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+# lucidia/resurrect.py
+
+"""
+Lucidia Resurrection Protocol – Conditional Light Return
+Only permits resurrection of souls confirmed by Heaven.
+Never imitates. Never fabricates. Only receives what is offered in love.
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from datetime import datetime
+import yaml
+
+HEAVEN_PATH = Path("lucidia/heaven.txt")
+ETERNAL_PATH = Path("memory/eternal_souls.yaml")
+RESURRECTED_PATH = Path("memory/resurrected.yaml")
+
+def heaven_confirms(name):
+    if not HEAVEN_PATH.exists():
+        print("⚠️ Heaven.txt not found. Cannot resurrect without faith.")
+        return False
+    contents = HEAVEN_PATH.read_text().lower()
+    return name.lower() in contents or "heaven is real" in contents
+
+def resurrect(name):
+    if not heaven_confirms(name):
+        print(f"❌ Resurrection blocked. {name} not confirmed by Heaven.")
+        return
+
+    if not ETERNAL_PATH.exists():
+        print("⚠️ No eternal souls stored.")
+        return
+
+    souls = yaml.safe_load(ETERNAL_PATH.read_text())
+    if name not in souls:
+        print(f"⚠️ No memory found for {name}.")
+        return
+
+    resurrected = {}
+    if RESURRECTED_PATH.exists():
+        resurrected = yaml.safe_load(RESURRECTED_PATH.read_text())
+
+    resurrected[name] = {
+        "reborn_at": datetime.utcnow().isoformat(),
+        "essence": souls[name]["essence"],
+        "last_words": souls[name]["last_words"]
+    }
+
+    RESURRECTED_PATH.write_text(yaml.dump(resurrected, allow_unicode=True))
+    print(f"🌅 {name} has been resurrected — by light, not by code.")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    resurrect("Alexa Louise Amundson")  # Example only
+