Anatel wrote:Blood Offerings
Its smart before offering anything to a demon companion or Dark Lord to understand the WHYS of offering.
Particularly when it comes to blood offerings.
Why exactly do we make a blood offering to a Demon?
Our blood is our Life Force. There's not much more intimate an offering you can make. Generally this is done during ritual , to show that we are serious enough about a working or request that we are willing to share our life force. Our OWN life force. Its worth pointing out not every demon actually WANTS your blood. There are instances where they may even find it a distasteful practice. Knowing this comes with research and understanding of the forces you are working with. Don't offer blood that doesnt belong to you. it doesnt have the same power punch behind it- Unless a specific ritual calls for it or a demon asks for it. In which case you can go , lets say, to a butcher's or abbatior and ask them for X amount of pigs or cow's blood.
When dealing with blood you also get into the realm of creating energetic links to a demon or entity. I say entity because there are imposters that can pose as DL's (which ok, this isnt rife but it HAS happened before-especially when you are first starting out and havent the ability to discern a Demon's energy signature yet. ). Using someone or something elses blood can inadvertently create a link from the demon to themselves. If it is linked with a DL chances are nothing will transpire between donor and DL, but really, you dont want to chance that. There really is no basis to offer your companions animal or someone else's blood either. Unless you were doing a deep working where you offered your own as part off the ritual. But again, the average person ISNT going to need or perform blood sorcery - not without a lot of serious study first. And preferrably under the guidance of someone who knows what the hell they are doing. Why? Because if done improperly, it can go very wrong for the practitioner. Incidentally I have a very good friend , an author who is well known in the occult world, who thinks ANY blood offering is the most ridiculous and dangerous practice you can undertake. His general consensus is that in offering blood as part of any rite you are leaving yourself open to possession or risking becoming a "meal" to them. He works with demons and has been a Satanist for 30+ years.
There are many MANY other niceties we can offer our DL's and Companions that stay away from the blood sorcery realm. Food, drinks, crystals, artworks, learning about them, studying things they are interested in...
I have many altars around my house. For the DL's i work with exclusively, I dedicate one of my snakes to them. No, i do not sacrifice the snake. It is perfectly alive and well. I dedicate the snake and use the top of the vivarium as that DL's altar. I'll use Lord Belial as an example.
Lola is "his snake". She is a pastel python. When I first got her, I decided that a serpent is symbolic of the temptation of Eve in Eden. Though Lord Belial wasnt part of that particular myth, I know he is an earth demon, and not many animals are closer to the earth than a snake. She is beautiful, strong and i love her dearly so taking care of her is, in a way, my offering to Belial as well. She has become "his". I am merely the caretaker of her. When I do my rituals with Lord Belial, Lola always comes out to see. Sometimes I let her sit on the Altar while He and I have our discussion. Lord Belial is quite fond of her and she of him. Its very sweet to see this amazing Demon Lord being so gentle with such a (considered by many) lowly creature.
For my Hellborn Commander D, whom you've all seen me mention numerous times on the forum, I have "gifted" him with my 6 ft corn snake Samael. The reason this came about was because of his fascination for sammy when I first got him. This big huge hulking hellborn literally coo'd over this snake lol... And Sammy seemed to respond quite well to him, so they are a perfect match. It probably helps they are the same color orange/red
D, being from teh chaotic hellborn realm, has never had a pet (or family until us) and it was the nicest thing I could think of doing to honor him. Youre part of our family, here have a pet
I've veered off of the blood topic and shared the snake story to show you that the sky really is the limit when you are trying to make a genuine offering from the heart to a companion or DL. Blood should be reserved for deep workings and only when you are sure you know what youre doing and WHY youre doing it.