After being given and conducting the petition-based rituals, I wasn’t sure what else there would be to add. While she does cause a lot of destruction, she’s not really known for taking a lot of lives in the process. Most people familiar with Hawaii are aware of “Pele’s Curse”, where bad luck befalls those who take home natural items, like sand or lava rock, from Hawaii. Supposedly, there are hundreds of ill-taken rocks, pumice, shells, etc that are mailed back due to streaks of bad luck befalling the tourist upon returning home. Unlike some traditions that suggest making offerings to local land spirits to harvest a branch or a stone for your purposes, there is no local equivalent for that in Hawaii – they belong to Pele.
I couldn’t help but wonder if this could be used in some manner to curse the deserving. Obviously, there would need to be modifications and using an intent similar to “curse them like those people that steal from you” didn’t have the right ring. Surely there was a way to harness her power in a way that is similar enough to cause such an impact. I had wondered about this quite a few times along the way and put it off until the timing felt right. I felt it was time and the only way to really get an answer was to ask.
I went into evocation with Madame Pele and presented the idea to her. While I could tell she had been expecting the question, her amusement surprised me – until I realized she’d been feeding me some of my thoughts about it. She’d saved this until she’d seen the working of the other rituals contained in this grimoire. They build on each other and help grow the relationship between the practitioner and Pele. Part of this is to help ensure that there is enough progression for the working to take place and the other is to allow the practitioner to build enough trust in her for this ritual.
I gave her a target, which she agreed to. For a duration, I suggested that she decide, based on the amount of suffering that had been inflicted. She wanted at least a drop of blood from each of the first three fingers on whichever hand I chose. When I asked why, she told me to hold them up, together and look at them. It dawned on me as my eyes moved to one of the mountains within my view. I used to draw a volcano and offer blood on it after establishing a relationship with her, as she doesn’t have a sigil. She was amused.
I cleared my head and spent some time getting myself into a deep enough trance state to facilitate the invocation that was going to take place. She was already in the area from my evocation, which meant that I could begin immediately.
“Madame Pele, I thank you again for coming and your guidance in this ritual. Please come into me, that I may channel your power for this working.”
I felt her slip inside as she has before, but this wasn’t for a wine or food tasting. She came in gently for a few seconds and quickly flooded my body, leaving me conscious and nominally in control. I felt more full than I ever have with partial possessions. I could feel her power ready to surge forth and mine following her lead. I had no fear.
I pictured the target in my mind and could feel a connection to the space the person was occupying. I was expecting some sort of barrier due to some of the religious practices that were done in the past. Thin as a sheet, they melted away, leaving the target unprotected. I verified that his wife wouldn’t be harmed and began unleashing upon him.
I don’t know how long it went on, where this curse was being fed into him. I was focused on sending the energy of this curse into as much of him as would take it. She would periodically tell me to keep going as the energy kept on surging. Her energy, my energy, flowing as solidly and steadily as a flow of lava. I could feel spirits, similar to land spirits and elementals, moving to the area as part of the duration agreement, but was so absorbed in maintaining my concentration that I didn’t want to break away to investigate.
I kept this up until I began to retch. I would attempt to throw up, focus back on the river of energy that seemed to have no end, throw up, and continue sending it forth. This happened a few times.
Finally, she stopped the flow. I attempted to throw up a few more times, but felt it subsiding as her energy started withdrawing. Within a few minutes, I felt normal again. I then thanked her and closed the ritual.
Prior to conducting the ritual, I had worked out with her the general flow of the ritual. When I asked about any particular requirements for others conducting the ritual, she gave some things to think about prior to conducting it. While some may seem like common sense, I felt that if she was making a point to say them, then I probably should, too.
There should be a relationship with Madame Pele before conducting this ritual. Unless it’s an emergency, take some time to get to know one another, especially if you’re going to invite her in to the point where you’re not in complete control.
Work out the details prior to the invocation. This would include the target, the justification, the duration, and the payment. You don’t necessarily need to evoke her to full manifestation (save the energy for the real ritual), but you will need to be able to speak with her to work this out. Otherwise, it will take away from the single-mindedness she’s looking for during the ritual.
The third is that you need to be able to sense her presence when first calling to her and to be able to feel her come inside. While you can conduct the ritual, if you can’t feel her inside or sense/hear her guidance when conducting it, you’re not going to know when you’ve given and sent enough energy to the target. You may stop prematurely and lessen the effect or go on too long and simply exhaust yourself for no additional gain. This is something that can be worked on beforehand and will lessen the side-effects of having that much of her energy in your system.
