Bats Blood Ink Needs Re-Branding

Magickally Made will soon be offering handmade magickal inks to accompany our custom handmade Books of Shadows. As we do research about different types of inks and their ingredients we were shocked to see that the ingredients of Bats Blood ink - an ink associated with negative magick: chaos, hexes, and strangely banishing is included as bad *furrow, shakes head* - has just three main magickal ingredients and none of them have the energy that the ink is said to emit. 

The magickal ingredients are: Dragons Blood (love, protection, exorcism, sexual potency), Cinnamon (psychic powers, money drawing, speedy healing, protection and to strengthen love), and Myrrh (healing, protection, exorcism, peace, consecration, meditation). It makes absolutely no sense how these ingredients can be associated with anything but their common energies = Love, Protection, Healing, and Exorcism (which also includes Clearing negative energy and earth bound spirits = Banishing is the only thing they seem to have right and its not negative to protect yourself from harmful energy!). With the added bonus of peace, consecration, meditation, money, sexual potency and psychic abilities if you want to tie those in, and who wouldn't?. All of that sounds pretty positive to this witch.

Perhaps it had the 'wreaking havoc' energy if/when it had actual blood in the mix. But when we learn about Bat medicine, they are actually pretty cool. And although I don't condone bleeding a bat, I can imagine their blood has the same aspects as the whole. For instance they represent death/rebirth, and thus would be associated with exorcising/banishing/clearing the earth bound spirit aspect of the current formula by helping them move on to their next incarnation. But only those who fear the natural process of life and its inevitable outcome would associate this aspect of bat medicine with negativity.

Whomever created this particular recipe was either confused, purposely trying to make something that wouldn't work for hexing, or it simply got lost in translation because of the 'spooky' name.

I admit that in my almost 19yrs of magickal study I have avoided Bats Blood Ink because of its accepted purpose. In my experience the general rule is that a 'good witch' shouldn't touch anything associated with negative magic, so I didn't look any further (*rolls eyes* oh the power we give to the 'dark side'). Now that I know whats in it, it's almost laughable and kind of embarrassing to have given it so much power. 

 I felt compelled to point this out because I have seen posts elsewhere asking 'if it could be used in a positive way' and the responses included the ingredients but reiterated the negative uses.. I don't understand why we haven't corrected the contradiction. Yes it should be used in a positive way! In fact, I feel that we should show some love to Bats Blood Ink because that's what its for! (that, and protection, and healing and removing negativity of course lol). I suggest we use it for its actual purpose not its reputation. 

If you're concerned about the possible intent of the maker of Bats Blood ink on the market currently, keep an eye on our shop because we will have some for sale soon, and we will be allowing it to be itself. Get it from us, or of course, you can make your own. :)

(I  feel that the lesson here is to look beyond what is 'accepted' as truth regardless of social pressures or stigma, and look deeper into anyone/anything that, by sheer reputation, repels us.)