So it was kind of a practice run to get back into the swing of things? Then there was no actual intent for an outcome for the ritual itself… but you got some energy moving, that’s nice, right?
But you don’t need to? Youe not a beginner exactly…
I mean I get if you happened to see a cool yt video and wanted to just try it, I’m not judging I just wondered why the switcheroo… Aren’t you keen to continue where you left off and reconnect with the entities you worked with before?
There’s really only one major issue people come up against consistently, at least around these parts, and that’s not paying good enough attention to spiritual hygiene, not verifying the identities of entities you call and getting parasitized - which means being fed off, getting bad luck or sick and not getting the results you wanted.
We have some free resources where members have posted tutorials about all this, and if you try the search at top right you can also find more specific posts with the tutorial or guide keywords that should be interesting. Everything is linked in this megathread: GETTING STARTED GUIDE, Rules, Notables, Tutorials and References
We don’t discuss external providers here as part of our drama-avoidance rules, so I can’t speak to that. We’re all students helping each other and sharing experience here, so we all just muck in and figure it out as best we can. 