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ab:power.txt 16jan90
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Power
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Power is latent in the body and may be drawn out and used in various
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ways by the skilled. But unless confined in a circle it will be swiftly
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dissapated. Hence the importance of a poroperly constructed circle.
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Power seems to exude from the body via the skin and possibly from the
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orifices of the body; hence you should be properly prepared. The
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slightest dirt spoils everything, which shows the importance of
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thorough cleanliness.
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The attitude of mind has great effect, so only work with a spirit of
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reverence. A little wine taken and repeated during the ceremony, if
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necessary, helps to produce the power. Other strong drinks or drugs may
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be used, but it is necessary to be very moderate, as if you are
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confused, even slightly, you cannot control the power you evoke.
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The simplest way is by dancing and singing monotonous chants, slowly at
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first and gradually quickening the tempo until giddiness ensues. Then
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the calls may be used, or even wild and meaningful shrieking produces
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power. But this method inflames the mind and renders it difficult to
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control the power, though control may be gained through practice. The
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scourge is a far better way, for it stimulates and excites both body
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and soul, yet one easily retains control.
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The Great Rite is far the best. It releases enormous power, but the
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conditions and circumstances make it difficult for the mind to maintain
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control at first. It is again a matter of practice and the natural
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strength of the operator's will and in a lesser degree those of his
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assistants. If, as of old, there were many trained assistants present
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and all wills properly attuned, wonders occur.
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Sorcerors chiefly used the blood sacrifice; and while we hold this to
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be evil we cannot deny that this method is very efficient. Power
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flashes forth from newly shed blood, instead of slowly exuding as by
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our method. The victim's terror and anguish add keenness and quite a
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small animal can yield enormous power. The great difficulty is in the
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human mind controlling the power of the lower animal mind. But
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sorcerors claim they have methods for effecting this and that the
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difficulty disappears the higher the animal used and when the victim is
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human disappears entirely. (The practice is an abomination, but it is
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so.)
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Priests know this well; and by their auto-da-fe's, with the victim's
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pain and terror (the fires acting much the same as circles), obtained
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enormous power.
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Of old the Flagellants certainly evoked power, but through not being
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confined by a circle most was lost. The amount of power raised was so
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great and continuous that anyone with knowledge could direct and use
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it; and it is most probable that the classical and heathen sacrifices
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were used in the same way. There are whispers that when the human
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victim was a willing sacrifice, with his mind directed on the Great
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Work and with highly skilled assistants, wonders ensued - but of this I
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would not speak.
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-Published in Janet and Stewart Farrar's "The Witches' Way"; they got
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it from GBG's BOS (Text B or C; it's the same in each).
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