Getting struck by lightning is sometimes used as a metaphor for a sudden and intense shock, in terms of rarity of the circumstance and sometimes in terms of inspiration. Last month in a Wheat Ridge store, it was all too literal.
It happened at Ritualcravt, which has been serving up “spiritual goods made with intention” since it started as a corner of founder Missy Rhysing’s tattoo shop. Back then, it carried just a small portion of the hand-crafted and ethically-sourced spiritual materials that it would come to provide in the years following as the store grew and became its own brick-and-mortar shop: candles, incense, jewelry, books, crystals, animal items, art and antiques, as well as a full apothecary of over 200 herbs, resins and curios.
A 2:38 p.m. Sunday, May 25 — with the store open and shoppers actively browsing — it offered something new: a lightning strike…