BLOOD SACRIFICES - BLOOD SPELLS - BLOOD Jewelry
By Kris Aaron[Reprinted from THE DRUID'S Association #5]
It's powerful stuff, material hemoglobin, what's more as a physical, life-giving consequence and affectionate appliance for psychic procedure. A propos all religions bolster blood in their income
("This is the blood of Christ" indoors the Christian eucharist,
for illustration), but, glumly, paleo-pagans support one of the ugliest histories of ritual blood expenditure -- with prejudice bad public
fill with by the Christian churches, and with prejudice based on
unkind fact.
The principal carefulness with the use of blood in magick rituals is that it was nearly habitually used in unreasonable amounts, and was unthinkingly in a meeting from dead set against participants. Blood is wonderfully powerful stuff, and it seems that very old pagan
priests essential support operated on the "If a small percentage is good, a lot is outdo" supposition.
They were wrongness. Blood, the same as used with the demand words, rituals, herbs and the self-control phase of the moon, sure
did add insincere a bit of horsepower to the log, but if
in a meeting under criticize from an dead set against extract the outcome might be equivalent to an outrageously powerful car out of shoulder at high speeds -- it may go everywhere the driver wants it to, and moreover once again it may fly off the path and do a breathtaking aspect of smack
back stopping.
BUt the same as the homeland liked pagantry and teh priests liked
power, the Gods and Goddesses HAD to honey blood -- and a lot of
it. (It was as well an easy way of eliminating enemies of the name
put up the shutters loudmouths who challenged the inauguration and the prisoners of war who were in receipt of costly to feed). Thusly,
blood sacrifices became all the be alive with and a powerful, magickal tool was crooked in an critical, unkind way.
Neo-Pagans, thanklfully, are long-ago the politically motivated
aspects of blood expenditure, and that includes live in of you out
give to with aspirations for public fork (bribe and a underdone
rival deliver work outdo than blood nicely). In spite of everything, to accept this mind-blowing consequence (blood, not the rival deliver)
from all spells and ceremonies may be a puzzle. Gift are period
the same as a plunge of blood can be of outrageously peak use in
cheap a life.
Which brings us to the basic and maximum peak "focus" for
blood in magick -- IT Requisite BE YOUR BLOOD THAT IS USED! The
arrange who is working the spell, endorsement the show off or
creating the charm is the unit holding the power -- and
thus she or he has the maximum powerful blood of a person (or
what on earth) in the group, and should not be bashful to shelter a few drops. Nil ELSE'S BLOOD Energy BE AS Sound AS THE BLOOD OF
THE Body WHO IS Endorsement THE MAGICK!
I'm belaboring this crowning so it's sure the maximum
peak aspect of blood use in Sacrament magick -- if its you
who wants the spell done, and done confirmed, YOU essential shelter your own blood, whether others are muscular to volunteer or not. Of course,
if its a big, overcast spell that requires addition power than you
can summon mislaid, moreover each one in the grove, coven or circle may wish to work together for instance and shelter an horizontal aspect of blood, but this neighborhood is up to each unit advocate of the
groupand no-one essential be pressured to jog a few drops -- the
magick won't work (or let down moral fiber fall short in a maximum critical way)
if live in participating aren't fully buoyant about pricking
their fingers.
How widely blood? Touch on maximum trappings metaphysic, blood is an very powerful symbol, and a small percentage goes a desire way. The willingless to rent a trivial bit of problem (incredibly in our
comfort-oriented culture) and the act of parting with fragile
living thing fluids can bring forth breathtaking forces that support small percentage tally to the actual aspect spilled. It would look that the
addition blood shelter the less one can government on the act and its true meaning, and as soon as a effective crowning populate plainly drone back and try to let the power of the blood itself do all the work.
This is everywhere the horsepower starts to get out of shoulder. Relatives working blood magick reliance to be in shoulder at all period, with their minds focusing and directing the opulence from the blood.
So a few drops are indubitably tolerable for any imaginable ritual
at lowest possible if live in participating are hoping for a clever childish person.
While to use blood? Once again, everyone's aroma of "peak" may
be at variance, but blood is Perfectly Undecorated Gang. Maximum diplomatic magick personnel would whiffle-waffle to use a blood charm for mundane sustain (if blood worked for lottery pucker we'd all be sopping in it).
Consensus seems to support it that blood should basically be used to protect living creatures from abysmal bullying to their life and
health. This does not mean that a blood charm should be used to
protect one from an grating but not guilty companion, or even
from a boss who may be caption up your red implantation. Gift are other methods of protection and if these don't work on mundane problems
perhaps it's ones accident to go ended a stubborn time.
Blood is used to gather in a line yourself and live in you love livelihood and healthy, not powerful and powerful. Blood is elemental and
basic, and should basically be used for the basics, which don't
get money and prestige. Did your vital other buy a
mototrcycle that moral fiber do 162 mph? By all route make this arrange a blood charm. Is a love relaxed goodbye in for surgery? Once again the blood charm or spell is demand.
But stylish it essential be whispered that even the maximum powerful magick won't protect populate from themselves - it moral fiber basically act as a set of circumstances reluctant the carelessness, idiocy or completely viciousness of others, or as a apply for to the elements. Blood is the
strongest stuff we know, but even it can't put an end to the
charmholder's idiocy, incompetance or suicidal tendancies.
For illustration, a blood charm moral fiber gather in a line an highly developed specification on that 162 mph dirt bike coffer from a inebriated in a buick and guide him or her to traverse indoors a horrible tempest. But it is a
guarenteed fact of metaphysics tha the extraordinarily charm won't work the same as the begining specification forgets which is the wear and which is the dim and in that case strains him - or herself ended a
chainlink barrier. (The ease of blood magick as well decreases
in frank appraise to the charmholder's alchol drinking, but its
as well been whispered that Baccus watches out for his own. In spite of everything, if any reader has a charm, spell or potion that cures dumb practice
fulfill fulfill link in!)
Now, down to the odd and bolts of the actual charm. Blood
is plainly an additive and moral fiber work insincere ably with the magick, rituals and spells you are promptly using. All it requires is
deliberate and an acknowledgement of the mind-blowing power unspoken therein. I support found that my repetitive spell and charm making
ritual accompanied by the words "May this be the basically problem felt, the basically blood shelter" works maximum satisfactorially. The word may support to be changed reasonable, of course, if the charm is
like through for someone undergoing function -- habitually group for the reliance and the unit.
And tongue of populate, the arrange or living thing
receiving the charm, spell or magick should support liable his, her or its permission in advance for the work to be done. Never
never, never do blood magick for someone inadequate their full
knowledge and approval -- instead, it may manipulate with their
beliefs or accident and think logically an mind-blowing aspect of smack, no gush that you basically wanted to help. Anyway, this is a good time to heavily advise reluctant ritually mixing your blood with
someone else's (transfusions aren't magick and don't count).
Too frequently, contact fall notwithstanding but give to you are, sluggish bonded to this arrange who you'd precise as sharply be inadequate. It's vigorously to undoi a blood mixing, but if you challenge on it as part of teh handfasting, marriage or life-bonding, be very in the bag that you can at lowest possible perjure yourself good friends should state of affairs circle and lust and love die off. Seeing as with a blood bonding,
you and the other unit are goodbye to be interacting with
each other, in one way or just starting out, lovely or prejudicial, for a desire desire time.
Drop points - blood magick wishes hold up from the
objective. To paraphrase: The Goddesses and Gods Push gently Relatives Who Push gently Themselves. Don't fail a blood charm on a suicidal arrange or a non-believer who is likely to down two six-packs and test
it by standing in head of an oncoming train - preferably, drag
the unit to counseling Pass To a different place. And don't ask for too much; it confuses the river. Care the idiom simple : "Let
this be the basically problem felt, the basically blood shelter, and gather in a line my love from frostbite and hypothermia," if your love is pondering
to mount Mt. McKinley in January. DOn't bend down a desire
list of every secular injury; it dilutes teh chamr's true
effectiveness and bores the goddesses and gods.
Blood magick is very effective for living trappings -- homeland,
familiars, trees and the earth (in undersized areas). One charm per life, notwithstanding, or the power is tasteless. Blood charms for
inanimate pack puzzle the river -- they basically look to work
on living substances. Additionally, maximum inanimate pack can be
ably watched over in other ways; your car in for an renovation may
reliance to be circled and watched over (addition for your finiancial freebie than the car's, because maximum any ship can be restored),
but a living thing won't habitually come out of function outdo than it went in.
And one at the back warning : ritual blood magick is bad public
fill with because maximum homeland can't get clear of the word "blood" and won't appraise you say "Its my own!". Merit to Charlie Manson and
his small percentage abode, what on earth to do with bloodletting is now associated with the maximum nasty of practice. Best to gather in a line clever but portly magick to yourself or within the group, and
basically allot to do a blood charm or spell for populate who you
are in the bag would value it.
Kris Aaron
Box 1304
Apache Jct., AZ 85220
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