You do a magick ritual, spell, technique, etc., and to your amazement (or maybe not) it works. In fact, it works very well. So you mark this in your magickal journal as a method you can use to achieve successful results. Each time you use the technique it's successful. Woo-hoo! This is something that works.
So you use this method repeatedly. You don't notice that the degree of success slowly decreases. In fact, you may be puzzled when you notice that this technique—a magickal system that had worked so well—isn't working at all. How can this happen?
In a word, the answer is probably "focus." When you do something repeatedly, it is common for it to become a habit. You do the