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A long time ago, Western priests claimed that holy water would heal wounds. But this has never been the case, for water cannot cure physical injuries. Herbal liniments are the only liquids that can cure wounds. Holy water is used exclusively for religious and occult purposes.

Holy water is only produced through religious rituals. It is taken from the cup that is filled with water and placed on the altar during the ritual. Since this water has been blessed by the ceremony, it has special properties and can be used to fight evil influences. After the ritual is finished, the priest or sorcerer may save the water for later use.

How to Use Holy Water.
Blessed water can be used in many ways. It can be sprinkled all over the entrance of a house and on its doors and windows to keep out evil ghosts and the spectre of poverty. It can be sprinkled around the house after a person of dubious intentions has left, to quell any bad vibrations he has left behind. It can be sprinkled on the sorcerer's car and in his office or place of business to wash away all bad luck. If a few drops are scattered in a haunted room or on a possessed individual, the malevolent ghosts will be driven away. If the sorcerer cleanses his face with the water, it will wash unlucky vibrations off his body. If he sprinkles it all over his body before going out into the street, he will secure the protection of the divinities against accidents or against the violent actions of criminals.

Five Types of Holy Water.
Sorcery rituals transform plain water into holy water. The five types of water are well water, tap water, lake water, river water, and rain water. Each is used for different purposes. Some are used to fight evil ghosts, some for good luck, some for blessing buildings, and some for other purposes. River water, for instance, is used exclusively for performing exorcisms.

I'm interested to learn more on various ways to make holy waters - the step by step ritual - your own opinion on how does holy waters actually works - and any other things in your knowledge we can keep for the record on this thread please.

I believe there are also certain springs that have healing properties. On top of my head is Lourdes France.

I found this article: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/lourdes.html

LOURDES, FRANCE

In 1858, a fourteen-year-old peasant girl named Bernadette Soubirous had a series of eighteen visions of the Virgin Mary who appeared in a niche in the grotto of Massabielle near Lourdes, a village on the Gave de Pau river in the foothills of the Pyrenees in southern France. The first apparition occurred on 11 February 1858.

During her ninth apparition, on 25 February, Bernadette claimed to have been directed to a spring that had hitherto not existed in the grotto. Its discovery by Bernadette, witnessed by hundreds of onlookers, was eventually declared miraculous. Later studies have shown that the water is pure and contains chlorides of soda, lime and magnesia, bicarbonates of lime and magnesia, silicates of lime and aluminium, oxide of iron, sulphate of soda, phosphate, and organic matter. Otherwise, it is believed to contain no therapeutic ingredients.


The Miraculous Spring in the Grotto at Lourdes
Photograph © Daniel Masson

Subsequently, however, the water was claimed to be capable of healing the sick and lame. Of the many thousands of pilgrims who visit Lourdes every year, some claim to be have been miraculously healed. It is estimated that the spring has produced 27,000 gallons of water each week since it first emerged during Bernadette's visions.