Of what spiritual use was blood in the ancient religions?

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Why did the dark forces require blood and the light forces require praise? This is not in reference to any one ancient religion, but many. The dark forces would give you favors or power in exchange for spilling blood, and the light forces would give you limited power and limited favours in exchange for praise and recognition. Also, what was it said that the dark forces would grant you more power than the light forces would?
 
In the ancient world blood was seen as either atonement for sin or as an offering as a gift to a god. Blood was used on "both sides", such as the Jewish ritual slaughter of animals and the Mayan slaughter of people. In both religions the blood was seen as holy.

In Judaism the priest would literally fling the blood onto the assemble congregation before entering into the temple with a bowl of blood to sprinkle on the implements of the temple. The ritual was known as "sprinkling" the congregation.
 
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