Magickal Properties of Blood

[Derrick]

Experiment 001 (Stone Rings anointed with blood)

This experiment is essentially used to determine the magickal properties of blood. This will be achieved by the wearing of an item anointed with a given sample of blood, and carefully recording all the events, emotions, and subtle actions or signs that one may notice.

The item with the blood is worn in cycles, meaning a given amount of time with it on, and then an equal amount of time wearing a control item. The scale is in weeks, about three weeks of wearing the item, and three weeks of wearing an identical item without the blood.

This staggering is to show that if a given effect is observed, it should stop once the ring is taken off, and the control ring is put on.

For the results to be useful, we need to rule out random chance. Thusly the cycle of the blood laced item, and then the control, must be repeated. The three weeks on, then three weeks of control should be repeated for about 6 months.

The possibilities to use blood in ritual, spells, and even Herbology increase greatly when one knows the magickal properties of the blood they are using.

If you use a couple of friends, to test the properties and you determine that their blood has desired properties, be sensible. Do not try to trick them into giving more blood. Since it is their blood any magick you conducted with the blood would benefit the person whose blood you’re using.

To abuse someone else's blood is looked poorly upon by the gods. It is an abuse of their life force, and the gods will exact their own punishments for such abuse.

Please remember that this is an experiment, this is research. Careful guideline must be followed or results will not be accurate. This experiment is written in the form of using a two sources of blood, however it can be adapted to just your source of blood.

If you should choose to adapt it to one source of blood try first with yourself before moving onto other people. Finding your own blood’s magickal properties has great potential to increase the potency of your personal magick.

Remember, pin pricks, only a few drops, no knives, no cuts.

Be safe and use your common sense.



General Ingredients:

3 stone rings cleansed and charmed to enhance the blood’s properties. (Other stones can be used, as long as all the rings are the same material.)

Three willing people, yourself being one of the three

3 Onyx stones (small enough to fit in or on top of the rings)

What ever tools maybe needed for cleansing, sage, salt, or your favorite personal technique

A stand to allow the rings to dry once the blood is applied

Latex or vinyl gloves so as not to directly touch any blood in the ritual

One large altar candle, white

Three sterilized pins, (One for you, and one each for the other people participating.)

A carrying pouch or cloth bag. Other materials other then cloth are alright, wooden boxes, etc



Prep work:

This should be done before meeting with the other people involved in the primary ritual. Although it is lengthy, it is absolutely vital, don’t skip steps and expect results.

Cleanse the three rings, by burning smudge and wafting the smoke over them, then placing them in a shallow bowl of sea salt, and covering them with more salt. Three small black pebbles can sit on top of the salt to mark the rings spot under the layer of salt.

Once the rings are cleansed, they must be charmed to enhance the affects of the blood.



--------------------------------------------------
Charming Rings

Ingredients:

3 stone rings
3 Onyx stones
1 Sterilized stick pin
1 Large altar candle, white
Bowl and sea salt

Darken the room. Place the candle on the desk and light it.

Place the three rings in a triangle around the candle, and then put one onyx stone in the center of each ring. Using the stick pin draw blood, and put a single drop on each one of the onyx stones.

Using sympathetic magick, charm the rings to be more open to the properties of the blood. The life flowing in it, the personal nature of it, the intimacy of blood, and the reverence as it is often used as a sacrifice.

The rings themselves should never come into contact with the blood, so be careful when anointing the onyx. This is to stop the ring picking up on your personal blood’s energy, rather then the energy that exists in all blood. You’re looking for a general enhancement of the properties of blood, any blood that comes into contact with the ring post charming. Not your bloods personal magickal properties.

Once the lower magick is done, thank the gods for the energy and the ability to carry out your research, should you feel so inclined.

Remove the onyx from the rings and place to the side. Use the salt layering method as described above and allow them to sit for three days.

Clean the onyx before the blood fully dries, and cleanse by smudging. Then place them on top of the salt, directly above their respective rings. These 3 days, will age the energy and turn the rings from the stone’s current properties into a more enhancing nature that will boost the properties of the blood that will later be put onto it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------




An interesting option has come to my attention, instead of or in addition to charming the rings in the manor above, one could turn the rings into astral temples.

Now if you are unfamiliar with astral temples then this may be a bit confusing. If you are left with questions I strongly recommend you research the subject.

-----------------------------------------
Astral Temple Rings

Ingredients:

Three stone rings

Any tools that you may use as a meditation aid, music, smudge or smells, and other sensory sensations

(I don’t recommend the use of stones when creating an astral temple, within an object made of a given stone. The stone used to astral project may conflict, or interact with the ring’s stone in unforeseen ways. However several stones can be used to achieve an astral state, with the stones effects remaining with the body, and not the astral form. Red jasper is such a stone, aides in smooth transition from corporeal to ethereal forms.)


Start by placing one of the stone rings in your hand, or resting on your person. Then fall into your usual meditation or astral projecting position and style. You yourself know what needs to be done to project yourself.

This will be a “middle world journey” in that you will be neither in the sky nor below the earth, you will be on the surface of the earth. Inhabiting the astral layer of the same space we operate in, when in corporeal form. You must enter the ring that you have with you in meditation.

Most people create a space, or an environment in which they can operate it, that is within the stone ring. Which ever environment you choose, be in a cave, river, forest, etc, you must begin work immediately.

Many people believe that not all stones will yield themselves to humans. I believe in that and the show of respect. You may begin your operations by asking the stone ring if it will accept the work you wish to do. The answer is not always yes, so listen carefully for a reaction. Be sure to honor the wishes of the stone in the event is says no, or places limitation on your actions.

If accepted the real work can now begin. Using energy manipulation or lower magick, you must change the energy structure of the stone, changing it from its original properties, to the desired properties. For example, one of jade’s properties is that it brings luck. This would have to be changed into the desired property, in this case, the boosting of the properties of blood.

This is not as easy as it sounds. It will require great focus, advanced visualization and energy manipulation technique.

We know that crystals are formed in geometric shapes; these shapes are dependent on the chemical properties of the base element, silicon, carbon, etc. You can use visualizations to run energy through the pathways of chemical bonds, changing the energy resonance of the stone, and thus its properties.

Or you could simply do it by feel. Many advanced practitioners can feel the energy of stones so well that they will know when their work is done, and they have achieved the desired effect.

Remember, the desired effect is that the ring should enhance the magickal properties of the blood put upon it. This is your goal; see that it is carried out.

Don’t forget to ground when finished.

Once this is done, a rest period is required for both you and the stone. Place the stone on a bed of salt, of perhaps an altar. The stone will need time to finalize the changes, and further establish its new properties. You will also need to sleep, and perhaps spend the next day recovering from the strain of the work.

For the simple reason of fatigue, only one stone ring should be converted to an astral temple at a time. Giving yourself a day break will help you to recharge the batteries so to speak, and allow for a better quality product.

Once you have created an astral temple in each stone, they can either be left the way they are, and used in the primary ritual, or they can be further charmed by using the above method.

Some may prefer only one method, feeling more comfortable with only astral temples, and not with a charming ritual. Others will not have the skill or ability to astral project and use such advanced technique.

This is just fine.

This astral temple method is another option, but not necessary. The ultimate results will still turn out, and the magickal properties of blood can still be determined if you choose not to use this astral method.

As long as one of the methods is used, be it the charming, or the astral temple approach.
------------------------------------------------------




Cleansing the onyx after you use it in the primary ritual is important. Without it, you may leave behind energy from your blood, and this may not yield the desired effect of the stone when used next. Always remember to cleanse your collection of stones once and a while, to refresh your stones energies.

-----------------------------------------------
Onyx cleanse

Ingredients:

The three onyx stones used in the charming of the rings

Smudge, salt, or a favorite cleansing technique of your own

A symbol or object that represents each on of the elements, fire, water, earth and air

A quiet space, with a flat surface to work on


Since I was using a candle to represent fire I was able to darken the room a bit.

Take the four symbols and arrange them however you prefer.

I typically use smoke to represent air; I used a burning sage smudge as my air symbol.

This meant I needed to use salt to cleanse the onyx. I set a bowl in front of me and filled it with enough salt to cover the bottom. I placed the three onyx pieces in a triangle on top of the salt.

Center yourself, since an amount of energy will be required, and focus is important.

Take a first piece of onyx; hold it up above the salt, in a comfortable way.

Look to the objects that represent the elements, and visual energy of a respective color flowing from each of them. Blue for water, red for fire, green for earth, and yellow for air.

Image this energy flowing from the symbols in a thin trail of colored energy. Visualize the energy converging at one point, all the energy trails meeting at one focal point, and from the point where they all meet a pure white colored energy will flow from. Guide this combined, white light to the onyx, and have to flow through the stone you are holding.

Imagine the white light cleaning the stone, passing through it and removing all the energies left from the charming ritual. Continue to visualize the energy passing through until you feel the stone is cleansed.
The energy coming out of the onyx, from the opposite side it entered the stone should spread out, and disappear. It will also look less white, perhaps even off white as it carries away the energy that was inside the stone, and returns it to the universe.

Repeat this with the other two onyx stones, returning them to the salt when finished.

To close the ritual, simply thank the gods or what ever is customary to your path.

I usually place my hand above or near each one of the symbols individually, and give some energy back to the elements, as a sort of thank you.

Now your onyx is cleansed and ready for future use.

Remember no ritual is iron clad, feel free to adapt this to a style more fitting to you. A more personalized ritual works more effectively with your personal energy, and will yield better results.

Also this cleanse does not need to be used, doing what ever you normally do to cleanse works just as well.

This cleanse can also be used on other objects besides stones, it can be a valuable tool when cleansing items.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------



Primary Ritual:


Procedure:

Explain to the participants well in advance of your intentions. Explain to them what will happen, step by step during the anointing of the rings, and also share with them the general purpose of this research.

Reassure them that their blood will not be used in any negative manor.

Find a quite place at one of the three people’s homes; lower the lights and then light a single large white candle, Bring out the rings.

Give one ring to each person. Since your energy is already infused to the rings. You should not anoint the ring you have; rather it will act as a control.

Have the two other people place a single drop of blood on the ring, spreading it out over the outer surface of the ring.

Place the ring onto a ring stand to allow the blood to dry. Be sure to make note of which ring has which person’s blood.

Reiterate the purpose of this experiment.

Once the rings have dried place them back into the pouch. Thank the gods for the blood and the energy.

Blow out the candle.

Turn the light back up, and continue to visit for the rest of the night.

The following day…

Wear the ring with no blood on it. After 3 weeks of wearing it everyday then wear one ring with blood. After another 3 weeks wear again the ring with no blood. After that three weeks wear the second ring with blood, not the same one you wore the week prior. After that 3 weeks wear the ring with no blood again.

The main point of wearing the rings is that the blood put on the rings may affect your life, magick, or emotions during the trial time. You must take careful notes of everything, omens you see, everyday actions, and any events that take place.



Closing Notes:

These experiments must be repeated, the exact same procedure must be followed. I believe after ten runs there should be enough data present to be able to make some generalizations. However ten cycles would take 12-13 months.

This experiment is quite long term, but has the possibility to narrow down the magickal properties of the blood used.

This experiment is adaptable. You may use one donor of blood rather then two, just adjust the number of charmed rings etc. I have chosen two due to the simple fact that I could have two people’s blood tested at the end of a five week cycle, rather then just one.

There are a few ways to do things differently, for example.

Perhaps using only one person’s blood and using the same period of ring use,

3 Weeks ring with no blood
3 Weeks ring with blood
3 Weeks ring with no blood

This would yield more data and a more consistent outcome. I believe two or three cycles would be sufficient. This would take between 6-7 months. This cycle style is recommended for its greater efficiency.

Also it is important to record the entire day’s events, everything from, omens seen in the clouds to strangers who gave you strange glares. One can rule nothing out and must take everything as a possible influence of the blood magick. Even when the person is wearing the ring with no blood this same quality of recording must be maintained, precision is key.



Points of interest:

This research has many possible applications, for example. If it turns out that say my blood is protective in nature, perhaps an act of over simplification, and then my blood could be added to spells, rituals, and items as an added layer of protection. Not only that, I could develop my own herbal mixes used for protection purposes. By grinding specific herbs known for their protective energy, and adding a few drops of my blood I could create powerful herbal powders.

If these experiments are successful in narrowing the properties of any given blood, their blood can then be used for more specific magick, yielding better results.

The uses of blood once the properties have been established are numerous. There are entire thought processes that have not taken place yet, and I believe that this information will be able to create new uses for blood within magick.

It would seem that as people are able to identify the properties of their blood, some who find out may covet it. This could lead to problems. It seems that people should do these tests individually, rather then have some one do it for them. The results may have to be kept a secret.

This opens up a whole new field of magick, spells used to protect blood, or at least stop it from being used by anyone else.

The ring charming technique itself has several uses, including charming the rings with a given attribute of a host stone. For example a stone which has the properties of making you more stealthy or invisible (in terms of energy/ energy vampires) could pass those attributes onto the ring, and thus wearing the ring would yield the same result as using the stone.

The charming technique is not limited to rings, or to ever stone or crystal items. You could easily adapt the ritual and charm other accessories, even magickal tools like a cauldron or athame!



Problems:

Several issues have come to my attention. For one, if everyone were able to know the properties of their blood, other people may covet the blood deemed “more powerful”.

This had several terrible ramifications. Although there are already people who seek out blood, the odds of getting good blood are hit and miss. If the system works, these people could trick people into giving them a sample of blood, running the tests, and perhaps locate people with the desired properties.

Also there is always the given risk of blood. Transmitted diseases and the alike are always a risk. Proper handling procedure should be carried out. The use of latex or vinyl gloves is extremely important, and the consuming of blood is not to be recommended. Try and avoid sharing blood, some may see a mixing of two people’s blood as a way to boost the properties or perhaps share the properties. Such actions are extremely dangerous and are not recommended at all. Common sense is important, use your head or risk loosing it.

Also the techniques above are not quite right for everyone. While some may not be at the level of study to yet tackle this project, what is important is that in time you may be, and should you want to the resource is available to you.


~Derrick
Archivist