Weddings and Other Blood Rituals
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Separation.
I started off the mundane New Year with a wedding, one I wrote (channeled?) and conducted. Yes, my first ever as a High Priestess.
It was also the most unusual wedding I’ve ever been to. Probably because most weddings don’t include a blood ritual, but hey, that’s what the bride and groom wanted.
The couple didn’t want a regular wedding. They wanted a spiritual blending, a binding of their souls to one another, not just for this lifetime but forevermore. Not until death-do-us- part, but for all lifetimes to come.
I had serious reservations about a binding of this sort and their motivations, but after much prayer, I was told, “Give them what they’ve asked for.” I was told to stay neutral, told not to judge, told to make it so for them. And then leave immediately. I made certain they understood the ramifications and the seriousness of their vows and gave them three chances to back out. They said they understood; they didn’t back out. Me, I felt totally Zenned out the whole time.
I don’t think I’ve felt such a strong and persistent level of Spirit present since my Third Degree Elevation. The guests were wrapped in blankets, but my hair was damp with perspiration from the energy surge. Almost three solid hours of energy zapping through me, from the time I arrived and started creating sacred space until I pronounced the binding done.
The ritual itself was somewhere between a handfasting and an initiation, with the two of them taking their vows to be bound not to the Gods but to each other. I’m not sure I would have the guts to do that—I’d have to be damned sure I loved a man unconditionally before making that kind of vow because it’s far more serious than a legal marriage. And yes, I know full well that it is indeed better to rush upon the blade than to enter such a union with fear or doubt in the heart but rather in perfect love and perfect trust.
As for the blood oaths they took to each other, I’m thinking that all weddings should include them. Really! I’ve been to wedding receptions where the bride and groom crammed wedding cake in each other’s mouths and smeared icing on each other’s faces in what sometimes seemed rather mean-spirited. But give a couple a sharp instrument? Woohoo! Let the fun begin!
It was very telling. And also, rather amusing for the audience who couldn’t stop giggling rather inappropriately! They would have to draw each other’s blood to continue with the blood oath. They wanted to know, would I, as the facilitator of this ritual, make the cuts for them? Nope. They had to be willing to do it themselves. The bride went first, pleading forgiveness and offering up kisses and then stabbing the hell out of his finger.
He took at least 15 minutes to work on her finger. He squirmed for so long about doing anything that might hurt her that she asked if she could prick her own. No. They had to be willing to do each other. He finally made a shallow enough dip into her finger that he finally got a tiny pink dot under the skin and squeezed it until he got a single drop of blood to the surface. Finally!
But it was good to know how far he would go to keep from causing her pain and how much it hurt him to do anything that might hurt her. I think it’s a good indicator of things to come.
Good morning,
i dont know really how to say or ask this but, would you be able to tell me what is involved or needed? my fiance and i are engaged and believe it or not, we have known each other throughout other lifetimes. i keep on being reincarnated and to my luck ( and happyness) i always find my soul mate. i wanted to try to express how deep my love for my guy is when i ask if and or how i would go about binding myself to him. him and i both believe that blood signifies and means a lot more to us then just words. its a deeper feeling. can you please help me ?
This is an eternal union of two conscioues’. Male/female has absolutely nothing to do with it. But such a union has risk. When two who are awake are then tied eternal into one. Easier said- two spirits are rendered, broken down, then formed into one spirit. So if in this plane one was to die, part of the spirit is in limbo. Tied to itself, but unable to inhabit the vessel as a whole. This literally causes CATACLYSMIC RIPPLES FOR ETERNITY. From there forward the spirit is torn apart when not whole. Leading to it’s own demise. Energy is eternal. Unless the rare chance it absolves itself. Being erased. Since past, present, or future are all the same. It is GONE. Never having been, nor be. This is how Creators (GODS) happen. Or form. But if this happens 1 million times, the chance of a Creator forming is none. In our physical present form we cannot fathom odds. Just as likely to erase ALL, as to create ALL.