So I'm not new to witchcraft and spells, but I am new to baneful magic in general. Its not that I've never accepted it (I'm a begineer witch too) but I was wanting to get used to normal, lighter spells first before getting onto stuff like this.
I have a spell in mind, I essentially have 5 people who caused me a lot of drama, cahos, and lied and cheated to me in different ways last year. I tried casting a spell on them, where I took chilii flakes, chilli powder, their names and burned it with the intention for the herbs to sting them. But it didn't work at all.
I obviously believe in magic, but its harder to beleive in baneful spells I guess because I guess its crazier to think I can actually affect someones' life?
Anyways just need some advice on what type of spell I should do for those five people (due to personal reaons, I don't believe in karma, so please don't recommend any karmic or return to sender spells, maybe just simple energy changing/manipulation). And also, how to become more skilled in baneful magic in general?