A tradition children do in my area which includes blood. And I mix it with magic. I feel so smart and pretty and witty...
Jokes aside, it is really true. There is a tradition children do called "Being Blood Brothers" I do not know it is also in world, as I have never heard of it.
This tradition is, 2 people cut their somewhere in their hand. And they touch the bleeding area together, and this friendship is very, very strong that goes for years, maybe to grave, thats why not a lot of people don't do it.
Since magic is about observation, I wanted to bring magic into this not safe practice. A spell, nah, a very simple ritual, action, etc...
2 people who are together, maybe married, and practice magic together might see some use in this thing.
-Starting-
Atleast 2 cadles are lit. If you can, light seven. five for elements to come to the circle. You want all universe to witness this event. Or you might just use symbolizm to call elements. The rest of the candles must be used for your patron deities. For yours and your partners.
The blood is something that carries a great deal amount of magic energy, because it carries life energy along with it. (Just like "a special type" of magic I'm afraid to say the name of...)
After this, cut the head of your fingers, or side of your hand, just a little bit. Put that cleaver back. (Okay. D:) Sit in the middle of the circle/candles and make the cuts. After that, took a deep breath and put the bleeding parts together. Chant the following, together.
"Universe, life and mother earth, witness this bond, and allow it to be heard. Blood mixed, magic connected. Never make broken this bond."
After this. hold the bleeding parts together a little bit more. Now bandage it up. (take them to circle with you.) Because they will relieve pain of the cut. Now you can meditate together without pain to distract you. Meditate together. Imagine your magical energies now working together "WHEN TOGETHER" so you can still do spells alone without anyother energies. And becoming more effective to accomplish the selected goal. (Yay!)
You are now blood-bonded this person. Together you magic is very powerful. But if one dies. The other dies too.
Not really.
-Notes-
This... Thing might get some bad reviews. But I wanted to share it for the ones who might find it useful.
Both should have their blood tested for any diseases that can be contracted through blood prior to doing this. Another way I have heard of, is a drop of blood from each person is placed into red wine. A nice magick ritual for a married couple that wishes to strengthen their bond.
You can also use the drop of blood into red wine as a offering within ritual to a deity or higher being you wish to be bonded to deeply. But becareful, in doing so, you will need to be sure that you want this being connected to you for the rest of your life.
I've personally never done a blood bond before. It's something to be taken very seriously because it is irrevocable
Personally, I don't think this should have been posted here. There are some immature, young members on this site who will try this out for kicks, and end up getting an illness or even dying from the blood contact (Heck, if they cut themselves wrong and too deep, they'll go unconscious)
It should always be a sterilized needle used, not a blade of any sort. Cuts caused by a blade is highly likely to become infected. I think everyone knows about this practise. It isn't a new idea. It's in hundreds of movies. So its not a secret.
Its supposed to be just a drop of blood. Not transfusing each other.
Another way I've heard of is each person's drop of blood is placed on the same object and mixed there to be a physical symbol of their bond. The object then can be destroyed to destroy the oath made. Tons of variants.
You should never try to put someone elses blood in your body like that. If the blood types arent compatible or someone has a disease you could get a disease and your body will reject the blood. It is also insanitary and even if your blood is clean and the same blood type something else could get you a disease like the knife your using or some dirt. The only time someone elses blood should enter your system is if a doctor needs to give you a transfusion. If you need to do a knife for some reason like not having a needle, always cut the fingertips cause they heal fast and make sure the knife is stable. You dont even need the blood in your system, you can just put it in a bowl and it will work fine. Hope I helped a bit.
Hah, I did this when I was a wee lad. Of course people will be idiots about it. When I was more of an idiot, I did it with my cousin myself. People will abuse everything. It is in human nature to use things until they are not needed, then when they are not needed, they are thrown away. The extents of this vary between people.
Yeah we've all heard of that but in this day and age, it's just not safe. Maybe for a long term monogamous couple. Maybe. There are several diseases out there with few or no symptoms, maybe safe sex can prevent them from spreading, but doing something like this is just asking for a disease. So to anyone considering using this ritual, I'd say get tested every three months for a (at least) year, while being monogamous or celibate. That will also give you time to consider the nature of the relationship, and what the ritual means to you, your true reasons for wanting to do it.
That said, it could be great for a couple, it reminds me of marriage or handfasting. All are commitments not to be taken lightly and should be considered permanent.
I see the part about a married couple who practice magik together but me and my fiance are not married and he doesn't practice magik and he is willing to preform the blood bond with me. I have a concern and that is since he doesn't practice magik is there a higher risk of something going amiss. We want to be connected eternally and a blood bond is the best way to do that that I have found
Oh god I remember doing this with my friend once in Virginia, as she suggested it, and I thought nothing of it.
Except we didn't really touch the blood together, just made a small scratch as we both knew how actual cutting (deep) can cause infections such as how teens in Texas died from theirs, but we kinda did a high five sort of thing.
I don't really talk to her and haven't really since 2011 or so, except for some sparce kik messages and facebook, and since I moved a lot, and she wasn't so well expressing herself with text that I was, the communication was lost and we're two different people now from then anyway.
I would never count on rituals to solidify or be used as a crutch at all for any reason, the real magick within relationships is the connection itself and how much you're willing to keep that alive and well and healthy on both ends. All of the above, so to speak, is for fun and focusing time to the people themselves, and aids a little, but like anything like this, I hope no one comes to this thread and then thinks "my friendship will last longer no matter what due to this ritual"--it may or it may not, but you have to think of what's real, too. Slim chances of anything happening if you try to lure strangers via ritual to come in contact with you, so I hope people coming here don't think any ritual of this type is necessary or anything for their friendship, etc.
Also, fun tip: It's shown that if you know a person for around and more than about 8 years, it's likely you will know the person and keep contact with them for the rest of your life.
So don't ever think that magick or anything will act as a fast miracle or anything, you will really need to work at things to truly get anywhere substantial. Magick is complementary to what you're already doing and can help your frame of mind, etc.
