Post#3 » Fri Dec 12, 2014 3:58 pm
Tim makes sense to me. But I also think that Tim is doing it the same way everything in a formal ritualistic manner which makes sense since these are rituals. That is not the same thing as "as if you never summoned the spirit with the same particular request before" because that implies doing something different when in a continuous series than when the series becomes unexpectedly discontinuous.
But I think there is also something about developing relationships where formality of precise and unchanging ritualistic behavior can give way towards something specific to you and your contact--- not necessarily less formal or anything, but something that acknowledges the reality of how you're working. You have to find what works for you, and I think that will incorporate what you do even when that isn't what you want to do in rituals.
I tend to call a spirit 3 times and if I work with them intermittently, I acknowledge that, generally in the first or second call. If I'm working with other spirits as part of a larger thing thing that has components (think division of labor in a big construction project), I acknowledge that and lay out who is being called, why and what the big picture is. I do this in my mind or out loud or both. That is not "as if you never summoned the spirit with the same particular request before" at all, so I think I would say I work in the far end of the spectrum away from that kind of working. That absolutely does not mean I think I'm right, either for what would be "best practices" for me or for anyone else.