Cat’s Rants: Confessions of an Occult Mastermind

Real Problems v Mild Annoyances

June 23, 2021

Hey Kids,

So have you ever noticed that when things go really bad, there are people who want to help, and then there's this person "Oh, that stinks. Hey, so my dog did the funniest thing yesterday." You could be on fire, and they'd be like "Damn, that kind of blows, but you know what I thought about? Don't you think the word frog is a weird word?" In my time on this planet, I have come across several of these infuriating creatures. Each and every time I am absolutely blown away by their own inability to sympathize whatsoever with whatever horrible tragedy I have just told them about. Mind you, were they to scuff their shoe that day, you'd have a five hour cry-a-thon over this scuffed shoe. Meanwhile, you could have lost your entire family in a horrible gold smelting accident just moments ago, and they'd act as if you'd merely misplaced the remote.

Now, you might think "maybe they are just suffering from mental illness," and that's a fair assessment, but they all seem to have one thing in common… They are all sheltered and never had real problems. This isn't to say that there aren't plenty of lovely people who lived such lifestyles and never showed this lack of ability to empathize or care, it's just it seems a common factor among those with this particular problem. My theory, – albeit it's an armchair theory at best, – is their lack of empathy comes from the fact that they don't really know suffering having never really suffered. So, when you say "Holy shit, the doctor tells me I have 2 weeks to live!" they think to themselves "Well, hmm…I left my jeans in the dryer too long and burned myself on the zipper, so that's like, totally bad too," and they spit that out, as if to say "I understand."

So, sheltered people, allow me to help you….If someone comes to you and they are like "Holy fuck my life is in shambles," and proceeds to tell you something that belongs in a country western song, the equivalent response is not that you bought shoes in the wrong size or that you bought the wrong version of a song you like, and now you have to spend another dollar and change to get the right version. In fact, it's better to just say "Wow, that's terrible!" Instead of saying "Does this mean you won't be paying me the $20 you owed me by the end of the week?" Then you say something like "I'm sorry, I don't know how I can help you. I've never been in a situation nearly this bad before." When you say that DO NOT change the subject to something glib and without substance in an effort to change the subject. This is not just impolite, it's rude and insensitive. So if you tell me "Cat, I think I just swallowed rat poison! I'm foaming at the mouth and choking," I would not reply with "Oh, that's bullshit. My bird just learned to say Bird loves Momma!" Instead, I would either try to HELP the person either by offering help (like calling poison control, or emergency services if you ingested poison,) and I would at the very least listen to you and if I could not assist and it was an emergency I'd even say something like "I'm very worried about this – is there someone you or I could call?" Notice, I am not redirecting the conversation to myself, but trying to HELP.

And admittedly, sheltered people, most people are not actively dying or in danger, but when someone says to me "Cat, I just lost my parent last night to some illness," I do not reply with "That's shitty…guess what I caught on Hulu last night!?" because doing that would be rude. Instead, hopefully I have not found myself entirely emotionally drained by my day, and I'm going to say "Oh wow, I'm so sorry for your loss! If you need anyone to talk to I would be glad to listen. I know this must be so hard on you." Notice again, I am offering to LISTEN (since in this scenario, I am not going to resurrect the dead, right?) and I am not redirecting the conversation to myself.

Now what if it's something in between? What if it's something I could possibly take actions to help with BUT the person also needs someone to listen and make them feel supported. Well, I consider if I CAN help (that is, if I can afford to help, or if those actions required are not a huge amount of effort and would completely undo me,) and still I would listen. I will not change the conversation to myself.

Now, I get a few of you shaking your heads as you've had the friend who is always a hot mess (or maybe you've been that friend,) and after awhile you've done all you can do. If it comes to a point where the person constantly needs help, and you can't help more, and it's dragging you down, the proper response is "Gee (person), I really am sorry for what's going on. Unfortunately I really can't help. I do hope things get better for you!" You don't say anything else. If they say anything, you're just like "Yeah, sorry that happened to you," and nothing else. If you can't help, you don't redirect the problem to something else.

Because there is nothing worse (and I know from experience, having had a few bad things happen to me in my day,) than a person who replies to your real problems with "Oh. I totally can't find my toothbrush right now and had to use a new one," as if this has any bearing on your tragedies or is a problem of comparable value. 😛

Hopefully this will help prevent some future curses or reconciliation cases, and I hope it's been educational. 🙂

~Cat
For Continuous Prosperity – Money Tree

June 22, 2021

Hey there Occulties,

When we think of money spells, many of us falsely think of big lottery wins like winning a Powerball jackpot. This, firstly, would be a gambling spell, and secondly would be a very stupid manner of using a gambling spell as the odds are terrible. Gambling spells are best used when you're working with superior odds, for example, you would do better with poker or blackjack – heck, even roulette! – than with something that has such abysmal odds as Powerball. 😛 So, we are not focusing on gambling spells, and the following WILL NOT LIKELY NET YOU LOTTERY WINS….

Instead, this is more likely to increase business, bring a bonus or a raise, or improve your finances from non-gambling means. After some thought on the matter (I've posted my favorite easy money spells before, and they all work fantastic,) I've decided my readers wouldn't mind something a bit different, and which will CONTINUE to bring you prosperity instead of my usual which is often going to need to be re-applied to keep the prosperity going. In fact, this is a great business warming gift or gift for yourself when starting a new business! 🙂

You will need:
A tree that can live INSIDE THE HOME or which is fruitful (non-deciduous) year-round on your property which you will plant (this can be a little jade tree, if you are an apartment dweller, a ficus tree, kumquat tree – honestly any shrub or tree that lives inside the home is just fine, and outdoor trees must not drop their leaves or go dormant in the coldest part of the year – perhaps it is being that I am from Northern New England, but I prefer jade trees or trees that bear fruit indoors for this spell)
Gravel/stones
5 coins (preferably of the largest denomination of your country,)
Potting soil
A pot (if an indoor tree)
A piece of brown paper with all of the edges torn off
A PURPLE or ORANGE permanent marker (like a sharpie)
Charms (preferably fake coin charms, for example, like this,)
Orange, Gold, or Purple ribbon – or for the fancy kids out there, gold jump rings in a large size
An witness item (biological item or photo) from the person who the tree is for
Money drawing oil

This is pretty easy for those of you with any gardening experience. For those of you who have none, I am also the master of killing houseplants here and there (ha!) so, you are my people. 😉 This is why I STRONGLY recommend a jade tree. These little guys are hardy! For my readers more experienced with plants, you might actually prefer a fruiting tree.

I absolutely love these as new business gifts, but they do work better for someone with magical experience. 🙂

The most difficult part here for some of you will be the name paper. You will write the name out 5 times like this
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe (replacing the name John Doe with the target's name.)
I know some of you were pretty excited when I used Jason Momoa for my love spell target last week, but he's rich enough without me putting him in my money spell. 😉 Now turn the paper so the names are running vertical and you will write the command five times… If I make this for myself, I write "Money tree draws money to me," but if for another it's "Money tree draws money to thee", and when you write this you do it once per line (like the name,) so you have a sort of "grid" of the command crossed by names. Place the personal item in the center, and fold towards you once, and then turn and fold towards you again. Now anoint that with money oil, and anoint your coins similarly.

Next get your pot (or dig your hole if you're working out of doors,) and place some gravel in the base for drainage. Put a light amount of potting soil into your pot, and then place your name paper/item into the pot, and the five coins around it, about equidistant from each other. Place a bit more soil in the pot, and then place your tree into the pot (or hole,) then pack it around to secure it with your potting soil. Plants like soil, so be sure you give yours plenty. Tie or secure an ODD AMOUNT (so 3, 5, 7, 9, etc,) of charms onto your plant, saying as you add each one "Money tree draw money to me/(name of target,) and now add water to your plant when finished, saying "money tree, draw money to me/(name of target,)" five times as you do. Now say "Money tree, I awake your power to draw prosperity and money to my (name of person)'s home, and so long as you are watered and given sunshine, I ask you to continue to draw prosperity forth, as is my will, so be it!"

Now the reason these work so much better if YOU keep that tree? Well, every time you get a raise, a bunch of business, or some financial gift you weren't expecting, you can add a charm to the tree as a "reward," for it's service… plus, you tell them every time you water them "Money tree, draw money to me," and the plant will listen. It's a great little gift and the longer they are kept fed and alive, the better they work.

I'm sure there will be questions, so please ask!

~Cat
Summer-long Word-of-Mouth Discount

June 21, 2021

Hey there Occulties,

So, as I'm sure I've told many of you, math is not my strong suit. 😛 When going over my finances this weekend, I realized that I'm pretty much going to have to shoestring certain budgets to afford other things I actually need. This is not about want. Yours truly would LOVE to get a new dress and new awesome shoes and stuff…. this is need. Admittedly, there are current "need" things in the budget which are not related to "wants" but are needs that normally do not exist in the budget, so despite my math-related lack of finesse, it's more of a problem of getting extra where I can get it, and cutting down farther on things which…I'm not sure how much farther I'm going to cut down, but where I lack in math skills, I excel in creative solutions. 🙂

Whilst trying to figure out this shiny new budget for unexpected huge expenditures (basically good news is I'm almost definitely not moving, bad news is, my SUPER AMAZING AWESOME LAWYER LADY does come with a very harsh retainer fee, but is everything I prayed for and dreamed of in an attorney, and so I'm glad to have her on my side,) I came to realize that…well…I need something to promote more sales and running sales isn't exactly that promotion. I'd never really thought to advertise, and you know in the past I've even been combative against it. :P

Perhaps I was not doing myself any favors….before the pandemic, I never had a problem with getting massive website hits from all over, but I guess in this brave new world, I might need to advertise. 😛 So, my children, I send you forth into the world… Contact Me and let me know what your "codename" is, and then feel free to put a link (to get get this, you click on the title of the post, then copy the url,) to your favorite spell article in my blog, (either privately, in a PM or email to a friend, or in a group) and tell whoever or whatever group it is to give me your "codename," and they get 10% off any service. You can also tell a friend about my website and blog (no linking back to blog required!) and have them use your code name. YOU will get a graded discount. For a single paying customer you can get 10% off your next order, for 10 paying customers total you'll get 25% off your next order. (if you use your 10%, you cannot then get the 25% when nine other people make a paying order, lol, so you have to let it add up.) Then it will restart again, because 1/4 off the price is a lot. 😉 If you place a link to your favorite article in my blog, and let several people know whatever codename you choose, it's going to increase the traffic a lot, and you're more likely to get 25% off.

So, just have your friends tell me the codename (and let me know what it is,) if this is just you telling a friend and making a sale, they can just tell me your name, but if you're on a site or group I recommend you use a codename. They can buy anything and get 10% off, and you can get up to 25% off – even off the most expensive services I sell. I will work over here on my end, and go about putting up more spell articles. Win/Win. 🙂

Thank you everyone!

~Cat

Update: I've had some questions, so I'm going to add them here as most of them have been pretty good insightful questions

Q: What if I want to get money back instead of a discount for bringing you a new client?
A: After some rumination on that, I can offer that I will give up to $60 cash back per month for bringing CashApp only clients. Why? Because the possibility for abuse is too great with other payment processors. So, how this works is you bring me a client who buys a service, and when they do, I'll take 10% off of their order when they pay with CashApp. I will then take 10% off of the amount I have grossed from the sale, and take that 10% and send it to your cashapp. So, just for a nice easy figure, if your referred party buys something which normally costs $100, I will give them a spiffy 10% off, which means they send me $90 for the $100 item on CashApp. I then send you 10% of that $90, which is $9.

Now, the kicker is if you send me someone who buys a $100 item, and pays $90 with their discount, and then you decide you want to go purchase $400 worth of things from me after getting $9 back from CashApp first, you now have lost $31 because you don't get 10% off. INSTEAD, you get 10% of what they spent using CashApp which might not be a lot. It could work in your favor, it could not work in your favor. The only information I can give back is going to be a refunded amount as all transactions are private.

PLUS, keep in mind you need to really know who that is that you sent me. If you and I hardly know each other, and you say "Cat, buy this awesome thing!" And I tell you I am going to check it out, for sure, and you say "If you use the code [CODENAME] you can get like 10% off!!!" And I'm like 'Wow, thanks!" And then you say "But use CashApp or else I won't get $$ for your making a purchase." I'm going to be like… What? And then I'm going to feel weird about making a purchase.

You know your own life, so I mean whether or not you want a fancy code to give people to make it all look like we're on the up and up when you tell them they can get a discount with that, or you just want to tell a buddy that you sent them (both work, honestly,) and however you want your discount is up to you. 🙂

Q: What if I send you like 100 paying clients! Could I get something free then?
A: Um, fuck yeah. I'm not even sure I could handle all that business, but if you add 100 paying clients to my roster, I'm happy to give you a gold star and something free. 🙂

Q: Does my discount expire?
A: No, within reason, it won't. If you get say 25% off and you want to save it, and ask for something in a year from now, just remind me you have the discount. I have it written down, but I assure you, I won't remember and I'll send a bill for the regular amount. If you tell me, I'll check and you'll get the discount. Try to use it within 2 years. 😛

Q: Will you decline to allow the business I send to hire?
A: It's possible. I don't do this to be hurtful, but I openly admit that I can't turn people into a werewolf or give them a job as a surgeon if they've not even achieved a high school diploma. They DO need to make a purchase for me to pass anything on to you, so just asking people to make inquiries isn't necessarily going to net you results.

Q: What if the person I send to you makes a chargeback – will you take my discount away or charge me?
A: No. People who make degenerate chargebacks are assholes, and I deal with all of them and get my money back virtually every time. However, if you send me like five of them, I will assume you are all in on something together to try to get free stuff, and then I will not honor any of your business further. In that case, if I were you, I'd use the cashapp option above. I won't charge you for other people's bullshit, but I won't let you send me more business or take yours if it becomes clear something stupid is going on. :P
Common Misunderstandings

June 20, 2021

Hey Occulties,

Just a note that all previous promotions/sales are ended, so if you didn't get in on that, you can't get the discount.

Today I'd like to take a stand for my fellow occult-authors, occultists-for-hire, and psychics…because a lot of you lack the insight into our job, and while some people are just too rude and should be banned from interacting with anyone (not just people in my business,) I think A FAIR AMOUNT of bad behaviors are due to people not really understanding what our duties to the public/client/customer really are. While I can't say I speak for everyone here, I do know a fair amount of my peers will agree with the following:

Asking a substitution for any ingredient or action to a spell without any context is beyond ignorant, and one "substitution" may require several more in the same spell (as it might require other ingredients to be altered, for example, to compensate for lacking the properties of a single ingredient you want to substitute,) and furthermore the answer will change depending on what you are asking about.

Despite being a relatively small field of study, we don't all know each other, nor are we all intimately aware of each other's doings.

A fair number of spellcasters are actually Christian, and do not see this as being in opposition to casting spells. Therefore, calling them "devil worshippers" is pretty rude. Of the Christian spellcasters I know (and they fall under several denominations of Christianity,) they are often better versed in the Bible than most average Christians.

Almost every depiction you see on television, movies, and even in novels is almost entirely devoid of a basis in real magic.

The reason some people spell magic with a "k" (magick) has literally absolutely nothing whatsoever in any way imaginable to do with differentiating it from illusionism (stage magic) as "magic" is an anthropological term. The "k" comes from Alestair Crowley's influence, and actually many people tacking on that "k" are not, by his definition, practicing magick. So, if you see someone tacking on a k to magic, and you ask them why, and they don't know the real reason, you probably should not believe they are an expert in any fashion whatsoever. It's actually RUDE to act like everyone you deal with who doesn't have an interest in magic is so absolutely ignorant that they believe you mean you're going to show them a really neat card trick if you say "magic" to them.

Demon/Daemon is an INCREDIBLY BROAD TERM. Basically any neverborn (so never born into a living body) spirit is a Demon, with the exception of the creator spirit. This means a "demonic spirit" is actually something that can possibly be very benign, but the term itself is so incredibly broad as to be almost absurd. For example, I am an animal, a jellyfish is also an animal, – now how much is it that I have in common with a jellyfish? Or a scorpion is an animal as is an eagle, and both eat other animals, so are you confused that they are the same thing or even similar? Well, now, but a rabbit is also an animal, so is it the same as a scorpion or a jellyfish or an eagle? If you answered no, not nearly, this is why people who understand the term demon groan when you instantly believe all spirits under said classification are something you saw in a bad movie.

Certain people keep passing around the idea that you must be a kind, just, loving, understanding, humble person to be psychic or cast spells, even going so far as to say if you use spells for "selfish ends" your ability to cast spells will be taken from you (by some divine judge of right and wrong who apparently shares human moral codes, weirdly enough, and it is silly to think something that far beyond a human's ability to reason shares our thought processes). This is like saying that if you cut and style hair for a living you must also be all those things plus incredibly good looking, otherwise you can't cut hair, and if you try to, your hands will fall off and scissors and trimmers will just fall apart when you try to use them. Talent DOES NOT spring from ethos, so while it's nice to believe only nice people have power of any kind, I strongly suggest watching the evening news regularly because you'll realize that isn't true. Using magic for "bad ends" does not necessarily carry around any risks other than eventually you might run into something or someone far stronger than yourself who will kick your motherfucking ass (magically/spiritually/physically,) and since you were such an asshole, there's nothing you can do. 😛 IGNORANCE is actually the biggest impediment to spellcasting ability along with OBSESSION, COWARDICE, and THE INABILITY TO KEEP KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR SPELL TO YOURSELF UNTIL IT HAS MANIFESTED (ie To Know, To Dare, To Will, and To Keep Silent [Keep Secret], are four traits of effective spellcasters.) Notice how nowhere is it stated "To Be Nice," is a necessary trait. :P

Paying someone to cast a spell for you is actually quite in accepted practice for very many paradigms of spellcraft, while being prohibited in a handful of paradigms. So just because many WICCANS feel it is wrong to accept money or profit to cast a spell for another (it is prohibited in many Wicca sects,) that does not in any way apply to people who practice several ATR practices wherein it is a VERY ACCEPTED practice to expect payment to do work for others (and in fact, a belief I was taught is that you always pay the spellcaster something or else you will owe a debt to them which gives them power over you.)

You pay a spellcaster to CAST THE SPELL in accordance with their expertise, NOT FOR THE OUTCOME. This is similar to paying a lawyer to defend you or help you navigate the law – you may still not get the desired outcome, but the lawyer is there to help you with his/her expertise to get the BEST OUTCOME….or paying a doctor does not guarantee you will be cured, but the expectation is the doctor is the expert and will do his/her best to solve your problem. This is why you should generally not trust a spellcaster who guarantees an outcome or will give you your money back, because anyone who is knowledgeable about magic will tell you it is impossible to guarantee and they will not be able to get back their time, energy, or ritual supplies, so they will do their best, but success can't be guaranteed (exceptions can exist, but it's a pretty common bit of advice). Instead, you hire someone who knows spellcasting and how to cast a spell and will work with you and try to keep your expectations REALISTIC, just like if you got caught at a murder scene holding a bloody knife over a dying person saying please don't stab me again with their last words, hiring the best lawyer ever probably isn't going to get you acquitted on all charges…but might get you less time and a better sentence…but not getting a full acquittal would not make said lawyer a "scammer."

Clients who call their reader/worker "scammer" when angry are like guys who call a girl a "slut" because she turns down their advances, and get really bad reputations for acting like that pretty fast. If you've done this before, please understand the person you're speaking to isn't offended, but disgusted, and you're only hurting yourself, – that person won't want to work with you again and the more you engage in behaviors like that, the more people will decline to allow you to hire them as you will gain a reputation. Everyone loses their temper here and there but many moons ago I had a client who went to another reader, and didn't like what the reader said, so he immediately told her off, and graphically, and went way overboard. She cursed the bejesus out of him. Imagine doing a reading with someone you never met, and he's like "No, that's not right," and then tears into you at length….I mean, it's fair to say "I'm not feeling like you're picking up on my energy, and I think I'll avoid the rest of this reading," but he really went to town. It took me almost a month to get that curse off of him and it was vile. I would compare this as I've consulted an attorney or three on the bedbug problem I was having and when the attorney was clearly not a suitable match (and in one case one of the most ignorant bad attorneys I'd ever consulted on any matter,) I thanked them for their time and then moved on to the next candidate. This is how ADULTS handle such things.

A psychic reading does not often give the psychic the type of insight people think. A good movie called "The Gift" with Cate Blanchett several years ago was one of the better movies as far as close to a realistic portrayal of what it's like to be psychic. That said, as above movies are for ENTERTAINMENT and this is why most shows and movies depict being psychic very very wrongly. It generally is not a frozen moment in time, a movie clip, or a alternate reality where I can move around and do whatever I want (especially if I'm freaking ON THE PHONE with you, because I'd have to be pretty deep in meditation for the world to entirely melt away so I can walk around, etc. There are times I pick up something which has more meaning to the client than it does to me (I'm entirely confused,) and even times where I pick up something and neither of us understand it until it comes to pass. The client also immediately begins to alter many outcomes by FOREKNOWLEDGE, which is why if you know you'll be hit by a car at 5:30pm in a particular intersection, you would avoid that intersection, therefore making the prediction no longer come true. It is best to use this foreknowledge as a GUIDANCE TOOL to your next actions rather than an inescapable outcome that you are doomed to follow through on or guaranteed to have.

A good spellcaster has so many different spells for so many different types of spell, – I have said this recently wherein I say I have you know 40 different versions of this specific spell where enough of the elements are the same that you'd know they were related, but which all are slightly different, which then falls under this subset, of another subset, of yet another subset, and then reconciliation which is a subset of love work. That's true for nearly every spell I have…it's one of so many of the same kind that to assume there are only a handful of good spells for any condition or problem is actually quite naïve. Without understanding a situation, the people involved (if applicable) and the desired end, a spellcaster is working rather blindly to just apply "generic money drawing" say to a situation.

While clients don't want to hear it, sometimes people forget that the root of their problem is in no wise magical. If you want a person to marry you, but you cheat on them, refuse to hold down a job, and lie constantly, for example, it isn't a spell's fault if they continue to reject the idea. You're the one refusing to make yourself a good candidate for your chosen partner by engaging in those activities. A spell may make them feel more attracted, more loving, and desire you so strongly while their brain is like "No effing way am I marrying a lying ass cheater," which is, frankly, a sound choice on their end.

This is true for me as it is for my clients and absolutely NO ONE (including me) wants to admit it but the more whining you do about a situation the less likely magic is to be effective, which has less to do with the actual whining and more to do with the emotional state of the person doing it. The more I've bitched and moaned and felt self-pity over something, the harder it was for me to fix with magic. I've noticed a similar trend with clients. I don't expect anyone to be stoic all of the time or never complain, but if your day to day setting is constant petulance about a situation, chances are you need to work on YOURSELF and healing before you get to working magic on the situation. It really sucks and I know that from personal experience, because I've been there more than once. 😦

Just because technology has allowed far greater access to occultists, spellcasters, and psychics, that doesn't mean that they are here to do everything for you for free. I really miss that cool thing people did in my neophyte days which was a lot of learning by trial and error which really really really helped you learn.

A good psychic doesn't see some bad things coming in their own lives, and great magicians have problems. Did you know doctors can also get cancer and it doesn't make them a bad doctor? That psychiatrists can have mental problems? Did you know a mechanic's car can break down? A fireman can have a house fire in their home? Plumbers sometimes have leaky pipes? Nutritionists enjoy some junk foods, too? Yep, it's all true. People have problems – all people, – so if a spellcaster or psychic has some, it doesn't say anything about their expertise.

I hope this has been educational!

~Cat

PS- halfway through my money spell article and about 1/3 through the attraction spell….it's coming along. 😉

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The Results are In – Money and Hoes, Hoes and Money

June 16, 2021

Good Morning, Occulties,

So for my hardcore readers who text and whatsapp me, my main requests were either "MONEY SPELL" or "SPELL TO MAKE EVERYONE SEE HOW FREAKING GORGOUS AND LOVEABLE I AM," and the third runner up was, predictably, "gimme back my ex." Since we discussed bringing back your ex YESTERDAY, today it looks like I am in the position to try to stir up the money spirits in your home, or draw you some attention from admirers then….Well you asked for it…because nothing is free, it comes with a lecture.

For starters, keep in mind, when it comes to money, your sphere of availability. This means if I want 200 billion dollars, the likelihood is that your favorite orange-haired rootworker (that's hopefully me,) doesn't have one tenth of that in her sphere of availability, and it's a bit like asking to ride a unicorn into work today. If, however, I wanted, say $5000, that's within my reach even if it's not within my wallet. So when we ask for money via money spellwork, always keep in mind that the figures must reflect what is a possible. HUGE AMOUNTS may require changes you don't like. RO has a story where he asked for a specific HUGE amount and his house burned down one Christmas, only to get a check from insurance which was for that amount. 😛 Clearly he didn't ask for a kajillion dollars, but you get my drift…if the only place in your sphere of availability is a huge disaster (for you, anyhow,) maybe keep your figures a bit more acceptable.

Next when it comes to attraction, please stop acting like magic is a fantasy plastic surgeon. It is not. When we do attraction work, people are attracted to us, but if we don't do anything to keep up our appearances, or if we unknowingly emphasize those less than spiffy traits we already have, it can fall flat. So, if you decide not to take a shower, or if you forget you're missing all your front teeth and you left your partial at home, you might just not get the desired response. Even when using attraction work, you need to set forward your best you. 😛

OK, kids, give me a few hours to get the articles up and they will be up! :)

~Cat

In the meanwhile, click on my name if you would prefer me to do the work for you. 😀 I'm excited to speak to new clients or old clients.
Spell to Reconcile an Ex

June 15, 2021

Hey kids,

So, unsurprisingly, my previous article was setting you up for this article…

Let's discuss reconciling that ex of yours – now as I said before, just because you return a jerk to you and make them feel warm and squishy towards you, they will not somehow become super enlightened, and will still have all the same problems that made them a jerk, so, bringing them back just means more of the same BS if that person is a jerk. Don't say I didn't warn you.

BUT almost 20 years of giving that warning, and people don't heed it, so let's get on with the working! I think I ****MAY*** have shared this before. If I have, or if I've shared some derivative of it, I apologize, but it's a very, very effective spell to return an ex. I also really like the use of candles as these workings do tend to be the easiest for newbies to work these spells. :)

You will need:
A figural candle to represent yourself (or the petitioner)
A figural candle to represent your ex (or the petitioner's ex,)
Fine (as in very thin, not as in super quality, haha,) copper chain
Wire snips (or a pair of pliers which have the ability to snip wire)
A witness sample (biological item, preferably,) from the party to be reconciled to the petitioner
Pink Rose petal powder
Balm of Gilead bud
Licorice root powder
Poppyseed
A medium sized cake tin
Sand
Return to Me oil
Follow me Boy/Girl oil (Hetero ladies and gay fellas use Follow me Boy, Gay ladies and hetero fellas use Follow me Girl)
Love Me or Love-Drawing Oil
A piece of brown paper bag, with all edges torn, not cut
A green sharpie or permanent marker
A non-ritual candle (any one will do, I usually just have a spare tea light for this stuff,)
A screwdriver

OK kids, let's get ready to set this up, because some of you are going to find this complicated. While I could wax prosiac on the many days and planet hours and whatnot that you could usefully do this in, for the beginner, just try a Friday during the first quarter of the moon (so right after the NEW moon, not the full.)

Start by readying the candles to be placed on the altar. To do this, you will carve a little area out of the heart region of the candle to represent the TARGET (so your ex or the petitioner's ex, depending on who the spell is for.) To do this I strongly recommend heating up the end of a screwdriver and using this to take a bit of wax out without breaking the candle. Take the witness sample, and wrap this around the balm of gilead bud, saying "(Full name of target,) heal your heart towards (full name of petitioner,) and return to (name of petitioner,) this very day – immediately, now, now.) Now place this into the heart area of the figural candle, adding a drop of Return to Me oil, and then seal this area up using wax from your spare candle on the figural candle. Carve the target's initials over this, and say "I baptize you, (name of target,) that you represent (name of target,) and are now subject unto my will, so be it." Take your screwdriver, and heat it and make two holes through the hand areas of your petitioner candle. Scratch the initials of the petitioner into the heart area of the petitioner figural candle, and say "I baptize you (name of petitioner,) that you represent (name of petitioner,) and are now subject unto my will, so be it. Anoint both candles with all oils. Using wire cutters, cut 2 lengths of copper chain, tying one around the "neck" of the target's candle, and one around the "ankles" of the target candle, leaving a tail long enough to run each chain into the holes bored into the hands of the petitioner candle. make the chains "tight" so that the target is held close by the petitioner.

Interesting to note, I do a multiday version of this where I tighten these leads "held" by the petitioner candle. That is going to be a really difficult thing to master if you're not exactly artsy and craftsy, but you may contact me if you'd like to try. Every day the target candle is "pulled closer" and tighter by the petitioner candle until they meet face to face. It's a very effective trick. >:)

So, with you facing the altar, and this being YOUR RIGHT and YOUR LEFT, you place the tin on the altar. Herein you pour some sand for fire safety purposes. DO NOT USE GARDENING SOIL, IT IS FLAMMABLE. Your candle representing the PETITIONER (this may be you) is to stand on the RIGHT facing towards the candle representing the TARGET (so party to be reconciled to petitioner, maybe your ex.) The candle representing the TARGET is to be on the LEFT facing the candle representing the PETITIONER. Remember, these are figural candles and they do have faces.

Sprinkle rose petal and licorice powder over both candles, and poppy seeds over the targets candle.

Making your name paper on the brown paper you will want to write the target's full name nine times using the green sharpie. So if my target was Jason Momoa (haha,) it would look like this:
Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa

Now turn the paper so the names are running vertical, and write the command nine times, crossing over the name to create a sort of "grid pattern" (this is gone over in here in a questions you've asked me article, so please check the archives if confused.) So my recommended command here would be "Return enthralled with love and desire for (petitioner's name)." Write that command 9 times in green ink also. Spit in the center then fold this in half TOWARDS YOU, then fold it in half again to quarter it (so if you were to unfold it it the creases would look like a plus sign.) Place this beneath your cake tin.

We are ready to begin. Start by lighting the petitioner candle, and say, while looking at the target candle and envisioning the target in your mind's eye, "See here (name of target,) I light this light, the light of the world, the light you chase like a moth to flame, and you cannot take your eyes from it. Your eyes are evermore drawn to (petitioner's name) and you chase after his/her light," Now light the wick to the target candle, and looking at the petitioner candle and seeing the petitioner in your mind's eye say "And see you, (petitioner name or "I see now" if this is yourself,) now the bright light of your love (target name) returning to you, drawn to you, tied to you by your lead, by the chains of love which you hold him/her by, and hold tightly to." Now raise up your hands so that your left hand is to the "back" (but not upon – please keep your hands at least a few inches away so you don't burn yourself,) of the target candle and your right palm to the "back" of the petitioner candle. Envisioning the couple happy and together, say (with your hands still in this position,) "Now is this couple rejoined, (target's name), you are drawn by my will and the will of (petitioner name – or just my will if it's yourself,) to return full of love, and desire, and need for (petitioner name,) and to remain by the side of (petitioner name) until such time as he/she sees fit to release you from the bonds of love. Go to him/her immediately, this very moment, this very second, and make haste, for every moment you resist the call to return to (petitioner,) the stronger your urges to be with him/her become." Drop your hands and say "This spell shall not reverse nor place upon me any curse, as is my will, so be it!"

Allow the candles to burn out. When they have, take the name paper and place this near the front door to your home. Yes, under a framed picture or in a potted plant is fine if you are an apartment dweller, and for apartment dwellers, use the door to your apartment.

I'm sure there will be questions, so please ask! I am always available at cat which is at my business site, being originalninjacat.com ;)

~Cat
Why Reconciliation Spells “Don’t Last” (Hint, they do.)

June 15, 2021

Good Morning, Occultey Friends,

Today I'd like to discuss the idea that if you reconcile an ex using magic, that it's just never going to work out. To this I'd like to respond….

HORSESHIT. Double stinky extra wet floppy droppy horseshit.

HOWEVER (you knew that part was coming,) you might be confused because people often use this kind of magic on a situation which wasn't working out at all, and they were themselves getting ready to leave when their partner was like "Hey, I'm breaking up with you." A fair amount of the situations brought to me are brought to me because my client was not ready to break up, – not because it was a really good relationship. So, the client uses spellwork to reconcile the desired party, that person comes back, and suddenly a week or so into it, my client is like "Dude, this person is a total assclown. Why did I spend so many nights crying over this douche-canoe?" It doesn't matter that the reconciled party is amorous and loving and sweet and kind, – all of the sudden the client remembers what an insufferable jerk this person was before the break up, and realizes…they really just wanted closure. :P

This might not be your situation, and it isn't all reconciliation situations. I've rejoined a fair amount of couples who stayed together because the split wasn't what either wanted or needed. They were and are very compatible and very happy together – moreso than when apart.

That's something else people tend to forget when they say stupid things like "Once you cast any form of love spell, the magic kills real love" – did you ever read or hear that? It's stupid. Very stupid. If someone says something like that to you, remember that's a bit like them telling you that if you ever ate a slice of bread you are full of toxic metal because someone cut it with a knife. That's how stupid that is. However, most stupid ideas come from somewhere, and this one comes from the fact that basically all love ends in death or disaster, and even if you do your best, sometimes you just can't make a love affair work. That isn't magic's fault. In fact, subtract magic from the equation and look…that love affair still would not work out. In fact, it probably would have fallen apart even faster. You know, one of my greatest loves and I took a break of like 14 years, and while I will tell you I loved that man with my whole being both times we were together, unfortunately it fell apart both times. I still love that man, even though I'm not in love with him, and I honestly and completely want nothing for him but happiness. Because, kids, love is not enough to make things work, and that is why sometimes, even when we try to make a relationship work – using magical or mundane means to do so, – we find there is nothing that can ultimately make it work…and generally speaking, that's never because of a lack of love.

I see everyone looking a tad confused. Should I not be telling you how mystical forces shall rejoin you and your intended forever and ever and ever? How this will be even better than it was? OK, so you're going to want to visit the bullshit fairy for that. I'm the person who is far more likely to say something to the effect of "Well, look, you can have this person back in your life if you want, but you know tying a brick to each ankle and trying to swim 3 miles to shore is a more appealing situation than being paired with this asshole, so it's really up to you if that's what you want." And if that offends you, let me assure you of one thing myself and many many many other people have learned over the years, and that is that if everyone is telling you that your partner (or desired partner) is a jerk and you could do so much better, then they generally are and you usually could.

And the reality is not one bit of that is magic's fault.

See magic does it's job. So if you task magic with returning your ex, that doesn't make your ex not a piece of shit. It returns the piece of shit you asked for. It's like I always say, just because you cast a love spell on a jerk, it doesn't make that person not a jerk, but it does mean now you have a jerk in love with you.

~Cat
Bad Groups to Avoid: Dark Magick for Beginners on Facebook

June 14, 2021

Hey Occulties,

You know, rarely do I choose to call people out because I think most places with occult and spellcasting info have some intrinsic value somehow. Unfortunately for people who don't know magic (and um, the group here is definitely not using magic with a k because that actually would be more Solomonic in nature, which you'd think they'd know if they were teaching beginners,) inviting me into your group means I might clear the air if I see your members stumbling.

Enter "Dark Magick for Beginners," on Facebook – a group clearly dedicated to sour jars and misinformation.

That's right, this is not for beginners, because it's full of really bad teachings, including the fact that several people don't know how to properly DO a jar spell who also promote FALSE IDEAS.

So, when you do a candle spell, you do not look for an image in the wax. In thirty years of spellcasting and almost 20 working for the public, I've burned thousands if not tens of thousands of spell candles, and I would say I might have ten instances of wax sign (image in the wax) in that entire time…possibly 20, but if I'm being fair, it's always impressive enough to be memorable when it happens with a free standing candle, so I can't say I remember close to 20. We aren't talking about the chimney on a vigil light, but regular old melted wax that "makes a picture" when the candle has burned out. It is nothing you would need to ask someone else if they could suss out an image. It's not a Rorschach inkblot test – it will be highly obvious and visible. For example, I once did a healing on a young woman suffering from anorexia nervosa, and the candle holder, when it finished was in the "belly" of a clear gingerbread man shape. That was definitely a sign. You having a bunch of melted wax does not mean a sign is present, and if you do not immediately see an image when you look, there is likely no wax sign, as it is a rare thing. While I've frequently said this in the group when someone has the VERY BAD IDEA of asking WHAT IMAGE DO YOU SEE HERE for every spell candle they burn, and said that anyone who promotes the idea that there is always a present image in wax is either trying to sell you something or doesn't know magic, and that you are merely asking others to engage in LUST FOR RESULTS which will harm your spell energy and it's manifestation to present this to a large, anonymous facebook group, some assclown admin always deletes that. Always.

Why? Probably because they 1.) Don't know magic, or 2.) are trying to sell something. Now if it's answer one, then why delete my advice when I say I've worked for the public for 20 years, and have been an occultist for 30? There is no reason. In fact, if they were trying to teach beginners, they would actually say the same thing. If however, they can sucker newbies into buying something by fake looking for "signs," or selling more spell candles, then of course, you'd want to remove my answer. :P

The next is sour jars… I don't hate sour jars. They are a form of curse, yes. Of course, to properly work a sour jar, you need to keep working it. People in this group work this once. People also follow things like if you chew a habenero and spit it in your target's direction they will burn up. No, they won't, but your mouth sure will be burning, lol. Look, most if not all "Dark magic" I've seen in there is definitely aimed towards beginners, but a fair amount of it is wrong, and to the point that it would just be hugely ineffective. When I've tried to help, I'm generally deleted. Goodness forbid I try to ASSIST PEOPLE FOR FREE like I've been doing here on this blog FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS at this writing.

So, if you're looking for spellwork that won't work, for others to think your work to death, or you just know magic and want to be impressed by how some people really don't and shouldn't be teaching others, this is the group for you.

THAT SAID, I actually will not call out most groups. If you would like me to be a part of your group, and you would like me to occasionally speak about your posts, – whether to compliment, make suggestions, curb unhelpful teachings (like always projecting signs where they don't exist,) or even just to lurk, please know, I will gladly join. By all means, send me an invite. 🙂 If you call me in and then delete anything I might post all of the time, you might expect something like this to happen. I've been a member of several groups for years upon years, and this is so stand out with it's misinformation and muting me, I figured it was time to say something, as I've only been a member for a few months. In my many other groups, I so rarely speak up that when I do, most people appreciate my input.

As for these people, look…you didn't teach anyone to work a sour jar right. Most of your "dark magic" isn't actually a proper curse, and the rest which includes other spells is…partial in many cases, and not being instructive. You can always improve, but to improve you need to accept some criticism. It's unpleasant but it helps you grow. Telling people to have others think their work to death is very bad. How can you claim to be instructing others, when you're helping them make their work fail?

I'm sure there will be butthurt and backlash, but I just can't stand miseducating others intentionally like this. So many people come to me having to unlearn bad habits, and these are my READERS. I am not making money whatsoever from these people. I am trying to help them to learn magic to help themselves, which is why I started this blog. It is my mission in life to help people properly cast their own spells.

Best wishes,

~Cat

PS- I'm sure I've finally created a new group for people who hate me by posting this. Just so you know, I have about 7 of my readers in there at this writing, so nothing you say will be secret to me. As always, I'm a woman who loves her minions. 🙂 So, for those of you who are looking for a place to talk smack about me with no repercussions, this might not be the right place. It will get back to me, and as usual, I will confront those speaking personally should the need arise. You should have learned by now that very few things go unnoticed by me, and that definitely is in part because I have a very dedicated group of people looking out for me.

PPS- Is this your group and you want the post removed? Then why are you promoting a really bad teaching like seeking signs where they don't exist and suggesting that people have the group think their work to death? Why are you not educating people properly on how to cast "dark" spells? If you stop doing that NOW (like start by posting that a sign in candle wax is actually relatively rare, as anyone who has burned several spell candles will discover), and I'll gladly remove my post. 🙂
Uncrossing Stuffs

June 14, 2021

Good Morning, Occulties,

Still, at this writing, offering the free reading when you buy a seven day spellcasting. This is also available for "pre-buy" spellwork (meaning, if you want the reading, but are sure you want me to cast a spell later, you may purchase it now, and get the reading free now,) so please hurry on over. The offer is good as long as supplies last. :)

So, what might be interesting to some of you is that during the pandemic, I had a huge spike in cases of people needing uncrossing. It would seem the pandemic brought out the worst in many of us, and now many of my clients and readers have found that an enemy did come after them using spellwork, which is generally quite rare! So…let's start with the good news….

The good news is that most people aren't all that great with cursing, and whatever happened is probably the bulk of what will happen. While that might seem like cold comfort now, the reality is that if someone cursed you last year, the curse has probably run out of steam and is not still a problem. You may be still dealing with the AFTERAFFECTS (remember, unlike the story of Cinderella, the coach doesn't return to a pumpkin after midnight, and the effects of a spell that has run it's course generally remain,) of what the spell caused, BUT you are not likely actively cursed.

Now for the bad news…despite the fact most people are not particularly great with cursing, more than a few got stupid bored during the pandemic, and in that time some of them may have repetitively cursed you, so you might be…well, dealing with some active cursing energies.

In the interest of cleansing away, removing, and protecting from many attacks, let's get into how to start fixing up the damage that being crossed may be causing, regardless of your current cursed/not cursed status. Even if you were not literally cursed, as in someone did a nasty spell on you, you might benefit from some of these steps.

First, look around your home, workplace, and vehicle. Look for any strange paper packets, or anything weird. If you find something (these can look like wrapped packets, folded slips of paper, stitched up bags, small jars with strange items inside, little dollies of wax or clay or even fabric,) do not use your bare hands to pick this up. Put on disposable gloves or use a paper towel to collect the item. There are a myriad forms of these and just as many ways to destroy them. Generally speaking, the first thing I do is I remove the item off of my property. With a jar, I break it, spill the contents, and if I see a specific item belonging to myself and/or my loved one, I grab this, again always wearing gloves. Make note of any names (if visible) on any name papers. With a packet of paper, I will shake it to remove any contents pertaining to me or the other target, pluck out any images, that are being used as a witness sample, examine the name paper, and I will burn this (again off my property,) making sure to not inhale vapors. Whatever you find, you are free to contact me, and we will discuss disposal. HOWEVER, more often than not, there is no item discovered. People prefer remote work these days, and who can blame them, now that we have CCTV, and other security measures. So, while this step may seem circumstantial to many of you, basically, cleaning up your area and looking for anything suspicious is always a bit of good advice.

If you've identified nothing, or if you did and disposed of it, the next step is a super simple one… A salt bath. People say "Cat, how is it that a freaking lame ass salt bath will do anything? That's not really mystical!" Well, no, but it's a good litmus test for anything bigger and badder that needs removal, and if you're just dealing with residual curse energies, it's going to clean a lot of that off. So, just draw a bath (or use a large tub you can stand in,) pour in some salt (even that can of Morton salt will suffice, – just some good ol' Sodium Chloride, aka salt, is all you need,) and either submerge yourself and then stand up (full tub) or stand in the large container with a cup and pour this salt water over you three times. Now wash DOWN (head to feet). I usually say Psalm 23, but I am Catholic so you can just say "cleanse me, make me free of stain," and that can work too. I want you to pay attention to how you feel during and after. Are you feeling a lot lighter…. the best way I can describe this is that you literally feel lighter, or as if someone has lifted a heavy load off of you. Negative energy often collects around the shoulders, the back of the neck, and the back of the head. So, if you notice a "lightness" in this area, you may way to repeat the salt bath using something a bit stronger, – perhaps Karma Zain's Jinx Killer bath salt (find this at https://seraphinstation.com) or Dara's Spiritual Cleansing bath salts (find this at http://hoodooroots.com) to fully cleanse off all those spiritual nasties. This is actually something that if you do it regularly, it is very helpful, regardless of if you're being actively targeted with curses.

Now, I'm just going to assume something, and perhaps I'm being presumptive here, but I'm assuming most of you are not actively protecting yourself against being cursed or against attack. One of the most effective ways to protect yourself is also quite easy. You know those relatively cheap big bags of tea lights? Like this (not my picture):

Get a bag of tealights and burn one of these to your guardian spirit once a week. This is going to help protect you. So all you need to do is place one of these on your altar, and as you light it say, "Neverborn guardian, friend and protector, I offer you this gift in appreciation and love for all you do for me. Please accept this humble offering and my acknowledgement of you and my gratitude that you guard over me all the days of my life." Let the candle burn out. That's it. Just do that once a week.

Maybe you're saying "Cat, I don't believe in that shit, so I won't do it." And that's fair, you need not believe in things I believe in, but I would guess you might still want to do something to protect yourself. This is something I use when someone is ACTIVELY working on me. Now, remember, if the curse was cast last year, and they've done nothing further, this won't do much. However, if someone is actively working on you, this is going to help…and the side benefit is, if you're not sure who's working on you, it's going to out the person who is working on you. So first you need to buy a double mirrored compact WITHOUT LOOKING INTO THE MIRROR EVER. These are easily available at most places that sell cosmetics, so here in the states, a place like a Rite Aid, CVS, or Target would have this item. Now using the CLOSED compact as a guide, trace out a piece of paper that will fit into the compact. I usually put the pen around the item, then trim about a quarter inch (so maybe around a centimeter for those of you who are not into Imperial Measurement,) off of that. If you have identified your target, get a witness sample (image, hair, fingernail clipping, etc.) to place inside the compact as well. REMEMBER, this is going to be a risk if this person KNOWS MAGIC WELL. If someone identifies you doing this to them, they will take it as a death threat if they know their stuff, and so I strongly caution you to be careful using this if you know your target is very capable in the magical arts. OK, now that I've warned you, no one can come crying to me if they don't heed the warning, haha. So, on this slip of paper write out the following for a NON-SPECIFIC target: "All those who would come against me with their work, I now reflect your dark works back upon you, that any move you make to strike at me merely bounce off me uselessly and hit you, as is my will so be it!" Inscribe the following for a SPECIFIC target" "(Full name of target,) you who would try to harm me by your dark work, your spells against me are useless against me and reflect back onto you, as is my will so be it!" All you need to do is to place this inscribed paper inside with your witness item (if applicable,) then wrap this compact in electrical tape while saying what you had inscribed a total of nine times, and place this item in a window. That's it.

If you're still experiencing symptoms even after doing some of these easy workings, feel free to contact me!

~Cat
Unlikely Love Rekindled….

June 12, 2021

Hey Occulties,

So, another client has a story to share with all of us, and this one needs some background. Of course, all names are changed. I liked this one as it really shows how subtle spells can be, where it's all "too convenient" at times. Normally I share the really wild manifestations but this one here is perfect – and I'm so happy with the outcome!

So, my client was engaged to a woman I will call Eva (not her real name) about 20 years ago. As they were relatively young and pretty fresh out of college at the time, while planning their wedding, Eva's career started taking off. She asked Jack (my client under an equally fictitious name,) if he was OK with them postponing the wedding for a year. While he agreed (they had really just started planning so it wasn't a huge financial problem,) the relationship soon soured as Eva pulled away more and more, with the end coming with her deciding to move somewhat far away for a new job and to just have a new start…. They did not stay in touch as the break up was somewhat bitter.

Jack did what a lot of us would do…he just went and partied like it was the end of the world, and within a few months, he found himself unexpectedly expecting to become a father. He married the woman who was about to be the mother of his children, and for about 15 years, they were very happy, and had 2 other kids. Unfortunately, his wife became ill and died at a rather young age, leaving Jack a widower with 2 sons and a daughter to raise on his own. At first, he didn't want to think about dating, but while grieving, he kept wondering what would have happened if he had married Eva instead of Sarah (also not her name.) Then as time went on, he began to wonder if Eva would even have wanted to have children, seeing as she was so centered on her career back when things fell apart. Just a bit under a year after Sarah passed away, Jack decided he would go "Social Media Stalking" to find out what happened to his old flame, as he just couldn't help but wonder what her life had been.

He found her quite easily. But because life is like that sometimes, her social media accounts were not so easy to see. He could see a picture of her but not really see much of anything else. So he asked a few mutual friends, but found that no one seemed to know anything. Finally the sister of one of his friends told him that Eva had married briefly, and had a ten year old daughter, but she hadn't spoken to her very much (they were just Facebook friends,) and that Eva didn't post very often, so she didn't know much else.

He tried to stop thinking about her…and it surprised him as for many years, he'd really not thought about her at all. She came up in conversation here or there, but so rarely that it surprised him how hard it was to get her out of his mind now. When the pandemic hit, it became a complete obsession. He didn't want to say anything to friends and family, feeling they would think he was crazy. It was around this time that he contacted me.

At first I was kind of concerned as from what Jack told me, he'd not even tried contacting Eva personally. Because I'm me, and of course I would say such a thing, I told him he should probably save himself some money, and just reach out to her. What can I say? I'm more practical than some people might realize. 😉 However, he was adamant that he didn't feel right doing so, at least not without first looking into what was going on with a reading. Since he was sure it was the right thing, I agreed. Instantly the six of cups keeps showing up, – always in one of the outcome positions, and in all three of the spreads I did during our half hour. To those of you not in the know, the six of cups generally means "love from the past returning into your life," and if you're asking about an ex you miss, it's one hell of a great card to get.

So, I tell Jack again – reach out to her! Even the cards say it's good!

But he balked at this. So I'm like "Look, it's been a long time, – no matter what you did, it can't be that bad. I'm sure she's forgiven you for saying something mean.' So he told me he had gone well and high above and beyond mean and cruel and awful. Again, as I've heard pretty much everything in my almost 2 decades at this job, I was like "Yeah, okay, see you think it's bad, but how bad can it be? Just tell me, because I can assure you I've heard much worse." So he told me.

I have promised to keep the incident a secret but let's just say it was very very mean. It wasn't like a marathon of dick behavior level of bad, but it was pretty low. I had heard a few similar things in my day, though so I wasn't exactly bowled over. So I said "Look, I can see why you might not want to reach out, but she probably has gotten over it. I can understand if she didn't want to date you again after that, but it's not the worst thing I've ever heard or even seen 2 people get past. We can do some work on it to help her get over it, but I still think you should just reach out." Jack decided to consider it and about a week or two later he reached out to me again, and told me that he'd sent her a message on social media, and she left him on read….that had been a few days ago, and nothing.

So, I asked if he wanted me to do work, and he said, yes, he thought that would be good. We thought out a plan which included not just reconciliation but also communication, love drawing work, and at Jack's insistence, obsession work as well.

About three weeks pass, and I get an email from Jack saying nothing has happened and he's decided nothing will, but he thanks me for my time and etc. I assure him that something could very well still happen, but that it's always healthier to start moving on because, as I tell all of you all of the time, fixating on something can slow manifestation. About two weeks later, I get an email from Jack with the title "HOLY SHIT!"

Now, just so as you all know, that can be good or that can be bad. I actually looked at that title and was like "I'm having a pretty busy day today, and if that's bad, it's going to stress me out." However, I'd never known Jack to be rude, and I was awfully curious, so my caution lasted about 3 minutes. ;)

It was, in fact, very good news. Out of the blue, Eva reached out – after all these long weeks of leaving Jack on read. She replied with an epic novel that I shall summarize to you here… Basically she said that she wasn't sure if she wanted to say anything as for a long time she had been very angry with Jack…for having children with- and marrying Sarah. She in fact never brought up the "incident" that Jack had been kicking himself over for so long except to mildly touch upon it by saying "A pretty nasty break up," and had instead let him know that when she had moved for her job, she thought about him constantly, and could not stop thinking about how she had thrown her great love away. She had thought to reach out to him when a mutual friend told her that Jack had "gotten a girl knocked up" and that they were getting married. Eva was devastated, and when she heard Jack and Sarah were expecting a second child, she up and married the first person she could…while still in love with Jack. Well the marriage soon soured as Eva named her child "Jacquelyn" (Not the child's real name, but it was the female form of Jack's real name,) and her now former husband had about enough of feeling second to Jack. He asked for a divorce. She spiraled into depression, ended up seeing a therapist and finally "getting over' Jack. When she had seen Jack's message, she wasn't sure if she should say anything at all, as she did not want to go back to feeling hurt and abandoned and second best. HOWEVER, she had talked to a mutual friend who told her that Jack had been widowed, and after a week or two she just felt terrible and selfish to not say anything when he had merely reached out in a friendly manner, and not been crass or rude or flirty…. She just worried because she knew deep down some part of her heart belonged to him still and it hurt so much to lose him before. She admitted that a week or two after getting his message she just couldn't stop thinking about him.

Jack was floored that she'd loved him for so long, because in his memory it was her who had rejected him. They spoke at length and after several conversations, decided to meet…which, logistically speaking, was kind of a shit show. 😉 Both were afraid that after so many years the other party wouldn't be attracted but both felt very attracted. She started looking for a job near to where he was, saying that it's what she wanted all these years ago, – to just be with him, – and that it was "like a dream coming true" to be back together with him again.

So, almost 20 years apart, and now together. Congratulations "Jack" and "Eva" – you two crazy kids deserved a second shot at love. 🙂

~Cat

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