A Pagan blood ritual is any ritual that involves the intentional release of blood.
A common blood ritual is the blood brother ritual, which started in ancient Europe and Asia. Two or more people, typically male, intermingle their blood in some way. This ritualizes bringing the people together into one family in a symbolic way. Obviously this is an unsafe practice where blood-borne pathogens are concerned.
Body piercing can also be part of a blood ritual. Though piercing does not always cause bleeding, it certainly can. Piercing has been practiced in a number of indigenous cultures throughout the world, usually as a symbolic rite of passage, a symbolic death and rebirth, an initiation, or for reasons of magical protection.
Blood rituals often involve a symbolic death and rebirth, as literal bodily birth involves bleeding. Blood is typically seen as very powerful, and sometimes as unclean. Blood sacrifice is sometimes considered by the practitioners of prayer, ritual magic, and spell casting to intensify the power of such activities. The Native American Sun Dance is usually accompanied by blood sacrifice.
Some blood rituals involve two or more parties cutting themselves or each other followed by consumption of blood. The participants may regard the release or consumption of blood as producing energy useful as a sexual, healing, or mental stimulus. In other cases, blood is a primary component as the sacrifice, or material component for a spell. In the Christian tradition, for instance, the blood of Jesus Christ was required for mankind to remove sin.
2006-09-28 00:32:04
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answered by Anonymous
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Pagan Blood Rituals
2016-12-10 16:31:54
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answered by Anonymous
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Any ritual dealing with a blood offering is seen as a "powerful" connection in most if not all religions. However it is one that you would definitely need to think through fully before you even want to begin. Such things as which religion, why is this necessary, who is it with, who is it for, why is this important. Are just a start to the questions you need to answer. I being a pagan myself, do not lightly suggest one to go into these rituals until you have done much, much more research. If done wrong, while not leaving a permanent mark upon the conscience, does leave a lasting impression on yourself.
2006-09-27 23:29:46
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answered by merlinmx5 2
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Because as you can see Christianity is an evil empire based on hate, murder and lies. Although we worship a loving creator and have never harmed anyone, and they worship a hateful death-god and have murdered millions, they will continue to claim that they are good and we are evil. People were fooled for centuries because they controlled the sources of information (books and word of mouth) and they had the money and the political power. Today things are changing. Historical information is now available to all, on the internet, and people are realizing what their religion is all about. In addition we are now free to speak our minds without fear of being tortured or murdered by them. Now that that is happening, their false and hateful religion is falling apart and the genuine spirituality of ancient beliefs is once again being practiced. Too bad it took so long and so many innocent people had to die in the process. It's not a matter of there being more than one spiritual path... that may be true, but they follow no valid path I can see.. they follow a path of hate and murder, and we have to fight them... but not using their methods, of course... we have a better tool... it's called the truth. When the light of truth is shined upon them, they are destroyed by it. That's why they work so hard to keep up the lies... truth destroys them, and they fear it more than "satan". Jean
2016-03-17 03:24:22
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answered by Sylvia 4
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You'd probably want to approach more outlined temples than a general ritual. There are a number of vampiric/semi-Satanist temples that would practice or know about such rituals; I'd look to groups of that sort rather than a generalized pagan ritual.
2006-09-27 23:28:23
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answered by angk 6
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