Yes, they work, other factors held constant.
To clear the air first, in designing how spells and incantations work, the higher beings had specific intentions they wanted these tools to serve/work on.
Expert spellcaster’s guidance on how spells and incantations work
Some people expect spells to deliver on outcomes they were never designed to help achieve. If you have a medical emergency such as regular health problems like viral, bacteria and other infections or an organ failure/problem or you lose a limb, those are purely medical challenges requiring medical solutions. If you have such challenges please go to hospital and get help. Don’t come to us spellcasters. Spells are not meant to address that.
On the other hand, if your challenge is spiritual such as wanting to fall in love or back in love with someone special to you or want to repel dark magic curses, hexes and blackeye or want protection against evil forces or want to remove and repel demonic attacks, that’s purely spiritual and is definitely within the reach of spells and incantations.
Incidentally, there are people out there who challenge me that since I claim to possess spell power, I should support in manufacturing of factory goos and machine work, help with the NASA space program, resurrect the dead or something of a kind. The polite response is always that spells were never created to achieve that. They are purely spiritual tools that work on spiritual challenges.
Again, spells do not work in a vacuum. They are made the all-powerful through other personal initiatives. For example, if you want a spell to help you fall in love, you have to have a heart full of love and you have to approach the other person you want to fall in love with after a spell has been cast, most of the time.
A spell will not practically carry the other person to you. What it does is to create the right conditions, circumstances or situations for your efforts to fall on a fertile ground. A spell simply removes obstacles, distractions, resistance (physical, emotional, spiritual or otherwise). It also opens or reopens communication channels between you two so that love can progress unhindered. Do not sit down and do nothing. The good thing is that you’re always guided on what to do throughout the process.
Things that make an incantation or spell work (fast)
1. Knowledge and experience of the spellcaster you work with. This is the most important determinant of the success story or the lack thereof. Us seniors have vast amounts or a wealth of expertise and knowledge of the rigors and dynamics of this entire process. Just like any other field, experience is the best tool to achieve the best possible result.
2. The influence of deities or supernatural powers. A spellcaster is a conduit of spiritual power. When the superior forces are happy and pleased with the process, they bless and grant a result and the reverse is also true. It again depends on how well the spellcaster does the spell process. Knowledge is key.
3. The ingredients and materials we work with. These are very strong enablers of the process. They are it tick they include burning of incense to invite superior forces, other herbs and sometimes animal sacrifice. All these go a long way to make a spell effective. Their abundance at the disposal of the spellcaster is a crucial tool to aid the entire process.
4. Supporting environment. These may include junior spellcaster, a well prepared shrine/temple, tools, etc, that enable the spell to progress smoothly.
5. Your cooperation. You as a spell seeker or petitioner have a critical role to play. You should cooperate and implement instructions as may be guided.from time to time by the spellcaster.
6. Complexities of the situation. Some situations are difficult to handle such as exercising a demon possessed individual. Such situations require only the very best and most senior of practitioners to ensure success is on the horizon.
In conclusion, if what you aim to achieve is within the mandate of incantations and spells, then you surely will achieve what you intend to achieve. Just like a doctor doesn’t do what a pilot does, and the reverse is true, don’t expect spells to do what they aren’t meant to do. If you master that, then you’re welcome to the world of incantations and spells with their immense power to soften the path to achieve what you intend to achieve.
When it comes to spells of any type, I am the go-to spellcaster. That is what I have known and done all of my life.