Compare and contrast the following:
(1)
Our Father,
Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy Will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day
Our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil,
For Thine is the Kingdom
And the Power and the Glory,
Amen.
(2)
Radiant First Turtle Mother,
Who art present everywhere,
Hallowed be Thy Light.
Thy Love doth flow
Above, below,
In the Waters of Earth and in Heaven.
Give us each day
That we, in turn, may give,
And help us to be inwardly tolerant
Despite external intolerance.
Show us our own Goodness
And help us to manifest generosity and abundance for all,
For Thou art Source, and Sustenance,
And Peace, and Awareness.
Amen.
Neither one of these two statements are prayer in the active sense of actual, immediate interface with Spirit, but as a Magickal template for creating a desired effect upon Reality, the second template far superior to the first. That this is in fact true can be seen from simple observation of the state of general consensus-Reality around us, which has arisen in large part due to incessant fixation on the first of the two templates given above. I, on the other hand, have chosen to utilize the second of the two templates as my Reality-generator, and the result has been personal well-being, even in the face of consensus-Reality mayhem.
This is in a nutshell how Magick works.
Rote ‘prayer’ is the Reality-driver of organized religion and its agendas, and is actually a form of Witchcraft.
Have the courage to come up with your own Reality-templates, and make your own Magick.
