Maya said:
How simple or complex the affirmation needs to be, has to do with the individual itself, to start with. Not everyone understands the same as others, so if a person needs it more complexed and detailed is more secure. Words are there to help us direct the energy the best way. So if in your case, you don't need too many words to describe and direct your will, it's fine.
1. "I am free from any and all pornography" which pornography? Of planet earth? Of galaxy's? You need to state "influence and impact" to give the right direction. You may mean it like that, but you haven't expressed it like that, and anyone can understand what you actually are righting, pornography in general. You don't suggest the affirmation to yourself, but to another person.
2. "Any and all" doesn't gave the same meaning with "permanently totally and completely".
If you don't add "permanently and completely" to this specific affirmation, what's gonna happen? Again, it depends to the individual and the affirmation. Not all brains work the same way. For example on the RTR Restoring Gentile Power and Right to Rule Our Own Nations, the affirmation has "totally permanently and all" so, is this too complex? Or, maybe, is this even wrong? Of course not. It all depends to the person itself and the nature of the working. By adding you make it more secure.
3. Stating in present tense took care of the time aspect by itself, your "Now and forever" isn't wrong, but an emphasis, which probably works for you in this case, and that's why I put it in brackets.
I don't have anything to contribute except that "free" is a good affirmation word kinda like the Munka working on JoS rituals about love life and freeing yourself from present and past life commitments.
Anyways this is to Maya.
Excellent analysis of affirmations. It just shows you more complexity of affirmations. What might work for one, might not work for others.
But still you raise a very interesting point in that affirmations need the education from the Gods on their Worlds.
I know that sounds odd to state but it seems like affirmations i.e. the context of the magic ritual promote a certain deep thinking and understanding.
On one hand people state be specific another state in the shortest statement possible.
I really don't know how to explain it better but your statements make a deep impression on me that your one of these people that MAY potentially over-complicate an affirmation or at least is looking to find the better or more perfect affirmation.
That isn't to be negative just I'm also a person who over-complicates or doesn't understand affirmations very well. Sometimes I stick to the tried and true other times I just change it and hope for the best.
For example I'm doing a Algs(one of several protection magick) and performed the affirmation x8 "Algs is now permanently protecting me at all times and in a safe, healthy, positive, and beneficial way for me".
Since you stated "now" is optional since it's already present tense it confirms something. But also raises the question does the energy BUILD up as in a projected magick ritual like money ritual and THEN fires off after a period of time. Or does the word now make it fire off immediately. Another possibility is it builds up and then at some point it goes out on it's own accord when the energy feels it's ready.
These are questions I asked myself but can't find an answer.
Also I used to state protects me at all times "and in every way". Every way I'm protected but I do recall one person stating they were protected negatively so by including the capture of "EVERY WAY" literally it's every way.
I understand the idea is innocent enough but WHAT IF.
So I state "at all times AND in a safe, healthy, positive, and beneficial way for me". So I want Algs to protect me permanently but do so in a S., H., P., and B. way for me. I'm adding a positive clause to make the protection always positive.
Anyways I'm rambling it's a hell of an interesting subject shame we don't have the Gods around helping us out in said manner.
