Showing posts with label hermeticism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hermeticism. Show all posts
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Off The Beaten Track Creative Picture Books You May Have Missed
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Wicca Febrero Luna Acelerada Raul Duende
Source: spellscasting.blogspot.com
Monday, 20 May 2013
Earthwise Digest Number 2461
Worldwide Pagan Wicca Witch Paganism
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POSTED BY: "KRYSTAL DAY" DAY KRYSTAL@YAHOO.COM DAY KRYSTAL
Mon Nov 8, 2010 8:17 pm (PST)
Merry meet and welcome to the group! There are some really gifted and knowledgeable members of this site. Stick around and you will learn much.
Blessed be,
Krystal Day
On Sun, 11/7/10, annitta wrote:
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> To: EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, November 7, 2010, 3:03 AM
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> been learning on my own but it's very hard and lonely
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> choice as long as i stay on the path of light which i fully
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Friday, 8 March 2013
Hattiesburg Race And Prayer
Tensions have been building for quite some time. The chief has alleged that the officers who have left (mostly white officers) did so because of the race issue. A local black pastor has gotten in on the act by alleging racism and attempting to organize citizens against the council. A well written article by one of the white officers who quit just appeared in the paper in which he explained that race was not the issue and that the chief's authoritarian management style was the deciding factor for him and many other officers.
On the front page of yesterday's paper, there was an article about how the pastors from several area churches (of which there is no shortage) are holding mass prayer sessions for members of their congregations to pray for the mayor and city council. Evidently, this is supposed to help them reach an agreement over this mess. In a difficult situation, we do not need reason, negotiation, or compromise. We need prayer. We need Jesus.
You know what? This may actually work. Not because prayer does anything but because of the publicity. For some reason, pastors asking people to pray is instantly newsworthy and will get tons of coverage. Media saturation may actually influence attitudes. So in this strange way, prayer might actually accomplish something.
Tags: local politics, prayer, race, religion, Christian, Christianity, politics, Hattiesburg, MississippiCopyright (c) 2013 Atheist Revolution.
Monday, 1 October 2012
Pagan Blog Project 2012 W Is For Witch
W is for Witch
witch/wiCH/Noun: A woman thought to have evil magic powers. Verb: (of a witch) Cast an evil spell on.Synonyms: noun. hag - sorceress - harridan - hex - beldam - enchantressverb. bewitch - spellbind - enchant - fascinate - charm
Many of my friends have embraced the word Witch. Even the title of my blog shows that I too identify as the word. However what does it really mean to be a witch? And what do we say about ourselves when we use it?
Over my lifetime I've been in many minority categories. I've been called a Dyke, White Trash and Witch. As many in these groups I took these words (reappropriation) and tried to embrace them as some form of empowerment. Recently in a discussion group I belong to we talked about reclaiming these words as a way to take away the oppression that usually goes along with them and "take back" the power that is lost when a minority is singled out and ridiculed for a particular attribute.
Even though I sit and claim to be a proud witch, one of the most hurtful times in my life was just this past year when family members used it against me. Posting on Facebook the words, you crazy WITCH still sting like fist to the gut. Being called names is never a good thing but when someone so close to you takes something so near and dear and stabs you with it, the pain is unbearable.
So have we really taken the word back? Are we really better off by calling ourselves witches. No one can really say for sure, it's a very individual process. I do feel good about using "Witch" as a descriptive word for myself. I think that even though it is empowering, there is still that little one inside of us that is hurt when people attack and words that we've chosen to make us stronger can still cut deep.
So what do you think, have you claimed a derogatory word as your own and then had it come back to bite you? I'd love to hear your comments.
Until next time my pretties -
Namaste and Blessed BeSosanna)O(
Read Confessions of a Modern Witch
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Wednesday, 27 June 2012
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Sunday, 5 February 2012
Tips For Choosing Evangelical Churches In Denver
By Colette Foreman
Choosing a place to fellowship might seem to be an easy task based on the numbers of prayer centers that are coming up all over town. However, a good Christian would know that this is one decision that should not be rushed. You will have a long term relationship with the center you have chosen and such you must ensure that you make a choice of a center that will help you develop spiritually. Making this choice is usually a big problem to those who have recently seen the light and to those who have just changed places of residences. By following the following guidelines, one would make the best choice of evangelical churches in Denver.The main purpose why people go to churches is to find the opportunity to grow as a disciple. The most important thing for one to do in Christianity is to learn to follow Christ. This is basically what discipleship is all about. It therefore means that when you are making this choice, you should choose a church that is more concerned about the spiritual development of its members than just the numbers.
One must ensure that he chooses a place that has sound biblical doctrines. With the rise in the number of places of worship one should be certain that he joins one that actually follows the teachings of the bible. There are certain worship centers that have come that teaches people things that are completely unbiblical. You should be careful not to join such a center.
Every worship center usually has fellowship programs. This is basically how it conducts its activities throughout the week and on the material official worship day. Designers of good fellowship programs in any church should have everybody in mind while preparing the program. There should be a Sunday school program for the young ones and a youth program for the teens that are at a very confusing stage in their lives. Encompassing every member of the family in the fellowship programs ensure that you develop spiritually as a family.
You should fellowship in a place you are welcomed. The congregation should know how to welcome new members into the church. They should know how to make friends in Christ. This is especially important for people who are young in faith.
When choosing a worship center, it is important to consider its proximity to where you stay. It would be Easier for you to miss a Sunday service if you fellowship in a church that is out of town in comparison to a situation where the Church is just a stone throw away from your doorstep. If you have the options of choosing between two centers, you would rather go for the center that is close to you as long as it has good doctrines.
The worship day is an important factor to consider. If you pray on Saturday, you must find a center that meets on Saturday. The same applies for those people who worship on Sunday.
You must know the background of the church before you start fellow shipping with them. Ensure that the history is clean. With pointers you will have the best church.
About the Author:
You can visit www.plattparkchurch.org for more helpful information about How To Choose Evangelical Churches In Denver.
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Alchemy Secret Art Of The Land Of Khem
Pre-Dynastic Egypt
Reference: mysteryvoodoo.blogspot.com
Thursday, 19 May 2011
The Astrology Book The Encyclopedia Of Heavenly Influences
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Wednesday, 11 May 2011
The Strange Exodus Of Tlalesh Part I
The ruins of Tlalesh are not far from the shining towers of Jindelil. If one heads north following the cracked riverbed of the Nenuru -- a waterway that was winding and senescent when Man first crawled forth from his primordial Forest Cradle -- one will eventually come to a sandy area littered with cracked marble flagstones and scattered bits of fallen masonry. This is the site of old Tlalesh, and it is best not to linger there. Or so say the wild men who wander the region in search of game and tidbits to sell at market. They describe strange lights in the sky over fallen Tlalesh. They speak of chittering shadows and the touch of cold, unseen hands. Most townsfolk dismiss these tales as the colorful inventions of goat-wiving crackpots, but the learned erudytes of Jindelil know better.
It is said that when Melhusk the Stunted appeared before Tanai-Suboch, King of Tlalesh, he came bearing an unusual gift. Melhusk was the monarch of the Seventh Decrepitude, an ancient ally of the river-kingdom that had grown too prosperous for the jealous lord of Tlalesh to tolerate. And so the king and his diplomat-cohorts in the Seventh staged a successful coup that enriched Tlalesh's coffers and harems alike. Several of Melhusk's most loyal supporters and family members were killed out of necessity, but by-and-large the conflict was bloodless and the conversion to Tlaleshian rule an uncommonly peaceful process. And so Melhusk, a dwarf now dwarfed twice over by his defeat, was brought before the smiling King of Tlalesh to pronounce words of love and affection for his new master.
"Greetings, Melhusk. We hope all is well with you and that our men-at-arms have not treated you over-rough," said Tanai-Suboch with mock-concern. "We see that you come carrying a basket. Is this a gift for your master? Not an adder, we hope." He motioned to Melhusk's escort and the crude, reed-woven basket was snatched from the dwarf's hands and brought to the foot of the king's dais so that he might view its contents from a safe distance. To his surprise it was filled with little more than river-loam. A few sickly looking white mushrooms sprouted here and there like half-buried finger-bones.
"Good day to you, my lord," said Melhusk in the slow, deliberate tone that was his custom. "As a sign that there is no ill-will between us, I bring you the fruits of my labors in the Seventh. It is common knowledge that mine is a family of potioners and apothecaries first and monarchs second. These fungi you see before you were procured by my own hand from a marsh that lies many days travel to the south. I can use them to make a brew that will allow the drinker passage to the Transubstantial Plane, where it is said many strange things may be seen and known."
Tanai-Suboch shifted uncomfortably in his throne. The audience had quickly taken an unforeseen turn, with no groveling or begging on the horizon -- at least not of the spontaneous variety. This, in stark defiance of his reasoned expectations. "That is most interesting. We will have our magickers examine these weird fruits. In the meantime, we have arranged accommodations for you in the Tower of Barallu." He motioned impatiently for the escort to take Melhusk away. Several courtiers noticed the odd smile on the dwarf's lips as he was ushered out of the throne room.
In reality Tanai-Suboch was absolutely uninterested in Melhusk's gift. The matter fell into the hands of an incompetent court wizard named Forhain, the least of such specialists currently under the king's employ. Forhain was nearing his fortieth year. He lived alone with his son not far from the palace walls, his wife having six years before succumbed to an unknown affliction which took her mind and later her life in the Sanctuary at Yartha. By all accounts Forhain was a fraud. His knowledge of the magical arts was superficial, and his installment at the palace a testament to his pleasant-sounding voice and convincing nature. The other magickers were well aware of Forhain's shortcomings. Behind his back they whispered and sniggered, but none mocked him openly. Such was the power of Forhain's personality that his superiors were somewhat intimidated by him and his ability to capture the ear and mind of the king.
The mushrooms presented something of a predicament to Forhain. Despite his king's lack of interest in the matter, the wizard would still be required to make an official report following his investigation of the deposed monarch's fungi. The question was whether he dare fabricate such a report and risk the chance that the matter might progress in some unknown direction. Perhaps the king might wish him to brew up some of Melhusk's potion and have Forhain himself drink it! The alternative would be to seek the counsel of one of his fellow wizards -- a prospect that irked him considerably. For weeks he mulled over the problem, but no clear solution presented itself. In the meantime the mushrooms sat under his workbench in the cellar, nurtured by the shadows and the damp, cool air.
One evening, as they sat at a dinner of roasted fowl and beets, Forhain noted that his son -- a boy of seven years named Ghon with an appetite nearly on par with his father's gluttony -- was staring absently at his bowl. In fact he had eaten and drank nothing at all, Forhain realized, as he polished off his third bird-leg and considered the crispy scales along the creature's spine.
"Ghon, my darling boy, you look positively pale," cooed Forhain.
"It is nothing father," said the boy, his eyes yet fixed on his bowl.
"Is your stomach not well? Perhaps a disagreement among the acid-sacs? Tell me. If you are ill we must call upon the physic." A note of anxiety touched the wizard's voice. Few thoughts troubled him more than the possibility of losing his son and finding himself alone and with nothing to love in the world but himself.
"I will tell you what ails me, father, but you must not be angry with me after I have told," mumbled Ghon.
"Tell it. You have my word as a wizard," said Forhain, and he brandished a bird-leg for emphasis.
A spasm danced across the boy's face as he explained that while snooping around the cellar he had discovered a basket under his father's workbench. The large, tube-shaped mushrooms growing inside it looked too enticing for him to resist, and it had been nearly an hour since lunch, so what was he to do but take one for a snack to quell the grumbling in his belly? It had tasted off, but only slightly. But now since eating the thing a pain had announced itself in his innards. At first just a pin-prick, the feeling had blossomed into a churning pot of indigestion. "May I be excused, father?" the boy asked finally, not comprehending his father's slack-jawed expression.
The physic was summoned in short order. Despite the man's ample supply of purgatives, he could not entice Ghon to vomit up the masticated mushroom. After an hour of observation, he left the home of Forhain with an expression of defeat. The wizard paced outside his son's bedroom, unable to contain his anxiety. "This will not do. This will not do," he repeated over and over on into the night. By moonrise Ghon had fallen into a shallow-breathed slumber. Several times Forhain held his hand to the boy's mouth to check for breath, so death-like was his sleep. Finally, exhausted, the wizard collapsed at the end of his son's bed and gave himself to phantom-haunted dreams.
He could not be certain of the hour when he awoke. Little light filtered through the bedroom's window. He rubbed his eyes, uncertain for a moment just where he was.
"You will do this thing," said a hollow voice.
The wizard started. A shiver ran up his back. His hands groped for a lamp.
"Who is there? Answer me," quailed Forhain. The hollow sound of the voice, like wind passing over leaves in late autumn, had shaken him considerably.
"You will do this thing," the ghostly voice stated again.
Forhain's seeking hands finally met with the lamp that sat next to him on the floor. He quickly spoke the charm to ignite it. This was one among a dearth of magical oddments actually known to him. The wick sizzled into flame at an unnatural rate, swiftly revealing the room and its contents. To Forhain's surprise, none but he and his son occupied it.
"You will do this thing," said the voice a third time, and Forhain could see that the sound emerged from the boy, though it was so unlike the fine voice he normally possessed. Now other words began to creep their way out from between Ghon's teeth. The voice exhorted the wizard to accomplish a certain task. He would need to construct something, something that required a whole litany of bizarre materials. Forhain reached for paper as the voice droned on, scribbling the instructions in shorthand. This went on for nearly an hour, and then just as suddenly stopped. Ghon's breaths became deeper, and he lapsed back into a sleep that resembled healthy slumber.
Though later he was uncertain as to why he felt so compelled to carry out the ghost-voice's bidding, Forhain spent the next six weeks completely absorbed in the task. He was heartened to see that his son suffered no more weird fits and that his appetite resumed its regular voracity. The project consumed most of his attentions, however. He would have completed it without hesitation, but, as it happened, one afternoon he found himself interrupted by a messenger from the king. It came at a most inconvenient time, for he was in negotiations with a vendor from Kthoa who claimed he could obtain a certain crystal type considered sacred by the cult of Chuugu of the Seventeen Faces. Reluctantly Forhain followed the messenger back to the palace and awaited audience with Tanai-Suboch.
"What of those mushrooms we gave you?" purred the king as one of his virginal servants washed his feet in an ivory bowl. "We have grown curious. A strange dream visited us last night, and it concerned both you and Melhusk's unsavory gift." A shadow creased Tanai-Suboch's brow. He kicked the girl in the face, and she fell to the foot of the dais where she gathered herself up without so much as a whimper.
"The matter has taken some unusual turns, my lord," stated Forhain. "I find myself enlabyrinthed in its complexities at present."
"Oh? And what form do these 'complexities' assume, wizard? We are intrigued," said the king.
"A frame -- or perhaps a doorway -- made of uncommon materials," said the wizard reluctantly, though he was not certain why he felt so.
"We would very much like to see this frame. When the thing is complete, notify my messenger. Carry on, Forhain. We grow bored with the sight of you." Tanai-Suboch waved the wizard on, who went gladly, being all too ready to leave the king's presence.
Part II
Reference: lilith-dark-moon.blogspot.com
Friday, 4 March 2011
Screwed Up
.... I can't imagine that any religion in the history of humanity has made as many clearly false claims and promises as evangelical Christians in their quest to say that Jesus makes us better people right now. With their constant promises of joy, power, contentment, healing, prosperity, purpose, better relationships, successful parenting and freedom from every kind of oppression and affliction, I wonder why more Christians aren't either being sued by the rest of humanity for lying or hauled off to a psych ward to be examined for serious delusions.
Evangelicals love a testimony of how screwed up I USED to be. They aren't interested in how screwed up I am NOW. But the fact is, that we are screwed up. Then. Now. All the time in between and, it's a safe bet to assume, the rest of the time we're alive.....
You people with your Bibles. Look something up for me? Isn't almost everyone in that book screwed up? I mean, don't the screwed up people-like Abraham, Jacob, Moses, David, Hosea-outnumber the "good Christians" by about ten to one? And isn't it true that the more we get to look at a Biblical character close up, the more likely it will be that we'll see a whole nasty collection of things that Christians say they no longer have to deal with because, praise God! I'm fixed? Not just a few temper tantrums or ordinary lies, but stuff like violence. Sex addictions. Abuse. Racism. Depression. It's all there, yet we still flop our Bibles open on the pulpit and talk about "Ten Ways To Have Joy That Never Goes Away!" Where is the laugh track?
What was that I heard? "Well....we're getting better. That's sanctification. I've been delivered!" I suppose some of us are getting better. For instance, my temper is better than it used to be. Of course, the reason my temper is better, is that in the process of cleaning up the mess I've made of my family with my temper, I've discovered about twenty other major character flaws that were growing, unchecked, in my personality. I've inventoried the havoc I've caused in this short life of mine, and it turns out "temper problem" is way too simple to describe the mess that is me. Sanctification? Yes, I no longer have the arrogant ignorance to believe that I'm always right about everything, and I'm too embarrassed by the general chaos of my life to mount an angry fit every time something doesn't go my way. Getting better? Quite true. I'm getting better at knowing what a wretched wreck I really amount to, and it's shut me up and sat me down.....
Faith, alive in our weakness, looks like a war. An impossible war, against a far superior adversary: our own sinful, fallen nature. Faith fights this battle. Piper loves this verse from Romans, and I do, too. But I need to explain why, because it can sound like the "victorious" life is not Jesus' life in the Gospel, but me "winning at life" or some other nonsense.
For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put (are putting) to death the deeds of the body, you will live. (Romans 8:13)The complexity resides right here: Faith is discontentment with what I am, and satisfaction with all God is for me in Jesus. The reason that description works so well for me is that it tells us the mark of saving faith is not just resting passively in the promises of the Gospel (though that is exactly what justification does), but this ongoing war with the reality of my condition.....
.... This battle-and the victories in it-are fought by very un-victorious Christians.
I will be accused of a serious lack of good news, I'm sure, so listen. At the moment I am winning, Jesus is with me. At the moment I am losing, Jesus is with me and guarantees that I will get up and fight on. At the moment I am confused, wounded and despairing, Jesus is with me. I never, ever lose the brokenness. I fight, and sometimes I prevail, but more and more of my screwed up, messed up life erupts. Each battle has the potential to be the last, but because I belong to one whose resurrection guarantees that I will arrive safely home in a new body and a new creation, I miraculously, amazingly, find myself continuing to believe, continuing to move forward, till Jesus picks us up and takes us home..... [read it all!]The truth is that the more we know about the faith, and about ourselves, the more conscious we are of how far we fall short, and how helplessly dependent we are on God's grace.
C.S. Lewis: "At this very moment you and I are either committing [selfishness], or about to commit it, or repenting it. The Problem of Pain"
"How is it that people who are quite obviously eaten up with Pride can say they believe in God and appear to themselves very religious? I am afraid it means they are worshiping an imaginary God. They theoretically admit themselves to be nothing in the presence of this phantom God, but are really all the time imagining how He approves of them and thinks them far better than ordinary people: that is, they pay a pennyworth of imaginary humility to Him and get out of it a pound's worth of Pride towards their fellow-men. I suppose it was of those people Christ was thinking when He said that some would preach about Him and cast out devils in His name, only to be told at the end of the world that He had never known them. And any of us may at any moment be in this death-trap. Luckily, we have a test. Whenever we find that our religious life is making us feel that we are good - above all, that we are better than someone else - I think we may be sure that we are being acted on, not by God, but by the devil. The real test of being in the presence of God is, that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object. It is better to forget about yourself altogether. Mere Christianity"
Thanks to Bob at In the Clearing for the reference.
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Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Peace In The Golden Dawn Community
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Fordicalia Day Of Tellus Mater
ELEMENT: "Earth"
OFFERING: "Go outside the community and find land to clean up."
DAILY MEAL: "Vegetarian"
ALTAR: Upon a green cloth place several large stones of different sorts, some in a clay bowl of water; a clay bowl of salt, a loaf of thick, nourishing black bread with herbs and vegetable gratings in it, a chalice of herbal tea, boughs of greenery, and four green candles.
INVOCATION TO TELLUS MATER
Our Mother lies beneath our feetAnd holds up our every step.There is nowhere that we can walkWhere She does not lie beneath us.There is nothing that we can eatThat will nourish our bodies,Those bodies that are made from Her clay,That does not come from HerAnd Her other children.We are born of HerAs we are born of woman,Each and every one of us.No matter who we are,No matter where we walk,No matter what we think,We are still Her children.Hail, Mother of All Things!Hail, bounteous one, giver of life,And taker of life back into your breast.From you we all proceedAnd to you we shall all return.
CHANT: "The Earth is our mother, we must take care of her,"The Earth is our mother, we must take care of her,"Hey and a ho and a ho na na"Hey and a ho and a ho na na"
(All join hands while chanting and move in a spiral dance around the room, four times in and out. Then the bread and tea is passed around. It is important that much work be done on the Earth today, both in and out of the community's land.)
Found in: Pagan Book of Hours
Credit: magic-and-spells.blogspot.com
Saturday, 30 October 2010
Structure Of Ordo Templi Orientis
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2. The Standalone Realm of the Gnosis of the IXA^0
3. The Deepest Areopagus of the Illuminati of the VIIIA^0
4. The High Hardship of the VIA^0
5. The Glory High Stand
* Presided completed by the Glory High Master XA^0
* Official Legislative body
6. The Best High Legislative body
7. The Electoral Scholarly
Ordo Templi Orientis - Transnational
1. Transnational Bottom is the crate that governs O.T.O. widespread. As a diktat crate, it is common as the Transnational Best Legislative body, which consists of the Beyond Icon of the Pass on (OHOaEUR"what's more common as Frater Pinnacle), the Secretary Familiar, and the Treasurer Familiar.
2. The Standalone Realm of the Gnosis consists of members who store reached the IXA^0. Their vital toll is to study and practice the theurgy and thaumaturgy of the degree, consisting of the Best Deepest of the Pass on. In spite of that, as a diktat crate, they store the arbitrator to
* outdo and wreck the rulings of the Areopogus
* act as representitives of the OHO and Glory High Masters as soon as petition arises
* matter the part of Revolutionary
* say-so within the Deepest Areopagus
* store some powers completed the installation and removal of the OHO and Glory High Masters
3. The Deepest Areopagus of the Illuminati is a deep Governing Form comprised of colonize who store reached the VIIIA^0. It has the arbitrator to reverse the decisions of the High Hardship.
4. The High Hardship is slow-moving of members of the degree of High Inquisitor Chief (a sub-degree of the VIA^0). Their highest toll is to fastener and abritrate disputes and complaints not solid at the level of Chapters and Lodges.
Ordo Templi Orientis - Glory
1. At the mother country level, the top score crate is the High Stand, which is ruled by the Glory High Master. In the field of the High Stand is an Official Legislative body, which consists of the Move of Directors, who are the Glory High Master, the High Secretary Familiar, and the High Treasurer Familiar.
2. The Best High Legislative body consists of members of the VIIA^0 proper by the Glory High Master XA^0. They are charged with:
* the manage of the whole of the Lovers Repute
* Hearing and deciding appeals of the decisions of the Electoral Scholarly
* Hearing hearsay of the Standalone High Inspectors Familiar VIIA^0 as to the kindred of the Depart members of the Lovers Repute
3. The Electoral Scholarly consists of eleven members of the VA^0 and is the initially of the governing bodies. Its highest toll is to sincere the kindred of the Man of Gain Repute.
O.T.O. has a federally recognised tax-exempt leave in the USA under IRS divide 501c(3). It what's more has California gentle firmness leave.
The US High Stand is the governing crate of O.T.O. in the United States of America. The U.S. Glory High Master is Fr. Sabazius XA^0, who was proper in 1996.
According to their website, the Post Allege of U.S.G.L. is as follows:
"Ordo Templi Orientis U.S.A. is the U.S. High Stand (Glory Part) of Ordo Templi Orientis, a hierarchical, fervent involvement affair. Our committee is to effect and hang the doctrines and practices of the deep and fervent set of laws common as Thelema, with particular consequence on humanizing the standards of accessory freedom, self-discipline, self-knowledge, and macro brotherhood. To this end, we storage space sacramental and initiatory cash, stand fast auspices and categorization to our members, regard social activities, and web in inspiring and community service actions at locations present the United States."
The UK High Stand is the governing crate of O.T.O. in the United Settle. The U.K. Glory High Master is Fr. Hyperion XA^0, who was proper in 2005 (93 existence after the continue High Master for the UK, Aleister Crowley, was fantastic to that part).
Ordo Templi Orientis - The Gnostic Catholic Place of worship
The Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, or Gnostic Catholic Place of worship, is the ecclesiastical arm of O.T.O. It's major awareness is the celebration of Liber XV, The Gnostic Nap. In avant-garde existence, other cash store been on paper and truthful for use within the church. These aspect Inauguration, Substantiation (wearing the Laity), and Ordination (for Deacons, Priests & Priestesses, and Bishops), and Prolong Wake. Display are what's more a variety of "unsupported" rituals that are skillful within the context of E.G.C., by way of Weddings, Visitation and Supply of the Qualities to the Hard, Exorcism, and Wake for Handiwork and Portly Feasts.
Ordo Templi Orientis - O.T.O. bodies
At the Man of Gain level, submit are three levels of Draw to a close Form, which are Camps, Oases, and Lodges.
1. Camps shelve to be the lowest possible and are not unavoidable to perform intiations. They are pressed to perform official duties the Gnostic Nap.
2. Oases are the closest prevalent, and must be sunny to set up nonstop the IIIA^0.
3. Lodges are the prevalent local crate within the Man of Gain Repute, and are expected to perform official duties the Gnostic Nap on a customary basis, work towards establishing a imperishable temple, and store the painting to set up nonstop IVA^0/P.I.
4. Chapters of Rose Croix are bodies professional by members of the Aficionado Repute. A Episode is headed by a Best Trial Standalone. They are habitually charged with arranging social actions, such as the stage, banquets, and dances. They what's more work to hang peace between the members by grace and niceness.
5. Guilds are groups open by O.T.O. Transnational deliberate to hang a profession, big business, science or craft. Make happy to approval by the Areopogus, they make their own convention and breathing space their own efforts. Display are in our time three Guilds: the Psychology Circle, the Translators' Circle, and the Objects Machinery Circle.
6. The luminary Realm is sometimes second hand to testify a group of initiates consistent for E.G.C. actions. This deed in our time reflects no mess chartering operate or permitted standing within the Pass on.
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Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Thai Buddhist Meditation In California Free
The leading kingdom Vesak celebration in the USA is LA's annual Dhammakaya background (WQ).
AZUSA, California - The Dhammakaya ("Dharma-body") Comprehensive Reflection Intricate (DIMC) offers classes and retreats on a special Thai Buddhist meditation way [a combination of surplus and guided eyesight].
It has proved to be what's more easy to learn and effective. It support any person regardless of age, outline, or belief. Individuals support add stress contraction, stuck-up correlation and mental articulacy, body-mind freedom from strife, and the taste of a edict and peaceful feel all impart a practitioner. It is skilled liberally to all.
Yoga and Reflection
Sensitive yoga stretches are instructed by a approved yoga well-mannered. Later than these sympathetic drills, participants discussion together under the sticky target of an authorized Dhammakaya meditation protester, evenly a Buddhist reverend. Travels accurate with a short discussion and uplifting membership by participants. All drop-in participants are own up to get together the organization and joy of Dhammakaya meditation, which is followed by have a meal. Cost? Ceiling classes are Untaken. Contributions are own up. [Accommodate white.]
VISIT: 865 E. Monrovia Lasting, Azusa, CA 91702. (626) 334-2160, dimc azusa@dimc.net
Sunday Manage
* 9:00 am - Put your feet up drills
* 9:30 - Introduction to Dhammakaya way, meditation practice [guided eyesight], loving-kindness practice
* 10:30 - Crowd membership, Q color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Photo Lanai
Insightfulness Quarterly editors, 2011 Vesak celebration
Dhammakaya is an out of the blue place, an oasis in the tenderness of a essential embed nursery school, now a temple chic encircled by a clearance within a clearance.
(Voguish the accommodation fail, the Monrovia Playgroup sold its land to a developer who built an completed rural community curved the temple, amid Citrus Friendliness and Azusa Soothing College. It is nestled at the maximum engross wearing the East Set of the San Gabriel Watercourse (and Morris Dam, which gives the Los Angeles cavern greatest of its natural water, the rest of it for instance piped in from the extreme Colorado channel).
Buddhist monastics from Thailand, Sri Lanka, Burma, Tibet, Japan, Korea, India, China doll, Taiwan, Vietnam, Europe, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, and Bangladesh act. It is conducted in English under banners with a meditation for world organization and circumambulation with candles in an marvelous spectacle.
DIMC-Azusa is hard to find. But it is an epiphany with trailing forested estate nestled in the midst of foothills and ridges in a urban narrative. Every one see, Dhammakaya is the only this minute Buddhist temple in Los Angeles to purposely give a buzz every Buddhist community to its Vesak background commemorating the precedent Buddha's genesis, clarification, and parinirvana.
In Thailand, nearby to the Bangkok Int'l Deadly, the local Dhammakaya tenderness hosts tens of thousands of monks, nuns (mae chi), and white-clad lay buddies. It is the spirit of Thailand's largest part meditation scheme that has in a meeting sitting from the temple wearing the world.
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Astrology And Bank Account Opening Tips
Astrology and Bank Account
Opening TipsASTROLOGY AND BANK ACCOUNT OPENING TIPS, HOW TO OPEN BANK A/C FOR PROSPERITY, WHEN TO OPEN BANK A/C TO BE A MILLIONAIRE AS PER ASTROLOGY, TOTKAY FOR BANK ACCOUNT OPENING AUSPICIOUS DAY AND TIME TO OPEN BANK A/C AS PER ASTROLOGY, HOW TO INCREASE SAVINGS THROUGH ASTROLOGY?.
So you want to be a millionaire, no problems it's a great thing that you have a aim to be a millionaire. But keep in mind that every thought of a person doesn't come in to reality until a hard action plan is done. So if you really want to be the richest person, if you really want to be the independent person, if you don't want to think about your expenses then be sure to work hard and make efforts in every direction smartly.
In every business or work bank account is necessary. Whether you are an employee or entrepreneur whether you are a businessmen or a non working person bank account generally every one have. Bank account is very important for every one because we keep our savings on it, it is also important because every transaction is done through bank account. But did you ever think about how to manage your bank account as per astrology. I know what you are thinking that again a new topic i am arising to increase craze but no my intention is not increase visitors of my blog but i just want to put a topic which will reveal a truth before you regarding managing bank account as per astrology.
I don't think that we think about the use of astrology in opening bank account. But let me clear you that if you are thinking about buying gold in pushya nakshatra then why you don't think about opening bank account in auspicious day and time.
Don't you want that your bank account will show you a good balance every time you open it. Don't you want to be a person having full financial power to fulfill any wish.
Once a question is asked with a person about definition of success and the person replied-"I don't want to see the price tag of things which i like and i want to be at that level. That is real success for me". What a aim, what a confidence. Yes this is possible if you are committed with your self that 'yes' I will achieve at the culmination of success. I will be a millionaire. But it is not very easy.
If the planets are supporting then no doubt you will easily achieve the aim of your life but what happen if the planets are not in favor of you.
There is no need to worry if your planets are not supporting to you. Astrology will help you to achieve your aim. Astrology will show you the way to become millionaire. Astrology will guide you how to make your self financially strong.
Here in this article i am revealing the mystery of how and when to open bank account so that it will support you to make good savings and to increase your business.
SOME IMPORTANT TIPS FOR EVERYONE WHO WANT PROSPERITY IN LIFE:
1. Don't make hurry while opening bank account. You are going to attach yourself for life long with the bank so don't underestimate this question and give some time to choose the right bank which will support you as per astrology.
2. Check the Match as per the astrology. Take your raashi or zodiac sign now check the bank name and check the zodiac sign.
If it is supporting to your zodiac sign then no doubt you will get benefit in long run. This bank will be helpful to you in increasing your personal and professional life.
3. Now the next question is when to open bank account. For this i want to say that Just show your horoscope to any experienced astrologer and know about your good days. And on those days if sarwarthsiddhi yoga is falling or any other auspicious muhurth is falling then try to open your account on those days.
4. If you are having problem in above point then just try to open your account on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
5. While doing the processes of opening the bank account try to chant the mantra or spell of goddess laxmi or God Kuber.
6. Think positively at the time of opening bank account. Just think that soon you will fill your bank account with good savings. Think that this bank account will make your prosperous soon.
7. Always try to deposit amount on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and on auspicious time.
8. While doing any transactions just chant the mantra or spell of mahalaxmi or kuber. It will help you to open the way of success.
8. One very important thing if you are using your online banking then it is good to open your account daily once and chant the mantra of mahalaxmi or kuber and think that soon your account will be filled with huge amount.
9. If you use offline banking then once in a week try to check your account with good mood.
PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE WHILE OPENING BANK ACCOUNT AS PER ASTROLOGY:1. Don't chew tobacco or smoke at the time of doing process of bank account opening. 2. Try to keep yourself happy while doing any banking activities whether it is offline or online. 3. While doing payment through bank just be happy and give with happy and good mood. It will help to increase prosperity. 4. It is also good to be happy when accepting any payment through bank. 5. Don't use any type of abusive words with any one at the time of doing bank account opening activities. 6. If you want stable prosperity then be calm and keep remembering the mantra of mahalaxmi or kuber.
If you are not believing on this concept then you are missing something in life. You don't have to pay anything while adopting these processes but the only thing which you need is full trust on these ways and astrology. I have guided many ones to open bank account as per astrology and all they are thriving well.
Believe me and use this occult science ways to make yourself prosperous.
Have a good life.............
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