Abracadabra and Blessed Be! You might be wondering how a nun got interested in spells and magic. You might also be surprised to learn that it happened quite naturally, fitting perfectly into everything that I learned and believed in, growing up Catholic. I was born and raised believing in God, angels, saints—a spirit filled world in which we had the ability to talk to them, ask for whatever we needed, and sense a divine presence with us wherever we were. At Saint Stanislaus Grade School in East Chicago, Indiana, we attended Mass every morning before class, where we watched a priest transform bread and wine (in the mysterious language of Latin) into the body and blood of Christ. Abracadabra. Catholic magic. I grew up thinking if bread and wine could be transformed into something divine, so could the rest of creation. The holiness in all creation can be found in those who have eyes to see what they believe. Guidance for Living Your Best Magical and Spiritual Life Magic of Ritual The magic of ritual, like the call to pray, is and is not as mysterious as it sounds. When something we want to happen becomes real, that’s magic. Something we envision becomes true. The invisible is made visible. Yet getting what we want often times doesn’t seem to be nearly as mysterious as how it happened, how we got what we prayed for, how the magic in ritual works. We know what it looks like. Through a friend of a friend, a stranger, or some coincidence, a prayer is answered. Obstacles are removed and our wish is granted. Belief Everything I know and believe about the power in prayer and the magic in ritual comes from what I was told as a child about Santa Claus and what I found true as an adult in Christian scripture: If you don’t believe, you don’t receive. Thoughts, desires, wishes, and prayers are powerful tools in the life of the spirit, and what makes magic work more than anything else is the divine power in faith. Believing is the source and center of all spiritual life, the air holy spirits breathe, the stuff of divine intervention. We are what we believe. Necessity When it comes to focusing the power in prayer, we only need to look at our life. Pressure points, sore spots, places of greatest tension—all hold the divine power in necessity. There is a sense of soulful urgency in times of necessity, those times when we cry out for mercy, cling to hope, the point of pleading and begging when we cry out with the Psalmist “How long, O God, how long?” The more urgent and intense the need, the more highly charged it is with divine energy. Candle-Lighting Wish-Come-True Spell The act of lighting a candle and making a wish is a spell and blessing all by itself. It’s also a powerful way to pray when that’s all the time you have. The divine power in fire and the soulful power in heartfelt wishes make this simple spell work like magic. Nature and necessity always make magic whenever we light a candle and make a wish. So whenever you hear even the faintest call to pray, light a candle and make a wish. And never light a candle, for whatever purpose, without dedicating it to someone or something, even if it’s a two-word prayer of “thank you” to the deities who hear our call and appear every time we light a candle. In a similar manner, never extinguish a candle without confirming your wish with “Amen” or “Blessed be.” Keep in mind every time you light a candle and make a wish you are taking part in divine activity. Deities appear to hear your prayer. You are making candle-lighting magic. “There is no day that I do not hear the Voice.” – Joan of Arc This book is about prayer and how important ritual becomes at certain times in our lives. Those who’ve grown up in ancient religious traditions - Judaism, Pre-Christian, Catholicism, Buddhism, Islam—know instinctively the powerful way ritual prayer blesses every moment of every day. At its very best, religion teaches us to revere everything as holy, just the way it is. Even those who are decidedly not religious in the traditional sense occasionally feel the need for divine intervention, blessing, and inspiration, especially in life’s most profound turning points like birth, marriage, sickness, and death. They too believe in the power of prayer to help good things happen, bring comfort in times of sorrow, enlighten next steps when we feel lost and confused.
✔ Author(s): Karol Jackowski
✔ Title: Sister Karol's Book of Spells, Blessings & Folk Magic
✔ Rating : 4.5 out of 5 base on (143 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1578636450
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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