Case Histories

The Gandillion Family: In the sixteenth century,there was a case of a whole family being accused of lycanthropy.The strange habits of the Gandillion family were brought into public eye after sister Pernette attacked two small children, killing one.Soon after she was killed by an angery mob for her crime. A day later her brother Pierre and her son Georges were both accused of witchcraft.They both admitted to being werewolves, trasnforming by using magick slaves.They were imprisoned,and were said to have acted like maniacs, their bodies covered with wounds and scratches, which suggested attacks by dogs and others during their late night excursions.Their inability to transform while in prison was rationalized by their inability to obtain the slave.Both Pierre and Georges, along with another sister named Antoinette were executed. 
Ceremonies And Rituals 
Drawing a circle from seven to nine feet in radius, in the center of which a wood fire is kindled,The wood selected being black poplar,or pine or larch never ash. A fumigation in an iron vessel,heated over the fire, is then made out of a mixture of any four or five of the following substances. Note:The substance involved in this ritual has been withheld because there are some secrets that might hurt you physically if you don`t know what your doing. As soon as the vessel is placed over the fire so that it can heat, the person who would invoke the spirit that can bestow upon him the property of metamorphosing into a wolf kneels within the circle, and prays a preliminary impromptu prayer. He then resorts to an incantation. Hail,Hail,Hail,great wolf spirit Hail! A boon I ask thee,mighty shade. Within this circle I have made, Make me a werewolf strong and bold. The terror alike of young and old. Grant me a figure tall and spare The speed of the elk, the claws of the bear. The poison of snakes,the wit of the fox The stealth of the wolf,the strength of an ox. The jaws of a tiger,the teeth of the shark. The eyes of a cat that sees in the dark. Make me climb like a monkey,scent like a dog Swim like a fish,eat like a hog. Haste,Haste,Haste,lonley spirit Haste! Here,wan and drear,magick spell making, Findest thou me-shaking quaking Softly fan me as I lie and thy mystic touch apply Touch apply, and I swear that when I die, When I die ,I will serve thee evermore. Evermore,in grey wolfland,cold and raw.

The Incantation concluded,the supplicant then kisses the ground three times and advances to the fire,takes off the iron vessel and whirling it smoking round his head,cries out. Make me a werewolf!Make me a xxx-eater! Make me a werewolf!Make me a xxxxx-eater! Make me a werewolf!Make me a xxxxx-eater! I pine for blood! xxxxx-blood! Give it to me!Give it to me tonight! Great wolf spirit!Give it to me,and heart,body,and soul,I am yours! 
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