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Questions about spells

To: alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic,alt.lucky.w,alt.magick.folk,alt.occult.methods
From: catherine yronwode 
Subject: Re: Questions about spells
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 00:26:08 GMT

WWu777 wrote:
> 
> Can anyone help with these questions?
> 
> 1. Are the more complicated spells more powerful than the simpler 
>    ones?

Not necessarily. Many people believe that the strongest spells are those
which contain physical magical links to the person one is attempting to
influeence. In my opinion, a simple menstrual-blood-in-the-coffee spell
is ten times stronger than an eleaborate rhymed chant for love which
contains no personal bodily fluids. Others will have other opinions, no
doubt. There is no ONE WAY to perform magic!

> 2. Are the spells that take 7 to 9 days to complete more powerful than 
>    the simple ones that you do one day?

In many cases, lethier spells will be more powerful than "quickie"
spells -- if you compare the same TYPE of spells. 

For instance, i would rate a 7-day love spell with candles and
lodestones as 7 times stronger than a 1-day love spell with candles and
lodestones -- but in my opinion neither would be as strong as a
menstrual-blood-in-the-coffee spell (which takes less than a minute)
--and even that would not be as stong as performing a 7-day love spell
with candles and lodestones PLUS working a menstrual-blood-in-the-coffee
spell. 

Again comparing spells by TYPE, i also think that the one-inute
menstrual blood-on-the-coffee spell would not be as quite as strong as a
7-knot spell using the loved one's sexual fluids (which takes a minumum
of 7 days on which the two if you have secxual intercourse -- in other
words, usually a few weeks) -- but those two spells might be close in
terms of effectiveness. Certainly i would not see a 10-fold difference
between them. 

However, if i were doing that sort of work, i would perform BOTH of
those spells, plus a candle-and-lodestone spell, and perhaps repeat the
menstrual blood spell with every menstrual cycle. 

> 3. Is it ok to be doing several spells at the same time?

Generally, most folk magicians such as myself recommend you to do one
spell at a time, especially if the spells are for different things. 

Timing of the spell may be important, too, and this would affect how
many spells you could do at once. For instance, it is traditional to do
break-up spells dueing the moon's waning period and/or on a Saturday or
Tuesday, but love spells are usually done during the moon's waxing
period and/or on a Friday or Monday.  

> 4. Are those websites that cast spells for you worth it?

I would be wary of people who promise to cast spells FOR you (rather
than selling you a kit so that you could do your own work). I have
written a web page that is a guide for folks seeking help of this type
and it is free to read, whether or not you take the advice. The URL is:
     Readers, Rootworkers, and Black Gypsies: 
          http://www.luckymojo.com/blackgypsies.html

Good lcuk, 

cat yronwode 

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