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As Within, So Without
Have you ever wondered why your spells don’t work?
Like sometimes your spells work like wildfire? One candle, one whisper, one drop of intention, and suddenly the winds shift in your favor. But other times, you can gather all the herbs, speak every word right, set your altar just so, and still… nothing.
It’s not the moon’s fault. It’s not your lack of will. It’s not the missing crystal or the candle color. What if the difference isn’t out there? What if it lives quietly within?
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"Why won't my spells work?"
When the Ego Gets Big, You Get Small
This was the missing piece in my own craft: the quiet, invisible force of limiting beliefs. The ones buried so deep you don’t even know they’re there. They live like ghosts in the attic of your mind, whispering things like “You’re not powerful enough,” or “You don’t really deserve that.” When those thoughts pass through your consciousness, your energy which is the very fuel of your magick shifts without you realizing it.
Suddenly, you’re casting from fear instead of faith. You’re calling in your desires with one hand while the other is holding them back. You’re trying to manifest a future, yet your subconscious is still shackled to the past.
This is because the ego got big and loud. And when the ego gets big, we get small.
The ego’s job is survival, not expansion. And when it gets big or loud, and pushy, it’s usually because, deep down, you believe it. So you keep yourself small to keep yourself safe.
The ego shrinks us to fit into society’s boxes. It makes us safe, acceptable, palatable. So we clip our wings, dull our shine, and trade our magick for belonging. That’s how we end up in cages with the door wide open.
Let me tell you something I learned from my friend Lisa. She said, “The ego isn’t trying to hurt you. It’s trying to protect you. The problem is, it’s protecting you from a world that no longer exists.”
The ego’s still running from cave bears, dire wolves, and saber-toothed tigers. Only now, those predators wear different skins: criticism, rejection, failure, heartbreak. The things that used to save us are now the very things that shrink us.
“A thought is triggered. The emotion's job is to look for an underlying belief that aligns with the thought. Once the belief and the thought are aligned, they produce a feeling. The feeling comprises your aura.” -Lisa Roulette
You are always in conversation with the left loop. The moment your consciousness shifts, even if it’s just a little, the fabric of reality shifts too. That’s how powerful you are.
So What’s in Your Loop?
On the right side you have:
- Your thoughts.
- Your emotions
- Your beliefs.
- Your feelings.
These aren’t random. They are intelligently designed to help you create an experience. Not a job, not a title, not even a relationship, an experience.
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“You’re not here to be a mother, a banker, a best friend. You’re here to be a conscious creator of experience.” -Lisa Roulette
The experience of joy. Of love. Of wild, tender beauty.
But if your aura—the energy field that broadcasts your desires to the Universe and mass consciousness is rooted in fear or scarcity, you’ll unknowingly keep sending the message: ‘Keep me alone. Keep me small. Keep me safe.’
That, right there, is how the ego sabotages your magick by digging up those underlying beliefs and past wounds. And oh my, that ego does love the trauma and drama.
Let Go or Be Dragged
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Now, if this all feels like a lot, let me boil it down:
If you don’t address your ego and limiting beliefs, meaning if you don’t heal that loop, you’re not creating with intention. You’re creating from your wounds.
But the moment you turn toward healing, toward consciousness, toward that higher loop, you’re not just changing your life. You’re shifting mass consciousness.
See, you are no small thing.
You are the loop. You are consciousness creating the next breath, the next chapter, the next lifetime.
So take a breath and remember this:
The ego is not the enemy. It’s just scared.
But you are safe now. You are sovereign.
Let go. Or be dragged.
Lisa’s teachings didn’t just open my eyes—they opened the door to a whole new way of living. If you don’t understand how the ego is running the show behind the curtain, you’ll keep trying to change your life from the outside in. But once you learn the Threefold Path to Healing, you’re no longer stuck in monkey mind, survival mode, or out of the Vortex.
And when things don’t work out, or people disappoint you, you can just let them.
So if you’re tired of dealing and ready for healing.
If you’re done dimming your light to fit into a life that doesn’t fit you.
If you’re ready to remember just how powerful you truly are.
Join the thousands—including myself—who have healed their limiting beliefs and cleared the blocks that kept them stuck. Lisa has a 7-day bootcamp that guides you from chaos to clarity, and from unresolved pain to lasting peace. I started seeing real transformation in just three days, and by day seven, I was a completely different person.
When I finally saw that the loop was made up of all those old thoughts, old wounds, and old stories I could finally step out of it. And once I did, my magick began to move. Not just in spells, but in my relationships, my work, my joy, my sense of self. Everything began to feel more aligned. More mine.
Because when you choose to heal, to rise, to return home to yourself…well, my love, that makes you a very big deal.
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Blessed be!
About the Author
Lacey is a modern witch living by the seasons and the moon. She is dedicated to helping you develop a practice that flows with everyday life. Read more about her