Years ago I was work­ing for a Vietnamese man whose very nature pre­cluded him from ever “get­ting” me, which was fine and of course irrelevant.

One thing I loved about him though, was what I could only guess was some­thing he’d been say­ing his whole life, a phrase so com­mon to him that he didn’t even hear him­self say it any more, and that was prob­a­bly only a word or two in his native language –

Every con­ver­sa­tion with him opened with him say­ing, “This is what I want.”

Not a sen­tence though, more of a sin­gle word, spo­ken fast, run together, and although he did actu­ally mean it, it was clear he was say­ing it reflex­ively, not inten­tion­ally. And yet he meant every word.

I imme­di­ately loved it — he was cast­ing a spell — prepar­ing the ground so his words would take root and he would get what he wanted. Clueless as he was to this (or not), I picked up on it and took it as a valu­able les­son. I say it often, and I have to say it really does clear the decks and increase the chance that what I say after will actu­ally come to pass. People want to please you; but more than that if they hear your inten­tions they are com­pelled to give you what you ask for.

Years later, at the Church of Satan’s infa­mous 6−6−06 Black Mass, I heard a new and flashy (replete with fire) vari­a­tion on the old spell:

Rex Church ended each of his spells by shout­ing, “Such is my decree!”

Didn’t take me long to adopt that one either. Much more dra­matic, but it’s the same prin­ci­ple — and it works.

I’m no hip­pie, but I expect pos­i­tive results in this life and I con­sis­tently get them. Announcing my inten­tions and plac­ing my con­cise order with the Universe dra­mat­i­cally increases my suc­cess rate.

Be spe­cific. Ask for what you want, then watch as you get it. Be sure to acknowl­edge your spell — that you cast it and that it worked. The Universe wants to feel appre­ci­ated too.

You might also prick up your ears to what oth­ers ask for and think about deliv­er­ing that once in a while. (It’s a two-way street you know.)

So what the heck — it’s a new year and a new decade.

Lay it out and get cracking.

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