Occlumency Ritual

## Overview & Background

The purpose of this ritual is to protect against legilimency for two people by creating a mental shield with one-another's magic. When legilimency is used on one of the pair, the other person will feel the magic take place, placing them within that person's mindscape. This ritual was created by Hermione Granger, using principles from *Customizing Your Circles* to combine the effects of a protection ritual and a ritual for clarity of thought.

Despite its intended purpose, Severus Snape has hinted that "this ritual does more than [Hermione knows]." What the additional benefits are is mostly unknown. However, it has been used prevent obliviation and to keep a person within a mindscape (via legilimency) in order to avoid feeling pain during an invasive medical procedure.

## Components & Timing

### Timing

1. This ritual can be done during either a full moon or a new moon.

### Ingredients

1. Must be done by two magic-users. Transferring their "foreign magic" to the other person allows for better detection of legilimency.
2. Powdered Silver - enough to create the circle and channels (in lieu salt or chalk). Estimated amount is less than eight pounds.
3. Silvered Mirror
4. Silver Ritual Dagger/Seax
5. Fire Seeds
6. Silver Cauldron
7. Pure Liquid Silver (a.k.a Mercury) - kept inside the Silver Cauldron. A few ounces worth.

### Circle Design

1. A large outer circle lines with protective runes
2. Two circles, one in each half of the outer circle (large enough to sit inside of, but small enough to not reach the middle of the outer circle.
3. Equilateral triangles inside of the two circles (in #2) - to direct the flow of energy and stabilize it.
4. Smaller circles and lines inside of the two circles (Note: not seen in the image, but described in Chapter 102)
5. Two semi-circles connected to the outer circle on perpendicular "corners" from #2.
6. A waved line connecting the two half circles
7. Two lines connecting the circles in #2 to the waved line in #5.

## Instructions

1. Draw the circle (as per the image) in powdered silver. Recommend doing the circle first in chalk as a reference.
2. Place the fire seeds in the semi-circles, the seax and mirror in the center, and small amounts of mercury in the smallest circles
	1. Use an air containment charm to prevent mercury inhalation/poisoning.
3. Each person steps inside their designated circle.
4. Begin the chant. As you do, channel your magic through the veins of the circle, past the liquid silver, and over the mirror. Mold your intent for your magic to take on the reflective qualities of the silver and mirror before it reaches out to the other person. You should feel a block preventing you from passing the centre point.
5. When both witches complete the above step, each person cuts a hands with the seax, and claps them together - blood to blood - to provide your magic a path to the other person's mind.
	1. During the cut say the following. "With this cut, I freely bleed. May my magic protect you in time of need."
6. Once each person puts in enough magic to provide a shield (at equal amounts to each other) you can cut the connection and end the ritual.

1. ↑ Chapter 97: Conspiring for Componentshttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/13051824/97/New-Blood
2. ↑ Chapter 102: The Occlumency Ritual https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13051824/102/New-Blood
3. ↑ Chapter 124: A Secret Discovered https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13051824/124/New-Blood
4. ↑ Chapter 171: Lessons with Lockhart https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13051824/171/New-Blood
5. ↑ Chapter 369: Millie's Procedure https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13051824/369/New-Blood