Sounds like a cycle of some sort. Could be astrological but I don't know what kind. I experience a big lull in my magick when I get sick, as I am now. Been sick a few days and feel my power is way down. I think I would look for that cycle, when it comes find what coincides with it. Could be a personal cycle, such as something happening to your body that will cause an imbalance. I would try a cleansing of body and dwelling to see if this frees up your magick. Would be interested to know how it turns out.
You burned yourself out. Why so many rituals a month?
I think you need to heal yourself. Try healing baths, meditation, asking for aid in healing from your guide(s), etc.
Spiritual/energy maintenance is important. You have to keep up your spiritual health and be sure that you don't overdo spellwork.
Everytime I walk my dog, I let the wind, sunlight/moonlight cleanse and empower me. The earth beneath my feet grounds me. When I bathe, the water washes away any impurities.
Magick isn't just about spellwork, it is about connecting to nature and the energy/power therein. Without that connection, we are alone in our work, and therefore will burn out. Focus on reconnecting. It is very simple to do. Its all about being apart of the ebb and flow. Too many people try to go their own way and this causes problems. As I tell my daughter, you have to aware of the web of life. You're one little strand, but everything you do effects the web. If you don't take care of your portion, it not only hurts the web but it hurts you
too.
Same thing happened to me:When I was younger(about 11 or 12 yrs old),I had a strong affinity with magic.I could write spells and such WITHOUT learning it from anywhere.
Today I'm 15 and I can't do anything,because I feel a constant headache(that may derive from the fact that now I wear eyeglasses),but I also find concentration very hard,not on magic,but on everything.
"Same thing happened to me:When I was younger(about 11 or 12 yrs old),I had a strong affinity with magic.I could write spells and such WITHOUT learning it from anywhere.
Today I'm 15 and I can't do anything,because I feel a constant headache(that may derive from the fact that now I wear eyeglasses),but I also find concentration very hard,not on magic,but on everything.
Any council?"
-->>by arcadian
-->>well you've said that you are now 15 years old, you are now entered in your adolescent period wherein lots of activities are coming your way that's why you are losing focus on what you really want.. i also do thought that you have entered high school? a little higher level from your elementary days when you are still 11 or 12.. do meditations to help you refocus your mind to your goal and your path.. it happens.. just be focus..
sample meditation:if you are at school, don't think of any other stuffs but school stuffs only.. when you get home, don't think of any other stuffs but the most important ones.. that way, you are training your mind to keep focus on just a single task..
and for changedcynic, just keep cleansing yourself.. its not just sending energy out but you must also have a good amount of reservoir of energy..
If you don't mind my input, @Arcadian - It is pretty common to lose your abilities during puberty and adolescence, on a genetic/ biological level once the human body hits puberty the body goes through it's last stage of "Transformation" or maturation, during this time men are filled with unbelievable amounts of testosterone and women estrogen, with which your body is in a state of chaos until it stables out with the changes made at the end of puberty. Not only this but one of the big changes is our minds start leveling out and our minds are not as sharp as they are when we are kids. I'm sure you've all heard the saying "Can't teach an old dog new tricks"< our minds are most sensitive before puberty hits.
And if memory serves, a year - a year and a half ago there was a thread on here discussing the "loss" of natural abilities like early born psychics (as an example). If I remember the consensus was our aging makes us less sharp or intuitive over time, less sensitive as we mature and reach that adult balance which, looking at wheat happens with the rest of the body during the puberty phase, makes sense. However, having gone through this personally my findings are as such, As long as you continue your meditations and keeping your energy flowing, ever learning and training, during your adolescence you wont lose your abilities. Don't lose faith in your abilities, they are still there you just need to bring them out.
@changedcynic -
I have nearly the exact same problem with which I found my problem was directly related to my state of mind and events. I found that at times where my mind was in turmoil, trying to understand truths(Learning xD) my abilities would subside. It was as if my abilities subsided so I could use more thinking processes on the problem at hand. And there were times my abilities would subside for months at a time, in which I would need to put all my energy on just one reading on someone. It's a little hard to explain the feeling, it's as if my abilities were "put on the back burner" in my life and they responded as such.
I'm not 100% sure if it's the same situation with you, i'm not sure what your triggers are, all I know is a remedy that may be able to help you since it helps me during those down times. When my abilities are "on the back burner" I don't balance my chakras or anything like that, I press as much thought and energy into my abilities as humanly possible, so much so that it becomes my primary processes at the moment, when I do this I find my abilities kick start into overdrive and I receive a very high level of sensitivity. After a couple of days it subsides and is back to it's regular strength and i'm a happy pup once again.
If you want to try this for yourself I find it is very easy to do if you relate it to an electrical circuit (bite me, i'm a mechanic). Imagine each of your chakral centres like a bunch of batteries and chargers, connected by wires. If you want to push your energy very high in a sort of "Kick start" then push the system. Meditation is very helpful with this because as you meditate, it is very similar to when you are learning something new, you develop the feel and understanding over your energy flow. Imagining it like a street is the easiest way for me. When you first open your chakras and learn about them it's like opening a 1 lane road, and as you develop your ability you add lanes to that road, allowing you to push more energy through that path, eventually you've got a 5 lane highway which you can push massive amounts of energy easily through. So yeah, build the highways and use them to kick start my abilities after I put them on the back burner, that's my method.
A little unorthodox of a method but I'm just sharing my experience, do what you will with it, hope this helps.
I think the learning and stress hypothesis have some merit, it also ties in well with not having enough energy.
Overusing magic, pushing energy into something that stresses you out, having your body out of balance, and going through a poor astrological period would all sap at your magic. I think I can buy that, but the solution is still a problem. The suggestion of balancing chakras only works temporarily and while overloading might work I'm not sure that's safe with the bad luck hanging around me during low magic times. What I'm really interested in is not a cure but prevention.
Anything magical during a low m-period tends to backfire so I'd like something that works before it gets to that point
I think everyone was right. I've stopped casting spells everyday and I've taken up meditation. I did a spell today and its power was just beautiful. Thanks for the great advice!
