Well I am not ritually sacrificing the animal. I am planning on eating the chicken and you need to bleed the animal before you eat it. The blood is just a byproduct and I believe it is better to use everything you possibly can than to let it all go to waste. I am sure many let it go to waste but I believe some people would make a blood pudding out of it or something like that. I raise animals for food I have goats, chicken, rabbits, mice (well not for human consumption but for my Ball pythons). I really didn't plan on having this many roosters I mainly wanted hens but when you get straight run chickens there are definitely going to be a few roosters and you need to cull them or the fight and attack the hens in groups.
I understand what your saying though, that I should be careful and that many people would dissaprove and I will keep that in mind.
[/quote]Crowley mentions (somewhere) that blood and animal flesh looses its "vitality," which I take to mean as the vital force "prana," if it is allowed to sit and is not used shortly after it is taken
I also hold to this belief but if even if the blood is old you still aren't cheating the grimiore. It doesn't call for it fresh. I am also think that the blood could be put in a vial and then a cool pack and shipped to maximize freshness.
Thats very interesting about the blood stone. I have some heliotrope chips but I never knew about their connection with preserving blood. I always thought they were just named that for the red blotches in the stone. There is also a legend that states that the bloodstone was stained by the blood of christ and that may be why they are used for protection in the Grimorium Verum.
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Kennith