I would like to know if any of you have experience with this and think is important or even just useful to save your sexual energy (as in no ejaculation or even not having sex or masturbating) as a continuous practice (like permanently limiting it in some way).
Some say it's needed to have a proper magical practice, some say it's bullshit. I want to know about real life experience with this.
Depends, are you male or female? and are you actually interested in Historical practice or these incorrect modern "lonely housewives or 60year old single woman" instructions let out these days? Make no mistake, I myself do not believe in "witchcraft" or magic, but am a scholar on the occult. But on the subject of sexual energies females (sisters of the craft) are to refrain from sex for 3 months (3 moon cycles) in order to "charge up their energies" according to old texts from accused women who were killed for witchcraft. The Devil's Maleficium 1707 written by Janet Horne (scottish woman accused of witchcraft) illustrates: women should not give into baseless wants and desires for it deplete their wyrd (magic)" unlike mean who are driven by the baseless wants and desires, women should refrain. It illustrates when a woman is permitted to indulge, etc and when not to. It also illustrates a woman who does indulge in sexual intercourse should refrain from participating in gatherings or heavy charms as it because risky or a threat to the woman's wyrd.
Here is just a portion on sex from Devil's Maleficium:
The Law of Refrainment and the Power of Three
Know that intimacy is but a heavy wyrd a potent draught that, if swallowed too often, turns to lead in the veins. To truly command the forces that move the tides, one must understand that strength is found in the
void, not the filling of it.
The sisters of old have long taught the
Rule of the Three Moons. While the common man believes himself the master of his desires, a sister knows that true power is a spring that must be allowed to refill.
"When the touch of the flesh is set aside for the span of three full lunar cycles, the wyrd within the marrow begins to hum. One month for the clearing of the blood; two for the sharpening of the sight; three for the hardening of the will."
By refraining from the base instincts for three months, the energy that would be wasted on the ephemeral is instead forged into a blade of pure spirit. It is the
Power of Three, the union of the Mind, the Body, and the Craft, undisturbed by the interference of others.
On the Folly of Immoral Men
Do not be swayed by the bended knee or the honeyed word of the common man. They operate on hunger, whereas we operate on
alignment. Their needs are like the summer grass easily scorched and quick to wither. To indulge their baseless appetites is to pour your own quicksilver into a sieve.
Keep your hearth cold to the unworthy, so that the fire in your spirit may burn hot enough to command the stars. A sister who belongs to herself is a queen in the wild; a sister who gives herself away is but a shadow in another’s house, A whore for the baseless needs of men is the lowest of whores, for there is never the promise of enlightenment nor power only temporary sensation.
Stay guarded. Stay silent. Stay whole.
Sister, do not mistake the stillness of the stone for a lack of fire. If the world deems us cold, let them. For a sister, the union of spirits is never a common comfort; it is a
working, as deliberate as the carving of a rune or the brewing of a draught. To spill one’s essence for mere warmth is the mark of the kine, not the Craft.
The Consecration of the Act
Intimacy is not a gift to be granted to the persistent, nor a debt to be paid to the "needs" of men. It is a
key of bone and breath, meant only to unlock the gates of your own
Wyrd. If a sister chooses to break her three-month fast, it must be for a purpose higher than the earth she treads upon.
The Strengthening of Wyrd: When the threads of your fate grow frayed or thin, intimacy may be used as a whetstone. It is a method to pull the lightning from the ether and ground it within your own soul. If it does not make your wyrd sharper, your sight clearer, or your step heavier with authority, then it is a theft of your time.
The Execution of Ritual: There are workings ancient and terrible that require the friction of souls to ignite. In these rare hours, the body is but a tool, a ritual implement no different than the athame or the cauldron.
The Mandate of Intent
Before you allow any soul to cross the threshold of your sanctuary, you must ask the silent stars:
“Does this act serve the Great Work, or does it merely serve the man?”
"He who seeks the sister’s bed seeking only his own peace shall find only a hollow vessel. For a sister’s intimacy is a draught of salt and stars; it is meant to fuel the ritual fire, not to quench the thirst of the unworthy."
The Rule of Spiritual Sovereignty
If the act is not a rite, it is a ruin. A sister must remain the architect of her own energy. To indulge in the "immoral needs" of those who lack the Sight is to tether your spirit to a sinking anchor. Your
Wyrd is a tapestry of your own weaving; do not let a clumsy hand pull at the threads.
Keep your mysteries locked behind the
Power of Three. Let the three months of silence ensure that when you finally choose to move, it is with the force of a mountain breaking and only because your wyrd demanded the sacrifice.
The Covenant of the Bound Sister
Listen closely, for even the wildest stream may be channeled for a time by the stones of the earth. While the path of the solitary sister is paved with silence and the long fast, there exists the
Covenant of the Ring, the sacred bond of marriage. When a sister is bound by law and spirit to a man, the obligations of the Divine and the sanctity of the vow create a different rhythm for her power.
The Dispensation of the Bond
In the eyes of the Old Ones, the marriage bond is a weight of responsibility that prevails over the standard requirement to fast. A sister so bound is not a prisoner of the Three Moons, but she must still be the mistress of her own house.
The Weekly Measure: To maintain the harmony of the home and satisfy the natural stirrings of her own spirit, the bound sister is permitted to indulge
but once in the span of seven days. This is the balance one night for the flesh and the bond, six nights for the soul and the stars.
The Intent of the Bloodline: Should the sister and her bonded seek to call a new soul into this world, the restrictions are lifted. To bring forth life is a wyrd of its own; thus, she may indulge to her heart's desire, for the creation of a child is the highest ritual of the physical realm.
Warning: for those who claim they seek to call a new soul, yet do so with the intent to chase their own desires, or the intent to do harm to the child. be
warned for this falsehood marks you as a
deceiver of all that holds true.
The Warning of the Empty Well
Yet, mark these words with a charcoal coal, for the price of indulgence is a temporary thinning of the veil. A sister cannot be both a vessel of creation and a conduit of destruction at the same time.
"She who gives of herself to the bond must pay the toll in spirit. During any period where the flesh is indulged, the sister is strictly forbidden from the High Gatherings or the casting of heavy charms."
To partake in a gathering or to reach for the deep wyrd while the body is still warm from the bond is to risk
Complete Depletion. You cannot pour from a cup that has just been emptied. If you attempt to weave the Wyrd while your physical self is spent, you risk the very core of your being your Wyrd will not only fail, it will draw from your marrow until you are but a hollow husk.
The Preservation of the Bound Form
Even within the marriage bed, a sister remains a queen. The indulgence is a tool for the bond or the babe never a surrender to the "immoral needs" of a man who does not honor the divinity of his wife.
Stay wise in your union. Fulfill the bond, cherish the hope of the child, but
guard your wyrd with the ferocity of a mother wolf. When the ritual fire calls, you must be full of your own power, not drained by the requirements of the hearth.
Now as the Devil's Maleficium is a Grimoire of a coven of 5 witches, it relates to women primarily with reference to The warlock, both warning, binding, etc. as well as references to Satan and "The Plain man", this is the only book on the occult I have ever reviewed which references "The plain man" (who is not the regular man but a specific important person in these women's belief system).
An edited version of Devil's Maleficium 1707 by Janet Horne is scheduled to be released on Amazon by the end of next week. They Publishers are waiting for Governmental review and approval now (because its a book about dark wyrd (black magic) and contains how-to demon summonings, child sacrafice, etc. The publishers are required to remove said information before it can be made public as any instructions on child harm, animal harm cannot be publicly released as it violates a multitude of laws. It is an interesting read, it give a great look into the mindset of women of that time period and is a great reference material to see how "witchcraft" was actually practiced back then, in comparison to these "practices" people are doing today.
Another Key point within that book, as well as referenced within Romani Oracle 1889 by Margareta Rhoda (edited version also available on Amason) It's not called witchcraft but sister-craft. The term Witch is an accusation and as illustrated in Devil's Maleficium
NO where in Romani Oracle nor Devil's Maleficium do these "witches" refer to themselves as witches nor other witches as such.
"Let it be known to those who find these words by the hearth-light or beneath the root: we are sisters above all else. Mark me well, for the world is full of sharpen'd tongues and iron-bound laws. We are not witches. A "witch" is naught but an accusation, a black-hearted crime bestowed by the mouths of men who fear what they cannot tether. It is a word forged in a kirk-court to justify the rope and the flame. No true sister would ever take that name upon her breast and wear it as a cloak. When the sun is high and the neighbors knock, we are but a cunning woman, skilled in the root and the charm to still the fever or find the lost kine. But when the moon sits low and we gather where the rowan grows thick, we are sisters
, no more, and certainly no less. Harken to this warning: Beware of the woman who stands bold and calls herself "witch". She is a deceiver, a creature of vanity seeking a power she does not possess, or a fool dancing toward her own grave. We move in the quiet; we heal in the dark; we remain kin when all the world turns to stone." direct quote from Devil's Maleficium.
even as a skeptic myself, I am more willing to believe the words from a accussed woman who was burned alive over her beliefs than one who sits in the comforts of their apartment playing with crystals and rocks illustrating "how they feel" magic works. The old stuff is the better stuff, the vast majority of information on the occult is not even available to the public, the dark web (TOR) is the best source for occult info. Yet, now with all this "aliens are real" info getting declassified, federal regulations and court systems are willing to assess those on "witchcraft" so lets hope that eventually the bar gets lifted and everything doesn't have to restricted from public view. Even with the grotesque and evil, the people have the right to know all information that is out there.
In no way shape or form should my comment here be considered an attack on anyone's beliefs or religion, as the information is provided to illustrate the points made and nothing more.
