A while ago, I did a ritual intended to deepen a man’s love and attachment toward me. Instead of bringing us closer, it seemed to trigger intense conflict, emotional distance, and a 21-day no-contact situation after a major fight. Eventually I reached out and reconciled with him, but he returned with a much colder mindset, saying he no longer wanted the relationship in the same way. During divination afterward, I consistently saw energies of resentment, emotional dissatisfaction, avoidance, and a desire to move on.
Because of this, I’m unsure whether I approached the spirit/current incorrectly, moved too fast, or worked with energies that were too forceful for the situation.
I’ve also worked with Dantalion before through Demons of Magick by Gordon Winterfield. Those workings produced noticeable emotional effects and contact, but the results didn’t feel stable long-term. The best experience I’ve had so far was with Sitri-type passion work, which successfully increased attraction and passion between us.
However, what I truly want now is something deeper: emotional maturity, care, understanding, softness, commitment, and eventually a natural, loving long-term relationship that could grow into marriage.
The person I’m dealing with has a very avoidant attachment style, so I feel that aggressive domination-style love work may create resistance instead of closeness.
I would really appreciate advice from practitioners who have experience building love work gradually and naturally. What kind of ritual sequence would you recommend? Should I first focus on healing/emotional opening before attraction work? When is it appropriate to approach Beleth again, if at all? And how do you structure softer long-term love workings without creating backlash or emotional burnout in the target?
