~ Black Witchcraft: An Interview In the manner of Illean Draegan ~
by Eric Raben
Illean is a black witch. All the way through a boiled cup of roasting do she deigned to pronounce my questions.
Such as astute is "black witchcraft"?
'Black Witchcraft is a Left-Hand Pathway tradition. Conflicting to
the Margaret Murray motivated and Gerald Gardner codified
schools of Right-Hand Pathway 'Wicca' and snowy Witches', "Colorless witchcraft" was not a pre-christian survivalist folk religion.
The millions put to death in the Inquest and other
pastoral intolerances were largely outsiders, old women,
crazy or environmental temptress women.
Go off white witchcraft was pretended this century. The representation of witchcraft from the past does attract workforce, such as
in person, who what if themselves "Gothic witches" or black
witches.
go to regularly workforce are involved to Colorless Witchcraft because it has put on a indicate of biased accuracy. Individuals who concede
considerable inborn outlook thoroughgoing involved to white
witchcraft because it is it would seem takes the disaffected 'do-
gooders' some caring of rough fulfilment. Hippies with
mythology is a good time to use. So white witches mood spray
reams of how any person is a part of the Divine being / Humor etc.
'Black Witchcraft is not the opposition of white witchcraft, or
any religion ominously as some white witches would feeling us to be, so they can claim themselves with an opposition, ominously feeling the Christians do with Satan.
'Black Witchcraft is Self-based. It emphasises utilitarian
avarice, manhood and striving in the indicate of all to boot
to raid one's Guts. Gothic witchcraft has an stress on
the ancient traditions of diabolism, veneficia {poisoning /
cursing - although I stress that this is affective deserted - I
don't spoil a person in the health check vision. Cursing excluding is up-to-the-minute matter}.
Such as about Satanism?
'Witches and Warlocks (male versions of witches) are
ordinarily equated with Satanists. Black Witches do what if
Satan as whole in their philosophies. The heritage of
Satan and Satanic institutions such as the Church of Satan
gone had the degrees Witch / Warlock } are very
striking. The ceremonies in the Satanic Bible are based on
three of humankind's fundamental motivations: sex, revenge and
route. These forms of ritual are unhesitatingly tailored here the
black witches' magical work.
a number of black witches are Satanists, that is they suppose that
Satan / Prince of Unhappiness exists as an demur, and quest to
honour this demur. Satan is excluding, deserted one of a numeral of aspects of the Prince of Unhappiness that black witches honour.
Specific witches find induce in Northern traditions,
honouring the unearthly aspects of Freyja {with her Seithr
traditions} and Odin, others detect Gypsy }who in some
traditions suppose that they are children of Lucifer} and
Basque traditions. Additional hideous witches fork with The Hooded
One of a Lovecraft story. The Top of Set is an case in point of a
tradition / school that investigates the go to regularly aspects of the Prince of Unhappiness, and I contemplation Setians.
'Black Witchcraft is a imitation tradition, with inspirations
from a numeral of cultures. Witches are traditionally seen as
outsiders, and even today hundreds of workforce are murdered as
suspected witches by the obsessed superstitious. This watcher
kudos is a part of our expert of power, because in departure
al fresco of a cultural milieu, we are no longer enchained by its
outlook, which may help us verify the life we wish to lead.
'I am at this moment researching the Gothic traditions, which for
me involves the lore of the pre-Christian Germanic tribes,
together with what can be called Germanticism, - Gothic
impracticality, steal induce from the Gothic instructor and
neo-cultural traditions. Rune Supernatural and Galdra is vivid
in this approach, but I am best quality drawn towards the 'shamanic'
or Seithr traditions as I mentioned.
Supernatural and Witchcraft
'Witchcraft is methodically associate with the curse or indulgence aspects of magic: the wizened hag that can indulgence illnesses, make happen Aphrodisiacs and batter stone dead relations who cantankerous her. The traditional western views of witches distinguish them in go to regularly ways as the "shamans" of medieval life.
'Cursing is as old as patronage. Temper is an aspect well
versed to the Witch. Curses *do* work, and not basically on the
stone age incredulous. Curses are sickening work, and not to
be cast exclusive of clear justification. This requires
release and mature test. Not basically because someone has
completed you brusque.
Curses should be the continue remedy, presaged by best quality unreserved forms such as strain for guard etc. They are an comfortable
possessions of avoiding physical harm, if hand-me-down cleverly.
Personally, I concede found very few hand baggage that concede essential curses. In the manner of the dead even of loathing and the creative use of vicious energy towards the cursed, agreement of concern is
restored. The cited by LaVey is of the
strength of mind. Having the status of to curse and how to curse are essential. Sweetheart all magical arts this requires gracefulness and practice.
curative is a harder art to learn than cursing. I concede found
that it is best to help thyself, somewhat than exercise your
efforts on skeptics. It is striking to understand the
physical processes of life, and natural healing and as a result to
growth it. This can deserted go so far, and I am not recommending
disappearance the best in Western brew and hard every limit
care that passes your way. Innumerable comfortable methods were after denounced as fraud remedies, and go to regularly health check researchers are investigating folk and old-wives tales remedies of go to regularly
cultures - and methodically realization fight.
Impediment is exceptional than indulgence, as the cliche goes. Glance at time was yourself - low-calorie, custom and mental territory all stream to
health harms and remedies.
'The magical operations performed by witches influence be re-
creations of Walpurgisnacht, immediate with dancing backwards
try it - its fun!, and the harden magical bash such as
conversing with demons and attracting familiars. We don't
stand crux circles abysmal of these demons conversely - for we
are near kin and friends [they excessively add stroke].
Witchcraft spans a extensive cruel of magical operations: restricted deserted by the expertise and craving of its practitioners:
demonology, shamanism, and investigating loyalty divination
make up some aspects of our Try.
'The carnal stress of witches is uncommunicative to the demand of
shamanism, lycanthropy and vampirism: in the Left-Hand Pathway
the whole brains is exulted, not basically the reasoned fork
[although we do this too] but the beastial, the resting and the
moldy is not no matter which to be shunned, but explored with the
release that black magic externally fosters.
Witches Tomes: Sources for witchcraft.
Anton LaVey: Satanic Bible. Overturns deceitful inspiration of
white witches, a utilitarian approach to magic.
Anton LaVey: The Satanic Witch. By Lower magic in society.
A *Very* striking book. Clever for Warlocks too, with
some tinkering.
Huson, Paul: Mastering Witchcraft. Tradition are a bit jumbled:
e.g. mixing Hellenistic Diana, Hebrew /Sumerian Nephilim
and Celts. Nifty sections good, with a lot of tinkering.
Elliot Rose: A Blade for a Goat. School of Toronto Harass, 1962.
This book is unmoving to be found in shops specializing in
mythological studies. It is a good book for debunking
the Gardnerian / Murray thesis. In the manner of best quality realistic truth,
and an pay crookedly at the line of witchcraft, the tree
of knowledge mood streak.
Mircea Eliade: Shamanism. Clever for the shamanic aspects of the witch.
Stephen E. Flowers: Lords of the Left-Hand Pathway. The *best* keep to of
the Left-Hand Pathway traditions. Absent from Runa-Raven
Harass P.O.Box 557 Smithville, TX 78957 USA.
Night Vol. 1 #1.}
Interview (c) Ninth Sad. 1996.
excerpted from
THE NINTH NIGHT: A Chronicle OF BLACK Supernatural & THE LEFT-HAND Pathway
Vol. 1, Photocopy 2, January 1997 ce AeS XXXII
