The ritual was very powerful. The house itself is excellently built and beautifully decorated, so it has the structural integrity to hold a charge. The land is alive and responsive -- this was the first time I've done a ritual in Amish territory and I suspect that's the party of why.
We ate supper right before we did the ritual, I was quite stuffed, and by the end of it, my belly was gnawing on my backbone again. I must've burned off over a thousand calories in less than an hour. So we got ice cream on the way home. :D