
05/19/2023
Happy New Moon!
I never thought that I would pray, ever again.
I grew up in an extremely strict, closed-minded, rigid, controlling, religious home.
I grew up to hate the idea of “God” and anything that sounded like religion.
At 18, I moved out of my dad’s house and ran as far away from “God” and religion as possible and basically “jumped off the deep end.”
I came back towards “God” in my marriage because I was an excellent people pleaser and wanted to be agreeable to my husband. It was also easier to deal with family when I was “acceptable” to them.
Clearly now I’m entirely on the spiritual end of things, and this has been its own road back to “God”.
I still get squirmy with the term “God” as it brings up too much negativity from my childhood.
But I definitely DO have a living, breathing, daily connection with Spirit/Divine/Love/Universe.
And I pray.
Especially with the power of the moon cycles.
Today is a new moon.
So starting today until the full moon, I light a candle each day, at roughly the same time of day, and pray with an intention (wish). I am very specific about the energies that I am manifesting and it’s less about the physical form/reality. If I pray for a specific person, it is for their own growth and awakening and never a spell about manipulating them to do something for me. (Karma!) I let the candle burn itself out and do not blow it out (that’s why I use tea lights.)
The energies build with the moon and it works like magic.
Because energy is magic.
May your wishes be granted this moon cycle.