correctly casted spells

We all end up reading and suggesting Modern Magick
It's a life changing Book,also I'm far from a newbie at this point but I'm always looking for advice and ways to grow
I took Larks advice,last time she mentioned it and went and ordered the Veils Edge,man!what a cool,interesting way to see things
Excellent choice.Also take the advice
There is no way to get around it,study is the Key
I'm almost 40 and I'm still constantly getting new books
Practicing new things etc,lark is 30 years older then me I'm sure it's the same with her,The occult is"secret Knowledge"Its a lot of magick and ritual but Mostly study,it has to become part of one's life,many flop out after a short time,people who stick to it usually stay for life.

Intention and faith is also key for when a spell works. And depending on the spell's nature/purpose, you have to do specific things in order to increase its chances of working or giving the desired effect. Do not falter and do not question or be obsessed wether or not something will work, because then your uncertainty will be translated into energy and will weaken the spell. Since you have to put forth your own energy into it, and thus power, it will be weakened or fizzle out and not work at all. Spells can give you slight hints or powerful ones, but you have to develop your metaphysical senses and perhaps even ublock some chakras, and notice any changes within your emotions or body. Even if they are negative, any change from what you normally feel is a sign that something has happened and pursue it with an open mind and open heart, and accept what ever comes.

If a spell stretches incredibility, it isn't real.

You cannot throw fire, physically fly, change your shape, etc.

This is because magic has more to do with altering chances, fate, perception, the inner world and entering the spirit world.

Secondly, how do you know a spell works?

It's simple, by getting results.

All sorcery relies upon a number of pillars, essential parts. The most commonly known are Will, Intent, and Action. This last one is important.

If you do a job spell, but aren't turning in applications and calling, you will not have results.

So if you send in applications, and you get the job, the spell has worked? Or would you have got the job without the spell?

That's a good question Brysing, but tha answer is a matter of belief. Many people believe that spells increase your chances of something happening, so if the odds were already in your favor, you probbly would have gotten the job anyway, but if it was somehing like a 50/50 chance, a spell would push the chances into your favor.

Some people will believe anything.

I know you don't believe in spells Brysing, but personally, I think it is a much more viable belief than, say, vampires. You can't prove them to be fake, and many people can and will share personal experiences with them.

A skeptic will never have enough evidence, while a believer will have more than enough.

The reason I don't believe in spells is because,it seems to me, to be pure coincidence when they "appear" to work. Every discussion indicates that the spell will not work, of itself. The caster has to "help it along".
And when it doesn't work, the excuse is "Oh,it takes time.Even a year". Or you did it wrong. Or you didn't have enough faith. Or you used the wrong ingredients.
A youngster casts a spell for money.Gets a job. At the end of the week he gets money. So the spell worked? No it didn't! He got paid for a week's work!
The young man casts a spell for rain, and it rains within an hour; or the next day; or the next month; so the spell worked?
To me, a spell is just a wish; like a prayer.It's a ritual wish.
And sometimes,purely coincidentally,the wish comes true. But not very often!
Did the ancient witches cast spells? Or were the mystic words,and the mystic "signs", merely to keep the real magic hidden;secret. After all, it was how a witch earned her living.And some witches were outright fraudulent; taking great sums of money from their victims for "casting spells".
It's like the old joke, when the man complains to God that he had prayed every day for fifty years and had never won the Lottery. And God says,
"Meet me half way. But a ticket!"

Great responses Mr Brysing.

Thank you,Lucid!