Ritual Work | Zachary Lui
Commissioned ritual work from Chinese Esoteric Buddhist, Daoist, and Wu lineages, offered by Zachary Lui in Toronto.
Commissioned Ritual work from Chinese Esoteric Buddhist (唐密), Daoist, and Wu (巫) lineages, plus public Ritual events at Queen City Curio.
Ritual is spiritual work, not healthcare. Sits outside R.Ac scope, not a substitute for medical, mental health, legal, or other professional care. That line stays clean.
What I do
Healing magic. Spiritual and energetic work for healing, offered as Ritual, distinct from any clinical treatment. Not healthcare. Not a substitute for medical or mental health care.
Protection and cleansing. Spaces, objects, and situations. Not decorative, not for entertainment.
Ancestor work. Setting up the altar. Tending it. Offerings. Direct engagement with the line you come from, whether you know the names yet or not.
Deity petition and offering. Specific deities, specific courts, specific needs. Not spiritual tourism. You come with a particular question and a particular relationship, or you come to build one. We figure out what fits.
Situations that call for ceremony. The ones where you already know nothing else will do the work.
How to engage the work
There are three ways in, each with a different level of commitment.
Public Rituals and workshops
Queen City Curio runs public Rituals and workshops on a recurring schedule: weekly Rituals, seasonal ceremonies, and themed workshops. Open to anyone, no intake required, fees vary by event. This is the lowest-commitment way to see how I work and whether the practice is for you.
Divination coaching as a first step
For private questions, start with a Divination Coaching session. This is where we look at the situation, figure out what the work actually is, and decide together whether commissioned Ritual is the right response or whether something else fits better. Often it is something else. Divination coaching is $175 + tax for a 60-minute session and resolves many questions on its own.
Commissioned Ritual
If the Divination shows commissioned work is the right path, we move into Ritual. Commissioned Ritual begins at $1500 and scales from there based on scope, timing, and materials. Short and focused runs one way. Long and layered runs another. You will know the fee before anything begins and before any material is purchased on your behalf.
Not every request is taken. Some work I don't do. Some work isn't mine to do, it's yours. Some work needs a different practitioner, and if that is the case I will tell you so and point you somewhere useful if I can.
How this is different from the clinic
Ritual is its own engagement. If you are a patient in the clinical practice and you also want Ritual work, that is a separate intake and a separate relationship. Clinical questions don't become Ritual. Ritual doesn't become clinical. Keeping those clean is good for the work and good for you.
Lineages and training
The work begins in chaos magic. Andrieh Vitimus is my sifu (师父) in this work, the Chinese frame I use for the teacher relationship that holds across years and across traditions. The methodology comes through him and the Results Over Image Institute, where I continue to study and now also teach as a trainer. From that foundation, I have applied the approach across multiple traditions, including Chinese Esoteric Buddhist (唐密), Wu (巫), Daoist, and Reiki frameworks, across years of public practice.
The Daoist transmission came on the basis of that work. Mao Shan Shangqing (茅山上清) and folk Daoist lineage holder, formal transmission received from Robert Youngs at his passing in 2020. Youngs received the lineage from Jerry Alan Johnson, founder of the International Institute of Medical Qigong. Mao Shan Shangqing is a foundational Daoist Ritual tradition, rooted in the Mao mountains and the Shangqing school, with classical lineage going back to the fourth century. Folk Daoism carries the village and household practices alongside the institutional tradition.
Usui Reiki. Training is through the spiritual rather than clinical Usui lineage. Vitimus is also my Reiki sifu, and the line runs back through a witch who practiced magic, who was his teacher.
Doing public Ritual work since 2016. Ongoing work with specific deities and courts across the traditions named above.
Begin the conversation
For Divination Coaching, book through Jane or through Queen City Curio. For commissioned Ritual, reach the clinic at 416-595-5525 or through Queen City Curio. Public events are listed at Queen City Curio.