Happy New Year in advance! Now, let’s get down to business; most practitioners have heard of this phrase, as well as uttering- or having uttered it themselves. They wonder what spirit, spell, Pentacle or otherwise technique they should utilize towards an objective- which is all fine & dandy…..until it doesn’t work and then they blame..??..The technique.

Something I’ve told several people when it came up in conversation: It doesn’t matter which of the aforementioned you use for esoteric/occult success under the condition that they produce the same outcome, it’s about you! Too many mages & related (so to speak) make the awful mistake of doing things like replacing a spirit assigned to a task in favor of something or someone else, substituting a manner of working when they don’t see results after only a brief amount of time, etc. These are borderline offensive errors. It’s never their fault; the technique or entity in question isn’t strong enough or doesn’t work quickly enough and so on.

Taking everything I’ve stated up to this point into account & provided that everything else is in order/place, guess what? YOU, practitioner, are the issue- NOT the one or implement you’re utilizing. You can switch up as many things as you’d like, the outcome will still be the same (more or less, generally speaking). Now, do NOT misunderstand Me- if you’re not getting satisfactory results, you’re well within your rights to make adjustments as need be. I am saying: Nothing will help if you are lacking in the strength or skill department; you can work with 21 spirits, 5 Pentacles and so on- results will be little to nothing.

Think of it as follows: you’re a cup. Do you think it matters what kind of water you fill yourself up with? No. You’ll only be able to take as much water as you can handle.