This Ritual was performed outside in an area as unpopulated by humans as possible, and took place within three days of her sisters death. To honor the bond between two sisters, everyone attending the Ritual was dressed in beautiful robes before they came to the circle.
On the table in the center of the circle were representations of Reiko: pictures, her favorite things, an offering of a special food she liked, etc., as well as a braided rope of sweetgrass and a white sage smudge stick. Inside the circle in front of the earth candle there was placed a green bowl filled with pure water.
After the circle was cast, Kuri lit the sweetgrass braid. Walking deosil around the table, she wafted the smoking braid through the air saying:
"Reiko, with equal parts love and sadness I call you to me one last time."
Kuri continued calling her sister until she felt her spirit presence. At that time she paused the Ritual and reassured the little spirit that she was still greatly beloved, and would never be forgotten. These words were very private. After Kuri felt she had reassured her sister's spirit, she lit the smudge stick and continued saying:
"As a child of the Goddess, I know that when a being dies, the soul lives on. That dying is only a way of forgetting pain and suffering—that it is a pathway to travel back to the Goddess to be renewed and made strong—to rest and to one day be ready to return to this realm, for it is spoken by the High Priestesses thus:
Arrayed in a new body another mother may someday give birth so that with stronger limbs and brighter mind the old soul shall take the road to earth again.
But for this belief to be made reality, you cannot languish here. You must depart this realm to join Hekate in the Otherworld."
Kuri walked to the northernmost part of the circle and stood with the smudge stick in front of the lighted, green earth candle. Breathing deeply of the cleansing sage, she smudged herself, from toe to head, and then using the smoking sage as a wand, Kuri traced the sacred pentagram in the air before her three times as she recites:
"My sister, I thank you for the years of love and laughter you gave me. My sister, I will hold your memory in my heart always. My sister, I ask you now to forget your broken shell and your worries for me. I bid you in the name of Hekate to pass from this realm, to go beyond, to rest and to enjoy frolicking in the meadows of the Goddess.
Kuri then poured the bowl of water in a circle around the earth candle saying, "With this offering to the earth and with love and the fullness of my memories, I release you and bid merry meet, merry part, and merry meet again!"
Kuri and those in attendance then saw a shining door just outside the northernmost part of the circle. The glowing door opened to reveal a beautiful meadow filled with waving grass, and the small, bright spirit of Reiko leapt joyfully through the door, which closed softly behind her.
The Ritual was. One of Kuri's friends closed the circle, allowing Kuri the opportunity to spend those moments grieving and remembering.