A Threshold Letter to Those Who Have Not Yet Entered

You may have liked a post or shared a quote. Echoed a sentiment.

You may have reached out with offers, ideas, or enthusiasm.

But if you have not purchased any of my books, then you have not entered the work.

And if you have not entered the work, you are not in conversation with it.

This book is not a brand.

It is a ritual threshold.

It was not written to be admired from a distance or skimmed for aesthetics.

It was built to be felt. To be confronted. To be endured.

To ask for collaboration, compensation, or visibility without having crossed that threshold is not support—it is extraction.

The Ritual Archive does not pay for proximity. It honours presence.

And presence begins with the book.

If you are ready to enter, the door remains open.

But it will not open itself.

And it will not open to those who remain untouched.

 In sovereignty,

Michael John Francis

Founder, The Ritual Archive Editions

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THE ARCHIVE DOES NOT OPEN TO THOSE WHO REMAIN UNTOUCHED