#the elements of spellcrafting

Notes On:
The Elements of Spellcrafting by Jason Miller

Key 3: Make Sure Your Life is Enchantable

How Flexible Are You?

Magic is an influence upon reality, not a reality-breaking force (usually.) If you do a spell to get money, it is going to manifest through mundane means that have a logical explanation. The spell will have influenced those events, but it is not going to make it rain 20-dollar bills from the sky. If you plan on magic having a role in your life, you need to be able to maximize the potential for that magic to manifest in ways that you will appreciate. So ask yourself: is your life enchantable?

Love Shows Up on a Doorstep

Let’s use love magick as an example; despite stories you may have heard of someone conducting a love spell only to find their one true love waiting on their doorstep a few days later, most of the time our efforts will not create such extraordinary results When performing love magic, there are a lot of ways to make life more enchantable. The first step would be to turn off the PlayStation and get out to places where you might meet people of similar interests. How do you look? How do you dress? Are you skilled at starting conversation? You don’t have to become someone else; just make this area of your life more enchantable by brushing up on social skills and grooming. 

In fact, let’s make that our second rule of thumb: Keep your magical and mundane efforts pointed in the same direction.

Financial Flexibility

Money spells for small amounts usually find a way to come through in things like paid focus groups, short term side jobs, unexpected gifts, bank orders, found wallets, etc. Spells for larger sums or significant financial changes can lead to things like uncomfortably sudden job changes or a family member dying and leaving an inheritance. If you are a business owner, you can expect this in the form of more customers, higher-paying customers or inspiration for a new product. Just keep in mind while planning your spellwork: magic will take the path of least resistance. 

Health Enchantability

It is important to know that you should never substitute medical attention and/or care with magic. If you are concerned for your health in anyway, see or speak with a doctor. Remember, magic is an influence. So we have to ask ourselves “how enchantable is my body?” Well, how enchantable are your habits? Your environment? The things that affect your health? These are questions that must be implemented in healing magic.

Dangers of Forcing Magic into an Unenchantable Situation

Nutty stuff happens when you force magic into impossible situations. 

There are dangers in magic; offended spirits, malefic curses, demonic obsession, so on. However, most concerning, is magic applied in unskilled and counter productive ways. Try not to force a truly unenchantable situation with magic. When planning, you should think of how your spell could possibly manifest. You don’t have to steer it in that direction necessarily, as that would take away from avenues for manifestation that you aren’t aware of. You do, however, have to think about how enchantable your life is towards any goal. If your life is not particularly open to the kind of magic you are doing, you need to realize that it may not manifest or perhaps just give underwhelming results. If you force the issue with stronger magical insistence, then be ready for things to blow up. 

The Take Away

The problem this key looks to solve is forcing magic to manifest in lives that are not easily adapted to enchantment. The solution is not always easy. It may require opening a business, doing serious personal identity work or even move to a new city where there are more opportunities.