Magic of Water
In
Balkan, people believe that water is life being, and that have it conciseness.
In almost all rites people invoke and hail the water. When you bring water in to the house, put it
on the floor so she can “rest”. Legend say that all water gather in the end of
the world, in the place where sky sleep on earth.
Types
of magical water:
Live water: is water in nature who by
herself have source and go, move, like river and there is Dead water: she stay in
one place, and do not move, like pond…
Stopping water: water in the
morning on the flowers and herbs, she stay in place after dew. This water can
be use in healing and purification rituals.
Oblivion water: it is natural
frozen water, and this gives her occult powers. When people drink of this
water, they drink to forget something.
Untouched water: first water in
the morning (after midnight) that we broth home have magical powers and it is
used in all rituals of Balkan magic. Tradition says that young maiden need to
go before sunrise to natural source to bring this magical water home. All the
way home she cannot talk to anyone, and she cannot look back till she got home.
Wind water: water from watermill – it is wary
rear now, and it is used for love magic or for child healing.
Miraculous water: this we can find
of special holy sources where for centauries people come for heal or do magic.
These sources are marked in Balkan by some religious mark, and in the same time
are wary healing and it is used in medicine. It is so powerful that people
believe it can do all magic and vanquish all demons.
Evil water: it is natural turbid water, or
water where somebody drown, or water that is used to bath dead man. This water is
full of evil demons and it is used for worst evil spells, curses or evil eye.
Pumpkin
is often used as vessel to bring water from it natural source. As part of
magical practice, and usage of magical water, before any use, first a little
water is spilled on the ground as sacrifice for dead and ancestors.
Fairy water: this is the water where fairies
are taking bath. This water is wary powerful and sacred. There is many way how
to get is. One of believe is to go at the source of healing water and to take
water with pumpkin vessel from the place that reflect the full moon light in midnight.
Doing that you need to ask fairies for this power and to live something as
gift, something shiny, like crystal or gemstone. Other way is to find source in
Fairy land or sacred to Fairies. This source is some ware in untouched nature,
clear and natural.
Week
after Beltaine is sacred, so people go out in nature to collect this holy
water. To preserve water from spoilage, people put a little alcohol drink in
vessel of water and a part of silver, and keep water on some cold and dark
place.
Water
is wary important in magic and spirituality in Balkan. Reason for that is
ancient cult of Cybele, great mother, who latter in the time of Christianity
became Virgin Mary, Mother of God. In ancient time, Thracian tribes worship
Cybele by the name of Kotys, and her priesthood was called baptes or “washers” because there pre-worship purification involved
bathing, and water was main tool in these rituals of this priests. This ritual
is probably pre-baptizing ritual.
May the spirits be with you
Black Priest
