Seth Cardorra - Blood Magick

BLOOD MAGICK

By Seth Cardorra

Copyright 2015 by Seth Cardorra

Blood is the Symbol

The Medium

And the Price of Power

People will tell you that this book is dangerous.

Some will say that blood magick cannot be done, shouldnt be done.

For the weak, ignorant, and gullible these warnings could not be more true.

If you are looking for convenient excuses for violence, unsanitary acts, or excessive self-mutilation, then proceed no further.

This book is not for you.

The author of these pages will not be held responsible nor have pity for the misuse of this book or irresponsible deeds done in its name.

This book is about knowledge, transcendent aspiration, and power. It has been written for those with the intelligence and forcefulness to seek it.

INITIATION

Threshold

Blood magick is dangerous.

The sorcerer uses the power that lies within the physical substance that is blood, with the aim of shaping reality into what he or she wills. This requires enough force to impose ones will upon the world, enough discipline to master the subtleties of arcane lore, and enough willfulness to utilize the potency of blood. A sorcerer who would tap into the power of blood must break free from social and cultural taboos in order to explore the full potential of magick.

Blood magick can be as flashy as one using it to siphon the life energies from others, curse them with disease, or cleanse and heal the self or others. Yet it can be subtle. Reshaping the world requires more than spectacle, it takes time, effort, and transformations of the fundamental patterns that reside deep in the essence of all things. An accomplished sorcerer will understand the appropriate applications of both sorts. Blood magick aims to create a state of mastery over the self and the environment, to remove any barrier between desire and fulfillment.

High blood magic is magic that is enhanced with ritual and the use of blood. By using such essence the sorcerer is able to supercharge the act of ritual, which in turn empowers the spell, which has been brought about like any other spell. So the sorcerer is able to use his or her own maximum energy, the ritual boost, and the power residing with in the blood to exponentially compound the potency of any spell. Spells of this nature are arduous and powerful, allowing those with sufficient discipline, patience, and power to achieve bewilderingly potent results.

Low blood magic is direct magick, the sorcerers intentions becoming results immediately and with little preparation. An adept might throw an offensive spell and use an aggressive hand gesture to provide some sympathetic component to her spell. The old adage of "like to like for example, my blood is your blood. So there is a link between us through our blood, we are both human, so the sympathy is already there, no need for complex rituals the majority of the time. Thinking in this manner makes you able to cast quite effectively on anyone or anything, regardless of shielding or naturally occurring defenses.

Low blood magic, keep in mind that the low\high distinction exists only to differentiate from primarily ritual based and more direct magicks, operates on this sympathy principle. If one looks at unified field theory, or pantheism, or just the idea that all life shares a link and is part of a greater whole, then the connections will be made. In a way, one could call blood magic just a focused form of basic life magic. So a mage could use blood, any blood, to form the sympathetic connection to any other target. Of course the more similar the blood being used is to that of the target the more effective the spell will be.

The Source

In most religions there are paths which believers may take that will, given faith and determination, lead them into a closer relationship with Reality. Sometimes these paths are not at all accepted by the dominant religious tradition, but they exist none the less. These traditions exist because some of the believers in those traditions wanted a more direct experience of Reality, something unmediated by their priests and rulers. From the perspective of those in power this is a most disturbing development. The ability and position of mediation of contact with the divine is the primary reason that such power hierarchies exist.

The mediation of contact with the divine is a way of establishing control. The power to control a persons contact with the divine is the power to control most all aspects of that persons life, future, and perception of the past. These people live under the implied threat of the removal of the divinity in their lives, the loss of wonder and mystery, the loss of hope.

The idea that there can be hope without freedom is foolish and blind. Those without freedom are without hope, those without hope are easy to control. The paths that emerged and continue to emerge from the religious traditions of the world are the attempts of a few hearty individuals to throw off the shackles of dogma and meet the Universe on their own terms. Armed with the religious structure of their respective traditions these mystics and seekers of truth band together to make their own way in the world, they establish their own ways of unmediated experience of the divine. In their minds they are still members of their original religious traditions, though they may not be a part of the dogmatic community. They exist on the fringe of their traditions and cultures. They are respected and feared, loved and hated, always balanced between heresy and innovation.

Many times it has been asked what is to become of those without a tradition? Or those who are already in a religious tradition but find even the fringe communities to be overly dogmatic and in the business of control? The answer is not simple or easy. The path to be set before you is one that should not be taken lightly. Once you begin there is only one way out, and that is to go forward. Always growing. No one can help you, when you walk down this path you do it alone.

One might wonder how magic could be a spiritual path to the divine and not at all be wondering in ignorance. Everything about the modern world tells us that magic does not and cannot exist. We lock up our insane brothers and sisters, we tell ourselves that only science can show us the way of seeing the world. We laugh and heckle the candle peddlers and diviners while we try to convince ourselves that new age hippies are the extent of the community of magic users. We lock away our elders in resting homes and wait for them to die instead of listening to their stories and learning their wisdom. We read our history books and religion texts and pretend that the religions of the ancients were founded on superstition and ignorance. Since our childhood we have been force-fed the illusions of our leaders, we have had our imagination and sense of wonder beaten out of us from preschool on.

We force our children to see the world the way we do, and never give them the chance to see it the way they do. This is the reason that children can see us for what we are, they are not yet clouded by logic and dogma. We are raised to worship science and reason, and are taught that those who believe in magic cannot believe in science. Science is perhaps one of the most important skills or disciplines one could possess, but it is not the only way of knowing and investigating reality. Science is a tool, and a mage armed with both science and magic is a tremendous force to be reckoned with. Magic, like any other thing that can be seen in its own light, is a viable option for a spiritual path, simply because it exists.

The Six Pillars

There are six pillars that combine to form the system known as Blood Magick. The first four are the primary pillars of Blood, Will, Knowledge, and Unity. These represent the most fundamental elements of all blood magick, and can be found in every aspect of the system.