Blood Sacrifice

[Herr Heinrich]

Has anyone offered a blood sacrifice (own blood) to any gods? If so: which gods/goddesses, for what purpose, and what method did you use to draw blood?

 

[Infinitum]

For simple safety reasons I haven't actually drawn blood. I have made the symbolic act of cutting my wrist with either a finger or a ritual knife in order to sacrifice my life force or metaphysical blood or whatever it would make sense to call it to entities I want to get the attention of. Personally I've found that the gest in itself signifies more to me than just using physical blood and it's worked better too.

 

[Quintessence]

I have, but I'm not sure I wish to discuss it much for various reasons. Aspects of it are in the same category as discussing the details of a sex encounter for me, so... yeah. It's just something you don't share with other people?

I will say I use lancets, though. Quick. Simple. Easy. Most importantly, safe and sterile. I also learned the hard way that squeezing too much blood out of one's finger makes it go a little bit numb. *laughs*

 

[Erebus]

Blood sacrifice is a staple of most of my rituals. A pin-prick on the thumb and a couple of drops are adequate for my purposes.

I won't draw blood for curses as I feel I shouldn't be putting "myself" into the curse and it's not exactly practical to draw the blood of the person I want to curse

 

[Sylvan]

Yup lancets is the way. I save such procedures for very special occasions myself.

 

[Monster!]

Ooh, feel a bit queasy... :s, don't like people mentioning the circulatory system, especially when it involves cutting yourself... x

 

[Iti oj]

Cut the palm or prink the fingures.