text: do christian prayers seem like "casting" a spell to any of you? when someone is praying, they are putting a lot of energy into it, mentally and sometimes physically to "hope" and "influence" events to occur.   if this is a perspective of any, why do so many ridicule wiccans? the only difference is why they ridicule wiccans. christians pray because they feel the power has to come from "god" whereas us wiccans know that the power for change is within ourselves.  blessed be )o(