Samigina

The 4th of the seventy-two, a marquis. Teaches the liberal sciences. In the language of this path, Samigina is a shadow pole — worked only with its angel, Elemiah.

Rank	Marquis
Number	4 of the 72
Legions	30
Direction	North
Also called	Gamigin · Gamygin · Gamygyn · Gamigm · Gamgima
Angel (light pole)	Elemiah — Shem #4

What the grimoires say

In the 1904 Goetia, Samigina is a Marquis governing 30 legions. Teaches the liberal sciences; gives account of the souls of the dead.

A great marquis who first appears as a small horse or donkey and then, at the operator's request, takes human shape and speaks in a hoarse voice; he is said to teach the liberal sciences and to give account of the souls of those who died in sin or drowned at sea.

“The Fourth Spirit is Samigina, a Great Marquis. He appeareth in the form of a little Horse or Ass, and then into Human shape doth he change himself at the request of the Master. He speaketh with a hoarse voice. He ruleth over 30 Legions of Inferiors. He teacheth all Liberal Sciences, and giveth account of Dead Souls that died in sin.”— Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia (1904), public domain

The shadow it carries

Stripped to the bone, Samigina's traditional office turns on contact with and knowledge of the dead — especially souls said to have died in sin, drowned at sea, or to dwell in an intermediate state. Read plainly, that is a real human force; in the language of this path its raw, unowned form is a shadow pole. Its shadow is what that force does when it runs you from the dark; its gold is the same force — seen, owned, governed.

You never reach for it alone. Its light pole is the angel Elemiah; met together, behind protection, Samigina becomes a disowned part of yourself approached while the light is already in the room.

Correspondences

A word of honesty first: almost none of the table below is from the old grimoires. The rank, legions, direction and office are traditional; the planet, day, colour, tarot, incense and the Enn are modern attributions (mostly 20th–21st-century Demonolatry and correspondence compilations), and the sources openly disagree. Use them as a working frame, not as law.

Correspondence	Value	Where it comes from
Zodiac / decan	approx. 15-19 degrees of Aries (region of the second decan)	Modern astrological-Goetia scheme derived from the 5-degree Shem-angel quinary; not in the historical grimoires.
Tarot	Five of Pentacles	Modern practitioner correspondence tables; internally inconsistent across sources — the strict Golden Dawn decan scheme would instead assign the Three of Wands to the second Aries decan. Flagged modern, non-canonical.
Planet	Moon	Modern practitioner tables; sources conflict (others give Mercury). No planet is assigned in the historical grimoires. Flagged modern.
Day	Monday	Modern — derived from the Moon attribution above; not traditional.
Element	Earth	Modern practitioner tables; some list Water instead. Not in the grimoires. Flagged modern.
Metal	Silver	Modern practitioner tables (consistent with the Moon attribution). Not traditional.
Candle colour	Purple / violet	Modern practitioner tables. Not traditional.
Incense	Jasmine	Modern practitioner tables. Not traditional; suggestion only.
Plant	Jasmine	Modern practitioner tables, following the incense. No plant is named in the grimoires. Flagged modern.
Animal	Horse / ass (donkey)	Grounded in the grimoire text itself — his stated manifesting form (Goetia 1904); the best-attested correspondence here.
Date window	approx. April 4-8	Modern 'Goetic birthday' quinary scheme (Sun transiting ~15-19 deg Aries); classed a Day Demon in Connolly's Demonolatry. Not in the historical sources; some tables shift the window by a day or two.

Its modern Enn — a chant from the Demonolatry current, not found in any grimoire:

“Esta ta et tasa Gamigin”

Making a connection

Gathered from what practitioners report, put plainly — a starting point, not a rule:

Sit with the seal above as the first meeting-place: trace it, hold it in the mind’s eye, and let impressions arrive without grabbing at them.
Set a gentle frame. Keep it simple — a purple candle, a monday, a little incense, a moment of quiet. If you work the Demonolatry current, chant the Enn softly — more like settling than commanding.
Bring the real theme. Practitioners associate Samigina with study, scholarship and the liberal arts; aiding memory and learning, mediumship and acting as a bridge between the living and the departed. Name what you actually want, and ask — don’t demand.
Journal before and after, and treat everything as your own experience, not fixed doctrine.

Never alone — the angel first. This is a shadow pole, and the whole discipline of this path is that you never reach for one by itself. Call its angel, Elemiah (Shem angel #4), first; work behind protection, inside a cast circle; and witness, don't become. If you have not yet read it, start with The Goetic Spirits — Safely. This is advanced work and it is not a substitute for mental-health care.

Rank, legions, direction and office are from the public-domain grimoires (Weyer 1577; Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia, 1904). Images are public domain: the 1904 seal. The Enn and the planet/day/colour/tarot correspondences are modern attributions (Demonolatry and compilations), flagged as such; sources disagree, and no copyrighted description or artwork is reproduced. Angel pairing per the Rudd tradition. Take the technique, never the tribe.

“The dead are not gone, only quiet. Learn their tongue and they answer.”