Babalon
Oil
The figure of Babalon,
or the Scarlet Woman, is strongly tied to blood. Sometimes called the
Great Whore because she denies no one, she nevertheless demands the
blood of Adept for her Chalice. She mixes the blood of these Saints
into the Sabbath wine. She is connected to Binah on the Tree of Life,
but whereas Binah is dry and cold, Babalon is hot and
bloody. For these reasons, this oil references blood as its central scent. There is plenty of warmth here--ginger, pink
pepper, nutmeg, coffee, and more--but there is also the feminine
muskiness of angelica root along with musk seed and a number of other
natural plant extracts, including myrrh as a reference to the Binah
connection and seaweed due to Her connection to the Great Sea.
Babalon is celebrated in the Gnostic Mass, but in the form of the
Scarlet Woman. She is also associated with Earth, as in the Great Mother in Her most fertile sense. Babalon is also seen as a represention of the liberated woman conscious of Her power, particularly that of the female sexual impulse.
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Babalon
Oil
1/4 oz. (2 drams/7.5 ml) $17.00
Uses
in Witchcraft & Magic:
Gnostic Mass
Honoring Babalon
Celebrating the Female
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