7. The Ritual to Speak with a Lost Family Member.

Harry, in deep desperation, loneliness and doubt that somebody ever loved him after Sirius died gets/finds/inherits/buys a book called 'Most Recommendable Recognizable Recollection of Recent Rituals' and performs the following ritual :

The Ritual to Speak with a Lost Family Member:

Warning: be sure to memorize the ritual, its theory, its risks and its warnings before you begin.

By summoning the key elements in a 'Signum de Optus Elementus' ('Sign of the Connected Elements', four six inches thick interconnected circles, each representing an element, from upper left till down left, earth, fire, air, water and connecting all, magic with earth facing north, a picture is on next page), a window can be opened to let someone speak to his deceased direct family members. This window may only be open for 5 minutes, after that the window and the Signum will collapse and there will be no protection against the elements you yourself summoned.

The place for doing this ritual must be clear of interferences, objects and pollution that could unbalance the needed elements or the ritual. Disturbances will mostly be or occur in high populated areas. Therefore it is advised that this ritual is performed in a calm, clear area somewhere in the outdoors where few people have been. Cleansing charms can be used to cleanse the area but could be an interference with the element magic, caution is advised.

Make sure that no magical objects are in a fifty feet range and no unnecessary objects are with your or in the Signum as you draw it and perform the ritual. This includes magical body parts, various muggle objects, metal objects on clothes and this book.

Draw a full Signum with you standing in the centre with the earth circle facing north.

Close the Signum by pouring the elements in its place in the Signum. These are general means of concentrating an element but nothing will happen if the element isn't closed off by magic. Pour the elements in the order as it is written here.

Plant a plant, preferable a young tree or a white flower in the earth circle. A plant in a pot will also do, but it is not as strong for a connection with the earth itself is minimal.

Light a candle, preferably white or orange in the fire circle.

Take a deep breath and focus on concentrating the air you exhale into the air circle. Yes, there is air present in the circle before you exhale into it and that will work but not work as well. Do not cross the circle after you do this or you may taint the element or the circle.

Pour clean water, preferably fresh from a spring, in the water circle. Do not cross the circle after you have done this and preferable when you do this or you may taint the element or the circle.

When finished, do not cross any of the lines or you will taint the element and ruin the ritual. When you pour the magic that is necessary in the Signum, your magic will 'trap' the other elements in the Signum thus concentrating them in one place. Enforce the lines of the Signum with the last element, magic:

Sit cross-legged facing north in the centre of the Signum, put your hands at both sides of your body with four fingers spread on the juncture of Earth and Water and four fingers spread on the juncture of Air and Fire. Be careful! Do not cross the lines. Face north, concentrate on your magic and say:

"Munio Per Mei Magus"(1)

This closes the lines and confines the elements in its circles. When the Signum lines begin to glow let your magic go and take your fingers off the lines. Do not touch them again.

All the elements should be enforced. The plant used in the Earth circle should bloom or flourish. The candle should burn to the ground and only a flame should be burning in the Fire circle. A wisp of fog should appear in the Air circle. The water in the Water circle should flow and waves should appear on the surface. The lines of the Signum should be glowing in the colour of your magic. If this is so the Signum is enforced and the ritual can begin.

To speak with a deceased family member the chant that is written below needs to be said without pause, because the longer you wait the weaker the Signum becomes. When the chant is finished a cocoon of an element will appear five times in five minutes, one element for one minute. First come Earth, then Fire, Air, Water and in the fifth and final minute Magic. Be sure to watch the time, best is to have a clock nearby but outside the fifty feet range. It is not entirely sure what will happen if it is close as the ritual is performed. Be sure to end the ritual when the fifth minute is up or the Signum will fall and with it your protection from the elements.

The chant written below is the chant designed to speak to ones parents, to have another family member change the word Orbitas for parents in the chant into: Sanctimontialis for speaking to ones sister, Frater for ones brother, Abavus for ones grandparents, Patuus for ones uncle, Omita for ones aunt and Atavus with the ancestors name for ones ancestor. Note: this is for blood related family only. Also: Don't change the chant in something other than this instruction specifically specifies.

"Licentio Mei Per Vis Vires Humus Elementum Effor Per Mei Orbitas Mortuus.

Licentio Mei Per Vis Vires Flamma Elementum Effor Per Mei Orbitas Mortuus.

Licentio Mei Per Vis Vires Earis Elementum Effor Per Mei Orbitas Mortuus.

Licentio Mei Per Vis Vires Aqua Elementum Effor Per Mei Orbitas Mortuus.

Licentio Mei Per Vis Vires Magus Elementum Effor Per Mei Orbitas Mortuus."(2)

To end the spell when five minutes have past and not longer than five minutes say:

'Expuli Expulsum Redundo Magus.'(3)

Not longer than five minutes.

Harry takes longer than five minutes and is caught up in pure magic. That creates multiple possibilities doesn't it?

Latin:

(1)'fortify with my magic'

(2) 'Permit me by the power of the Earth element to speak with my deceased parents.

Permit me by the power of the Fire element to speak with my deceased parents.

Permit me by the power of the Air element to speak with my deceased parents.

Permit me by the power of the Water element to speak with my deceased parents.

Permit me by the power of the Magic element to speak with my deceased parents.'

(3)'Banish excess magic.'

Extra magic, magical abilities, magical glasses (he still wore them of course, what also was a mistake, maybe the same with his wrist watch?), not quit human anymore, made out of magic, radiates magic, more in tune with magic, enhanced senses, magical creatures sense it (phoenixes want to bask in the magical radiation?), understands magic, can do things no one thought possible with magic, etc….. ah, the possibilities…. I'm good gloats a bit….. Okay enough gloating, NEXT!