Tong Shan Tang 7 Month Salvation Ritual Series 2 2012 Part 2 - Summoning of Souls (新加坡童善堂壬辰年薦祖解冤赦罪儀式之九幽引魂科)

With the completion of the preparation, at about 8.00pm, the Ritual officially began.

First, by making a Report to the Three Realms on what occasion and objective of this Ritual, follow-by Cleansing & Enhancing of the various Spiritual Objects that would be used during the Ritual.

At around 9.00pm, the Summoning of Souls Ritual was conducted.

In here, you all will be seeing a series of Pictures of Jave "Opening up" of the "Door" to the other Realm to summon or release out the particular Souls (Ancestors) that were being summoned. This Ritual needed the Energy from the various Lamps that being enhanced to lead the Souls to the Ritual Ground for Salvation.

Besides that, Jave had to draw various type of Talismans on the Ground, in order to "Open up the Mystery Door" to the Realm. In other contexts, this Ritual is known as "Breaking the Hell Gates" but in Official Taoism, this is known as "Brighten the Path of the Souls (開光冥路)".

During this Ritual, a total of Nine Rounds of repeating actions needed to be carried out and after every round, the feeling of the Summoning Banner (召魂幡) would feel different. From there, we were be able to gauge whether the Souls have or not being summoned.

After the Souls were being summoned, the Souls needed to be led to the "Washrooms" to cleanse up "themselves" before being led to pay respect to the High Deities and then back to their "Seats".

Usually after the leading the Souls to their "Seats", the family members would be able to communicate to the Ancestors thru the Priests or the Mediums.

Special Thanks to Vabien & Royce for sharing with us the pictures.