Ministry of the Shining Sun

A stick of incense held by an ash catcher smolders while two blurred candles are lit in the background.  Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay. To establish and sustain newly formed relationships with Spirits, structured ritual is essential. This is similar to a mutual friend formally introducing two people that don't know each other. The conversation might look something like this:  Mutual friend, gesturing toward person B says, "Person A, this is person B."  B waves at A and might say hello.  Mutual friend, gesturing towards A, says, "Person B, this is person A.  A greets B with a wave or hello (or a how are you?). This simple social ritual illustrates a small exchange between A & B facilitated by a mutual friend.  In our case, ritual is the mutual friend that introduces us to any Spirit and in turn introduces Spirits to us. Notice there is a structure to the example.  The structure is decided beforehand (by conventional social rules), and it is used