Editing Affirmative prayer (section)

==Hoodoo==
Affirmative prayer is used by practitioners of African American [[Hoodoo (folk magic)|hoodoo]],<ref name=Vanzant>{{cite book |title=Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Women |first=Iyanla |last=Vanzant |publisher=Hay House, Inc |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-4019-2188-0}}</ref> usually in conjunction with its opposite, which is called a ''prayer of removal''. In this folk magic application of the technique, the prayer of removal may be said during a [[waning moon]] or at sunset or at [[wikt:Ebb tide|ebb tide]] ("As the sun goes down, this disease is removed from my body") and the affirmative prayer may be said during a [[waxing moon]], at dawn, or at [[high tide]] ("As the sun rises, this day brings me perfect health").<ref name=hyatt>{{cite book
|title=Hoodoo - Conjuration - Witchcraft - Rootwork (Five Volumes)
|author=Harry Middleton Hyatt
|publisher=Alma Eagan Hyatt Foundation
|year=1973
}}</ref>

The explanation for this application of affirmative prayer is that God has ordained laws of natural inflow and outflow and that by linking one's prayer to a natural condition that prevails at the time, the prayer is given the added power of God's planned natural event.<ref name=hyatt/>