Be clear about what you want. The goal of your Magick ritual, sigil, spell or working must be crystal clear. A good indicator of whether it’s clear enough is to ask yourself the question: “How will I know when this has worked? Is there a definitive and knowable outcome to this working?” If you do a sigil for money, for example, how exactly will you know when it has materialised for you? What has to happen for you to consider the sigil a success? Finding some coins on the street is an increase of wealth and would qualify as a result to a sigil for “money”. But that really wasn’t what you were looking for, was it? A good target is one that you would leave you with no confusion whatsoever about whether the Magick has worked or not. A sigil for “Minimum 20% increase in income” is a good target because there is an actual tangible result that you can recognise as soon as you see it. Some people stress that you should leave outcomes as opened ended as possible. But for me, I feel you must at the very least have a minimum baseline for what you will accept as a win. You can add “this or something better” if you want, but that sort of needlessly complicated things. Best just to use statements like “At least”, “At most”, “within a week” or give an exact amount, date or event.

Pretend that Magick doesn’t exist Anytime you feel the need to enchant for something, begin by working out how you would accomplish this goal if Magick didn’t exist. Ask yourself how you would achieve this outcome in a mundane way. Make a list of all the steps that would have to happen in order for you desired outcome to exist. Then go through the list and start to do any of the items that you are already able to do using normal means. The bits you can’t do or need extra luck with, are what you should be attacking with Magick.

Act as If. Once you have fired off your sigil, or finished your working, you should perform an act of faith as soon as you can. I have talked about this in a previous post Eat the Ice-cream, but the basic gist is that you do something that you would only do if your desired outcome was assured and definite. A good example would be to spend some money on a luxury item when lack of money is the reason you are enchanting in the first place. This seems to loosen or unblock the flow of the desired outcome coming towards you. This isn’t a license to be totally careless, it is mostly a symbolic gesture. It should cause you some trepidation but not give you cold sweats and sleepless nights.