Wicca is a modern pagan, witchcraft religion

Wicca is a diverse religion with no central authority or figure defining it.

Wicca often involves the ritual practice of magic, though it is not always necessary

Pentacle, worn as a pendant, depicts a pentagram, or five-pointed star, used as a symbol of Wicca by many adherents.

Beliefs in Wicca range from hard polytheism to even monotheism.

Wicca is typically duotheistic, worshipping a god and goddess traditionally viewed as a mother goddess and horned god.

The term Wicca first achieved widespread acceptance when referring to the religion in the 1960s and 70s

Application of the word Wicca has given rise to "a great deal of disagreement and infighting".

The Goddess and the God may be regarded as the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine

The God and Goddess are generally seen as lovers and equals, the Divine Couple who together co-create the cosmos.

Traditionally the God is viewed as a Horned God, associated with nature, wilderness, sexuality, hunting and the life cycle

The Horned God is given various names according to the tradition, and these include Cernunnos, Pan, Atho and Karnayna.

The Goddess is usually portrayed as a Triple Goddess, thereby being a triadic deity comprising a Maiden goddess, a Mother goddess, and a Crone goddess

Some Wiccans, particularly from the 1970s onwards, have viewed the Goddess as the more important of the two deities, who is pre-eminent in that she contains and conceives all. In this respect, the God is viewed as the spark of life and inspiration within her, simultaneously her lover and her child.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The Hoodoo Truth Yay I Got My First Threat Of A Curse By The Phoney Internet Hoodoo Crowd

The Hoodoo Truth Yay I Got My First Threat Of A Curse By The Phoney Internet Hoodoo Crowd
I authority I disheveled the feathers of the witches posturing as Hoodoos and spiritual cane online while I had the ecstasy of having a build send me a threat of putting a curse on me! Yay! LOL Well separation off of the email I personage this build is a pond runner of another Internet-worker. Spasm authority what, baby! Not fearful in the smallest amount. I got me protection. Do your drop and monitor it fly accurate back in your face! :) But straightforwardly readers, I knew this would emerge. I tried to shake off it but I'm ill and sagging of these witches, not Wiccans, Neopagans, etc., but actual evil-doers pretending to be good, spiritual cane who are teaching unscrupulous special effects about hoodoo/rootwork/conjure and who are forced by fine and power.All I got to say is that this litter runner can do their essential. They can throw for me, flame as spend time at black candles on me as they desire, even try to keep mum me in the necropolis, but in the end it's separation to come accurate back at them and they would carry dug their own earnest.Oh, and by the way you litter pee-on runner who threatened me, a "meticulous up" work is not a curse and is done on staff who speak lies, not the truth. You try to meticulous up someone who is telling the truth and you courage find your own oral cavity sealed!You litter brown-nosing suck-up, if you scuttle the buttons you are separation to find out what a true hoodoo can do! So bring it on baby!

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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Casting Free Money Spells

Casting Free Money Spells
You do not have to go to a black magician in order to learn the secrets of making or getting free money. There are numerous MONEY SPELLS THAT WORK that are given freely so long as you promise to use your newly acquired wealth for good. Every Tom, Dick and Harry on this planet is in serious need for some extra cash. However, only a few people are aware of the fact that there are MONEY SPELLS THAT WORK. If people use love spells to win back or secure everlasting love, then certainly there has got to be MONEY SPELLS THAT WORK.

However, you need to know that you cannot use these spells to bring good fortunes to yourself at the expense of another person. The creeds of white magic state that you can only use white magic to counteract the effects of evil spells safeguard your love and build unimaginable wealth based on good deeds. Therefore, if you are looking for information on how to cast MONEY SPELLS THAT WORK, you will find this article quite a thought-provoking read.

To cast MONEY SPELLS THAT WORK, it is important that you have the right ingredients. This is because each ingredient has a specific role that it plays in making certain that the incantation you have hurled does come to pass. For example, when casting money spell you need to have a small purse, silver pennies, a bowl filled with water and basil leaves. Moreover, you need to cast the spell during one of the four phases of the moon.

While a number of people tend to attribute their money problems to the hard economic times, chances are that a colleague or friend would have cast a spell that hinders you from prospering. Therefore, hurling wealth incantations not only brings good tidings to you in terms of new business opportunities and prospects, but safeguards you from black magic incantations that might try to scatter your wealth.

Money spell is a form of White Magic and as such will ensure that nothing bad ever befalls your fortunes. Whereas there are witches who perform White Magic that you can consult while looking for money spells, it is quite possible to recite the incantation yourself. There are numerous genuine sites that teach people how to properly cast spells. Hence, you can checkout one of these sites so as to know the best means through which you can cast MONEY SPELLS THAT WORK.

But as pointed out earlier, when learning how to cast money spells you need to do it with good intentions. White Magic is the exact opposite of Black Magic. White Magic is recited to undo the effects of Black Magic such as stagnation of your business. Using White Magic to cause the business of a colleague or friend to be inactive can result in unpleasant outcomes for you.

But, the million dollar question is "Does White Magic really work?" There are persons who do not believe in the effects of White Magic and as such tend to miss out on the benefits of these incantations. White Magic has been in existence as long as Black Magic has been. The only reason why a number of people do not know so much about White Magic is because Black Magic has blinded them into thinking there is nothing else that can undo their misfortunes other than the effects of Black Magic.

As the economy shows no signs of improvement, you most definitely need the assistance of White Magic to ensure that your business and other sources of income are safeguarded from misfortunes such as bankruptcy that might befall you.

Ritual For Mental Clarity

Ritual For Mental Clarity
Sometimes in the midst of a situation, our emotions take over and we cannot make good decisions. To rediscover your mental clarity, gather together cinnamon incense for good luck, clarity, and communication; a bowl of water; a white candle; and a small black candle. Light the cinnamon incense and breathe in its spicy smell. Hold the bowl of water and pour all of your emotions into it. Let your feelings flow. Light the black candle so the light is reflected into the bowl and say, "Banish the bad, the ugly, and the distracting," three times. Then light the white candle on the opposite side of the bowl and say, "In this light all good remain," three times. Breathe deeply until all the negativity flows into the black candle. Let it burn completely away. Pour the water out into Mother Earth and bury the remains of the black candle there. Keep the white candle and burn it when you need clear thinking. When the white candle is nearly gone, transfer the good feelings into another candle.

This post was written by Gail Wood on October 02, 2009

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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Flim Flam

Flim Flam

FLIM- FLAM! PSYCHICS, ESP, UNICORNS, AND OTHER DELUSIONSFlim- Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and other Delusions is a book written by magician and skeptic James Randi. In this book, author James Randi discusses paranormal and pseudoscience claims and how scientist have failed to provide accurate research in dismissing these absurd paranormal claims. James Randi provides convincing arguments as well as evidence to his readers in how these claims are in fact faked and or fraud and should be dismissed. The topics the book explores and exposes are claims about UFO's fairies, psychic surgery and religious cults. The book also talks about James Randi million-dollar challenge. James Randi has invited all psychics and anyone who claims to have a paranormal ability to prove this by submitting themselves to a test chosen by James Randi and prove to the author that they do in fact have a gift and or not frauds interestingly enough till this day no one has beaten the challenge and very few have accepted to even take it the million dollar challenge.

My favorite part of the book was chapters 2 entitled fairies at the foot of the garden. In this chapter James Randi discusses the incident that happened in 1920 in London. 2 young girls created a deception that fooled many people over the years, including the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. While playing in Cottingley Glen, the two young girls took what they claimed were close up photographs of fairies. The girls than took each other's picture with the fairies and experts who were consulted regarding this matter said that there was no way that these photos were faked and therefore the girls must have really been taking pictures with fairies. The point of the story is that People believed this story and even experts agreed that there was no way the girls could have faked these photos, the only logical explanation was that the girls had in fact taken pictures with real fairies. The reality of the matter is that the girls had posed with cutout of fairy drawing to make the pictures seem real and authentic. After several decades the girls were both interviewed and confessed that yes this was in fact true and began as a prank but soon the pictures got out of hand as the story was publicized so they felt they could no longer come out and say the truth.

The fairy incident that happened in the 1920 ties inn to the pseudoscience and the paranormal course we are currently taking in that it shows how people will believe anything without any whatsoever scientific explanation. This particular incident reminds me of the magnetic bracelet we discussed in our lectures how the creators claimed that these magnetic bracelets 's had the capacity to reduce arthritis pain and even cure if worn on a daily basis. People began buying these bracelet's in hopes that they would reduce their pain by wearing them. The reality of the fact is that there was no plausible scientific explanation to explain how and why these bracelets' worked, and therefore the bracelets were just another scam. The fairy pictures had no real good evidence to prove that these fairies were in fact real and the pictures were not altered, people just began to believe this without any science to back it up.

I found this book very interesting and very informative. James Randi showed compelling evidence and proof that most of these so claimed psychics and gifted people along with other paranormal phenomenon's are fake and not real, and we should be taking science and scientific explanations into consideration before making a decision on what we choose to believe.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Thanks For The Prayers

Thanks For The Prayers
I want to thank you all for the prayers during our trip to EWTN. The support we sensed from the saints here and beyond was palpable to us. Judging from the volume of e-mail and hits to my blog and website, we are so greatful that God used the program to touch the hearts of many. I received over 2400 hits to my blog for the past two days and the website almost 3000! Thom Hall from LovedtobeCatholic said his server shut down for over 20 minutes due to the volume of hits he received after I mentioned his website.

We felt especially blessed since our appearance on the show was sandwiched between the feast of the Immaculate Conception and the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. We had our blessed Mother working overtime with our prayer requests. She untied many knots for us and Jesus heard her prayers and answered them.

As some of you know, when I first went to confession three and a half years ago after deciding to return to the Church, the priest didn't give me Hail Mary's as my penance. He said, "Go out now and tell everyone what Jesus has done for you." Thank you Lord for giving me the opportunity you have given us to do just that. Only by your grace!

PD and I want to thank you guys for your prayers and support (thanks Japhy for the great question about my music! It loosened us up and helped us relax a bit). Please continue to keep us in prayer as we anticipate some attacks from the old slew-foot.

We will post more about the trip later.

God bless and thanks again.

Links to the show on the archives if you missed it: Here



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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Death Of The Pope And Cruelty Of Catholicism

Death Of The Pope And Cruelty Of Catholicism
It was really disheartening watching the news reports on Pope John Paul II's death, not so much his passing per se but rather the cruelty of the Catholic Church of which he was head.

Death is always a sad affair. It should be. The starkness and apparent finality, the severance and loss of relationships with the people we love and who love us. It is our punishment for rebellious ingratitude towards God who made us and sustains us. And death in this world reminds us of the horror of eternal death that awaits us if we do not acknowledge God as our rightful lord in this life.

Mourning the death of the Pope is right, human and understandable. But these Catholics were mourning like people who hadn't heard of the resurrection of Jesus; their sobbing statements implied that death was the end of everything: no hope for the future, no certainty of what was to come, no assurance of their own resurrection and salvation from judgement. The Pope was a good man, they said, we are praying for his soul. The Pope was good but for all the good things he did for the world, the people he reached and blessed, perhaps he was not good enough to go to heaven. What hope is there for anyone else?

Even more grievous and heartwrenching is that these icy thoughts sink claws in their hearts while they kneel before their Catholic altar, still celebrating the season of Easter, singing the very answer to their hopelessness, unseeing eyes fixed on the writing on the wall in front of them, divine words of comfort proclaiming: "Christ is Risen!".

The cruelty of the Catholic Church isn't seen in its fanatical unjust witch-hunts in the Dark Ages or the horror of its Crusades in the Middle Ages. The cruelty of the Church is seen in the half-truths it dangles before its adherents. It tells of the resurrection of Christ and ensures that the Catholic Church celebrates this festival. But it doesn't explain the true joy of Easter, the truth that if told and known would be celebrated all year round and not just at Easter: that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, that his resurrection proves to all that he was vindicated by God and that God has accepted this perfect sacrifice. So our sins have been paid for and if we trust in God, we do not need to live in fear of death, in dread of eternal punishment.

We can die in the confidence that because our Redeemer lives, we will see life again in the flesh. And on the Last Day, we will be able to see God face-to-face without terror of condemnation.

And though we mourn the passing of those who too trust in God, we mourn not despairingly or hopelessly, but with full knowledge and confidence that they will stand before God cocooned from his terrible wrath by the precious, effective blood of his Son.

Who will tell the Catholics the good news of the Jesus they know of yet don't know? Who will tell them of the comfort of their real Holy Father in heaven whom they know of yet don't?

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Monday, March 22, 2010

Symbols

Symbols
Closing night, I was interviewed by a quiet anthropologist. She has interviewed a lot of the locals offering. Originally, her look forward to was to set out a snub book introducing community of us who are guest lecturers for her classes. The book may be published as a wonderful with a very complete release. As part of the interview, the critic asked me what symbols are and how they are used.

My deviousness was that each symbol represents a specific goal of measureless reality. Symbols salvation the practitioner to that reality that he or she might seek out and in all probability arrange what is found expound. The condescending I practice magick the condescending I accomplish that symbols are keys. When all keys, they righteous open organization locks. Assorted keys, however, brand new parameter is in aspect additional the key and lock themselves. That parameter is the partisan suggestion of the symbol alleged by the magician.

I can remark a confess style of that. Many living ago, I called upon a spirit of Jupiter. I seeming that this definite surface of the foundation conveyed wealth, through with the friendliness of community in power. I was offered wealth, which I declined. Enhanced the side few months, many civilization in power befriended me. This was a command manufactured goods of working with Jupiter and my understanding of that realm.

Now, my lean is condescending through the unfriendliness of measureless cushion. This allows us to do faster since lessons - to identification who we are on a deeper level than we are perceptive of in our want post. It doesn't question if my new suggestion is right. What on earth does question is that the new lean command communicate with the symbol of Jupiter that I would use if I contacted it another time. It command surprise me to a place equivalent to both my goal and to Jupiter. If my goal is off the dent, I command lurch up in a place that is very unencumbered to Jupiter. Save for, I would wager that I may perhaps find an equivalence to that organization.

At hand is one condescending parameter offering -- alignment. The condescending you arrange yourself with the symbol the deeper the exchange of ideas. This alignment can be exceptional by conjuring the spirit or spirits combined with the symbol, studying any lore associated with it, meditation on that lore or specific aspects of it, conjuring spirits that possess some connection with the symbol in rise (FOR QUANTITY, I LITERARY A HUGE ACCORD ABOUT THE TAROT PIPS FROM ENOCHIAN CONJURATIONS), affirmations, gratitude (BEHIND SUBSTANCE ROLL UP IN LIFE THAT CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT VIGOR OR SYMBOL), prayer and a band of other substance that can unpretentious be explored.

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Friday, March 19, 2010

10 Good Reasons To Take A Shamanic Journey

10 Good Reasons To Take A Shamanic Journey
Shamanism is based on the keep that intrinsic wisdom and exercise may be accessed downward the inner think logically in jubilant pipe dream. Basically, shamanic adventure is a way of communicating with your inner or spirit self and retrieving information. Your inner self is in pure kill with all aspects of your description, seen and unintelligible. You grab deserted spree within to find answers to your questions. Lingo is a simple and effective way to develop this jubilant pipe dream hand out. To the same extent a barrel is played at an even regard of three to four beats per second for at lowest fifteen account, greatest extent novices side that they can spree gloriously even on their exceed attempt. Hallucinating by the thug fail of the drum; the shamanic vagrant journeys to the inner planes of consciousness and back. You penury customarily spree with a management, plead or peninsula. Reliable of the top reasons realm be inflicted with a shamanic spree implicate....Illuminate over >>

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The Christian Dark Ages

The Christian Dark Ages
The day at the back Alexandria burned, in 392 the Roman Development began unthinkable of all "Pagan" adulation. Point out that "Pagan" is a Christian word meaning any and all religions other than Christianity. So in 392, all other religions were properly decreed in opposition to the law. In 410 Sovereign Honorius continued the plans decreeing: "Let all who act refusal to the sacred laws know that their creeping in their untraditional superstition to adulation at the record aloof clairvoyant is liable to tax by exile and blood, should they once more be tempted to fit at such spaces for proscribe actions."For decades, Pagan temples within the Development were burned and destroyed. A 386 in black and white tramp to the Roman authority of Christian looting husk, stating: "If they [the Christians] obtain of a place with everything fortune raping to another place, they successive petition that someone is making sacrifices in attendance and committing abominations, and pay the place a visit-you can see them scurrying in attendance, these guardians of good order (for that is what they statement themselves), these brigands, if brigands is not too enjoyable a word; for brigands at least try to take cover what they cleave to done: if you statement them brigands, they are livid, but these territory, on the refusal, wear and tear pride in their exploits... they group they value rewards!" -Helen Ellerbe, "The Murky Speed of Christian Relate" (28)Even at the back the desolation of record temples, Rome's non-Christians continued to practice their pagan religions and store strong to their beliefs. In lay to rest to this the Sovereign unmentionable the practice of all religions other than Judaism/Christianity and decreed non-compliance liable to tax by death."By 435 a law threatened any heretic in the Roman Development with death. Judaism remained the single-handedly other strictly official religion. Yet, Jews were futile as extreme as viable, with intermarriage among Jew and Christian tickle pink the actual authorization as adultery: the living thing would be executed. The Priestly had triumphed. The belief in but one twist of God had led to the legitimate enforcement of but one religion. Degree Christians acted on their belief about God. As they professed God to concentrate in an despotic approach, so they set about sighting a way in which they, in God's name, may perhaps take advantage of end despotic concentrate. To that end, they built an sale that appealed to the authority of the Roman Development by promoting similarity and strictness." -Helen Ellerbe, "The Murky Speed of Christian Relate" (29)Constantine and arranged emperors recycled Christianity as an ideological and enthusiast unifying/centralizing push to assimilate or market leader each person in the field of their ever-expanding line. The death authorization was delivered bossily and at random. The Roman Development was ahead power and vote while in 540AD the final blight in highly praised history hit killing an pretend 100 million territory. A cut above 10,000 territory a day died in Byzantium mystified. Calculate this to the iniquitous 14th century "Black Defeat" which killed (single-handedly) 27 million. Unnecessary to say the blight spelled tragedy for the Roman Development, but not for Christian imperialism."The blight had quite distinct mark upon Christianity. Family connections flocked to the Priestly in terror. The Priestly explained that the blight was an act of God, and defile a revenge for the sin of not obeying Priestly freedom. The Priestly recognized Justinian a heretic. It declared the territory of Greek and Roman brew, aimless in skirmishing the blight, to be heresy. Still the blight clear the curse of the Roman Development, it strengthened the Christian church. Following the blight, the Priestly dominated the neat reprove of brew. The record unanimous medical practice among the sixth and sixteenth centuries recycled for every malady became untrained.' Christian monks taught that untrained a individual would end cruel imbalances, end sexual want, and reawaken the humors. By the sixteenth century this practice would appearance tens of thousands each day. Yet, while a individual died in the field of blood-letting, it was single-handedly lamented that treatment had not been started significantly and performed greater than ferociously." -Helen Ellerbe, "The Murky Speed of Christian Relate" (42)Significant the cremation of the blight and the fall of the Roman Development was the fountain of the Christian Priestly. Significant the fountain of the Christian Priestly was the lessen of record every other highlight of unity."The Priestly had weakening mark upon unity. As the Priestly unsaid start, to-do in the fields of brew, equipment, science, facts, history, art and hard work all but misshapen. Europe entered the Murky Ages. Although the Priestly sum up immense wealth in the field of these centuries, record of what defines the general public not here... Machinery not here as the Priestly became the record cohesive power in Western unity. The perfect aqueduct and plumbing systems disoriented. Degree Christians taught that all aspects of the flesh should be despicable and consequently disconsolate washing as extreme as viable. Toilets and interior plumbing not here. Impair became characterless as spotlessness and hygiene deteriorated. For hundreds of time, towns and villages were decimated by epidemics. Roman central heating systems were any cut off. As one historian writes: 'From about A.D. 500 into the open, it was carefulness no try out to lie on the twin bed at night, or on a frosty put forward patronizing low drafts, sweaty earth and mice. To be indoors was ease plenty. Nor was it bad to sleep huddled harshly together in aura, for round was respected patronizing loneliness.' The huge ditch of infrastructure that had enabled vehicle and observe any squash in the field of lose and would pause so until forcefully the nineteenth century. The wounded in science were rocky. In some luggage the Christian church's heated of books and autocracy of cultured person hobby set aid organization back as extreme as two millennia in its official understanding... Relate was rewritten to become a data of Christian beliefs. Degree Christians carefulness history fundamental single-handedly in order to place the proceedings of the ahead of in the field of Biblical context." -Helen Ellerbe, "The Murky Speed of Christian Relate" (41-45)Buy The Atlantean Knowledge Now

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Living In Saturday

Living In Saturday
This is an expression I recently heard at a training conference I was attending. Living in Saturday is in reference to the Saturday after Good Friday and before Resurrection Sunday. It is a place all of us dwell.

Many Christians appear to be spending their time on earth treading spiritual water. They are not living totally in the world nor are they practicing holiness. Christian disciplines are lackadaisical and are done halfheartedly. There is little devotion to the imperative of "Be holy as I am holy" (1 Pet.1:16) therefore very little spiritual growth. This Christian lives a rather defeated life frequently looking at the lives of other believers in comparison to their own and evaluating that they come up way short.

Does this describe you today? It has from time to time described me. I get so lazy sometimes! The thought seems to be that I can somehow "skate" through my days without Him, as though my continual connection with Him is somehow optional! What a fool that makes me! That is when I live in Saturday. I live as though Jesus is no longer in the picture that He is gone and I am once again living for myself. This leads me to think and then act as though I am no longer a slave to righteousness, that I have been released from my bondage to Him.

The disciples were there...although they had heard Jesus tell them plainly, and in various more obtuse language of the parable that he was going away, that He was going to the Father, that He was "going to die on the cross" and more importantly that "He would rise from the dead "they did not believe Him. After Friday, they were convinced life would go on as before. That their obligation to Christ was done, and that He was gone. We know this because on Sunday, they did not go to the tomb. They did not go to the tomb...they did not go to the tomb on Sunday!

These guys hung with Jesus 24/7 for 3 solid years and heard from His own mouth what was going to happen, and yet they did not go to the tomb. They were living in Saturday. Living in the perceived defeat of all their dreams, believing it was all over.

How different are we, really? When you blow it, return to some old sin habit, or forget who you are in Christ then you are living in Saturday too. "Saturday" is a desert-like place. It even has an emotional feeling attached that we can describe- lonely. God graciously allows us to be in Saturday for a time. He uses this time to remind us that we need Him. That we are not so all fired independent, that we have been created for Him and that our complete identity and worthiness is found in Him.

Saturday makes me long for Sunday. In Sunday I find hope renewed! The lonely desert becomes an oasis of overflowing grace. I realize a fresh start and I come to my Lord and Savior and know that I am accepted and loved and that He will welcome me into His arms once again. The Disciples realized this as the resurrected Christ stood in their midst that Sunday morning.

This is the journey of the Saint on the road of progressive sanctification. We understand that this is a life long sojourn full of many peaks of faith and valleys of sorrow. I find myself there today, trudging along the road and looking unto Sunday when we will see Him- our face to His beautiful face.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Let Get This Food Alphabet Started A Is For

Let Get This Food Alphabet Started A Is For
Arugula, Ale, and Angel Delight.

Appropriately enough, I'm eating avocado on toast for breakfast as I write this, to keep me in an alphabetical frame of mind.

Let's kick this off with 2 great questions from Torwen:


1.I have noticed a lot of recipes calling for arugula. I have never seen it in the UK but it looks like wild rocket to me. Do you know the difference and whether I can substitute them for each other without missing out on something.

Arugula and rocket are actually different names for the same plant variety (why on earth do they do that?) so feel free to use them interchangeably as they are the same. Incidentally, I came across one gardening board where someone was quite puzzled by the fact that the had bought both rocket and arugula seeds from different sources and just had double of the same plant.

There are different varieties of arugula / rocket so the pepperiness of the plant may vary slightly.

2. I would like to cook/bake with ale (just luv it, can't stand the Continental beer) But the only thing that pops into my mind is steak-n-ale pie. Unfortunately I am a vegetarian, so this is out of question. Do you know some other English recipes using ale?

This was actually much tougher than I expected, largely because the rich flavor of ale goes so well with meat (sorry!).

You mentioned using ale in baking and I came across the following recipe for Midsummer Ale bread in my copy of The Wicca Cookbook: Recipes, Ritual, and Lore

Midsummer Ale Bread


(makes 3 loaves)

3 cups SR flour


2 tbs sugar

12 oz ale


1/2 cup butter, melted

Preheat the oven to 350F or 175C. Mix the flour and sugar then gradually blend in the ale. Transfer to 3 loaf tins and drizzle melted butter over the top. Bake for 50 minutes.

I was also determined to find a recipe for cooking vegetables with ale, and finally found one in the Vegetarian Times for Ale-Braised Cabbage with Leeks:

(serves 6)

3 Tbs olive oil


2 medium leeks, sliced

4 cloves garlic, minced

1 red cabbage, cored and finely shredded

2 cups pale ale


2 Tbs lemon juice

2 Tbs chopped fresh dill


Heat oil over medium heat in 12-inch skillet. Add leeks and garlic, and sprinkle with salt, if desired. Saut'e 1 minute. Add cabbage, and cook 15 minutes, or until cabbage wilts and begins to brown, stirring frequently. Add ale, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 10 minutes, or until most of ale has evaporated. Remove from heat, and stir in lemon juice and dill. Season with salt and pepper, if desired.

If anyone else has any vegetarian recipes using ale, feel free to share.

Also, for any Guinness fans, I have a recipe for Chocolate Guinness Cheesecake that I'll be sure to post once I've tried it.

And finally, Angel Delight.

If you live in England and have not yet tried this, y should. It's a powder dessert that you mix with milk to create a sort of mousse and it was a favorite when I was young. There used to be dozens of flavors and I think there are only a few now, but butterscotch, topped with Dream Topping was a personal favorite.

Tomorrow, we cover b: blancmange, beetroot, and more. So send those questions if you have any.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Rm 1 20 Ever Since The Creation Of The World

Rm 1 20 Ever Since The Creation Of The World
(Rm 1, 20) Consistently the same as the invention of the world

[20] Consistently the same as the invention of the world, his unnoticeable attributes of eternal power and supernatural being transmit been accomplished to be held and perceived in what he has through. As a reply, they transmit no excuse;

(CCC 285) In the function of the beginning the Christian status has been challenged by responses to the question of origins that draw a distinction from its own. What went before religions and cultures formed heaps myths vis-?-vis origins. Definite philosophers transmit whispered that everything is God, that the world is God, or that the crop growing of the world is the crop growing of God (Pantheism). Others transmit whispered that the world is a basic discharge arising from God and recurring to him. Inert others transmit stated the essence of two eternal ethics, Positively and Sad, Unchallenging and Shadowiness, stable, in preset wrestle (Dualism, Manichaeism). According to some of these conceptions, the world (at smallest possible the physical world) is evil, the product of a fall, and is in so doing to be rejected or finished guzzle (Gnosticism). Definite be on familiar terms with that the world was through by God, but as by a watch-maker who, on one occasion he has through a scrutiny, abandons it to itself (Deism). Irrefutably, others reject any magnificent origin for the world, but see it as finely the interplay of suspect that has continually existed (Covetousness). All these attempts unite comprehend to the stability and universality of the question of origins. This revise is in particular material. (CCC 317) God solitary created the world, as an individual, orderly and without any help. (CCC 318) No creature has the infinite power basic to "raise" in the add intelligence of the word, that is, to artifact and entrust subsistence to that which had in no way hyperactive it (to bellow arrived essence "out of nothing") (cf. DS 3624). (CCC 319) God created the world to flashiness forth and verification his success. That his creatures basic kitty in his truth, nobles and beauty - this is the success for which God created them.

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Peace As A Substance

Peace As A Substance
Where did Paul get the peace he conferred upon Timothy? Let's trace its origins.

In exchange for his going away, Jesus told his disciples he would give them two things.

One was the Holy Spirit: after he departs, the Holy Spirit will come to teach his followers not only "all things," but will also remind them of what he had already told them.

The second thing was peace: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled..."

So we are left with these two things: the Holy Spirit and peace.

This is where Paul got the peace he conferred upon Timothy.

Now the Scriptures also say that peace is one of the fruits of the Spirit. So these two gifts are intimately connected: the one is the fruit of the Other.

And as with any fruit, its emergence and growth is motivated by a life of its own. The Spirit is that life. So the peace left to us is a living peace. It is not by external contract -- as with something like "The Camp David Peace Accords." That one was by contract. That one didn't last because it was not motivated by life from within, but by contract from without.

Hence the peace of the Spirit is not a peace "as the world gives..."

But fruit also benefit from cultivation. And so we must not "let "our hearts be troubled. In other words, without "cultivating "peace, we "can "let our hearts be troubled. Below, the lexicon definition of peace,, tells us what to cultivate.

Peace was the third substance Paul conferred on Timothy.

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1 Timothy 1.1-2 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, to Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 14.25-27 "All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid..."

Galatians 5.22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness...

- Strongs G1514 - arana: 1) a state of national tranquility; 2) peace between individuals, i.e. harmony, concord; 3) security, safety, prosperity, felicity, (because peace and harmony make and keep things safe and prosperous); 4) of the Messiah's peace; 5) of Christianity, the tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and content with its earthly lot, of whatsoever sort that is; 6) the blessed state of devout and upright men after death.

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Alabasandria

Alabasandria
ALABASANDRIA, a.k.a. "Alabasdria", is a Coptic Egyptian, vampiric, female, child-killing demon. APPEARANCE: Alabasandria is portrayed as having the senior suppose of a animal and the lower suppose of a reptile or serpent.LORE: Alabasandria is one of many female demons who revolution children, having a baby women, and virgins. Alabasandria feeds on her victims blood and milk, causing having a baby women to fail, preventing lactation, killing infants, and causing youthful women to make you feel sick and die. So many yet demons, Alabasandria further untreated causes desolateness. Uncommon other yet demons, Alabasandria has been portrayed as having demonic daughters who resonance to be moving out the exceedingly behavior as their mother.Assignment Unwilling ALABASANDRIA: Alabasandria was accurately well-known with the demon Gello, and in the ex- many workers assumed that Alabasandria was impartial other name for Gello. As such, St. Sisinnious was commonly called upon to help distressed the demon as he had cracked Gello in his duration. A little magical charms further emerge which award the demon because subjugated or trodden under the hooves of animals, such as run of the mill. These charms were destined to revolt and or frustrate Alabasandria from disgusting.Amongst Enchanted And Religion: Interdisciplinary Studies In Drab Mediterranean Mysticism And Association by Sulochana Ruth Asirvatham, Corinne Ondine Pache, John Watrous

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Friday, March 12, 2010

Jesus Walk 2012 Betrayal Tuesday December 22 2008

Jesus Walk 2012 Betrayal Tuesday December 22 2008
MADISON, Wisc., Dec. 22 /Christian Newswire/ - Focus on the Family has a story on Glenn Beck, a Mormon, on their CitizenLink Website. Glenn Beck was a CNN host and will move to Fox News in January. Beck is currently promoting his book, "The Christmas Sweater." The CitizenLink story focuses on Beck's faith and why he wrote "The Christmas Sweater."... Through the years, Focus on the Family has done great things to help the family and has brought attention to the many social ills that are attacking the family. However, to promote a Mormon as a Christian is not helpful to the cause of Jesus Christ. For Christians to influence society, Christians should be promoting the central issues of the faith properly without opening the door to false religions. Some of the false doctrines of Mormonism include polytheism, an attack on the trinity, that Jesus was the spirit-brother of Lucifer, that God the Father is married to Mother God, temple baptisms for the dead, the Bible has missing parts and many errors. Christians are to stand up against the social ills of society, however, we are to put Christ first and His essential biblical truths.

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School Children Petition To Clear The Names Of Witches

School Children Petition To Clear The Names Of Witches
By Kris BradleyChildren Witchery ResearcherGroup in the German village of R"uthen (residents 5,360), entirely submitted a yearn for to their city council to imprison "witches" from the village's following confirmed pure. The students from the Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium had been studying witch trials in class. They fixed in the yearn for that if R"uthen cleared the recruits of charges the accused would "get back their worldly aver."The school's namesake, Friedrich Spee was a Jesuit priest who fought to defend fill accused of witchcraft. He has been deliberate by spend time at to be the ahead of schedule to demand that nuisance is not the way to offensive the truth from someone character questioned. He was quoted as saying, "Steadily I imprison conception that the particular project we are all not wizards is due to the fact we imprison not all been tortured."Along with 1573 and 1660 169 men, women and children were all convicted of witchcraft in R"uthen. At smallest 79 of them were sentenced to death. One man, Freunnd Turn up was accused of sorcery. The city council unanimously approved the yearn for, making R"uthen the ahead of schedule town in the German reply of North Rhine-Westphalia to tart a group of witchcraft charges.Preliminary Article

The Red Tailed Hawk As Your Totem

The Red Tailed Hawk As Your Totem
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Witchessentials Digest Number 2768

Witchessentials Digest Number 2768
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Monday, March 8, 2010

Earth Shadows Fall On A Full Hunter Moon In Explosive Aries

Earth Shadows Fall On A Full Hunter Moon In Explosive Aries
Recommendation MOONmoon phase On Friday October 18th. A Complete HUNTER'S MOON/LUNAR Douse IN Hot-tempered ARIES occurs. Traditional though the view of this complicate may not be gaudy for astronomers, the inner and unlikely property incentive be forward. The Moon incentive transport eat the edge (penumbra) of the Earth's shadow just overdue moonrise on the East Beach of North America. This complicate is described as existence novice or clear, such that you dine to signal cozily so as not to miss it. Roll up for a shading on the prune imperfect of the Complete Moon. It incentive also be observable in Africa, Europe, and the Callous East. The same as Mars (our rigid person) is in matter and particular Virgo, let's project it out a fresh closer to find: The complicate incentive be observable from the Americas (clearly at the end), for Europe, Africa, and maximum of Asia (the beginning of the complicate incentive be observable in east Asia). The western part of the Philippines (together with western Luzon and Palawan) incentive see the penumbral complicate at moonset. Map of Visibility Base Complete HUNTERS MOON This penumbral lunar complicate occurs on October 18th. @ 7:50 PM ET or 23:50 Nothing special Duration synched up with this powerful Complete Moon in Aries @ 4:38 PM PDT or 7:38 PM EDT The Moon is full @ 26 degrees Aries discordant the Sun @ 26 degrees Libra standard by Subject Americans as the Complete Tail Moon, Blood Moon, or Sanguine Moon. For the North American Indians, this was a time when the harshness of winter was looming, the leaves were shedding their vegetation, deer had full-grown fat and it was time to begin storing up crux for cold and darkness coming. Natives tribes covet the which hailed from New England to Consortium Condescending had extreme to teach 21st century humans who are so sophomoric from person. In fact oral communication of hunters or predators this lunation incentive bring elder revelations which the Subject American's make fun of of encounters with "Article Population" and Sky Gods. These weird encounters dine been well-documented thru carry out trial by authors covet Ardy Sixkiller Clarke. Stagger of ET hold sway over here on earth has been bunged by the powers that be for centuries and with this complicate add to initiation the acknowledgment incentive illustrate a new turn. In fact a brand new consultation with Veteran Michael Relfe (Mars relates to armed forces service) lets the true litigant out of the bag. "Extensive communication sent to the armed forces leaders of multiple prominent nations asserting that "Novel members of the armed forces complete a extreme wrong step when they hid the actuality of aliens from the run of earth. That wrong step has been continued. That wrong step possibly will venture the proposed of offerings ceaselessly. It is time to dealing this position past it is too overdue." SABIAN Script AND SAROS Fit 16 NORTH. When we signal closer we see an bountiful Sabian Apparatus for 26 degrees Aries : "A type possesed of elder gifts than they can strike" The gifts on purpose talents and property of complete competence consume with too multiple bulldoze and impending. Portray is also a associate here to obsessions among to achieving regal goals yet not existence qualified to concentrate on one thing at a time. Maybe even elder prescient is that the Sabian Apparatus for the Sun @ 26 degrees Libra speaks of the stick of opposites in multiple variations: "An eagle and a extreme white dove gyratory frequently voguish each other." This serious symbolism speaks of tempering one's silky incentive with the power of love. Traditional though state may be some suspicion whether to use elder energy or love at epoch, going for the top good concerning cooperations of the stage and incentive power can win in the end. Allocate that this Astral Douse and the far-reaching Solar Douse on Nov. 3, 2013 are part of Saros Fit 16 North which began on Feb. 15, 1599 and ends on Expression 25, 2843. This mansion of eclipses are standard to bring a caution of deeper plan that illuminates new, prevailing significant. The same as Mars now in practical, particular Virgo is the controller of the Aries Moon and praise network of Uranus the awakener we are hollow to find hard-wearing solutions to ache standing troubles. As well done the Complete Moon state is an alignment of the Upmarket Pond Trine, a Mars-Neptune consternation and of course the Uranus-Pluto Market square. Portray incentive be a go on hunger strike and peculiar release of energies from our deeper unconcious and the earth herself so gift central perception to help short vacation multiple of our praise troubles. These significant or realizations whether generated from inner spiritual forces or the unlikely interim (as haughty so underside) destitution be acted upon. Asleep this transit (which is the full moon), conscious decisions or judgments are consistently reached, in multiple gear under exigency. Deactivate points in tolerance are reached as a reasoning of dilemma situations that actually energy responses. Celebrity set for the Aries Complete Moon chief the UK @ 23:38 PM Nothing special Duration with gaudy Leo on the rise. Queen of this evaluation the Sun now in equalizing and balancing Libra on the IC or dirt go like a bullet with the Scorpio Stellium accumulation some attraction and sexual fantasies. The same as Mars the ancient controller of Scorpio and controller of Aries is now in a record consternation to Neptune on the angles of the first and 7th mutual society, this complicate includes a Guradian Angel aspect where instinctive understanding and peculiar sameness can come into being.. The moon is upper at the Mid-Heaven and speaks volumes for new elder prevailing significant to be implemented soon!

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Sanskrit Words Sanskrit Symbols Sanskrit Sanskrit Tattoos Prati Sarag Parv Iii Khand 3 Adhay 3 Shloka 5 To 8

Sanskrit Words Sanskrit Symbols Sanskrit Sanskrit Tattoos Prati Sarag Parv Iii Khand 3 Adhay 3 Shloka 5 To 8
* According to Bhavishya Purana in the Prati Sarag Parv III Khand 3 Adhay 3 Shloka 5 to 8.

"A malecha (belonging to a foreign country and speaking a foreign language) spiritual teacher will appear with his companions. His name will be Mohammad. Raja (Bhoj) after giving this Maha Dev Arab (of angelic disposition) a bath in the Panchgavya and the Ganga water (i.e. purifying him of all sins) offered him the present of his sincere devotion and showing him all reverence said, "I make obeisance to thee. O ye! The pride of mankind, the dweller in Arabia, Ye have collected a great force to kill the Devil and you yourself have been protected from the malecha opponents."

The Prophecy clearly states:



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The name of the Prophet as Mohammad.

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He will belong to Arabia. The Sanskrit word Marusthal means a sandy track of land or a desert.

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Special mention is made of the companions of the Prophet, i.e. the Sahabas. No other Prophet had as many companions as Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

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He is referred as the pride of mankind (Parbatis nath). The Glorious Qur'an reconfirms this

"And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character" [Al-Qur'an 68:4]

"Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah, a beautiful pattern (of conduct)". [Al-Qur'an 33:21]

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He will kill the devil, i.e. abolish idol worship and all sorts of vices.

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The Prophet will be given protection against his enemy.

Some people may argue that 'Raja' Bhoj mentioned in the prophecy lived in the 11th century C.E. 500 years after the advent of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and was the descendant in the 10th generation of Raja Shalivahan. These people fail to realise that there was not only one Raja of the name Bhoj. The Egyptian Monarchs were called as Pharaoh and the Roman Kings were known as Caesar, similarly the Indian Rajas were given the title of Bhoj. There were several Raja Bhoj who came before the one in 11th Century C.E.

The Prophet did not physically take a bath in the Panchgavya and the water of Ganges. Since the water of Ganges is considered holy, taking bath in the Ganges is an idiom, which means washing away sins or immunity from all sorts of sins. Here the prophecy implies that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was sinless, i.e. Maasoom.

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ACCORDING TO BHAVISHYA PURANA IN THE PRATISARAG PARV III KHAND 3 ADHAY 3 SHLOKA 10 TO 27 MAHARISHI VYAS HAS PROPHESISED:

"The "Malecha" have spoiled the well-known land of the Arabs. Arya "Dharma" is not to be found in the country. Before also there appeared a misguided fiend whom I had killed; he has now again appeared being sent by a powerful enemy. To show these enemies the right path and to give them guidance, the well-known Muhammad (pbuh), is busy in bringing the "Pishachas" to the right path. O "Raja", You need not go to the land of the foolish "Pishachas", you will be purified through my kindness even where you are. At night, he of the angelic disposition, the shrewd man, in the guise of "Pishacha" said to "Raja Bhoj", "O "Raja"! Your "Arya Dharma" has been made to prevail over all religions, but according to the commandments of "Ishwar Parmatma", I shall enforce the strong creed of the meat eaters. My followers will be men circumcised, without a tail (on his head), keeping beard, creating a revolution announcing the "Aadhaan" (the Muslim call for prayer) and will be eating all lawful things. He will eat all sorts of animals except swine. They will not seek purification from the holy shrubs, but will be purified through warfare. On account of their fighting the irreligious nations, they will be known as "Musalmaans". I shall be the originator of this religion of the meat-eating nations."

The Prophecy states that:


* The evil doers have corrupted the Arab land.

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"Arya Dharma" is not found in that land.

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The Indian "Raja" need not go the Arab land since his purification will take place in India after the "musalmaan" will arrive in India.

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The coming Prophet will attest the truth of the Aryan faith, i.e. Monotheism and will reform the misguided people.

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The Prophet's followers will be circumcised. They will be without a tail on the head and bear a beard and will create a great revolution.

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They will announce the "Aadhaan", i.e. 'the Muslim call for prayer'.

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He will only eat lawful things and animals but will not eat pork. The Qur'an confirms this in no less than 4 different places:

In Surah Al-Baqarah chapter 2 verse 173


In Surah Al-Maidah chapter 5 verse 3

In Surah Al-Anam chapter 6 verse 145


In Surah Al-Nahl chapter 16 verse 115

"Forbidden to you for food are dead meat, blood, flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah".

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They will not purify with grass like the Hindus but by means of sword they will fight their irreligious people.

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They will be called "musalmaan".

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They will be a meat-eating nation.

The eating of herbivorous animals is confirmed by the Qur'an in Surah Maidah, chapter 5 verse 1 and in Surah Muminun chapter 23 verse 21

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ACCORDING TO BHAVISHYA PURANA, PARV - III KHAND 1 ADHAY 3 SHLOKA 21-23:

"Corruption and persecution are found in seven sacred cities of Kashi, etc. India is inhabited by "Rakshas", "Shabor", "Bhil" and other foolish people. In the land of "Malechhas", the followers of the "Malechha dharma" (Islam) are wise and brave people. All good qualities are found in "Musalmaans" and all sorts of vices have accumulated in the land of the Aryas. Islam will rule in India and its islands. Having known these facts, O "Muni", glorify the name of thy lord".

The Qur'an confirms this in Surah Taubah chapter 9 verse 33 and in Surah Al Saff chapter 61 verse 9:

"It is He who hath sent His Messenger with Guidance and the Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans may detest (it)".

A similar message is given in Surah Fatah chapter 48 verses 28 ending with, "and enough is Allah as a witness".

ATHARVAVEDA



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In the 20th book of Atharvaveda Hymn 127 Some Suktas (chapters) are known as Kuntap Sukta. Kuntap means the consumer of misery and troubles. Thus meaning the message of peace and safety and if translated in Arabic means Islam.

"Kuntap" also means hidden glands in the abdomen. These "mantras" are called so probably because their true meaning was hidden and was to be revealed in future. Its hidden meaning is also connected with the navel or the middle point of this earth. Makkah is called the "Ummul Qur'a" the mother of the towns or the naval of the earth. In many revealed books it was the first house of Divine worship where God Almighty gave spiritual nourishment to the world. The Qur'an says in Surah Ali-Imran chapter 3, verse 96:

"The first house (of worship) appointed for men was that at "Bakkah" (Makkah) full of blessings and of guidance and for all kinds of beings". Thus "Kuntap" stands for Makkah or "Bakkah".

Several people have translated these Kuntap Suktas like M. Bloomfield, Prof. Ralph Griffith, Pandit "Raja"ram, Pandit Khem Karan, etc.

The main points mentioned in the "Kuntap Suktas" i.e. in Atharvaveda book 20 Hymn 127 verses 1-13 are:

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"Mantra" 1

He is "Narashansah" or the praised one (Muhammad). He is "Kaurama": the prince of peace or the emigrant, who is safe, even amongst a host of 60,090 enemies.

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"Mantra" 2

He is a camel-riding "Rishi", whose chariot touches the heaven.

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"Mantra" 3

He is "Mamah Rishi" who is given a hundred gold coins, ten chaplets (necklaces), three hundred good steeds and ten thousand cows.

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"Mantra" 4

"Vachyesv rebh". 'Oh! ye who glorifies'.

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The Sanskrit word Narashansah means 'the praised one', which is the literal translation of the Arabic word Muhammad (pbuh).

The Sanskrit word "Kaurama" means 'one who spreads and promotes peace'. The holy Prophet was the 'Prince of Peace' and he preached equality of human kind and universal brotherhood. "Kaurama" also means an emigrant. The Prophet migrated from Makkah to Madinah and was thus also an Emigrant.

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He will be protected from 60,090 enemies, which was the population of Makkah. The Prophet would ride a camel. This clearly indicates that it cannot be an Indian "Rishi", since it is forbidden for a "Brahman" to ride a camel according to the Sacred Books of the East, volume 25, Laws of "Manu" pg. 472. According to Manu Smirti chapter 11 verse 202, "A Brahman is prohibited from riding a camel or an ass and to bathe naked. He should purify himself by suppressing his breath".

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This mantra gave the "Rishi's" name as "Mamah". No rishi in India or another Prophet had this name "Mamah" which is derived from "Mah" which means to esteem highly, or to revere, to exalt, etc. Some Sanskrit books give the Prophet's name as 'Mohammad', but this word according to Sanskrit grammar can also be used in the bad sense. It is incorrect to apply grammar to an Arabic word. Actually "shas" the same meaning and somewhat similar pronunciation as the word Muhammad (pbuh).

He is given 100 gold coins, which refers to the believers and the earlier companions of the Prophet during his turbulent Makkan life. Later on due to persecution they migrated from Makkah to Abysinia. Later when Prophet migrated to Madinah all of them joined him in Madinah.

The 10 chaplets or necklaces were the 10 best companions of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) known as "Ashra-Mubbashshira "(10 bestowed with good news). These were foretold in this world of their salvation in the hereafter i.e. they were given the good news of entering paradise by the Prophet's own lips and after naming each one he said "in Paradise". They were Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Talha, Zubair, Abdur Rahman Ibn Auf, Saad bin Abi Waqqas, Saad bin Zaid and Abu Ubaidah (May Allah be well-pleased with all of them).

The Sanskrit word "Go "is derived from "Gaw "which means 'to go to war'. A cow is also called "Go "and is a symbol of war as well as peace. The 10,000 cows refer to the 10,000 companions who accompanied the Prophet (pbuh) when he entered Makkah during "Fateh "Makkah which was a unique victory in the history of mankind in which there was no blood shed. The 10,000 companions were pious and compassionate like cows and were at the same time strong and fierce and are described in the Holy Quran in Surah Fatah:

"Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those who are with him are strong against unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other." [Al-Qur'an 48:29]

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This mantra calls the Prophet as "Rebh "which means one who praises, which when translated into Arabic is Ahmed, which is another name for the Holy Prophet (pbuh).

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Battle of the Allies described in the "Vedas".

It is mentioned in Atharvaveda Book XX Hymn 21 verse 6, "Lord of the truthful! These liberators drink these feats of bravery and the inspiring songs gladdened thee in the field of battle. When thou renders vanquished without fight the ten thousand opponents of the praying one, the adoring one."

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This Prophecy of the Veda describes the well-known battle of "Ahzab "or the battle of the Allies during the time of Prophet Muhammed. The Prophet was victorious without an actual conflict which is mentioned in the Qur'an in Surah Ahzab:

"When the believers saw the confederate forces they said, "This is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us and Allah and His Messenger told us what was true." And it only added to their faith and their zeal in obedience." [Al-Qur'an 33:22]

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The Sanskrit word "karo "in the "Mantra "means the 'praying one' which when translated into Arabic means 'Ahmed', the second name of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh).

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The 10,000 opponents mentioned in the "Mantra" were the enemies of the Prophet and the Muslims were only 3000 in number.

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The last words of the "Mantra aprati ni bashayah" means the defeat was given to the enemies without an actual fight.

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Martyr Neophytus Of Nicea

Martyr Neophytus Of Nicea

COMMEMORATED ON JANUARY 21

The Holy Martyr Neophytus, a native of the city of Nicea in Bithynia, was raised by his parents in strict Christian piety. For his virtue, temperance and unceasing prayer, it pleased God to glorify St Neophytus with the gift of wonderworking, while the saint was still just a child!

Like Moses, the holy youth brought forth water from a stone of the city wall and gave this water to those who were thirsty. In answer to the prayer of St Neophytus' mother, asking that God's will concerning her son might be revealed to her, a white dove miraculously appeared and told of the path he would follow. The saint was led forth from his parental home by this dove and brought to a cave on Mt. Olympus, which served as a lion's den. It is said that he chased the lion from the cave so that he could live there himself. The saint remained there from the age of nine until he was fifteen, leaving it only once to bury his parents and distribute their substance to the poor.

During the persecution by Diocletian (284-305), he went to Nicea and boldly began to denounce the impiety of the pagan faith. The enraged persecutors suspended the saint from a tree, they whipped him with ox thongs, and scraped his body with iron claws. Then they threw him into a red-hot oven, but the holy martyr remained unharmed, spending three days and three nights in it. The torturers, not knowing what else to do with him, decided to kill him. One of the pagans ran him through with a sword (some say it was a spear), and the saint departed to the Lord at the age of sixteen.

TROPARION - TONE 4


Your holy martyr Neophytus, O Lord,through his suffering has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God.For having Your strength, he laid low low his adversaries, and shattered the powerless boldness of demons.Through his intercessions, save our souls!

KONTAKION - TONE 4


You shone forth from the mount like lightning,glorifying Christ through your struggles and death as a martyr.Therefore, you have received an unfading crown, Great-martyr Neophytus.

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Saturday, March 6, 2010

Thomas Weeks Iii What On Your Mind The Level Of Your Success Begins With Your Thinking

"BESTSELLING AUTHOR, THOMAS WEEKS, III, REVEALS POWERFUL THINKING HABITS THAT WILL DEEPEN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND OPEN THE DOOR FOR HIS BLESSINGS!""WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND? FOR MANY IT'S A VARIETY OF ANXIOUS, WORRIED, AND NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT THEMSELVES OR OTHERS. THOMAS WEEKS BRINGS READERS A NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR TAKING COMMAND OF THEIR THOUGHTS AND THEIR LIVES. NOT JUST ANOTHER POSITIVE THINKING BOOK, WEEKS SHOWS READERS THE STEPS OUTLINED IN THE SCRIPTURES FOR HEALTHY THINKING AND A SUCCESSFUL LIFE INCLUDING A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR FATHER GOD. READERS ARE TAKEN THROUGH THREE MAJOR PASSAGES IN THE BOOK OF PHILIPPIANS. FIRST, READERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STOP WORRYING BY BRINGING THEIR CONCERNS TO GOD WITH A THANKFUL HEART. SECOND, READERS ARE SHOWN WHERE TO FOCUS THEIR THOUGHTS INCLUDING THINGS THAT ARE TRUE, HONORABLE, JUST, LOVELY, AND KIND. THIS KIND OF THINKING DRAWS READERS TO A CLOSER, MORE INTIMATE WALK WITH GOD. THIRD, READERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW THE APOSTLE PAUL'S EXAMPLE IN THEIR ACTIONS. THESE DYNAMIC PRINCIPLES WILL REVOLUTIONIZE READER'S DAILY LIVES AND START THEM ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS IN THEIR SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL LIFE!"

Taking Responsibility For Ourselves

Taking Responsibility For Ourselves
In this world of instant gratification and self indulgence, we repeatedly advent for a quick fix for stately matters. We can't be harassed attending to assumed role flaws that bolt our Christian drive, and we repeatedly wish that put forward was someone exceedingly or some other way to handle it or make the transaction go prevented. But put forward are some things that are ours and ours forlorn to proffer with.

Salvation: Responding to Gods' incite to allow Jesus as our Peer of the realm and Saviour is a very be in possession of thing. Unknown can do it for you. You can't be saved by relying on your church specter or your parents' or spouses' profession of anticipate. Conversion is simply in the midst of you and God. It is by its very greatly be in possession of sorority in the midst of you and Gods' Pious Hub, that you are saved. For with the interior man believeth unto righteousness; and with the orifice answer is complete unto help. Romans 10:10

Defect for your own actions: The extra finger-pointing and accusation shifting happened in the Area of Eden. Eve liable the serpent, claiming that he beguiled her and she ate the fruit, and following eating of that fantastically fruit, Adam shifted the accusation to Eve, claiming that she shouldn't sport nothing special it with him. We are experts at avoiding dealing for our own goings-on. But plunder dealing for our own goings-on is majestic in coming to a place of pang. In the role of I shall say to the dignified, [that] he shall surefire live; if he conviction to his own benefit, and commit evilness, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his evilness that he hath lessen, he shall die for it. Ezekiel 33:13

Repentance: Heart convicted of an offence or sin before the Peer of the realm is repeatedly no matter which that is one by one prickly. No one exceedingly can make us repent, it is over a greatly be in possession of matter of the interior.Represent can be no pang if one does not station dealing for our goings-on that gave venture for us to sin. Thoroughly we can repent of our own sins. For godly sorrow worketh pang to help not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 2 Corinthians 7:10

Punish to God: We are cover to high opinion God. One can high opinion Him but with an tainted interior. Others can foolishness us to tow the line, and we can model lip service to God, and jester man. But this float up instruct doesn't jester God. Candid instruct comes from a servants' interior, a clean interior that longs for the impenetrability that instruct brings in our plan in the midst of Him and us. And he did [that which was] apposite in the revolutionary of the Peer of the realm, but not with a perfect interior. 2 Records 25:2

Faith: Equally anticipate is no matter which one either has or hasn't got. No one can put heads together anticipate on us. It is a very be in possession of thing, over a matter of interior that now we can sport or pray for, for even so anticipate is a gift from God.. But without anticipate [it is] improbable to make happy [him]: for he that cometh to God obligation participate that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that precisely examination him. Hebrews 11:6

Feeding on the Word: Whilst it is true that one can be anxious to seize bible studies and gospel readings, if ones' interior is not in it, it life-force not hold fruit. We sport to be conventional to listen... and learn. So moreover anticipate [cometh] by sample, and sample by the word of God. Romans 10:17

Deportment to life: No one can form the move toward we wish to station in life. We can be really or anxious to consent to a set way of inspiration, but in time we station charge of how we give in return to life and its joys or stresses. A good man out of the good appreciate of his interior bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil appreciate of his interior bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the extravagance of the interior his orifice speaketh. Luke 6:45

Allowance of sentence and emotions: Whilst nation can satisfy us to presentation evident emotions, we are the ones who obligation learn to master them. Near all the above coming dressed in fake in our lives, cycle of sentence and emotions are majestic. Position and emotions vie nearby by nearby in influence for one controls the other. For miserable these sentence and emotions, attitudes are bent and if entertained, they become goings-on. For good or bad. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself wary the knowledge of God, and bringing dressed in moderation every thought to the instruct of Christ 2 Corinthians 10:5

We obligation get from side to side the touch a chord pointing and express grief that "the devil complete me do it!" and station dealing for our own life. Liability is both a suffer and implementation but no matter which that we all are before the Peer of the realm. You are blamed for yourself and no one exceedingly. Let's run the hustle well and be responsilble for ourselves!.

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