Robin Artisson - The Resurrection of the Meadow

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Concerning Purities

TheFaery-Faith, Witchcraft,
And the Metaphysics of Faery-Elfhame

A Letterto Mr. Wavren
Concerning How One May Enter into
The Experiential Dimension of the True Old Ways
And the Path of True Witchery or Sorcery

Concerning Purity ofBody

It is understoodthat the man or woman who undertakes these rites and charms will doso in a state of purity, as well as moving slightly or strongly inthe senses of the Fetch using the Eyes of Fire, or the Eyes ofDarkness and Luminosity, alongside the shadowy form orwraith-aspect of every sense. The first degree of theafore-mentioned purity is attained simply by the washing of theface and hands with water from a well, spring or other sacrednatural source, which is then mingled with untainted salt; the saltof the sea being the preferable substance.

It is to theother aspect or fetch-body of these substances to which oneshould address their petition of purity. Before the substances aremingled, place the thumbs and forefingers of the hands togetherforming a triangle, (the triangld hand) and hold these two handsover the vessels containing the water and salt, looking andspeaking your words of art through the three-sided space of focus.Say unto them: Fetch-body of fruitful earth, be mingled now withthis fetch of holy water; In the MASTERS name I call you forth asOne; Entity of earth and water, where you are cast, let no contrarypower persist or pass. A hallowed taper is made in a like manner,precisely alike, but with the words Fetch-body of living fire,where you pass, let every contrary power retire.