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Orano ze Zoma
Jul. 26th, 2013 11:12 amOrano ze zoma (ore-AH-no zeh ZOH-mah) is Vaska for "dance the blood." From my High Priestess:
[*Note: for a fictionalized account of these events, read Lammas Night by Katherine Kurtz.]
This is another aspect of Sorgae 'Craft that I haven't experienced, and to be honest, I'm not sure how much I'd look forward to it, given how much it takes out of the participants. Also, I know myself and my reactions to energy; I can get nauseated and dizzy, which I do recognize signals entrance into an altered state, but it can also be distracting and unpleasant. However, since Divine contact is a goal, and I also am a natural Medium, I doubt that aspect would prove too challenging. Overall, I think I'd have to be sufficiently prepared for it, make sure my physical and emotional well-being are at comfortable places.
This is also something that, like aspects of other Pagan paths, is not to be tried for fun or without instruction and peer supervision. Altered states this dramatic and intense are risky to attempt alone, especially if one has only read about it, and never been witness to it first hand, nor known anyone personally who has had proper instruction.
This is a specific rite in which a specific mixture of herbs is steeped in wine and blood, then drunk in ritual. The participants then literally dance and chant, containing the energy they are raising within their bodies until one of them falls and/or begins to channel. Then ALL the power that has been raised is transferred immediately to the fallen/channeling Witch. It is exhausting for all, and the few times we did it, VERY powerful.
The rite is done to raise power for the use of magick, usually on a very important nature. We were told [via Channeling] that a form of Dancing the Blood was what the Witches in England did during World War ll to keep the Nazi forces from crossing the English Channel* – that version required a death, so that the dead Witch could carry the power directly to the Gods. However, Dancing the Blood doesn’t always require a death. We have used it to summon the Keriosak for a specific task, and Arduina always wanted us to do it at sabeodts. The term comes from the idea of activating the Witches’ Blood in our bodies, using herbs, wine, blood and the dance to consciously open a link to the Divine.
[*Note: for a fictionalized account of these events, read Lammas Night by Katherine Kurtz.]
This is another aspect of Sorgae 'Craft that I haven't experienced, and to be honest, I'm not sure how much I'd look forward to it, given how much it takes out of the participants. Also, I know myself and my reactions to energy; I can get nauseated and dizzy, which I do recognize signals entrance into an altered state, but it can also be distracting and unpleasant. However, since Divine contact is a goal, and I also am a natural Medium, I doubt that aspect would prove too challenging. Overall, I think I'd have to be sufficiently prepared for it, make sure my physical and emotional well-being are at comfortable places.
This is also something that, like aspects of other Pagan paths, is not to be tried for fun or without instruction and peer supervision. Altered states this dramatic and intense are risky to attempt alone, especially if one has only read about it, and never been witness to it first hand, nor known anyone personally who has had proper instruction.