I don't think souls or bodies can be changed by incantation. Or anything else by the way.
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I say 'incantation' a lot, when what I really mean 'incarnation.' It's a programmed mistake.
It is only to the individual that a soul is given.
Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.
Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.
For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it.
Only the holy spirit, the spirit of the lord, can transform us.
In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.
Can human hearts be changed? Why, of course! It happens every day in the great missionary work of the Church. It is one of the most widespread of Christ's modern miracles. If it hasn't happened to you - it should.
The Lord's authorized servants repeatedly teach that one of the principal purposes of our mortal existence is to be spiritually changed and transformed through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear, and despair to the spirit of hope, joy, peace; and from sinful desires, till then reigning over them, to a pure desire of doing the will of God.