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[Help] How to invoke the Erinyes?

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MagickalStudent569

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The Erinyes, otherwise known as the Furies, Chthonic Goddesses of Vengeance in ancient Greek religion and Myth. Often invoked in ancient curses on people who double back on their word or don’t live up to the expectations and norms of the day. How does one call upon on them ritually to ask for their assistance exactly?

I'm not looking for just a Orphic or Homeric hymn, but a documented ritual anyone knows of or heard of, specifically invoking them in a ritual context.
 

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The Erinyes, otherwise known as the Furies, Chthonic Goddesses of Vengeance in ancient Greek religion and Myth. Often invoked in ancient curses on people who double back on their word or don’t live up to the expectations and norms of the day. How does one call upon on them ritually to ask for their assistance exactly?

I'm not looking for just a Orphic or Homeric hymn, but a documented ritual anyone knows of or heard of, specifically invoking them in a ritual context.
The Roman rite of devotio evokes (among other forces) their equivalent of the Erinyes. But it might need adaptation. Typically the rite was used to protect an army facing likely defeat and the evoker himself agrees to die as part of the bargain. You can google it and have a look.
 

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The Roman rite of devotio evokes (among other forces) their equivalent of the Erinyes. But it might need adaptation. Typically the rite was used to protect an army facing likely defeat and the evoker himself agrees to die as part of the bargain. You can google it and have a look.
That makes sense in the context of a battle back in the era City-States when your home not being sacked rode on your victory. In modern context though, what else can be offered, that's not a human life?
 
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