Tag: prayer

  • Little Messages Bouncing Back

    Little Messages Bouncing Back

    Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Love in the Third Degree. I took a moment tonight to pause at the Light Altar and offer up a prayer. I was thinking about someone and just had the strong urge to walk to the altar and send a prayer, with a special message attached to it.…

  • Accelerant

    Accelerant

      All my life, I have been around people who prayed devoutly  for  the  things  they  wanted.             I’ve  also  been around atheists and agnostics  who have put tremendous thought and energy toward the things they wanted. In the past decade,  I’ve  been  around  numerous  pagans,  Wic cans, witches, etc, who have conducted magick with…

  • Delegating:  the Hardest Part of Prayer, Magick, and the Law of Attraction

    Delegating: the Hardest Part of Prayer, Magick, and the Law of Attraction

    I’ve always had a hard time delegating, and that probably explains problems I’ve had with both Christian prayer, Wiccan magick, and the Law of Attraction. Among those who practice the Law of Attraction and those who practice Magick, whether they are Wiccan or some other variety of paganism, I’ve been ridiculed for not being able…

  • Maybe Prayer Isn’t What I Thought It Was

    Maybe Prayer Isn’t What I Thought It Was

    A recent study conducted by a sociologist at Brandeis University found that prayers in the study fell into three categories: 28% — Gimme 22% — Hey, thanks 28% — Gimme and by the way, thanks Yes, I was a little…appalled. I’d never really thought about prayer in this way before, breaking it down into the…

  • Big Tip for Manifesting: SOON Is a Bad Word

    Big Tip for Manifesting: SOON Is a Bad Word

    So, all you manifesters, here’s a big tip for you.  Next time you’re focusing on bringing something to you, don’t ask for it come or appear or be attracted to you or manifest “soon.” “Soon” always puts the result into the future.   Just out of reach.  I cannot tell you how many times I…

  • Communications I’ve Withheld

    Communications I’ve Withheld

    Several years ago, author Teresa Hill (Sally Tyler Hayes) challenged a group of authors, including me, to write about a specific topic, which I decided to include in my healing journal/self-help book, Third Degree of Separation. The topic was “Communications I’ve Withheld,” and when I shared it with the light-hearted group of writers, the challenge…