*Every Circle requires a Key. To step into the new, one must first loosen the chains of the old. A Key From the Past is your offering to this passage. It is a relic of who you once were—an object that has finished its work and lingers only as shadow. To bring it forth is to prepare the ground for transformation.* # The Instruction Bring with you an item that represents a past you wish to leave behind: - A hoodie that smells of someone you no longer name. - A passport that calls back to where you no longer belong. - A stuffed animal that holds a you that's afraid to be released. - A souvenir that aches with joy that has long since left. - A letter that presses against a wound not yet closed. - A key that tempts you with a door you must not reopen. # The Intention Your Key is not to be donated, passed on, or repurposed. Its purpose is release: to be burned, dissolved, unbound. You may speak its story aloud or cast it silently into the fire; The Ritual works either way.