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CHAPTER fOUR: RITES OF CONSECRATION<br />
with its evil.<br />
Remove chairs and all other furniture from the area, which can<br />
now appropriately be called the Temple. These can all be replaced after<br />
the consecration. If the Temple is to be located indoors, such as in a<br />
home, apartment, or even a rented unit, it is recommended to clean<br />
the area before the consecration. If the Temple is outdoors, clear away<br />
as many branches, twigs, stones and weeds as possible.<br />
The act of ritual consecration is done in two parts, the first of<br />
which is purification of the object. All things, from the dust to the Gods,<br />
are enveloped by and imbued with energy. The closest thing that<br />
modern scientists are able to identify this with (and universally agree<br />
upon) is electromag<strong>net</strong>ic energy, which is a seemingly omnipresent<br />
force of attraction and repulsion between all things.<br />
Aside from the integral energy signature with which each object<br />
was created or has naturally formed through time, they will also collect<br />
various energies and influences from the unseen environment or from<br />
personal contact. Much like wringing dirty water from a sponge before<br />
soaking it in clean water, any place or thing that is to be consecrated<br />
needs to be cleansed of the interfering energies with which it has been<br />
permeated.<br />
Fill a clean cup or bowl with cold water. Sprinkle a teaspoon of<br />
salt in the water, stirring until it dissolves completely. Just as saltwater<br />
acts as a ready conductor of electricity, it also conveys and amplifies<br />
energy of a more curious nature. Salt alone has been used successfully<br />
in banishings, purifications, and even exorcisms throughout time and<br />
culture, its widespread use matching if not exceeding what has been<br />
religiously trademarked as "Holy Water.» Although this saltwater<br />
does the job, you will find in application that there is nothing holy<br />
about it.<br />
Some enthusiastic Neophytes may wish to "spice up" the rite of<br />
consecration by adding frankincense and myrrh oils, drops of blood or<br />
other bodily fluids to the purifying water. Some may have heard from<br />
their friends who seem much more educated in the matter than they<br />
that a pinch of goofer dust, a burnt lock of a virgin's hair or actual Holy<br />
Water stolen from the local church and spat in as an act of blasphemy<br />
will in itself make unholy the ground upon which to begin the Works of<br />
Darkness. For this particular phase of the rite, all that is necessary is<br />
saltwater.<br />
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