The Wiccan religion that was developed in 1953 streamlined and combined many different Neo-Paganism sects by compiling a set series of “laws” of magic. It should be stated that these laws merely explained how the flow and movement of magical energy works. Wicca is a religion which does not forbid it’s practitioners from any magical act, there fore there are no real laws of magic, valuing free will over compliance. It is instead reliant on a strong sense of morality to be instilled in members of any coven and the presence of experienced spiritual guides in the form of coven leaders. While you can find spells to do harm in the Wiccan religion if you look hard enough, for every one dangerous spell there are half a dozen beneficial ones. There are many spells of protection as well as spells for the exorcism of evil spirits, giving experienced practitioners the opportunity to safeguard their own souls. One potion in particular is noted for its power and effectiveness in banishing harmful spirits and exorcising the possessed. It goes by the name exsilium liquidus and instructions on how to make and use it are to follow.
Before you begin it should be stated that there is a very real danger involved whenever magic is used in an offensive rather than defensive capacity. Such spells and potions are reliant on the inner strength or willpower of the user, and should not be trifled with unless one is a very experienced Wiccan. Even then the possibility for lasting harm to the mind, body, and spirit still exists. This is no game.
Start by collecting all the necessary materials and ingredients. You will need one piece of mandrake root, a lighter, a stove top, a small piece of peony root, salt, frankincense, powdered black iron, a white bird’s feather (dove is best), five white candles, a lighter, a bottle, a bottle of holy water, a pot or cauldron (A metal pot you’ve already used for other spells is best), powdered silver (if you can afford it), a bottle of spring water, a wooden spoon or wand if you have one, fresh rosemary, fresh thyme, fresh basil, fresh sage, and an athame. An athame is a ritual knife. If you don’t have one then use an old kitchen knife that has been held and used for many years, but make sure not to use it for cooking after this. Don’t worry, it’s not meant for hurting anyone; you just need to chop up all the ingredients before putting them into your pot.
Place the pot on the stove top and pour in equal measures of holy water and spring water. This represents the power of both nature and heaven. Array the candles in a five-pointed star pattern around the pot and light them. Put in the mandrake root and peony root. These both contain a great deal of magical energy and are effective wards against demonic entities. Put in the powdered iron and dove feather, which are both anathema to the Fae. Pour in a tablespoon of salt and the powdered silver, both are said to be effective against magical or demonic constructs given physical form. The frankincense was used Hebrew burial rituals as a ward against any spirits who would desecrate the body of the dead. Before that it was used by the Babylonians and Sumerians for a similar purpose. Put in as much frankincense as you’ve got. The sage, thyme, rosemary, and basil are effective deterrents against nature spirits such as bogarts, huldre, nyads, redcaps, etc. who might mean you harm.
Put the mixture on medium heat and stir it clockwise with the wand. Continue to repeat the following phrase until the pot boils: “I bless you now, by the power of light to destroy evil, to erase his might! Beatus cum potentia bonus!” The last part is pronounced “Bee-awt-us Coom Poe-ten-shee-a Bawn-us”. After the pot has boiled, pour the contents into a bottle. Any container will do, but something which you’ve used in this fashion before is better.
To use this to clear your house and safeguard it from spirits, first open up all the windows and doors to give the spirits plenty of exits. Then sprinkle the potion on all the baseboards of the house, calling loudly “Be gone!” as you do so.
To be rid of a manifested spirit or demon, cast the water directly on the demon and proclaim “Demon be gone, be nevermore. Creature of evil and of bane, I cast you out to eternal flame. Angels bless this spell of mine; banish evil through space and time!” The demon should disintegrate and its essence will be sent back to its birthplace.
The many properties of this potion make it effective in dealing with most any spirit you face, but this should not be your only plan of attack. Knowledge is you best ally. Learn as much about the creature you face first. Also do not imbibe the potion; many of the contents are poisonous if ingested.
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
Electronic Voice Phenomenon
Electronic Voice Phenomenon is also known as EVP. It is an occurrence where images or sound will appear on recording media with no explanation as to how it got there. A few movies have been made about the subject where the main character opens up a window to the Other Side to look for glimpses of a deceased loved one. There are always horrific consequences for this when the main character finds that when you look through a window you make yourself just as visible to the less benign denizens of the Other Side. It makes for a gripping story but surely that’s all it is right, a story? Wrong. In reality this phenomenon is surprisingly more common than we think.
With the prevalence of digital voice recorders it was a statistical certainty that someone would notice sounds in the background that had not been there at the time of recording. It’s so common in fact that we are likely to have seen or heard dozens of such examples without realizing it. When listening to a recording on tape, mp3, or CD a voice might be so soft as to be unnoticeable against all the noise. But this phenomenon is not limited to the auditory. Your television has probably been home to EVPs. One very common example is when looking at your television you might see shadow images of people or faces behind the program that’s playing. It’s easy to rationalize this as another channel bleeding through to the channel you’re watching. Do a quick check of the other channels, its very rare to find that anything matching the phantom shapes is playing. To see this for yourself just pop in an old VHS tape and pay particular attention to the sections that are black at the start or ending of a scene. VHS tapes are rewritable and are based solely on magnetism; as such they register EVPs more often than DVDs.
Popular belief is that our electronic recording equipment is catching sounds and images from spirits or the dead in places that were familiar to them in life. Several suggestions as to just how this is possible have been presented, the most credible of which states that the presence of spirits, according to paranormal psychology, are associated with particularly strong and active electro-magnetic fields. All current audiovisual recording devices are easily influenced by electro-magnetic fields. It is postulated that such spirits are able to deliberately use their surrounding electromagnetic fields to imprint their presence on these recording devices.
If you’re worried about the consequences of EVP like you see in the movies, don’t be. There are many organizations that pursue the recording and research of EVP diligently and there have been no threats nor accidents amongst any of them. That is not to say that you won’t find a spirits message to be spoken in cryptic or disturbing phrases. In these cases it often helps to know the history of the site where you’re making your recordings. Often the spirits will refer to specific occurrences which had great meaning to them while they yet lived.
The basic method to recording your own EVP involve simply running a tape recorder and having a source of white noise in the background with no other outside noise. When the tape is finished recording simply play it back and listen very closely. As the voices one might hear using this method are difficult to discern this isn’t always very effective. A better method is to use a blank VHS tape and record it while tuned to a channel that has no reception. When it’s finished taping, play back the tape. Human beings’ brains are designed to pay particular attention to visual stimuli. As they say “Seeing is believing”.
With the prevalence of digital voice recorders it was a statistical certainty that someone would notice sounds in the background that had not been there at the time of recording. It’s so common in fact that we are likely to have seen or heard dozens of such examples without realizing it. When listening to a recording on tape, mp3, or CD a voice might be so soft as to be unnoticeable against all the noise. But this phenomenon is not limited to the auditory. Your television has probably been home to EVPs. One very common example is when looking at your television you might see shadow images of people or faces behind the program that’s playing. It’s easy to rationalize this as another channel bleeding through to the channel you’re watching. Do a quick check of the other channels, its very rare to find that anything matching the phantom shapes is playing. To see this for yourself just pop in an old VHS tape and pay particular attention to the sections that are black at the start or ending of a scene. VHS tapes are rewritable and are based solely on magnetism; as such they register EVPs more often than DVDs.
Popular belief is that our electronic recording equipment is catching sounds and images from spirits or the dead in places that were familiar to them in life. Several suggestions as to just how this is possible have been presented, the most credible of which states that the presence of spirits, according to paranormal psychology, are associated with particularly strong and active electro-magnetic fields. All current audiovisual recording devices are easily influenced by electro-magnetic fields. It is postulated that such spirits are able to deliberately use their surrounding electromagnetic fields to imprint their presence on these recording devices.
If you’re worried about the consequences of EVP like you see in the movies, don’t be. There are many organizations that pursue the recording and research of EVP diligently and there have been no threats nor accidents amongst any of them. That is not to say that you won’t find a spirits message to be spoken in cryptic or disturbing phrases. In these cases it often helps to know the history of the site where you’re making your recordings. Often the spirits will refer to specific occurrences which had great meaning to them while they yet lived.
The basic method to recording your own EVP involve simply running a tape recorder and having a source of white noise in the background with no other outside noise. When the tape is finished recording simply play it back and listen very closely. As the voices one might hear using this method are difficult to discern this isn’t always very effective. A better method is to use a blank VHS tape and record it while tuned to a channel that has no reception. When it’s finished taping, play back the tape. Human beings’ brains are designed to pay particular attention to visual stimuli. As they say “Seeing is believing”.
Charms & Animism
Charms and fetishes are possibly one of the oldest aspects of spiritualism there is. The ancient Egyptians would wear jewelry depicting the Scarab symbol of immortality for long life, even slaves and yeomen wore clothes with or drew on their skin signs of various animals to take on the properties of the animal. Netsilick Eskimo tribesmen still wear fetishes of caribou antler to grant them speed in the hunt. Leather straps made from seal skin to give them endurance against the cold are popular too.
This is all based in the concept of animism. An ancient belief that says all things, both living and inanimate, have their own spiritual counterpart. Tribes of hunters and gatherers across the world would perform rituals after successfully hunting an animal to do honor to the spirit of the animal. This was to ensure that the tribesmen would be given the animals’ strength when they ate its flesh and protection when they wore its hide. Failing to give such homage was taboo for it meant that one might anger the animals’ spirits who would prevent the animal from being reborn. Hunter and gatherer peoples feared the animals they depended on for life would go away and never return, refusing to let themselves be hunted. Agrarian societies would often make ritual sacrifices to the sun and rain so their crops would grow.
An offshoot to this idea is that to wear fetishes made from the actual animal or charms representing the animal may entice the animal’s controlling spirit into residing there. A person who has been graced by the spirit of an animal may be granted the strengths of the animal. These strengths may help the wearer to survive and provide for his family.
Remember animism also recognizes the presence of spirits in non-living things as well. Chinese alchemy and medicine paid homage to the elements; earth, wind, air, and fire. Native Americans did the same thing in song and dance forms. It was all for the purpose of recognizing and paying respects to the powers around them. We’re not that different today.
Some people may scoff at the idea. That’s somewhat hypocritical given the number of charms and fetishes people wear in everyday life. A man who wears a crucifix is in effect calling for the aid of a spiritual power. Lance Armstrong wristbands are a cultural phenomenon. Men, women, and children wear them. Each is inscribed with a different quality such as; strength, wisdom, compassion, love, etc. This is merely a more complex form of animism in which one calls directly to a concept that may have been too abstract for ancient tribesmen to comprehend, though the purpose is exactly the same.
Charm bracelets, lucky rabbits’ feet, lucky jewelry, lucky shoes, lucky underwear, the list goes on and on. They all attempt to attract good luck. Again this is an entreaty to the spirits of non-living matter to smile on them and aid them however they are able. If anything, modern human beings are greater proponents of animism than our ancient forebears were. So don’t feel embarrassed or silly for wearing a charm bracelet, ring, necklace, or keeping a good luck fetish in your pocket. We all do it to some extent, and as people still subject to the whims of nature and change, we need all the help we can get.
This is all based in the concept of animism. An ancient belief that says all things, both living and inanimate, have their own spiritual counterpart. Tribes of hunters and gatherers across the world would perform rituals after successfully hunting an animal to do honor to the spirit of the animal. This was to ensure that the tribesmen would be given the animals’ strength when they ate its flesh and protection when they wore its hide. Failing to give such homage was taboo for it meant that one might anger the animals’ spirits who would prevent the animal from being reborn. Hunter and gatherer peoples feared the animals they depended on for life would go away and never return, refusing to let themselves be hunted. Agrarian societies would often make ritual sacrifices to the sun and rain so their crops would grow.
An offshoot to this idea is that to wear fetishes made from the actual animal or charms representing the animal may entice the animal’s controlling spirit into residing there. A person who has been graced by the spirit of an animal may be granted the strengths of the animal. These strengths may help the wearer to survive and provide for his family.
Remember animism also recognizes the presence of spirits in non-living things as well. Chinese alchemy and medicine paid homage to the elements; earth, wind, air, and fire. Native Americans did the same thing in song and dance forms. It was all for the purpose of recognizing and paying respects to the powers around them. We’re not that different today.
Some people may scoff at the idea. That’s somewhat hypocritical given the number of charms and fetishes people wear in everyday life. A man who wears a crucifix is in effect calling for the aid of a spiritual power. Lance Armstrong wristbands are a cultural phenomenon. Men, women, and children wear them. Each is inscribed with a different quality such as; strength, wisdom, compassion, love, etc. This is merely a more complex form of animism in which one calls directly to a concept that may have been too abstract for ancient tribesmen to comprehend, though the purpose is exactly the same.
Charm bracelets, lucky rabbits’ feet, lucky jewelry, lucky shoes, lucky underwear, the list goes on and on. They all attempt to attract good luck. Again this is an entreaty to the spirits of non-living matter to smile on them and aid them however they are able. If anything, modern human beings are greater proponents of animism than our ancient forebears were. So don’t feel embarrassed or silly for wearing a charm bracelet, ring, necklace, or keeping a good luck fetish in your pocket. We all do it to some extent, and as people still subject to the whims of nature and change, we need all the help we can get.
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