All that "work" is just to get you in the right mood! I can cast a great spell (usually for healing) without ANY "window dressing". I usually don't ask the Goddess for more than I have- She has blessed me! Good marriage, good kids, reasonable health, good pot, and a good job that I love. What more do I need?

Straum, to each their own. What really matters is what your faith makes you into. If it makes you a good person, I'm all for it!

Granny :hippy:- (Wiccan, hippie, medical cannabis user and teacher's aide)