Friday, December 13, 2013

The Greatest Conjure Book In the World: Affirmative Prayer

Mark 11:12-14, 20-24 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
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And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Most everyone is familiar with the types of prayers known as supplications and intercessions. The Serenity Prayer is a famous example of a supplication:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.

What defines a supplication is that it is a personal petition. An intercession is a prayer on behalf of someone else. Many people only know how to pray like this. When learning conjure, they will continue to pray this way, humbly asking for what they want, unsure as to whether or not their prayers will be answered. In Mark 11, however, we have an example of Jesus using a different type of prayer to curse, followed by him explaining how to pray this way. I'm talking about affirmative prayer, the type of prayer most frequently employed in conjure. When you pray in the affirmative, you state your desire as if it has already happened and make this declaration with complete faith. "I am protected from all evil." "N.N. is drawn to me in love and passion." "My talents are noticed and appreciated at work. I am given the promotion to [position]." getting the picture?

 Petition and KNOW that what you petition for is YOURS.

I've seen misinformed people teaching others that you should end all your petitions with "if it is God's will". This is incorrect. It expresses doubt in the likelihood of your petition to be granted. It also hints at a lack of faith in the Divine... you should already know that nothing shall be granted to you against God's will because if it was against God's will to grant it, God simply would not grant it. Jesus' instructions are simply to believe that your words will manifest and have full faith in God.

3 comments:

  1. Thanks! This is how you set intentions for creating sigils, or even just using visualizations for prayers and manifesting. -Andre

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  2. Interesting too because in the white witchcraft that I had learned I was taught to say "and as my words so mote it be!" No doubt, no hesitation, hear my words and it is true it is already done!

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