You manipulate an inanimate object within 30 feet of you by wrapping it in telekinetic force and applying slow but constant pressure to it. You must have Line of Sight and Line of Effect to the target object. You cannot target a creature or an object that a creature is holding or wearing with this ritual. The ritual can never be used to directly inflict damage or perform Maneuver attacks, though creative indirect uses (such as dropping an object on someone, using it to set off an explosive, or scattering marbles on the floor) may be able to get around this limitation.
Essentially, this ritual allows you to affect an object as if you were adjacent to it, using your mind and magic to influence it instead of your body. It has two primary applications: You can move the object within the range of this ritual as if you were pulling, pushing, or lifting it, and you can also manipulate the object as if you were using your own hands, such as opening or closing a door, uncorking and pouring a potion into someone’s mouth, using flint & steel to light a match, etc.
For all applications of this ritual, you use an effective STR or DEX modifier equal to your Spellcasting Ability Modifier, and if a skill check is necessary to do something particularly difficult to or with the object, you use an effective Proficiency Modifier equal to your Proficiency Modifier with your Primary Arcana.
If you know the Magnetic Touch ritual, you gain Advantage on any skill checks you make in the process of moving or manipulating a metallic object with this ritual.