We are ready, Abanshamash, and we see

“We are ready, Abanshamash, and we see” is a communal response in Atu’s séance, where readiness and perception are voiced together. Its repetition, culminating in the refrain “We see and we feel,” turns the gathering’s shared language into a parting affirmation after Atu blesses the assembly.

Ritual occurrence

The expression appears as the congregation’s parting greeting to Atu. After spreading his arms to bless the disciples, he receives their response: “We are ready, Abanshamash, and we see. We see and we feel. Abanshamash, Abanshamash, Abanshamash.” The words present readiness not as an individual declaration but as something spoken collectively, in the assembly’s bowed-head ritual.

The response echoes an earlier chant in the same séance. A few bowed heads repeat “Abanshamash” four times, and the narration says that the miracle had again been revealed to them. The later greeting expands that invocation into a fuller formula: readiness, seeing, and feeling are gathered into a single repeated response.

Wording and function

The phrase links two kinds of affirmation. “We are ready” states a collective posture, while “we see” claims perception; the next line extends that claim from seeing to feeling. The repeated name Abanshamash gives the response its refrain, connecting the greeting to the chant heard earlier in the séance.

The words occur as the gathering closes, following Atu’s blessing and preceding the disciples’ departure. Their structure makes the greeting both a response to him and a declaration among the assembled disciples. The text identifies it as a parting greeting and connects the earlier chant with belief in a renewed revelation, but does not define the invocation’s literal meaning.