand exactly what I mean when I say this.
One of the main reasons I wanted to create the Servants was to give myself, and other like-minded people, simple and easy access to certain helpful archetypal models and energies. Therefore, the Servants can be viewed as representations of the original energies and ideas that have existed since time began. The word archetype comes from the Greek words arkhe meaning original or first principle and typos which means model or copy. So, The Forty Servants represent these original ideas and therefore can throw some light on our questions or queries in a divination. However, they also have the added element of being available and useful in day to day life.
