The writer has for many years keenly shared the growing belief in the near coming of the Divine World Teacher, and has felt that something more was needed than what was being done to keep the facts of the coming fresh in the minds of those who already believed in them and to make them known to the tens of thousands who have not yet heard of them. It is, therefore, for the purpose of helping in this added way the great Work of Preparation that this ritual is published for any group to use who may wish to do so, no matter what their connections may be.