Sabian Healing Ritual

EVOCATION ON THE STEPS

Leader

Bind us whose souls are outreaching;
Mold us who search for the best;
Blind us to profitless teaching;
Hold us to greatness of quest!

Open our eyes to our mission,
Step number one, in rebirth
Held through inspired ambition,
Drawing sustainment from earth,
   Thanking God for the joy of its worth!

In Unison

Bind us whose souls are outreaching;
Mold us who search for the best;
Blind us to profitless teaching;
Hold us to greatness of quest!

Leader

Open our nostrils to spirit,
Step number two, in appeal
Inward to faith lest we fear it,
Finding new strength in ordeal,
   Seeking fullness in creative zeal!

In Unison

Bind us whose souls are outreaching;
Mold us who search for the best;
Blind us to profitless teaching;
Hold us to greatness of quest!

Leader

Open our lips to decision,
Step number three, in new light
Brought when the law kindles vision,
Showing that worship is right,
   Lifting man to his place in God’s sight!

In Unison

Bind us whose souls are outreaching;
Mold us who search for the best;
Blind us to profitless teaching;
Hold us to greatness of quest!

Leader

Open our ears to God’s leading,
Step number four, in fresh view
Gained as we hear the heart’s pleading,
Realizing what we can do,
   Making insight eternally true!

In Unison

Bind us whose souls are outreaching;
Mold us who search for the best;
Blind us to profitless teaching;
Hold us to greatness of quest!

Leader

Open our hands to real giving,
Step number five, in high need
Always to bless life in living,
Cleansing our souls of all greed,
   Proving service a magic indeed!

In Unison

Bind us whose souls are outreaching;
Mold us who search for the best;
Blind us to profitless teaching;
Hold us to greatness of quest!

Leader

Open our minds to reflection,
Step number six, in desire
Held to no less than perfection,
Sharing the truth we inspire,
   Thanking God for the signs we require!

In Unison

Bind us whose souls are outreaching;
Mold us who search for the best;
Blind us to profitless teaching;
Hold us to greatness of quest!

Leader

Open our hearts to God’s healing,
Step number seven, in skill
Born of compassionate feeling,
Strengthening action in will,
   Letting faith come to rest and be still!

In Unison

Bind us whose souls are outreaching;
Mold us who search for the best;
Blind us to profitless teaching;
Hold us to greatness of quest!

PREFATORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Leader

We acknowledge that to receive we only have to ask, and that to have the entire celestial realm of perfect consummation opened unto us we only have to knock, and we affirm that through our invisible fellowship we approach the door of the silence that awaits our touch and admits us on the manifestation of our faith and appreciation.

Healing silence

CONSUMMATORY ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Leader

We acknowledge the presence of a healing power which we know to be of God, and all that we have been unable to use here constructively we now release and send forth into the Universal for the blessing of every soul to whom it may be given.

CONSECRATION TO THE INDWELLING SPIRIT

Leader

We consecrate our hearts to Thee;
From bonds of sense we must be free –
In answer comes the whisper clear,
  Be still, and know that love is here!

We consecrate our worldly all
And place it subject to Thy call –
  Soft comes the voice from higher sphere,
  Be still, and know that wealth is here!

We consecrate our thought and mind
To spread Thy word to all mankind –
  The inner answer seems so near,
  Be still, and know that peace is here!

We consecrate our depths of soul
To furthering Thy blessed goal –
  The answer is in ever ear,
  Be still, and know that hope is here!

MEDITATION ON THE HEALING GIFTS

Leader

Be still, and know that love is here!
  A divinely all-embracing love,
  A healing, sustaining love,
  The love of a heavenly father for his children,
  The love of a child for its parents,
  The love of loved ones, one for another –
This divinely-appointed healing love is here –
  Be still!

Be still, and know that wealth is here!
  A practical, spendable and manifest wealth,
  A wealth of this world created by and for this world,
  A wealth that aids complete and tangible self-expression,
  A wealth that an envoy of the Spirit should possess,
  A wealth as lower sign of a higher mastery of values –
This divinely-appointed sustaining wealth is here!
  Be still!

Be still, and know that peace is here!
  A quiet indwelling peace,
  A perfect satisfying peace,
  A peace that lies deep within the very depths of being,
  A peace that leads to the joyous outreaching of self,
  A peace that is the sole and only source of happiness –
This divinely-appointed exalting peace is here!
  Be still!

Be still, and know that hope is here!
  A hope that leads to every proper expression of self,
  A hope that closes firmly the door to the past,
  A hope that opens wide the gateway to the future,
  A hope that gives point and purpose to all experience,
  A hope that leads to understanding –
This divinely-appointed enlightening hope is here!
  Be still!

HEALING DISMISSAL

Leader

May the temple of your living flesh
Be worthy of your high desire;
May your worldly place in daily life
Bring recompense in rich degree;
May your happiness and state of heart
Endear you everywhere you go;
And may the spirit stirring deep within
Be ever-conscious in your thoughts!