Beware of Scams - How to Find Real Spells

Magic spells have been a subject of fascination and intrigue for centuries, with countless tales and legends highlighting their mysterious and captivating nature. From enchanting love spells to potent protection spells, these ancient rituals have been practiced by people all over the world in search of the supernatural power that they promise to deliver.

In the modern era, magic spells have continued to capture the attention of people interested in the mystical and paranormal. With the growth of the internet and social media, it's now easier than ever to find information on different types of spells, their ingredients, and the steps involved in casting them. From wiccan rituals to voodoo magic, there is a wealth of knowledge available for those looking to explore the world of spellcasting.

If you're someone who is curious about the power of magic spells, there are many resources available online to help you get started. With a little bit of research and practice, you may find that magic spells can help you tap into your inner power and achieve your goals in new and unexpected ways.

I've posted before about the tricks of spiritual scammers. I've lately had a client who had unluckily tried to use a scammer before discovering me, and this person has been giving me some accounts of the tricks that are used.

The spellcaster had lured in the client with promises that the spell was "guaranteed" and was supposed to work within 24 hours. (NOTE: no legitimate practitioner will make these kinds of claims.) When the spell didn't succeed, the scammer didn't give a refund, but instead began to insist that there was negative energy upon the client and that the spell would backfire if the client didn't give up more money for additional work. Happily, the client was onto the scammer by now and didn't fall for the claims. When that didn't work to terrify the client into forking over more cash, the scammer emailed the client from another email address claiming now to be a psychic who had sensed "a dark cloud of energy" around her and was warning her that her spell would fail and her situation even become worse unless she purchased an "aura cleansing."

It seems these guys won't let up once they think they have a sucker. Take care and buyer beware!

How Magical Scams Happen

You've got a big problem -- the kind of problem that's not yielding to any other remedies. You've tried everything. And now, you want to try MAGIC. 

Odds are that the first thing you're looking for is "guaranteed magic spells" or something with a high "success rate." But how can a success rate be judged for something as scientifically unproven as magic? 

Does it count as a success if someone casts a money spell and only finds $2 in the street afterward? If you cast a love spell and the targeted person begins to think of you and feel love for you, but doesn't actually ask you out, is that a success or not? 

Such scientific notions as success rates and guarantees cannot be applied to magic even when the spell is done by the most honest of spell sellers (and yes, there are many who legitimately believe in magic and want to cast effective spells for people. Not everyone in the business is a scammer.) In effect, spells are not guaranteed to produce a result by their nature. If it could be guaranteed in any way, it would not be magic, it would be science. 

Let's state this again as plain as possible: MAGIC CANNOT BE PROVEN. 

So why use magic if it can't be proven? 

Well, that's up to you. Religion cannot be proven either, but many people find benefits from practicing and believing in one. Generally, these people also do understand there are limitations on what can be achieved through religion -- for example, only the most fanatical will believe that religion is suitable as a replacement for medical treatment, or that faith without any action on their part is going to see their prayers answered. (An example of action: if you pray for a job, and the next day you see a listing for a suitable job, you would need to apply for the job in order to have a shot at seeing your prayer answered. You are not going to inexplicably have the job, even if it is theoretically within God's power to make that happen.) 

To the fanatics, the news that one's beliefs are too extreme is not welcome. Most magic fanatics are not happy to hear the news either. Pointing out the errors in their beliefs and expectations just gets a bunch of arguments that seem to be based on the lies told by spiritual scammers. ("But some people do it because they like to give back to others!" And that's why they advertise online for business and charge money for this? "They just charge because in magic, you have to give something first in order to get back!" Well, if you believe these stories, go hire the guy who told you all that to cast your spell. "I can't, he moved away and I don't know where to find him now." Probably because he's running from the police for scamming people!) 

With any service-based purchase it is your job to be clear on what you are buying before you buy it. The FAQ, as well as several other pages on this site, strive to make it absolutely clear that there are no guarantees that your magic spell will "work" in some specific way. I promise to cast your spell according to traditional methods -- what results if any will be produced by that casting are not in my control after that.

LIFE CHANGING MAGIC SPELLS

Many people who turn to the power of magic spells are doing so out of desperation. There is a pervasive hope that with the wave of a wand or the chant of a few magic words that the whole world can be changed and the wonders of Aladdin's lamp will become available for the taking.

The news that this idea is mistaken does not tend to sit well with people. Pointing out that if it were as easy as just "casting a spell to win the lottery" no one would be in the spellcast business just gets a bunch of arguments that seem to be based on the lies told by spiritual scammers. ("But some people do it because they like to give back to others!" And that's why they advertise online for business and charge money for this? "They just charge because in magic, you have to give something first in order to get back!" Well, if you believe these stories, go hire the guy who told you all that to cast your spell. "I can't, he moved away and I don't know where to find him now." Probably because he's running from the police for scamming people.)

If you are too invested in the Hollywood notion of magic as an instant-delivery system for fantastic powers that would strike any witnesses with awe and wonder and would totally prove the Randi Challenge, you are not at the right website. Go somewhere else, and may you find what you're looking for.

Now: my own experience with life-changing magic spells, are that one spell isn't going to do it. You can't just burn a candle and expect everything will be different tomorrow, or even next month. Significant change requires significant spiritual work -- usually, many spells over a long period. Even a mojo bag, which is among hoodoo's most long-working bits of magic, doesn't make strong alterations in one's life by itself (they usually just increase your luck and opportunities in little ways or help with achieving things that were already in your sights.) Big change demands big work, and magic is by no means a quick fix.

When you Get What You Want

If you are seeking to change your life with hoodoo magic spells, be prepared to spend a long time doing repeated workings in order to keep up the momentum you'll need for positive change. 

Let's get this clear: this article assumes that magic is real. It is not about trying to prove if spells exist or whether they really work. That much is being assumed as true. Magic is real and it really works: that's the premise we operate under. At the same time, there is a disconnect between what the average person understands "magic" to mean, and what it is that I intend to convey when I tell someone, "I cast magic spells."

I practice hoodoo — a form of folk magic, famed as superstition. It's got more in common with those lucky rabbit's feet you find at the gas station than it does with anything seen in a Harry Potter film. It's got more in common with this article than it does with the story of Aladdin's lamp. I spend a lot of my time unselling people on my spells in order to avoid gaining customers with inappropriate expectations about spell casts. And so...

It's a regular day for this online hoodoo spell lady. I begin as normal by opening my emails. I notice a couple of spell inquiries are waiting, and jump to them as top priority.

The first one makes clear from its initial sentence that it's the worst kind of inquiry — the kind of inquiry where the real motivation of the customer is to try to make me promise that whatever spell I do for them will work. I actually used to give instructions alongside my email link that people must not ask me for such reassurance; I got rid of it only when I realized no one was paying attention. In this instance, it's a woman asking for a spell to make a particular man give her "more time, sex and conversation" -- but first she needs to know if it's going to be worthwhile. I write back with an honest reply which I know is probably only going to discourage or confuse her, but it's the truth:

"Success might depend on your own interpretation of what happens (any time people want "more" of something it's tricky, because the amount of more they get might still be unsatisfying.) Nevertheless, I'd be willing to give it a try. "

I don't really expect she'll be willing to give it a try. Odds are that, if she's asking for this kind of reassurance, she'll ultimately keep moving on down the list of her internet search results, then fall for some scam artist who was willing to promise whatever she wanted. (Scam artists will promise almost anything, as long as they think it's dragging you deeper into their scheme.)

For a genuine magician/witch/mage/etc., casting a spell is something like trying to aim an arrow at an invisible target — even if you've hit it, it can be hard to convince anyone else of the victory. This is part of why most real practitioners of the ancient art of magic, stuck in this modern age of "customer satisfaction", hesitate to make guarantees of success to their spell-seeking customers. I've known many people that perform spells will complain about having done successful rituals, but found clients were still unhappy because some element didn't play out according to expectations -- the spell worked but didn't happen as fast as they wanted, or they got more money/love/success but not as much more as they wanted.

We must remember that magic is considered to be scientifically unproven. One reason it is bestowed with this status is because we cannot really view the alternate timeline wherein the spell wasn't cast — which is just about the only way we would be able to prove what the magic did or didn't do. If a man casts a good luck spell, and two weeks later his car breaks down, does that mean the spell failed? Or might it be that the car's being in the shop saved him from a worse misfortune, like a serious accident, and consequently it is good luck that his car was in the shop? There's no way to compare situations to see the "what if" other than by using even more scientifically unproven techniques such as tarot cards and I Ching.

Spells meant to influence someone else can be even harder to judge since we might not be privy to any changes in the subject's behavior. We might even see only behavior that seems like the opposite of what we wanted, and so assume failure of a spell that actually had been a success. For example: I knew a woman who had a love spell put on her by a man that she hated. She hated every moment she spent with him, but when they were apart she couldn't seem to get him off her mind, and always was willing and anxious to see him again. She eventually figured out that he'd put a spell on her, and she took steps to remove the magic. After that, she didn't speak to him anymore. The man might well have assumed that his spell didn't work, since all he'd have seen was a woman who could barely stand him and who ultimately severed all contact with him. He wouldn't have known just how well his magic worked.

My email customer writes me back, complaining that she doesn't understand what I told her. I try to elaborate without being too wordy: the spell might succeed, but even if it does, you might not find it satisfactory. A few minutes later she writes me again, with more questions and more explanations of her situation. She wants a concreteness of answers and promises — and probably of results, too — that is much more firm than what I can offer. I can already tell she's unlikely to become a client of mine; even if she decides she wants my services, I'll have to turn her down. I know from experience it's better to turn down a customer than to have to deal with somebody that has $200 worth of false expectations. My spells work as well as anyone else's I've encountered, and the only difference is I'm not willing to pretend that that means amazing outcomes where all your dreams come true.

Of course what she desires is that the spell will manifest as her gentleman friend giving her all the time she wants with him, probably hours and hours each day. This is understood. I would use spells and take steps to direct the magic towards this specific outcome. Can the outcome be promised? No. The spell will manifest however it's possible to manifest — through a path of least resistance. If the man is already spending as much time with the woman as he can, the spell cannot create more time for him to spend. But of course, one casts the spell and requests the spell having the hope that there is nothing to hinder him — that he could make the time to spend with his lady, and that the spell will provide the motivating mental influence he needs to start devoting all his attention to her and create the happy passion desired.

The point of all this is a reminder to keep reasonable expectations when it comes to the practice of magic. It's not a practice that's about a lot of concrete Yes and No information. It's more art than science, and many of its powers remain mysterious due to their blurring of all that which is natural.

Everyone wants magic spells that work; but what can you do when the "success" of a spell is such a subjective matter? In effect, any time a person wants a spell to gain "more" of something, it is impossible to promise how much "more" one will get. One can always have "more" and still find it lacking. This can be proved just by looking at all those "poor rich men" who have more money than they know what to do with yet still work and compete to gain more. With magic, even when we get what we want... we may find that we want it again.

The good news is that spells have been known to produce many happy surprises and exciting results. It's just a matter of keeping a realistic perspective: a perspective where you can realize that one is participating in something many people see as inherently unrealistic, and that just "believing more" isn't going to produce better results. A healthy skepticism is a very good thing, and will protect against being scammed or misled. At the same time, one cannot expect to receive concrete answers to a question like "will it work?" when even medical doctors and attorneys cannot make those kinds of promises about their jobs. The definition of success relies on the individual, and having a sensible expectation about what's possible through magic will ensure that one can get more out of spellcasts.

Is it more enough? That's up to you.

HOW TO MAKE MAGIC SPELLS WORK

When clients sometimes ask me how to make sure their spells will work, I tell them this:

Look for the results of the spell, not for the spell to work.

I find spells do manifest results most of the time, but frequently in ways one might not have intended or even considered -- so the more you can get away from some preconceived notion of what the spell ought to achieve, and avoid looking for that exact result, the more likely you'll recognize a result when it happens. 

Like -- you might do a love magic spell to make a guy more attentive, imagining that it means he'll spend more time with you. After the spell, he doesn't see you any more frequently than before, but perhaps you begin noticing that the quality of the time spent is better, and he becomes much more affectionate and attentive when you're around each other. Now, if you're too stuck on the idea that the spell should have made him see you more often, then you'd completely overlook the other effect of the spell and declare that the spell didn't work. 

So, that is why I say don't look for results, try to just forget about it and see what actually happens.

IS MAGIC REAL?

Is magic real? In the sense of it being actually practiced by people, yes, it's most definitely practiced by people all over the world and has been for as far back as we can record. However, many people asking this really mean DOES IT WORK when they ask if it's real, and don't consider it to be real unless it's 100% successful. Now, first remember that even standard, scientifically proven medicine isn't successful 100% of the time -- so don't be trying to hold magic to a higher standard than that. I say that magic, by its nature, is unreliable (as any sort of magic that gets consistent results has been usurped and absorbed into science, medicine or psychology a long time back.) So, does magic work? It depends, and really different traditions of magic are different. I think a line from The Venture Brothers spoken between the scientist Dr. Venture and the magician Dr. Orpheus sums it up well:

VENTURE: Can't you just magic it away?

ORPHEUS: No more than you can 'science' it away.

Magic Spells That Are Guaranteed to Work

No magic spell can be guaranteed to work. So why bother with magic at all?

In effect, the spells that I cast for others or for myself concern situations where most other courses of action are not guaranteed to produce a result, either. For example: if you're in love with someone who is not paying attention to you, there are many practical avenues you can take to win them over, like buying gifts, or bravely asking them out, or trying to make yourself seem more important -- but none of these can be guaranteed to succeed. And so, this is an opportunity to cast a spell. It cannot be assured success, but many people find them to produce a beneficial influence that aids the cause.

An example of a situation with a potential guaranteed result would be an abortion. I have actually had requests to perform abortions by magical means, and even though there is some established tradition in this, I always turn the requests down. Why? Because magic's not reliable, but you can get a reliable abortion through established medical means, even if it might require travel or other inconveniences. I definitely wouldn't want to contribute to someone delaying a reliable abortion in order to instead attempt an unreliable method that may or may not create the desired result, and leave them stuck with an unwanted baby (not to mention the baby who then has to live a life it shouldn't have had to suffer.)

When you resort to using a magic spell, it is best to use it for a situation where failure is an option. Many spells are successes, and I've seen some marvelous things occur after casting spells that seem unlikely to have resulted from simple "positive thinking." Even then, having a spell cast isn't like placing an order for goods and a week later a box of what you asked for arrives. Magic spells might be nuanced -- they might succeed without managing to produce the exact effect you wanted, or might nudge things in the right direction without actually delivering your dream outcome. (Example: a money spell that causes you to win $100, which is technically a success, but which probably won't change your life.)

You might see other websites that claim to offer guaranteed, money-back magic spells, but be careful -- if you read the fine print you will find that there are fees and expenses that are really not refundable. There are also a lot of plain old scam artists who simply claim they will give you a refund but vanish off the face of the earth if you ever come asking; these people are already working against the law so they are not worried about making false/illegal claims. 

Shop smart and know what you're getting into! To learn more about hoodoo spell casts done for you, read some of our other blog posts.

Could your goal ever be achieved without supernatural assistance?

How quickly do you expect a magic spell to work? 

How invested are you in a specific outcome?

You should carefully consider these points before turning to magic. People hate to be told that their expectations are unreasonable, yet folks who are interested in turning to magic often hold such unrealistic thoughts. Movies, literature, rumors and gossip, games, and other fantasy sources are largely to blame for this.

To determine if real magic is going to work to suit you and your expectations, consider:

1. Can your goal be achieved without supernatural help? Unless you're looking for a spell to deal with a purely supernatural matter (such as spirit contact or curse removal) you must have realistic options in the regular world for achieving these goals. For example, I've gotten requests from people who want to be reunited with an ex-lover that they haven't seen in over 10 years and don't know how to contact anymore.  We can assume the ex likewise doesn't know how to contact them. Even if the spell worked to make the ex want the person back, what then? They can't contact each other or find each other. There is no real world avenue for this magic to work through. Even if the spell were a success it would never be able to produce a satisfactory result.

2. How fast do you expect your spell to work? Not long ago, I had a potential customer who came to me complaining that he'd been to other spellcasters who failed. This statement always sets off my alarms, as such complaints are often a sign of unrealistic expectations for magick spells. After some questions, it was discovered that the man did indeed have issues with his idealizations -- the other "failed spells" had been cast only a few days before. He thought magic spells should produce their full effect immediately once cast, but that is usually not the case. His other spells might have been perfectly successful and just hadn't yet been able to manifest; but because of his mistaken belief, he perceived them as failures.

3. Do you expect a super specific outcome? Will you be disappointed if it's fulfilled in any other way? For example, I have heard of people who did spells to get their wandering lover to return, and the lover did return but not under some specific condition; for example, if they wanted him to return apologetically weeping and begging for forgiveness -- but instead the guy simply returned like nothing had happened. Due to the requirement that spells operate within the confines of nature, and the magic's habit to take the path of least resistance, holding onto a specific and improbable outcome makes it less likely that you'll be satisfied with the result of the spell, even if it technically works; because it might not be able to fulfill all the idealized requirements you'd had. A spell might work without working the way that you dreamed of.

Many who read this will be put off of buying magic spells here and instead will search the internet looking for a spellcaster who claims to be able to fulfill all the requirements they have. Beware of this, however -- a scammer is always happy to promise the moon, and will tell you whatever they think you need to be told in order to make you buy from them. Always remember that magic is not scientifically proven, and the more dramatic and certain the spellcast results sound like they'll be, the more likely you are to be disappointed. 

Over at a certain magic forum I frequent, the not-altogether-unusual occurrence of someone trolling with sarcastic comments about how magic doesn't work and complaining about how people still believe in such things, came about. I finally decided to answer one of the posts with the following, which I repost here as I think it of some merit.

Since you seem to be trolling I was disinclined to answer any of your posts in this vein -- I mean for God's sake, you're on a forum for discussing magical practice and tools for magical practice, what did you think we'd be talking about here? However, your complaints touch upon a common misperception about magic that even believers hold, and thus I will respond.

Virtually nobody that I know who has any longterm experience with magic claims that it is effective 100% of the time, even when performed by skilled practitioners. (And a quick read around this forum will probably indicate to you that a great deal of the folks who come by here are not very skilled or experienced.) Not everyone in the world practices magic, and not every magic spell practiced succeeds in achieving the intent. I used to have a notice on my website warning people who wanted me to cast spells that a spell is more like an aid to reaching your goals, rather than a method -- but it seemed to be bad for business, and the people who don't know that already tend to just find someone else who will play into their misconceptions instead, so I said screw it and took the notice down. I figure they're still better off with me than finding some scammer that will tell them what they want.

In any case -- if you cast a spell for food but there is seriously no food to be had, guess what? Spell won't do anything. If you cast a spell to make someone love you, but you're obnoxious and mean to the person every time you see them, guess what? Mundane actions and circumstance can always cancel out whatever influence the magic possesses. Magic doesn't override the natural order of things, it just kind of shuffles them so they might land a bit more in your favor. This sermon by my friend Rev. Jim at the Church of Good Luck might be of interest, having some more information on the matter.

I tend to feel it is best to keep expectations of magic fairly low, since if it could routinely do anything spectacular it would be a scientifically provable phenomenon; though admittedly many things that once were considered a part of magic have now been absorbed into science and psychology.

Now you may say, "But if it doesn't always work, why use it?" The fact is there are many things that are done, and which are agreed by most folks to be worthwhile, that don't always work. Doctors aren't always successful at treating an illness; in fact if you've got something like acne you might find a lower treatment success rate and spend more money on these worthless remedies than most magicians do with even the most hopeless of spell genres. Applying to certain colleges like Harvard or Oxford might not succeed in most cases, but folks usually agree it's a thing worth doing if that's where you'd like to go. Just because something doesn't always work doesn't mean it's not of any value or potential.

As far as telling everyone to use magic for all their problems, I will cite the matter of lottery spells -- something with only a narrow chance for success to begin with, and for success at which more people cast spells or prayers than don't. With the odds leveled out like that, it's not of much benefit to any of them, and most people I know wouldn't waste time casting a spell for something like that.

Magic should not be used as a last resort, nor should it be a first resort. It is a supplement to other reasonable behaviors.

Carry on.

This old post about time and love magic should be read by anyone considering love spells or other kinds of spells.

A while ago I was on vacation, during which I found it necessary to cast some magic spells. Since I didn't have any supplies with me as I was traveling, I had to outsource the work to another professional caster until I could get back home to work things myself. This other worker I contacted, however, had some obvious differences in philosophy from me -- in particular, she seemed to think one should put off work in order to do it 'right' later. Whereas I felt it's better to get work done more quickly even if it's slipshod -- a stitch in time saves nine, as they say; and a safety pin in time will probably keep you from needing nine stitches later on, as well. See, the old saying "A stitch in time saves nine" refers to a practice most people don't do anymore -- repairing a damaged piece of clothing. When you notice a small tear or hole, putting in one stitch to repair it right away keeps it from worsening. Whereas leaving it, tends to make the hole expand -- and so a hole that could have been fixed in a hurry with one stitch now needs nine to be repaired. It's basically a lesson about getting things fixed right away when you see a problem. If you don't have sewing thread, pinning the tear or taking some other measure to retard the damage till you get some will certainly be better than running around with an ever-expanding hole in your clothing.

Thing is, if you have the resources to do a thorough job from the beginning, that's great and ought to be done. But putting off doing work for lack of resources still allows messes to get bigger and bigger. Think of a plumbing problem --  you wake to find your bathroom sink is leaking and dripping onto the floor. You don't have any tools or know-how for a serious DIY job, and you don't have access to a pro plumber for another week. So, putting a bucket under it and wrapping some duct tape around the pipe is an acceptable way to fix it for now. Maybe the duct tape holds so well you even wind up choosing not to bother with the plumber at all. By comparison, if you just leave the sink dripping water everywhere for a week, waiting to call the plumber, by the end you've destroyed your bathroom floor with the dripping water and caused a huge mildew problem, and maybe even slipped in the puddle and hurt yourself a couple times. Was it worth the wait? No.

So, that's how I recommend spells be done -- even if you need to use lesser quality work, it's better to get something useful done at once, instead of leaving matters to worsen and worsen while you prepare or save up for something of higher quality. This is especially true for love workings. Nothing exasperates me more than folks who wait months to get reconciliation work, when they'd have had a much easier time of it had they tried it right away when the breakup happened.

Do not delay your magic spells -- get them as soon as you can!

WHY IS TIME A FACTOR IN LOVE MAGIC?

Not too often, but somewhat regularly, I get people requesting return lover spells from me for people they broke up with months or even years ago. I am usually hesitant to take on a case where the breakup occurred more than 3 months ago, and only under very specific (and quite uncommon) circumstances would I even consider doing a return lover spell when the breakup happened over a year ago.

Recently a client asked my why time is a factor in these spells. This isn't a bad question, and I will confess that like with so much magical action, if I absolutely knew the answer then I'd probably be one step closer to being able to prove magic as scientific fact. Since we currently do not know why magic works we cannot answer this absolutely, but based on observation I can surmise the following:

• You can't make someone love you and act upon it without reason. There's got to be something to build upon. Even if they feel the love, they need to feel reasonable in acting upon it. The more time that's passed without contact (or without favorable contact), the more it's like trying to force a total stranger to love you -- even if you succeed in inspiring love in them, they probably won't be able to act on it if they can't contact you or if they know realistically it would damage their life. If your ex has moved on and is setting up a new life for himself, going backwards to reestablish a failed romance doesn't make any sense. It's best to catch them before things change too much.
• Think about someone you loved in the past but are completely over now. Maybe it was some movie star you fawned over when you were 14 but couldn't care less about 10 or 20 or 30+ years later. You see how the affection fades, the importance you attached to them gradually vanished? You probably barely think about that person anymore. What they do has no impact on your life. If that movie star suddenly approached you now with a serious marriage proposal, you'd probably be disturbed and confused, not happy. If a long time has passed without contact from your ex, odds are that is her position. 
• Also, as mentioned in this old post, a sudden gush of affection can be enough to bring back a lost lover only if it's been a short while since the breakup -- it can be enough to make him or her doubt the decision to leave. Similar to what was said above, when that decision has been fixed and the consequences all accepted, it's harder for them to want to revert to the way things were. 

Always remember that magic isn't a cure-all, and it's definitely not like you see in movies. If it could really brainwash people into "true love" on a routine basis there wouldn't be any question about whether or not it is real or legitimate. Magic is subtle and rarely produces results that couldn't be attributed to some other everyday cause. If magic is really your only hope, then magic is probably not for you to be using anymore.