I just discussed my soul alignment ability some in the thread
"Elizabeth and Philip" on alt.religion.druid and some other
groups.

If my 1997 memory is correct, Black Elk, in his book The Sacred
Pipe, describes a ritual in which the soul of a deceased
individual is fixated temporarily to the sacred pipe.

I think that this is equivalent to temporary soul alignment
of the deceased individual with the sacred pipe.

Though I would not (without permission) attempt such a soul
alignment with a sacred pipe, note that 1.7 million human
assisted shaktipat recipients globally now should have this
soul alignment ability (and an associated soul fragment retrieval
ability for 1--1 up close trauma healing). And they would
include Lakota traditional spiritual leaders who are
(a) ordained by human or humans to bishop level or equivalent
or higher, or (b) "ordained" by at least one of my eight
main deities, who are listed on my Salmon on the Thorns
webpage (this does not require worship of any of them).

By equivalent to bishop level I mean the lowest level that
can ordain to level(s) below him or her. If there is just
one level, it would be (generally elder) spiritual leaders
who have initiated at least one (generally younger, sometimes
hereditary) other traditional spiritual leader.

And case (b) includes all Lakota traditional spiritual
leaders who are ordained by human or humans to priest
level or equivalent and are at least minor good (on a
global level, and including to other species and the
environment) as defined by Goddess (the ruler of the
region all/everything). On the other hand (a) could
include neutral and worse, but note that assisted
shaktipat recipients are no longer capable of non-positive
(as defined by Goddess) magick.

--
David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
"And now the angry morning/Gives the early signs of warning/You must face
alone the plans you make/Decisions they will try to break" (S. McLachlan)