Hi casnarl.
Perhaps doing a google run on petitions/ or petition magic will give you an idea on what it is about.
Where Corvidus explained petitions are usually directed to entities, Gods/Goddesses/ Spirit Guides, has gathered a bit of my own interest. I am probably going to do my own google run and search on it now when I get some time.
casnarl wrote:So my concept of writing a petition is to write down what I want to happen, and put some herbs and/or oils on it. Leave it on my night stand while I sleep then fold it up and stick it in my boot or another safe place.
But I feel like I'm missing something. How does it actually work? Like is it just the universe reads it and then goes about the process of it happening (or not happening) and that's it? I just kind of feel like it's not going anywhere, or I'm missing the step to really put it out there, ya know?
Well it is hard to give a solid answer as to why it is not working for you per se. The fact that we do not know exactly how you are doing it, and what it is that you want to happen makes it a bit more difficult to answer at least for me.
Alright, I use something similar to petitions but they are not so much petitions exactly. I use sigils. Lately in regards with LOA I have been combining the process of LOA, asking, believing, manifesting results, along with Chaos magic and sigil work.
The question is what is it you are trying to bring about? For instance wanting something to Happen- a change- like bringing about an opportunity for a job interview, may feel a little different than manifesting a dollar for soda you see?
The way I have found these things work better for me is to bring about my perception to the level of bringing about a very important job interview, and bringing about a dollar for a pepsi, is going to feel the exact same way.
Which means my perceptions will have to change- a very important interview, is going to have to begin to feel as easy and simple to bring into my world as a simple dollar.
There can be no doubt. I will have to raise faith that acquiring something larger is as simple as bringing to my world 50 cents.
Some like to look at magic like belief is not what sets the gears to bring it about and for others, much of a successful ritual, spell, magical working is based off of the belief.
This is the way it is for much of Chaos magic, belief plays an important role.
There are other types of magic however that use different methods.
I can not tell you what is going wrong with your petitions, as you should know better than any of us. It is you who has written it.
I will offer though, that you've said you feel there is something missing.
Well isn't that it then? Why is it you feel anything is missing? What do you feel is wrong with your own method? Because I see nothing wrong at all with the method you are using in and of itself? So what is blocking your results whether it be a spell or to manifest?
By nature, if you feel something is missing then something is.
Because that is how you feel about it.
By nature, your feelings that something is not right, or missing makes it so, clouds the mind with doubts.
Then so, how could what it is you want to bring about manifest? You are not sending it out with proper power ratio.
Sounds as if you are performing your method- and then letting doubts set in. As soon as you feel something is missing or wrong by will it will be.
Try feeling that you've done it right.
Feeling that there is nothing missing.
Perhaps not focus so much into the how of how the magic works, and concentrate instead only on that
it will.
Best of luck.