spells are a type of prayer and prayers are a type of spell; which category-notion supersedes is a matter of personal salience
spells seem a more complex form of prayer b/c of the intricate 'setup'. Still the result of both is "something happens" by "other". E.g. a simple spell is pointing at sth. and saying what it *isn't*. (A random thought just emerges from "nowhere")https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1334997400411275265?s=20 …