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

Well you guys must have been lucky! I went to a couple of drugstores trying to purchase lancets and they wanted to know which kind I wanted. I tried such things as "well those ultra thin one" or "the ones on sale". No such luck LOL. It was like they have them guarded against occultsts about to do a grimoirum verum working or something!

My excuse when I purchased them was as follows: "I need to pick up a box for my grandmother, but I forgot which ones she uses, can I take a look at the boxes?" - something that worked very well. If I ever need to replace my supply, I know the brand and type.

Well with the blood thing, women do have a decided advantage in case we don't feel like using lancets

I think this would depend on the type of ritual/spell one is performing. In a fertility ritual, I'm sure this would work wonders. However, for a ritual like the one I did a few minutes ago (consecrating a blade in blood and darkness), blood drawn by an incision or piercing of the body would work much better (intent and all).