When the Spanish came to the area, rituals about to balance the forces of the Inner World were crucial in the missionary activity and mining operations. The belief of the dualistic nature in everything and the rituals surrounding the openings to the Inner World made it easier to initially get the population to work in the mines.
However, at the same time, because mining was considered a perturbation of "subterranean life and the spirits that ruled it; they yielded to sacredness that did not belong to the familiar universe, it had to deal with a deeper and riskier sacredness."
Almost the entire population of the empire were killed by the diseases that were brought by the Spaniards, and the disturbances that the people of the Andes experienced in their homeland proved to them that the forces that inhabited the underworld were in serious perturbation.
In the time being, in order to ensure that perturbations do not cause evil on the world, the people of the Andes continue making traditional offerings to the inhabitants of the Underworld (the Supay).
Today, the people still retain the importance of the rituals.
Although the different realms are distinct, there are a variety of connections between them. Caves and Springs serve as connections between the Inner World and the World where the humans, animals, plants, coexist. Rainbows and Lightnings serve as connections between the Upper World and the world in which we live.
In addition, human spirits after death inhabit any of the levels. Some would remain in the middle realm until they had finished business, while others might move to higher levels.
The most significant connection between the different levels was performed at the time when a huge cataclysm happened, making the whole world change the appearance. These are considered the instances when the different levels of reality impact one another transforming the entire order of the world.
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