My parents take me to church every Sunday night, and I've realized something. Prayer is a lot like practicing magick (in my opinion).I mean, it's not the exact same, but it's still not that different. Christians pray to their god for help, and Wiccans practice magick to help them. Isn't praying and practicing magick technically the same thing?
2006-07-27 14:55:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm pagan.
2006-07-27 15:01:04 · update #1
Magick is prayer but with tools. And (I can't speak for every Pagan on Earth, but this applies to many) we don't see it as asking God for help. It's us asking God to help us help OURSELVES. I hope that makes sense to you. Blessed be.
2006-07-27 16:22:05 · answer #1 · answered by Maria Isabel 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sort of. There are a lot of similarities between the rituals of both religions (and a lot of components that have jumped from one to the other and back).
Wiccans do pray, as well as practice magic. By "pray" I mean "I have private conversations with my Deities, in which I sometimes ask them for help or guidance or assistance."
When I say "magic" I mean more of "a dedicated ritual in which I focus my will in an attempt to bring about change" - it may or may not include a petition to the Gods, though usually it does, at least in Wicca.
I don't know if any of this makes any sense, I'm probably not wording it very well.
2006-07-27 15:01:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because practicing in magic doing something with the intent to have a certain outcome where as praying is doing something hoping for a particular outcome, both require a lot of belief though.
2006-07-27 14:59:37 · answer #3 · answered by Mark G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magic is a form of witchcraft, and in the bible it says in
LEVITICUS 19:31
31) Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
No magic and praying is not the same. I pray for you. Amen
I do not cast spells.
2006-07-27 15:30:30 · answer #4 · answered by Brother Marland H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on the surface yes. But technically... no. Christians pray to either one GOD or to him through supplicants ( saints and patron angels). Wiccans... call on themselves, and the powers around them to shape reality they take an active part... prayer is much more passive.
2006-07-27 15:01:14 · answer #5 · answered by Tom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they are. Practicing magic(k) is just ritual prayer. Just getting on your knees and putting your hands together puts you in a different state of mind. That is exactly what magic is about.
2006-07-27 15:44:14 · answer #6 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, they've very much the same thing; they're religious rituals. Religious rituals, regardless of the form they come in, all have pretty much the same purpose; essentially, they're comforting to the people who participate in them.
2006-07-27 14:56:59 · answer #7 · answered by extton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they ARE EXACTLY the same thing. they are both a movement of thought/energy and they both work because "it is done unto you as you believe." this how the nature of God/the universe. i'm sure many christians will disagree, but we have the right to ignore them.
2006-07-27 15:10:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
heaven and hell have the same road, they only have a diffrent way.
oh if you mean that way, let's practice magic in the name name of God,
but use no tool, just faith
2006-07-27 16:40:26 · answer #9 · answered by Henry W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is, a ritual act meant to elicit a response from powers out side your own.
2006-07-27 15:01:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋