Faith or Will

[Siren]

Well what would you say is the original meaning of "faith"?

Will. Willpower/desire to seek the One Infinite Creator.

That is why will/faith is paramount in any magic(k)al working. Faith/will is power. Through this means the gate to intelligent infinity is opened, for faith/will reaches ever upwards/inwards, thus allowing the influxes of energy to flow freely/unimpeded and manifest in the magician's/seeker's reality in a variety of ways.

You may see faith as willful seeking. From 3D onward entities begin to seek to know themselves and that which is around themselves (this seeking, expressed in any way—whether in art or astrology or science—, is a seeking to know the One Infinite Creator). Vegetal/animal entities have not developed this faculty; they do strive towards growth, towards light, but do not do so in a conscious fashion to know, they do it to survive.

Perhaps less understandably but still quite accurate would be to say: faith is knowing before knowing that which you already know, that all is ultimately well.

I guess whether you use the term "faith" or "will" depends on context.

PS: Notice also how the "faith" also resembles the term "fate."