River of life..., Why is using your OWN blood taboo? Options

Lets face it, blood is one of the most metaphysically powerful substances a witch has access to. And it is HERS (or his). So what is the hysteria that is so prevailent these days about using your OWN blood in rituals to add power to it. i can see in the old days when witchcraft was first struggling to come back and gain acceptance and they wanted to seem as bunny fluff as possible so that there would be no violent reprecussions. But we are past that stage now. i understand that wiccans don't want anyone to think that their Godess demands blood, but i am talking about witches. Blood freely and joyfully given is a powerful tool and i think it is a shame that we are letting fear ruin it for us. Now i know that it is a touchy subject for alot of people so, please, lets keep this as a friendly discussion. Thanks all

Gavriel, I totally respect your views on it, you seem one of the few that I have met that knows their shit (pardon, lol). You have no need to apologize, because when I wrote that previous post I was in a very irritable mood due to some other person. I am the one who should apologize for being so curt.

My path has nothing to do with sacrifice in the form of blood, but I have studied a few denominations that do ask for it, and could never really understand why, y'know? The people I spoke to in the past influenced my opinion on the "cool" factor, and the search for understanding came to a seriously harsh stop after them. I still fall into the tendancy to expect those same people here, which I know is not groovy, lol. But I am catching myself! lol.

I'm also a stickler for safety, I've been called more often than not obsessive compulsive and anal retentive, which is a nature I've been in a constant battle for years, but that's a whole long boring story that I so won't get into. But that is partly due to my frowning upon such "extreme" measures of magick. So I ask my pardon if I get uppity about such subjects. Part of me seriously can't handle it, lol.

Namaste