The Demon Tablet Alternate Reality Rift Opening Ritual is a variation of the Alternate Reality Rift Opening Ritual to open a rift in space and time between realities for twenty-four hours. The spell is inscribed on the Main Universe's Demon Tablet.
Procedure
Fake Spell
The spell, from Donatello Redfield's notes, require a much more complex procedure than the alternative Apocalypse World counterpart.
The spell required a bronze altar that built atop Godsroot, and must be consecrated with holy water. The altar consisted of a bronze bowl anointed by Oil of Abramlin. In the bronze bowl, various ingredients must be placed inside like Dragon's blood, Wolfsbane, Angelica root (all the first three should be grounded into paste), Goofer dust, a liquor made from Dead sea brine, Lamb's Blood, and a relic of a lesser saint. After all the mixture mixed properly, a heart of Gog and Magog should be placed.
However, later it is revealed that the spell is fake, due to Donatello lying about it, under the influence of corruption.
True Spell
History
When God created The Word of God tablets, he had Metatron inscribe this particular ritual onto the Demon Tablet. The Prince of Hell Asmodeus was also aware of the ritual and what it required.
Somehow, the Men of Letters came to know of the ritual. In 1925, having somehow gathered all of the ingredients, rogue Men of Letters member Diego Avila performed the ritual in the Portsmouth, Rhode Island chapter house to bring Yokoth and Glythur in order to cleanse the Earth and start over. Diego and his followers succeeded in opening the rift and summoning Yokoth who possessed Sandy Porter. Yokoth ate most of the Men of Letters involved, but the survivors managed to close the rift and bound Yokoth who could not be killed.
In 2017, after learning that the Kevin Tran of Apocalypse World was able to use a ritual from his Angel Tablet to open a rift between Apocalypse World and the Main Universe, the Winchesters and Castiel brought the Demon Tablet before Prophet Donatello Redfield to see if he could find a similar ritual so they could rescue their mother and Jack. Though Donatello found the ritual, in his soulless state he was corrupted by the Demon Tablet's power and the Seraphim Castiel was forced to forcibly take the information from his mind. The Winchesters and Castiel then began gathering the ingredients for the spell.
In 2018, after tracking the Seal of Solomon to the Portsmouth chapter house, the Winchesters inadvertently freed Yokoth. Yokoth later used ingredients stored in a hidden compartment to replicate the ritual to open a rift into her own world and bring Glythur into the Main Universe in the body of Dean Winchester. Sam arrived with Marco and Ophelia Avila before she could succeed. Dean managed to free himself and steal the Seal of Solomon which Ophelia used to close the rift. Before the rift closed, Yokoth was pulled back through by Glythur.
Following the defeat of Yokoth, the Avilas gave the Winchesters the Seal of Solomon and explained what they would need to open the rift into Apocalypse World. In the Men of Letters bunker, Sam performed the ritual using Dean's hair as Dean had previously been to Apocalypse World and some of Gabriel's grace brought to them by Arthur Ketch. With the rift open, Dean and Arthur passed through. After twenty-four hours, the rift closed. Dean made it back through, but Arthur remained behind in the Apocalypse World. However, the Winchesters could not repeat the ritual as Gabriel had left and they no longer possessed any of his grace.
After Gabriel returned to the bunker following the deaths of Fenrir, Narfi, Sleipnir and Loki, the Winchesters were left to wait until Gabriel's grace recharged before they could repeat the ritual and open the rift again.
Procedure
The spell requires the Blood of A Most Holy Man, Fruit of the Tree of Life, the Seal of Solomon and an archangel's grace. In order to open a rift to the right alternate reality, the spell requires something that has already been to that world to act as a guide or the right door won't open. If a person who has been to the alternate reality is opening the door, they can use their own hair for this requirement.
Once gathered, the ingredients the Fruit has to be ground into the bowl with the blood and grace poured on top of it. The ritual only appears to require a small amount of blood to work. After the grace is added, the bowl will begin glowing with a white light. The Seal of Solomon must then be held above the bowl which will cause the Seal to light up. At this point, the following incantation must be said:
- Koth Munto Notox.
The spell will channel through the Seal of Solomon as a stream of purple energy and the rift will then open in the a short distance in the direction the Seal of Solomon is pointing. Once the door is open, it will remain open for twenty-four hours before closing unless the reversal spell is used to close it early. According to Ophelia Avila, there is no telling what will be on the other side of the door once it is opened.
Reversal
To reverse the spell and close the rift before the twenty-four hours are up, the caster must point the Seal of Solomon at the rift and recite an incantation:
- Panto Koth Munto
The Seal of Solomon will then glow purple, causing the rift to immediately begin to close. The rift will quickly seal and anything inside of it will be pulled back to its own world.
Known Users
Appearances
- Season 13
- Good Intentions (mentioned only)
- The Thing
- Bring 'em Back Alive (effects)
Trivia
- Despite the fact that Dean has been to both Apocalypse World and the Bad Place, his hair is enough of a guide for the ritual to open the rift to the Apocalypse World instead of the Bad Place.