Pagan Festival On 25 Dec

The first recorded date of Christmas being celebrated on December 25th was in 336AD in the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman Emperor). A few years later Pope Julius I officially declared that the birth of The Messiah would be celebrated on the 25th December. The following Sun-deities were all born on 25 December, according to their legends: Crishna (Vishnu), Mithra (Mithras), Osiris, Horus, Hercules, Dionysus (Bacchus), Tammuz, Indra, Buddha. Therein we also read of the Scandinavian goddess Frigga in whose honor a "Mother-night" festival was held at the winter solstice 25 December, as well as a similar great feast of Yule, where a boar was offered at the winter solstice in honor of Frey.

Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the church... the first

evidence of the feast is from Egypt." (Catholic Encyclopaedia 1911 edition)

There is no authoritative tradition as to the day or month of Christ's birth...

The winter solstice was regarded as the birthday of the sun and at Rome a pagan festival of the nativity of 'sol invictus' was introduced by the Emperor

Aurelian on 25th December (Chambers Encyclopaedia 1970)

The Christmas card represented a convenient and sophisticated evolution of the ancient custom of giving blessings or good wishes for the New Year.

"The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain"

Prof. R. Hutton

Sol Invictus

From Wikipedia,

Sol Invictus was the official sun god of the later Roman empire. The cult was

created by Aurelian in 274, who made it an official cult alongside the

traditional Roman cults. Scholars disagree whether the new deity was a

refoundation of the ancient Latin cult of Sol, a revival of the cult of

Elagabalus or completely new. The god was favoured by emperors after

Aurelian and appeared on their coins until Constantine. The last inscription referring to Sol Invictus dates to 387 AD. and there were enough devotees in the 5th century that Augustine found it necessary to preach against them. A festival on 25 Dec. is sometimes thought to be responsible for the date of Christmas

How Did Christmas Come to Be Celebrated on December 25?

Increase Mather, A Testimony against Several Prophane and Superstitious Customs, Now Practiced by Some in New England (London, 1687), p. 35. See also Stephen Nissenbaum, The Battle for Christmas: A Cultural History of America's Most Cherished Holiday, New York: Vintage Books, 1997, p. 4.

A. Roman pagans first introduced the holiday of Saturnalia, a week long period of lawlessness celebrated between December 17-25. During this period, Roman courts were closed, and Roman law dictated that no one could be punished for damaging property or injuring people during the weeklong celebration. The festival began when Roman authorities chose "an enemy of the Roman people" to represent the "Lord of Misrule." Each Roman community selected a victim whom they forced to indulge in food and other physical pleasures throughout the week.

At the festival's conclusion, December 25th, Roman authorities believed they

were destroying the forces of darkness by brutally murdering this innocent man or woman.

B. The ancient Greek writer poet and historian Lucian (in his dialogue entitled

Saturnalia) describes the festival's observance in his time. In addition to

human sacrifice, he mentions these customs: widespread intoxication; going from house to house while singing naked; rape and other sexual license; and consuming human-shaped biscuits (still produced in some English and most German bakeries during the Christmas season).

C. In the 4th century CE, Christianity imported the Saturnalia festival hoping

to take the pagan masses in with it. Christian leaders succeeded in converting

to Christianity large numbers of pagans by promising them that they could

continue to celebrate the Saturnalia as Christians.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 11 ; page 390.

"During the later periods of Roman history, sun worship gained in importance and ultimately led to what has been called a 'solar monotheism.' Nearly all the gods of the period were possessed of Solar qualities. The feast of Sol and Victus (open unconquered Sun) on December 25th was celebrated with great joy, and eventually this date was taken over by the Christians as Christmas, the birthday of Christ."

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Jewish Attitudes Toward Non Jews

o You don't have to be Jewish to find favor in G-d's eyes

o G-d gave only seven basic commandments to gentiles

o Yiddish words for gentiles are goy, shiksa and shkutz

o Judaism does not approve of interfaith marriage, but it is very common

o Jews do not proselytize, but it is possible to convert to Judaism

Judaism maintains that the righteous of all nations have a place in the world to come. This has been the majority rule since the days of the Talmud. Judaism generally recognizes that Christians and Moslems worship the same G-d that we do and those who follow the tenets of their religions can be considered righteous in the eyes of G-d.

Contrary to popular belief, Judaism does not maintain that Jews are better than other people. Although we refer to ourselves as G-d's chosen people, we do not believe that G-d chose the Jews because of any inherent superiority. According to the Talmud (Avodah Zarah 2b), G-d offered the Torah to all the nations of the earth, and the Jews were the only ones who accepted it. The story goes on to say that the Jews were offered the Torah last, and accepted it only because G-d held a mountain over their heads! (In Ex. 19:17, the words generally translated as "at the foot of the mountain" literally mean "underneath the mountain"!) Another traditional story suggests that G-d chose the Jewish nation because they were the lowliest of nations, and their success would be attributed to G-d's might rather than their own ability. Clearly, these are not the ideas of a people who think they are better than other nations.

Because of our acceptance of Torah, Jews have a special status in the eyes of G-d, but we lose that special status when we abandon Torah. Furthermore, the blessings that we received from G-d by accepting the Torah come with a high price: Jews have a greater responsibility than non-Jews. While non-Jews are only obligated to obey the seven commandments given to Noah, Jews are responsible for fulfilling the 613 mitzvot in the Torah, thus G-d will punish Jews for doing things that would not be a sin for non-Jews.

The Seven Laws of Noah

According to traditional Judaism, G-d gave Noah and his family seven commandments to observe when he saved them from the flood. These commandments, referred to as the Noahic or Noahide commandments, are inferred from Genesis Ch. 9, and are as follows: 1) to establish courts of justice; 2) not to commit blasphemy; 3) not to commit idolatry; 4) not to commit incest and adultery; 5) not to commit bloodshed; 6) not to commit robbery; and 7) not to eat flesh cut from a living animal. These commandments are fairly simple and straightforward, and most of them are recognized by most of the world as sound moral principles. Any non-Jew who follows these laws has a place in the world to come.

The Noahic commandments are binding on all people, because all people are descended from Noah and his family. The 613 mitzvot of the Torah, on the other hand, are only binding on the descendants of those who accepted the commandments at Sinai and upon those who take on the yoke of the commandments voluntarily (by conversion). In addition, the Noahic commandments are applied more leniently to non-Jews than the corresponding commandments are to Jews, because non-Jews do not have the benefit of Oral Torah to guide them in interpreting the laws. For example, worshipping G-d in the form of a man would constitute idolatry for a Jew; however, according to some sources, the Christian worship of Jesus does not constitute idolatry for non-Jews.

There is a growing movement of non-Jews who have consciously accepted these seven laws of Noah and chosen to live their lives in accordance with these laws. This movement is referred to as B'nei Noach (Children of Noah). For more information about the B'nei Noach movement and the Noahic commandments, see Chavurath B'nei Noach of Fort Worth, Texas.

Goyim, Shiksas and Shkutzim

The most commonly used word for a non-Jew is goy. The word "goy" means "nation," and refers to the fact that goyim are members of other nations, that is, nations other than the Children of Israel.

There is nothing inherently insulting about the word "goy." In fact, the Torah occasionally refers to the Jewish people using the term "goy." Most notably, in Exodus 19:6, G-d says that the Children of Israel will be "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation," that is, a goy kadosh. Because Jews have had so many bad experiences with anti-Semitic non-Jews over the centuries, the term "goy" has taken on some negative connotations, but in general the term is no more insulting than the word "gentile."

The more insulting terms for non-Jews are shiksa (feminine) and shkutz (masculine). I gather that these words are derived from the Hebrew root Shin-Qof-Tzadei, meaning loathsome or abomination. The word shiksa is most commonly used to refer to a non-Jewish woman who is dating or married to a Jewish man, which should give some indication of how strongly Jews are opposed to the idea of intermarriage. The term shkutz is most commonly used to refer to an anti-Semitic man. Both terms can be used in a less serious, more joking way, but in general they should be used with caution.

If you are offended to hear that Jewish culture has a negative term for non-Jews, I would recommend that you stop and think about the many negative terms and stereotypes that your culture has for Jews.

Interfaith Marriages

I once received a message from a man who told me that many Jews do not like gentiles. He knew this because his (Jewish) girlfriend's friends and parents disapproved of him. I explained that these people did not disapprove of him because he was Christian; they disapproved of him because he was a Christian dating a Jew, which is another issue altogether.

Traditional Judaism does not permit interfaith marriages. The Torah states that the children of such marriages would be lost to Judaism (Deut. 7:3-4), and experience has shown the truth of this passage all too well. The 2000 National Jewish Population Survey found that only a third of interfaith couples raise their children Jewish, despite increasing efforts in the Reform and Conservative communities to welcome interfaith couples.

This may reflect the fact that Jews who intermarry are not deeply committed to their religion in the first place: if they were, why would they marry someone who did not share it? Certainly, the statistics show that intermarried Jews are overwhelmingly less likely to be involved in Jewish activities: 85% of Jewish couples have or attend a Pesach seder, while only 41% of intermarried Jews do; 66% of Jewish couples fast on Yom Kippur while only 26% of intermarried Jews do; 59% of Jewish couples belong to a synagogue while only 15% of intermarried Jews do. These statistics and more are sufficiently alarming to be a matter of great concern to the Jewish community. And the rate of intermarriage has grown dramatically in recent years: according to the Jewish Databank, the rate of intermarriage has risen from 13% in 1970 to 47% since 1996, though the rate of intermarriage seems to have stopped increasing. One Orthodox Jew I know went so far as to state that intermarriage is accomplishing what Hitler could not: the destruction of the Jewish people. That is an extreme view, but it vividly illustrates how seriously many Jews take the issue of intermarriage.

The more liberal branches of Judaism have tried to embrace intermarried couples, hoping to slow the hemorrhaging from our community, but it is questionable how effective this has been in stemming the tide, given the statistics that intermarried couples are unlikely to have any Jewish involvement or to raise their children Jewish.

Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin provide an excellent discussion of the issues involved in intermarriage in their book The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism (Simon ">If you are considering interfaith dating or marriage, consider this:

Many people who are considering interfaith marriage or dating casually dismiss any objections as prejudice, but there are some practical matters you should consider. And before you casually dismiss this as ivory tower advice from a Jewish ghetto, let me point out that both my father and my brother are intermarried, as well as several of my cousins.

The Stereotypes

Why are you not seeking out a Jewish partner? If you ask many Jews why they don't want to date other Jews, you will hear the ugliest list of antisemitic stereotypes this side of Nazi propaganda. They will tell you that Jewish men are cheap, neurotic mamma's boys, not handsome and macho like gentile men. They will tell you that Jewish women are frigid, materialistic and plain, not fun and sexy like gentile women. Interestingly, the stereotypes you hear from gentiles seeking Jews are quite different: that Jewish men are good providers, that they treat women well, that they don't abuse women or get drunk, and they don't sleep around; that Jewish women are smart, level-headed and loyal, not bubble-headed bimbos. In fact, there are quite a lot of gentiles who have registered for JDate, a Jewish dating network, because they specifically want to date and marry a Jew. If you think the negative stereotypes don't fit you, what makes you think they fit Jews of the opposite sex?

The Marriage

Where will you get married, who will perform the ceremony and where and how will it be performed? Most movements of Judaism don't allow interfaith marriages to be performed in their synagogues, nor do they allow their rabbis to perform interfaith marriages, and before you casually dismiss this as bigotry, let's remember that you are asking them to put a religious stamp of approval on an act that has nothing to do with their religion. You might as well ask the rabbi to say "amen" to a blessing over a ham and cheese sandwich. But now that you know you may have to be married in a church: how do you feel about being married under a cross or crucifix? How will your relatives feel when they are told, "in Jesus' name, let us say 'Amen'," as happened at an interfaith marriage in my family?

The Holidays

What will you do when Christmas and Chanukkah overlap? When Easter and Pesach overlap? Whose holiday will you celebrate? Will your gentile husband veto the annual Chanukkah visit to your parents because Christmas is more important, as happened to an intermarried friend of mine? Will your wife be willing to cook and/or eat the cardboard meals of Pesach? Will your gentile spouse be willing to sit through the lengthy seder ritual at your parents' house, or the lengthy High Holiday services?

The Children

How will the children be raised? The Jewish grandparents want a bris, and the gentile grandparents insist on baptism. The Catholic grandparents want the child to learn catechism while the Jewish grandparents are looking forward to the bar mitzvah. Many interfaith couples think they are being oh-so-enlightened by raising the children with both faiths and letting them choose. This makes about as much sense as asking your child to choose which parent's surname he wants to keep: ultimately, you're requiring the child to pick favorites with his parents. Aside from that, the message you are giving your children is that none of it is real, that none of it matters, that religion is a Chinese menu and you can pick one from Column A and one from Column B. You are certainly welcome to believe that, but don't expect your local church or synagogue to agree with you. Even the more liberal movements of Judaism don't approve of bar mitzvah training for a child who is simultaneously receiving religious training in another faith, because it causes too much confusion for the child.

These are just a few of the more important considerations in interfaith relationships that people tend to gloss over in the heat of passion or in the desire to be politically fashionable.

Conversion

In general, Jews do not try to convert non-Jews to Judaism. In fact, according to halakhah (Jewish Law), rabbis are supposed to make three vigorous attempts to dissuade a person who wants to convert to Judaism.

As the discussion above explained, Jews have a lot of responsibilities that non-Jews do not have. To be considered a good and righteous person in the eyes of G-d, a non-Jew need only follow the seven Noahic commandments, whereas a Jew has to follow all 613 commandments given in the Torah. If the potential convert is not going to follow those extra rules, it's better for him or her to stay a gentile, and since we as Jews are all responsible for each other, it's better for us too if that person stayed a gentile. The rabbinically mandated attempt to dissuade a convert is intended to make sure that the prospective convert is serious and willing to take on all this extra responsibility.

Once a person has decided to convert, the proselyte must begin to learn Jewish religion, law and customs and begin to observe them. This teaching process generally takes at least one year, because the prospective convert must experience each of the Jewish holidays; however, the actual amount of study required will vary from person to person (a convert who was raised as a Jew might not need any further education, for example, while another person might need several years).

After the teaching is complete, the proselyte is brought before a Beit Din (rabbinical court) which examines the proselyte and determines whether he or she is ready to become a Jew. If the proselyte passes this oral examination, the rituals of conversion are performed. If the convert is male, he is circumcised (or, if he was already circumcised, a pinprick of blood is drawn for a symbolic circumcision). Both male and female converts are immersed in the mikvah (a ritual bath used for spiritual purification). The convert is given a Jewish name and is then introduced into the Jewish community.

In theory, once the conversion procedure is complete, the convert is as much a Jew as anyone who is born to the religion. In practice, the convert is sometimes treated with caution, because we have had some of bad experiences with converts who later return to their former faith in whole or in part. However, it is important to remember that Abraham himself was a convert, as were all of the matriarchs of Judaism, as was Ruth, an ancestor of King David.

For more information about conversion to Judaism, see The Conversion to Judaism Home Page. The information provided by Professor Epstein at that site is written from a Conservative perspective, but is valuable to anyone considering conversion to any movement of Judaism.

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A Mad Tea Summer Party In Pumpkinland

Welcome to the annual mad tea party 2011 hosted by Vanessa Valencia!

As you remember last year i was invited to a mad tea fairy party on a greek beach!

This year i had another odd and whimsical a lot, invitation....

Vanessa Valencia!, !

,...

"*...../ INTO THE PUMPKINLAND....*"

" SOMEWHERE IN FAIRYLAND (MY FAIRYLAND) THERE IS A MAGIC PLACE WHERE PUMPKINS LIVE. NO,NO THE USUAL PUMPKINS BUT...FAIRY- GIRLS- PUMPKINS!"

"ONE DAY THEY SENT ME AN INVITATION FOR A TEA PARTY,THERE, IN THEIR LAND...THE PUMPKINLAND!"

"OF COURSE,BEING A NICE AND KIND FAIRYWITCH, I ACCEPTED !"

"IT WAS A WONDERFUL,MAGICAL PLACE WITH LOTS OF COLOURFUL FLOWERS, RARE PLANTS AND WHIMSICAL BUTTERFLIES..."

"THE LITTLE FAIRY-PUMPKINS WERE SO CUTE AND ADORABLE!"

"I ADMIRED THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND TREES ALL AROUND! "

and the little colourful pumpkins-houses too!

There was so much positive energy everywhere...

"ALL OF THEM WELCOME ME WITH THE NICEST WAY AND THEY OFFERED ME THEIR DELICIOUS PINK MAGIC FAIRY TEA WHICH GIVES JOY AND PEACE TO ANYONE WHO DRINKS IT!"

"I LOVED THEM SO MUCH! IT WAS SO WONDERFUL HAVING TEA WITH THESE FANTASTIC MAGICAL CREATURES ON THE GREEN GRASS OF PUMPKINLAND!"

" AND...INDEED! AS SOON AS I DRUNK THE PINK TEA I FELT SO JOYFUL AND PEACEFUL! "

"THEN I ATE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND DELICIOUS TINY CUP CAKE!"

"AS THE SUN WAS SETTING SLOWLY,"

"I SAW SOME OF THEM SOMEHOW SLEEPY..."

" I THANKED THEM FOR THEIR INVITATION AND THEIR HOSPITALITY AND I LEFT....I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE! THEY WERE SO FRIENDLY AND KIND! LIKE REAL FRIENDS ARE..."

"I HAD A LOVELY AFTERNOON WITH MY NEW FRIENDS AND AS I STILL FEEL SO HAPPY, I'M HAVING A GIVAWAY TOO! LEAVE YOUR COMMENT HERE AND YOU MIGHT BE THE LUCKY WINNER OF A VINTAGE FAIRYWITCH JEWEL FROM MY FAIRY-SHOP!"

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NEXT SATURDAY,MY MAGIC HAT WILL CHOOSE THE WINNER AND I'LL POST A VIDEO I MADE WITH THESE ADORABLE FAIRY-PUMPKINS-GIRLS, THAT DAY IN PUMPKINLAND!"

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ALL THE PUMPKINS AND THE WOODEN BUTTERFLIES ARE HANDPAINTED AND EMBELLISHED BY ME (PINK DREAMER) AND THE LITTLE PAPER HOUSES WERE MADE BY MY LITTLE STUDENTS (ELVES!)"

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THIS PARTY IN PUMPKINLAND WAS PUBBLISHED A FEW DAYS AGO ON OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER HERE IN GREECE - NEXT SATURDAY I'LL SHOW YOU THE ARTICLE!"

"*I HOPE YOU REALLY ENJOYED YOUR MAGICAL VISIT TO...PUMPKINLAND!"

"(WHERE EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE!)"

"* PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE DON'T YOU EVER STOP BELIEVE IN MAGIC!*"

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The Axial Age And The Levels Of Reality

"While if someone told you that the unassailable truth or true reasonableness" is actually right the especially as the illusion or "double-crossing reasonableness"? While if you're told that the truth you are questioning for is actually lesson in pointer of you?

Positively a pity, isn't it? But let me wave that for you with this story.

Once upon a time, a German contract and thinker named Karl Theodor Jaspers premeditated the significance that wearing a involuntary pause in human history, the input belief systems (religions) that stay today emerged and began to develop in sync and without getting involved in Breakables, India, Persia, Judea, and Greece. This was the pause from 800 to 200 BC.

He moreover renowned a chart of key thinkers who had a thought-provoking tone of voice in the empire of these belief systems. Clique later than Socrates, Confucius, and Buddha were right some of his examples. Jaspers called this pause the Axial Age.

In the "Axial Age", populace began to swallow a peculiar turn into of perception. They started to ride luxury on their notions of "reasonableness" and tried to transmit the letters of the self. They realized that the luxury you actually know about yourself, the luxury you tendency be skillful to understand the true letters of "reasonableness".

Organize are abundant deep and spiritual traditions all snooty the world. The input ones that swallow survived for centuries commencing the "Axial Age" are the ones included in the images you see higher and beneath. Whichever one has its own precedent of "reasonableness", but greatest extent populace are innocent of the fact that these belief systems swallow abundant peculiar similarities in spite of of their differences in involuntary deep issues.

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Conspiracy by Brad Reynolds, from Ken Wilber, A Condensed Relate of No matter which", (Shambhala: Boston), 1996.

The basic kitsch point amid these belief systems, most likely, is the significance that "reasonableness" is split featuring in compound levels or realms. The "reasonableness" we congregate is actually right one of the abundant realms that version an even bulky "reasonableness". The unthinkable of realms and sub-realms in each religion makes it available for me to depiction in right one facet, but you can see that they as normal swallow a "next of kin physical reasonableness", a "subtle reasonableness", a "causal reasonableness", and an "unassailable reasonableness".

Out of the ordinary significance that these belief systems official is that the "Extract" is split featuring in compound aspects that match to each "level of reasonableness". Sense, the physical aspect of the self exists in the "physical reasonableness", the subtle aspect exists in the "subtle reasonableness", the causal aspect exists in the "causal reasonableness", and the true Extract exists in the "unassailable reasonableness".

"Organize is, however, one thing that is most likely not unashamed to the abundant followers of distinctive belief systems. That is the shift that all these levels of reasonableness" and aspects of the Extract are but peculiar degrees of march of the especially thing.

For extraction, some schools of Buddhism stress that portray is actually no opening connecting Samsara (the world of illusion) and Illusion (unassailable truth) as contained by the saying "Perfectly is emptiness; cavity is form." For Hindus, they last that Brahman is the origin of the remarkable fabrication and that a unconnected human what is one who has realized Brahman as his or her own true self. Christians, in their own special way, last in the oneness of God and all of launch. (Sorry if I swallow disappeared out your set)

The custom that you withstand to be skillful to make well truth and illusion is actually pretty simple. The custom is called "non-duality", which type that all phenomena are undividable. As situate, portray are abundant views with regard to non-duality, but you withstand not stupefy yourself. Flaxen ascertain of it this way:

Entirely device in the Interval and every protest that exists basic be in sync a cause and an effect of something moreover. You cannot right say, for extraction, that a child was born equally of the union of two marital couples. You'd swallow to diagram everything moreover that happened even past individuals two couples met each other, and that includes the coming featuring in featuring in what of humans, the planets, the sun, the stars, the galaxies, and the whole Interval itself.

In addition, a cause depends on its effect to be a cause as effect depends on its cause to be an effect. Short the cause, portray can be no effect, and not including the effect, portray cannot be any cause. No bits and pieces how you off balance at it, you won't be skillful to find any line that separates the two. Organize is no nonstop size behind and anywhere a cause becomes an effect.

If you ruminate upon this for some time, it becomes pretty obedient that all tackle do not stay on your own. We can moreover fight that not including the unassailable, portray can be no relative; not including the next of kin, portray can be no unassailable. Short the truth, portray can be no illusion; not including the illusion, portray cannot be truth. You are, in life-force, a part of "other" realities as they are a part of you. It is recently equally of the mind's withstand to take a distinction that the illusion of separateness arises in oneself.

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Vibrational Medicine By Richard Gerber

The original comprehensive guide to energetic
healing with a new preface by the author and updated resources. More than 125,000 copies sold. Explores the actual science of etheric
energies, replacing the Newtonian worldview with a new model based on Einstein`s physics of energy. Summarizes key points at the end of each chapter to help the serious student absorb and retain the wealth of information presented. Vibrational Medicine has gained widespread
acceptance by individuals, schools, and health-care institutions
nationwide as the textbook of choice for the study of alternative
medicine. Trained in a variety of alternative therapies as well as
conventional Western medicine, Dr. Gerber provides an encyclopedic
treatment of energetic healing, covering subtle-energy fields,
acupuncture, Bach flower remedies, homeopathy, radionics, crystal
healing, electrotherapy, radiology, chakras, meditation, and psychic healing. He explains current theories about how various energy
therapies work and offers readers new insights into the physical and spiritual perspectives of health and disease.

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"THE CODES OF KING SOLOMON AND THE 7 KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD"

THE FIRST KEY - Wisdom: The ability to witness our CREATOR at work in our lives and in the world. For the wise person, the wonders of nature, historical events, and the ups and downs of our lives take on deeper meaning. The matters of judgment about the truth, and being able to see the whole image of our CREATOR. We see our CREATOR as our Divine Parent and other people with dignity. Lastly being able to see our CREATOR in everyone and everything everywhere.

THE SECOND KEY - Understanding: The ability to comprehend how we need to live as a follower of the techings of the anointed child Jesus. A person with understanding is not confused by all the conflicting messages in our culture about the right way to live. The gift of understanding perfects a person's speculative reason in the apprehension of truth. It is the gift whereby self-evident principles are known.

THE THIRD KEY - Counsel (Right Judgment): The ability to know the difference between right and wrong, and we choose to do what is right. A person with right judgment avoids sin and lives out the values taught by the anointed child Jesus Christ. The gift of truth that allows the person to respond prudently, and happily to believe and practise the teachings of the anointed child Jesus Christ.

THE FOURTH KEY - Fortitude (Courage): The ability to overcome fear and be in a state of solid acceptance / willingness to take risks as a keeper and follower of the teachings of the anointed child Jesus Christ. A person with courage is willing to stand up for what is right in the sight of our CREATOR, even if it means accepting rejection, verbal abuse, or even physical harm and death. The gift of courage allows people the firmness of mind that is required both in doing good and in enduring evil, especially with regard to goods or evils that are difficult.

THE FIFTH KEY - Knowledge: The ability to understand the meaning of our CREATOR'S instructions. To understand how change and stability apply and relate to all things available to CREATION. The gift of knowledge is more than a mere accumulation of facts. The understanding of being where you are celebrated not tolerated. The understanding to be where you have been summoned. To understand the path of honor and obedience. To understand action/balance and reaction/imbalance, seed/sowing and fruit/harvest.

THE SIXTH KEY- Piety (Reverence): The ability to have a deep sense of respect for our CREATOR and all of CREATION. A person with reverence recognizes our total reliance on our CREATOR and comes before our CREATOR with humility, trust, and love. Piety is the gift whereby, at the Holy Spirit's instigation, we pay worship and duty to our CREATOR as our Divine Parent.

THE SEVENTH KEY - Fear/Respect for our CREATOR (Wonder and Awe): The ability to be aware of the need, importance, glory and majesty of our CREATOR. A person with wonder and awe knows that our CREATOR is the perfection of all we desire: perfect knowledge, perfect goodness, perfect power, and perfect love. This gift is described by Aquinas as a fear of separating oneself from God. He describes the gift as a "filial fear," like a child's fear of offending his father, rather than a "servile fear," that is, a fear of punishment. Also known as knowing God is all powerful. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, because it puts our mindset in its correct location with respect to our CREATOR: we are the finite, dependent creatures, and our Divine Parent is the infinite, all-powerful CREATOR of all CREATION.

Source: master-of-tarot.blogspot.com

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Published On Dec 28

PUBLISHED ON DEC 28, 2014

Satan is using the antichrist pope to create a one world humanistic religion which will deny and denounce Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God. He is also using secret societies and government organizations, that are closely linked to the Vatican, to control and manipulate the world's population so that the world will wonder after the Vatican beast (Revelation 13:3).

Then, Satan, as the false messiah, will come in the flesh and masquerade himself as Christ to a deceived world, which has rejected the Christ of the Bible and His Law of love, His holy and eternal ten commandments. The false messiah will encourage the antchrist pope to enforce Sunday as the day of rest over God's 7th day Sabbath commandment, which points to Him as the Creator.

Enforced Sunday worship will be the mark of the Vatican beast, the prophesied first beast of Revelation 13 and whore of Babylon in Revelation 17. This is what the Vatican beast has to say about its mark: "Sunday is our MARK of our authority [...] The church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact". - Catholic Record of London, Ontario. Sept. 1, 1923.

Those who accept Sunday rather than the commanded 7th day Sabbath of God will pay a miserable price for disobeying an offended God. The seven plagues of the Most High will soon fall upon those who will take the mark of the beast (Sunday rest and worship) -- rather than observing the commandments of the Most High including the 7th day Sabbath commandment (Exodus 20:8-11) - and their fate will be an unpleasant one, as mentioned in Revelation 14:9-10.

Sunday observance cannot be found in the Bible. Christ or His apostles never ordained or commanded a change in the day of rest from the 7th day of the week to the 1st. The Catholic church has even admitted this fact through the following statement: "From beginning to end of Scripture, there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week [Saturday] to the first [Sunday]." Catholic Press, Sydney, Australia, August, 1900.

Soon, every man, woman and child will have to make a very important decision that will alter their fate: either embrace Christ and His commandments including the 7th day Sabbath commandment or obey the Vatican's pope and his day of rest

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Orthodox Saints And The Future Of America

By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos

The latest information from our press has announced a new book written about the late actress Marilyn Monroe by Joyce Carl Oates, which in reality is presented as a fictional biography. But what is important in this case and needs to be noted is that in the interview granted by the author of this book there is a characteristic quote: "In America cinematography is a religion. We don't have saints, but we have folklore" (", 11/06/2000).

America is a young country, the so-called "new world", created after the migration of entire populations of Europe, primarily to find work. In this way the spirit of the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Enlightenment with all its consequences on individual and social life was transferred. So the spirit that prevails is rationalism and sensationalism. This affects all social behaviors, which is why Puritanism dominates the American land.

When one reads several books by American writers they will find that the examples they use come from films, which at their basis represent the American environment and the American atmosphere, where there is no deep theological or philosophical thought. This shows that indeed cinema is a religion in America, and actors are considered models and idols.

Frank Schaeffer, in his book "Dancing Alone: The Quest for Orthodox Faith in the Age of False Religion", writes: "Unlike the ancient Orthodox Churches in various countries such as Palestine, Africa, Greece, Ukraine and Russia, the Orthodox Church in North America (with the exception of the Church in Alaska) is entirely a Church of migrants. The founders were not monks and missionaries, but people seeking to find a better life."

In the Roman Empire, known as Byzantium, the standards of our society were the Saints, the deified, whoever had communion with God at various levels. Even today in Greece we honor, celebrate and process our Saints. This is precisely the difference between our country and other countries, especially America. If we don't understand this truth we will not be able to understand the difference between us. For this reason Greece and the Greeks of America play an important role in changing the climate and culture in America. When the manners and customs of our country are transferred there, which at its basis is an ecclesiastical atmosphere and life, then the climate of America will change, which has been influenced by Protestantism, who rejected the Saints.

Our models should be the Saints and not the "American dream", in which there are no saints, but folktales from the fields of art, science and politics.

Source: "Paremvasis", , March 2001. Translated by John Sanidopoulos.

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Reference: practicing-wicca.blogspot.com

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Is It Possible To Die From A Voodoo Doll Curse

Believe it or not, this is a question I get relatively frequently: Can I die from a Voodoo curse? I have addressed this in other posts, but I found this recent article from the American Psychiatric Association that addresses this issue, believe it or not.

Psychiatric News March 19, 2010

Volume 45 Number 6 Page 17

(c) American Psychiatric Association

Annual Meeting

Voodoo Adherents Invite Visitors Into Their World

by Joan Arehart-Treichel

If you'd like to explore the other side-the spiritual or paranormal side-of New Orleans, focus on Voodoo, an ancient African religion still alive in the city.

New Orleans holds a particular fascination for people who are interested in spiritual beliefs and the paranormal. Indeed, New Orleans is supposed to have more than its share of spirits and hauntings. But still something else gives New Orleans an edge over other American cities as far entry to "the other side" is concerned. It is a belief in, and a practice of, voodoo.

"Voodoo" means "spirit" or "mystery." It was brought to New Orleans during the early 18th century by slaves who came from what is now Benin in West Africa. Voodoo adherents believe in the existence of one god, below which powerful spirits operate and exert influence on daily life events concerning family, love, money, happiness, and revenge.

During the 19th century, Voodoo queens became central figures in New Orleans. The most revered was Marie Laveau. She acted as an oracle, conducted rituals, performed exorcisms, and offered sacrifices to spirits from behind her cottage on St. Anne Street in the French Quarter.

How many New Orleans residents still believe in and practice Voodoo is unknown. But the major focus of New Orleans Voodoo practice today seems to be on serving others and favorably influencing life events by connecting with spirits or ancestors. Methods used to do so include readings, spiritual baths, special diets, prayer, and personal ceremonies.

The practice of Voodoo is a major tourist attraction in New Orleans. There are shops selling voodoo candles, charms, dolls, oils, and powders. The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum, located in the French Quarter for 38 years, gives visitors a lot of fascinating information about Voodoo, as well as a feel for it.

The museum traces New Orleans Voodoo back to ancient Africa, where the 7,000-year-old religion began, and describes its Native-American, European, and Haitian influences. In the museum visitors can hear the sounds of Voodoo's ritual drumming and chanting and view historic Voodoo artifacts, some belonging to Laveau. There is an altar that presents skulls and bones to ancestors and asks for their guidance and protection. The museum also offers visitors a walking tour to St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, where Laveau is buried, as well as private ritual services such as psychic readings, Voodoo weddings, special blessings, or hex removals.

Voodoo should especially captivate visitors to APA's annual meeting because of its possible influence on people's mental and physical health.

During the early 20th century, for example, Harvard neurologist Walter Cannon, M.D., made some seminal discoveries about human physiology. For instance, he originated the concept of the "fight or flight" response. But Cannon also collected anecdotes from around the world about people who had died after being "cursed." He published these findings in a 1942 paper titled "Voodoo Death." And in this paper he put forth the hypothesis "that 'voodoo' death may be real, and that it may be explained as due to shocking emotional stress-to obvious or repressed terror."

Then in the June 2005 Psychosomatic Medicine, Richard Lane, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of psychiatry at the University of Arizona, and colleagues reported study findings that supported Cannon's hypothesis. Lane's study included 25 survivors of cardiac arrest who showed no evidence of coronary heart disease. The study also included a comparison group of 25 heart attack survivors with documented coronary heart disease. Subjects were interviewed to learn how much emotional stress they had experienced during the 24 hours preceding their cardiac arrest or heart attack. Results for the cardiac arrest and heart attack groups were compared. Significantly more of the cardiac arrest group than the heart attack group had experienced moderate or severe emotional stress during the period evaluated, suggesting that strong emotions in the absence of underlying coronary heart disease-say, fear induced by a voodoo curse-might be able to stop the heart and cause death.

Indeed, "in Walter Cannon's famous study of 'voodoo death,' sudden death occurred within 24 to 48 hours of a curse being inflicted," Lane and his colleagues noted in their paper. "[Yet] autopsies were not performed to determine whether those victims had preexisting heart disease. [But] in the current study... structural heart disease that could cause sudden death was absent... [yet cardiac arrest still occurred]."

Many people dismiss voodoo as a cult or superstition. Others, however, truly believe in its powers. So why don't you visit the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum and draw your own conclusions?

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The Sutra Of The Dog Life Ascetic

Is this funny? To me, Punna and Seniya are the Abbot and Costello or Laural and Hardy of the sutras. I find their questioning of the Buddha about the other's future life instead of their own to be touching and hilarious at the same time. I laugh every time I read it.

This is my retelling of the Kukkuravatika Sutta based on the translation by Nanamoli Bhikkhu.

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Thus have I heard. One time these two ascetics walked into a vihara where the Buddha was staying temporarily.

Punna was an ox-functioning ascetic who imitated the life of an ox. He moved with slow deliberate motions. He ate only vegetables. Seniya was a naked dog-function ascetic who imitated the life of a dog even to the point of never wearing clothes, always lying on the floor, and eating food that is thrown on the ground.

The two politely exchanged greetings and small talk with the Blessed One. Seniya, naked with his hair uncut and uncombed, sat to the side of Buddha curled up like a dog. Punna sat too beside him.

Punna and Seniya were the best of friends, but they were each jealous of the animal duty they felt called to practice and they teased often each other saying things like, "You dog you will never get to heaven acting like a dog, only an ox is a noble creature who shows the way to heaven." or "You dumb ox, you will never get enlightened acting like a cow, only by living the freedom of a dog will you find true liberation." Though they teased each other, they remained true companions to each other.

As they settled down and knowing the Buddha's reputation for having the power to know people's future lives, Punna asked, with a sly grin, "Blessed One, Seniya here is a dog's-life ascetic. He really tries hard and is diligent to live like a dog. He even eats from the ground when a donor throws his food down. What is going to become of him? What will be his future destination in rebirth?"

Buddha said, "Oh Punna, please don't ask me that! Let it be. People aren't meant to know what their future lives are going to be."

But now Punna was really curious and repeated his request. "Buddha, come on, Seniya is a really good dog. Isn't that going to make his future wonderful? What's going to come of him?"

And again Buddha said, "No Punna, don't ask me this kind of question. Enough, let it be."

And a third time Punna, said, "Honorable One, Seniya does what is really hard to do. And he's done if for a long time, too. He doesn't even wear clothes. He has lived like a dog with no regard for his shame as a human. He really deserves to hear what his efforts will get him."

Buddha said, "Well, since I certainly can't talk you out of it Punna, by saying 'Enough. Let it be.' I'll answer you. Punna, when a person acts like a dog, walks like a dog, barks like a dog, scratches like a dog, eats like a dog, sleeps like a dog, and fully and unstintingly performs like a dog, then on the dissolution of the body after death they will be reborn in the company of dogs. When you live like a dog and die like a dog, then you will be reborn as a dog. That is, at least if you are truly a dog. But if while acting like a dog a person thinks, 'By being a dog I will get to heaven faster, I will be reborn in heaven after my death, because I gave up my humanity and demonstrated the great goal of unattachment by acting like a dog I will be reborn as a greater or lesser heavenly being where the streets are paved with gold and the days are filled with bliss." If a person acting like a dog has these misguided thoughts of heaven, then of course their wrong views about how things work will lead them straight to hell, they will be reborn directly into hell where they will be whipped, kicked, and starved like a dog."

On hearing this, Seniya began to cry and shed great tears. The Buddha said, "See Punna, you had to ask even though I told you, 'Let it be. Do not ask me that.'"

Seniya said, "It's okay Blessed One, I'm not weeping just because of what you have said. These are not just tears of self-pity; they are tears of joy at hearing the truth from the lips of the Blessed One. But now Venerable sir, please tell us, here is Punna the ox-function ascetic who spends all his time living the plain and simple life of an ox. What will be his karmic reward in the next life?"

Buddha said, "Oh Seniya, please don't ask me that! Let it be. People aren't meant to know what their future lives are going to be."

But now Seniya was even more curious and repeated his request. "Buddha, come on, Punna is a really great ox. Isn't that going to make his future sacred and joyful? What's going to come of him?"

And again Buddha said, "No Seniya, don't ask me this kind of question. Enough, let it be."

And a third time Seniya, said, "Honorable One, Punna does what is really hard to do. And he's done if for a long time, too. He doesn't think of wealth, fame or power. He has lived like an ox with no regard for his shame as a human. Doesn't he really deserve to hear what his efforts will get him?"

Buddha said, "Well, since I certainly can't talk you out of it Seniya, by saying 'Enough. Let it be.' I'll answer you. Seniya. When a person acts like an ox, walks like an ox, eats like an ox, sleeps like an ox, and fully and unstintingly performs like an ox, then on the dissolution of he body after death they will be reborn in the company of oxen. When you live like an ox and die like an ox, then you will be reborn as a ox. That is, at least if you are truly an ox. But if while acting like an ox a person thinks, 'By being an ox I will get to heaven faster, I will be reborn in heaven after my death, because I gave up my humanity and demonstrated the great goal of unattachment by acting like an ox. I will be reborn as a greater or lesser heavenly being where the streets are paved with gold and the days are filled with bliss." If a person acting like an ox has these mistaken thoughts of heaven, then of course their wrong views about how things work will lead them straight to hell, they will be reborn directly into hell where they will be whipped, yoked and put to terribly tedious and tiring labor like an ox."

When this was said, Punna wept and shed tears. Then the Blessed One said to Seniya, "See, I could not persuade you to remain silent,"

Punna said, "Honored One, I am not weeping because the Blessed One has told me this. I have confidence in the Blessed One and know the Blessed One will teach us the Dharma in such a way that we may abandon our animal functions and practice the way."

The Buddha said, "Punna, listen and heed well what I shall say."

"Yes, venerable," he replied.

The Blessed One said: "Punna, there are four kinds of karma that I proclaim since I have had realization myself with direct knowledge. What are the four? They are dark karma with dark ripening, bright karma with bright ripening, dark-and-bright karma with dark-and-bright ripening, and karma that is not dark and not bright with neither-dark-nor-bright ripening that leads instantly to the exhaustion of karma.

"What is dark karma with dark ripening? It is when someone produces a bodily act with affliction, one produces a verbal act with affliction, or one produces a mental act with affliction. By so doing, that one acting like that reappears in a world with affliction. When that happens, the afflictions of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind touch the person. Being touched by these, one then feels afflicting feelings deeply painful as in the case of beings in hell. Thus a being's own rebirth is due to the being: One reappears owing to the karmic acts one has performed. When one has reappeared, the contacts of the six senses touch one. Thus I say all beings are heirs of their karmas. This is called dark karma with dark ripening.

"And what is bright karma with bright ripening? It is when someone produces a bodily act without affliction, one produces a verbal act without affliction, and one produces a mental act without affliction. By doing so, the one acting like that reappears in a world without affliction. When that happens, the unafflicting contacts of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind touch the person. Being touched by these, one feels unafflicted feelings entirely pleasant as in the case of the the gods of Resplendently Radiant Glory. Thus a being's reappearance is due to the being: one reappears owing to the karmas one has performed. When one has reappeared, the six contacts touch one. Thus I say all beings are heirs of their karmas. This is called bright karma with bright ripening.

"What is dark-and-bright karma with dark-and-bright ripening? This is when someone produces a bodily act both with and without affliction, one produces a verbal act both with and without affliction, and one produces a mental act both with and without affliction. By doing so, one reappears in a world both with and without affliction. When that happens, both afflicting and unafflicting contacts of the six senses touch one. Being touched by these, one feels afflicting and unafflicting feelings with mingled pleasure and pain as in the case of human beings and some heavenly beings and some inhabitants of the states of deprivation. Thus a being's reappearance is due to the being: one reappears owing to the karmas one has performed. When one has reappeared, sense contacts touch him. Thus I say all beings are heirs of their karmas. This is called dark-and-bright karma with dark-and-bright ripening.

"What is neither-dark-nor-bright karma with neither-dark-nor-bright ripening that leads to the exhaustion of karma? As to the previous kinds of karma, any choice in abandoning the kind of karma that is dark with dark ripening, any determination in abandoning the kind of karma that is bright with bright ripening, and any decision in abandoning the kind of karma that is dark-and bright with dark-and-bright ripening: this is called neither-dark-nor-bright karma with neither-dark-nor-bright ripening.

"These are the four kinds of karma proclaimed by me after personal realization with direct knowledge."

After hearing this, Punna, a son of the Koliyan clan and an ox-functioning ascetic, said to the Blessed One: "Magnificent, Master Gotama! Magnificent, Master Gotama! The Dharma has been clarified in many ways by Master Gotama as though he were turning upright what had been tipped over, revealing the hidden, showing the way to one who is lost, holding up a lamp in the darkness for those with eyes to see.

"I go to Master Gotama for refuge and to the Dharma and to the Sangha of followers. From today let Master Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone to him for refuge for life."

But Seniya the naked dog-function ascetic said: "Magnificent, Master Gotama!... The Dharma has been clarified in many ways by Master Gotama as though he were turning upright what had been tipped over, revealing the hidden, showing the way to one who is lost, holding up a lamp in the darkness for those with eyes to see.

"I go to Master Gotama for refuge and to the Dhamma and to the Sangha of followers. I would receive the going forth under Master Gotama and the full admission as a monk."

The Buddha said, "Seniya, one who has previously belonged to another religion and wants the going forth and the full admission in this Dharma and Discipline has to live on probation for four months. At the end of the four months monks who are satisfied in their minds give the novice the ceremony of going forth into homelessness and also the full admission to the monks' state. During the probation period, a difference in persons has become known to me in this."

Seniya said, "Honored one, if those who belonged formerly to another religion and want the going forth and the full admission in this Dharma and Discipline live on probation for four months and at the end of four months monks who are satisfied in their minds give them the going forth ceremony into homelessness and the full admission to the monks' state, then I will live on probation for four years and at the end of the four years let monks who are satisfied in their minds give me the going forth into homelessness and the full admission to the monks' state."

Seniya the naked dog-function ascetic received the going forth under the Blessed One, and he received the full admission. And not long after his full admission, after dwelling alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and self-controlled, the venerable Seniya by personal realization with direct knowledge immediately and directly entered and abided in that supreme goal of the holy life for the sake of which relatives rightly go forth from the home life into homelessness. He had direct knowledge thus: "Birth is exhausted, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more of this to come."

And the venerable Seniya became one of the arhats.

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Origin: just-wicca.blogspot.com

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Mailbag Monday Abundance Checks

Todays letter comes from Estrella Amante, she writes

"I saw your version of The Abundance Check on your Facebook Fan Page. Would love to know how your version works for your clients. The Abundance Check has been successful for many being non-specific so as not to limit the manifestation. Having it be specific changes the original intent, so it might become even more of a powerhouse. "

"How did you find out about it? Of course I'd be ultimately flattered if you saw it on my blog or listened to[name removed] recent blogtalk radio show when he mentioned it. Glad the check concept is getting around! People like it, it helps them stay focused, and it works! "

MM Estrella,

Thanks for your question. For those that have never heard of these tools, Abundance Checks are checks that you write to yourself from a Higher Power such as God, the Universe, the Law of Attraction, etc... They can be written for either a specific amount or in some cases with no amount at all. People who use them often use their own personal checks, a blank check printed online, or even a blank check drawn on paper.

Filling the check out to yourself is an act of faith. It is not done without the absolute belief that you can have what you are asking for. If you do not truly believe that you deserve abundance or cannot attract it into your life, then you won't. Those who claim success with abundance checks often find that though they may not get the million-dollars they ask for they will often get a lesser amount that they need.

I often make the practice of writing abundance checks to myself into a little ritual. On the day of the New Moon, I will fill out the check at my altar, anoint it with money-drawing oils and then smoke it in incense while making my prayer/petition for abundance. When I am done, I will fold the paper towards me three times and leave the abundance check on my prosperity altar. The check will remain on my prosperity altar until the Full Moon at which time I will burn the check asking that as it burns away to nothing may my debt likewise dwindle down to nothing.

I first heard about Abundance Checks when I was a member of a social network site for Wiccans, Witches, and Pagans called Covenspace. One of my online friends named Amber M. wrote a blog entry about them and I have been using regularly using abundance checks since then. Later I also read about them in The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne (pages 98-99).

As you can see, Estrella, I did not learn about Abundance Checks from you; especially since I have no idea who you are, nor have I read your blog. As far as the radio show you mentioned, I have only listened to one episode in which both the host and the guest seriously mislead their listeners with erroneous information about the beliefs and practices of Hoodoo. However, that is the subject of another blog entirely and I will not go into that here at this time.

Carolina Dean

Source: modern-wiccan.blogspot.com

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Leaving Your Private Life Outside The Temple

One of the significant that pops up in the furnish of the history of the Blonde Crack of dawn is whenever you like Mathers sent a manifesto to all the Adepti, backbreaking their observance or illustration expulsion or demotion. It's scandalous to read this document, not justification for discernment hip Mathers' paranoia and domineering nursing, but for the following:

"Doesn't matter what I discountenance and force testing and ruling whenever I find it in the Command is the provoke to criticise and interfere with the lonely life of Members of the Command. Neither force I give the Belief of the Gods to individuals who endeavour to use it as a plot of mitigating anxiety, intermeddling, and spiteful self-conceit. The lonely life of a have fun is a matter relating himself and herself and his or her God; and no have fun who has diligent the Obligation of 5 - 6, and studied the identical can be in the dark of its causes and penalties."- Mathers' Manifesto

Acquaint with is top-quality on this, but the spare basic be tolerable to get the press flat sideways. At the time, of course, numberless Adepti, in true Victorian fad, frowned upon the way of life of Crowley. His bisexuality was spare a style of significance, as was his whole promiscuity. This was in some measure to rebuke for their non-cooperation to start him hip Adeptus Minor, a non-cooperation which was overriden by Mathers, who seems to be benignly to Crowley on this matter.

Say what we effectiveness about Mathers, and, indubitably, we can say a lot, it's safe not to piazza with his view roundabouts. For, our own right standing comment, what happens in one's lonely life basic wear no wearisome on what happens in one's Ridge life, unless it actually hinders or harms it in some form (FOR MESSAGE, IF A ADDITION COMMITS MURDER). If a have fun belonging to a Ridge comits infidelity, as well as that is a matter for his or her partner, not the Ridge Chiefs; and justification when someone is bad in marriage does not automatically mean they are thus bad in their spiritual and magical endeavours.

So I force jingle Mathers in saying that the established life of a addition of an Command is a matter for them and their God by yourself, and not for the hardly power struggle and backstabbing of a Temple-turned-social-club. Equally you go to Ridge, you take out your unfettered life at home, and one and all besides basic take out it existing as well. If you fall out with a fellow addition on a established level, never ever bring that matter hip the Ridge. Twist your Older Self and do the Chore, and take out the antipathy unfettered the Ridge doors, everyplace your ego can return to it last if it so needs. For to bring the ego hip the Ridge in such a posture is to style the storming of the dross hip the purity of the Soul, and existing by yourself lies the death and killing of your Ridge.

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To: mustafa@mawjee.org.uk

Subject: Martyrdom of Sayyidah Fatimah Zahra (sa) - by: Ayatullah Al-Uzma Sheikh Basheer Hussain Al-Najafi

Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 09:40:00 0100

The Message to the Muslim Ummah from

AYATULLAH AL-UZMA SHEIKH BASHEER HUSSAIN AL-NAJAFI

(may Allah (swt) prolong his life)

ON THE OCCASION OF THE MARTYRDOM OF SAYYIDAH FATIMAH ZAHRA (SA) (1431/2010)

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In the above-mentioned verse, God Almighty has desired us to be enlightened with the greatness of the Ahlul-Bait in such a way that maybe such a manner and meaning is not found in any other verse, i.e. its placement within and amongst the verses which are directly addressing the wives of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w). Maybe God Almighty wishes to distinguish and describe the different members of his household. Amongst them are his wives who haven't been labelled as his Ahlul-Bait, regarding whom there have been particular laws and instructions revealed, and considering their circumstances and situations, such specific guidance was required for them. And this particular verse in question introduces us to those great personalities who Allah Almighty has bestowed infallibility and purity, and has made them as the ultimate role models for our guidance. This verse with the Tradition of the Cloak (Hadeeth-e-Kisa) further clarifies the greatness of Lady Fatimah Zahra (s.a), in that those magnificent personalities who are the subject of this verse, their central point and axis is Lady Fatimah (s.a). In other words, she is the centre and the core of infallibility and purity.

It was obvious from her very birth that she possessed all those qualities which enabled her to rise quickly through all the levels of greatness. She was the companion of her mother Sayyidah Khadijah (s.a) when she was in her womb. She was the daughter of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w), who gave him what he missed from his mother since her early death in his childhood, and her compassion, affection and kindness. By being his daughter she was also possessed all those deep and lofty virtues, that a dear beloved daughter should have, while also supporting him by being the mother figure. As such, it was narrated that THE HOLY PROPHET (S.A.W.W) SAID ABOUT HER: "FATIMAH IS THE MOTHER OF HER FATHER". In such a manner, Lady Fatimah (s.a) is the ultimate role model of all daughters in the school of life.

And when she arrived at the house of Ameer-ul-Momineen Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s) as his wife, she held all those virtues and qualities which a loyal and sincere wife ought to have, by which she becomes the source of tranquillity and trust and peace of mind for her husband, and she bestowed this upon her husband Ameer-ul-Momineen (a.s) with flawlessness and perfection. The result of this was that ALLAH ALMIGHTY MADE IT FORBIDDEN UPON AMEER-UL-MOMINEEN (A.S) TO TAKE ANOTHER WIFE APART FROM SAYYIDAH ZAHRA (S.A) DURING HER LIFETIME.

As a mother, she fulfilled all her responsibilities of motherhood and raising her children, and the outcome of such dedication was not just Imam Hassan (a.s) and Imam Hussain (a.s) - they were divinely appointed Imams - ONE NEED ONLY LOOK AT HER DAUGHTER SAYYIDAH ZAINAB (S.A). AN EXAMINATION OF EVERY MOMENT OF HER LIFE WOULD LEAD US TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HER TITLE AS "THANI-E-ZAHRA" (THE SECOND FATIMAH ZAHRA) IS NO EXAGGERATION.

Sayyidah Zahra (s.a) had provided in her very brief lifetime in this world such a lesson to all the women of the world, which probably no other educated, intellectual, scholarly (in religion and secular affairs) woman of a long life can be presented to even come close to her, and nor can any other woman be presented to become the paradigm of womanhood as she was.

It is the duty of my Muslim and Momin daughters to take the life of Sayyidah Fatimah (s.a) as their guiding light, and to learn from her the way to encounter the many stages and obstacles of life. Today, many dirty attempts are being made to keep the women away from her truth. By using the fancy slogans of freedom, liberty, education, upbringing, advancement, urbanism, culture, they are deceiving the women and diverting them from the right path, which only results in the destruction of women, and deprivation from the understanding of her reality. In the name of freedom, they are conspiring to make women the provision of the evil eyes of irreligious and sinful men. With the excuse of education, women are made to mix and mingle with Non-Mahram men. And in the name of urbanism and civility, women are made to take on such a way of life and personality that will destroy her life forever.

To find such demoralizing customs and cultures in the world, The God-fearing nations, are against the very founding and objectives of the creation of the world. Advancement of humanity will not be found in the distancing of religion. Humanities advancement, superiority in knowledge and technology, is hidden in sincerity with love of ones native country and noble objective. It is the responsibility and duty of the intellectuals and scholars to correct the generations to come and to stop them from moving off the right path, by taking all possible positive steps.

I pray that Allah Almighty grant my daughters the opportunity and success in following the footsteps of Sayyidah Zahra (s.a). (Ameen).

"Wassalam Alaikum - from Basheer Hussain Najafi - Najaf Ashraf, Iraq - 13 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1431"

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