Blood And The Necronomicon, The four beast Options

Hello all:
I understand that a tool to stray from the Elder gods and call the Ancient Ones is a sword that has killed 11 men. (Not interested in that one)

However there is another place in the book where reference is made to blood sacrifice, and it seems to relate to a normal practicioner. In his epilogue the mad arab says (pg 206):

'Know that the four Beasts of the Spaces claim the blood of the initiate, eachin their own time and season'

1) What does that mean? are those the same beasts for the cardinal points described in pg 190?

2) I take it to mean that blood sacrifices should be made to them, on a particular day. Is this correct?

3) Or does it mean that as part of the initiation or walking the path we must fight them and be 'bloodied' by them?

P.S in page 207 it says no sacrifices to be made if one finds out that a gate has been open (as the fiends will feed on it) this implies that the normal sacrifices are by spilled blood. He mentions 'the flocks of Palestine' as possible sacrifices... What where they, sheep, cattle?

4) Does any one currently praying to the gods uses animal sacrifices? (chickens, squirreles, etc) or since not necessary it has been left behind as not 'politucally correct'


Any thoughts in this subject are appreciated..

Traveller.

yeah, cause a santero who sacrifices a chicken in a ritual then uses the chicken in a feast for the God is a coward? yet the concentration camps of chickens being" killed properly" in the farming industry is fine an dandy, and picking up that chicken meat at your local supermarket without having to kill it is not cowardly. pfft.

yeah, cause a santero who sacrifices a chicken in a ritual then uses the chicken in a feast for the God is a coward? yet the concentration camps of chickens being" killed properly" in the farming industry is fine an dandy, and picking up that chicken meat at your local supermarket without having to kill it is not cowardly. pfft.

ya dude but i mean to say that the original intention to killing the animal is to use its blood as sacrifice when according to me its the one doing the ritual who needed to spill his blood. When for a ritual they ask for sperm then these dudes dont do like wanking the animals to get their seeds but as it brings pleasure, those dude do it themselves..i got carried a bit when posting that reply cause here lots of people do evil by sacrificing blood of animals to demons etc. Some even kill humans kids for the blood, so i got carried away a bit emotionally.