Questions You’ve Asked Me, Autumn 2011 ed

Hey Occulties,

Sorry to be so long in writing you….sometimes I’m reasonably sure I am damned to endlessly repeating myself. 😉 So, since I had a whole lot of that to do (yes I started, yes it was received, no I don’t need an update every ten minutes, etc,) I got busy and you didn’t get an article for awhile.

But I didn’t forget about you.

Seems to me this is long overdue so let’s get started. 😉

Q: Is there a substitute for (ingredient to spell)?

A: My recommendation is to just choose a different spell. In the past I tried to work with people here but usually the suggestions given were so beyond easy to locate said specific ingredient (for example a pink candle of any shape, suchas votive shape or taper shape which are basic,) and I was given a reply like “But I searched all of Los Angeles and there are no pink candles of any shape here,” or similar. Or maybe I said use something suchas….cinnamon in place of another (still easy to locate) item and got the reply “We don’t have cinnamon in Texas.” :S Um…I don’t care if you do not have the item in your HOME, both pink candles AND cinnamon are available throughout the continental USA. If you’re from another country I might try to guess but…er, I assume both are easy to locate in many countries as well.

Because of this I no longer offer substitution suggestions.

I can already hear the moaning, so pre-emptively, while I am just barely into my third decade (holy smokes, DINOSAURS ruled the earth when I was a kid!) when I started using spellcraft finding real frankinsence in some backwater hick town in Nowhere NH was about as easy as finding 50 carats worth of diamonds falling out of the sky into your front yard (that means nearly impossible,) and the internet…while it SORT OF existed, was no the wonderful thing it is now where you can locate just about anything with a few clicks in Google and a debit card (hell, no one had debit cards when I was in my teens cuz they did not exist!) So the ingredients I suggest are locatable, and it’s not hard. I’m not asking you to find the blood of 20 virgins born on an exact date or anything…it’s usually a reasonably normal thing like…salt. 😉

Q: If someone rejects my case for spellwork, should I give up? Can I do as well or better than a practiced/professional spellcaster?

A: Let’s just start with the presumption you’ve only spoken to ethical spellcasters who will not just agree to take on any problem or promise they can fix all things.

So, first, you go to one spellcaster, you give your schpeil about what happened and he or she says “I’m sorry, I can’t help you, I feel I will not provide the results you are looking for.” Okay, that can be disheartening. MOST people (though not all) will seek a second opinion. Perhaps the next person you speak to says “I’m sorry, I can’t help you, I don’t provide those sort of services.” Well, maybe you feel you’re getting snubbed for other reasons so now you think “I’ll try one more,” and the third person says “Yeah, you let that problem go on too long and I can’t fix it.”

Are you SOL (that means sh*t out of luck,) or what?

I’m a big believer in do it yourself projects. If no one will help you, it only fails to reason you might try to help yourself. 😉 Now, before you start skipping along to that tune, I’m not necessarily suggesting you try to take on a super large amazing spell of such vast complicated measures that someone experienced would consider it advanced, but there are measures even an unpracticed person can use and find success with. I offer some wonderful spells for beginners and intermediates here. Just look in my categories. I really enjoy Karma Zain’s site and she offers some great stuff like votive candles and dressed and blessed seven day candles for sale which I think even newbies could easily use. So, why not at least try to help yourself? You won’t know unless you try.

Does this mean I think because it’s YOUR problem you would do better than a practiced spellcaster? Well…I hate to be a buzzkill, but…probably someone with years of experience spellcasting will do a better job spellcasting than someone who used a spell kit once. Don’t let that get you down, though – just because some experienced spellcaster has the benefit of the forenamed experience, this doesn’t mean you can’t also be successful and effective. This blog is made in the hopes people will help themselves and educate themselves. As I said before, you won’t know til you try.

Q: Which colors and days are best for use in success work in your opinion?

A: Gold and purple for colors, and I prefer Sundays and Thursdays for the “best days.”

Q: Is there anything such as an ingredient or an oil I can use to speed up my love spell to get my lover back/to make someone particular fall in love with me?

A: I hear this one A LOT…so allow me to say this and you who wish to remain willfully stupid in the matter, by all means, just act like you didn’t read this. 😉 Speeding up something doesn’t make it more lasting or better. You are wanting a FAST change because you are uncomfortable in your situation and probably easily prone to doubt (because if it doesn’t happen fast it’s not going to happen at all, right?) and that by itself is just a giant red flag…anxious petitioners (person for whom the spell is cast on behalf of – may or may not be the spellcaster) are those who extend their own wait.

Don’t get me wrong, some situations merit you work quickly – for example court work, or work where you’re in need of money…but love? Romantic love does not USUALLY in most cases merit speed. Often, but certainly not always, a faster result with a love spell is a less lasting result.

If you’re too anxious for a spell to come together, more oft then not you slow the manifestation speed. Anxiety is a form of doubt. Fear is a form of doubt. Doubt is a big spell killer.

So, is there a way to speed up your love spell? Perhaps, but you’re totally blinding yourself to the very real possibility that it might NEED a few weeks for you to have a strong and lasting result. If you want to be reunited in a day with your loved one you may very well find that the person leaves again as fast as they came to you.

Q: Would you recommend praying to multiple saints for the same purpose or just one?

A: Without more information it’s difficult to say, but I’d actually recommend establishing a relationship with a few saints and mostly praying to those with whom you have the strongest relationship. By frequently offering prayers to the saint and speaking to them on a regular basis, you will often find this saint working on your behalf more often. Just picking a saint out of a book because the book says they are the patron of this or that is not always the best way to work with saints.

Q: Do you read every email you receive? Do you reply to all questions you receive?

A: No. I used to, but now if it’s a client I had to fire for bad behaviors, a case I rejected that won’t stop emailing me to change my mind, or someone who has a history of rude behavior there is a 30% chance I’ll delete without reading merely for the fact I see no purpose in being frustrated or insulted by someone who just doesn’t understand that I neither will I change my mind about accepting their case nor wish to be insulted if they dislike this fact. Otherwise yes, I do read them all.

I do not reply to everything, see previous sentence for an idea as to why…however also I do not reply fully in some cases as people ask me ridiculously complex questions which would require hours out of my day with no compensation. When this happens I often ask a few questions to see if I can make my own answer quick to write. Sometimes this just compounds the situtation, and the person making demands of me (and believing me unworthy of compensation for my time) gets angry for being questioned or being told (when I realize the wouldbe querent would need me to take hours out of my day to reply,) that for me to reply fully I require compensation for my time, which then sometimes leads to a situation mentioned in the first paragraph under this question.

Okie dokie, that’s enough questions for one day. 😉 Hope that was helpful and hope to be back with another article for you all soon 🙂

~Cat

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