Hey Occulties,
Today on Cat’s Rants I’d like to discuss a mistake I see people making frequently…
Keep It Simple, but Keep It Concise. So often when it comes to revenge or love, I get a novel-length email regarding what EXACTLY should happen, and I mean sometimes it is so exact that the amount of energy required to bring about the desired outcome would be absolutely insane when the petitioner would be just as satisfied with a similar outcome, despite insisting that this person must have these exact motives for coming back (generally that’s a reconciliation spell killer to insist you dictate their motives and not just the return,) or that the most complex series of events must happen to their curse target because they are sure everyone involved will be something that can be controlled as well as that I control their reactions, feelings and thought processes. So, let’s change the spell to something everyone reading understands well (probably, though it is an American thing,): A Turkey Sandwich. Now if you just say Turkey Sandwich, a slice of turkey between two slices of bread with nothing else could be all that comes, or something a bit fancier might arrive. No one knows. You only said turkey sandwich, and so as long as turkey and two slices of bread arrive, you got what you wanted. This is comparable to being vague or general in spellcasting. If I say “I want my ex to come back,” that could be anyone from the kid I “dated” in Kindergarten to my most recent ex, and if any one of them comes back, then the spell worked. But most of us have a clearer idea of what we want, so back to the sandwich, if instead you say, “I want a turkey and Swiss cheese sandwich on rye with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, and onion, now the server brings you this and for most of us this is perfect. This could be compared to say “I want (specific person,) to come back to me seeking a relationship and for them to be free of any romantic attachments to others,” - so you’re getting the specific person you want and without so many complications. Lastly in our example, we have the overly exact person… They order a turkey sandwich as so: “I want cruelty-free turkey raised with no hormones, which only comes from the breast of a hen, which also has no preservatives and was raised locally, and place this on rye bread which was baked between the hours of 5-6pm yesterday, preferably while the baker was thinking of a specific classic rock song which will remain secret to me. I want house made aioli and not mayonnaise” (they are the same thing,) “which was made within the last 2 hours, and then a thin slice of jarlsburg which was cut from a cheese only first sliced today, then add red romaine lettuce which has been grown in an area no farther than 20 miles from here and where there are many hummingbirds, some red onion grown in Cork county Ireland, and a slice of tomato which was harvested by the hands of a virgin in Nebraska.” That person probably isn’t eating… And if you are overly exact on people’s motives, what they wear, what exact moment happens, etc, you probably won’t have manifestation either.
Look at it as if you’re the server in the turkey sandwich example… you can put a slice of turkey between two pieces of bread. You have rye bread and Swiss cheese and lettuce and tomatoes and onions and mayonnaise too as it is a restaurant which serves several sandwiches. Even if a turkey on rye isn’t on your menu, all those items are in the kitchen. However, how many people know what the baker was thinking when he baked the bread? Do you know the exact farm or the exact location of every ingredient normally? No, most of us don’t, much less the thoughts of the people working at those farms and bakeries and dairies. So would it be possible for you find out? Most of it you could, to some degree, but by the time you had, the person ordering that complicated sandwich would likely have left several days before.
When you are overly complex in what you are trying to manifest, a similar issue arises. The spell energy must be gigantic, and then it has to complete every command, which lessens the likelihood of the energy completing that lengthy list before it runs out, and by the time it has done everything you asked (in the off case that it can,) it takes so damn long, you don’t even want it anymore.
So, be concise, and keep it simple.
Alright, working on a spell article for everyone. Hope that was helpful,
~Cat
Comments