just rember folks just because it is blood magic does not necessarily mean it is bad. There are members of my order that Sacrifice the heart of a bull to welcome in the oak king at yule, they then eat the rest of the bull, they also sacrifice the heart of a hog at samhain in October, of course like the bull after they give the heart to there gods, the eat the rest of the pig
I dont know of any one pratcesses this but the great right or the great marriage. Where The virgin huntress sleeps with the young hunter. the blood for there copulation is collected mixed with milk and used to bless the fields. I also have fertility charms, candles potions, and spells that call for ether virgin or monthly blood,, the monthly blood for a virgin is considered to be the most powerful for this kind of work. that could be all said to be blood magic. and much of magic seems to be all about syimbles. blood being a powerful simble of life and or fertility

Ronin wrote:Speaking of death cults, someone should look into this. I don't know if its connected or not, but it warrants investigation.

I have an amiga who might have some contacts in the area who can do some investigating.

Gotham Witch wrote:And Chalice, that'd be appreciated. No point putting anyone at risk though - these people are dangerous.

She says he can be dangerous, too.

Its still Fairly quit hear, which worries me all the lay lines in Kentucky tend to attract this sort of thing, but then I stick mostly to the Lexington Area. so I dont know what may be going on in the Louisville area. Or father west. My problems hear don't seem to be related. Not that I do not have my feelers out, Though i have not found any thing remotely meso-amarcan My lyibary is lacking in that area. so if I do come across something would porbly post about it for help IDing and to see of there is any connection

Regarding the Shadow People, I have little more insight to offer.

From a publisher's point of view, my insight is that these creatures are extremely marketable. Their non-material nature makes them gleefully aggravating to document with physical evidence like fingerprints or footprints. At the same time, they are common enough to strike a familiar cord of fear with almost anyone.

From a hunter's point of view, I have some hunches. Shadow People are at the same time both organized and diverse. There is no one Shadowman or even a single species of Shadowfolk. They come in different sizes and shapes, and even those with human-like forms have vastly different mannerisms and capabilities. At least some of them are composed of actual shadow while others are physical creatures which seem to be skilled at manipulating shadows hide themselves, and many seem to be some of each type at the same time. All types do at times seem to be working together. Shadow People are almost never dangerous in a hostile sense. They are more concerned with spying than clawing. When they are attacked and cornered, they can be surprisingly dangerous.

The Shadow-Things which are working for the cult does not exactly match anything I have previously encountered in my research. They seem to be something new, or else something rare, or else something we haven't encountered in a very very long time.

I do have a lead. A librarian I once knew spend a good deal of his career gathering reports and folk tales about Shadow Creatures. He even mentioned a particular tradition of magic which is geared towards summoning and controlling them. Since he died, I have been attempting to get my hands on his research, but his family hates my guts. I will call in some favors and redouble my efforts to get some results.

Chalice wrote:

Ronin wrote:Speaking of death cults, someone should look into this. I don't know if its connected or not, but it warrants investigation.

I have an amiga who might have some contacts in the area who can do some investigating.

She did some investigating. But the only thing she said about it was, "They got the wrong one."

Really useful, that.

Ronin wrote:I do not know if this covers all their operations or not but I have learned that there are cells in the following cities: New York, Washington D.C., Winnipeg (neutralized), Las Vegas, L.A. (neutralized?), Vancouver, Kyoto, Hong Kong, Beijing, Bagdad, Berlin, Paris and London.

You can mark Berlin, London, and Beijing as neutralized.