Sartmulu
Spirit of Mars, sculpted from stone
A benevolent spirit of Gevurah associated with physical and spiritual strength — invoked by those who train the body as a form of devotion.
Where the name comes from
Sartmulu belongs to a modern catalog of planetary and sephirothic spirits — the same tradition that gives us Riprinay of Jupiter and Mepsitahl of Neptune — rather than to the older grimoires of Solomonic magic.
Unlike the demons of the Lemegeton or the Olympic spirits of the Arbatel, Sartmulu carries no centuries-old paper trail. The name surfaces in contemporary sigil-based practice, catalogued under Gevurah, the fifth sephirah on the Tree of Life, and under Mars, the planet classically assigned to that sphere. The entry is compact by design: an origin, a purpose, an appearance, a sigil — a working sketch rather than a sprawling mythology.
That brevity is worth stating plainly rather than dressing up. What follows on this page is built honestly from that small core, plus the wider, much older correspondence system that Gevurah and Mars already carry in Qabalistic and Golden Dawn-derived practice — a system with real documented lineage, laid out in the table below.
A figure carved, not born
Appearance
Sartmulu is described as a tall, muscular figure with long dark hair, his form appearing less grown than quarried — as though a sculptor had found a man already waiting inside a block of stone. He is armored at the waist, wearing a kilt of plate, the practical dress of a body built for exertion rather than display.
Purpose
Sartmulu is described as benevolent — a spirit approached not for conquest but for condition. His office is the strengthening of the body and, through it, the spirit: stamina, recovery, the kind of health that comes from consistent labor rather than a single act of luck. Practitioners in his tradition regard him as well suited to anyone doing deliberate physical work on themselves — the reference tradition names a bodybuilder specifically, but the same office extends to any sustained discipline of the body.
Gevurah, the fifth sphere
Sartmulu's home sphere carries a long-documented correspondence set from Qabalistic and Golden Dawn-derived practice, independent of Sartmulu himself.
| Sephirah | Gevurah (Severity / Strength) — fifth on the Tree of Life |
| Planet | Mars |
| Day | Tuesday |
| Archangel | Kamael, traditionally attributed to this sphere |
| Metal | Iron |
| Color (Queen scale) | Red |
| Body | The left arm, in the Golden Dawn correspondence of the sephiroth to the body |
| Register | Discipline, judgment, exertion, the controlled application of force |
These correspondences belong to Gevurah and Mars broadly and are documented across Golden Dawn and later Qabalistic sources — they're included here as context for Sartmulu's placement, not as claims specific to him.
Training as devotion
Physical culture has its own old habit of treating the body as a site of discipline rather than only appearance — the Greek gymnasium, the Victorian strongman, the modern lifter's log book. Sartmulu's office sits comfortably in that lineage: a spirit who doesn't do the work for you, but who gives the work a frame.
Practically, this means treating a Tuesday session — Mars's own day — as more than a line in a log. Some who work with Sartmulu set a single intention before training rather than during it: a quality to build (patience under load, recovery, consistency) rather than a number to hit. The iron doesn't care what you believe while you lift it. The belief is for you, on the other side of the set.
This is a spiritual frame, not a training plan — for programming, load, and recovery, look to a coach or your own accumulated experience with your body.
Calling the name
A simple working, six movements, built for a Tuesday or any hour ruled by Mars.
Prepare the Ground
Clear a small space. A red or iron-colored candle, and one object of iron or steel — a weight, a blade, a key — placed where you can see it. Light the candle at dusk or in the early hour, when Mars is said to hold sway.
Banish and Center
Use whatever banishing or centering practice you already keep — a Qabalistic Cross, a simple round of grounding breath, a moment of silence. The aim is a clear field before you call anything into it.
Call the Name
Speak the name slowly — Sartmulu — three times, letting each repetition sit before the next. Some address him plainly: naming the iron, the stone, the sphere of Gevurah, and asking him to stand witness to the working.
State the Working
Say, in your own words, what strength you are building and why — a body recovering, a discipline being rebuilt, a season of training beginning. Be specific about the quality, not just the outcome.
The Iron Vigil
Follow the statement with some measure of real exertion, matched to your own capacity and judgment — lifting, a walk, stretching, held breath work. The point is embodiment: the intention doesn't stay only in language.
Give Thanks and Close
Thank Sartmulu for his attention, extinguish the candle, and return the iron object to its place. Close with whatever banishing you opened with, so the working has a clean edge on both sides.
Carve the sigil
Touch the three marks below, in order, to raise Sartmulu's sigil from the stone.