28/08/2026
This one landed yesterday for me. I see spells, intentions, prayers and wishes as the same thing really. They’re all working with energy.
We give our attention to something, we feel into it, hope for it, ask for it, maybe speak it aloud or create some kind of ritual around it. The way we do that might look completely different depending on who we are and what we believe, but underneath it all I feel we’re doing the same very human thing. Even making a wish on a dandelion. You hold it in your hand, think of your wish, breathe life into it and send it out on the wind. We’ve probably been working with energy for far longer than we’ve had words for what we’re doing.
Different names, but to me, that which is underneath is for the most part the same. I know some people will read this and think, “but prayer is different because I’m praying to God, Goddess or whoever”
And I completely understand that. I’m not saying everyone believes in the same source, or even understands energy in the same way. I’m talking about what we ourselves bring to the act.
A prayer carries our attention, emotion, hope and belief towards God/Goddess. A wish carries something of us towards what we hope might be. Intention gives our energy somewhere to move, and spellwork, for those who practise it, does much the same through whatever ritual or spiritual language belongs to them. The beliefs around each can be so different.
I just find it beautiful that human beings have always had ways of taking something that lives quietly inside us and sending it out beyond ourselves. Sometimes with folded hands, with candles, herbs or words. And even with nothing more than a dandelion and our breath.
So take a moment, and make a wish. ♥️