Fengyang School Soul-Calling Method

First gather the East Wood of Jia and Yi, gathering your wood spirit and malefic influences, earth spirit and earth malefic influences, returning earth but not malefic influences. Second gather the West Metal of Geng and Xin, gathering your metal spirit and metal malefic influences, earth spirit and earth malefic influences, returning earth but not malefic influences. Third gather the South Fire of Bing and Ding, gathering your fire spirit and fire malefic influences, earth spirit and earth malefic influences, returning earth but not malefic influences. Fourth gather the North Water of Ren and Gui, gathering your water spirit and water malefic influences, earth spirit and earth malefic influences, returning earth but not malefic influences. Fifth gather the Central Earth of Wu and Ji, gathering your earth spirit and earth malefic influences, gathering your malevolent spirits and malefic influences, hemp malefic influences, yin malefic influences, empty coffin malefic influences, patient malefic influences. Hundred malefic influences removed, hundred illnesses completely eliminated, peace and great fortune. (After this, ask the subject's name), then recite the spell: Gather your believing female 000's three souls and seven spirits to quickly return to your own body. Soul returns to body, body at ease. Spirit returns to person, person vibrant. Gather your believing female 000's front three souls, rear seven spirits, three souls and seven spirits quickly return to your own body. Pacify the soul and settle the spirit. Good rest day and night, peace and great fortune.

After recitation, using the sword finger one sweep, right hand forms the seal, index finger dips in the water from the pure water bottle, one flick, right foot steps, then two more flicks. After flicking, the priest moves to the side, puts down the pure water bottle, forms the Eight Trigrams hand seal with both hands, and toward the subject's face at the upper front, recites:

Respectfully invoke the Eight Trigrams Patriarch to arrive, swiftly as the law commands. Gather your metal, wood, water, fire, earth. Gather your malevolent spirits and malefic influences, hemp malefic influences, yin malefic influences, empty coffin malefic influences, patient malefic influences. Hundred malefic influences removed. Gather your believing female 000's three souls and seven spirits to quickly return to your own body. Soul returns to body, body at ease. Spirit returns to person, person vibrant. Gather your believing female 000's front three souls, rear seven spirits, three souls and seven spirits, twelve Yuan Chen, quickly return to your own body. Pacify the soul and settle the spirit, peace and great fortune, hundred illnesses eliminated.

After the spell, the priest blows breath onto the Eight Trigrams seal, makes a pressing motion toward the subject's face, saying "Edict!" Then from below to the chest, makes three pressing motions, saying: "Peace and great fortune!" Then toward the subject's forehead, makes one pressing motion, saying: "Edict!" The ceremony ends. The priest takes out the talisman and instructs the subject on its use. And instructs the subject on matters suitable and unsuitable in the coming days. In this soul-calling process, the applied ceremonial procedures contain more Daoist ritual forms and are one of the orthodox Daoist methods. The procedures also include necessary steps such as purifying the altar and purifying the body, allowing the Daoist field and the startled person to be purified before executing the soul-calling ritual.