I dont know why but the rituals are just not working for me.
This should be the simplest ritual and i cant seem to get it to work.

Did you read the book? It has all the details of how it works, you are definitely missing things
(edit): Alternatively you could check out this nifty video for help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APE0UWPGBDM

You're missing gold powder.

god i feel so stupid right now. I was sitting there for 30 minutes figuring out whats missing. Because he consumed the gold when i was doing other stuff and the item i made despawned. Thanks anyways for helping my stupid mistake.