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Animal Sacrificeby F.V.Fargas

The thing with animal sacrifice is that very few people understand it. Everyonenowadays says that this is just an act of cruelty, an act of stupidity and vandalism. Themodern man is not used to slaughter of animals (for whatever purpose) like he was in thepast. In the past animal slaughter was a necessity for everyone especially for those livingat farms. It was a very normal and natural thing, and has been practiced for any use.However, the mentality has changed.

The slaughter of an animal is highly misunderstood. Especially when it comes toreligious traditions, the animal slaughter has been vehemently criticized by the modernman. People don’t understand the meaning of these practices. I too haven’t been able totruly understand religious sacrifice of animals until quite recently. I too, just like many of

you, didn’t consider this to be appropriate. But after it has been explained to me, after Iread about it and thought about it more, my opinion has changed. I respect it and believein it. For that, you might think of me as a cruel devil worshipper who kills animals forfun. But of course, the truth is quite different. Let me now explain my OWN views onanimal sacrifice, before you get to the wrong conclusions.

First of all, I never did animal sacrifice. It was not necessary in the rituals I’vedone. Nevertheless, I would sacrifice an animal if it was necessary in my ritual practice.This might sound rough, this might sound cruel. But that doesn’t mean I’m heartless. Oncontrary. I for one, love animals, I’ve had pets all my life and so I’m quite sensitive whenI see them suffering. That doesn’t mean that people who do it are heartless. That doesn’tmean that those Satanists who do it don’t respect and love animals. In fact, almost all

Satanists love animals. This might sound very naive, but it’s true. Satanists respectanimals and consider them sacred beings. But.. it’s just that they respect and love Satanand the Demons more. If they are to sacrifice an animal in the name of their god, they doit. Of course, not all Satanists agree with animal sacrifice. In fact, very few of them do it.I’d say, 10%, if that much. Some do it, some don’t. There are Satanists who do animalsacrifice once a year. They choose to dedicate this animal’s life in the honor of their gods.It is a tradition that has been practiced since ancient times. Some neo-pagans, wiccansand even Satanists might ignore this, but it has been practiced by ancestors for hundredsof years. It is a pagan and satanic tradition. There are many other traditions in Satanismsimilar to this one that have been left out and forgotten because they are too extreme.The people nowadays have a tendency to ignore, remove or even modify the traditionsthat our religions are based on. Modifying of course, wouldn’t be a crime as long as the

essential is kept. But they wish to modify our religions and our Gods to be more accepted by the world or to better fit it to their personalities. But to those who cannot grasp theessence of true religion, I have just one thing to say : Times may change, but the Godsdon’t. Egotrism, Satanism, Demonolatry and others of the Left Hand Path are, in theiressence, very dark and extreme. If you cannot appreciate it, don’t buy it.

Getting back to the subject, I believe it is important to first understand what itmeans. Sacrifice literally means to make sacred (from Latin “Sacrificium : Sacr =“Sacred” + Facere = “To make”). What you must understand is that, people who choose



to sacrifice animals as a religious tradition don’t do it for the joy of it. They do it as anoffering. To honor the gods. It is a symbolic action, considered by many a sacred thing.

Animal sacrifice has been present in almost all religions throughout time. For the Ancient Greeks and Romans, for Aztecs and Yoruba, for Christians and Jews, animalsacrifice has been a very important practice. It is an ancient tradition, that has a lot of

purposes, depending on the belief system .

For the ancient Greeks, animal sacrifice was a ceremony done to appease thespirits of the Underworld, the realm of the dead and to honor gods such as Keres andHecate. They sacrificed and burned the animal and dedicated it to the spirits and thegods .

The animals sacrificed in the ancient world were numerous. Most of theseanimals were usually horses, goats, chickens, cows, bulls and pigs. Horses were sacrificedmore, and the best example of this is the Indian Ashvamedha where the horse issacrificed, dissected, roasted and then offered to deities. Another instance of horsesacrifice is in the Norse tradition called Blot. The Scandinavians used to sacrifice horses

and pigs and dedicate them to the gods, mainly Freyr or Odin. Bulls have been sacrificedtoo, and the best example for this is the Taurobolium which was practiced by theRomans in the honour of Venus. Cattles have also been sacrificed. An example of this isHecatomb, a Greek sacrifice in which 100 cattles were sacrificed to the gods. Goats have

been sacrificed also. Ishtar the Goddess of fertility was given a goat sacrifice for thefertility of crops and women alike this day we know now as Easter. There are Hindutemples in India as well as Nepal where goats and chickens are sacrificed too. The Hindu

way of animal sacrifice is called Jhatka where the head of the animal is severedcompletely by a single blow of a sword.

For the Hebrews, sacrifice of an animal is quite different. Instead of burning it,the traditional Jewish sacrifice is followed by a feast in which the animal is cooked and

eaten. This is called Kapparos and takes place on the eve of Yom Kippur. According totradition, a man would have to sacrifice a rooster and a woman would sacrifice a hen.

Korban was a sacrifice of an animal such as a sheep or a bull that underwentshechita (Jewish ritual slaughter), and was often cooked and eaten by the offerer. TheShechita is the ritual slaughter of animals according to Jewish dietary Laws. The act isperformed by drawing a very sharp knife across the animal’s throat and allowing the

blood to drain out.

The Moslems have their own way of ritual slaughter of animals. This method ofslaughtering animals called Dhabihah consists of a swift, deep incision with a sharp knifeon the neck. The act is preceded by invoking the name of God at the moment ofslaughtering.

Another religion that uses animal sacrifice is the Afro-Caribbean religion calledSanteria. The word ‘santeria’ is translated as the “Way of the Saints”. Santeria is a tribalreligion that combines the traditions of the African Yoruba with Roman Catholic andNative American traditions. It has been brought to the “New World” by slaves importedto the Caribbean to work the sugar plantations. The slaves brought with them variousreligious traditions, including a tradition of a trance for communicating with theirancestors and deities, the practice of sacred drumming and animal sacrifice. Sacrifice of

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small animals such as chickens are a part of their religious rites or initiations. AnimalSacrifice in Santeria is allowed by the US and Canadian constitution.

Christianity is also involved in animal sacrifice and the best example I can give isthe Lamb sacrifice on Easter. The pig sacrifice on Christmas is another tradition, but ismore folkloric than religious.

It is known that God asks for animal sacrifice, as it is stated numerous times inthe Bible (Leviticus 1:5 ; 23:12-18 ; 6:6-7 ; 17:11 ; 4:20,26,31,35 ; 5:10,16,18 | Numbers15:27-28 ; 29:5 ; 18:17-19 | Genesis 4:4 ; 8:20-21 ; 15:9-10 | Exodus 20:24 ; 29:11-37 |Deuteronomy 12:27) .

For the Satanists, this subject is of great debate. Many Satanists nowadaysconsider this to be absurd. Those who call themselves LaVeyan “Satanists” are evenagainst it, as LaVey wrote in the Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth “Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.” Others, however, think of it asan important tradition and practice in the Black Arts.

Many sources suggest that sacrifice of animals was a common practice of the witches. Nicholas Remy in his book “Demonolatry” (chapter 11), tells us how witcheshave, since Ancient Days, made yearly offerings to their Demons and that such Offerings,

when they were Animals, must be entirely Black. S.Connolly in her book “Complete Bookof Demonolatry” approves of this, saying that it has been, and still is to this day atraditional practice of the sects. The sacrifice is an yearly offering to the Sect’s PatronDemon. After the sacrifice the animal is consumed . Connolly points out that in thePurswell grimoires all sect members plucked hair from their head and placed them onthe altar along with coins, herbal mixtures and other offerings. All the offerings werethen tied up in a white cloth and buried at the foot of the altar. This is also stated inRemy’s “Demonolatry” (page 41) (“Some pluck the hair from their heads, or present astraw or a little bird or some such small gift, it may be coins made from ox-hide”) .

In the book, Remy brings numerous accounts from people who were either witches or witnesses of witchcraft who tell stories of animal sacrifices by the witches.Dominique Zabella (of Rogeville in the Tendon district, 1583) tells of payments ofsacrifice done by witches who have sought exemption from their obligations (presentingthemselves at the Sabbath). When such sacrifices were to be done, a steer or a wether

was to be killed. This is confirmed by Didier Finance of Mandray and many others, whofreely confessed at Saint-Die on the 14th July 1581, that he was under compulsion tomake some such offering to his Demon late in the evening of a certain day, which fellevery year about the rising of the Dog Star (a.k.a. Sirius), and that such offering was notacceptable unless it was entirely black. Beatrix of Bayon (Gerbeville, August 1585) saysthat now even the poor witches, which were the majority of the sect, are immune fromsuch obligatory payments.

As history and tradition come along the way, animal sacrifice has remained apractice to this day.The more learned religionist would know that this practice has a deepmeaning, and it’s not the actual killing of the animal that is important. While I do acceptand respect animal sacrifice, I do not believe that the slaughtering has to be done by anyman, especially for entertainment. I believe that animal sacrifice is a sacred thing whichmust be done with great respect towards the animal and that the victim should be killedin a reasonably humane manner, and afterwards eaten. What I mean by humane manner



is that the animal should not be tortured. This means that the animal suffers very little, ifmore preferably not at all. There are many ways of accomplishing this such as beheadingin one swift blow, feed it a sleeping aide or something of the effect of being numb orsleeping as these things will easily overdose animals under the size of an average man..etc. Some other more surgical or professional means are injecting air into a vein, which

will cause a heart attack or using an electrical currant, which that latter is hard to

reproduce or practice without electrical producing machines and general knowledge ofamps and milliamperes.

In my opinion decapitation is best. It has the symbolic head detached from the body. Everyone knows the removal of the head is near the closest instant death. Thespirit that removed from the body. A snapped neck can cause problems with this kind ofcreature for it has a large head swivel and you do not want to rip it in half removing thetorso from the abdomen and can be a little too gruesome and as well as too much pain.This should be painless. Putting it into the freezer can numb the central nervous systemand can cause systemic death. Removing the head with your athame is myrecommendation. You can also burn it alive but the pain factor is inhuman. Crucifixionfor what ever reason may be looked on as acceptable blasphemy but please tie the limbs.

Rodents can easily rip its own arm from small nails. Then cut the throat. In somegrimoires such as the Key Of Solomon and the Grimorium Verum, the animal issupposed to be killed in a relatively humane manner such as by cutting off its head withonly one blow. The Grimorium Verum for example, teaches us that in order to kill a goat,one must cut its throat with a single stroke while pronouncing the name of the Spirit thatis to be invoked in the ritual. After killing the animal the practitioner begins skinning it

while calling forth the Holy Angels of God, Adonay, Dalmay, Lauday, Anereton andTetragrammaton. It’s skin being used to make parchment.

However not all the grimoires do. An example is the Grimoire Of Honorius in which the eyes, tongue and heart of a black cock are to be torn out while saying prayersto God. The same grimoire tells us to cut the throat of a male lamb of nine days and cast

its tongue and heart into the fire. This is by no means an act of respect towards theanimal so I suggest you not to try this. Animals sould be respected. More often, weshould choose to sacrifice animals who are suffering. The practitioner releases theanimal from the pain, and prays to God (if he is a Christian), Satan (if he is a Satanist) orEurynomous (if he is a Demonolator.. Eurynomous is said to be the demon of death) totake care of the animal’s soul. As I’ve heard (though I’m not 100% sure of this), AmericanIndians and even Vodou priests used to sacrifice animals and they used to pray for theanimal’s forgiveness and soul.

In every second an animal dies so that we may not starve. Every day an animaldies so that another one may survive. Why can’t an animal die once a year in your god’sname ? This is of personal preference. It is an offering we chose to give to our gods . Thegods do not ask for sacrifice, but they doesn’t dismiss it either. Of course, this is not theonly physical offering we give to our gods . We can also do blood offering, food offering,drink offering (especially red wine or alcoholic beverages) and even semen offering .However, I shall not get into this subject any deeper now.

In Satanism and some Demonolatry sects, the animal that is to be sacrificed ismostly a small one, such as a frog, gerbil, rat, mouse, hamster, but most of all chicken

because most people choose to cook and eat it at a feast afterwards. As it is stated again



in Remy’s “Demonolatry”, people use to give black cocks or hens (stated by Desiree Parayof the district Etival in November 1589)

This is a symbolic action. When you consume it, you become one with the animal. When you sacrifice it, you become one with the animal.

If you are to consume it, you should cook the carcass and if you know anythingabout fish, just empty the chest cavity. Your finger can work best. Use your athame toremove the skin/fur. If you don’t care about the meat, the back leg of the rodent has themost muscle for fat ratio. Eating it sends the message that this creature that you care somuch for is now nourishing you as it’s soul is nourishing the gods. You should have seasalt. It makes the cooking process faster and taste better. If you are really worried abouttemperature 165* F for ten minutes kills poultry bacteria. 175* F for ten minutes KillsTrig from swine and 185 for ten minutes kills most beef bacteria except for the deadlymad cow. Rodents are similar to poultry. Removing the skin takes slight skill. Remove it

with the sharp side of the knife slicing into the meat instead of going too shallow. If youdo remove it without rip good for you… if not well then take what you have. Salt the skin.Put it under a heat lamp or inside an oven that is already heated. 400 is good. Quickly

watch it. You do not want burning fur. .. Soak it immediately in normal water. Perfumethe fur. Wait a day or so to let the perfume to perforate the skin or to finally dry.If you simply want leather boil the hide after scraping of the meat. The fur will fall off. Tofinally finish the leather process… if you want that, boil it in oil. It will get hard. Soak itafter 3-4 hours in water for a day or more. You can use this as you wish. For the fur, I

would attach it to your robe if you have one or part of a large talisman. For the leather, you can use it with a handle for your athame. A part of a belt.

I want to state this again: This practice is of personal preference. It’s up to theindividual. I do NOT urge anyone to do this, and I highly recommend that if any of youreading this essay are willing to sacrifice animals, to be very careful with the laws in yourcountry. While religious sacrifice is legal in some places, it may not be the same in your

country. I advice you to consult a lawyer and find out about it before doing anything.Even if religious sacrifice is legal, I’m not sure if it’s applicable for any religion. It alsodepends on the way you sacrifice the animal, on the animal, the place where you sacrificeit and in what conditions. So be careful.

As I said, Animal Sacrifice is a practice with a deep meaning, and a very difficultthing to do. First of all because it is a highly emotional thing to do. Especially because if

you choose to dedicate an animal to the gods, you must treat it with great respect to‘make it sacred’. You need the animal to get close to you and viceversa, to take care of itand love it with all your heart. You need to have a small animal that will grow and growto need you. You must feed it, care for it and the whole ten yards. You must treat thisanimal next to sacred and make it get used to you and “love you”. You must never getangry with it. The animal must learn to trust you. You must also purify this animal once amonth . Thus, this would get to be a very hard thing to do, because it is something dearto you. According to ONA’s Satanic tradition, in the past, the initiate was constrained toexperience many things in reality, and was led into situations that were sometimesdangerous, not to mention difficult. These experiences were meant to take the individualto his limits, and to learn how to face them and exceed them. To learn how to accept andembrace death, injustice, greed.. all those things that have taken control over man

because of the Christian moral.



The same thing with animal sacrifice. It is a lesson that might affect thepractitioner in a bad way, making him feel guilty and hunting him for the rest of his life,or in a good way, making him stronger, making him strong enough for the world, makinghim accept that this world is indeed cruel at times, making him understand andappreciate the value of life.. a life that can be taken so easily. When you sacrifice theanimal, you also sacrifice a part of yourself, because it is not an easy thing to do. It is a

difficult and emotional thing to do and this it can be considered an act of loyalty anddedication to the gods.

The psychological act of taking it’s life and giving it to a particular god changesthe relationship you have. This is proof that nothing is stronger then the bond between

you and that god. This creatures death is one of the greatest gifts you can give.

But, as I said, it is of personal preference. It’s up to the individual, so you canrenounce these practices if you don’t find them useful. Animal sacrifice could be placedin a category of practices that remove the ritual’s intention. Not because it doesn’t have apurpose in the ritual, but because it is a difficult thing to do especially for an animal loverand thus the practitioner would start focusing on the pain of the animal rather than the

ritual itself. So in this case, if you are not able to do it, don’t. It is not obligatory. It is aritual one should not begin until years of devotion, understanding and occult practice

before you consider it. Life is precious, and death is simply a cycle of this, but should behonored and respected.

The sacrifice is also a strong tool in magickal practice. Many grimoires suggestthat the sacrifice is an action done to increase the supply of magickal power. In occulttheory, a living creature is a storehouse of energy and when it is killed most of its energyis suddenly liberated. When this energy is liberated the magician can make use of it bynumerous methods, absorbing it, directing it or controlling it.

This energy or force comes from two “parts” of the living creature. The first is the

spiritual part. When a living creature dies, there is a discharge of bio-electrical energy very similar to the phenomenon which occurs during profound heightening of emotionssuch as sexual orgasm, anger, fright, sadness and happiness/love. All of these emotionscan be used in magickal operations but the bio-electrical energy is a bit different. Forexample, sexual orgasm can be used to increase magickal power and different spiritualconditions (ecstasy/trance).

The second is the physical part. It is an ancient idea that blood is the life-energyof a being. As it is well known, blood is used in ritual practice. It can be used inprotection, destruction, offerings etc. If you have stumbled upon the idea of Blood Ritesand Blood Offering you might have asked yourself what is the purpose of blood in theritual.

Blood, sweat, tears, urine, semen.. All of these is said to contain life-energy. Theyare used in rituals for various purposes. And because we’re talking about sacrifice, we’lltake blood as an example. Blood (including menstrual blood) is used for variouspurposes in ritual, such as : anointing candles, people, adding to inks or to signparchments, oleums and drinks.

Another purpose of blood in ritual is to offer it to the spirits and the Demons. It isused by magicians and religionists as a proof of loyalty and love. It represents giving a



part of yourself to the spirit. Also, in a more practical matter, blood is used to offerenergy to the spirit.

However, I shall not get more into this subject more than I have already did.To give an end to this essay, I will respond to your question : Yes, animal sacrifice is atradition of great importance in every religion and in magick. Yes, it is still practiced

even today. What you think of this is up to you.

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