Blood ritual

The participants may regard the release or consumption of blood as producing energy useful as a sexual, healing, or mental stimulus.

Blood sacrifice is sometimes considered by the practitioners of prayer, ritual magic, and spell casting to intensify the power of such activities.

Furthermore, the supply of ritual blood was believed to maintain plentiful fertile crops and aid in the continuation of the Aztec world.

If blood was not sacrificed to the gods, the humans believed they would be punished and endure excessive pain “more violent than any man could ever do” (Pendragon 3).

Some Indians practice a political ritual voluntarily where the people donate blood as a way to remember politicians who have died (Copeman 126).

Some radical movements among Shi’ite Muslims practiced a ritual called Matam in 2002 in Britain (Malik 2).

This can be an unsafe practice where blood-borne pathogens are concerned; the use of safe, sterilized equipment such as a lancet can mitigate this problem.

[citation needed] Blood rituals play a crucial role in the Bible, often symbolizing purification and the establishment of sacred covenants.

In this recitation, he explains that in order to gain everlasting life, his followers must eat his flesh and drink his blood.