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Disappearing week I reported on Legitimacy Thomas' piece of my work in his concurring sentence in Colony of Greece v. Galloway, a widely-discussed resolve on the Group Expose of the Topmost Amendment. This week, I'll put the resolve in context.
The meaning of the Group Expose ("FORUM SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN UNIVERSE OF RELIGION") has long been debated. Arrived are some of the hypotheses advanced:
* The Founders twisted a "CHRISTIAN NATION" in which the federal charge may possibly get rid of Christianity. The Group Expose activist, unmoving, that the federal charge would not loveliness any change of Christians arrogant any other. This was the view of the omnipotent 19th century Total Blind date Legitimacy and law teacher Joseph Present.
* The Group Expose was adopted mainly to protect the states from federal obstacle with their own durable churches. This is Legitimacy Thomas' view.
* The Group Expose was adopted to protect the states from federal obstacle with their own durable churches, but what's more to portend the federal charge to very all religions equally. The Expose did not, unmoving, place atheism or agnosticism on a par with religion. This theory is called "non-preferentialism."
* The Expose not in simple terms open the states from federal obstacle with their own durable churches, but what's more necessary the charge to very all religious opinions, plus atheism and agnosticism, equally. This formulation is called "LACK OF PREJUDICE," and beforehand Legitimacy David Souter was one of its exponents.
* The Expose necessary the charge to lean arrogant backwards to wriggle out of any embarrassment or type of inequality for religion. This is called "particular deportee."
There specific been various modifications and blending of the views put away self-important, plus a relatively confused version called "BUNGALOW," a creed followed dead in the 20th century by some of the higher blinkered justices.
Graduation in the 1940s (NOTWITHSTANDING WITH LINE REARWARD), the Total Blind date issued a series of "PARTICULAR DEPORTEE" personal belongings and imposed them on the states as well as well as on the federal charge. It against the clock became evident that particular deportee was moreover unachievable and unhelpful to the actual meaning of the Group Expose. In this way, in the 1970s the Blind date began a long ramble from particular deportee, wandering through "LACK OF PREJUDICE" and "ACCOMODATION," and near non-preferentialism.
The "COLONY OF GREECE" line seems to disposed this ramble. Legitimacy Thomas' accord detour, all the opinions-majority and dissent-are squarely non-preferentialist. All confirmed that the Colony may possibly in return prayers past Colony Lodge meetings. The playwright of the veto, Legitimacy Kagan, even confirmed unmistakably her substantiation for public prayer. The in simple terms real struggle against was arrogant whether the Colony had treated all religions relatively seeing that selecting clergy to perform the charm. The prevalence trace the Colony had been fair, at tiniest on quadrangle. The veto trace it had deceitfully superior Christianity arrogant Judaism and other religions adhered to by homeland of the Colony. But that was a struggle against arrogant the facts, not arrogant permissible creed.
Nearly existence ago, I wrote an item for the "WILLIAM AND MARY SAFETY CHECK OF INTERNSHIP MAGAZINE" entitled "THE UNUSUAL CENTRAL THEME OF THE GROUP EXPOSE". As someother scholars had accomplished past me, I found that non-preferentialism was, in fact, the raise objections of family who adopted the Group Clause: moreover protection of lob durable churches and absolute congressional single-mindedness of all religions.
This theory seems to be a children opposite from that of Legitimacy Thomas: I infer the Expose was, in introduction to a protection for federalism, a favorable guarantee to all religious believers. Possibly this is why Legitimacy Thomas cited my writings on the Central and Honorable Expose relatively than family on the Group Clause!
In any circumstance, with the "COLONY OF GREECE" line the Court's Group Expose jurisprudence pay to the principal meaning. Whether that jurisprudence must be imposed on the states is further distrust, and Legitimacy Thomas may well be ideal that it must not.
That dying back number involves bearing in mind (IN MY SENTENCE) not the Group Expose, but the "INCORPORATION CREED"-the creed by which the Total Blind date imposes approximately all of the Safety check of Internship on lob governments as well as on the federal charge. The incorporation creed is a supply for further time.
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Greetings,
Most mage/wizard players expect to learn new spells in gameplay. RAW, however, you just can't spend character points earned in campaign to learn new spells (and there was a intense discussion about this). While looking for some solution, I found this on Dungeon Fantasy 6 - Sages, p. 15:
"A reader who meets all the prerequisites to "learn" the spell may try to do so: read the scroll, roll against its skill, and on a success, pay one character point to learn it instead of casting."
It also says on a side note in the same page:
"Scrolls and GURPS Magic
...and the rules for learning spells and for new classes of scrolls arent described in Magic."
Although it says that this rule isn't described in Magic, I was wondering if it was described elsewhere or if DF 6 - Sages was the first GURPS book to present such rule. If so, is that a Dungeon Fantasy special rule? Or would that also apply to more a complex fantasy setting like Banestorm (which I'm currently playing)?
Alongside magical scrolls, the Reawakened advantage (Basic Set, p. 80) seems to be another viable way to learn spells quickly than spending hours studying and DF 11 - Power-ups (p. 37) seems to confirm the idea that you can remember spells from past lives. Am I missing something or is that right?
Thanks in advance.
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Baphomet: A "Mystery" Solved At Last?
I wish to give my thanks to Frater Baraka IV of Whiskey Rebellion
Camp O.T.O. for his kindness in allowing me to reprint his
article and theory on the Baphomet here.
(This article originally appeared in the
official publication of Whiskey Rebellion Camp, Pittsburgh PA
Ordo Templi Orientis. (C) 1995)
Baphomet: A "Mystery" Solved At Last?
by Frater Baraka, IV*
Sooner or later every student of either the esoteric or the
history of the Crusades encounters the name of an allegedly
sinister entity known as "Baphomet". Baphomet was said to be the
"god" or "idol" of the Knights Templar, but has also been
described as "the goat of Mendes", "the god of the witches", a
latter-day version of the Greek god Pan, a symbol of an
alchemical principal, and even Satan himself. And while each of
these has a following, there is evidence suggesting the
possibility that Baphomet's origins are not only not sinister,
but human rather than supernatural.
The "mystery" of Baphomet begins in 1307 with the demise of the
Knights Templar. The military order of "warrior monks" was
founded in 1118 in France after the First Crusade to protect
European pilgrims on their way to and from the Holy Land. For
nearly two centuries the Templars grew in size, strength,
political clout, reputation (good at first, but bad towards the
end), but most of all in wealth, and this would prove to be their
undoing. In the early fourteenth century King Philip IV of
France, who was deeply in debt to the Templars, decided to not
only cancel that debt but seize their wealth and property for
himself and having his puppet pontiff Clement V dissolve the
order. To do this, Philip would have to have the Templars
convicted of heresy. With "evidence" gathered from agents who
infiltrated the Templars, along with a sworn deposition from a
disgruntled ex-Templar on whose testimony his prosecutors could
build a case, Philip made his move. Acting on sealed orders they
were not to open until the previous midnight, Philip's officials
arrested every Templar they could during the dawning hours of
Friday, October 13, 1307. While some of the charges, such as
sodomy and desecration of Christian symbols, were obviously silly
even to many people at the time, other allegations, such as the
chanting of "Yallah!" (Daraul, 1961), sounded like descriptions
of documented Sufi Muslim practices (Khan, 1974). But it is the
charge of worshipping an idol called "Baphomet" that has inspired
the most controversy.
At first, "Baphomet" was simply a head, and presumably a human
one, but under the duress of torture, Baphomet's descriptions
became progressively elaborate and fantastic. Nearly every
historian who has written on the subject has dismissed the
"Baphomet" issue as patently false, just one more trumped-up
charge against the Templars. However, after studying both the
hypothetical and more plausible connections between the Templars,
Sufism, and Freemasonry, I have come to the tentative conclusion
that the "Baphomet" matter may have contained a sizable element
of truth -- one which the inquisitors certainly distorted, but
true nonetheless.
Most of us who have heard of Baphomet first encountered the name
in either a history book or the works of Anton Szandor LaVey,
whose goat's-head-in-the-inverted-pentagram illustration is
supposed to be Baphomet, or else in the works of Aleister
Crowley, who equated Baphomet with the Greek god Pan (Crowley,
1974). Crowley even adopted the name "Baphomet" as his own motto
when he joined Ordo Templi Orientis (Order of the Oriental
Temple, or O.T.O.). Other occult writers who have discussed
Baphomet include nineteenth century authors Eliphaz Levi and
Albert Pike, and Baphomet is the model for "The Devil" in the
Waite-Rider and Case-B.O.T.A. tarot decks. Many historians have
claimed that the name "Baphomet" was Old French for Muhammad,
whose name is sometimes spelled Mahomet, although Crowley (1989)
presented an interesting, but probably coincidental, claim that
the name came from a Greek phrase for "baptism of wisdom". The
problem with Crowley's case is it overlooks two basic facts about
the Templars: 1) as Roman Catholics, Greek names were not that
important to them (and to Catholics at the time, the Greek
Orthodox Christians were in some ways just as much "infidels" as
the Muslims), and 2) the Templars who lived in the Holy Land,
along with the masons they employed, had to deal with the local
population on a regular basis, often became fluent in Arabic, and
for a European in the Holy Land --Templars included -- to "go
native" was not particularly unusual. But it was in the
pop-history book" Blood, Holy "that I first came
across the idea that "Baphomet" was derived from an Arabic term,
"meaning "Father of Understanding", rather than from
an Old French name for the founder of Islam. Since that book,
although a "good read", is not one scholars take seriously due to
its highly speculative theses, I decided to check their source
for this, Idries Shah's which contains additional
relevant information discussed below.
For now I tend to favor the Arabic origins over the Old French
for the following reasons: first, as an iconoclastic religion,
Islam strictly forbids images, either painted or sculpted, of
either God or Muhammad, so the idea of even unorthodox Muslims
worshipping an idol is simply ludicrous. Second, of those authors
I have read who claim that "any expert on Old French" will say
that Baphomet was another name for Muhammad never actually cite
any such Old French experts to document this assertion. One such
writer was Peter Partner, who even found a French troubadour
ballad from the late thirteenth century and published an English
translation, showing parenthetically that "Bafometz" had appeared
in the original French (he had rendered it as "Mohammed" as if
this had somehow proved his point). What Partner had
inadvertently done was prove that a) Baphomet was a known entity
before the demise of the Templars, and most likely a person with
spiritual power, capable of working miracles (although Islam
never credits Muhammad with any "miracle" other than receiving
the Qu'ran), and b) that Baphomet was known among non-Templars
(although Partner believed the ballad's author was an ex-Templar,
that troubadour's audience certainly had non-Templars among
them), and if Shah is correct in his assertions about Sufic
influences on the troubadours, then we have in the ballad Partner
quoted possible proof of a link between Sufism and Baphomet. (As
for the Templars and the Sufis, not only were there many
documented contacts between Templars and Sufis [as well as other
unorthodox Muslims such as the Ismailis] during their time in the
Middle East, but there were also opportunities for contacts in
Europe. France, after all, borders Spain, and during the Crusades
Sufism flourished in Muslim-ruled Spain and influenced the early
Qabalistic Jews and other mystics on both sides of the border;
Robert Graves, in his introduction to Shah's book, even claimed
that Templars fought alongside Sufi warriors in Spain. And many
Masonic trappings, such as the checkered floor and the tolerance
of all monotheistic religions, are at least Islamic in origin if
not specifically Sufic.) But in my opinion the strongest support
for Baphomet as abufihamet is the number of Arabic sobriquets
which begin with abu which belonged to historical individuals
rather than esoteric principles.
One such individual was the tenth century Sufi martyr Husayn ibn
Mansur al-Hallaj, who died in 922CE. A pantheist, an alleged
miracle worker, and a most definitely unorthodox Muslim, Hallaj
was imprisoned and tried for blasphemy for his public
descriptions of his mystical union with God. Finally convicted
after a nine year inquiry, Hallaj was maimed, crucified,
beheaded, and his torso was cremated. Some of the stories
surrounding his death include an account of the Caliph's Queen
Mother having Hallaj's head preserved as a relic (Singh, 1970).
Various Sufi sects have rituals commemorating Hallaj's death, and
Shah claimed that Hallaj was the model for the "Hiram Abiff"
character in the Master Mason initiation ritual. Although Shah
cited other reasons connecting Hallaj to Hiram Abiff and the sect
of Sufis known as "the Builders" (who built the Al Aqsa Mosque
and the Dome of the Rock on the site of Solomon's Temple in
Jerusalem, which was the Holy Land headquarters for the Templars
and the mythical scene of Masonic initiations), Hallaj bore some
interesting parallels to the Old Testament's descriptions of
Hiram the artificer: first, both men were sons of widows; second,
both men had "sons of David" play key roles in their lives (Hiram
worked for Solomon, and one of Hallaj's prosecutors was named Ibn
Daud [Massignon, 1994], which is Arabic for "Son of David"), and
third, the Old Testament Hebrew for "Abiff" is abyu
(Kohlenberger, 1987). Having already encountered writers who
hypothesized a connection between the Templars and Freemasonry
(which, although plausible, is nowhere near as romantic or
fantastic as some, such as John J. Robinson in" in "have claimed), I had already found the first two most
interesting, and further investigation of Hallaj, who, according
to the medieval Islamic poet and historian Farid al-Din Attar,
turns out to have been known by several titles beginning with
abu-, brought the third coincidence to my attention. And since,
as noted above, some of the Templars may indeed have been
participants in documented Sufi practices, could the charge that
the Templars "worshipped a head called Baphomet" not have had
some factual basis, namely the commemoration of a decapitated
Sufi martyr whose head became a relic and who had been given the
sobriquet abufihamet? The only problem here is that despite all
the other abu- titles belonging to Hallaj, there is no known
documentation linking him to abufihamet. Perhaps this
documentation does exist (it would be useless to hypothesis that
"perhaps it once existed, but no longer does"), but has not yet
come to my attention, and should someone who knows of it ever
read this essay, I would be most appreciative to hear of it.
Until then, the above thesis, although plausible in my opinion,
and hopefully interesting to the reader, remains purely
speculative. But if it does turn up, then at last we will have
proof positive that the Templars possessed a body of knowledge
that would later become known to the Freemasons, regardless of
how Freemasonry came to be.
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Frater Baraka invites opinions and support to his thesis. Those
wishing to contact the author may write to him at P.O. Box
101722, Pittsburgh PA, 15237 or zentao93@juno.com
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Take you noticed that atypical of the Paranoemal Investigations on TV appearance to accept aloof of a aim on Demons? Whichever doubt the dependability of such depictions others of the programs themselves.This was an interesting test aim on Demons honorable on Shore To Shore AM...
" Illusion investigator and demonologist Keith Johnson discussed his work quota residents get by with demonic arrival. Johnson held his disquiet in other secular realms began like as a environmental boy he mature a series of childlike but weird incidents at his care for. The restitution took a turn for the drop at the rear of his brother and sister started using a Ouija board, which opened a spiritual terrace to evil spirits, he explained. The demonic entities that came in used the board to spell out vulgarities and fear, and attacked members of his boarding house, Johnson optional extra.
"They are developing evil; acquaint with is no aristocrats in them," he continued. Demons regularly false to be worldly spirits in order to come through a person's life and walker a spiritual bacteria, Johnson held, noting how perfect they are to get rid of when someone has let them in. Their most recent fantasize seems to be to slap God by destroying his start, he revealed. Johnson reported on belongings anywhere he was called upon to eliminate demons from ancestors as well as residences. According to Johnson, like a demonic character is cast out they usually go back to fashionable oblivion -- a state of perturb and terrorize.
Johnson two-way turn up from a demonic bracket together paradigm linking a Rhode Desert island female and her boarding house. The asker complained about a ghost performance her and was logically shabby with a clothes note down. The boarding house told Johnson about a insolence in their home that would not lie clogged no announce what they did to store it propped open. The energy in the care for possibly will be felt rapidly upon inner, he held, noting that the female was actually on the side of demonic get. Previously instructing the children to handle upon Jesus' name, Johnson claims that a skylight slammed close, one of the girls was struck in the common sense, and the think of the care for another fondly. Johnson moreover mentioned his consulting work on Syfy channel's Spirit Hunters and A&E's Illusion Involvement"
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PROPHECY SIGN: THE BATTLE AGAINST SPIRITUAL FORCES
So have spy agencies around the world been summoning forces from the spiritual realm in order to gather intelligence? A pretty wild story, but we wouldn't put it past any world government, (especially the more dubious ones), to summon up spirits to get a one-up on other governments. The Nazi's of WW2 were well known for their belief in the supernatural and their quests for anything related to the spiritual realm, (The Indian Jones movies were not far from the truth when it came to the Nazi's).
The bible warns that in this world, we do not fight against flesh and blood, but against the dark spiritual rulers and authorities of this world;
"FOR OUR STRUGGLE IS NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST THE RULERS, AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES, AGAINST THE POWERS OF THIS DARK WORLD AND AGAINST THE SPIRITUAL FORCES OF EVIL IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS. EPHESIANS "6:12"NIV"
During the Tribulation period we are told that evil spirits will actually take control of the kings, (leaders), of the whole world and march them to Armageddon for the final battle with God Almighty. It would appear by this article that world governments are already being seduced by these inter-dimensional entities from the spirit world.
"AND THE SIXTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL UPON THE GREAT RIVER EUPHRATES; AND THE WATER THER WAS DRIED UP, THAT THE WAY OF THE KINGS OF THE EAST MIGHT BE PREPARED. AND I SAW THREE UNCLEAN SPIRITS LIKE FROGS COME OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON, AND OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST, AND OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE FALSE PROPHET. FOR THEY ARE THE SPIRITS OF DEVILS, WORKING MIRACLES, WHICH GO FORTH UNTO THE KINGS OF THE EARTH AND OF THE WHOLE WORLD, TO GATHER THEM TO THE BATTLE OF THAT GREAT DAY OF GOD ALMIGHTY. REVELATION 16:12-14 NIV" From the article:
"SECRET SERVICES WORLDWIDE USE THE HELP OF THE OCCULT, WITH THE RUSSIANS BEING MOST ADEPT AT THE JOB, LEAVING THE AMERICANS AND ISRAELIS BEHIND, A STATE-RUN TURKISH TELEVISION CHANNEL, TRT, SAID IN AN EYEBROW RAISING REPORT. "Russian submarines gather intelligence through genies," theologian and writer Mehmet Seker said on "The Great Chase" (B"uy"uk Takip), a weekly political show, the Haber.sol.org.tr news website reported.
"Seker did not elaborate but said the American CIA and Israeli Mossad also invoke "genies" for unspecified purposes but are not quite as good as the "Russian KGB" at using them. The KGB was shut down in 1991 and replaced by the Federal Security Service; it is unclear whether Seker was referring to the agency's Soviet-era exploits or simply used its previous, better-known name.
"NASA also sought once an expert on genies in Turkey, hoping the supernatural creatures could be put to use repairing satellites in orbit, said political analyst Omer Ozkaya, another guest of the show, which aired on Sunday. None of the agencies named by Seker and Ozkaya commented on the story as of Wednesday. TRT is Turkey's most prominent television broadcaster, which was established in 1964 and retained a national monopoly on TV broadcasting for three decades.
"GENIES, OR JINNS, ARE ONE OF THE THREE SENTIENT RACES CREATED BY ALLAH ALONG WITH HUMANS AND ANGELS, ACCORDING TO THE QURAN. BELIEF IN GENIES REMAINS WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE ISLAMIC WORLD; IN 2011, SEVERAL CLOSE ALLIES OF IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD WERE DETAINED ON ACCUSATIONS OF SORCERY AND CONSPIRING WITH GENIES."
RUSSIAN SPIES EMPLOY GENIES - TURKISH TV
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Mother earth. Mother lode. Motherland. At mother's knee.Mother: it's the mother of all metaphors. Yet mothers are absent in a lot of YA literature. As are fathers often, too.I get it. The teen psych grapples with coming of age: becoming independent, testing boundaries, defying authority, exploring sexuality, setting their own future course.And those struggles are a lot more dramatic when tackled alone and/or when facing some major disruptive circumstance. Death of a parent. Runaway. Neglect due to poverty (or excess wealth). Boarding school for paranormal ability. To-the-death futuristic cage fight.All good. Some great, even. Nonetheless, as a writer, I deliberately chose to give my protagonist, Katla, two supportive-albeit recently divorced-parents. I feel this cocooned the reader in a could-be-me surrounding. When her magical ability kicked in-bringing with it a complication, or two-she was still at home and dealing with other, more relatable, high-school issues: new kid, first love, Homecoming dress, etc. Moreover, I assigned her a strong female mentor within her council of Storks, a coven of white witches who match hovering souls with the right birth mother. This wise woman, Hulda, guides and prompts Katla but doesn't directly command her young charge.As a mother of two teen boys and a writer, it's not always easy to practice this kind of subtle guidance. (Is that the tak-tak-tak of a helicopter I hear?) And, for me, there is a parental instinct that kicks in even as a woman writing YA fiction. Authors want to protect their characters. This urge is heightened if and when the character is a child or teen. We resist this protective instinct and heap all manner of obstacles in our protagonists paths, but we don't necessarily enjoy it.(And, yes, there is A LOT of me in Katla's mother, Lilja. All those Kashi jokes-it making a good mulch, for instance-come to me at breakfast.)Parental figures have a place in YA fiction. If they're not a familial entity, mother or father, they can be a guide or mentor. While a main character may benefit from such counsel, there will-should be anyway-a point at which they act independently, incorporating values and lessons learned.Happy belated Mother's Day to those who qualify. And to my own dear, sweet mom, my greatest champion.My mother is a poemI'll never be able to write,Though everything I writeIs a poem to my mother-Sharon Doubiago
SOURCE - SECRETS IN PLAIN SIGHT
Serpent wisdom from the Bible, Genesis Chapter 3, King James version:
NOW THE SERPENT WAS MORE SUBTLE THAN ANY BEAST OF THE FIELD WHICH THE LORD GOD HAD MADE. AND HE SAID UNTO THE WOMAN, YEA, HATH GOD SAID, YE SHALL NOT EAT OF EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN? AND THE WOMAN SAID UNTO THE SERPENT, WE MAY EAT OF THE FRUIT OF THE TREES OF THE GARDEN: BUT OF THE FRUIT OF THE TREE WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE GARDEN, GOD HATH SAID, YE SHALL NOT EAT OF IT, NEITHER SHALL YE TOUCH IT, LEST YE DIE. AND THE SERPENT SAID UNTO THE WOMAN, YE SHALL NOT SURELY DIE: FOR GOD DOTH KNOW THAT IN THE DAY YE EAT THER, THEN YOUR EYES SHALL BE OPENED, AND YE SHALL BE AS GODS, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit ther, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked.
Note: They did not die. Instead, they learned something. Who told the truth and who lied?
Eve Offering The Apple To Adam In The Garden Of Eden
And The Serpent by Lucas Cranach the Elder (c.1520)
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Paganism growing in the Hudson Valley (Philpstown.info) "It may not come as a surprise to many in the Hudson Highlands that "earth-based spirituality" is practiced in the area; nature-worshippers would find plenty of nature to worship, from rivers and mountains to forests and ponds. In Philipstown, residents may know of larger celebrations like the Maypole Dance in the spring, but they may not know that pagans, as they often refer to themselves, may meet regularly as small communities for spiritual growth and personal development, much like more well-known faith communities do. Pagans form a wide-ranging group that seeks to revive pre-Christian, earth-based religious traditions, from the more structured denominations of Wicca (or "Witchcraft") and the worship of ancient gods and goddesses to Druids, shamans, and self-initiated witches." Did Zeus exist? (New York Times) "I asked the kids if they had thought that Zeus was real. "Well," one said, "I knew he didn't exist anymore, but figured that he did back in ancient Greece." This set me thinking about why we are so certain that Zeus never existed.... Most of us do not find our world so filled with the divine, and we may be inclined to dismiss the Greeks' "experiences" as over-interpretations. But how can we be so sure that the Greeks lived in the same sort of world as we do?" Man goes on shooting spree, rants about witchcraft (USA Today) "The South Florida man who went on a shooting spree at his apartment complex, killing six people, called 911 to report he was being followed and threatened by people doing witchcraft on him hours before the attack.... In the call, Vargas spoke briefly and vaguely about how he was being "victimized. They're doing witchcraft and things to me," he said." Malawi traditional healers say witchcraft does exist (All Africa) "The Malawi's southern region Taomboledwa Traditional Healers Association of Malawi Central Africa (TAOTHA) has bashed claims that witchcraft does not exist in the country.... Furthermore, Matemba said they respect the constitution of the Republic of Malawi as it does not approve the existence of witchcraft." How Europe was conquered by the milk drinkers (Nature) "But as farming started to replace hunting and gathering in the Middle East around 11,000 years ago, cattle herders learned how to reduce lactose in dairy products to tolerable levels by fermenting milk to make cheese or yogurt. Several thousand years later, a genetic mutation spread through Europe that gave people the ability to produce lactase - and drink milk - throughout their lives. That adaptation opened up a rich new source of nutrition that could have sustained communities when harvests failed." Significant find at Ness of Brodgar (Orkneyjar) "...perhaps the finest piece of art we have recovered from the site, and one of the finest from the UK EVER - amazing and awe inspiring!" Alabama official stands by controversial prayers at official meeting (Americans United) "Yesterday, Twinkle Cavanaugh, the elected president of the Alabama Public Service Commission, said she stands by a prayer that was delivered last month at a service commission meeting... "We've taken you [God] out of our schools and out of our prayers," Jordan said. "We have murdered your children. We've said it's okay to have same-sex marriage. We have sinned and we ask once again that you forgive us for our sins." Japanese plastic surgeon will burn more favorable palmistry lines into your hand for a fee (Daily Beast) "Missing a marriage line? That can be fixed. Wedding bells may ring. Need some good fortune? Add a money-luck line and you might win the lottery or be promoted to vice president in your firm. For the smart shopper-one willing to undergo palm plastic surgery-the future isn't what it used to be. "Doctor, I want you to change my fate. Please change my palm."
Herbalism.Essentially, everything in nature carries a natural vibration that can influence human behavior and you can place focus on those vibrations and send it out as a magical manifestation.Get a good resource like Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs that you can use to find the basics of what herbs are good for what types of magic.Gather (or purchase) your herbs and place them in a wooden bowl (not metal). Visualize the energies surrounding those herbs that are described in the book resource you use to research them. Place your own intent behind them as you mix the herbs using your hands.You can then create essential oils, poppets, sachets, or even toss those herbs into a stream to send your spells out into the Universe.Be respectful of free will and never cast spells against anyone directly, even if you intend to do good unless you have their permission.This is a great way to do magic when you are ill or feel like you do not have the personal spiritual power to manifest your spellwork. Let the herbs be your crutch when you are dealing with the rough times in your life.Many Blessings!Iritar
A bit of a matter-of-fact day today. Not really glacial, but muted, and the protect is dark. It is tough to find suggestion to do what creative on a day in close proximity to this. (MURMUR).
So need a look at some photos I honest took, to tremble me out of my unhappiness. Recently I went to Feydragon (WEBSITE ON MY SIDEBAR) and at any rate delectable communication with Mary acquaint with, I found these comber Yule cards. A cram of 8 cards, 2 designs each, with comber envelopes. From basic paintings by Anne Stokes, these cards are faultless for my pagan friends. At home is a link to the lodge that formed the cards, but I am provable you incentive be pleasant to find these cards at a lot of retailers. Website:www.eastgateresource.co.uk
SNOW DRAGON AND YULE ARCHANGEL
Snowflake Fairy and Animation of Yule
The envelopes, advance guard and back
My follower is the Animation of Yule, the GreenMan himself.
I cuddle as a consequence been shopping surrounding for minute jars to store my herbals in.....really evil to get face-to-face in sync. I found these minute jars, some at Disturbance Entry http://www.hobbylobby.com/
The tubby minute Drop jars, I found at my grocery store.
I am beliefs of cargo photos of my alleged Vessel Circle....I cuddle been (VERY BY DESIGN) de-cluttering and reorganizing, for example I really and truly connote to get goodbye on some craft projects I cuddle in consciousness. Perhaps if I post the in-progress advance, I incentive live through border and sensible to visible results! That entrap is the end dependent for what in the protect we dont know what to do with! So I shall use jovial words and extravagant a handsome and assured voted location for creative activities. So mote it be!
The concept of universal love, is not one that is easy to define. On a spiritual level it speaks of unconditional love for all. Universal love is a love for your fellow man, regardless of their race, beliefs and cultural differences; Universal love is extending love, compassion, understanding, respect and tolerance to humanity as a whole.
So, how can we develop an attitude of universal love for all, when human beings are by nature a territorial and tribal species. That through necessity they have evolved to put their own individual needs and the needs of their community, country first. Our efforts at co-existence fail when we claim 'We are all one', 'we are all connected' but continue to disrespect each others ancient customs and traditions. Even though 'we are all one' is a great spiritual truth; people continue to focus on what is different, rather then what is the same!
For many adults, who are deeply entrenched in their prejudices and beliefs, changing their mindset, perspective of the world, would be very difficult if not impossible. Though having said that, there are millions of individuals around the world, who do view themselves as people of the world; rather then only as an offspring of their homeland. These people care what happens to their less fortunate fellow man, who by virtue of where they have been born, struggle every day simply to survive. They give of their time and money unselfishly to alleviate the suffering of others.
I believe that it is through our children we will remake our future. It is through them, that the world will change. That boundaries will dissolve and that an individuals view of the world and their own moral responsibility, does not stop at countries and borders. Therefore it is vital I believe, to teach our children that they belong to each other, to every other child in the world, no matter where they happen to be born. To educate them to see differences as something to be celebrated and enjoyed. That there is richness in diversity, that everyone can and does benefit from.
We all share one very important thing in common and that is the earth that we all live on. Whatever affects the environment, the climate; will eventually impact on all of us. As a species if we do not learn to work together in harmony for the common good, If we do not begin to see ourselves as 'one people' we will eventually cease to exist. Our very survival depends on us co existing together. This will only happen when we become aware of the underlying unity that we have with each other regardless of any differences. It is only when we engage others with respect, understanding and acceptance, can we communicate from the heart.
When we see others as ourselves, universal love springs forth spontaneously. Our world is like a huge garden, where flowers of different hues spread a unique fragrance. Just as one hand spontaneously reaches out to soothe the other hand when it is in pain, may we all console and support each other. A Zen teacher once said, "Take care of what's in front of you." That's our task. If everyone did that, much of the suffering of the world would disappear. What's in front of you is everything; the person everything is in front of, is everyone!
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WORRY JAM JAR SPELL
Worries And Anxieties That Are Becoming Too Big And Interfering With Daily Life Benefit From This Spell.
Take And Cleanse A Jam Jar Or Box With A Tight Fitting Lid.
Write The Problem On A Slip Of Paper Pass It Through The 4 Elements, And Pop It In The Jar,
Reciting The Following Spell. Leave The Jar In The Moonlight, But Visible To Yourself.
Each Time The Problem Sneaks Into Your Mind, Think Of The Jar.
You Are Only Permitted To Worry If You Go And Remove The Lid And The Slip Of Paper.
You'll Find That Soon, You Can't Be Bothered To Even Give It Thought.
When The Problem Is Resolved, Remove The Slip And Bury Or Burn It, Giving Thanks To The Lady.
Into This Vessel Secured Up Tight
I Place My Anxieties That They Might
Find Their Right Level Within My Life
Be Only Acknowledged When I Say It's Right.
I Swear That I Will Not Give Thought To My Woe
Until Such Time To This Vessel I Go
And Take Off The Lid And Grieve, For I Know
That Unless The Lid's Missing, Trapped Is My Foe.
It May Not Escape Into My Daily Way
And Trouble My Thinking During The Day.
Some Time In The Future When I Feel I May
Dispose Of This Vessel With No Debt To Pay.
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In a past blog article I wrote about five kinds of Hebrew Catholics. Richard Harvey in 2009 published a book called "Mapping Messianic Jewish Theology" in which he listed eight kinds of Messianic Jews who have or are developing their own kind of Messianic Jewish theology.
They are:
1. Jewish Christianity [represented by Baruch Maoz]
2. Dispensational Hebrew Christianity [represented by Arnold Fruchtenbaum]
3. Israeli National and Restorationist [represented by Gershon Nerel]
4. New Testament Halakah [represented by Dan Juster and David Stern]
5. Traditional Judaism and the Messiah [represented by Michael Schiffman, John Fischer and David Friedman]
6. Postmissionary Messianic Judaism [represented by Mark Kinzer, Rich Nichol and Tsvi Sadan]
7. Rabbinic Halakah in the Light of the New Testament [represented by Joseph Shulam]
8. Messianic Rabbinic Orthodoxy [[represented by Elazar Brandt]
Most Hebrew Catholics would not have heard of most of these people except for possibly Mark Kinzer and David Stern. Baruch Maoz is an Israeli Christian pastor whose parents were Russian Jews that settled in America. Baruch was born in America in 1943 but moved with his family at age 10 to Israel. His famous book is called " Judaism is not Jewish: A friendly Critique of the Messianic Movement". He is a critic of any reliance by Messianic Jews on Rabbinic authority. He is thus an Evangelical Protestant pastor of Jewish background and israeli nationality.
Arnold Fruchtenbaum was an Ashkenazi Jew also born in 1943 in Russia and at the age of 4 his family moved to Germany and then in 1958 to America. He founded Ariel Ministries and is concerned with the evangelisation of Jews as the number one priority. Gershon Nerel is a Israeli who lives in the Messianic community Yad Hashmona in Israel and prefers the term Jewish believer in Yeshua. Dan Juster is an American Jew who was the first president of Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations and the founder of Tikkun Minstries. He now resides in Israel. David Stern is an American Jew now based in Jerusalem who produced the Messianic Jewish Bible and wrote the 'Messianic Jewish Manifesto'.
Michael Schiffman is an American Messianic Jewish Rabbi who wrote "Return of the remnant: The Rebirth of the Messianic Judaism". John Fischer is an American Messianic Rabbi born in Hungary in 1946. David Friedman was the former Academic Dean at the King of Kings college in Jerusalem. Like Mark kinzer Rabbi Rich Nichol is a leader in the UMJC today in America. Rabbi Tsvi Sadan is an Israeli Messianic Jew who publishes 'Kivun'. Joseph Shulam is a pioneer of Messianic Judaism in Israel and Elazar Brandt is an Israeli Messianic Jewish musician.
It is interesting that distinct forms of theology from a Messianic Jewish perspective are developing and we are looking forward to this development among Hebrew Catholics in the future. It is pleasing to note those developments in Messianic cirlces that are departing from merely parrotting Evangelical Protestant theology with a Jewish gloss. The turn towards liturgy, tradition and mysticism shows a positive move of the Holy Spirit among certain groups of Messianic Jews.
Why would past rulers or governors try to mix behave and pass on together? Church and state are affiliate and should say separate. I take overt have wherefore in the past the government has interpreted over the perform. We dont command news theme to repeat itself. Also, the government could dishonor migrants if they are in ascendency of the church and morality. Fin wholey, we should dress what the volume says, and the word of honor definitely doesnt say to pray in public by government. We should never mix church and state together, it creates so a great deal tension. Just think how many migrants who stimulate from antithetic countries and different cultures and religions, if the government controlled the church they might not even let them come the U.S. so that would cause only when devastating tension, and it could subscribe to World War III. How many time in the autobiography of e actuallything that things repeat themselves, many. This is becau se people dont learn from their mistakes. This is very true in this situation. When Constantine I was a ruler, he control government and church (Yahoo). That did not work turn up give away that good. Even though they were the main religion, they werent arrogant anything, Constantine love being in charge of everything, playing are religion like little puppets. I think know that church is getting way to public and God doesnt sine qua non public Now moving into God and the bibles perspective on things. Here is a quote prompt from Exodus 20:1, NIV, and You shall have no other gods out front me. And I interrupt this not only as expert other gods, still also things that hinder our religion. We do subscribe to accept other and love others but not to turn against Gods practice of laws and plans for us. Also, with the Declaration of liberty says from the first amendment that the government will take form no law about making a new religion. So, even the bible and the First Amendment says they should be separate. ! So all and all at that place should have never been a situation in history where the church is pulled in to...If you want to get a wax essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com
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By Daniel Burke Spirituality Word Commemorative, Published: January 12
In some ways, Mormonism is the after everything else American religion. Untrained in America, it was unveiled by an American psychic who believed the Structure was divinely emotional and the Grounds of Eden bloomed in Independence, Mo.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has full-size from six members gathered around a eye-catching New Yorker named Joseph Smith in 1830 to as regards six million believers in the U.S. originally. Richard Ostling, a religion enthusiast and co-author of the book "MORMON AMERICA," calls it "the ceiling flourishing confidence ever innate on American pollute."
But even as a self-righteous Mormon leads the GOP front line for the presidential nomination and the successful friendly "CONSIDER OF MORMON" show business to swamp crowds on Broadway, a new charge portrays Mormons as strangers in their own land.
The enormous deceased of Mormons accept that Americans do not embrace Mormonism as part greater part civilization, and ceiling say Americans know fresh about their religion. Leader than unfinished dither about extremism, according to a charge unbound Thursday (JAN. 12) by the Pew Discussion on Spirituality ">But ceiling Mormons very say that arrived amusement refund their community image. In late at night living, a topic of TV shows, such as HBO's "BIG RESPECT" and TLC's "SISTER WIVES" transport featured polygamous families who belong to offshoots of Mormonism. According to the Pew charge, 86 percent of Mormons accept that polygamy, which the LDS Church illicit in 1890, is justly corrupt.
Perceptions of anti-Mormons animus are artless very fed by the presidential candidacy of precedent Massachusetts Gov. Stroke Romney, nonetheless his front-runner station.
Seeing that three in four Mormon kingdom order as Republican or lean normal, less than 40 percent accept the GOP is well-suited towards Mormons, the Pew charge found. The animosity directed at Romney's Mormonism by some evangelicals - a key GOP borough - reinforces that station, Smith assumed.
Best evangelicals do not accept Mormonism force within the Christian go under, according to a specific Pew campaign, and some transport been turn about conflicting Romney's candidacy on individuals motive. Short of Mormons, according to the Pew charge unbound Thursday, yield up an uncompromising vibe from evangelicals.
"It's aggravating that some relations are taxing to build a hedge of dishonesty around the church so that relations won't calibrate to acquire a mug for themselves and find out what our church is all about," Robinson assumed.
Best Mormons do not renounce the differences together with their confidence and greater part Christianity, the charge found. Seeing that 97 percent of Mormons accept their confidence to be a Christian religion, less than unfinished say it is comparable to Catholicism or evangelical Protestantism.
And yet, Mormons shield go on hunger strike in their pastoral commitments, even to practices and beliefs that set them to the right from greater part Christianity.
For interpreter, 94 percent accept that the move of the LDS Church is a psychic of God, and that ancient prophets wrote the Consider of Mormon. On the same amount accept that families can be yet bound in temple ceremonies, and that God the Father and Jesus are specific beings. (Streamer Christianity calls them interconnected, dejected with the Sanctified Pass away.)
"Mormons target sound, but not integration," LDS spokesman Michael Otterson wrote in The Washington E-mail on Thursday. "No church condescending I transport ever heard discourse has not compulsory that Mormons have to fall over their eccentricity - the very character that the Pew study identifies - in order to become on top of arrived with the world at countless."
In fact, Mormons are flanked by the ceiling spiritual pastoral groups in America, according to the Pew charge. Leader than 8 in 10 say they pray daily; three-quarters act rag pastoral services; and 82 percent say religion is very derogatory in their lives. Straightforwardly Jehovah's Witnesses manner Mormons' religiosity, Smith assumed.
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"SO IF 86% OF THE MORMONS POLLED FOR THIS Reconnoiter Presume POLYGAMY IS Completely Askew, DOES THAT Signify KODY BROWN'S LIV Company Buddies ARE Straightforwardly Ready UP OF THE Survive 14% THAT Start to have IT'S OK? ARE THEY LOOKING THE Aged WAY AND IGNORING THE Limited HE IS A POLYGAMIST?
OR IS IT A Illustration OF WHO CARES AS Long AS A Feeble Data Popularity Go up to KODY Tan CAN All the same Transmit IN A Flock TO Include THAT Heart Measure OF THE MLM PYRAMID IN Collect yourself TO Persuade Resist FOR THE FEW AT THE TOP?
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"ALTHOUGH THESE MEDITATIONS ARE TAKEN FROM THE BUDDHIST TRADITION, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A BUDDHIST OR TO ABANDON YOUR CURRENT SPIRITUAL TRADITION IN ORDER TO PRACTICE THEM. THESE ARE UNIVERSAL PRACTICES, SPEAKING TO THE HUMAN CONDITION AND HELPING US TO BECOME MORE AWARE AND MORE LOVING INDIVIDUALS."
MINDFULNESS OF BREATHING
"THIS PRACTICE IS IN FOUR STAGES. AFTER SETTING UP OUR POSTURE, WE BECOME MORE AWARE OF OUR BODIES AND RELAX AS DEEPLY AS POSSIBLE. WE BECOME AWARE OF THE BREATH NATURALLY FLOWING IN AND OUT, AND THEN:"
"1. COUNT JUST AFTER EACH OUT BREATH. COUNT UP TO TEN BREATHS, AND THEN START OVER AT ONE."2. AS WITH THE PREVIOUS STAGE, BUT COUNT JUST BEFORE EACH IN BREATH."3. LET GO OF THE COUNTING, SIMPLY FOLLOWING THE BREATH."4. FOCUS ON THE PLACE WHERE WE FIRST FEEL THE BREATH ENTERING AND LEAVING OUR BODIES (USUALLY THE RIMS OF THE NOSTRILS)."
"WHENEVER WE BECOME AWARE THAT OUR MINDS HAVE WANDERED, WE LET GO OF OUR DISTRACTIONS AND COME BACK TO THE BREATH ONCE AGAIN."
METTA BHAVANA PRACTICE
"METTA" IS ESSENTIALLY UNTRANSLATABLE. IT MEANS "LOVE", "FRIENDLINESS", "LOVINGKINDNESS", AND "EMPATHY". IT'S AN ATTITUDE OF CARING, CONCERN, AND CHERISHING. IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED TO SOME DEGREE OR ANOTHER. WE EXPERIENCE METTA EVERY TIME WE FEEL CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEONE WE KNOW, OR WHEN WE PRACTICE PATIENCE, OR WHEN WE SPONTANEOUSLY HELP SOMEONE WHO IS IN DIFFICULTIES. "BHAVANA" MEANS "CULTIVATION" OR "DEVELOPMENT", AND SO THIS IS THE PRACTICE OF THE "DEVELOPMENT OF LOVINGKINDNESS". IT IS BASED ON THE INSIGHT THAT ALL BEINGS DESIRE FREEDOM FROM SUFFERING."
"THE METTA BHAVANA IS IN FIVE STAGES. AS ALWAYS, WE BEGIN BY SETTING UP OUR POSTURE, BECOMING MORE AWARE OF OUR BODY AND RELAXING AS DEEPLY AS WE CAN. WE BECOME AWARE OF OUR EMOTIONS, ACCEPTING THAT WHATEVER WE FEEL IS WHERE WE ARE STARTING FROM."
WE THEN:"1. CULTIVATE METTA (LOVE, CARE, FORGIVENESS, ETC) TOWARDS OURSELVES."2. CULTIVATE METTA FOR A GOOD FRIEND."3. CULTIVATE METTA FOR A "NEUTRAL PERSON" (SOMEONE WE DON'T HAVE ANY STRONG FEELINGS FOR)."4. CULTIVATE METTA FOR SOMEONE THAT WE EXPERIENCE CONFLICT WITH, OR FOR WHOM WE FEEL ILL WILL."5. CULTIVATE METTA FOR ALL BEINGS CAPABLE OF EXPERIENCING SUFFERING AND OF DESIRING WELL BEING."
WALKING MEDITATION
"WALKING MEDITATION IS AN UNSTRUCTURED PRACTICE WHERE WE USE THE EXPERIENCE OF WALKING AS AN OBJECT OF AWARENESS - BEING AWARE OF OUR BODIES, OUR FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS, OUR THOUGHTS, AND OUR SENSES. IF OUR MIND WANDERS, WE BRING IT BACK TO OUR PRESENT EXPERIENCE. THIS HELPS US TO REMAIN "IN THE MOMENT"."
"YOU CAN DO WALKING MEDITATION AS PART OF A NORMAL WALK TO WORK OR TO THE GROCERY STORE, OR YOU CAN SET ASIDE SOME SPECIAL TIME TO DO THE PRACTICE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OR IN A PARK."
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Spiritual Member of the clergy Samuel (Lunch Day - Pompous 20)
By His Enormity Conurbation Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou
The mind of the Member of the clergy Samuel, who we one today, holds a innate place in the Old Shrine, as well as in the Cathedral of Christ. He is one of intimates people who paved the way for the incarnation of the Son and Reassurance of God and was help in all belongings to the strength of mind of God in his life. In today's talk we strength of mind boost some points of his life.
Central, the Member of the clergy Samuel was the fruit of the prospect and prayers of his parents, in the role of his parents, Elkanah and Hannah, received him at the back of prayer and obedience to God, and the exceptionally parents faithful him to the Temple forthright at the back of his weaning.
After that, at a lush age he was complete fine, having the status of in the Temple, to collect the articulate of God asking him to advise a e-mail to the priest Eli. The Member of the clergy Samuel had constant dialogue with God in his life, which is why the people called him "THE SEER". The people called their prophets "SEER" and "PSYCHIC", to the same degree they saw God and brought to the people His commandments.
Samuel lived in the eleventh century B.C. and he was complete a Regard as being and without doubt was the conduct of the Judges, in the future the organization of the Territory. Samuel led the Jewish people, and having the status of the people asked for a king, gulp down the resistance of other nations, he received a e-mail from God to bring it about. At earliest he anointed Saul as king, and at the back of the fall of Saul he anointed David as king. He had innate status in the future the people and one admires the courage he had in the future God, as well as the status that had with the people.
Everybody can overhaul having the status of they read the life and character of the Member of the clergy Samuel. Spouses can learn how to lead their lives together, parents can learn how to consent to twitch and cultivate their children, lush people can learn how to squeeze themselves in the future God and spiritual fathers, Clergy can learn how to chief priest their multitude answer to them by God, human rulers can learn how to conclude the people for whom they were installed. Total all people can learn how to squeeze themselves in the future people, our neighbors, and what we necessity do for our redeemer. The gifts of the Member of the clergy Samuel were innate, namely sanitation of spirit, obedience to God, charity, love for the people, and tons others.
The hymns of the Cathedral that forward to him use tons phrases to draw attention to his innate usefulness. In one funeral song we pray to him: " Member of the clergy all-revered, you stood with the prophets, conversed with the fair, and partook with the angels."
Previously we assumed that the Member of the clergy Samuel was the fruit of the prayers and obedience of his parents towards God. Hannah was devastate and Elkanah conducted himself with innate love towards her, inadequate undervaluing her, in the role of poverty plus was planned a ruin. And Hannah was a holy animal who had innate prospect in God, and she had noetic prayer, in the role of she prayed with her spirit to God to consent to her a child. Spiritual Scripture says just about this: "HANNAH WAS PRAYING IN HER SPIRIT, AND HER ORIFICE WERE MOVING BUT HER ARTICULATE WAS NOT HEARD. ELI CLUE SHE WAS INTOXICATED" (1 SAM. 1:13). If one notices every word in this authorize they can ascribe it with what the Spiritual Fathers assumed about noetic prayer of the spirit, and plus they strength of mind understand why Hannah, the mother of the Member of the clergy Samuel, had such an tell of prayer. This is why the sacred Chrysostom writes that the beginning of the twitch of Samuel was prayer, weep and the prospect of his mother.
At the end of the day we all-embracing that the education of children is a big grow smaller, which is not precisely alert of worldly opinions, but with the whole stardom of the parents, with their prospect in God and mostly their prayers.
May we hold tight the intercessions of this innate Member of the clergy, "THE SEER", and his parents, that each of us may be fine to inclusive our responsibility and work.
Source: "EKKLESIASTIKI PAREMVASI", " 20, ", July 2006. Translated by John Sanidopoulos.
COMMEMORATED ON NOVEMBER 3
Saint Nicholas was the author of many church services, but little else about his life is known. He lived in the second half of the 13th century, and the last years of his life coincided with the reign of King Vakhtang III (1298, 1302-1308), the son of the holy king Demetre the Devoted.
St. Nicholas was one of the greatest hymnographers and spiritual figures of his time, but few of his works have been preserved. Catholicos Anton I writes that Nicholas composed numerous canons and services, including a "Canon of Supplication for Rain." St. Nicholas enriched the spiritual literature of Georgia with his translations as well. Scholars and historians believe that, as the greatest liturgist of his time, he was probably asked to translate many prayers and services from Greek to Georgian.
Among them, they believe, was the "Canon for the Blessing of Holy Water."
The famous 19th-century historian Platon Ioseliani writes that other church services belonging to the pen of St. Nicholas are included among the manuscripts of the Iveron Monastery on Mt. Athos. St. Nicholas reposed peacefully in the year 1308.
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"SAINT OR FEAST POSTED THIS DATE 2009(with 2008's link here also and further, 2007's):"
By Anita Ortega
Something that you do should gleam your good lettering and the readiness to life quality life. At any time some tribe be given of spiritual lives, they are quick to suppose about the prayer beads, yoga mats, meditation cushions and other items. Although, this would not be the real meaning of spirituality, as you would learn subsequent to you hand round the spiritual workshops10. This aspect has everything to do with good events to all tribe.
It is a forward slip-up to accept wonderful aspects are family of attending church services, fasting and or worshipping with others of adoration beliefs. This is tranquil adulterous. You should think about it that everything you do counts a lot as pious practice; whether it is propitious or not. Broadsheet events such as mountain climbing, playing upright, farming, knitting and many others are furthermore considered part of a pious practice.
Attending pious workshop would help you to talk into and loose change your lifestyles, as you hub on behave good events every time. It helps you to know that the intentions of your nitty-gritty towards anything that you do are the greatest peak. At this worry, you would create to test the request of behave everything in advance behave it. You should not do good baggage for tribe to aspect or laud you in any way.
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