After you finish the picture, no matter how good or bad it is, scratch out the eyes with the same pencil. It seems that realism and details do not matter to the execution, as even a simple stick figure yield the same results. Take them both and draw out your best self portrait. Not a mechanical pencil, but a genuine #2 wooden pencil. Second, grab a pencil and a piece of paper. This is to give “Shadow” a place to access during the ritual. Due to this, it is prefered to act during the darkest hours of the night for the best results. No light must be able to get into the room during the entirety of the ritual, else it will yield no results. First, acquire access to a decently sized room that, when closed off, will be completely dark. First, the Preparation.īefore the actual ritual can take place, certain forms of preparation must occur. There are three steps to the process: The Preparation, the Execution, and the Resolution. Now that the being has been identified, the ritualistic process can begin. The hands of the figure are tipped with a strange black ashy substance from the foremost bend in the finger to the tip, and is sharpened to a pointed end. Furthermore, the nose is described as abnormally sharp, and the mouth is a wide sharp-toothed smile with lips described as charred skin. However, its hair always covers its eyes as well, making it impossible to see if the figure even has eyes. It is always described as wearing a grey or black cloak that covers up everything but its head and hands. Its skin, a pale grey, is referred to as “rotting while alive” in appearance, and its hair is a thick ebony-black mess. The being is a tall lanky figure appearing masculine in nature. The most prominent name it calls itself by is simply “Shadow.” The true name of this creature is unknown, though through conversation with the being it tends to give a variety of names it refers to itself as. The title “Shadow Man” is simply a description of what the being is: A tall, shadowy, humanoid figure. This tutorial will act as your personal guide on how to perform the “Game of the Shadow Man.”īefore enacting the ritual, it is best noted by past reports that the summoner, you the reader in this case, must be first informed on what the Shadow Man is as to better understand what you are dealing with. This version, however, is one of the remaining few that yields results.

The ritual has gone under many other titles, the most popular being “The Boogie Man Ritual,” “Satan’s Shadow,” or simply “The Dark Summoning.” Many forms of the summoning ritual have come and passed, most resulted in more failures than results, while others simply passed into obscurity. The “Game of the Shadow Man” is one of the earliest forms of demonic summoning rituals known in urban legend, dating as far back as 1200 A.D.

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