Manifestation is not new; it’s a topic that has been cat-fishing and over-promising as it’s made its way from one human’s mind to another for years on end. With commodities like The Secret and a self help industry that profits millions of dollars from it, one might question the motives of sharing on such a topic, and whether it’s all just a multi-level-marketing scheme (‘I’ll tell you how to manifest your dream life, and that’s how I’m funding mine, which is funding another’s and another’s up the line.’). So why is it that I felt like I could say a few words in defence of it? Why would I spend two years writing a book about it if it’s a theme that draws so much controversy and slyness in its online industry?

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