On this subject, the expert in
African magic, Miad Hoyora Korahon, wrote the following:
« One branch of Obeah extensively practiced, —especially by women— is
the art of exciting “love” and enforcing fidelity in one person, by another of
the opposite sex.
The means
about to be related as made use of for those purposes are such as the Obeah
practitioners prescribe on being applied to for advice in such cases.
However, in
some of their prescriptions vegetable drugs are the means depended on, but
these I propose to treat of on some future occasion when Obeah drugs and their
uses can be more fully gone into, the data on the subject which I have
succeeded in collecting being at present very meagre.
To establish
and act on a psychic rapport is of course what is aimed at in the use of:
1) Hair: The exciter
burns and rubs to powder a portion of his or her own hair, which is sprinkled
in the food or drink of the person to be excited. Said to require at least
three repetitions before the effect is produced.
2) Perspiration: The exciter
mingles a few drops of his or her own perspiration in the food or drink as
above.
3) Blood: The food of
the person to be excited is steamed in a cloth by the exciter, on which cloth a
little of the cook’s own blood is dropped. Fresh blood (menstrual), if
possible; this way being almost exclusively used by women.
This third
method is said to have by far the most powerful effect, and, according to one
man, who says he has experienced its effects, it produced a semi-madness, and
reduces the excitee to perfect slavery to the excitor, from which there is no
escape till the excitor performs some ceremony of renunciation, details of
which I have yet to learn.
As an
instance of the working of the other means: the late J.L. (a white man) had as
mistress a far from beautiful Mulatto woman called “Angelique.” She was of a
very violent temper, and behaved very badly to him, but retained her influence
over him for many years, — till his death.
A relative
of hers explains her power over him by saying that “she took the precaution
from time to time, as she thought it necessary, to mix a few drops of her sweat
in his chocolate.”
These
methods savor not a little of the witchcraft of old, and if they really have
any effect, —there being no doubt that they are frequently tried— it
presupposes a considerable amount of concentrative power on the part of the
users. But that same power is one that in every day matters the average black
man is decidedly deficient in.
It is quite
probable that a person by thus establishing a strong rapport with another,
might obtain a strong influence over him for good or evil; but, should the
latter become aware of the operation before the influence is confirmed, and
resist it, it does not appear that the operator would have much chance of
success.
While, if
the person operated on, on becoming aware of the attempt, proved a person who
knew how to use his will, it is more than likely that the relative positions of
the two actors might be completely reversed, so that the original operator
would find that she had “given herself away.” And cases of that are not
altogether unknown.
The use by magnetic patients of magnetized water, etc., is but another,
—and a much more cleanly— method of effecting a powerful psychic rapport,
forming a basis or “line,” through which influence can act.
And it would be of great interest to have the effect of magnetized water
at the time of drinking observed by a clairvoyant as to what result it produced
on the aura of the patient. »
(Theosophist, March
1891, p.343-344)
OBSERVATIONS
Although it may
be very tempting to perform these rituals, it is a serious mistake to do them
because they generate strong negative karma that later costs a lot to pay off.
For example, many people wonder why they can't find love no matter how hard
they try, and often the answer is because they were doing this type of
manipulation in their previous life. And you must also be aware that by
clinging to a particular individual, you miss out on the possibility of having
a truly harmonious, healthy and happy relationship with someone who would be
much more like you.
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