The Power of a Spiritual Collective
Shamanic Insights & Musings with Dory Cote
Prayer: Petition vs. Decree
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Prayer: Petition vs. Decree

This is the third episode in a 4 part series on "The Power of Prayer."

In this episode, Shamanic practitioner and teacher Dory Cote answers the following questions:

• Please give us your definitions of petition and decree and explain how they are different from each other. [0:20]

• The energy of the two seems different. A petition feels like requesting energy come to you, or Spirit come to you. The decree feels like power with you, that you are proclaiming that you already have Spirit with you and you are co-creating the perfection that is… [5:30]

• Do you believe that there is a difference in the results between these two ways of praying (“decrees” vs. “petitions”)? [7:00]

• What I am noticing about that example is that kind of decree and wholeness is also potentially healing the people that are doing the prayers for her… [11:57]

• Dory you have spoken a lot about the power of community in prayer. What about listeners who feel very alone? Are there places where they can reach out to have this kind of prayer done for them and with them? [12:25]

• The traditional place people pray is within religions, and they have been praying by petitioning for centuries. Why might religious or faith based places want to change their approach to prayer at this time? [15:34]

• Do you have anything else that you would like to add? [18:10]

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