CNL: Stories
reprinted from the Compost NewsLetter
Spring 1994:
PAGAN SECURITY COMMISSION
FORM 13-K: WARLOCKING AND BANISHMENT
1: Name of Accused
a) Craft __________
b) Legal__________
2: Nature of offense(s)
a) Ate meat
b) Was disrespectful to Elders under the age of thirty years
c) Stole my lover
d) Refused to join my coven
e) Refused to believe my legend about how the Craft was founded in
1 ) country__________
2) year__________
f) Hexed without licence
g) Wouldn't sleep with me
h) Spoke on Donahue Show
i) Persisted in working for a living
j) Smelled bad
k) Other__________
3: Date and time of offense(s)
a) on the Astral__________
b) in Concrete World__________
c) in past lives__________
4: Witness(es) to offense(s)
a) on the Astral__________
b) in Concrete World__________
c) in past lives__________
5: Required mininum donation to reverse this Warlocking $__________
6: Proposed time span of Warlocking and/or Banishing
a) on the Astral__________
b) in Concrete World__________
c) in future lives__________
7: Alternative punishments (check all that apply)
a) Scourging______times
1 ) as scourgee?
2) as scourger?
b) Clean catbox of HPs
c) Clean kitchen of HPs
d) Must remove hexes from all items of domestic equipment belonging to HPs
8: Publication
a) National Pagan media
b) Intemational Pagan media
c) Galactic Pagan media
d) All Right-Thinking Pagans
e) Everybody except accused
f) Everybody except members of the accused's Tradition
g) On telephone poles
9: Is counter-banishment of the accuser by the accused to be recognised?__________
10: Is this Banishment to be kept secret?__________
11: Does Warlocking extend to all members of the family of the accused?
12: Does Warlocking extend to all members of the Accused's
a) Coven
b) Tradition
Note: if "yes" to Item 12b, Form 93-K (Notice of Witch War) must be filed.
Instructions for completion of Form 13-K
Note: this is a 12-step form. All steps must be completed in order for the form to be valid and licit.
Background information
Banishment and Warlocking are coming into increasing use as means of solving, exacerbating, or generally pissing around with interpersonal problems in the Craft. The recent proliferation of these acts, culminating in several attempts to promulgate Witch Wars between Covens or entire Traditions, has been hampered by the lack of a suitable Standard Procedure for such actions. This form is intended to remedy that lack.
Time is of the essence!
Don't wait until someone does something that you or your Coven don't like. Banishment and Warlocking have both been successfully used in pre-emptive strikes to disrupt the nefarious daily lives of Craft people that you don't like.
What about notification?
It's risky to notify the accused person of an impending Warlocking or Banishment, since they might get a counter-strike out before you could complete yours, thus negating your carefully-laid plans.
What happens if you Banish the wrong person?
Mistakes happen. The world can handle a few extra frogs and toads. Besides, everyone, regardless of Crafl affiliation, could turn bad sometime, so there is no harm done in prophylactically Banishing them before they get Wrong Ideas.
Are there any Concrete World applications of Banishment and Warlocking?
Form 13-K, suitably amended, may be used for union raids, decertification attempts, slander and discrediting of political opponents, or attracting customers to your Occult Shop by preventing certain persons from setting foot therein. Granted that Occult Shops aren't really part of the Concrete World, but we of the Craft do spend a lot of time and money in them.
This form may be reprintcd freely.
Provided as a public service by Songs of the Dayshift Foreman: Journal of a Rainforest Witch and the Pagan Security Commission