Makeup/Body Paint
Body painting is also a magical practice.
Both men and women use some type of
makeup as a form of magic in
Witchcraft....Native Americans, Polynesians, the ancient Egyptians,
the Chinese and Japanese, and African tribal peoples have also used
makeup and body paint for magical purposes. The
use of colour affects our behaviour and emotional dispositions."
Cabot elaborates:
"Outlining the eye emulates the Goddess,
who
is often portrayed with large, distinctive eyes, capable of seeing
through space and time as well as into our innermost hearts. Ishtarte,
the Goddess of Light, was known in the ancient Middle East as the Eye
Goddess because the light she brings from heaven to earth illuminates
the world. The Egyptian Goddess Maat originally possessed the
All-Seeing Eye, which later was transferred to Horns. In Syria the
Goddess Man had large, strong eyes that could see deep into the human
soul. The Goddess’s ability to see and know all things became a
terrifying concept in patriarchal times, and her mystical eye was
turned into the ‘evil eye,’ associated during the time of the
Inquisition with Witches....
"But
the tradition of outlining the eye to honour the Goddess
of Love and to make one’s own eyes more radiant and mysterious is
a time-honoured custom. Green, rose, or copper eyeshadow or eyeliner
draw in energy from Venus, the planet of love and romance. Pink
eyeshadow, blush, or lipstick will strengthen self-esteem. Glitter
refracts and reflects light and will send out light to others.
Affixing jewellery to your body or
face is also powerful. Remember to charge your makeup and
jewellery and body paint before you use them, catalysing them with the
specific intention of your spell."
Another
magazine states:
"The use of makeup is also said to stem from
witchcraft
where the painting of one’s face was believed to ward
off evil. Makeup was used extensively by American Indian
witch doctors and European witches. Mascara was particularly a charm
inasmuch as it is made of antimony, an old witch metal."
On three occasions the Bible refers to face painting.
Jeremiah 4:30 and Ezekiel 23:40-44 refer to wicked women who tried to
lure men into the sins of immorality. II Kings 9:30 mentions that
Jezebel painted her face. Of course, Jezebel was a pagan woman who
practised witchcraft (II Kings 9:22) and worshipped Baal. King Ahab
married her and he also started to worship Baal (I King 16:31-32). Since
the pagans painted their face, it is no surprise to see Jezebel doing
the same thing. In fact, wicked and immoral women today are often called
a "Jezebel."
"In
this connection, I should like to share an incident. About 25 years ago,
a returned missionary from China spoke at our church and related the
following. He had been in China for seven years, and upon return to this
country for furlough he immediately noticed something different about
the American women. In the seven years that he had been gone, many of
the women had adopted the popular fad of painting their faces [makeup].
In China, the prostitutes were the only women who painted
their faces, wore ear rings, and had long painted fingernails.
This was their means of identifying themselves to their men-partners in
sin. The shocking thing to the missionary was that the
American women had taken on the custom of the heathen harlot."
The Bible says: "Abstain from all appearance of evil"
(I Thessalonians 5:22) and "have no fellowship with the unfruitful works
of darkness, but rather reprove them" (Ephesians 5:11) -- Masonic and
Occult Symbols Illustrated, pp. 308-310.
