How Do I Know When It's Time To Stop Casting A Spell?

How Do I Know When It's Time To Stop Casting A Spell?

"Should I do a 7 day, a 14 day, or a 28 day spell?" "Should I just keep casting until I feel it's enough?" "Can I over-cast a spell and ruin it?" "How can I tell if I've put enough time and energy into a spell so it doesn't flop?"

Results from magic are highly sensitive to the abilities, experience, temperament and belief systems of the practitioner. Sometimes a lack of success in magic has to do with the person not putting enough into a spell.  They may not have enough practical experience in their Craft to achieve the level of results they are after. Maybe their concentration is lacking, or they are so emotionally undisciplined that they taint their results with unchecked fears and hatreds. Perhaps they are simply not putting in the time necessary to make magic work properly for themselves.

Other times,  magical success may be delayed due to a practitioner “holding on” to a spell for too long. Some may find that they hold on to a spell for fear that, were they to let it go, the spell might fail, since it isn't "ready" yet. Often practitioners will hang on to spells too long out of a need to feel in “control” of magic. Controlling magic is like controlling agriculture. There are things we can, and should control; but the most powerful things are beyond our control. A botanist can’t “make” a flower grow, nature takes care of that. But the botonist CAN provide the conditions and breeding necessary to grow the precise flowers they desire. By a similar token, we don’t “make” magic happen, we cultivate according to our desires. Nature “makes” magic happen.

Thankfully, magic is extremely forgiving. When we keep things simple and straightforward, when we know what we are doing and why we are doing it, when we apply legitimate magical principles and practices, the results come in spite of our own shortcomings. Think of how a crop of corn can overcome extremely poor skills from a farmer, even though an amazingly superior a crop of corn can be grown by a master. The corn grown by the master will taste better and be more abundant, but both crops will serve the purpose for which they were grown: feeding and nourishing people.

Give your spell a good week or two of daily work using sound magical principles and practices, then ask yourself how you feel. Do you feel better and more at peace about this thing? Do you see any signs of sprouting already in this area of your life? Are you less or more interested in doing magic on this goal than before? Are you afraid to let go of the spell and cast it into the fertile ground of the the Deep Mind? Pondering questions such as this will give you a sense as to whether it's time to keep working, or actually cast this spell so it can work for your benefit.

Letting go too soon before you have actually worked on this daily for a period of time will often yield little to no results at all. If you didn't put much into your spell, there's really nothing for you to receive back. If that's the case, it may be time to reassess if this is something you actually want. 

Holding on too long will only serve to delay having the seeds of your desire thrive and grow in the fertile soil of your own Deep Mind.  When it's time, let it go. Forget about it. Go about your business and be done with it. KNOW that it is all being handled in a wonderful way. 

Once you see signs that the results are sprouting, you must tend to them, harvest your results, replant the garden, replenish and allow your soil to rest, and rotate your crops.  You tend your results by watching how you interact with this area in your life. You no longer allow your crop to be overrun with weeds, or poisoned by contaminants, such as complaining and whining. Any and all negative emotions and fears surrounding this topic are neutralized the INSTANT they come into your consciousness. You lovingly and excitedly remind yourself each and every time you think about this thing that “It is finished.”  

Lull yourself to sleep each night, in peace, with the knowledge that this issue is now resolved in a magical way. Find a phrase that fits that attitude (such as, “It is finished.”). Rest in the understanding that your own Superconscious mind and deep mind are completely at work, in nature’s own wise and wonderful way, to bring about the results of your magic. They are busy arranging people, things, situations, opportunities and wonderful surprises for you, just as nature arranges the compounds in the soil according to the needs of any seed. Anyone who has grown a flower from seed knows the amazing awe and anticipation as you watch the flowers bud and blossom. This is the attitude we have with our results in magic as well.

Basically, you could look at the matter thusly:

1. Do the Work

Work for one or two weeks using whatever system of magic you prefer.

2. Release the Work 

Cast your spell into your deep mind and hand it over completely. Get busy doing positive things. Assume the attitude of having already received the result.

3. Tend to the Results  

Keep a nurturing attitude toward your goal, and pull any weeds of fear or doubt the moment they sprout.

  

4. Harvest 

Use the results of your spell wisely and well. Enjoy the fruits of your magic and get busy using those results for good in your life. Remember to share your good, thus giving back a bit of your seed and your harvest to the soil to make future crops even better, rather than allowing the soil to be depleted.

5. Rotate Crops 

Don't work magic on the same area in your life right away. Let that area rest and replenish for at least one or two spell casting cycles. If you practice daily, this will only be a few weeks, then you can cast a spell to expand on the success of your previous spell if you feel so inclined.

In magic, our sphere of influence is expanded as we learn from both our successes and our failures. We build our successes on those lessons learned. Our goal in magic, is to achieve, not only success, but REPEATABLE success. The only way to achieve this is to practice, practice, practice.