Self-Initiation Ritual

This ritual is a self initiation ritual for those doing Shamanism work. The main initiatory task performed will be the entrapment of a spirit for your own use. This ritual requires some skill at lucid dreaming to work properly.

0. Preparation:

Create a container that will be used to hold the spirit once it is captured. Put designs on the box to symbolize each of the four major elementals, and a quartz crystal on the inside of the box.

1. Banishing.

2. Setting up the working space:

On the South side of your bed place a candle. Meditate quietly on the candle. Block out everything else and place all of your attention on the candle. Do this for as long as it takes to start to see Fire Elementals dancing and flitting around in the flame. Communicate with the Elementals tell them of your intention to trap a spirit and ask for their assistance.

On the East side of your bed place an incense censor. Meditate quietly on the smoke of the incense and breath deeply. Focus all of your attention on the smoke, until you can see Air elementals dancing in the smoke. Communicate with them as well and tell them of your intent and ask for assistance.

On the North side of your bed place a small bowl of dirt or salt. Meditate on the dirt, touch it, run your fingers through it. Focus all of your attention on the dirt. Eventually you will see Earth elementals dancing in the dirt. Communicated with them as you did with the first two sets of Elementals.

On the West side of your bed place a small dark bowl filled with water. Meditate on the water, gaze upon its surface until you see Water elementals dancing in the water. Communicate with them as you did with the previous three sets of elementals.

Your sleeping place is now sealed and protected and ready to trap the spirit.

3. Statement of Intent:

Lay down on your bed and repeat over and over a Mantra Sigil of your statement of Intent: "It is my Will to trap a spirit for my own use to do with as I see fit."

Repeat the Mantra until you fall asleep.

4. Dreaming:

Try to break into a lucid dream while you sleep. The repeating of the Mantra before falling asleep should help. When you hit the lucid state, call upon the four Elementals that you summoned before falling asleep. In the dream state you should be able to see them in their full majestic forms. Use them to set up a Magickal container which will be a mirror version of the one you made in the physical world.

Call forth the spirit you wish to trap. It would be best to use one you have encountered before and sensed around your living area. Summon the Spirit and challenge it to a battle. In your lucid dreamscape you should be able to see the spirit fully and interact with it physically as you battle it. When you have overtaken the spirit, force it into the quartz crystal in the Magickal container you constructed.

5. Waking:

When you awake from your dream, grab your container immediately and visualize the spirit being trapped in the container. Seal the outside of the box with wax and place in a safe place until you decide to call about your trapped spirit.

6. Banishing.

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