A Tribute to You, Our Visitor: What Happens in the Temple Before a Gira Begins?

When the doors of Terreiro RANU open and the drums (atabaques) begin to sound, what you find in the hall is the result of a warm embrace prepared days in advance. Every organized chair, the gentle scent of sacred herbs in the air, the welcoming smiles, and the current of mediums dressed in white do not happen by chance.

This article is a tribute to you, our visitor (consulente). We write this so you may know that your presence is sacred to us. To welcome you with the highest light, peace, and spiritual safety, an invisible structure of love, dedication, study, and self-discipline works tirelessly long before the session starts.

1. Cleansing the Space: A Sacred Temple Prepared for You

Welcoming our visitors begins in the physical realm. Long before your arrival, the temple undergoes deep physical and energetic cleansing. The floor is washed with sacred herbs and ritual preparations to neutralize any accumulated heavy energy.

Candles at the main altar (congá) and protective shrine (tronqueira) are carefully arranged, smudging herbs are prepared, and the air is consecrated. Everything is done so that the moment you cross RANU’s threshold, you feel immediate relief and find a safe harbor for your burdens and prayers.

2. Study and Development: Our Commitment to Your Spiritual Safety

For a word of comfort or an energetic pass to reach you with absolute purity, mediums do not rely on guesswork. Mediumship at RANU demands serious study, discipline, and devotion.

Our mediums participate in closed development sessions, where they study doctrine, learn the mechanics of spiritual passes, the use of sacred herbs, and ritual meanings. A medium is an instrument continuously calibrated through study so that you receive the clearest, most elevated guidance from the Orixás and Spirit Guides.

3. Precepts and Self-Discipline: Our Gift of Love to You

A medium's preparation to serve you does not begin when putting on white clothes, but throughout their personal daily routine on session days. To ensure the highest alignment with the spirits of light who bless you, our members follow strict guidelines:

• Total Abstenance: On workdays, alcohol, drugs, sexual intercourse, and masturbation are strictly avoided. Physical vitality is conserved to be freely given as spiritual energy during the session.

• Mental Vigilance: Mediums seek inner stillness, avoiding gossip, complaints, harsh words, and negative thoughts.

• Herbal Cleansing Bath: Before leaving home, the medium takes a ritual bath with 7 or 21 sacred herbs, aligning their aura for spiritual work.

• Post-Session Rest: Even after the session ends, spiritual care continues. Mediums maintain quiet reflection until the following morning, preserving the renewed energy received.

  
  

4. Ethics and Free Charity: Our Unshakeable Respect

Everything conducted at RANU is rooted in humility, mutual respect, and a sacred pillar we honor above all: 100% free spiritual charity.

It is strictly forbidden to charge for any consultation, pass, or spiritual work inside the temple or in its name. The charity extended to you has no price; it is a pure gift of divine love. Furthermore, for everyone’s protection, spiritual work outside the temple without leadership guidance is prohibited.

5. Personal Alignment That Sustains the Axé

The spiritual current surrounding you during your visit is kept alive all week long. At home, mediums maintain their personal spiritual alignment with a 7-day white candle, a vessel of water (quartinha), their Orixá crystal, and incense, feeding the web of light that protects you when you visit us.

Our Heartfelt Thank You to You

The next time you sit in the visitor area at Terreiro RANU, know that every spiritual pass, every embrace from a Preto Velho, every shout from a Caboclo, and every smile from a Baiano or Exu is sustained by people who prepared, disciplined, and studied with one single purpose: to serve you with love and charity.

Receive this axé. You are the reason for all our care and dedication.

Pai Pequeno Bruno Pereira