Explore the magical power of words and learn how to harness healing, abundance, wealth, empowerment and joy!
by: Josh Williams
We can affect another persons entire state of being simply by the words we use, and that is only one level of the power they posses. In this article we will explore why words are so powerful and I will give you simple techniques to use in your own life to help you harness that power and use it for healing, empowerment, abundance, prayer and joy! Words, as we commonly work with them, have two expressions spoken and written. Let’s explore these in turn.
The Spoken Word
When we speak a word, a complex range of vibrations is created within our bodies that is projected into the world around us. Sound vibrations have form, substance and a predictable flow.Our minds conjure up what we want to say, our heart backs it up with the appropriate emotional charge (love, desire, anger, etc.) and our body responds by flexing and expanding in many places to create a sound vibration. This wave leaves us and hits the atmosphere around us, touching and affecting everyone and everything it passes. On the spiritual level the mental and emotional charge behind a vibrational wave impacts what the wave hits, creating a subtle affect. Maybe our parents were onto something when they told us to never gossip or say bad things about people! On the energetic level, sound waves do not ‘die’ when we can no longer perceive them with out senses. They continue to move forth, expanding into the greatness of the cosmos- our words affect everything!In most spiritual, magical and mystical paths on the planet- speaking words of power is paramount to creating an energetic change. Spells, incantations, liturgies, empowered prayers, etc. are recited time and time again, adding to the stockpile of collective consciousness that backs the sound each time it is resonated. When done with true understanding of the words power a fine-tunes force can be placed behind it that ensures it will create the desired ‘magical’ change as it expands into the universe.
The Written Word
Much like the spoken word, the written word also carries great influential power. No matter what language we speak or write, letters are merely symbols for a sound. As a collective, we all see the letter ‘A’ and are aware of the vibrational wave it creates when sounded and thus the symbol becomes married with the power.
The Spoken Word
When we speak a word, a complex range of vibrations is created within our bodies that is projected into the world around us. Sound vibrations have form, substance and a predictable flow.Our minds conjure up what we want to say, our heart backs it up with the appropriate emotional charge (love, desire, anger, etc.) and our body responds by flexing and expanding in many places to create a sound vibration. This wave leaves us and hits the atmosphere around us, touching and affecting everyone and everything it passes. On the spiritual level the mental and emotional charge behind a vibrational wave impacts what the wave hits, creating a subtle affect. Maybe our parents were onto something when they told us to never gossip or say bad things about people! On the energetic level, sound waves do not ‘die’ when we can no longer perceive them with out senses. They continue to move forth, expanding into the greatness of the cosmos- our words affect everything!In most spiritual, magical and mystical paths on the planet- speaking words of power is paramount to creating an energetic change. Spells, incantations, liturgies, empowered prayers, etc. are recited time and time again, adding to the stockpile of collective consciousness that backs the sound each time it is resonated. When done with true understanding of the words power a fine-tunes force can be placed behind it that ensures it will create the desired ‘magical’ change as it expands into the universe.
The Written Word
Much like the spoken word, the written word also carries great influential power. No matter what language we speak or write, letters are merely symbols for a sound. As a collective, we all see the letter ‘A’ and are aware of the vibrational wave it creates when sounded and thus the symbol becomes married with the power.
When we write words, just like when we speak them, they will affect a change in those who read them. Think about how you react when you see the words ‘stop’, ‘free’, ‘sale’, ‘love’ and ‘no’. Although the words I am typing now have a neutral meaning- there is also a deeper level of resonance that carries through them like a pipe based on my intentions in writing. If you are experiencing a tone of seriousness, concern that this information will be used in proper ways and a sense of spiritual channeling; you’re tapped into the psychic level of these words! Since time immemorial, symbols have been used both to harness and call forth a specific power. Letters that represent sound vibrations are one of the most powerful on the planet (think about the Sanskrit letter for ‘AUM/OM’ and the meaning behind intoning that sound!). In the modern day most of how we interact with other people is based on the written word with text and email and so our awareness of the hidden power of the written word is more crucial than ever!
Why Words Make Magic
You are an individual being with unique likes, dislikes, soul, history, desires, fears, etc. From you comes a vibratory field (often the same field perceived by psychics allowing them to read you!) that represents or symbolizes the totality of who you are. Similarly, spoken words as vibrations and written words as symbols also give off this ‘energy signature’ that is unique to each combination of sounds or letter symbols. When two people come together, their energy fields merge creating a third ‘vibration between’. When many letters are written into a word or toned into a word they merge and become a unique vibrational field. When vibrations interact with other vibrations change and new force arises. Think of this in terms of throwing a stone into a pond- ripples!Speaking a word carries its unique vibrational signature out to the world where it will affect all other fields it encounters. The same applies to writing words.
The Karma Of Words
As we learned above, the sound vibration from speaking a word or the symbolic vibration from writing a word symbol carries afr further than we can imagine with linear minds. Eventually, it is no longer empowered for one reason or another and hits the parabola of its cosmic tour… what then? Return to sender!
What you speak, you will hear. What you write, you will read.Whatever we create in this world we must, at some point, recon with. The vibrations we send out in any form will eventually go ‘full cosmic circle’ and come back to us. If we have used our vibrational powers to bless and love we will receive this Divine force back tenfold as it receives power with each field it positively affects. If we have used vibrational powers of hate, we will receive it back even greater as it gets empowered by the chaos and imbalance it creates. Thinking before we speak or write is one of the best forms of spiritual medicine we can take! Imagine that short pause and deep breath that happens before we let our mouths create vibrations without control and how much cleaning up we could do with it!
Working With The Power Of Words
Although this article is FAR from exhaustive and holistic on the topic, I would like to offer you some simple yet highly powerful techniques you can start using right away to initiate yourself into the ways of word magic. Please ensure that your integrity, intention and compassion are in good repair before working with any forms of energy harnessing.
Say the magic word! Send out waves of gratitude by ensuring you say ‘please’, thank you’ and ‘you’re welcome’ whenever possible. These simple phrases really are the ‘magic words’ because in pure simplicity they express gratitude, compassion, love, kindness and respect!
Why Words Make Magic
You are an individual being with unique likes, dislikes, soul, history, desires, fears, etc. From you comes a vibratory field (often the same field perceived by psychics allowing them to read you!) that represents or symbolizes the totality of who you are. Similarly, spoken words as vibrations and written words as symbols also give off this ‘energy signature’ that is unique to each combination of sounds or letter symbols. When two people come together, their energy fields merge creating a third ‘vibration between’. When many letters are written into a word or toned into a word they merge and become a unique vibrational field. When vibrations interact with other vibrations change and new force arises. Think of this in terms of throwing a stone into a pond- ripples!Speaking a word carries its unique vibrational signature out to the world where it will affect all other fields it encounters. The same applies to writing words.
The Karma Of Words
As we learned above, the sound vibration from speaking a word or the symbolic vibration from writing a word symbol carries afr further than we can imagine with linear minds. Eventually, it is no longer empowered for one reason or another and hits the parabola of its cosmic tour… what then? Return to sender!
What you speak, you will hear. What you write, you will read.Whatever we create in this world we must, at some point, recon with. The vibrations we send out in any form will eventually go ‘full cosmic circle’ and come back to us. If we have used our vibrational powers to bless and love we will receive this Divine force back tenfold as it receives power with each field it positively affects. If we have used vibrational powers of hate, we will receive it back even greater as it gets empowered by the chaos and imbalance it creates. Thinking before we speak or write is one of the best forms of spiritual medicine we can take! Imagine that short pause and deep breath that happens before we let our mouths create vibrations without control and how much cleaning up we could do with it!
Working With The Power Of Words
Although this article is FAR from exhaustive and holistic on the topic, I would like to offer you some simple yet highly powerful techniques you can start using right away to initiate yourself into the ways of word magic. Please ensure that your integrity, intention and compassion are in good repair before working with any forms of energy harnessing.
Say the magic word! Send out waves of gratitude by ensuring you say ‘please’, thank you’ and ‘you’re welcome’ whenever possible. These simple phrases really are the ‘magic words’ because in pure simplicity they express gratitude, compassion, love, kindness and respect!
Pray With The Pen The next time you sit for a good prayer session, bring a pen and paper along! Once you have spoken your prayers aloud, write down positive and present forms of those prayers (love, healthy, wealthy, harmony, etc.) in black ink. Please the paper in a special spot and allow it to be your ambassador to the universe sending a constant stream of vibration to the cosmos!
Say It and Spray It Grab a clean, clear glass bottle and write words of power all over the outside of it with a black ‘magic’ marker. Words like love, healthy, peace, joy, harmony, wealth, abundance, compassion, light, etc. are all great choices! Fill up every space you can with words that symbolize what you’d like to attract into your life. You may want to pray over or consecrate this jar once done to empower it with a spiritual charge. Once completed, you can either store written prayers or more powerfully, fill it with clean spring water. Allow a full day of partial sun to filter your words into the water- creating an extremely powerful spiritual elixir! You can sprinkle this water on yourself or around the house to empower and bless it. You may also want to consider placing a quartz crystal or other healing stone in the water to further amplify it’s vibrations. Water is the universal solvent- and is also a perfect energetic computer. What you put into it become part of it- making it ‘liquid power’! Every time I grab a new bottle of water I always grab a permanent marker too writing on the outside a word of power that I’d like to open up to that day. Today’s ‘water bottle word’ was “Receptive”.
Practice Makes Perfect! Try intoning words of power like a repetitive mantra when you need them. In stressful situations, prayerfully and powerfully intone ‘calm, balanced, courageous’. In times of illness or imbalance try ‘healthy, strong, whole and happy’. Create a personal and catchy strong of power words that are important to you and include a 5 minute toning session every day!
Bless It Forward! Make it a point every day to bless others with your words. Tell people you appreciate them, tip those who serve you with words in addition to cash, let people know you notice the small stuff and appreciate their being part of your path. Write a few lines each day expressing what you are grateful for, what brought you joy and what the highlight of your day was.
What you speak about, you empower!
As much as this was quite the quick tour of word magic basics I hope you will find a place in your daily spiritual working for this blessed art!
Say It and Spray It Grab a clean, clear glass bottle and write words of power all over the outside of it with a black ‘magic’ marker. Words like love, healthy, peace, joy, harmony, wealth, abundance, compassion, light, etc. are all great choices! Fill up every space you can with words that symbolize what you’d like to attract into your life. You may want to pray over or consecrate this jar once done to empower it with a spiritual charge. Once completed, you can either store written prayers or more powerfully, fill it with clean spring water. Allow a full day of partial sun to filter your words into the water- creating an extremely powerful spiritual elixir! You can sprinkle this water on yourself or around the house to empower and bless it. You may also want to consider placing a quartz crystal or other healing stone in the water to further amplify it’s vibrations. Water is the universal solvent- and is also a perfect energetic computer. What you put into it become part of it- making it ‘liquid power’! Every time I grab a new bottle of water I always grab a permanent marker too writing on the outside a word of power that I’d like to open up to that day. Today’s ‘water bottle word’ was “Receptive”.
Practice Makes Perfect! Try intoning words of power like a repetitive mantra when you need them. In stressful situations, prayerfully and powerfully intone ‘calm, balanced, courageous’. In times of illness or imbalance try ‘healthy, strong, whole and happy’. Create a personal and catchy strong of power words that are important to you and include a 5 minute toning session every day!
Bless It Forward! Make it a point every day to bless others with your words. Tell people you appreciate them, tip those who serve you with words in addition to cash, let people know you notice the small stuff and appreciate their being part of your path. Write a few lines each day expressing what you are grateful for, what brought you joy and what the highlight of your day was.
What you speak about, you empower!
As much as this was quite the quick tour of word magic basics I hope you will find a place in your daily spiritual working for this blessed art!
Peace, Blessings, Love, Joy, Health, Compassion, Abundance, Progress, Strength, Wisdom…
Josh Williams
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By Susan Smalley, Ph.D., professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA
“The Power Of Words”
“Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” I remember saying those words when young to try and convince myself of its truth in the face of painful words thrown my way. Unfortunately, it is far from true. Verbal insults, verbal abuse, and the power of words to affect your emotions and actions are well demonstrated in science. For example, scientists have found that just hearing sentences about elderly people led research subjects to walk more slowly. In other research, individuals read words of ‘loving kindness’ showed increases in self-compassion, improved mood, and reduced anxiety.
But words are not attended to equally by all. Studies reveal that we place our attention toward words differently depending on our own biological or personality traits. For example, individuals with eating disorders pay greater attention to words reflecting body parts or body image than others, and in other experiments ‘taboo’ words require more time to reach conscious awareness than words lacking taboo connotations. I notice among my own blogs, those with titles including words like “God” or “abortion” receive many more responses than less emotionally charged words.
As scientists uncover the power of words to effect behavioral change, the power of rhetoric has become a topic of the current election. Clearly we are all attending more to the power of words. I see the impact of words I choose on the world around me and my own biases, prejudices, and selective attention in the words I hear. Yesterday, my son detected an unknown prejudice when I was talking on the phone with an auto broker to ship a car from Michigan to LA. The broker’s voice, likely of a different racial/ethnic group than mine and speaking with some slang and grammatical errors led me to quickly project an image of a man who might not be so legitimate in business. I dislike that I subconsciously had such a prejudicial view based on the words he used but I realized that biases run deep and likely reflect my 52 years of living (raised in the 50s and living before and after the civil and women’s rights’ movements). I was happy to see my son (age 22) free of such conditioning, capable of easily detecting it and possessing the courage to point it out to me.
It’s hard to look prejudice in the face – especially in yourself – and particularly in a cultural climate of intolerance for weakness or error of any sort. This is clear by the media frenzy — a shark attack of sorts — on Hillary Clinton recently for her comment regarding Dr. Martin Luther King. Again, the words and their intent meant different things to different people. But recognition and heightened sensitivity, while important, need to be met by kindness and forgiveness, not self-righteous indignation. Barack Obama demonstrated the type of kindness needed when he acknowledged the commitment both Clintons have made to civil rights and urged the community to move beyond the ‘word’ controversy.
I once read that a word is like a living organism, capable of growing, changing, spreading, and influencing the world in many ways, directly and indirectly through others. I never thought about a word being ‘alive’ but then I thought of words spoken 3,000 years ago, written down and passed through many generations, and they seem quite alive when read or spoken today, having lived 3,000 years. As I ponder the power of the word to incite and divide, to calm and connect, or to create and effect change, I am ever more cautious in what I say and how I listen to the words around me.