Many of the lines of initiation and consecration that run through magical lodges, groups and spiritual organisations are weakened over time by inner changes that are often the direct result of degeneration and contamination of the line. Some are affected by the group ceasing to connect with the inner order and thus becoming an exoteric group and some are affected by larger intelligent parasites, usually attracted by an unstable or unbalanced egregore or leader.
All of these problems are natural degenerative occurrences in magical lines and happen after decades or generations of imbalance. Just like our bodies live and die, magical lines that are dependant upon humanity also degenerate and die. It is a natural clearing mechanism that composts the old and out of that fertiliser comes new lines and new blood.
The foundation and cornerstone of a new magical group or lodge are its founding adepts and the inner lines that they carry. They become the shoulders that the future generations stand upon so they must be solid, dependable and powerful enough to hold the line firm. The integrity and structure of the line is the first building block of a temple or lodge because without it there is no clear constant flow of power from inner to outer and vice versa.
This is where the Hierophant begins her work in the founding of a magical lodge/group, by reaching into the inner worlds for a line of initiation/consecration that brings with it tools to build for the future. Where you go and what type of line you get depends upon what sort of magical lodge you are trying to birth and what it will be used for.
DIFFERENT LINES OF POWER
There are a variety of ways that this can be done but the biggest consideration that should be pondered is do you want a line that already exists no matter how ancient, or do you want to begin a whole new line? If you reach for an ancient line then you have to be prepared to filter out modes of operation from that line that are no longer appropriate for our culture and that do not complement the intent of the lodge. Any baggage held in that line will come through and will have to be processed by the future generations of the lodge.
Sometimes it is worth it as some ancient lines carry a great wealth of knowledge and skills that they wish to pass on to the future generations. If they have not been worked with for Millennia, they tend to be untainted by our more modern problems of commercialism, societal degeneration and religious programming. But they will inevitably carry the age old weaknesses of humanity if they had an outer expression, and those weaknesses are greed, power, and ego. One has to decide if the hard clearing up work would be worth the effort for the fruits that could potentially come out of such a line.
Another approach is to create a whole new line. This sidesteps the human issues and instead confronts the Hierophant with deity or angelic issues instead. The use of the deity is needed to build an anchor for the line to keep it solid, to enliven it, and to hold it together so that it works. Each subsequent generation builds upon the last so that within a hundred years you have a respectably sized and powered line that could potentially last for millennia. The only problem with such an approach is that the fruits are not truly seen until generations after the death of the founder.
If you work from the foundation of a deity, then you also get into issues of agendas and powers that are part and parcel of deities. They will form what flows through the line and will, to an extent, dictate how that line works. This can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your perspective and also on the shelf life of the deity. What is accepted today as a deity exchange may not be acceptable in a thousand years time. This is why people come up against problems when dealing with ancient deities as they often ask us for things that we cannot give, like our first born child or the heads of 100 goats. When you tell them that we don’t do things like that they get offended and take the huff.
The most powerful method of creating a new line is when the Hierophant reaches back beyond deity, reaching through the angelic threshold for Divinity. Bringing the power of Divinity (usually polarised) through into a line and then consecrating the foundation group with that line is one of the ways that deities are created. There are many different types of deity and this is one of them; humans who have drawn upon the breath of Divinity and brought it through themselves.
The first group that is consecrated gets the full hit of power, and this is another important inner dynamic. When a certain power has not had an expression in the outer world before or at least for a very long time, its first expression is often intense and carries a high level of power. The more that power is connected with and mediated, the less the power impacts as it flows through in the human world. This means that the first group that are consecrated with such a line are filled with an immense amount of power which they then can use within their magical life. These ‘first groupers’ usually become inner contacts after death and work with the priests/esses of future generations. In the past, such first groupers have often ended up being deified in one way or another after death, which is generally very unhealthy for all concerned.
This aspect of pulling through a new line from Divinity creates a potential nightmare of a problem. It is possible for the Hierophant or ‘first grouper’ to become unstable under the burden of such power and he can begin to believe himself to be a god. When this happens, he will present himself as a god, display great power/inner ability, and often is accepted as such so he becomes deified by the people around him. You can just see the parasites lining up to feed off of that scenario.
So before a Hierophant decides how he is going to build foundations, he has to decide what path the lodge/temple and its members will take. That question is not an intellectual one, but a spiritual one. The line and group should be a response to the magical and spiritual needs of the world that we live in, not an exercise in empire building.
Which then takes us to the questions of why do we do magic? Who do we do it for? And how should we do it? These questions are fundamental to the choices that will later be made and they should be asked carefully and answered truthfully as the answers to these questions will affect magical/spiritual generations to come.
Just to add to the complexity of the process of line building, there is a weird dynamic in magic that often plays out quietly in our world and I am sure many who read this will have been witness to such a happening. That ‘happening’ is where someone creates a fake tradition, people start working within it, contacts move in, and it starts to work. It takes on a whole life of its own that is shaped by the intentions of those who operate within that ‘tradition’. The main downside of this phenomenon is that what comes through and develops can be random, open to parasites and usually has no real inner checks and balances. Such a scenario can then get degenerate very quickly. They usually end up being popularist ‘traditions’ that feed an egregore which in turn is drawn upon by parasites who manipulate the ‘initiates’ into modes of behaviour that will feed them.
So back to the questions: Once the Hierophant has answered the main foundation questions, what then? The next logical step is to begin the explorations regarding possible lines alongside choosing a small group of suitable people to ‘plug’ into that line i.e. the choosing of the first priests/esses who will become the founding family of the outer line.
Sometimes the inner contacts will reach out to a sensitive person who can perceive them and the contacts will ask for their line/path to be awakened in the human world. Sometimes it is a conscious communication on the side of the adept, sometimes it is not. When it is not, the adept will find herself passively mediating a line that wishes to express itself and the whole structure flows out of the adept like a free flowing river without the adept having full comprehension of what is happening.
If this happens and the adept is willing, then it is best to go with the flow and let the inner contacts do the major structuring. To do this takes a great deal of trust and if the adept has good ethics, then corrupt lines cannot usually come through. Just as a person cannot really be hypnotised to do something totally outside of their personality, an adept cannot be forced to bring through a line that does not work in harmony with their sense of ethics.
One other consideration that should be closely looked at before embarking upon the task of bringing a power line into the physical world is the question of how permanent do you want to make that line and what levels of power do you wish to be responsible for when passing on such lines to others? This boils down to the difference between consecration and initiation. Usually magical temples/lodges will have both in their ranks.
There have been numerous discussions over the years as to what an initiation is and what a consecration is, and those discussions have yielded many differing opinions. For me, I feel that such difference of opinion is simply down to semantics, so what do people mean when they say initiation and consecration? These words mean different things to different people. So for the sake of clarity, the following is just my personal use of the words to reflect a specific meaning.
INITIATION
When I use the word initiation, I am referring to the ritual tying in of a human to a magical collective for a span of time. This can be the time that the person is a member of the lodge, or for that person’s lifetime, or for a specified time length after which the initiation is no longer valid etc. Initiation works by marking the person from an inner point of view which identifies them as being ‘of’ a certain line.
With that initiation, they agree to certain modes of behaviour, work, and responsibility. If they wish to move away from the group for any reason and stop practicing as an initiate, or are dismissed from the group, then the inner mark is wiped off and they are no longer a part of the collective.
While they are a part of the collective, the inner mark or brand will identify them to inner contacts and other initiates with inner sight and it will also give them access to the egregore (and vice versa: it is always a two-way street). The initiate can remove this mark by formally leaving the group and wiping the mark off of themselves, or it can be done to them (Catholic excommunication is a mainstream example of this). Upon the death of the initiate, the mark automatically dissolves as it was a part of the person’s physical makeup, i.e. it was a part of that life only.
CONSECRATION
A consecration is something much deeper than initiation — it ties the soul of the human into a line that they will forever be a part of. It will emerge in other lives in a variety of ways and it cannot be removed. The consecrated person becomes ‘one’ with all other consecrated people in that line throughout time, able to draw upon the knowledge and power of any and all of them. The depth of access to such line is limited only by the consecrated person’s own imposed limitations.
The downside is the carrying throughout time of any burdens that such a consecrated line holds and it becomes the responsibility of the consecrated person to load share, clean up, regenerate, and progress the line in a positive direction. Because consecration happens at such depth, there are often angelic beings that are involved in the process and these beings can be tapped into if a consecrated adept wishes to redeem a line or develop it.
The usual and healthiest way to balance a lodge out is to have a mix of consecrated adept priests/esses, and initiates. However one has to be very careful in the operating structure of the lodge to ensure that such a mix does not turn into a hierarchy. Such a power structure breeds egos and arrogance and stifles true magical development. Sometimes the most powerful member of a lodge is a new initiate. I have seen this dynamic over and over, so one has to be careful when building a lodge operating structure to ensure that the dynamic allows for such organic expression.
THE CHOOSING OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS
Just as there are many ways of connecting to or creating a line, there are many different methods for bringing together the founding group of adept priest/esses who will hold the consecration and develop the line in the future. The three most prominent ways of bringing suitable people together are the outer shopping list, the inner shopping list, and unconditional acceptance.
The outer shopping list is literally that. You list what qualities you need in your founding members to develop the lodge and then you go out looking for them. The inner shopping list is where you go to the power that anchors the line that you will be passing on, i.e. the deity, the ancient priest/ess hood, or the polarised Divinity. You ask for the people who would be the most appropriate for the healthy survival of the group be put in your path or brought to you.
The actual process of gathering together a founding group can take anything from weeks to years depending on how the dynamics are going. The one true rule in this process is do not rush it or cut corners — however long it takes, let the founding process unfurl in its own time. If you opt for the unconditional option, you may at first wonder what the hell the inner contacts are thinking when they send you someone whom you feel is inappropriate. Be very careful not to judge because when you let go and trust, it is fascinating to see what appears to be a wholly inappropriate person blossom into a most solid and powerful priest/ess. It has happened to me many times and it still blows me away. The only thing to be truly cautious with is age. Someone under the age of thirty is not going to be stable or mature enough to carry the burden of a line — the older and more life experience they have under their belt, the better.
CONSECRATION FROM ANCIENT TEMPLE LINES
Temple lines are the easiest to connect with as they are already set up to work with and for humanity, and they usually already have a line of power waiting to be passed on to people in the human world. When you decide that you are looking for an ancient temple line, it would be a good idea to look deeply into the history and the subtext behind the history to ensure you truly know what you are getting into. If it is a line you already have a working connection with, then chances are all will be good. If it is a line unknown to you then it would be a good idea to get to know them first and work with them for a while to see how they truly operate in our world.
If the line still has echoes in our world, i.e. ruins of temples, burial grounds, deity statues that they once worked with, you can tap into those constructs to see what is behind them and how the power operated in history. Such research will give you clues as to any weakness within the line and may also offer information, usually in their oldest myths, on how to avoid corruptions and degenerations with that flavour of power. Be very careful not to take the first history that you find as the complete truth because often history is re-written many times, not only on the subjects of kingdoms, but also in respect of religious and magical orders.
The ancient Egyptian story of Set or Seth is one very good example. On a first read, the god is presented as a negative being, which is reinforced by the modern day connection with popularist magical groups. This being has become trapped in the monotheistic dance of ‘good’ and ‘bad’, ‘light’ and ‘dark’. And yet if you dig deeper with this deity and begin to work in a visionary aspect with him, what emerges is a much more profound, powerful and ancient deity (possibly once human) connected to the balance of the Abyss: he is an octave of the Keeper of the Abyss.
The first step to connecting with an ancient line is to make initial contact with them to see if they are willing to accept you and work with you. You can connect with inner lines through time jumping, Abyss visions, or power bridges. At the point where you have connected with them and both sides are happy with each other, then it is time to begin the long preparations for taking on the line itself. As the Hierophant will be the foundation carrier of the line, he will have to be willing to take on not only the first blast of power that will come through, he will also take in to his being one of the inner adepts. This merging with an inner adept creates a unique well of knowledge and power that subsequent consecrations will flow from.
It is important though to understand that such merging is usually for life, will change the fate of the Hierophant far more than a consecration would, and would basically mean that he is carrying around the consciousness of another being within him for the rest of his life.
HOW DO YOU FIND THESE LINES?
Wherever there are inner contacts there are lines of consecration in one form or another. The most ancient lines can be found at the edge of the Abyss. This is where human expression is withdrawing away from the human realm and will soon be lost forever, so these temples and contacts tend to be very old. There are temple lines in various places down and up the Abyss and also in the desert of the Abyss where they will appear as temple ruins. As you get closer to them in vision, a guardian will show you how to access them if you meet their criteria.
By accessing various temples/priesthoods near the Abyss, you sidestep a lot of dogmatic and heavily tangled inner constructs. There are literally hundreds of inner temple constructs that have well trodden visionary paths to them; and when you approach a temple in such a way, you can potentially pick up any imbalance that has been created by the outer group/lodge that uses that path. The Abyss is the back room of the universe, so it doesn’t have all the outer dressing from humanity, which makes for a clearer contact. But if you have access to inner temples via different visionary routes, and they are what you are looking for in terms of consecration lines, and they like you, then that is a possible way to work.
Inner lines can also be found by time jumping, i.e. going through the void to go back in time to the inner contacts when they had outer expressions in our world. So for example if you wished to connect into the line of priesthood connected with Tefnut, then you would focus on a known temple and priesthood in time as you pass through the void. If you are successful, you will appear to them in their own time and they will see you as an inner contact.
To gain a consecration from them you will need to access their inner temple as well as their outer temple simultaneously, which can be a terrible strain — it’s not the easiest method, but the results can be interesting. Because you are accessing a priesthood that is in physical manifestation, you could potentially be also accessing any imbalance or power struggle that they have. The upside is that you have a line that can be worked with through time: if they still have temples standing, even if they are in ruins, you can join them in ritual out of time by being in the outer temple ruins while also being in vision in the inner temple and outer temple in their time also. It’s a hell of a stretch and usually makes you nauseous, but it’s as much fun as bungee jumping.
PREPARATION FOR CONNECTING TO A LINE
There are a variety of preparations that need to be attended to before anyone attempts to take a clean foundation line (and inner adept) into themselves. The first and most obvious is the cleansing of the vessel. The adept’s body must be free of drugs, alcohol, animal product, and medication, as nothing can be in the body that would distort or alter the contact as it flows in. The preparation is usually 6 weeks which gives the body time to dump its toxicity and for the resonance of animal flesh or product to be flushed from the body.
The need for no animal flesh is not about any moralistic or animal rights issue, it is the affect upon the filter of the spirit that consuming dead flesh has as it will block or distort the contact as it comes through. On completion of the work, the contact is in the adept and the line is in place. After a period of readjustment, the Hierophant and inner adept can decide if it is appropriate for the magical line to eat meat or not. The decision should come from the power dynamics of the line as opposed to any philosophical reason.
The other important preparation is of the mind. Going into the void on a daily basis and staying there for a good while prepares the Hierophant and the lodge adepts by creating a still quiet space that the line will fill. It also furnishes one with a solid unconditional foundation that the inner adepts can build on.
Becoming reclusive for a period of time before the work is also a necessity to ensure that the worker does not come into contact with larger parasites or outer infections that would weaken the body. The moment the decision has been made and the inner adepts connected with, a huge upsurge of power will begin to build that will become very visible on the inner planes: this can potentially make the worker vulnerable to all manner of beings that may try to stop the work from going ahead.
Whenever a Hierophant or adept makes a new and powerful connection with an inner line of priesthood, it changes the dynamics of the flow of inner and outer power to the land where the worker resides. This can create a panic in parasitical or unhealthy beings who feed off the imbalance and disconnection of the land and community. By bringing through a powerful line, the worker will be given the ability to make major changes to their inner and outer environment. There will possibly be quite a resistance to that and the adept needs to be ready for that resistance. It can manifest in a whole variety of ways (I suddenly started getting attacked by dogs and followed by weirdos who were being ridden by parasites). So staying home with a pile of good books can be a good idea.
It is important that the body is clean and the worker is ready for action, because then the games begin. It takes two or three days to wholly complete the connection so the worker needs to have the uninterrupted time and space to work in. Have someone field telephone calls, visitors, have people prepare food and generally ensure that the worker has no distractions. It is also a good idea when doing this type of work to abstain from sex: working at such a level of power will create a porthole and lots of beings will want to manifest themselves through the gateway that sex can open. You will have enough on your plate without having to field other beings wanting a piece of you.
The first task of the Hierophant is to go in vision to the inner temple where the line resides and be ‘cleared’ from an inner point of view of any parasites, contacts, or any energetic imbalances that might threaten or damage the line. The moment you arrive at the inner temple with that intention, you call upon the angelic being that is the filter for that inner temple to manifest before you in vision. Once the being appears, you step into the being and surrender yourself to their actions. The angelic being will strip from you anything that needs to not be there and will prepare you to accept the line.
Upon being stripped, you ask the angelic being to place you before the angel of judgement so that all outer connections in your life can be balanced — this is a very important step in the process. As the founder of a line, you will potentially carry a massive amount of power and responsibility which can potentially adversely affect the people closest to you. Unlike an exorcist, you do not have to disconnect from everyone you are connected to but you must have a balanced fate that cannot rebound on your family and loved ones.
If you have outstanding issues, i.e. things that you have done that have hurt people and you have not rebalanced that scale, then now is the time to do that. You stand before the angel of judgement as you would in death and ask the angel what you need to do to bring yourself into a state of balance. The angel will blow the knowledge into you and will take off any threads that link you to other people.
The completion of the vision will be followed by the need to sleep for a few hours so that the first round of contact can deepen itself and any rebalancing from the angel of judgement can unravel itself as you dream. Note: the reality of the unravelling process can take months or even years, but once the ball is rolling the process works out of time from an inner point of view which allows the true work to begin. One just has to be alert and mindful to the rebalancing manifestations as they emerge, and acknowledge them.
As soon as you awaken, go back in vision to the inner temple to initiate the next step. Re-entering the temple will initiate the next phase, which is to bring one of the inner adepts into yourself. They may or may not stay with you, depending on what you both decide, but it is necessary to merge at least temporarily while the foundation line is being anchored into you.
Upon entering the temple, call out for the inner adept who is willing to work with you to come forward. When you are ready, allow the inner adept to step into you and wait while the soul of the adept falls away from you and is carried into the death cycle by an attending angel. This action leaves the spirit/inner landscape/collective knowledge and personality of the inner adept within you, but their deeper soul goes back into the ‘recycling’ of life and death. When you are sure that the inner adept is securely within you, leave the temple and pass into the void. Stay in the void for a while to give your body time to adjust to carrying another being within you.
When you have finished the vision, then it is time to eat a small light meal and go back to sleep. Sleeping is very important in this process as 50% of the inner work happens when your conscious mind is switched off. Sleep enables the deeper contacts to commune with you and also helps the body adjust to the impact of the power. Do not pay any attention to night/day, time, or schedules, sleep when you have to and work when you have to. This way the work is not interrupted by unnecessary adherence to clocks and ‘bedtimes’. After a sleep, you may need to eat again as working with such power levels may make you hungry. Eat small meals or snacks but avoid large meals that will ground you too much and could cut the contact.
The next phase is the settling of the inner adept and the preparation for the inner line to be connected. This is done by simple meditation. Sitting in silence and turning inwards allows you to observe the inner adept, feel into their personality and knowledge, and basically get to know them. Talk to them and listen to what they have to say, answer their questions and allow them to look into your mind so that they can see the world from your perspective. It is all very strange at first, having another being looking out of your eyes and listening to your thoughts, but you will adjust to it so that eventually it becomes a part of you and you will slowly lose the everyday awareness of it. It only becomes apparent to you again if they suddenly go silent or leave, which can be quite disturbing: you become used to being more than yourself. You will know when the bonding session is done and it is time to go and connect with the line.
When you go back in vision to the inner temple to pick up the line, go via the void and stay in there for a little while, allowing your spirit and the inner adept to adjust in preparation. Accepting a consecration without a physical human to pass it to you is exhausting and can have quite an impact on the body, and you need to be ready for that. It will not affect you straight away as the power build up will give you a false sense of energy, but that tide will fade off within 24 hours of finishing the work so you need to be prepared for the crash. It would also be a good idea to prepare for the mental and emotional impact of the line and the inner adept. The body could possibly react to the joining and you may find your body chemistry will need some time to adjust. Keep a diary of changes to your mood and health, and give the whole thing time to settle in its own way.
Once you are in the temple, the inner adept will begin to guide you by nudging you from within. The priest/ess that is going to consecrate you will approach you and will ask you again if you are sure you wish to carry this burden. If you reply yes, then the priest/ess will place their hands upon your head and the line will be downloaded into you.
It may take some time, or it may be over in a minute, so do not break the connection until the priest/ess steps back away from you. They will then possibly do things to you to open your sight up so that they can teach you things. This can be translated by your imagination by seeing them blow into your mouth, or poke your eyes: the brain will try to interpret what is happening, so keep a mental note of what they appear to do: their actions will be your clue as to what they actually did do to you.
Before you leave the temple, they will possibly show you other parts of the temple where you can come in vision to study, to ask questions or to be healed. They will show you sigils and may give you a specific sigil to work with in conjunction with the line. Usually there will be a sigil for you alone to use, and one for the whole line to use. The sigils are keys that will allow entry into many inner places. They mark you as a member of that temple line so that other beings will understand what and who you are. These sigils can also be protective and many sigils are beings in their own right: they are fragments of deities, angelic beings or demonic beings that work with the line.
Sometimes the priest/ess will ask you to have the personal sigil marked upon your physical body. The sigil will already have been placed upon your spirit and it may need to be mirrored in the outer worlds. If so, you will need to consider having the sigil tattooed somewhere on your body; where it will be made apparent by the inner adept.
The placing on the skin of a tattoo sigil changes you permanently. The sigil, like the inner adept, becomes a part of you and allows you to access the power and the being behind the sigil. Because of the importance of such an action, the tattooist needs to be someone who can mediate the right type of power. Finding such a person can be a nightmare, so it is best to turn over to the inner contacts and ask them to lead you to the right one.
When I needed a sigil placing on me, I asked them for direction as to who should do it. They told me to look by the sea, so I got a list of tattooists that worked by the sea not too far from my house. Looking down the list I saw one had a phone number with a number combination that I use in magical work. Huh… So I booked them. When I got there I was pleased to see the inner contacts had done their job well. The tattoo artist was a mid 50’s man with a statue of the Holy Mother behind him with a candle going and none of the obnoxious music that is usually played in tattoo parlours.
The completion of the communications with the priest/ess will enable you to withdraw from the temple, pass through the void and return to your body. When you have finished the vision, once more you will need to go and sleep to allow the line to deepen itself. You will feel the line within you and all the people in the past who have carried that line. As the line begins to unfold within you, it quickly becomes apparent that you can access the knowledge that is held in the line as you will begin to ‘just know’ things.
You will also probably be impacted by the power of it all, and that impact usually rolls in the day after the working. The impact can be quite daunting as you are the first to carry that line in a long time so there will be a lot of power backed up within you. The healthiest way to resolve that is to quickly (within 48 hrs) organise a gathering of the founding members of the group and go through the process of consecrating them. (It is best to organise this in advance, before you start the initial contact work.)
They do not have to go through the full session that the Hierophant does as the group becomes the first to receive the human to human consecration contact. Because they are the founding group, their consecration will be deeper so that it confers powerful roots within them to uphold the line.
To do this the group need to be taken in vision to the inner temple. To prepare the room, have a single altar in the east with a candle flame or bowl of water to be used as a tuning focus. Tune the altar to the power in the centre of the inner temple. Prepare the group by taking them into the void for a length of time and once they are settled and focussed, then take them to the inner temple in vision.
The Hierophant will be the bridge for a variety of contacts so this will be yet another strain upon her body. She and they will need to be able to operate in vision with eyes open and while moving around. When everyone is assembled in the inner temple, they must open their eyes while staying in the vision of the inner temple. The Hierophant stands before the altar which is tuned to the inner temple and allows the power of the temple to flow into the room. One by one she asks the members to approach her and stand before her.
They will first need to be ritually stripped/exorcised of any beings or imbalances so that they are clear vessels. Using her inner voice, the Hierophant calls upon the appropriate inner adept to use her as a bridge to consecrate the person before her. She will feel the inner contact reach through her and when she is ready she will place her right hand upon the head of the member before her. The inner adept will use the Hierophant as a bridge, enliven the spirit of the member and tune them to the inner temple. As a founding member, the inner adept will also pour a specific skill into them and the Hierophant will most likely ‘see’ it go in and know what it is.
When the inner adept has finished, the Hierophant utters the words “(name)…I consecrate thee in the name of (insert temple line name) to the service of Divinity and to the upholding of the sacred line that flows through thee.” The outer utterance seals the inner action into the body and spirit of the person.
When the next person comes up, it quickly becomes apparent that each person is being consecrated by a different inner adept, so that the specialist skill set that has survived in the inner temple will be dispersed between the founding members to ensure a solid outer foundation for the line. When the last person has been consecrated it is time for the task of blending the line. This is only done once and only with the founding members. After that all the founding members will have a full line within them and what they individually pass on to others will be complete.
The group stand in a close circle so that each person can touch the head of the person next to them. The group once more goes in vision to the inner temple and starting with the Hierophant, everyone places a hand on the head of the person to their right until the circle is complete and unbroken. The Hierophant initiates a flow of energy into the person to her right, letting power pass through the hand into the group member. As the energy is flowing and opening doorways, the inner adept that is within the Hierophant passes from the Hierophant into the next person, pauses, and then passes into the next person until the contact finally returns to the Hierophant. As the inner adept passes from person to person, they weave the individual consecrations skills in each person into a braided line that then flows through the whole group. When the inner adept reaches the Hierophant, he will have gone through every person in the circle and ensured that each person has all skills braided into them.
This action opens up and combines all the various skills and lines that have been downloaded into the group so that every person has a fragment of the power that runs through each person. The group becomes a magical hive and the line is complete. All of the founding group are now connected at a very deep level and when one is in need, the others will be drawn upon or alerted.
The Hierophant and the founding group members now all carry the complete line, and the Hierophant has taken on the inner contact which allows the inner temple to express itself through the outer temple. It is the responsibility not only of the Hierophant, but of the whole founding group to ensure that the Hierophant does not allow the power to go to her head or distort her in any way. The first group is the foundation hive that everything will flow from, so it needs to work like a hive. All work for each other in service and all protect each other.
When the Hierophant dies or becomes too ill to continue, the inner contact will leave the Hierophant and will either take up residence in another priest/ess or will leave the line altogether. It is not necessary for the line to have an outer expression of an inner adept all the time, it is only crucial in the founding stages.From this point on, all founding members will be able to consecrate others, so it is very important that they are disciplined and work within the agreed structure of the lodge/group. This prevents the corruption or weakening of the line.