You want to bend reality? You better be extra clear.
Intention is the lightning behind the ritual. It’s not a wish; it’s a command whispered into the bones of the cosmos. When it works, it feels like you cheated fate. But you didn’t; you just remembered how to speak its language.
This practice calls you to stare directly into the mechanics of manifestation: not hope, not hustle—will. The act of setting intention is a magical one, ancient as fire, sharpened by prayer, spell work, and every desperate breath you’ve ever turned into a vow.
We’re going to crack it open: how it works for you, how it doesn’t, and what kind of rituals you wrap around it. No dreams, no delusions: just cause, effect, and the space in between that answers back when you’re aligned enough to listen.
Core Ideas:
- True intention is a form of magical command: a pact between self and cosmos.
- Faith is not submission. It is the certainty that the unseen is already unfolding.
Shadow Writing Prompts
Prompt 20a: The Prayer That Breathed Back
Tell the story of a time your intention worked, whether through prayer, spell, vow, or sheer inner will. Something real shifted. What did it teach you about the power of asking? About faith? About your relationship with the unseen?
Prompt 20b: Mechanics of Manifestation
What do your rituals for setting intention look like: candle, incense, ink, blood, breath? Walk us through your personal system of conjuring clarity and charging desire. What makes an intention real to you?
Prompt 20c: Faith as Force
How do you hold faith, not as a belief system, but as a psychic engine? Where does it live in you? Explore how faith and intention have interacted on your path, especially in times when manifestation didn’t work out as planned. What did that reveal?
Prompt 20d: The Echo of Your Will
Reflect on a manifestation that unfolded slowly, over time, without fireworks. Subtle, strange, maybe even years later. How did your original intention plant the seed for that outcome? How does that shape your current approach to casting will into the world?
Manifestation isn’t just getting what you want; it’s becoming someone who knows what they’re calling in, and why. It’s not instant gratification. It’s spiritual architecture. And your thoughts, your rituals, and your prayers are the blueprint.
Let this exercise remind you: the universe isn’t distant. It’s listening. The question is, what the hell are you really saying?
