Brief notes on permanency in Witchcraft and the treatment mindset
A broad opinion my friends, take or leave it as you prefer:
Most witches, especially beginners, should not expect to be able to cast a single spell on anything and have the effects be permanent, forever.
Many witches, and beginner witches, work with perfectly good and fine magic, call power unto themselves, employ technique with skill, and achieve results. This is good!
Then, after a few weeks or months the effects will wear off, and that same person doing good work will just sort of say, ahhhh well. I tried, didn't I. That's too bad I can't really do magic that good, then.
Unless you are either remarkably talented at what you're doing, or unless you are neck-deep in techniques of permanency, most magic - especially stuff you find for free online - is best regarded as a treatment, not a cure.
- Spell vessels run out of energy and must be recharged
- Oils, incenses, and pertinent substances once applied lose potency and must be refreshed
- One-shot spells, like a ringing bell, reverberate out into the world and then eventually fade away
- The living world, both physical, magical, and beyond, continues to grow - and trees chopped down send up new saplings, old root balls start lapping up water, and termites wriggle their way into fresh wood piles
- If something worked great for a while and now you need to do it again, then you should do it again.
- If you worked hard at a spell and it got you some of the way there, but not all the way, you should rest up and do it again to get more of the way there.
- If a frenzy of casting solved some of your problems, but not all of your problems, wait until you are rested and begin casting again.
- If an old spell used to work, but upon recasting doesn't work, consider that the exact environment around you in your living world may have changed, and consider adjusting your spell before trying again.
