Cord Cutting Spell Not Working: Why You're Still Energetically Attached

Cord Cutting Failed: Why Energetic Ties Remain After the Ritual

You performed a cord cutting ritual—maybe multiple times—to release yourself from someone. You visualized cutting the cords, you did the candle ritual, you used scissors to physically cut a cord. But you still feel attached. You still think about them constantly, you still feel their energy, you're still emotionally entangled, or they keep showing up in your life. The cord cutting didn't work, and you're left wondering: why am I still attached? Did I do it wrong? Are some cords impossible to cut? Will I ever be free?

Failed cord cutting is one of the most frustrating spiritual experiences because it leaves you feeling trapped in connections you desperately want to release. But cord cutting failing doesn't mean the cords are unbreakable—it usually means you're not addressing the root of the attachment, you're unconsciously recreating the cords, the attachment serves a purpose you haven't acknowledged, or you need a more powerful or repeated approach. Understanding why cord cutting isn't working can help you finally achieve true energetic freedom.

Why Cord Cutting Doesn't Work

1. You're Recreating the Cords

The most common reason cord cutting fails is that you cut the cord, then immediately recreate it through your thoughts, emotions, or actions.

Ways you recreate cords:

• Constantly thinking about the person
• Checking their social media
• Talking about them obsessively
• Staying in contact (texting, calling, seeing them)
• Holding onto anger, resentment, or longing
• Keeping their belongings or gifts
• Fantasizing about reconciliation or revenge

What happens: You cut the cord energetically, but your continued focus and emotional investment creates a new cord immediately. It's like cutting a rope while someone is actively tying it back together.

Solution: After cord cutting, you must stop feeding the connection. No contact, no social media stalking, redirect your thoughts when they arise, and truly let go.

2. The Attachment Serves a Purpose

Sometimes we unconsciously hold onto cords because the attachment serves a psychological or emotional need.

Hidden purposes of attachment:

• The connection makes you feel less alone
• Holding onto them prevents you from moving forward (fear of the unknown)
• The drama or pain is familiar and comfortable
• You're avoiding dealing with yourself by focusing on them
• The attachment gives you an identity or purpose
• You're not ready to let go despite saying you are

What happens: Your subconscious sabotages the cord cutting because it's protecting you from something scarier than the attachment.

Solution: Identify what the attachment is giving you. Address that need in healthier ways. Do shadow work to understand your resistance to letting go.

3. You're Only Cutting Surface Cords

Energetic attachments have multiple layers. Surface cord cutting removes the obvious cords but doesn't address deeper soul contracts, karmic ties, or trauma bonds.

Types of deep cords:

• Soul contracts: Agreements made before incarnation
• Karmic ties: Connections from past lives or karmic debt
• Trauma bonds: Attachments formed through shared trauma or abuse
• Ancestral cords: Patterns passed down through family lines
• Vows or promises: Energetic commitments made in this or past lives

What happens: You cut the surface cord, but the deeper attachment remains and regenerates the surface connection.

Solution: Address deeper layers through soul contract revocation, past life healing, trauma therapy, or working with experienced healers.

4. The Other Person Is Actively Maintaining the Cord

If the other person is energetically attached to you, thinking about you constantly, or even doing magic to keep you connected, they can recreate cords as fast as you cut them.

Signs of active cord maintenance:

• They keep contacting you despite boundaries
• You feel them thinking about you or pulling on your energy
• The cord cutting works briefly then the attachment returns
• You sense resistance or opposition during the ritual
• They're obsessive, possessive, or won't let go

What happens: You cut your end of the cord, but they're holding onto their end and pulling energy through it.

Solution: Combine cord cutting with protection, shielding, and possibly binding or freezing the person to stop them from recreating the connection.

5. You Haven't Healed the Wound

Cords attach at wounds—places where you're hurt, needy, or incomplete. If you don't heal the wound, the cord will reattach there.

Common wounds that hold cords:

• Abandonment wounds
• Unworthiness or low self-esteem
• Codependency patterns
• Unhealed childhood trauma
• Fear of being alone
• Need for external validation

What happens: The cord attaches to your wound. Cutting it doesn't heal the wound, so a new cord attaches to the same spot.

Solution: Heal the underlying wound through therapy, inner child work, self-love practices, and addressing core beliefs.

6. You're Not Grounded or Protected

Cord cutting requires you to be grounded and protected. If you're energetically scattered or unprotected, cords can't be fully severed.

Signs of poor grounding:

• You feel spacey or uncentered
• You're not in your body
• You're emotionally unstable
• You haven't grounded before or after the ritual

What happens: The cord cutting doesn't anchor properly. The cords float back and reattach.

Solution: Ground thoroughly before cord cutting. Protect yourself during and after. Stay centered and present.

7. The Ritual Wasn't Powerful Enough

Some attachments are very strong and require more than a simple visualization or candle ritual.

Signs you need more power:

• The attachment is from a long-term relationship
• There's trauma bonding or abuse involved
• The connection is karmic or from past lives
• You've tried basic cord cutting multiple times with no results

What happens: Your cord cutting is like using scissors on a steel cable—the tool isn't strong enough for the job.

Solution: Use more powerful methods, work with experienced healers, or repeat the ritual multiple times.

8. You're Confusing Memories With Cords

Sometimes what feels like an energetic cord is actually just memories, grief, or the natural process of healing from a relationship.

Signs it's memories, not cords:

• You think about them but don't feel energetically drained
• The thoughts are nostalgic or sad, not obsessive
• You're grieving the loss, which is normal
• You don't feel them pulling on your energy
• The intensity is decreasing over time

What's happening: You've cut the cords, but you're still processing the relationship. This is normal healing, not failed cord cutting.

Solution: Allow yourself to grieve and heal. Give it time. The memories will fade naturally.

How to Successfully Cut Energetic Cords

Step 1: Prepare Yourself

Before the ritual:

• Ground yourself thoroughly
• Protect yourself (visualize white light, cast a circle)
• Get clear on your intention: "I release all cords with [name]"
• Be emotionally ready to let go (not just saying it, but meaning it)
• Choose a time when you won't be interrupted

Step 2: Visualize the Cords Clearly

Don't just imagine cutting—see the cords in detail:

• Close your eyes and scan your body
• Where do you feel the connection? (Heart? Solar plexus? Sacral chakra?)
• What do the cords look like? (Color, thickness, texture)
• How many cords are there?
• Where do they attach to you and to them?

The more clearly you see them, the more effectively you can cut them.

Step 3: Call on Higher Power

Don't do this alone—ask for help:

• Call on Archangel Michael (known for cord cutting)
• Invoke your spirit guides or higher self
• Ask your patron deity for assistance
• Request help from ancestors or protective spirits

Say: "Archangel Michael (or other helper), please assist me in cutting all cords between myself and [name]. Help me release this connection completely and permanently."

Step 4: Cut the Cords With Intention

Use visualization and/or physical ritual:

Visualization method:

• See Archangel Michael's sword of light cutting each cord
• Watch the cords dissolve or fall away
• See both ends sealing and healing with light
• Visualize the person drifting away, getting smaller and smaller

Physical ritual:

• Light two candles (one for you, one for them)
• Tie a cord between the candles
• State your intention to cut all cords
• Cut the cord with scissors
• Let both candles burn completely (separately)

Step 5: Reclaim Your Energy

After cutting:

• Call back all your energy from the person
• Visualize your energy returning to you as golden light
• Return their energy to them (don't keep it)
• Fill the space where the cords were with your own light

Step 6: Seal and Protect

Prevent reattachment:

• Seal the places where cords were attached with light or protective energy
• Visualize a shield around yourself
• State: "I am sealed and protected. No cords can reattach."
• Use protective crystals (black tourmaline, obsidian)

Step 7: Release and Let Go

The most important step:

• Forgive the person (for your own freedom, not theirs)
• Forgive yourself
• Release all resentment, anger, longing, or attachment
• Wish them well and let them go
• Say: "I release you. You are free. I am free. We are separate."

Step 8: Maintain the Separation

After the ritual:

• No contact: Don't text, call, or see them
• No social media: Unfollow, block, or at minimum don't check their profiles
• Redirect thoughts: When you think of them, consciously redirect your attention
• Remove reminders: Put away or dispose of their belongings, gifts, photos
• Fill your life: Focus on yourself, new activities, new connections
• Repeat if needed: Cord cutting may need to be done multiple times

Advanced Cord Cutting Methods

Soul Contract Revocation

For deep karmic or soul-level attachments:

"I revoke all soul contracts, agreements, and vows between myself and [name], made in this life or any other, known or unknown. These contracts are null and void. I am free. They are free. So it is."

Repeat for 3, 7, or 9 nights.

Professional Energy Healing

For stubborn attachments:

• Reiki or energy healing sessions focused on cord cutting
• Shamanic extraction to remove cords
• Hypnotherapy to address subconscious attachments
• Past life regression to heal karmic ties

Freezer Spell (To Stop Them From Recreating Cords)

If the other person won't let go:

• Write their name on paper
• Place in water in a container
• Freeze it
• This "freezes" their ability to affect you or recreate cords

How to Tell If Cord Cutting Worked

Signs of successful cord cutting:

• You feel lighter, freer, more energized
• You stop thinking about them obsessively
• You don't feel drained or pulled on energetically
• You can think of them without intense emotion
• You feel neutral or indifferent toward them
• You're able to move forward with your life
• You don't feel their energy or presence
• You sleep better and have fewer dreams about them

Note: You may still have memories or occasional thoughts—that's normal. But the obsessive, draining quality should be gone.

FAQs About Failed Cord Cutting

How many times do I need to do cord cutting?

It varies. Some people need one powerful session; others need to repeat weekly or monthly until the attachment fully releases. Keep going until you feel free.

Can cords reattach after cutting?

Yes, if you recreate them through continued contact, obsessive thinking, or if the other person is actively maintaining them. Maintain separation after cutting.

Why do I still think about them after cord cutting?

Memories and thoughts are normal. Cords are energetic drains and obsessive pulls. If you think of them occasionally without feeling drained, the cords are likely cut.

Can I cut cords with someone I still see (coworker, family)?

Yes, but it's harder. You're cutting unhealthy energetic ties while maintaining necessary boundaries. Focus on cutting the toxic cords, not all connection.

What if I don't want to completely cut cords, just unhealthy ones?

You can specify: "I cut all unhealthy, draining, or toxic cords with [name] while maintaining healthy, respectful connection." This works for family or necessary relationships.

The Bottom Line

Cord cutting not working usually means you're recreating the cords through continued focus and contact, the attachment serves a hidden purpose, you're only cutting surface cords, or you need more powerful methods. True cord cutting requires not just the ritual, but the commitment to maintain separation and let go emotionally.

If you've tried cord cutting multiple times with no results, look deeper. What is the attachment giving you? What wound is it attached to? Are you truly ready to let go, or are you just going through the motions? Address the root cause, not just the symptom.

And remember: cord cutting is a process, not a one-time event. You may need to repeat it, layer it with other healing work, and actively maintain the separation through no contact and redirected focus. But freedom is possible. The cords can be cut. You just have to be willing to truly let go.