Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 743 Aleister's Resurrection Ceremony

Aleister reached out his hands, and slowly grasped the girl's spirit with his hands that had been wiped with the Harmony Ointment.

As faint purple light flashed in her pupils, the power of transcendence diffused between Aleister's hands, gathering into a ball of glow and forming a faint nebula.

She carefully picked up the spirit and placed it back on the girl's original body.

Aleister had to be very careful - because her current power was too strong, even with the isolation of the Harmony Ointment, it was difficult to completely avoid hurting her spirit. Even so, her spirit curled up... like grabbing a ball of plastic bags in a windy place.

When the spirit body almost overlapped with the physical body, it also slowly expanded like soaked seaweed. But it could never completely overlap with the physical body, and the boundary of the edge was always blurred.

"Give me a gold coin."

Aleister called out to the Mirror Demon: "The gold coins need to be used for a longer time."

She no longer even asked whether the Mirror Demon was still there - instead she gave orders directly.

And the Mirror Demon is also very adaptable.

A golden light suddenly flashed in front of Aleister, followed by a deep voice: "This is an ancient coin from the Helasar Empire, six hundred years after it was minted. If it's not enough, I can look for it somewhere else..."

"Ah, that's enough."

As he spoke, Aleister placed the gold coin on the lady's forehead and tapped it gently.

Then, Aleister stretched out her hand and formed her fingers into a knife, cutting in four directions in the air. Then, she dipped her fingertips into water and sprinkled it, doing it four times in a row, splashing it onto the girl's hands and feet.

This was supposed to be done by striking a gold coin with a silver nail to anchor it. Then, a silver ritual knife that had been burned with incense was used to cut out a sacred space in all directions that was impervious to the invasion of the soul. Then, consecrated water or salt was dipped into the fingers to anchor the soul with its sacred weight.

But for Aleister, who does not need any materials for the rituals, she only needs to use this method to perfectly complete most of the rituals.

The principle behind this material-free process is that her soul itself is a kind of "universal material". Therefore, as long as she participates in the ritual as a ritualist, she can automatically meet most of the compatibility required by the ritual. Only rituals of a higher level will require additional symbols to make up for the compatibility.

The essence of ritual is to satisfy the nature.

Because from the perspective of the dream world, everything in the material world is nothingness, and if you want to enter the dream world, you have to exclude matter. And the information contained in matter is extremely complex...

From the perspective of "a weapon that hurts people", there is no difference between a pistol and a dagger; from the perspective of "something that cuts", a mirror and a dagger are essentially the same; from the perspective of "premeditated crime", a bottle of poison and a dagger have the same meaning.

Based on this principle, many rituals that originally required a grand scale and expensive and complex materials can actually be reduced to the simplest cost by constantly "simplifying the formula".

This is the essence of "ritual studies".

The original ritual was a basic rule of equivalent exchange, exchanging things from the material world for things from the dream world. Through ritual studies, the miracle of exchanging less for more could be achieved... and the supporter behind this miracle was none other than the Snake Father, one of the Pillar Gods.

With the signature of the Snake Father, this "tricky trick" that should not exist in theory has become a formal "technique."

That is why ritual is the core transcendental skill of the Way of Transcendence.

To the honey badger, all this seemed so inexplicable. But the fluctuations of the Dao energy in the air made her know that the ceremony had begun.

Aleister glanced at the honey badger and began to explain:

"I first used 'circulating wealth' to suppress her soul.

"In some local legends, there is a saying that 'the souls of the deceased also need Yin wealth'. The basis of this saying is that 'wealth' can have an impact on the soul itself. Because 'trading' is an act of balance, and the way of balance also includes the balance of the Yin and Yang worlds, so from the perspective of ritual, the act of 'trading' can easily open up the balance between the Yin and Yang worlds.

"Demons existed long before demonologists were born. When people crave for unbalanced power, they will attract demons because of their strong transcendent souls and sign contracts with them... This is also a kind of transaction. Similarly, some people will trade with the dead. Among the various concepts of 'wealth', the longer the circulation and the higher the recognized value of wealth, the more 'pressure' it has.

"Immediately afterwards, I purified her hands and feet with holy water and holy salt. I weakened her soul so that she could touch the sky and step on the ground... In this way, part of her spirit was suppressed into her body."

"……what?"

The honey badger was a little confused: "But when did you use holy water and holy salt..."

She obviously didn't understand the rare characteristics of the path that exempted her from ritual materials. Aleister leaned over to the girl's ear and whispered, "Make a fist."

The next moment, the girl clenched her fists suddenly.

Although she still couldn't fully control her body, the feeling in her hands and feet had been restored. She could hear Aleister's voice and knew that she wanted to save her, so she clenched her fist with all her strength without hesitation.

But it was difficult for her to clench her fist completely - it was like she had slept for a long time and her fist was weak. Her soul had been away from her body for too long. If she could return to her body in a few seconds, she wouldn't even need to use wealth to calm her soul and could just stuff it back in. But once the soul cooled down, it would be difficult to sew it back in.

"Keep your fist clenched, dear. Don't ever let go."

Aleister chuckled and threatened, "If you let go, you may never be able to go back, okay?"

Hearing Aleister's words, the girl's forehead was covered with sweat.

Even though she couldn't make a fist at all, she still tried her best to make a fist.

And this process was actually Aleister's way of making her concentrate - this was actually "actively aligning the soul with the body". In fact, it would be fine if she loosened her fist, but it was just more convenient for Aleister to operate this way.

Then, Aleister stretched out his finger again and tapped the gold coin lightly.

"The soul returns..."

Aleister uttered the Primordial Language in a low voice.

This time the knocking did not make any sound, but a solemn invisible wave spread all around.

"Soul, come back from the underworld..."

Aleister switched back to the Hrasl language.

She struck the gold coin a second time, and the invisible vibration became stronger—it made the honey badger feel a slight soreness in its teeth and its bones creaked.

"Souls of the dead, obey my call..."

Aleister once again switched to the soft and jumping Elvish language.

She struck the gold coin for the third time, and a visible storm rolled up from the room - the pages of the books in the room rustled, the windows suddenly opened and closed, and the ornaments in the box jumped spontaneously. But there was no reaction in the small piece of sacred space that Aleister had cut out at the beginning.

This is a spiritual phenomenon, indicating that the nearby spirits have regained their activity and recovered a brief moment of consciousness from the eternal stagnation of the Dusk Path.

These three calls can be made in any language, as they are merely warm-ups.

The real resurrection requires the use of Parthian language, which is also the root of the name of the Parthian Empire.

They master the technology of resurrection and rest.

Suddenly, Aleister switched to the Sabbath language and briefly transformed into the male form of Aiwass.

The first half of the resurrection ceremony requires the use of the feminine body to guide the soul, and the second half requires the use of the masculine body to dispel the adverse effects of the Twilight Path on the body. Normally, this should be done by at least two ritual priests, but for Aleister, who can change size at will, she can do it alone.

She spoke slowly in the majestic, sunny, clear voice of the Pope Aiwass:
"——I order you to return to the human world."

As she spoke, she pressed down hard on the gold coin, and then flipped it open.

In an instant——

As the girl clenched her fists completely, her eyes suddenly opened!

"This is a miracle of resurrection from the dead!"

When the honey badger saw this scene, its pupils trembled.

(End of this chapter)