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I started magic around a month or two ago, and tried several spells a few times. The only time I think I might have gotten one to work is with the spell I read somewhere: "Tree of mine, grow a vine, and make it easy to climb.". Wherever I read it, I can remember it was supposed to be an easy spell. I came back to the tree I cast it on a couple of minutes later, and there was a thin vine growing on it that I could have sworn was not there before, since I had climbed the tree a few minutes ago, and would have noticed it otherwise. Apart from that I have had no results. I have tried that spell again, but no luck. I know you are supposed to believe in it when you are doing it, but sadly I was born into a family of athiests, and it has taken a while to shake that off as much as I can, and it is hard to maintain believe when the spells aren't working. If I had a spell cast upon me, I would believe truly, but I have no idea who would. If I could get my spells to work, I would believe truly, but I worry that my believe is not enough to make the spells work, or else that I have no magical power or something.
Thanks.