WOLFISM XXIX from Wolfie's blog

Hail the Darkness!

To be clear: I’m not referring to something that exists in external reality, or that is self-aware, or has agency. I’m referring to something that exists in every individual human psyche: potential waiting to be tapped.

The Darkness is all of the so-called “negative” emotions: anger, sadness, fear, aversion, misery, despair, revulsion, horror, shame, humiliation, outrage, contempt, and animosity, thirteen in all, which is why I call them the Thirteen Demons.

The Demon of Anger grants the power of striking.

The Demon of Sadness grants the power of absorbing a blow.

The Demon of Fear grants the power of swiftness.

The Demon of Aversion grants the power of dodging.

The Demon of Misery grants the power of suspicion.

 The Demon of Despair grants the power of emptiness.

The Demon of Revulsion grants the power of destruction.

The Demon of Horror grants the power of self-protection.

The Demon of Shame grants the power of self-awareness.

The Demon of Humiliation grants the power of standing alone.

The Demon of Outrage grants the power of brutality.

The Demon of Contempt grants the power of oppression.

The Demon of Animosity grants the power of war.

Each and all of these can be accessed via cathartic ritual. First, select which power you will need, then alone at night in a dark room, light your candles. Draw upward out of your subconscious the memory of when you have known, personally and intimately, the demon you now require. Picture the scene. Feel the so-called “negative” emotion. Let it overwhelm you to whatever extent you are trained enough to be capable of. Do not shrink from it. Let it burn! Then hail the Darkness, invoke the demon, invoke the power, describe the need, describe your will, invoke the power again, hail the demon, release the demon, hail the Darkness again, and extinguish your candles.

You may add whatever you like to the stripped-down version I have offered. Include whatever bombast and pageantry your dark heart desires.

Never forget: Nothing will happen in external reality until you go out into the world and take ACTION to achieve your will.

“Hello Darkness, my old friend.” ISCHYROS DIAVOLOS!