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Blessing, in [[The Holy Order of King Dav|Davism]], does not ask for direct intercession from the [[Lord of the Springs|Lord]]
- instead, it calls on his purity, anathema to the forces of darkness, to
inhabit an area and make it unfit for the unclean or tainted. A person,
place, or object that has been blessed is also expected to serve as a
reminder of the Lord's power and the Lord's ways.

Holy water, in which the Lord of the Springs symbolically dwells, is most
commonly used to instill a sense of his presence. Rooms in which great
sins or magic have occurred are often cleansed by priests to symbolically
wash away any lingering taint. A priest, utilizing either his hand or an
aspergillum (a mace-shaped perforated ball on the end of a stick) and a
bucket will traditionally cast blessed water in the four cardinal
directions in order to drive back evil spirits and bring serenity to a
room. New shrines, chapels and homes are also often blessed in this way at
their foundation.

Weapons forged for the use of the Knighthood and the Inquisitors, musical
instruments used in the Church's service, and bells in church towers are
all items commonly blessed.

Those who sneeze are often told 'Lord bless' as part of an old superstition
that a sneeze signals the expulsion of demons from the body; the blessing
is an invocation against the return of the demon to the sneezer.

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