Hmmmmm, prospering or sinking into poverty is a time consuming process.
Magic takes a lot of time, usually. It all depends on how much time are you willing to dedicate to it.
Would be sort of like taking responsibility for possible flood damage during a torrential storm, simply because you have an ongoing preoccupation with "Dark Gods".
I am not taking responsibility for any floods.
And if you are still relatively youthful, your brain will still possess a greater propensity for acquiring, storing and remembering new data.
I am young, yes. But I hope I learn more as I age.
Magic is more like clicking your fingers and making a beautiful and compliant babe appear in your bedroom
Thats magic from movies. I dont think any person in the world has such strong magical powers.
Its more about repeatedly making rituals and invocations to affect your mind and other people's minds.
It can take months or even a year for it to take any effect.
It requires strong emotions like love, hate, anger, sadness...ect and how much time you feel those emotions.
Well, there are plenty of books written about it, but nowhere did I read about any simple and quick ways like you suggest.