>>936936895Magick isn't as effective on yourself or people who know you personally. Oftentimes when a tribal healer or his family would get sick; they would send them to a neighboring tribe's healer for treatment.
It has to do with belief. If you see a dude walking around in his underwear, farting, and eating cheetos, you're not going to be as impressed when you see that same dude show up wearing ritual items and chanting.
On top of that certain practices require vows of poverty.
There is also the possibility that he did cast a money spell and that is how the universe led me to his practice.