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The Scourge and the Kiss
[1] Invocation
(Feet, knees, and wrists should
be tightly bound to retard blood.) Scourge 40 or more, to
make skin tingle, then say, invoking Goddess,
Hail, Aradia, from the Amalthean
horn Pour forth thy store of Love. I lowly bend Before Thee!
I invoke thee at the end When other Gods are fallen and put
to scorn. Thy foot is to my lips! My sighs inborn Rise, touch,
curl about thy heart. Then spend, Pitiful Love, loveliest
Pity, descend And bring me luck who am lonely and forlorn.
Ask the Goddess to help you
to obtain your desires, then Scourge again to bind the spell.
This be powerful in ill luck and for sickness. It must be
said in a Circle, and you must be properly prepared and well
purified, both before and after saying, to bind the spell.
Before starting you must make a very clear picture in your
mind of what you wish. Make yourself see the wish obtained.
Be sure in your own mind exactly what it is and how it is
to be fulfilled. This spell is the one that was taught to
me long ago and I have found it works, but I don't think there
is any special virtue in these words. Any others can be
substituted provided they
ask the goddess's (or gods') help, and say clearly what you
wish and you form the clear mental image; and if it doesn't
work at first, keep on trying till it works. Your helper,
who wields the scourge, must know what you wish, and also
form the mental image. And at first at any rate, it will be
better for you to work the spell, then for the girl to take
your place and work it also; you scourge her. Don't try anything
difficult at first, and do it at least once a week till it
works. You have to get into sympathy with each other, before
anything happens, and regular working helps this. Of spells,
the exact words matter little if the intent be clear and you
raise the true power, and sufficient thereof. Always in rhyme
they are. There is something queer about rhyme. I have tried,
and the same seem to lose their power if you miss the rhyme.
Also in rhyme, the words seem to say themselves. You do not
have to pause and think: "What comes next?" Doing this takes
away much of your intent.
[2] Order and discipline must
be kept. A High Priest or Priestess may and should punish
all faults to this end, and all of the Cult must accept such
corrections willingly. All are brothers and sisters, for this
reason: that even the High Priestess must submit to the scourge.
Each fault should be corrected separately. The Priest or Priestess
must be properly prepared and call the culprit to trial. They
must be prepared as for initiation and kneel, be told their
fault and sentence pronounced. Punishment should be the scourge,
followed by a forfeit such as several fivefold kisses or something
of this nature. The culprit must acknowledge the justice of
the punishment by kissing hands and scourge on receiving sentence
and again when thanking for punishment received.
[3] The scourgings are 3,
7, 9 (thrice three), and 21 (thrice seven) 40 in all. It is
not meet to make offerings [scourgings] of less than two score
to the Goddess, for here be a mystery. The fortunate numbers
be: 3 and 5. For three added to two (the Perfect Couple) be
five. And three and five be eight; eight and five be thirteen;
thirteen and eight be twenty-one. The Fivefold Kiss is called
5, but there are 8 kisses, for there be 2 feet and 2 knees
and genitals and 2 breasts and the lips. And 5 times 8 be
two score. Also, fortunate numbers be 3, 7, 8, and 21, which
total 40, or two score. For each man and woman hath ten fingers
and ten toes, so each totals a score. And a perfect couple
be two score. So a lesser number would not be perfect prayer.
If more are required make it a perfect number, as four score
or six score. Also there be Eight Elemental Weapons.
[4] To make the anointing
ointment, take some glazed pans filled half full with grease
or olive oil. Put in one sweet mint, marjoram in another,
ground thyme in a 3rd, and it you may have it, patchouli,
dried leaves pounded. Place pans in hot water bath. Stir and
cook for several hours, then pout into linen bags, and squeeze
grease through into pans again, and fill up with fresh leaves.
After doing this several times, the grease will be highly
perfumed. Then mix all together and store in a well-corked
jar. Anoint behind ears, throat, armpits, breasts, and womb.
Also, for all ceremonies where the feet are kissed, they should
also be anointed.
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