Power of (S)Words

The Power of (S)words—or Manifestation and Tarot

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The book and movie The Secret by Rhonda Byrne popularized the Law of Attraction and the idea of manifesting reality with thoughts. The use of affirmations, popular for
decades, is also founded on similar ideas but focuses on spoken words. In particular, affirmations function on the premise that repeated words gain strength and power and create reality. Repeated
words do gain strength and power. This works for positive statements as well as negative. And it works individually as well as collectively.

This summer, I spent a week with my friend Emily Carding and her seven-year-old daughter, Willow, at their Cornwall home. As seven year olds are wont to do, Willow sometimes
swore. Emily patiently reminded her to use substitute words, such as "sugar" or "fudge" for the common curse words beginning with the same letters. I, being childless, was full of opinions on the
subject. Plus, being all magical, I questioned the point of using substitute words. "If the intent is the same, what difference does it make?" I insisted. Emily, wiser than I, reminded me that there
is great energy behind curse words. These same words have been used for who knows how long for the same ...

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