Alcohol Spiritual Meaning

I do feel in a spiritual sense this is the water of life (Latin: aqua vitae), fire water, spirits; alcohol by any name. 

In the bible red wine is all about the blood of jesus, I remember myself going up to the altar for a glass of wine. However this is all about energy. I do feel that red wine has a different energy and channelling the meaning of this magically means that it is about life and this is why many people have both red and white wine at weddings, it is like white is pure (that is helping the marriage) and red is life (it is bringing life into something. I won't go on too much about the bible but I will say that alcohol biblically is about life itself. If you think about the word "spirit" that is what alcohol is all about.

What are the superstitions of Alcohol?

If you have had a dream or just wonder what this means say in a wedding these are some older folklore that I kind of know over the years:

• White wine should be used for weddings it is good luck, if red wine it shows that the marriage will be difficult which is in Irish Folklore.
• Always pour a drink from the left hand side according to welsh folkore
• Never toast with water: in many European customs it wishes death on those you drink with.
• Clinking glasses means seven years of bad luck, which is common in France and Germany, unless you look at each other first.
• Hold the glass in the air when toasting for extra luck.
• Never cross arms while toasting.
• Spilling wine is actually good luck in Scottish Folkore - it was originally an offering to the gods.
• Never pour wine upside down - this is bad luck in France!
• Wine omens are used by Shakespeare in several plays.

I also see drink as both the male and the female elements, the passive and the active, calming and energizing. It releases inhibitions and quells fears, freeing the subconscious, the imagination and individual creativity. Alcohol is used in magic to cleanse and I have used it for candle magic, to clean the candle before practice.

It is important for you to also take into consideration the scientific process of how alcohol is used, the main use is focused on drinking and the fun times that one has. Tracking how much alcohol one consumes is a positive thing to increase energy levels. Going back to superstitions alcohol has been used for many years as a release for cleaning magical instruments. There are numerous superstitions around alcohol. It will be enough to say that many are based on fear; that's they are baseless. The fear might be at the right place but for the wrong reason.

Before I look into this deeper, it is good to clearly define the two types of reasoning which are applicable. There are the natural and the supernatural reasoning. In natural reasoning everything is explained scientifically. A good example is when a ball falls to the ground, this takes place that way because of the force of gravity. In the case of supernatural reasoning, one can argue that the ball falls to the ground because of a ghost which pushes the ball down to the ground.

It can be easily understood if I provide you with a breakdown on the way of thinking applied here. I have listed some good folklore about but there are basically two types of popular superstitions when it comes to alcohol and smoking. 

And, I do notice there are two are strongly detested by some people. There are religions that do not agree with smoking or drinking. The main reason given is that it is dangerous to their health conditions. That sounds like common sense. But in reality that reason is not sufficient enough to make young people abstain from the consumption of alcohol. This being the case, people start using different tactics in order to frighten people from drinking. They resort to the use of supernatural reasons instead of natural type of reasoning.

Is alcohol evil?

Some people call alchol say that it is the devil’s piss. When people in the past have said  that, they mean serious business. The devil produces alcohol as a waste product. Up to that point you may get confused. Why is the moderate consumption of alcohol good for your body? We are very aware of all the processes used in making alcohol. As much as alcohol has bad side effects, that is not enough to use supernatural reasons in explaining it. In superstitions, it is believed that the Devil’s piss and poop are dropped reaching the sea where they form an Island. This is the place from which the Westerners take the leaves of plants to make tobacco.