Light Necromancy Ritual

## Overview & Background

The purpose of this ritual is to provide ghosts a passageway to the Otherside, should they wish to move on. It was created by Hermione Granger in the Spring of 1993 to help Professor Binns and Moaning Myrtle leave this plane.

## Components & Timing

### Timing

It's best to do this ritual during a magical holiday when the world's magic is most active.

### Ingredients

1. Ten candles (At its conception, five were white and five were charged from the coven uniting ritual)
2. An object owned by the ghost when they were alive, if possible.

### Circle Design

1. Create the ritual circle and the ring circle just within it.
2. Make a pentagon large enough to touch the ring,
3. Add an inverted pentagon inside of it. The points should touch the sides of the first pentagon.
4. using the larger pentagon as a starting point, make a straight line towards an opposing point but *not* reaching it. It must only go far enough to *almost* reach the other side of the smaller pentagon.
	1. Essentially, it's as if making a pentacle with the lines only three-quarters complete.
	2. These lines will form a second inverted pentagon, plus a little extra for #5.
5. Make a small circle at the tip of each line in #4. Large enough for a candle to fit inside without touching the edges. Make sure the circle doesn't touch the pentagons.
6. Make a circle in the centre (Heart) of the third pentagon, about two feet in diameter. The circle does *not* touch the pentagon.
7. Erase the points (only) in #2 and redraw the area as a circle for candles.

## Instructions

1. Place the candles within the ten circles (from steps 5 & 7)
2. Place the object from the deceased in the heart of the circle. It can be useful to say a few words about the deceased, to help solidify the casters' intentions.
3. The casters sit at points near the outer candles. Laying their hands on the outer circle, they each say one part of the chant. (Note: The Leader takes the 5th role)
	1. 1st Person - "A choice once offered, a choice once made. A direction chosen, the place you stayed."
	2. 2nd Person - "An ill-fitting place, for the shade of your soul. Compared to the other, where you might be made whole."
	3. 3rd Person - "A choice once offered, a choice revoked. A pathway existing, but the way is cloaked."
	4. 4th Person - "A soul left behind, a spirit bitter. A choice once offered, reconsidered."
	5. 5th Person - "A choice once made, now amended. The choice again, re-extended."
4. Everyone joins hands and says the following.
	1. "Our will is firm, our intent is right. We restore the star in the darkness of night."
	2. "We tear open a pathway, out magic bright. We offer you passage into the light!"
	3. 5th Person - "With out will we hold the shadows at bay,"
	4. Everyone - "With our power we restore the way!"
	5. "Through the strength of our will and the strength of our bond,"
	6. "We invite you forward, to step into the beyond!"
5. This will open up a column of light, suspected of leading to the Otherside. You can now call on the ghost, to ask if they'd like to move on. Other ghosts may appear, feeling the call of Magic.
	1. "I call upon (ghost's name), to attend us this night,"
	2. "May (they) reconsider (their) way and bear witness to the light."
6. When you are done with the ritual, blow out the candle closest to you.

### Permanent Version

Hermione's coven made an on-the-fly decision to make the ritual permanent by tying the ritual to the wardstone of Hogwarts (after step five). They reached out to strands of magic from the four Founders and Hogwarts itself, and attached the strands to the outer candles. This caused severe electrical burns and permanent nerve damage to Hermione as a result.

1. ↑ Chapter 190: The Beltane Ritual https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13051824/190/New-Blood