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Does Religion Mix With The Law of Attraction?
The tension between manifestation and some Black Christians is real, but it shouldn’t be.
When Oprah Winfrey first introduced self-help guru Rhonda Byrne’s book The Secret, the Law of Attraction (LOA) and its guiding philosophies quickly spread like wildfire in the pop culture space. Before long, almost everyone I knew was making plans to manifest into their lives everything from luxury cars to dream homes to their future soul mates. Currently, you would be hard-pressed not to see at least one social media post a day about drinking water, securing the bag, and manifesting your best life. But while some are quick to begin down their yellow brick road to positive thinking, a collection of Black folks are giving the LOA a massive side-eye, and some even have gone as far as to call it witchcraft. Geez. Tough crowd.
So, how do those who follow both the LOA and Christianity combine the systems, and are they complete opposites? Or, has racism and the history of American slavery so derailed Black Christians that we hold ourselves back from seeking more?
In truth, the LOA has been around since the 1800s and follows the premise that we all possess the ability to attract into our lives whatever we focus on. In other words, our mind has the power to materialize our…
