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Homa ritual (護魔法: the two characters 護魔, also written 呼麼, are Sanskrit; in Chinese it means "fire offering". According to the Yoga Homa Sūtra, there are four kinds of hearths, namely: half-moon-shaped, full-moon-shaped, square, and octagonal, corresponding to the four kinds of rituals, namely: summoning, subjugation, pacification, and magnetisation. Although their empowerments differ, all involve burning the three white foods, various flowers, and fruits within the hearth as an offering to the sages and worthies, like the firewood-burning sacrifice of this land).