Does constraining demons always work?

[WhiteWizard77]

If i constrain a demon as outlined in traditions, will the demon always obey and be constrained to perform the task? Or can the demon intervene during the constraining ritual and release its binding by making the constraining ritual fail?

[Cerber]

Yes, but one should keep in mind, "traditions" you're referring to, were "engineered" to be abusive and were "engineered" to have tendency to result in negative consequences, with "karma" built-in.
If you're able to chain someone and to force them to do your bidding, then they will, because of all that "force", but all chains turns to rust eventually..

[WildWolf]

Binding spirits is a thing.....an occult skill like any other. Western traditions can be a bit unnecessarily aggro. If your trying to learn about said tech, doing a 6 month intensive (daily offerings) with St. Cyprian on PSD and handling nefarious Intelligences....that'd be a move. It's a difficult skill to learn, best of luck.

[Amor]

If you are unconsciously inviting the adverse entity, constraints are unlikely to be effective

Meanwhile: Demon deus inversus est.

That is normally translated as Demon is the inverse of God. The word God however is a much later invention.

Deus comes from deva - meaning shining. Thus another translation might be: Demon is the inverse of Shining.

More simply: the out-breath from The Source of All is dark. The in-breath is light. It is the cyclic balance of light and dark that allows stability

Thus we may consider whether entities are adverse because they are too dark or too light for their proper roles.

A common example is the human mother with very young children (and a husband) that does not take enough time for sleep - and hence is too light for the continuation of the incarnation