Other Methods of Restoration
It is evident that the Ritual of Restoration is not the only way to restore a vampire's soul. Spike goes through various painful phases of the Demon Trials in order to have his soul restored by a cave-dwelling demon. It is unclear whether this demon uses a ritual similar to the Ritual of Restoration, using an Orb of Thesulah to restore Spike's soul; and there is no indication that Spike's soul can be lost in the same way as Angel's: the restoring of Spike's soul is not intended as a curse, but as a reward.
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