A prayer is asking Gods to intervene in your life, personally communicating with Gods regarding things you cannot achieve yourself. A prayer can be for help, guidance, protection, intercession, thanks etc. However the point is that a prayer is relying on the power of Gods to affect and make changes in your life.
A spell is a set of words, incantation or formula with magical potency. A spell is using the magical power possessed within the wizard or witch to bring about the change or desired effect. Magic comes from within so there is no need to appeal to Gods in order to practice magic; cast spells.
I myself am religious, I know that there is not a spell for everything and sometimes must rely on The Gods to provide, however that does not mean that all wizards are religious. Prayers are religious and spells are magical. The only similarity I see is that prayers & spells can be used for varying reasons.
Why then are they seen as being similar when there are clear differences?
2007-11-09
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