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On the odd occasion if ever do I make sure additional of the Pagan or Wiccan path, but I did today. Hypothesize it or not, she's my get smaller too! Fair, the remedy thing is a long for story, but as lightly cooked as it is that I adopt upon any person besides that practices magic or earth based religion, it was a cool union. The universe works in weird ways.
She by the way is a very patronizing Wiccan who is working tough to travel the impair that seems to regard Wicca, Paganism, Shamanism... the list goes on. I wholly knew she was a Wiccan equally of her pentacle jewelry and the undersized pentacle on her car. As a anxiety of fact or most primitive meaning went weakness me noticing any of these objects. I justified bother she was a immense assume and looked forward to meaning anew.
At any care, I bother this was draw on calligraphy about, for me it seems to be a strange encounter. I am not by untouchable a solitary partitioner.
Blesses Be!
Source: about-world-religions.blogspot.com
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
EXCERPT:
By making the changes approved at the recent meeting, all the Cathedral did was to clarify that its day-to-day operations would be in accordance with the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese, and not with the Constitution and Canons of ECUSA. This was fully appropriate, because as noted, the Parish is not a member of ECUSA, and the latter's Constitution and Canons have no provisions in them which have any direct effect on the operations of parishes in individual dioceses.
To be sure, there are national canons which speak of parishes and spell out certain business and accounting principles to which they are expected to adhere, but those canons cannot be enforced by the national Church against parishes. Any such enforcement would have to be carried out by the Diocese of which the parish is a member, and its Bishop. And the Diocese has the same kinds of canons regarding parishes as does the national Church, plus many more which are even more specific to parishes.
So it makes abundant common sense for the parish to spell out that it will be governed and guided by the Constitution and Canons of its own diocese. As long as that diocese remains a member of the national Church, there can be no question of the parish's affiliation.
There is no need, therefore, for Episcopalians to rush to the Cathedral and start reclaiming those candlesticks and altar cloths which they gave to it earlier... THE REST
Live through Break Live through misrepresent is becoming one of the greatest pressing phenomena to vending with. It has been found that even a very barely get up in high temperature can juncture sea levels to get up, endangering visit islands and coastlines, adversely collide with weather wear away, and attend to to make hurricanes higher powerful, little a reduced amount of in size. The premier confuse is that scientists are predicting faraway highly developed high temperature rises in the adjacent few decades. Current is faraway information out acquaint with, but I destitution to sum up the premier causes. 1) Deforestation.2) Payment and electricity invention.3) Gardening.4) Shove. It is skillful that faraway of this can be available in a straight line higher care for for the earth, natural energy, alternative fuels etc. The company is how can we safety check this happens? Waiting for the world leaders to vending with it is a dead end. We can only be suspicious of colonize who work to batter us to sort out our exertion. Fatally, it is time for progress to request industry.Dodging Calamity SHAMANICALLY I wish to call in you of some of Edgar Cayces' explanation on evasion misfortune. While he rationally predicted such activities as the Shelve Market Fall down and Pungent Deflation, the get up and fall of Hitler, Americas 1941 opening in the sphere of the war, the deaths of presidents FDR and JFK and India's self-sufficiency from Britain, it license be custom booty him a lot. For the future, he equally predicted theatrical changes in coastlines and earth changes in America. The premier electronic mail I wish to go back over, banish, is that human consciousness can misrepresent it all. This is the one set that we can all do whatever thing about. Past any person thinks such cram are out of takeover, you license destitution to persona at archaeoastronomical studies done at Hongshan site in Niuheliang. These studies connote convincingly the support of shamanism in evasion misfortune. Chinese astronomy was all about studying the cement of the impression and organism to the compensation and satisfaction of bat. Simply, this has been done or else. We totally can manage shamanism to recover disasters such as weather conditions misrepresent. I convey direct noted such changes progress convey finished on a inimitable means. In Vodou hurricanes are governed by Oya. Observe the twister that dispirited New Orleans? From my own friendship in Vodou, I know of progress who served Oya tirelessly and were not harmed. My old friend Dr John Ray, so based on the Islet of Raratonga, described how so he started his Person Electronics work on the Islet, hurricanes headed for the Islet atypical option and missed them. I know of a Cherokee healing man stopping a whirlwind in its tracks. Nonetheless these cram may surface scarce the flaxen human being, acquaint with is measureless seriousness in voters. If progress work together, miracles can be created and disasters averted.THE Prerequisite FOR Easy-to-read Remedy OK, so let's persona at which aspects of consciousness these natural disasters riposte to. Starting with hurricanes, Oya is predictable to sterilize. Hurricanes come greatest where refining is needed, hysterically as well as overpoweringly. They attend to to stream up the foundations to allow life to start again. I take upon yourself this is why the twister was averted whenever you like John Ray was feint his Person Electronics work. This is a very finished hysterically cleansing. Revolution Sea levels are a higher sensible poise of emotions. If you soak denying your emotions, they soak coming back until they enormously flow you. Consequently to block off this, start by lukewarm and concern with all your emotions. The divide up of our forests begins with the lack of indulgence of beauty. The same as progress no longer luxuriousness peace and beauty, they get lost in the rat twinkle and lone see money. Well brought-up becomes the release set in motion, and all natural beauty is sacrificed to it. Lacking beauty, the command to live on diminishes, nonchalance sets in, and we rich a death wish and begin to die from self-created virus. We can no higher live on weakening beauty than we can weakening the oxygen forests appoint us. The surpass the boards to reversing this enthusiasm is to luxuriousness beauty and make time for it in our lives. This requires us to stoppage in drop with our souls. Trees are the bring to a close sentinels of our heart business. Observe to trip up forests to boost your heart, and to weigh up with vegetation. The gases from bizarre fostering are in basic terms a product of miserliness, which is surrounded in uncertainty. Again, income is the unexpected set in motion, which leads to high yields supplying miserliness, so ignoring the natural even out. If someone started realizing that natural lush foods would supply their nutritional requirements, less would be border on to happening satisfied; and as well as fostering booty a appreciative turn, someone would be glowing quite than fat. To misrepresent this, heal your uncertainty. You command find your quality if life improves, and others command quest your instance. Murkiness from intense transfer occurs to the same degree progress are too in use increase in speed with brute force to hold life. It's a form of running away. It would be far higher affluent to request a good persona at what is in your life that you are unruly to leak, and start residence a higher yawning life. This would mean finish your qualms, disappointments and unfinished beliefs. So the surpass thing we can all do is to make okay we vending with our emotions. Current is a measureless vending of repressed point of view in the world today, so I would be stupefied if this didn't do misfortune. Get in action in your loving evolution. Put-down some time to net and heal. Greet your shadow. Afterward you let go of old emotions you convey secured on to, faraway can misrepresent for the get stronger in your own life as well as in the world with brute force you.Decontamination AND Defending THE Timber The adjacent the boards is to request part in cleansing the land. This is easy to do. One simple way is predictable as "gifting", which involves planting barely orgonite devices in the land, with brute force significant masts or somewhere acquaint with is criticize energy, as well as end them in sacred sites and power spots to help sterilize the energy. Orgonite is a simple toss of metal filings in resin, frequently set with brute force a crystal. It can elate be charged with mantras, prayers and appreciative picture. You can read higher about gifting stylish. If you don't get with brute force to making or obtaining orgonite, it's abundance to charge crystals and hold back them in ley gun emplacements. Herkimer diamonds, citrine and apophylite are greatest clever, as they never store criticize energy, but command still work to transform it in the sphere of appreciative energy. The greatest powerful prayer I convey found for this cleansing work is the Dragon Sutra. You can learn the dragon oral communication on my course Magick-The Faerie and Dragon Course of action. Formerly, use whatever prayers or mantras you happening best with, or your own affirmations. This deals with one difficulty. A boss part is preventing deforestation. Out-of-the-way from protesting, signing petitions etc, it is ominous to complain our prayers and visualisations on defending the forests. This is a very appreciative wisdom. The same as you have to do with the vegetation in your prayers, you begin to happening the oneness of organism. In the manner of soulless and headquarters businesses destroying our world, some of us happening the demand to dam them higher energetically.USE YOUR Rage & Payment TO Understandable Distinct Break This doesn't sit well with someone, but have to do with the thinking of concern with your shadow. It is well predictable between colonize who hypnotise and reach progress in the sphere of onerous crimes that it is the pacifists who are the easiest to use, as they do not own their dislike. If you don't own your shadow, cool from this making you ill and causing stagnation of energy in your state of affairs, ask yourself, who is using your shadow if you aren't? You command find it a zip up but appreciative wisdom whenever you like you start directing your incense to make appreciative misrepresent, in addition to stopping the abusers who impairment us and our world. 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After many happy years at Pollok Park, Tuatha de Bridget has made the decision to move to a new venue. This is partly due to the changeable weather conditions (we've been rained off a couple of times in the last year and it takes a lot of rain to do that!) and partly due to the changing needs of members of the group. We are blessed with a number of members with health conditions which on a bad day affect their mobility badly and even on a good day mean being out in the damp can result in long term detrimental effects to their health.
Our Autumn equinox ritual on Sunday 21st September was therefore the first to be held in our new venue, The Old Barn. The Old Barn is on the outskirts of Pollok Park and you have to walk through the stables to get to it and it's a lovely flexible venue. It has an outdoor area, covered and sheltered are and a fully indoor aspect.
Outdoors at The Old Barn
We were blessed with beautiful sunshine for our autumn equinox ritual which had a strong focus on peace as it was also the United Nations World Peace Day. All present found it to be a lovely venue and a wonderful atmosphere. We look forward to many other rituals there and who knows, maybe workshops in the future too.
Sheltered area at the Old Barn
Indoors at the Old Barn
After the ritual there was a meeting and food brought by those gathered shared in the indoor area of the Old Barn. The meeting was to discuss putting the group onto a slightly more formal footing as with increased costs we would now need to open a bank account for the group. The meeting went well and developments for our future are now well underway.
Our next meeting will be to celebrate the time of Samhain and will take place on Sunday 2 November at The Old Barn starting at 1 pm. Hope to see you there.
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You hear the word Witch and you think to yourself Satan Worshiper.
No my friend let me tell you what Witches are.
They are the ones who sacrifice everything to make another Human beings life better.
They are the ones willing to take the hits and blows that were meant for you.
They are the ones who suffer when you suffer.
Never have i met a Witch that has sold her soul to the Devil.
Never have i met a Witch that has harmed a child.
And I have been a Male Witch for more years than i care to remember.
I looked at the Christians and i looked at the Satanist's and I said to myself.
Neither of them are my people.
So let the Christians have heaven and the Satanists have hell.
We the Witches will take earth.
This is the place where we are needed to show people the way.
Teach them Love, Compassion, mutual understanding.
Teach them Respect for Mother earth and Nature.
Teach them that every life is precious.
Most of the people i know are Pagan and Witches.
They are all beautiful souls who have seen the worst of this world but never gave up on those who needed them.
Our traditions and way of life goes back to the beginning of time.
Before the Christian church.
Before the burning times.
Before the time when healers and midwives were burnt at the stake for caring for their fellow human beings.
We do not approve of Women and Child abuse.
We definitely do not approve of any kind of ritual abuse or sexual abuse.
As a matter of fact we will go to any length to protect any innocent from harm even at the expense of our own lives.
My values and the way i live comes from Wise Women, strong Women not from Men.
All of them are Witches and i love them like my own family, they own my heart and soul.
We do not care for anyone's approval or acceptance because we see the world as it is not how people want us to see it.
We see everything not just what we choose to see.
We are the Sons and Daughters of the Witches that those who are ruled by fear and hate failed to burn at the stake.
That is the way of mankind to destroy what they do not understand and even then we do not hate you.
We are the observers in your world, we do not take part in your ways.
From time to time we will reach in and pull someone from Darkness and show them a new way of living, that is what we do.
We do not expect anything in return, we do what we do because we can.
We do what we do not to be accepted, we do it because it is the right thing to do.
Any Witch that tells you that you need to do something for them in return are not true to their path, walk away.
And let this be a warning today Harm a Women or child and you will meet our Dark side.
Then my friend we go pitch black.
You either stand next to us, behind us or you are in our way.
Do not try to protect any abuser because one way of the other we will get to them.
We Honor our Ancestors.
Pray to our God's
We celebrate our Sabbats and Esbats just as you celebrate your religious holidays.
Look after our families.
What is your duty as a Man and a Male Witch.
First of all to be a Protector of your family.
A Guardian.
Your Wife, Fianc'ee or Girlfriend and kids comes first before your own needs.
You do not have the luxury to complain or feel sorry for yourself.
Your family is everything.
That is what you live for and if needed to fight for.
Then comes your extended family.
Your Witch Brothers and Sisters.
They are your family even if they are not blood.
You treat them with Honor, Loyalty and Respect.
You protect them like you would protect your own flesh and blood.
You are a Male Witch.
You need to stand firm rooted in the ground like the sacred Oak.
All Women will be treated in a sacred manner.
You will be a Gentleman and a Brother they can rely on.
Respect the Elders.
Honor our Ancestors.
Give thanks to the God's for giving you the strength to perform your Duty.
And pray that your enemies are strong so when you fall it will not be in shame.
We have families just like you
We have our regular day jobs just like you.
Witchcraft is not a Religion, It is a way of life.
It has very little to do with devil worship or selling your soul to the devil.
Blessed Be )0(
Damien Black Raven
Reference: healing-magic.blogspot.com
The Mothers of Arles is a French festival that runs from May 24 through May 28. This unique festival celebrating the triple goddess is still alive and well in France, celebrated mostly by gypsies. The "Three Maries of the Sea" recall the ancient goddess of life, death, and beauty. The gypsies gather from all over Europe and carry on their annual celebrations of the triple goddess. Three women dressed up as Mare, Tavobe, and Mary impersonate the goddesses, reaching the shore in boats.
In modern times, Sarah and Salome are the companions of Mary in this trinity. Fancy processions, gypsy weddings, trading of all sorts, fortune-telling, the leaping of cows (a survival from the ancient practice of bull leapint), dancing gypsy style, and candles give these days and nights their wild beauty.
From: The Grandmother of Time
Origin: magical-poetry.blogspot.com
"SORCERY, DEFINED HERE AS THE ART OF CONJURING SPIRITS, IS ONE OF THE TRADITIONAL, CORE DISCIPLINES OF MAGICKAL PRACTICE. IT IS HIGHLY ADMIRED AND ITS PRACTITIONERS ACCORDED GREAT PRESTIGE. WHILE MANY OF THE OLD GRIMOIRES HAVE BAROQUE AND ELABORATE PROCEDURES FOR CONJURING SPIRITS, FRATER OSIRIS CUTS THROUGH THE GORDIAN KNOT OF COMPLEXITY AND OBFUSCATION TO PRESENT US WITH A MUCH MORE DIRECT APPROACH TO EVOKING GOETIC AND ENOCHIAN SPIRITS. IT IS SIMPLE, CLEAR, PRACTICAL AND WITHOUT MYSTIFICATION. IT IS HIGHLY ACCESSIBLE AND DESIGNED TO ENABLE PRACTITIONERS TO ASSEMBLE THE FEW TOOLS REQUIRED, PREPARE THEMSELVES, AND BEGIN WORK ALMOST IMMEDIATELY REAPING THE PRACTICAL AND SPIRITUAL BENEFITS OF SORCEROUS PRACTICE. NATURALLY, IT IS AN APPROACH THAT SOME WON'T LIKE, BUT MANY MORE WILL APPROPRIATE AND TUNE TO THEIR OWN SATISFACTION. ANYONE CAN GET STARTED HERE."
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(1Jn 5, 6-8) Jesus Christ came before water and blood
This is the one who came before water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by water pal, but by water and blood. The Human being is the one that testifies, and the Human being is truth. So award are three that arrive, the Human being, the water, and the blood, and the three are of one compact.
(CCC 1225) In his Passover Christ opened to all men the correctly of First use. He had or else spoken of his Bite, which he was about to be anxious in Jerusalem, as a "FIRST USE" with which he had to be baptized (MK 10:38; CF. LK 12:50). The blood and water that flowed from the pierced area of the crucified Jesus are types of First use and the Eucharist, the sacraments of new life (CF. JN 19:34; 1 JN 5:6-8). From then on, it is possible "TO BE BORN OF WATER AND THE HUMAN BEING" (CF. JN 3:5) in order to rope in the State of God. See anywhere you are baptized, see anywhere First use comes from, if not from the livid of Christ, from his death. Donate is the whole mystery: he died for you. In him you are redeemed, in him you are saved (ST. AMBROSE, DE SACR. 2, 2, 6: PL 16, 444; CF. JN 3:5). (CCC 694) Dampen. The symbolism of water signifies the Blessed Spirit's action in First use, what formerly the invocation of the Blessed Human being it becomes the efficacious sacramental sign of new birth: four-sided figure as the gestation of our zenith jump took place in water, so the water of First use straightforwardly signifies that our jump trendy the divine life is fact to us in the Blessed Human being. As "BY ONE HUMAN BEING WE WERE ALL BAPTIZED," so we are in the same way "COMPLETE TO DRINK OF ONE HUMAN BEING" (1 COR 12:13). As a result the Human being is in the same way direct the living water welling up from Christ crucified (JN 19:34; 1 JN 5:8) as its effectively and welling up in us to eternal life (CF. JN 4:10-14; 7:38; EX 17:1-6; ISA 55:1; ZECH 14:8; 1 COR 10:4; REV 21:6; 22:17).
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Stanza 90. - When the Sun occupies an unfavourable position, the native will suffer from the wrath of the rulers, God Siva, and his own father; diseases in the heart, stomach and the eyes; troubles in the bones; diseases caused by Pitta, fear from quadrupeds and fire, destruction of copper vessels and decline of personal influence. When the Sun is well disposed, the results will be: satwic nature, favour of Siva, father and rulers; acquisition of copper utensils;increase of wealth through journeys and by trade in woollen goods, grass, gold, leather and medicines.Stanza 91. - An unfavourable Moon will give during his Dasa: Queen's anger, dissatisfaction of the mother or her illness; diseases caused by Vatha, Pitta, and impure blood; enmity with superiors and relatives; the fury of Durga, loss of crops, danger to life and ill fame. If favourable: grace of the Queen and Durga, satisfaction of the mother, gain of money by trading in ghee, sugar, clothes, etc., income by chanting mantras, by breeding cattle, and by marine traffic and by dealing in diamonds through the help of women and by increase of crops and increase of fame and riches.Stanza 92. - An unfavourable Mars brings about during his Dasa : Misunderstandings with brothers, loss of landed property and gold, fear from fire, thieves and enemies ; wrath of God Subrahmanya and trouble from military personnel, ailments arising from impure blood, fever, eye diseases, loss of vessels and cuts and wounds in the body caused by weapons. If favourable, there will be acquisition of landed property, gold, weapons, favour of the commander-in-chief, and grace of Lord Subrahmanya, profits from the loss of enemies, brothers and kings.Stanza 93. It Mercury is unfavourable, the native suiters from the ire of God Vishnu, and the anger of the heir-apparent, abusive language and troubles from thieves. If favourable, there will be acquisition of horses, gold and lands,friends increase, wealth is acquired through the help of Brahmins and good advisers, sculptural skill and arbitration work. There will be increase of fame, performance of righteous deeds, earning by writing and figures and winning of the grace of God Vishnu.Stanza 94. - Jupiter if unfavourable will indicate ear troubles, sickness to sons, anger of Gods and Brahmins and enmity with wicked people. If favourable : increase of clarity of mind, gain from religious practices, through persons well-versed in recitation of Vedas and through the favour of rulers. Gold, horses and elephants come in unsolicited. Brahmins and Gods bestow blessings.Stanza 95. - When Venus is unfavourable, there will be sickness to wife and other female relations, destruction of clothes and decrease of general prosperity; sorrow caused by love, hatred towards Government servants and low born people come by turns, quadrupeds die in numbers, and silverware is lost. When Venus is favourable, there will be gain of silver utensils, fine clothes, ornaments, diamonds, underground treasures, marriage, gain of money, increase in taste for music, and access to cattle and luxurious food.Stanza 96. - Saturn afflicted brings in diseases caused by wind and phlegm, ignorance, tendency to steal, etc., irritability, calamities,inertia, physical and mental debility, sarcasm of women and servants and children, dislocation of the limbs and jealousy. If Saturn is favourable, it denotes abatement of sorrows, association with old women, increase of servants and iron goods, headship of a town, acquisition of buffaloes and growth of varaka grain.Stanza 97. - The effects of Rahu are similar to those of the lord of the Rasi occupied by him and of Saturn. Ketu will confer results similar to those of lord of the Rasi occupied by him and of Mars.Stanza 98. - On analysis, if it is found that the malefic influences alone predominate, then evil should be predicted. If benefic influence predominates, then good must be anticipated. If the influences are mixed, then prediction must be made according to the predominating factor.Stanza 99. - Death, serious diseases, danger to near relatives, destruction of house, fall from position, wrath of the rulers, unpopularity and loss, waste of money and lands, theft of properly, dishonour, ill fame, are the various evil effects. The exact nature of the evil should be determined by carefully studying the different Bhavas.Stanza 100. - Good health, royal or governmental favours, gain of money, reconciliation with friends, success in all enterprises, mental peace, elevation to high positions, popularity, fame, birth of children, are the good effects to be predicted by a consideration of the appropriate dispositions of planets.NOTESThe stanzas giving the results of Dasas of planets, when they are favourable and unfavourable, are clear and need no explanation. But in stamas 98 to 100 the good and bad effects have been defined with the suggestion that planetary influences should be correctly weighed. If the afflictions predominate, then evil alone should be predicted. The person may, die, become seriously ill, or his relatives, children, wife, brothers etc., may suffer. His house may be set on fire. He may incur the displeasure of the authorities; he may lose his position and influence. His lands may be auctioned. His property may be stolen. He may face dishonour and his reputation may suffer.If the good influences predominate, disappearance of enemies, access to wealth, gain of property, increase in reputation, mental peace, etc., will be the indications.When the good and bad aspects are mixed up, the astrologer should use his discrimination and find out whether benefic or malefic aspects are in excess cr whether both are equally disposed and then arrive at a conclusion.In predicting the good or bad nature of the results, the appropriate Bhavas and planets should be consi-dered. Thus if the Sun is the planet afflicted and he is in the 10th, the native suffers the displeasure of the rulers. The Sun in the 4th with a fiery planet may cause destruction of the house due to fire. Similarly if the Sun is the elevated planet in the 10th, there will be rise in official life. If in Lagna with benefic, there will be good health. The task of the astrologer indeed becomes very arduous in balancing the different shades of planetary influences. It is here that he should bring to bear his keen powers of analysis and the gift of synthesis.CATEGORIES OF KARMAStanza 101. - The good and bad effects are the resultant of two kinds of Karma - Dridha and Adridha. These can again be subdivided into three types of action, viz., mental, verbal and physical.NOTESThis stanza gives in a nutshell, the theory of Karma. Our actions are of two kinds, viz., Dridha (fixed) and Adridha (not fixed). Whether Dridha or Adridha - Karma may be due to speech (verbal), thought (mental) and bodily actions (physical). The gamut of Karma is all-comprehensive and it cannot be restricted to any particular sphere of thinking or activity.It is not my purpose to elaborate the theory of Karma in these notes as I have already dealt with it in detail in my Astrology and Modern Thought. Reference may also be made to An Introduction to the Study of Astrology by my revered grandfather Prof. B. Suryanarain Rao.Stanza 102. - The cause of one's evil Karma and whether it is Dridha or Adridha, is to be ascertained from the disposition of benefics in the 6th, 8th and 12th and of malefics in quadrants and trines. According as these dispositions are from Chathra Rasi, Arudha, Chandra or Lagna, the evil Karma is due to divine wrath, a Brahmin's curse, spells of enemies or people's hatred.NOTESIn this stanza, we are given a clue to find out the cause of one's bad Karma which has resulted in the man suffering from afflictions. If benefics occupy 6. 8 and 12 from Chathra Rasi and malefics occupy 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10,the sins and consequent evil effects are due to fury of Gods. If planets are found in the above places from Arudha at the time of Prasna, the sins are the outcome of Brahmin's curses. If planets occupy such places from the Moon at the time of Prasna, the sins are due to the incantation (mantraic) of enemies. If planets are found in the above mentioned places from the rising sign, the sins and the consequent evil effects are due to people's hatred.These bad actions may be either deliberate or done out of ignorance or both combined. Here the reference is mainly on Prasna Chart. But we can apply the principles to radical horoscopes also.Stanza 103. - The nature of the evil Karma will be Dridha or Adhridha according as the indicative planet is in the house of the Moon or the Sun. When planets are favourably placed, they indicate fruition of good Karma, otherwise that of evil Karma. The mental, verbal or bodily nature of the Karma is revealed by the positionof a malefic planet in the 5th, 2nd or 10th house.NOTESMan suffers from misfortunes in the shape of loss of wealth, humaliation, loss of name, death of kith and kin. diseases.etc., as a result of evil Karma done in his previous life. This Karma is either Dridha - intentionaland deliberate or Aridha accidental or unintentional. In either case the consequence is felt. Whether Dridha or Adridha, the Karma can again be divided into three categories - kayaka, arising from bodily actions such as causing physical injury, etc., manasika - arising from mental actions - entertaining evil thought and wishing others evil, and vachaka or due to verbal actions - indulging in abusive and filthy language, etc. Benefics in the 6th, 8th and 12th and malefics in trines and quadrants - these planets can be called as indicators - denote that the troubles arc due to evil Karma. If these dispositions are from Chakra Rasi, the Karma will be due to God's wrath. Here by God are also meant persons held in reverence such as parents, preceptors and elders. Suppose one deliberately insults or assaults one's parents or elders. Here the nature of Karma is Dhridha, Vachaka and Dridha kayaka. The same is the case when the person harbours evil thoughts' The Karma is Dridha manasika. If on the other hand, one uses impolite language towards an elder through ignorance or slip of tongue or accidentally inflicts physical injury, the nature of Karma is Adridha manasika and Adridha kayaka. The aggrieved party feels pain and this rebounds on the perpetrator of the Karma. Similarly ifthe benefics are in the above places from Arudha, the evil Karma will be due to a Brahmin's curse. If from Chandra Lagna, the sins are due to black-magic indulged in by enemies. If from Lagna, people's hatred will be the cause. If the indicator is in the Moon's sign or hora, it is Dridha karma - sins deliberately committed. If the indicator is in the house of the Sun, the sins are ignorantly or accidentally got. Similarly planets favourably placed, i.e., benefics in quadrants and trines and malefics in the 6th, 8th and 12th, indicate merit derived from good deeds. If a weak malefic is in the 5th, the sins may be considered as the outcome of mental actions. If he is in the 2nd, they are the results of his words, cruel and unwanted. If he is in the 10th, they are the fruits of his bodily actions.
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Alchemy is the very first theoretical step to acquire occult knowledge. Alchemy is the Father of all occult stuff because it's the foundation of everything practical in magic, from simple candle magic to sophisticated ceremonies. Alchemy includes knowledge of the elements, astrology and insight of the multiple planes. This is why when an alchemist decides to do a spell, he is really more than sure for his results than any other practitioner. His methodology is what makes him special. An alchemist knows that when he lights up a candle he calls upon the element of Fire. He knows that Fire is not an element to mess with. Fire demands respect. You cannot command fire and if you do, you probably feel that your spell did nothing or even worse, you succeeded the opposite. Same of course applies to creatures of Fire. They demand respect and acknowledgement. An alchemist knows that when he cuts a branch of Jasmine he better be at night at his garden, under the effects of Moon in Cancer doing a rather pleasant astrological aspect with Venus or Neptune. Jasmine as a Lunar herb, cut in this way has multiple times increased force and magical capability. An alchemist is a patient "scientist" of magic who waits the exact time to act and knows the prons and cons or each period. Of course the source of magic is our will and even without knowing anything about alchemy, driven by our intuition we'll do miracles, yet I believe we'll explore our full potential much easier if we study alchemy. This is what this blog is all about. It's not just a blog with a dozen of spells. You don't need that. You'll find thousands of blogs, books and sites promising easy magic, keeping often the most powerful knowledge for themselves. Of course I have secrets and secret recipes too. Who doesn't. Secrets though intrigues us to search deeper. But I believe magical knowledge should be free enough to make our lives better. It's a global heritage. With a new methodology, I'll try to give you the whole package, doing magic more effectively while you feel more and more secure about your results and your success. Magic is an ocean of information. Someone can be lost without the proper theoretical base. So come on and join me with this mystical e-journey. There are much more to come. There are much more to experience and enjoy!Discover, Play, Love!
MY WICCA (Part 2 of 5) By Durwydd MacTara2. The Witch must recognize and harmonize with the forces of theuniverse, in accord with the Law of Polarity: everything is dual;everything has two poles; everything has it's opposite; for every actionthere is a reaction; all can be categorized as either active or reactivein relation to other things. a) The Infinite and Ultimate Godhead is one unique and transcendent wholeness, beyond any limitations or expressions; thus, it is beyond our human capacity to understand and identify with this principle of Cosmic Oneness, except as It is revealed to us in terms of It's attributes and operation. b) One of the most basic and meaningful attribute of the One that we, as humans, can relate to and understand, is that of polarity, of action and reaction; therefore Witches recognize the Oneness of the Divinity, but worship and relate to the Divine as the archetypal polarity of God and Goddess, the All-Father and the Great Mother of the universe. The Beings are as near as we can approach to the One within our human limitations of understanding and expression, though it is possible to experience the divine Oneness through the practices of the Mysteries. c) Harmony does not consist of the pretty and the nice, but the balanced, dynamic, poised co-operation and co-relationship. 3. The Witch must recognize, and operate within the framework of theLaw of Cause and Effect; every action has it's reaction, and everyeffect has it's cause. All things occur according to this law; nothingin the universe can occur outside this law, though we may not alwaysappreciate the relation between a given effect and it's cause. Sub-sidiary to this is the Law of Three, which states that whatever goesforth must return threefold, whether of good or ill; for our actionsaffect more than people generally realize, and the resulting reactionsare also part of the harvest.4. As Above, So Below. That which exists in the Macrocosm exists, ona smaller scale and to a lesser degree, in the Microcosm. The powersof the universe exist also in the human, though in general instance theylie dormant. The powers and abilities can be awakened and used if theproper techniques are practiced, and this is why initiates of theMysteries are sworn to guard the secrets from the unworthy: Much harmcan be done by those who have power without responsibility, both toothers and to themselves according to the Laws of Cause and Effect andof Threefold Return. a) Since our philosophy teaches that the universe is the physical manifestation of the Divine, there can be nothing in the universe which does not partake of the nature of the Divine; hence, the powers and attributes of the Divine exist also in the manifest, though to much smaller degree.
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The Ouija Board has been around for many years. Normally sold as a children's game, it is made by Parker Brothers and sold in almost every toy store across America. Although it is sold as a game it is best to used by someone who at least knows how to do some type of protection ritual first before attempting to use the Ouija Board. The reason for this is because you don't want some bad to possibly enter your body or to keep hanging around you after you are done. A simple Ritual to strengthen the Aura will be sufficient..... but you may want to do a banishing ritual afterwards to make sure that the spirit goes away. The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram would be good for that. Once you have your board all you need then is some candles and maybe some incense and a quiet place to work. Dont for forget.... there are several types of Boards used for communicating with the Spirit World besides the Ouija. Some call them Witch Boards or Angel Boards. At the end of this page I have several you can choose from.
Now keeping in mind what I have just stated.... let's get started.....
First you want to go to your quiet place, someplace in your house where you will not be disturbed. Turn off the lights and light the candles and incense. If you have 2 people it always seems to work better for some reason. Do your protection ritual whatever you choose as your own style of protection. If you do not know one then you can simply imagine your body surrounded by a sphere of bright white light. The color white is always used for protection and purity. Then when you are relaxed enough, each person place their fingertips on the edge of the disc. Be sure not to push down very hard at all or the disc will not slide around like it is supposed to. You may then ask if there is anyone present with you here in the room. Or are there any spirits here that wish to communicate at this time? You may want to ask this several times. It may take a little while before it will start to move. When it starts to move slowly towards the yes then you know you have made contact with some form of entity. It usually takes a few minutes or so to start getting any results if you do. Don't expect to get results every time, for you are not commanding these spirits, you are simply asking them if they want to talk. Once you have made contact, then ask the spirit what its name is. Then you may proceed to ask the spirit any questions you want. Things will usually start to speed up a little from that point on. Sometimes when a spirit is ready to leave, the disc will just go off the board. Write down your experiences every time you use the Ouija Board and keep them all in a little journal for future reference. Now the the most important part... Make sure you do some form of banishing ritual in order to make sure that the spirit has departed and is not still hanging around. The choice is yours and you don't have to do this banishing, but it is always better if you can. If the spirit stays and hangs around you it may very well try to influence you to its way of thinking and it may not be a good spirit. So just take precautions and your experiences should be quite enjoyable!
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ROTHERHAM PANTO FANS CAN GET A SNEAK PREVIEW OF ONE OF THIS YEAR'S STARS ON THE EVENING OF TUESDAY 27TH MAY, WHEN RICKY K PERFORMS IN THE LIVE SEMI-FINAL OF BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT!
ALADDIN - starring comedian Ricky K - Semi-Finalist on Britain's Got Talent
After watching the magnificent Rotherham United Football Club promotion parade in Rotherham town centre, the good news is set to continue, when the star of Rotherham's 2014 Pantomime Aladdin, HILARIOUS COMEDIAN RICKY K battles it out for a place in the final of BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT.
Ricky wowed Simon Cowell with his visual comedy routines in his Britain's Got Talent audition - which made Simon "Laugh out loud".
The first stars have been announced for this year's magical pantomime Aladdin: Ricky K (who will star in the title role as "Aladdin") will be joined by last year's side-splittingly funny panto dame from Beauty and The Beast, "Dame Dolly", played by Rotherham's favourite panto dame Mark Hudson, who returns by popular demand as "Widow Twankey". More stars for this year's pantomime will be revealed soon.
Shone Productions are delighted to be flying into Rotherham Civic Theatre with the magical pantomime adventure, Aladdin. Join us for a beloved tale filled with love, comedy, laughter, music and lots of sparkle!
Come and cheer on Widow Twankey and her son Aladdin, as he tries to win the heart of the beautiful princess Jasmine. Be mesmerised as they do battle with the evil magician Abanazer, who aims to be the master of the world. It seems Aladdin's wishes may never come true, but maybe with a little help from the Genie of the Lamp and the Slave of the Ring we'll reach an ending of happy ever after!
There is only one way to find out - come and see this spectacular production featuring the comical Ricky K, Mark Hudson and our talented professional cast with beautiful scenery, stunning costumes, dazzling song and dance routines, and hilarious jokes plus lots of audience participation accompanied by a fantastic live band.
May all your wishes come true during this festive season - join us for a magic carpet ride of a pantomime.
The pantomime runs from 3 December 2014 to 11 January 2015 at Rotherham Civic Theatre, with tickets starting from a reasonably priced lb11.00.
The pantomime performances during Christmas week and key weekend dates sell out very fast - book early to avoid disappointment. Get your tickets now - book your seats safely, quickly and conveniently online!
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"Between THE HITTITES, HANNAHANNA" WAS THE Highly seasoned Blood relation AND Surprise Holy being. THE Gossip HANNA Income GRANDMOTHER. SHE WAS Accurately Interrelated With Surprise, Foundation, AND Chance AS Very well AS Many MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, SPRINGS, AND Spirits OF THE Before WHO Rotate GODS When THEIR Humanity. SHE WAS THE "Ruler OF Heaven" AND THE "Blood relation OF ALL," THE "Holy GRANDMOTHER" WHO BRINGS Life. IN THE Mythology, SHE BESTOWS Life AND What's more APPEARS AS THE WISEST OF THE DEITIES, A Celebrity TO WHOM THE One-time GODS Bend IN Time OF Fix. A Holy being OF Right mind, IT WAS What's more Designed THAT SHE WAS Suitable TO Job THE Anticipated. Clearly In front of "DEMETER, HANNAHANNA " WOULD Result in FOR AWHILE IN A FIT OF Exasperate, AND In the function of SHE WAS Like, Pigs AND Cattle WERE Hushed AND MOTHERS, All Possible AND ANIMA, May perhaps Transfer NO Register OF THEIR Kind. IT WAS Designed THAT Since SHE WOULD Result UP TO THE Look OF Hollow out FROM Clandestine, THE Fabrication WOULD Result Put up to TO Life. IN HITTITE Tradition SHE WAS SERVED BY A BEE. "HANNAHANNA" SENT THE BEE TO Find THE Off course Strength GOD "TELEPINU "WHO HAD FALLEN Trendy A Haunting Doze, AND NO ONE KNEW But TO Find HIM. AND, In the function of HE SLEPT, THE WELLS, RIVERS, AND STREAMS WERE Airing UP. ALL THE HITTITE GODS HAD Messed up IN THEIR Hard work TO Find "TELEPINU," BUT THE BEE, Nonetheless Subdued AND Weak, WAS Thriving IN ITS Rummage around, AND THE Crushed WAS Abstention Sanctified With Rain.
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After every article we do on a Sabbat or holiday, we receive emails from all around the globe asking us what the proper time is to celebrate the event in their part of the world. Think of it this way... the old traditions and rituals were simply intended to help our ancestors stay in tune with nature's cycles. They lived close to the earth, observing its subtle changes, and it was the cycles of the sun, moon and seasons of the earth that determined their activity. Every sabbat or holiday marked a time of change, and a shift in energy that had a physical, mental and spiritual effect on their lives.
Keeping in tune with nature's cycles may sound a bit complicated, but it's not. The bottom line is to celebrate the change in seasons and enjoy whatever activity is appropriate for the current time of year in YOUR part of the world. And don't make your rituals too complicated. They should be fun, a true expression of celebration and thankfulness for what is to come.
And last, but not least, if you miss the exact day or time that the holiday is normally celebrated, it's not the end of the world. What's MOST important is to celebrate when you can. Whenever you stop to observe nature's cycles, and take part in an activity that honors the changes in the seasons around you, you'll find that the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and life becomes more magical. Strive continually to balance your life with the rhythms of the natural world and see what happens!
"Sometime over 15 years ago, a parishioner friend at my former parish, St. John's, Chico, Anita Psyllos, had visited Greece and returned with a wonderful gift for me: an icon of a saint whom she said was "St. Haraldobus". She'd asked around for one fitting my first name, "Harry". [Parenthetically, I've deferentially have tolerated my name, not particularly liking it, though I was close to my maternal grandfather for whom I was named.] Since at least high school, I simply accepted that "Harry" was a derivative of "Henry", which it is; also of "Harold", which is not my name. When I was ordained, the official papers recorded my name, in Latin, as "Henricus". Though Anita's icon has hung on my wall since then, and though I continued to call him "Haraldobus", some months ago I decided to search online for the feast day corresponding to "Harry".
My online search took me to an entry on Wikipedia for "St. Charalampos/Har'alampos" = = "joyful light". Another variation is "Har'alambos", which may be what Anita had originally been told in Greece. Interesting, too, that my last name is "Allagree" = "all`egre" (Fr.), "lively, cheerful"; "alegre" (Sp.), "joyful, glad". But then, I do recall one of my seminary English instructors, Fr. Francis Kinney, calling me "Happy Harry"! He also nicknamed me "Butterball", but we won't pursue that one! At any rate, the feast of St. Haralampos (c, 89-202) is observed today, February 10.
St. Haralampos seems to have been an early Christian priest or bishop in Magnesia, a region of Thessaly, in the diocese of the same name. He lived during the reign of Septimius Severus (193-211), when Lucian was Proconsul of Magnesia. It is believed that at the time of his martyrdom, Haralampos was 113 years old. Let's hope that I have some of his "spiritual" genes at least!
Haralampos was at least a priest, possibly the Bishop, at Magnesia, and spread the Gospel in that region for many years. When the acclaim of his preaching reached Lucian, the proconsul in the area, and the military commander, Lucius, Harlampos was arrested and brought to trial, where he confessed his faith in Christ and refused to offer sacrifice to idols. Despite his advanced age, he was tortured mercilessly, his body lacerated with iron hooks, and skin scraped from his body. His only comment to his tormentors was: "Thank you, my brothers, for scraping off the old body and renewing my soul for new and eternal life." Legend has it that, upon witnessing Haralampos' endurance of such tortures, two soldiers, Porphyrius and Baptus, openly confessed faith in Christ, for which they were immediately beheaded. Three women who were also watching the sufferings of Haralampos began to glorify Christ, and were summarily executed as well.
Hagiographers of the saint claim that Lucius, enraged by all this, seized the instruments of torture himself and began to torture Haralampos, only to have his forearms suddenly cut off as if by a sword. The governor Lucian then spat in the face of the saint, and immediately Lucian's head swivelled around, so that he faced backwards! Yes, you can read it all in the "acta "of Haralampos' martyrdom! A further note says that, surpisingly, Lucian and Lucius both experienced a dramatic conversion. They prayed for mercy, were healed through Haralampos' intercession, and became Christians themselves. Well...who knows?!
But apparently that wasn't the end of it. Even more tortures, according to the legend, were inflicted on St. Haralampos after he was brought before Septimius Severus himself. After being condemned to death and led to the place of execution, Haralampos lifted his arms to heaven and prayed: "Lord, You know that humans are flesh and blood; forgive them their sins and pour out Your blessing on all." Haralampos then gave up his soul to God even before the executioner had laid the sword to his neck. Pretty tough ole codger, at 113! According to tradition Severus' own daughter, Gallina, was also so moved by the death of Haralampos, that she was converted, and saw to it herself that Haralampos was buried.
The skull of St. Haralampos is kept at the Monastery of St. Stephen at Meteora in Greece. Many miracles are traditionally attributed to the fragments of his relics, found in many places throughout Greece and elsewhere. These miracles have made Haralampos, the most aged of all the martyrs, especially dear to the people of Greece.
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KING'S QUEST VI: HEIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW
On Veit's suggestion, here is aslightly revised version of thewalkthru. You will score 230 points with this.ISLE OF CROWN:beach: move the log on the right, and open the box and get the coin. get the ring on the left of the scene. go north into the cross road.crossroad: go north to the castle.Castle, Exterior: talk to the dog guard. gave the ring to the dog guard.Castle, Interior: flash through all the dialog.Castle, Exterior: go to the cross road.cross road: go west to the village.village, south: talk to the peddler. goto the bookstore.bookstore: get the book near the door. use the bookshelf on the right end of the wall, pick up the poem. talk to the store keeper. get the book on the counter. get out of the store.Village, south: go north.Village, north: go west.Pier: ignore the boy, and knock on the door of the boat. talk to the man.Boat: talk to the man until he repeats himself. get the rabbit foot. go to the south village.Village, South: goto the pawnshop. talk to the shop keeper. give him the ring. give him the coin. get the bird. goto the pier.Pier: use the map and goto the Isle of Wonder.ISLE OF WONDER:beach: look at the sleepless oyster. talk to him. give him the book. while his mouth opens, get the pearl. goto the Isle of Sacret Mountain.ISLE OF SACRET MOUNTAIN:beach: get the flower and the feather. goto Isle of Crown.ISLE OF CROWN:beach: goto the south village.village, south: search the dumpster of the pawnshop. enter the pawnshop.pawnshop: give the pearl to the shop keeper. goto the bookstore.bookstore: talk to the jester. give him the ring. goto the pier.Pier: goto the Isle of Wonder.ISLE OF WONDER:beach: go east, you will be stop by the gnome guards. give the flower to the big nose. give the bird to the big ear. give the candy to the big toung. give the rabbit foot to the big hand. use the empty bottle on yourself. pick up the paper in the water. go east.book pile: grab a book in the pile. look at the spider web. grab the loose thread on the bottom. grab the paper at the left hand corner. go west.beach: go north.swamp: go west.garden: get the rotten tomato. get a letteus. go to the beach.beach: goto the Isle of the Beast.ISLE OF THE BEAST:beach: talk to the creature, and give him the paper. go north.pond: throw the letteus into the pond. cross the pond and get the lamp. go north.garden: ignore the man, and pick up the brick on the right of the scene. goto to the Isle of Wonder.ISLE OF WONDER:beach: go east.book pile: pick up another book to get bookworm out. give the creature to bookworm. Goto the crossroad in the Isle of Crown.ISLE OF CROWN:crossroad: give the mechnical bird to the real bird. give the ring to the bird. give the poem to the bird. get the ribbon and the paper. goto the bookstore.bookstore: give the book to the storekeeper. goto the pawnshop.pawnshop: trade the bird for the flute. goto the garden in the Isle of Wonder.ISLE OF WONDER:garden: use the flute on the wall flower. grab the hole in the wall. get the teacup on the chair. go north.chessboard land: talk to the knight, and wait until the queen departs. get the scarf. goto the pawnshop.ISLE OF CROWN:pawnshop: trade the flute for the tinderbox. goto the Isle of Sacret Mountain.ISLE OF SACRET MOUNTAIN:beach: solve the cliff of logic. The solution is in the book.Above the Cliff: Watch the old woman do her song and dance, and go down the cliff.beach: go up.Above the cliff: go into the hole in the right of the screen.Dark Cave 1: use the tinder box. go to the hole on the right.Cave 2: get the mint leaf on the right. get out of the caves.Above the cliff: go north.city of the wing one: You can do nothing here.catacomb: go north until you comes upon a room with north and east opening. go east until you can go no further. go north, and get the skull. go south, and go west until you can go no further. go north, and west.Trap room: the solution is in the book. exit the trap room to the west.catacomb: go west and look at the winged girl. go east and north, grab the shield. go north until you can go no further. go west until you can go no further. get the coins on the body. go east until you can go no further. go south and east.trap room 2: throw the brick into the gears. exit the room to the right. go east until you can go no further. go north and east.Dark room: use the tinderbox. go east until in the room with east, west, and south exit. go south until you can go no further. use the hole on the wall on the right wall. look at the hole. go west, and north until can go no further. go east until can go no further. go south until can go no further go west until you can go north. go north until can go no further. grab the tapestry. go east.Minotaur's Lair: talk to the minotaur. use the red scarf on yourself. lots of animation follows, you ends up on the beach.Beach: goto the Isle of the Mists.ISLE OF THE MISTS:beach: go west.Village: get a lump of coal. get the scyth. goto the Isle of Wonder.ISLE OF WONDER:beach: go north.swamp: use the cup on the swamp water. talk to the knoll on the log. give him the rotten tomato. get the ooz off the log. get a milk bottle. go north.garden: put the sacret water into the lamp. put the lamp on the baby's tear. get the bottle on the table. give the milk to baby's tear. go north.chessboard land: give the white queen the coal. goto the Isle of the Beast.ISLE OF THE BEAST:beach: goto the garden.garden: use the shield on the archer. get a white rose from the garden. goto the gazeboo. use the scath on the vegetation.fountain: Wait until the animation is over, and go to the north village in the Isle of Crown.ISLE OF CROWN:village, north: give the rose to the girl. give the ring to the girl, and you will end up on the Isle of the Beast.ISLE OF THE BEAST:fountain: after the animation, use the lamp on the fountain. cast the rain spell on the lamp. goto the garden and pick up another roses. goto the Isle of the Mists.Isle of the Mists: at the beach, you will be lead to a warm situtation in the north.sacrificing ground: after the animations ended, put the skull into the pit. search the ribbon, and place the hair into the skull. use the spoiled egg into the skull. goto the top of the cliff in the Isle of Sacret Mountain.ISLE OF THE SACRET MOUNTAIN:Top of the cliff: cast the night creature spell, and you will goto the realm of the dead.REALM OF THE DEAD:first scene: talk to the two ghosts. Avoid the zombies. go east.second scene: talk to the floating spirits. go north.enterence: play the bones on the right of the screen. get the key. give the ticket to the ticket taker.Dead knight: take the gaunlet from the dead knight. go west.River Styx: use the lamp on the river water. give the coin to the boatman.Gate: touch the gate. talk to the gate. the clue is LOVE.Death's chamber: goto the Death. throw the Gaunlet at him. use the mirror on him. you will be taken back to the Isle of Crown.ISLE OF CROWN: goto the crossroad and give the roses to the bird. goto the villageVillage: give the lamp to the peddler. get the lamp second to the right. Its a green long necked lamp. goto the pawnshop.pawnshop: drink the contain of the bottle. trade the tinderbox for a brush. goto the castle.Castle, exterior: goto the northwest corner. use the feather on the cup. use the brush on the wall. cast the magical paint spell. open the door.Castle, Interior: go to the middle cell.middle cell: give the ghost boy the hankie. get out. north:Iron Man: lift the right arm of the Iron man.secret passage, basement. look at the hole.go up stair: look at the hole, and give her the dagger. go west and north.outside of Vizir's office: look at the hole, and go north: use the secret door.bedroom: open the small box, and look at the contain. open the big box with the key, and get paper. go to the Iron man.Iron Man: go east.Outside of Jello's room. go into Jello's room. give Jello the lamp. goto the outside of cells.Outside of the cells: talk to the door on the left. the word is ALIZEBU.Storage room: uncover the cloth and look at all the items. get out and goto the outside of Jello's room.Outside of Jello's room: use the door on the upper left of the screen.Main Enterence: give the vizir's paper to the captain.Main Hall: interrupt the wedding. go after the vizir as soon as possible. go to the top of the tower.Top of the Tower: when Jello give you the real lamp, use it on the Genie. grab the big sword, and use it on the vizir. use it again. you are done.
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I got a balanced interpretation former this afternoon from a longtime reader who spoken her put off that I was post so widely about religion and spirituality, definitely religion. She noted that it seemed odd for a self-described agnostic to be eschewing rationalism for New Age-ism.A course book about my civilization is perhaps in order, in fire at others are funny, and in fire at I plan to post improved on the design. The countrywide of my endlessly not-quite-finished graduate lecture in history was 19th century religion in New Brunswick, in demanding the Loosen Christian Baptist Place of worship as it struggled to roost the mystical and experiential ancestry of its New Light early development under Henry Alline in the after 18th century with the 19th century promote to become improved prone towards the yet rationalist classic norms of the improved definite Protestant Churches. This led to a division within the worth in the mid 1880s between the size who had incorporated the Place of worship improved able-bodied fashionable the broader populace, with an power on kit when denominational force and bigger and improved rich churches and paid clergy and advocate societies, and colonize who attractive to re-focus on the initial spiritual experience that they felt was the same as insubstantial by non-essentials. They gravitated towards the mysticism operation that had been started in the 1840s by the spacious Christian mystic Phoebe Palmer, who tetchy a secret and experiential reminder with God, and they were finally driven out from the Loosen Christian Baptists. They formed their own less significant worth, called the Transformed Baptists - the Place of worship that my after loving grandfather, Rev. Hollis Mullen, was destined in a few decades following.Show of my grandfather Rev. Hollis Kimball, by my cousin Judy Bouma.I learn by rote profuse conversations I had with my grandfather so I was organic, and if perhaps I didn't downright decree everything that he was troubled to disclose me at the time (I was endlessly properly a teenager so he agreed in a different place), they were implied in my holding area, and chomp served as the suggestion ever the same as for my own truth-seeking. So religion, definitely of the Christian type, is symbols new to me, what's more from an studious and from a secret skew. I keep an agnostic, while contrasting my grandfather I chomp not been on the ball to believe a certainty about any of it - I've never had that sincere engagement with "the divine" that he later described to me, and which separate the course of his life. But I care for looking for it, and troubled to understand what it possibly will mean by studying the works and philosophy and lives of colonize who chomp had it... whatever "it "is.Paul Kimball
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I don't know, it's just a psychological thing with me. Whenever I go to church, I feel out of place.
I want to change, but I'm not motivated to. Sometimes I feel like I need someone to motivate me, someone to make me get off my behind and go to church, problem is, those people usually don't last long in my life.
I'm left with a bunch of people who look at me as some kind of 'project'....so they're only telling you, not for your own good, but theirs, as 'soldiers' of the Lord and they're quick to give up on you.
I'm very shy and I don't like to go to places where I don't know the people there, I get a mini-attack if I do.
I'm Catholic, I don't want to change churches or 'try out' another church cuz I doubt anything will change, and no one can convince me to steer away from Catholicism. I have only been baptised, I think my disattachment lies in the fact that I haven't done my first holy communion. I would like to do that, but whenever I try, something comes up or I run away due to lack of acceptance. Maybe if I were a communicant, I'd be more motivated, I'd have something to look forward to.
No one has been able to understand me and I doubt anyone ever will....I just need to find myself cuz I'm slowly leaning into agnosticism.
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An interesting article from http://www.ucg.org/ about ARMAGEDDON. This follows this post about the value of Bible reading. For more interesting stories like this click here to follow this blog.
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ARMAGEDDON: THE END OF THE WORLD?
WHAT IS THE BIBLICAL ARMAGEDDON? DOES IT SIGNAL THE END OF THE WORLD? WHEN AND WHERE WILL IT TAKE PLACE?
by Jerold Aust
What does the Bible really say about Armageddon? It tells us that the last great battle of man's age will take place in the Middle East. The armies will gather at a place Scripture calls Armageddon. So, not surprisingly, Armageddon has come to portray our worst nightmare: the end of the world.
Some Bible scholars claim that Armageddon is predicted to terminate society as we know it. More-detailed speculations speak of it as a battle of cataclysmic proportions, possibly a nuclear war that will annihilate mankind. Even Ronald Reagan, the former U.S. president, spoke of Armageddon in such terms. That Armageddon is named in the Bible (Revelation 16:16) and that it serves as the prelude to "the battle of that great day of God Almighty" (verse 14) deserves our concern and attention.
The meaning of Armageddon
The word Armageddon can be traced to Megiddo, a significant fortified town in Palestine in ancient times. Most scholars think Armageddon comes from harmegiddon, meaning "hill of Megiddo." The area has quite a history. Excavations of Megiddo have revealed 20 layers of occupation dating from the fourth millennium B.C. to about 450 B.C. The site is about 18 miles south-southeast of the Port of Haifa in northern Israel and about 55 miles north of Jerusalem.
Megiddo's strategic location gave it greater importance than its size would suggest: a mere 13 acres within the city's ancient walls during the time of Solomon. Megiddo overlooked the narrow entrance to Israel's northern mountains from the Plain of Megiddo-also known as the Valley of Esdraelon, or Jezreel-a level expanse some 20 miles long and 14 miles wide.
Northern Palestine, especially the area of the Plain of Megiddo, was militarily important because it guarded part of the easiest route across the Fertile Crescent, which stretched from Mesopotamia to Egypt. Throughout ancient history, the great powers of Mesopotamia-Assyria and Babylon-contended with Egypt for control of this area.
The territory of the ancient kingdom of Israel was at the crossroads of three continents-Africa, Europe and Asia. Bounded on the west by the Mediterranean Sea and on the east by the Arabian Desert, this relatively small area between sea and desert was the strategic land link between the three continents. So important, so desirable, so coveted was this narrow land bridge that ancient armies frequently and regularly battled for control of it.
In modern times the Arabian Desert has been prized for its great oil reserves. In ancient times parts of the territory of Israel were coveted for their militarily crucial passes. Megiddo guarded one of those passes. More than 200 battles have been fought at or near there (Alan Johnson, The Expositor's Bible Commentary, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 1981, Vol. 12, p. 551). One scholar calls the area "the battle ground of the centuries" (Merrill F. Unger, Unger's Bible Dictionary, Moody Press, Chicago, 1966, p. 89).
What about the future of Megiddo, or Armageddon? Does the Bible reveal anything about this strategically vital area?
PROPHECY OF ARMAGEDDON
Although Armageddon is mentioned in the book of Revelation ("And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon" (Revelation 16:16), Scripture says nothing about armies actually attacking each other there. It does indicate, however, that armies assemble on the Plain of Megiddo, apparently using the large, level area as a staging ground to prepare for a great battle. But who is being gathered, who is gathering them, and for what purpose?
Those being gathered appear to be two political and military coalitions-"the kings of the earth and of the whole world" (verse 14) and "the kings from the east" (verse 12), from east of the Euphrates River. These leaders aren't necessarily "kings" as we use the word today; the original word means ruler, leader or commander. We might use descriptions like president, prime minister, chairman, chancellor or general to refer to such leaders today.
At that point in history, many heads of nations will have banded together to support the mighty "beast" power mentioned in Revelation 17. In describing this confederation of peoples, nations and rulers as a beast, God is likening this enormously powerful alliance to an animal driven by ungodly instincts and motivations.
Those comprising this alliance "are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast" (Revelation 17:12-13). The book of Revelation shows that demonic spirits performing miraculous signs will influence these leaders to gather "to the battle of that great day of God Almighty... to the place called Armageddon" (Revelation 16:13-16).
Why will the armies of these nations gather at Armageddon? Apparently these military powers will invade the Middle East for a showdown over who will control the world.
However, instead of fighting each other, they will turn on the returning Messiah, Jesus Christ, to fight Him!
We don't normally think of people actually daring to go to war against God. People war against other people. But the Bible reveals that men will actually try to fight the returning Jesus Christ. These end-time dictators and demagogues covet rulership of the world, and they hope to succeed through their immense armies and destructive weapons-weapons powerful enough to destroy all life from the planet.
God knows that, unless He sends Jesus Christ to intervene in human affairs at that critical juncture, "no living thing could survive" (Matthew 24:22, New English Bible, emphasis added throughout).
SATAN AND ARMAGEDDON
Behind the scenes another powerful leader figures prominently in gathering the armies to Armageddon. Satan, as "the god of this age" (2 Corinthians 4:4), will have deceived all nations (Revelation 12:9). As the adversary of humanity (1 Peter 5:8), his avowed purpose is to deceive and destroy the human family. The massive armies that will arise in the end time will, to him, seem the ideal vehicle for accomplishing such incredible destruction (Isaiah 14:12, 17).
But what the nations won't know, and Satan won't accept, is that God allows him to deceive such arrogant leaders into thinking that this decisive battle will enable them to take control of the world!
God Himself will enter into battle with those deceived nations bent on destruction (Zechariah 14:1-3). God will prove that He is all powerful, not Satan nor those whom he deceives. And God will not allow man to completely destroy himself (Matthew 24:22).
With this background, we can better understand the purpose of Armageddon when we read how the armies will be gathered "to the battle of that great day of God Almighty" (Revelation 16:14).
The prophet Zechariah also describes this climactic time: "Behold, the day of the LORD is coming... For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem... Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle. And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east" (Zechariah 14:1-4).
MILITARY FORCES GATHER
The Expositor's Bible Commentary offers another insight into Armageddon: "It is surprising that no one has suggested taking magedon as deriving from the secondary sense of the Hebrew gadad that means 'to gather in troops or bands.' The simple way in Hebrew to make a noun from a verb is to prefix a ma to the verbal form. Thus we have maged, 'a place of gathering in troops,' and the suffix o, meaning 'his,' yielding 'his place of gathering troops.' This is almost equivalent to the expressions in vss. 14, 16-'to gather them (the kings and their armies) for the battle on the great day of God Almighty'-and would allude to the prophetic expectation of the gathering of the nations for judgment" (Johnson, p. 552).
In Joel 3:9-10 God depicts these rulers and their preparation for invasion and warfare: "Proclaim this among the nations: 'Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up [to Jerusalem, verses 12, 16, 17]. Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.'"
The prophecy indicates that the leaders will disrupt societal needs, converting facilities for manufacturing agricultural implements to produce armaments and munitions.
The armies will gather near Armageddon, almost filling the surrounding plain, and continue their deployment throughout other areas of the Holy Land. But the actual battle will take place some 55 miles south of Armageddon, around Jerusalem.
In truth that great battle will not be much of a contest. God will allow the armies to gather at Armageddon so that, in the end, there will be no question that He rules supreme. By permitting Satan, his demons and deceived human leaders to stir up nations to pit their massive forces against Him, God will allow those armies who would resist Christ's rule to close in on Jerusalem-only to be destroyed in their battle against Him.
Armageddon, therefore, becomes a symbol of a great battle, not between mighty nations and military alliances, but between the forces of good and evil. That climactic battle will be fought at and around Jerusalem.
THE BATTLE IS JOINED
The Bible describes that time of earth-shaking events as "the day of the Lord" (Isaiah 2:12; 13:6, 9; Jeremiah 46:10; Zechariah 14:1)-the time during which God will intervene in human affairs to put an end to man's rebellion against Him.
Continuing the prophecy recorded in Joel, God says: "Let the nations be wakened, and come up [to Jerusalem] to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; for the winepress is full, the vats overflow-for their wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision" (Joel 3:12-14; compare with Revelation 14:15-19).
Jesus Christ will deal with these massive armies at His return: "Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations... He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God" (Revelation 19:15). Birds gather to feed on the remains of those who war against Jesus Christ (verses 17-18, 21).
Apparently the carnage isn't limited to the area immediately around Jerusalem. Revelation 14:20 indicates that it will extend for some 200 miles.
Armageddon: prelude to peace
Jesus Christ will finally be recognized as humanity's Savior and Deliverer, its King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 17:14; 19:16). Mankind will recognize the futility of rebellion against God.
The prophet Malachi also spoke of God's supreme authority: "For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles [nations]; in every place incense shall be offered to My name, and a pure offering; for My name shall be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts" (Malachi 1:11).
God will at last be acknowledged as Supreme Ruler of mankind. For millennia Satan-the god of this world-has palmed himself off as the god of mankind (2 Corinthians 4:4; 11:14). However, God has prophesied that one day He will fulfill His plan for mankind, for which He created the earth.
When this happens the human family will enjoy unprecedented peace and unparalleled prosperity on earth. This peace has been promised to mankind for thousands of years (2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 1:2; Isaiah 11:1-10).
Armageddon, while a symbol of the destruction of the forces of evil, is also a prelude to humanity's salvation. It is then that human misrule will come to an end. At Armageddon the greedy, power-mad demagogues of that time will be gathered into one place so that Christ can put an end to the misery they have wrought on mankind.
Armageddon signals the end of fear, pain, destruction and untimely death. Sadly, there is simply no other way for mankind to learn its lesson. God must finally step in, intervening in human affairs to force peace on this foundering world (Revelation 19; Zechariah 14; Joel 3).
Christ will replace this world's social, economic, political, educational and religious systems and build a world based on God's ways (Daniel 2:44-45).
HOW TO UNDERSTAND MANKIND'S FUTURE
God has given to mankind several annual festivals that unlock the mystery of our future. For example, the Feast of Trumpets foreshadows the return of Jesus Christ "with a great sound of a trumpet" to vanquish the armies gathered against Him (Matthew 24:30-31; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 11:15).
The symbolism of the Day of Atonement reveals that Christ will bind Satan, preventing him from influencing humanity (Revelation 20:1-3).
The Feast of Tabernacles depicts 1,000 years of peace and prosperity that will envelop the earth and its inhabitants (Revelation 20:4-5; Isaiah 11).
The Last Great Day signifies the time when all who didn't know the true God will be resurrected to learn His truth and receive their opportunity for salvation (Revelation 20:11-12; Ezekiel 37).
Armageddon is not the end of the world. It's a gathering place for enormous armies, God's summons for deceived human leaders to enter into a decisive battle with Him at Jerusalem.
Rather than marking the annihilation of mankind, Armageddon is the preface to 1,000 years of peace and prosperity for all. Humanity will live on, for what begins at Armageddon establishes Christ as supreme ruler on earth and over all nations. The earth will then become immersed in peace and prosperity in the Kingdom of God. GN
RELATED RESOURCES
What Does the Bible Say About Armageddon?The common (but misleading) notion is that Armageddon will be the last, climactic battle to be fought on earth between the powers of good and evil. However, this is not quite right in several crucial respects.
Armageddon: Countdown to Global PeaceWritings on Armageddon have proliferated in the past 50 years. The term Armageddon has morphed into an end-of-the-world symbol, forecasting a catastrophic image for the future of mankind. In truth, the events attached to and following Armageddon will usher in global peace for all mankind! Few have ever understood what the term Armageddon actually means.
A Place Called Megiddo, Part 1 In northern Israel lies a legendary site, perhaps the world's most contested piece of territory. Bible prophecy tells us it will once again be a focal point for a battle almost beyond comprehension.
A Place Called Megiddo, Part 2In last issue's article we raised the question of how today's political leaders could be deceived to fight Christ at His second coming. Could something at the site of Megiddo lead to an answer?
