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I have been thinking of a way to have all of my sins and transgressions eaten, i started looking into the Grigori Azazel and came upon the associations with a goat offered to Azazel for the sins of the Israelites.
Also alot of other associations which are just as intresting from the jewish encyclopedia here.
Azazel
This part struck me as relevant to the practice i was developing - There has been much controversy over the function of Azazel as well as over his essential character. Inasmuch as according to the narrative the sacrifice of Azazel, while symbolical, was yet held to be a genuine vicarious atonement, it is maintained by critics that Azazel was originally no mere abstraction, but a real being to the authors of the ritual—as real as Yhwh himself.
This relation to the purpose of the ceremony may throw light upon the character of Azazel. Three points seem reasonably clear. (1) Azazel is not a mere jinnee or demon of uncertain ways and temper, anonymous and elusive (see Animal Worship), but a deity standing in a fixed relation to his clients. Hence the notion, which has become prevalent, that Azazel was a "personal angel," here introduced for the purpose of "doing away with the crowd of impersonal and dangerous se'irim" (as Cheyne puts it), scarcely meets the requirements of the ritual. Moreover, there is no evidence that this section of Leviticus is so late as the hagiological period of Jewish literature.
The inspiration for the rite i am working upon started last night, with notes cobbled from this page in particular and others. The idea of a demon that feeds on sin intrests me, also because within the book of enoch Azazel is also held responsible for all the sin in the world pre flood, so there is a paradox between him whom spreads sin and feeds upon sin, but in a sense there is a logic if sin is your food.
So far i am working with a prayer and symbol structure and improvised spoken poetry/song. If last night is anything to go by, the demon Azazel whom eats sins and trangressions is a very real force to work with, to make offerings of ones sins or transgressions too.
Some work involving the casting of scarlet ribbons is sure to follow, i don't own any goats luckily, also an investigation of yom kippur needs to follow.
I also like the idea of a demon as a point of confession for some strange reason. |
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