Confirmation Of Spells Effectiveness Options

I've been having this problem that keeps comming up. Lets say you place a spell on someone that lives off from a distant away. Like a letter spell. How do you know your spell has worked or not?

Hey jen some spells you can tell if they've worked or not because you can actually notice the change. However its important to not intentionally seek out the change of your spells. Just let it happen while going about you're normal life. If you don't, you might end up trying to find "evidence" that it has or has not worked and once that happens it'll be very hard to tell what to believe as some events may indicate that the spell worked and some may indicate is has not. If a spell does create a noticable change it will be obvious. ANother reason why one shouldn't dwell on the outcome of there spells is, theoretically speaking, a spell works on its own and it cannot work on its own if the caster is constantly thinking about. If one doesn't not let it go then it cannot work on its own because the energy that created it has not been totally released. Instead it does nothing and one is left just wondering about it.

Another take to bym's idea is this: Consider casting a spell a direct action with a direct affect. Its not much different than turning the ignition to your car (assuming it is reliable of course) or turning on the burner to your stove or commanding your body to walk or reaching out with your fist and tapping someone on the nose. The only difference between spells and regular actions is that spells are considered "magickal". If you can believe your spells are as real as your mundane actions in life then there's no reason to question if they will work or not. They will do someting.

This post has been edited by Acid09: Nov 24 2006, 05:43 PM