Only if you're constantly telling yourself you can't. Or that there's no such thing as magick, or if you privately don't want results for some reason.
It's also very likely that you're not following the ritual procedure exactly. Until you're experienced and know how to move the energy on your own, it's best to stick to the letter of the grimoire at hand.
If you follow every detail exactly, you'll get results. If you're not able to follow them just yet, then you need to work on other things before tackling the goetia, as Sorceress has said. Just being familiar with the LBRP is not the same thing as being experienced with it. Doing it once or twice is not the same thing as doing it twice a day for a year. The more you do those simple rituals that touch on lots of different kinds of energies, the more you become familiar with the movement of energy around you. It happens gradually over time, not all at once.
When people say "oh, you don't really need a circle, or a triangle, or any of the other tools" either A) they're actually full of it and just repeating what others have said; or B) they're a more advanced practitioner, and know how to access the energies associated with a symbol without all the hubbub of a big ritual. Working with pre-established symbols is not something most beginning practitioners can do without a preordained formula. So don't sweat it too much, just get the basics under you first. Just knowing it isn't enough, you have to experience it for yourself, feel it, see it in action.
peace
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The world is complicated - that which makes it up is elegantly simplistic, but infinitely versatile.
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