Lions Gate 8:8 & 𓄎 Wp-rnpt
Wepet Renpet • Opening of the Year
Sirius • Ma’at • Egyptian Yoga • Hekau • Meditation • Sacred Sound
A ceremonial journey with Heather & Donny Regal
Co-founders of Black Swan Temple
Welcome, Beloved.
This ceremony was created at the meeting place of two distinct spiritual streams: the contemporary Lions Gate 8:8 and 𓄎 Wp-rnpt—Wepet Renpet, the ancient Kemetic Opening of the Year associated with the season of Sopdet’s return.
Within this sacred passage, we return to Ma’at before manifestation—listening for what has completed, what is ready to be restored and what we are being called to create in service to life.
Through sacred teaching, Egyptian Yoga, Hekau, conscious intention, guided meditation and vibrational sound, you will be invited to cross an inner threshold:
The star returns.
The sacred waters rise.
The lotus opens.
The inner year begins.
Move through this experience gently. There is nothing to force and nowhere to rush. Allow the ceremony to meet you exactly where you are.
Your Temple Teaching
Welcome to the Threshold
The star returns.
The sacred waters rise.
A new cycle begins.
We invite you to enter this replay as you would enter a sacred temple—not simply to watch, but to listen, move, remember and receive.
Within this ceremony, we gather at the meeting place of two spiritual streams:
𓆃 Lions Gate 8:8—a contemporary spiritual observance associated with Leo, Sirius, the symbolic resonance of eight and the awakening of the courageous, sovereign heart.
𓆃 𓄎 Wp-rnpt—Wepet Renpet—the ancient Kemetic Opening of the Year, connected with the return of Sopdet, the renewal of the sacred waters and the restoration of life within Ma’at.
These are not the same tradition. Yet each invites us to meet the threshold consciously—to recognize what has ended, restore inner harmony and open the way for new life.
This ceremony is an invitation to remember the light within you and ask:
What is truly aligned?
What is ready to be restored?
Who am I being called to become?
What am I ready to carry into this new cycle?
Preparing Your Sacred Space
Before beginning, we invite you to create a quiet and undisturbed space where you can move, receive and rest.
You may wish to have:
𓆃 Comfortable clothing and space for Egyptian Yoga
𓆃 Drinking water or blue lotus tea
𓆃 A journal and pen
𓆃 A candle, flower or sacred object for your altar
𓆃 Headphones or external speakers for the sound journey
Give yourself a few moments afterward before returning to your day. If possible, allow time for journaling, water, rest or quiet communion with nature.
ENTER THE REPLAY
The Opening of the Inner Year
At the heart of this ceremony is an immersive guided meditation and vibrational sound journey through the sacred landscape of renewal.
You will be guided to:
𓆃 Rest your heart beside the feather of Ma’at and listen for what is true
𓆃 Release what has completed into the life-giving waters of the Nile
𓆃 Rise with the blue lotus from the unseen depths into renewed light
𓆃 Receive the returning radiance of Sopdet and awaken the luminous star within your heart
𓆃 Discover an intention rooted not in striving, but in truth, harmony and service to life
This is a journey from completion into renewal—from manifestation through force into creation through alignment.
Allow our vibrational soundscape to carry you beyond the words and deeper into the wisdom of your own inner temple.
Integration & Reflection
The ceremony may continue to unfold through your dreams, emotions, insights and synchronicities. Return to these questions whenever you feel called:
𓆃 What has completed, and what am I now ready to release?
𓆃 Where is my life asking to be restored to balance?
𓆃 What within me is opening toward the light?
𓆃 What quality is the blue lotus awakening within me?
𓆃 What truth is the star within my heart illuminating?
𓆃 What intention arose from beneath expectation and striving?
𓆃 How might what I create serve life?
𓆃 What is the next true and aligned step I can take?
There is no need to force the new cycle into being.
Tend the seed.
Honor the waters.
Follow the next true step.
ENTER THE REPLAY
Carry the Ceremony Forward
In the days following the ceremony, notice:
𓆃 What feels newly illuminated
𓆃 What is naturally falling away
𓆃 Where greater balance is being requested
𓆃 What conversations or actions now feel necessary
𓆃 What your intention asks you to embody—not merely receive
Return often to the intention you placed upon the inner altar.
You do not need to control how it unfolds. Your work is to remain present, participate consciously and take the next aligned step as it becomes visible.
The gate is not something outside you.
The gate opens as you come into alignment within.
Is Egypt Calling You?
For some, this ceremony may awaken a deeper remembrance—a longing not only to learn about ancient Kemet, but to stand upon the sacred land, enter the temples and experience these mysteries within the places that first carried them.
In March 2027, we will lead a small group of pilgrims through a carefully curated 15-day journey across Egypt.
Together, we will meet the Equinox before the Sphinx, enter the Great Pyramid, sail the Nile aboard a private dahabiya and participate in sacred experiences at Philae, Abydos, Dendera, Karnak and other holy places.
This is not simply a tour of Egypt.
It is a pilgrimage of remembrance, embodiment and transformation.
If you feel the quiet stirring of recognition, we invite you to explore the journey.
A Blessing for the New Cycle
May what you release be received by the sacred waters.
May what has traveled through darkness rise renewed.
May the lotus of your consciousness open toward the light.
May the star within your heart guide your next true step.
May what you create arise in truth, restore harmony and serve life.
May the year open within Ma’at.
Dua Ma’at.
Dua Sopdet.
May the year open within Ma’at.
𓄎 Wp-rnpt.
Dua. Hotep.
With love and blessings,
Heather & Donny Regal
Co-Founders, Black Swan Temple
Dua Aset. Dua Sekhmet. Dua Ma'at
