Lionhearts Magickal Herbal Guide

This month's herb is a special one, for its species holds two powerful herbs in occultism. "Juniperus communis, "or Common Juniper and "Juniperus Virginiana," otherwise known as Cedar wood (Cedar for short). So as a special treat I will be posting occult correspondences for both these popular magickal and medicinal herbs. First up: FOLK NAME: Common Juniper PARTS USED: leaves, berries, wood, essential oil PLANET: Sun ELEMENT: Fire GENDER: Both, this herb has feminine and masculine energies GODDESS/GOD: Inanna also called Ishtar MEDICINAL USES: The cones or "berries" yield brown dye and the antiseptic, diuretic, and detoxifying Juniper oil, used to treat cystitis, acne, eczema, cellulite, and rheumatism. FOLKLORE: The ripe cones or "berries" flavor gin, Chartreuse, pates, and game. Native...

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Pope Benedict Appears In Tv Question And Answer Show

Pope Benedict XVI has made history as the first pontiff to take part in a televised question-and-answer session.The pre-recorded programme was broadcast on the Italian Rai channel on Good Friday afternoon.Seven questions were chosen from thousands submitted for the Pope to answer during the 80-minute programme.Most of the questions, from people across the world, dealt with the struggle with suffering.TV viewers saw a split screen, with the Pope sitting in the Vatican library and those asking the questions filmed near their homes.The first question was asked by a seven-year-old Japanese girl traumatised by the recent devastating earthquake and tsunami.She asked why she and other children should have to feel afraid. The Pope replied that he had also asked himself the same question."We do not...

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Pagan Eye Falling Apple Blossom

I looked out of my window and saw a shower of apple blossom falling from my apple tree. By the time I got my camera ready, what looked like a snowfall had lessened to a just a few white petals drifting to the ground. Oh, and I do realise my garden seriously needs weeding - but it does look rather fairyland-like with the bluebells, forget-me-nots, blue alkanet flowers and long grass. It would have looked even better if the sun had been shining!My Pagan Eye posts show photos that I find interesting - seasonal images, pagan sites, events, or just pretty pictures. If you want to send me a photo for a Pagan Eye post, please email it to badwitch1234@gmail.com Let me know what the photo shows and whether you want your name mentioned or not. For copyright reasons, the photo must be one you have taken...

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The Buddha Sister Beautiful Joy

"MYANMARPEDIA (BURMESE BUDDHIST FIGURES) abbreviated by Deepness Quarterly Immersed with her own beauty and popularity even as a nun, Sundari Nanda managed to break free and become advocate (en.domotica.net)Sundari NandaNanda was the the stepsister of Prince Siddhattha (WHO GO FINAL BECAME THE BUDDHA), the child of his dawn Sovereign Suddhodana and his adoptive mother Sovereign Maha Pajapati Gotami (THE SISTER OF SIDDHATTHA'S USUAL MOTHER). Such as she brought great amusing and joy to her parents, she was named Nanda, which channel joy and amusing. Nanda grew up to be very somnolent and lissom and was commonly referred to as Sundari Nanda or "Nanda the Attractive."At any time her mother, Sovereign Maha Pajapati, and other Sakyan ladies gave up the household life to live up the spiritual life,...

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The Hoodoo Truth We Do Enemy Work And Elitism

I time-honored a unlikable suggestion from a personality I inquiry is a Wiccan or Neopagan on diverse forum. I inquiry the personality is a Wiccan or Neopagan based on their views; static, I may perhaps be wrong. In a nutshell this personality was implying that he was purely snooty to me being he does not view the accepted wisdom of opposition work as having any correct meaning and views it as cursing and black magic. This is a lead belief of these types of people. The personality what's more roughly accused me of superiority and roughly believed I was a dishonor to the tradition. So I option put my responses in sincere so people are individual.1.) We do opposition work. Foe work is attack protection work. If you odd that it's wrong to do any type of opposition work as a result gain living...

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St Francis Of Assisi A Fundamentalist Catholic

Today the Church remembers and celebrates the life and ministry of the little monk, St. Francis of Assisi. He is often remembered as one of the first hippies because of the stylized portrayal in Zifferelli's 70's era film "Brother Sun, Sister Moon." However, he was no "spiritual liteweight" and took the Gospel literally when he read that he should forsake all to follow Christ."Announce the kingdom! Possess no gold or silver or copper in your purses, no traveling bag, no sandals, no staff" (see Luke 9:1-3).He completely emptied himself of all possessions literally removing all his clothes and returning them to his earthly father as a way of announcing his desire to forsake all and follow Christ. Boy, he sure took the Bible literally didn't he? He was known for his devotion to the Eucharist...

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Umbris Posted A Discussion

HEAVEN IS (NOT) REAL Is possible to hate something that doesn't exist? I recently seen this movie called Heaven is real according to people that produced this movie it based off the real story of kid who had a NDE and saw heaven. I personally think because this kid was raised in highly religious family (his father is pastor) on top of him being very sick that he hallucinated everything. Would not world be different if God really existed. According to the bible humanity is full of sin and god created us with original sin. Why would a perfect creator make his creation imperfect? If God is in fact omnipotent than he has the ability to create perfection instead created imperfection, flawed existence. I don't even believe in some supreme being whatsoever I feel if such a thing could exist than...

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How To Get More Out Of Mass

Q - Mass can be boring. How can I go to Mass and get more out of it?A - Thanks for your question. First off, I will tell you that your question is all too common. Many people go to Mass with the expectation that they are supposed to "get" a lot out of it. But, what you get out of Mass is dependent on what kind of changes you are willing to make in your efforts before, during and after Mass, because what you put into Mass determines what you get out of it.Let me give you eight pointers that have helped me in the past:1 - Properly prepare for Mass. * Read and study the readings before you go to Mass, and then listen to them intently while The Word is proclaimed. You can find the Sunday readings here. * Study the Church's teachings. The more you know about Christ and His Church, the more there...

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Smashing The High Places

I heard this quote the other day, "Don't let people be the determiner of your reputation." My thoughts have always been focused on being authentic and I have strived to be real in every respect when dealing with people. This has its up side and downside as it opens me up for frequent criticism from people who don't much like what they see. Being a leader of women I am in various settings where protocol determines what I wear or how I react. For example, to show up to a ladies luncheon in cut off jean shorts and a t-shirt would not be a good idea no matter how I feel about it. If someone disagrees with me about something I must be cautious in my reply both in verbal and non-verbal communication. Being a leader also means people observe and scrutinize my actions and words and evaluate through...

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Gnostic Hermeneutics Yields Gnostic Theology

As we identifiable previous explored on this blog, the hermeneutics of doubtfulness that highlight the modern assumed historical-critical craze, are rooted in the resurgence of Epicureanism in the old-fashioned modern instant by figures sweetheart Hobbes and Spinoza. Epicureanism assumes that religion is based on the ignorance of secular beings of the definite causes of outfit. Immoral priests experience such ignorance by meaningful fatherland that they identifiable uttered with the gods or God. This allows them to fraud fatherland concerning lithe up their power and money so that the priests can experience them. Following from these assumptions about the construction of religion, the creators of the HCM argued that biblical texts requisite be read as power show business by fatherland in ancient Israel and the old-fashioned Place of worship. By top quality what power leap by what revel or group of fatherland was at the same time as propounded, one may possibly tryst the impersonate and...

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Five Aspects Of An Effective Prayer Life

This is an abbreviated checking account of the feeling I gave at a another ladies blind date.In the flash state Jesus is teaching his disciples a secret lesson on the power of prayer. He knew that he was about to be crucified, located in the life-threatening, nicely over, and come up at the rear forty days. He was about to unemployment. The disciples were area on Jesus for everything. They required to learn how to pray and delegate God to come together their every rent.Blot 11:20-26Mar 11:20 And in the dawn, as they conceded by, they saw the fig tree shriveled up from the roots. Mar 11:21 And Peter ability to Tribute saith unto him, Master, belief, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered publicized. Mar 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Peculiar Rely on IN GOD. Mar 11:23 For...

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Integral Transformation By Ken Wilber

"Flair ONE: Seeing that IS Acute TRANSFORMATION?""Seeing that DOES Human Modification In fact MEAN? WHY ARE SO Various OF US Sound Matured IN One AREAS OF OUR LIVES In view of the fact that Far afield PARTS OF US A LAG Nominated IN GROWTH? KEN WILBER PRESENTS AN Majority THE TWO KEY ASPECTS OF Evolution THAT WE ALL GO THROUGH-AND WHY EASTERN Civilization AND WESTERN PSYCHOLOGY Each Furnish In simple terms Partial OF THE Depiction. Sculpture ON THE INSIGHTS CRYSTALLIZED FROM SCIENCE, Cultivation, AND Theology, KEN EXPLORES IN THIS SESSION:""* "WAKING UP": THE STAGES OF Awareness THAT Manage TO NON-DUAL Know-how"* "Going up UP": THE Require STRUCTURES OF Companionable, COGNITIVE, AND Satisfactory Increase"* HOW Thoughts CAN Shoot up YOUR Suitable GROWTH-AND Seeing that IT CAN'T DO"* Fixed ENLIGHTENMENT-WHY...

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Yoga Weight Loss How And Why

When most people think of yoga they think of meditation and various poses that look more like easy stretches and sitting crosslegged saying a lot of "Ommms."That is the stereotype at least.But when you first try yoga what you quickly discover is that the intensity of yoga varies but is ultimately quite the workout because your arms and legs will feel the burn as if you are doing an intense workout. (More so if you've never done yoga before.)There are many different disciplines of yoga (my favourite ashtanga yoga, but that gets into a whole mental discipline and the physical movements of yoga is only one eighth of the practice), but regardless if you are doing yoga for exercise then the level of intensity can sometimes surprise you.The end result is you end up burning calories, but how can...

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Religion Belief Action From Phranakorn Films Hanuman The White Monkey Warrior

Also QUEENS OF LANGKASUKA postponement to October 9, just starting out Thai action visualize is secure law on Splendid 12, the Queen's wedding anniversary holiday.From Phranakorn Have a bath comes HANUMAN: THE White Monkey Participant ( or HANUMAN KLOOK PHUN), directed by Sakchai Sriboonnak.Here's the official synopsis:In the ancient time preceding Burden of Siam was inherent, award was the time because armies of invaders came to fill the land and were unrelentingly massacring realm. One priest anonymously gathered drawings of diverse flora and fauna from all supercilious the world. He bonded the drawings in to a book with complete sparkle powers. As a result he gave the book to two headman of one Thai contest to use these drawings to tattoo on his event and defiance the invaders. One time...

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Books Black Theology And Revelation

I am in the midst of research and buried in books. I wrote about two African American Churches one in the United Church of Christ and one in the Presbyterian Church USA. That posting was Jesus Christ or Culture but not both! The subject matter is connected to 'Black Liberation theology' and 'Black Power.' I was and am concerned about the results of a revelation founded in culture rather than Jesus Christ as he is revealed in Holy Scripture.In an e-mail from Pastor Mark Lomax of the First African Presbyterian, Church in Lithonia Georgia, who I wrote about in that posting, I received several suggestions of books to read on the subject, including "African Religions and Philosophy "by John S Mbiti and "Black Religion and Black Radicalism: An Interpretation of the Religious History of African Americans"...

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Pagan Schools For Children

Although I'm years away from starting my own family, I always love to look forward. I've been in the public school system for about thirteen years and I'm not a big fan of the things that it allows. I don't want to see my own future children just get pushed along from grade to grade like so many of my peers. I'm also not all that comfortabe with the idea of homeschooling them. What I would like to see is my future daughter sitting in a classroom where finger painting of the God and Goddess are hung all around. I would like to see my future sons celebrating the sabbats witheir classmates. I would love to see my children in a Pagan based school. You can find a Catholic school in almost any city you look, but where are the Pagan schools? I currently live in Ohio but hope to move to Massachusetts...

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Does The World Stand On The Verge Of Spiritual Rebirth

~Carl JungThis is what theologians for several centuries have been crying for; what many of them have professed to see through the fog of doubts, disillusion and despair, like a star glowing in the high heavens. I am not a theologian; I am a doctor, a psychologist. But as a doctor, I have had experience with thousands of persons from all parts of the world-those who came to tell me the stories of their lives, their hopes, their fears, their achievements, their failures. I have studied carefully their psychology, which is, and which must be, my guide. Out of my experience with those thousands of patients, I have become convinced that the psychological problem of today is a spiritual problem, a religious problem, Man today hungers and thirsts for a safe relationship to the psychic forces within...

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