I have been hunting, and I discovered that as part of the house move I did some five months ago, all my 101 books are back at my mum’s house, and I have only my favourites with me. Sigh. There goes all my 101 revision.
What I am learning however, is the power of prayer. For reals, witchy peeps. Every day, I do my daily devotions saying hello to the four elements and Goddess, then I talk to Goddess and ask her to be with me and open me up to her presence. There’s no point Her being around if I’m not going to notice, is there? There are a couple of prayers I use (mainly from Franchesca de Grandis books) that I also say in the morning as well or throughout the day.
And, amazingly, my life feels calmer, (dammit I KNEW this was the solution!) and I spend most of my time in Goddess Mode – I think about her more, I am less stressed, and I know I am reaching out to her which is something I have always wanted to do so I feel really good doing it.
I’ve always felt that prayer and feeling the connection (cos prayer isn’t just words, peeps) is one of the most important cornerstones of any kind of interaction with divine anything, and the most essential thing for me to focus on on my quest for Priestessfulness.
I’d love to hear your thoughts!
awesome post! i find prayer is so much a part pagans seem to forget about. Being a former christian for 15 years, i had a hard time re-focusing my prayer into a different pattern, and still have trouble remembering to do it daily, but when i do, man such a difference!!! thanks for reminding me of the connection that is so important!!
Hooray! I think a lot of peeps forget about it as well. But it’s Soo Important! How did you re-focus your prayer – was it like switching from one formula to another?
yes it was exactly the switching of a formula so to say. My christian prayers were always so focused on the holiness of God, and prayers to change others (towards God).. now its focusing on the divine all around and inside of me, and change of myself.
Awesome. I’m not from a christian background so it’s facinating hearing about those who are. Old prayer sounds a bit stressful!