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PREPARATION – Purification: Not this, not that. Release what has no place in the ritual, including stray thoughts and concerns from outside activities.

INVOCATION of the Light – setting the vibration as desired.

IDENTIFICATION – Evocation – for example, “I Am Osiris; I Am Source. I let the energy of universal love fill me.”

EXPRESSION – Energy Work. Actual shift in consciousness.

CLOSING – Re-centering and balancing to re-emerge into the outside world.

Preparation

This could involve physical purification such as fasting to remove toxins, or merely a quiet centering, or a more active toning to raise one’s vibration. I like to use essential oils to lift my energy level, and then an angel card to provide me with a theme for the activity at hand.

In the case of a service group such as Lightworkers to help release souls in confusion, it is important to set the boundaries of the meeting during this phase, that is, to spell out what you are willing to do and what is beyond your scope, to prevent feelings of being overwhelmed later on in the meeting.

  Invocation

This means calling on the overlighting or protecting energy that you are working with during the ritual: the Christ, the Hathors, Osiris, Eleggua, Ochún, Buddha, or the Spirits of the Place, to name a few from my repertoire. The invocation can be done silently but I often prefer to chant the name of the entity three times, ending with the two syllable sound “Na-ah”. This is an Egyptian sound signifying invocation. You should go up in pitch a half tone on the final “ah”.

 In the case of an ongoing group that meets regularly, I use this opportunity to call on the Spirit Guide that overlights (oversees) the group, as well as any other Spirits of the Light who wish to assist.

 Identification 

This is the basis of Egyptian-style ritual: “I am Osiris, I am Isis.” The participants allow themselves to merge energetically with a relevant aspect of divinity. This is not mere words – for a successful ritual it is necessary to really invite a vibration larger than oneself, at least one’s own Soul. Then an identification with non-physical reality takes place, which allows an instantaneous shift in consciousness, with resulting changes in this reality, perhaps immediately, perhaps gradually, according to the needs of all concerned.

In the case of Lightworkers meetings to help souls into the Light, during this stage the participants allow themselves to feel confused energies for the purpose of healing them. So the identification is with earthbound vibrations, not the Light. Therefore it is extremely important that the group is consciously under the protection of Overseeing Spirits of the Light (Source, God, Christ consciousness).

 Expression

During this stage the real work of the ritual gets accomplished. In the case of helping souls into the Light, for example, during expression the souls are actually healed and released. The participants should feel a shift in consciousness as a change in body sensations, emotions or thoughts.

Expression can also entail actual physical movement; during this stage it can actually look as though something is happening – dancing, chanting, voice channeling, clapping, sending energy through the body either up the column of Light or down into the earth – to name but a few possibilities.

Closing 

This is a re-centering process in which the participants take back into themselves the energy that has been generated during the ritual to embody the shift in their daily lives. In the case of Lightworkers rituals, the earthbound souls are sent away and one centers oneself in one’s own energy field (aura). One communes with the overlighting Spirit Guides and gains insights on how the healing work has been relevant in one’s current life. 

A conscious symbol may close the ritual – a clap, a group hug, a meditation to share the energy with the planet, group intentions for earth healing. Or the participants may just be still for a few minutes to feel the shift inside them.  

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