I’ve been working with the astral bomb for the past week, and it seems like it’s having no effect. I tried some divination with the pendulum to see if I could figure out what was up, but had little success. I’m going to keep practicing, but in the meantime I had some questions. Just as an aside, this is how I usually go about my NAP work:
LBRP (prefer it to the Uncrossing ritual given)
Relaxation Ritual
Middle Pillar
Bornless One invocation
Defensive armor ritual
Astral bomb
The problem is, everything I do up until the Astral bomb is a little too effective, and I'm a little too relaxed. By the time I get to the main workings, I can never muster up the anger and grief I feel towards this person I’m bombing, and I’m afraid if I purposely start getting myself worked up, I’ll destroy the mindset I need to be in. Could my lack of (negative) emotion be what’s holding it back? I mean, I know it's silly to even ask, the author wouldn't instruct to do it if it were a problem, I just can't imagine what else I could be doing wrong.
The only other thing I could think of is that I alter the ritual somewhat, because I don’t want any physical harm to come to my target, but I can’t imagine that completely negating things or tying the Angels hands.
I’ve read the other threads here dealing with the Astral bomb and it seems like I’m not the only one who has been having trouble with results, but I’ve yet to find any solutions. Am I doing something glaringly wrong?