Special:Badtitle/NS104:Santa evocation

This is a little ritual I came up with to boost a spell I already had running, intending to use it as a kind of generic wish spell - like asking Santa for your two front teeth.

When I attempted this ritual, I found that a simple lighter was not enough to start a stable flame on either the cookie or the object (in my case, cardboard which had been decorated with the names of Raphael and Khepri, names of my target in place of a taglock, and a poetic rendering of my intent). I had to cancel the ritual without bringing it to completion, and so got none of the effects. Still, the small flame I did get was the most beautiful I had seen, with no flickering and seeming as if it were a blob of see-through luminescent jelly.

I would suggest covering the cookie in something more flammable to give it time to catch, perhaps (powdered) sugar or flour. Avoid things like kerosene or wood chips as these would make them feel less appealing. Ideally, the flame should be the only thing which makes it inedible to you. Think of it as like teleporting the cookie to Santa - he wouldn't want to eat a cookie covered in kerosine, would he?

A salt circle is suggested because it's often believed that grieving spirits roam the night during Winter, and they'd be attracted to the flame and energy which will most likely be outside.

Ingredients

 * A cookie (freshly baked is ideal, from scratch even better)
 * A glass of milk
 * A burnable object representing your desire which the cookie can be placed on
 * A method of starting a fire (potentially some kindling to move the process along, avoid anything which would "spoil" the cookie like kerosene or wood chips)
 * Salt (for a protection circle)

Procedure

 * Make a circle of salt around you to ward off roaming spirits
 * Place the cookie on top of the object
 * At the stroke of Midnight on Christmas eve/day, set the cookie ablaze
 * When the cookie has caught fire fully, imagine the energy from the object moving through the cookie and passing it on to the spirit of Santa Claus
 * Intensely concentrate on your desire, potentially using "ho ho ho" as a mantra (but only if you can do so without laughing)
 * When the cookie has nearly finished burning and the object catches fire, or you feel it's been enough time, douse the flame with milk
 * Dispel the energy and break the circle
 * Dispose of the remains of the cookie and object in a respectful manner (as if handling something touched by divine power)

Explanation
This is based on the ancient tradition of sacrificing animal remains to gods, particularly from the greek or roman pantheons. In those practices, the offal, fat, and bones are offered and explained by the myth of Prometheus tricking Zeus into taking the inedible parts as a sacrifice. In this case, something desirable is being irreversibly sacrificed, which strengthens the intent.

Doing this at the moment when Christmas comes, one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the world, additionally makes this feel much more powerful due to the rarity and precision of the moment. Santa is usually thought of as coming around this time too, so it can be thought of as an appeal to his spirit for the satisfaction of the wish.

But Santa isn't real
What is reality? Millions of children believe in him, making him far more powerful than many lesser gods evoked by chaos magickians. He's practically a god in his own right, though not achieving this status because he is not thought of as a god.