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Current Talk '06 II / Re: Vampire bat
« on: July 26, 2006, 05:02:45 PM »
The original bat in 1795 is what in Ceremonial Magic is often called a Servitor. It is a being fashioned out of the Sacred Elements in combination with the Will of the Magician and exists to perform specific tasks. In Angelique's case, she created it to spy on Barnabas and be her eyes and ears where she was not present. When you create one, you are supposed to be very specific and sensible craftsmen with solid training will usually give a specific date or circumstance for the dissolution or "death" of the creature so it doesn't run around wreaking havoc after it's done what you wanted. They often take the form of mythological animals such as griffins or unicorns but such beasts as cats or bats are also popular. Somewhat confusingly, there is another tradition of a Witch creating a cat, a bat, a bird, a wolf or other animal as her "Fetch." It is linked to her life essence and if it is harmed, the Witch can suffer harm as well. There is a story about this in the Silver John stories written from Appalachian folklore by one of the old writers--Manly Wade Wellman, maybe? And some folklore was collected in a recent volume on faery and werewolf legends by a French scholar that has been published in English.
When Jeb summoned the Bat from Hell during the Leviathan period, that bat was clearly of demonic nature. I think that technically speaking, it was a critter of a very different kind from Ange's bat in 1795. Of course both were played by the same Bil Baird puppet, and I'm sure I have written far more than anyone wanted to know on this subject.
cheers, Gothick
When Jeb summoned the Bat from Hell during the Leviathan period, that bat was clearly of demonic nature. I think that technically speaking, it was a critter of a very different kind from Ange's bat in 1795. Of course both were played by the same Bil Baird puppet, and I'm sure I have written far more than anyone wanted to know on this subject.
cheers, Gothick