Magick is not a short cut. And neither is a prayer. Getting what you want requires work, devotion and self-reflection (and sometimes that includes realizing what you really want, and that means your path suddenly changes).
That’s the spirit!
Basically, wherever you want. This path is about invididuality, so your work and experiences will not be the same as mine or as someone elses.
Although it is never wrong to practice meditation, energy work and banishing/cleansing. (and gathering knowledge, ofc…)
This might be helpful:
There’s really a lot of interesting and helpful stuff in this forum to look into.