This is the first episode in a 4 part series on "The Power of Prayer." In this episode, Shamanic practitioner and teacher Dory Cote answers questions "what is prayer?"
The episode includes the following questions:
• From a shamanic perspective, what is prayer? [0:30]
• This reminds me of Reiki where you have to ask permission to send them energy. You are requesting almost that “spiritual honey” that we talked about in the last series. You are requesting community—but on the spiritual level. You are sending resources that the person can use, and are respecting the integrity of the person to whom you are sending them. Is that correct? [7:38]
• In Washington DC there is the Pope John Paul II National Shrine. And in that shrine there is a museum where there is a representation of prayer. You go up to a keyboard where you can write your prayer in, and words from a prayer go up a wall in color and in different forms, and they mix with all the other prayers that have been entered that day. You see the supplications going to Spirit. It is a very moving thing. But they are words—very specific words. And I’m hearing that Shamanic prayer in some ways is supplication outside of words. Is that true? [9:37]
• Do you have an example of a prayer that you have done that you can share that you could see the response to the prayer? [12:03]
• When I was in Marrakesh they had the call to prayer several times a day, and I was surprised to find people just going about their business and not stopping to pray. When I asked someone why that was, he told me even if they wanted to pray, if they had not had time to prepare and cleanse ahead of time, they were not allowed to pray. That there was preparation for prayer required. Is there Shamanic preparation for prayer that you would advise or that you teach? [16:30]
• Can you speak about the work of Larry Dossey (The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine) and his studies about the effectiveness of prayer in healing? [18:30]
• Do you have anything else that you would like to add at this time? [22:15]
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