reality; it is a way of combining, the heart, mind, spirit, and body in a single physical action and intention. Religions from all over the world have long recognised the importance of ritual and ceremony. Ritual is means of communication between the Spirits and ourselves, it is a way that the Spirits can cross over from their world into ours. In Western society we have forgotten that the ordinary and other reality belong together, they are two halves of one whole.
An example of a ritual would be a Fire Ceremony. To gain power it helps if this ritual is witnessed by friends, or those that would like to participate and support you. The participants can support you by using a rattle, gently drumming, or chanting. To start the ceremony, you need a place (preferably outdoors, in a place which can safely contain a fire).
Call in the Spirits, ask for their assistance, and state your intention very clearly “I am returning the soul parts which I am still holding onto”. Then whilst still maintaining a ceremonial space, tear the paper into strips, one name to a strip, and then proceed to burn each strip of paper. As each strip of paper burns, visualise, imagine, feel, sense, intuit the soul part of that person being released from you and returning to that person. After each name has burned, you may want to make an offering to the Spirits to thank them, you may want to add a pinch of cedar or sage to the fire. The act of returning soul parts often brings with it, a sense of completion, and a general feeling of satisfaction, as a metaphor it is like the completion of an open chapter.
Even when you have completed the ceremony, over a period of time, it is very much possible that you may well recall