Elemental Bonding
Advanced Elemental Initiation
An optional extension of elemental presentation in which the initiate makes a more direct pact or bond with specific elemental forces according to lineage, reading, and readiness.
$227
Where This Fits
Optional post-scratch continuation: after elemental presentation, when a specific elemental bond is indicated. Some initiates move toward priesthood; others stop here because priesthood is not open or not indicated.
Who This Is For
- Initiates whose path calls for deeper elemental commitment after scratch and presentation
- Students who have already been presented to the relevant elements
- People whose lineage requires a specific elemental bond before further work
- Initiates who are not marked for Congo priesthood but still need a serious continuation path
- Initiates prepared for responsibility beyond introduction without assuming priesthood access
What This Service Clarifies
Before This Initiation
The directed elemental bond, not introductory elemental presentation.
Required Reading Before Initiation
African-Centered Funeral Practices is required reading before every significant initiation. Read the full article, including the discussion of inappropriate burial and the will addendum, and discuss it with your responsible house or godparent during preparation.
Review the funeral and will preparation checklist.
Your responsible house reviews your understanding during preparation. The private Funeral Practices assessment is available for study review. Reading or quiz completion does not replace explicit house authorization.
Before the initiation can be authorized, the responsible house or godparent must verify a submitted current will with the Ancestral Egbe addendum included. The same current verified document serves later significant initiations; the managing godparent determines the rites from initiation history.
Receiving a file or finding the addendum’s wording is not verification. A replacement document needs fresh review. The will check does not replace registration, required preparation, assessments or explicit house permission.
Read the funeral-obligations explanation and download the will addendum. Arrange legally effective execution with qualified local advice.
FreeWill: prepare a will online. Need a will? FreeWill is a suggested starting point for preparing one online. Follow the signing requirements for your jurisdiction and properly include the Ancestral Egbe addendum. Seek qualified local advice where needed; an online draft does not replace proper execution or responsible-contact review.
Request this initiation and submit your will with addendum. Sign in with your student/member account first.
Important Orientation
Kongo and Palo work should be approached through permission, lineage, discipline, and spiritual fit. These pages explain the public-facing pathway only. Specific ritual details, house procedures, taboos, and private initiatory knowledge are handled directly with the appropriate elders and house leadership.
Next Step
Contact Ancestral Egbe to confirm fit, timing, preparation, and whether another reading or study step is needed first.