Reception (Term)

The receiving of the Householding by the Sectuib's heir.
From: Mahogany Trinrose, Ch 19. ' "History shows that in those Houses which practice Reception, the death of the Sectuib without heir is invariably followed within twenty years by the dissolution of the House. Ercy, if you have Received this House, then its life depends on you...." '
The origin of the Reception is described in detail in The Farris Channel and explored at length in Unto Zeor, Forever (because Digen Farris was not the direct heir to Zeor and had not Received Zeor until an out-of-body experience during fever.)
(Source:  Index card file.  "Receiving of Zeor" --- Unto Zeor, Forever)  Part of the official ceremony of an heir's appointment.  Digen never Received Zeor -- he never was heir!
Digen's vision:  Roll call of Zeor's martyrs read by Orim, Wyner, Nigel, Vira, mother near ---- surrounded by all the members who had ever pledged.  Step forward and become the vessel through which the power of death (of the martyrs) will brighten and grace the world anew.
"What is Zeor?"
Ercy's Reception in Mahogany Trinrose.
Note of Jacqueline's:   It's got to be an Initiation, a Big Death.  Offer self without asking anything in return.  The self goes into the hands of a higher force and is returned, set on a new path. 
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