I well understand what you are saying. I think that I reacted as strongly as I did because I have been where Mr. Unknown is now. Depression is a bottomless pit of misery that doesn't go away easily and all prayer did for me was make me feel even more abandoned and miserable. I went ALL THE WAY down into this hole before I came back out with the help of a very good man that happened to be a minister and the methods in that book that he recomended. I learned to ask for strength and the prayer of serenity became my mantra.
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
Hey no worries. I have been there too and it was just a mistake since there are no magic books to be found above ground these days...
It is a good thing I was just young and foolish or I could have ended up like the wizard version of myself who thrived on evil, sadly enough.
It wasn't all his fault either, he was forced into a life he was not even prepared for. Never trust anyone you know will do or has done evil things. If you don't know what evil is just read the Holy Bible everyone! It tells about evil sins and abominations in those books and you can avoid falling into a dark rabbit hole that you can't find your way out of unless you lay down everything, your whole life!, for YHWH=God=Jesus Christ and hopefully he will spare your soul. I have been depressed and lived another 10 years past it now and here I am thinking/knowing? I am framed for evil crimes by satanic freemasons that were my own family and knowing/thinking I know my fate to never be seen as innocent once the time comes... I am way past depression and yes, I learned to love everyone and accept regular people with any sort of problem after the times I used to be a judgmental idiot like so many other guys I knew- they are lost- and those kind of people wont make it far until they learn how to LOVE themselves, their own selves truly, and others as well.. but most importantly to Love and follow in the footsteps of God who is Jesus Christ. Thanks for posting that prayer. I just got a similar kind of thing as a gift from my grandmother who I dared to tell I was from another dimension(timeline), she did not judge or disbelieve me (I hope LOL).
It is St. Anthony's Prayer for help from the Holy Spirit!
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O God, send forth your Holy Spirit into my heart that I may perceive, into my mind that I may remember, and into my soul that I may meditate. Inspire me to speak with piety, holiness, tenderness and mercy. Teach, guide and direct my thoughts and senses from beginning to end. May your grace ever help and correct me, and may I be strengthened now with wisdom from on high, for the sake of your infinite mercy. Amen.
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I am not a Catholic, just a plain Christian, but some of those old Catholic guys were really good/saintly people back before the freemasons/real-satanists took over the Vatican.. And of course I believe some Catholics are still uncorrupted, don't get me wrong, but I am not sure of all of it.