Manifestation Scale

Do you believe in your power to attract success? Take this test to find out.

By Mark Travers, Ph.D. | November 6, 2025

Manifestation is a belief system centered on the idea that your thoughts and emotions can influence the reality you experience. It involves focusing one's mind and energy toward desired outcomes, generally operating from the conviction that internal states shape external events and opportunities.

Practicing manifestation is associated with greater optimism and goal-directed behavior. By imagining success as already achieved and maintaining positive self-talk, individuals may align their mindset with the outcomes they seek.

The Manifestation Scale was developed to scientifically assess the extent to which individuals believe their thoughts and emotions can attract success and shape their reality. The scale consists of eleven statements that measure two core dimensions of manifestation: personal power and cosmic collaboration.

These refer respectively to the belief that one's mindset and emotions influence outcomes, and the belief that universal or higher forces assist in manifesting success. The results offer insight into how strongly one endorses the principles of manifestation and the degree to which these beliefs guide their outlook on life.

You can take this test here. Follow all of the steps to receive your results.

Step 1: Rate the following statements based on how much you agree with them on a scale of strongly disagree to strongly agree.

1. Visualizing a successful outcome causes it to be drawn closer to me.

2. I can speak success into existence through positive self-talk.

3. I am more likely to attract success if I believe success is already on its way.

4. I am more likely to attract a successful outcome if I act like it has already come true.

5. If I think about achieving success, those thoughts alone make success more likely.

6. Success is more likely to come to me the more I focus on positive emotions.

7. I attract success into my life with the help of the universe or a higher power.

8. The universe or a higher power sends me people and events to aid my success.

9. I ask the universe or a higher power to bring me success.

10. To attract success, I align myself with cosmic forces or energies.

11. My soul, spirit or higher self helps me attract success.

Step 2: Enter your age, gender, region, and first name so we can provide you with a detailed report that compares your test scores to people similar to you.

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What region of the world do you live in?

What is your first name?

Step 3: Check to make sure you've provided answers to all of the statements/questions above. Once you've done that, click the button below to send your responses to Awake Therapy's Lead Psychologist, Mark Travers, Ph.D. He will provide you with an overview of how you scored relative to others (all answers are anonymized and confidential to protect users' privacy). He can also answer any follow-up questions you may have.

References: Dixon, L. J., Hornsey, M. J., & Hartley, N. (2023). “The Secret” to Success? The Psychology of Belief in Manifestation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 51(1), 49-65. doi:10.1177/01461672231181162