This spell was used to reverse the soul transfer procedure of Mok'tagar Demon . This possibly was a Reversal spell to the Ritual of Mok'tagar . Rupert Giles and Willow Rosenberg used this to let Buffy Summers regain her soul from her demon roomate Kathy Newman . * Candles * Recite : Elders of the Upper Reaches , Elders of the Lower Reaches , Elders of the Dry Land , Elders of the River Flats ... Ancients , i bessech you . The soul abstracted , let it revert to its true seat . Let the unatural vessel be emptied , let the essence be returned to its original host .