Saturday, 31 December 2011
Nine-year-old Jennet Fabricate was an unauthorized pleading and would peculiar been lost to history but for her cubbyhole in one of the greatest unsettling trials on bring to an end.
Jennet's evidence in the 1612 Pendle witch trial in Lancashire led to the execution of 10 fatherland, including all of her own genetic.
In England at that time paranoia was predominant. James l was on the throne, living in scare of a Catholic opposition in the experience of Guy Fawkes' gun powder map. The king had a renown as an dry witch-hunter and wrote a book called Demonology.
For upper on the Pendle Witches, see my post "LANCASHIRE WITCHES" and disturb Mary Sharratt's website.
Reference: goddesses-and-gods.blogspot.com
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Could the reason large Volcanoes going off in Iceland be a result of the pagan worship of false gods?
Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age
Reuters in Reykjavik February 2, 2015
A modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in recent years as followers see the stories as metaphors for life not worship of the gods
Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the islands first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age.
Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.
I dont believe anyone believes in a one-eyed man who is riding about on a horse with eight feet, said Hilmar "Orn Hilmarsson, high priest of 'Asatr'uarf'elagid, an association that promotes faith in the Norse gods.
We see the stories as poetic metaphors and a manifestation of the forces of nature and human psychology.
Membership in 'Asatr'uarf'elagid has tripled in Iceland in the last decade to 2,400 members last year, out of a total population of 330,000, data from Statistics Iceland showed.
The temple will be circular and will be dug 4 metres (13ft) down into a hill overlooking the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, with a dome on top to let in the sunlight.
The sun changes with the seasons so we are in a way having the sun paint the space for us, Hilmarsson said.
The temple will host ceremonies such as weddings and funerals. The group will also confer names to children and initiate teenagers, similar to other religious communities.
Icelands neo-pagans still celebrate the ancient sacrificial ritual of Blot with music, reading, eating and drinking, but nowadays leave out the slaughter of animals.
Credit: spellscasting.blogspot.com
Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age
Reuters in Reykjavik February 2, 2015
A modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in recent years as followers see the stories as metaphors for life not worship of the gods
Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the islands first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age.
Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.
I dont believe anyone believes in a one-eyed man who is riding about on a horse with eight feet, said Hilmar "Orn Hilmarsson, high priest of 'Asatr'uarf'elagid, an association that promotes faith in the Norse gods.
We see the stories as poetic metaphors and a manifestation of the forces of nature and human psychology.
Membership in 'Asatr'uarf'elagid has tripled in Iceland in the last decade to 2,400 members last year, out of a total population of 330,000, data from Statistics Iceland showed.
The temple will be circular and will be dug 4 metres (13ft) down into a hill overlooking the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, with a dome on top to let in the sunlight.
The sun changes with the seasons so we are in a way having the sun paint the space for us, Hilmarsson said.
The temple will host ceremonies such as weddings and funerals. The group will also confer names to children and initiate teenagers, similar to other religious communities.
Icelands neo-pagans still celebrate the ancient sacrificial ritual of Blot with music, reading, eating and drinking, but nowadays leave out the slaughter of animals.
Credit: spellscasting.blogspot.com
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
136 BoatApe the Ducker (level 4, -4/24 HPs)
Began as a Kobold Enchanter on Aug 19, 2012.
Slain by a gnoll (7 mutilation)
... on Tome 3 of the Dungeon.
The game lasted 00:19:06 (2994 turns).
BoatApe the Ducker (Kobold Enchanter) Turns: 2994, Time: 00:19:06
HP -4/24 AC 3 Str 7 XL: 4 Next: 48%
MP 7/7 EV 16 Int 13 God:
Gold ingots 64 SH 0 Dex 16 Spells: 2 memorised, 2 levels used up
Res.Stir up :... See Invis. :. a - +1 tooth =f
Res.Disheartened :... Warding :. b - +1 robe
Animation Prot.:... Save :. (no shield)
Res.Poison:. Res.Corr. :. (no headdress)
Res.Elec. :. Precision :. (no veil)
Sust.Abil.:.. Specter.Shd :. (no gloves)
Res.Mut. :. Stasis :. (no boots)
Res.Rott. :. Ctrl.Telep.:. (no amulet)
Saprovore : + +. Levitation :. (no ring)
Ctrl.Flight:. (no ring)
@: slowed, very lethargic, pretty durable to bitter enchantments, cloak-and-dagger A: disease inflexibility, carnivore 3, saprovore 2
a: no special abilities
You were on level 3 of the Dungeon.
You were not wanting.
You visited 1 alight of the dungeon, and saw 3 of its levels.
You at once 44 gold pieces.
Inventory:
Send on military hardware
a - a +1,+1 tooth (alliance) =f
p - a +0,+0 tooth
Weapons
d - 6 darts (quivered)
h - a move in and out of indifferent
Armour
b - a +1 robe (tough)
Comestibles
f - a center ration
Scrolls
e - 2 scrolls of curse jewellery unknown
g - a scroll of curse armour unknown
j - 3 scrolls of remove curse unknown
k - 3 scrolls of teleportation unknown
l - a scroll of thoughtfulness unknown
m - a scroll of fascinate alliance II unknown
n - a scroll of sporadic unknown
r - 2 scrolls of home unknown
Potions
q - a potion of slowing
Books
c - a book of Maledictions
Spells Kind Tome
*Corona Hexes 1
*Sure Foil Hexes/Charms 2
Ensorcelled Hibernation Hexes/Ice 2
Put somebody's nose out of joint Hexes 3
Enslavement Hexes 4
Invisibility Hexes 6
Skills:
+ Tome 0.1 Combat
+ Tome 1.8 Quick-thinking Blades
+ Tome 2.9 Throwing
+ Tome 3.7 Avoidance
+ Tome 2.8 Stealth
+ Tome 1.2 Piercing
+ Tome 1.0 Spellcasting
+ Tome 3.5 Hexes
You had 2 spell levels used up.
You knew the past spells:
Your Spells Kind Cuff Slump Tome Need
a - Aura Hex ##...... 10% 1 ##.....
b - Established Foil Hex/Chrm ##........ 21% 2 ###....
Dungeon Overview and Tome Interpretation
Branches:
Dungeon (3/27)
Altars:
Natural Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You progress from nausea hastily.
You are tiny and benefit from impediment with some great military hardware.
You are carnivorous and can eat center at any time.
You can eat cruel center.
Writing Notation
* * * LOW HITPOINT Observe * * *
The gnoll accurately misses you.
You be apparent downwards.
A quokka comes fashionable view.
Style a scroll labeled PLIUGI TWOQ.
Bestow is a stone stair leading up in the sphere of.
You have a feeling arrogant. The gnoll hits you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT Observe * * *
You have a feeling yourself lethargic down. It was a potion of slowing. The gnoll misses you.
You have a feeling arrogant. The quokka bites you. The gnoll truthfully misses you.
The gnoll misses you.
You carefully miss the gnoll.
The quokka bites you but does no mutilation.
The gnoll hits you.
* * * LOW HITPOINT Observe * * *
You hit the quokka.
The quokka is humorlessly indignant.
The quokka carefully misses you.
The gnoll misses you. The gnoll hits you!
You die...
...
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...
##..#
####...
.....###.#
#..r....#
#.@#
#.....g.....#
##.#.###.##.#
...#
....#
?..
#.
..
You possibly will see a gnoll and a quokka.
Overwhelmed Creatures
A gnoll (D:2)
2 worms (D:2)
A enormous gecko (D:2)
2 enormous vermin
6 hobgoblins
8 kobolds
3 circumnavigate pythons
9 bats
4 enormous newts
9 goblins
7 parasites
52 creatures outdone.
Overwhelmed Creatures (others)
A enormous newt (D:1)
1 creature outdone.
Profound Total: 53 creatures outdone
Notes
Control Placement Abide by
0 D:1 BoatApe, the Kobold Enchanter, began the hound for the Orb.
0 D:1 Reached XP level 1. HP: 10/10 MP: 3/3
580 D:1 Reached XP level 2. HP: 15/15 MP: 4/4
826 D:1 Erudite a level 2 spell: Established Foil
1420 D:1 Reached XP level 3. HP: 16/19 MP: 5/5
2651 D:2 Reached XP level 4. HP: 15/24 MP: 7/7
2988 D:2 HP: 1/24 [gnoll/halberd (8)]
2994 D:3 Slain by a gnoll
Origin: crafty-witch.blogspot.com
Acorns Use Moon ~"Maidu"
Autumn Moon ~"Taos "
Barley Moon ~"other"
Berry Moon ~"Anishnaabe"
Big Harvest Moon ~"Gully"
Big Ripening Moon ~"Gully"
Blackberry Moon ~"Wishram"
Black Cherries Moon ~"Sioux, Assiniboine"
Bump Moon ~"Medieval English"
Bump Silk Moon ~"Ponca"
Cutter Moon ~"Abernaki"
Fight Moon ~"Celtic, Janic (full)"
Dog Duration Moon ~"Yuchi, Colonial American, Algonquin"
Drying Moon ~"Cherokee"
Appetizing Bump Moon ~"Agonquin"
Plume Coming loose Moon ~"Passamaquoddy"
Foremost Acorns ~"Pomo"
Clarity Moon ~"Mohawk"
Fruit Moon ~"Cherokee"
Fowl Coming loose Swallow Moon ~"Arapaho"
Bit Moon ~"Cherokee"
Raw Bump Moon ~"Algonquin"
Harvest Moon ~"Chinese, Janic (dark)"
Cook Moon ~"Gully"
Set alight Moon ~"Hopi"
Deep-rooted Fruit Moon ~"Cherokee"
Lightning Moon ~"Neo "Pagan"
Median Moon ~"Potawatomi"
Mulberries Moon ~"Natchez"
Red Moon ~"Algonquin"
Use Moon ~"Dakota"
Sturgeon Moon ~"Algonquin"
Orange Coloration Moon ~"Osage"
Orange Leaves Moon ~"Kiowa"
Offspring Fowl Fly Moon ~"Cree"
Wheat Cut Moon ~"San "Juan"
Women's Moon ~"Choctaw"
Logs Cutter's Moon ~"Algonquin"
Wort Moon ~"Medieval "English"
Wyrt Moon ~"other"
Wealth
Source: wizard-notes.blogspot.com
Monday, 26 December 2011
Really the story of this crystal is fascinating.
First we will discuss their origin.
Moldavite is a natural glass dating from about fifteen million years.
As they say, is the most rare and scarce mineral on earth, also the driest, has a very peculiar greenish.
Its origin comes from impacting meteorites that land merged with terrestrial minerals, so that originated under conditions of extreme pressure and temperature.
According to another theory, the moldavite was brought by "visitors" from outside, there is no evidence that I know this, but the fact that it was a very important crystal in Egypt.
Its name comes from the first place where it was found, Moldova, north of Prague (Czech Republic), but has also appeared in Thailand, China, Venezuela, Australia, so has other names like Australita, Tektite Vietnam...
It is the only source material "means" alien who has the gem quality, so it can be carved shaping.
Traditionally, Moldavite has been considered a kind of spiritual charm.
Gave him great powers and was considered a sacred crystal. Venerated Tibetans placing on their heads.
They attributed an extraterrestrial origin, namely Orion.
Interestingly in Egypt was found in the pyramids, we know the connection of the pyramids with Orion, so this fits with the Tibetan traditions.
In Egypt it was known as the "Stone of Ra" and is said to Esmeraldas Tables of Hermes (Thoth) were actually moldavite.
In fact, moldavite has also been known as "La Esmeralda fall from heaven."
Also be aware that the Holy Grail was not gold, but it was made from a green gem that fell from Lucifer's crown when he descended from heaven to hell, driven by the force of the sword of the Archangel Michael.
Also it is related to ancient Atlantis and the Kingdom of Shambhala.
No, but when the traditions say certain things, it is usually for something.
WHY IS THE MOLDAVITE IMPORTANT?
Apparently Moldavite vibrations help open the chakras, especially from the heart chakra (Anahata) to seventh (Sahasrara), so it can stimulate the kundalini.
It is said that one should use it to vibrate at a high frequency, so only one will be able to benefit from its power.
It also says that absorbs energy from higher sources.
In any case there is no doubt that it is really special item.
If you want to do with a piece, eye to counterfeiting, that there and many.
Do not buy some in places where you can certify their origin.
It is an expensive material to be pretty lame and not that plan over the money, you are delivering green glass.
First we will discuss their origin.
Moldavite is a natural glass dating from about fifteen million years.
As they say, is the most rare and scarce mineral on earth, also the driest, has a very peculiar greenish.
Its origin comes from impacting meteorites that land merged with terrestrial minerals, so that originated under conditions of extreme pressure and temperature.
According to another theory, the moldavite was brought by "visitors" from outside, there is no evidence that I know this, but the fact that it was a very important crystal in Egypt.
Its name comes from the first place where it was found, Moldova, north of Prague (Czech Republic), but has also appeared in Thailand, China, Venezuela, Australia, so has other names like Australita, Tektite Vietnam...
It is the only source material "means" alien who has the gem quality, so it can be carved shaping.
Traditionally, Moldavite has been considered a kind of spiritual charm.
Gave him great powers and was considered a sacred crystal. Venerated Tibetans placing on their heads.
They attributed an extraterrestrial origin, namely Orion.
Interestingly in Egypt was found in the pyramids, we know the connection of the pyramids with Orion, so this fits with the Tibetan traditions.
In Egypt it was known as the "Stone of Ra" and is said to Esmeraldas Tables of Hermes (Thoth) were actually moldavite.
In fact, moldavite has also been known as "La Esmeralda fall from heaven."
Also be aware that the Holy Grail was not gold, but it was made from a green gem that fell from Lucifer's crown when he descended from heaven to hell, driven by the force of the sword of the Archangel Michael.
Also it is related to ancient Atlantis and the Kingdom of Shambhala.
No, but when the traditions say certain things, it is usually for something.
WHY IS THE MOLDAVITE IMPORTANT?
Apparently Moldavite vibrations help open the chakras, especially from the heart chakra (Anahata) to seventh (Sahasrara), so it can stimulate the kundalini.
It is said that one should use it to vibrate at a high frequency, so only one will be able to benefit from its power.
It also says that absorbs energy from higher sources.
In any case there is no doubt that it is really special item.
If you want to do with a piece, eye to counterfeiting, that there and many.
Do not buy some in places where you can certify their origin.
It is an expensive material to be pretty lame and not that plan over the money, you are delivering green glass.
Gran Torolisa is the King of the Petro Division. The Petro Division is often feared because the Lwa in it often manifest very violently. The Petros are not evil, they are not demons of any sort. They are just aggressive, hot, and strong Lwa.
Gran Torolisa is the Chief and Leader of the powerful Petro Lwa. When he first arrives, he arrives as a bull charging around, very angry. We give him a red fula and a black fula. I know servidores that give him red and green/white, as well. He drinks clear, high proof rum. He often goes crashing into things, altars, people, when he arrives.
When he shows to be with a person, he will touch them in a certain way. When he does that, he is telling the person that he is one of their Spirits. I once saw him charging at me, when I was doing some work in a field. Behind him were many other bulls and a great big fire. He had a red fula tied around both of his horns.
He is known to be a great protector. He is also known to carry out work on enemies which can cause your enemy sickness or death within 7 days. He will smoke a cigar while he gives consultations. I know a Caballo that works with him, and there is a hole in the wall of his badji. This is where ToroLisa smashes his head when he arrives and the horse keeps his service on the floor below this hole. Above it is a bull that the Caballo painted for him.
Though not many know how to do this, we caballos that work with him, know how to calm him down slightly. Thus we are able to call him to do consultations for our clients and give very powerful Petro Puntos.
Torolisa often puffs air out of his nose alot, like a bull does before it starts charging. When he smokes his cigar, the smoke always comes out of his nose. An altar to Gran Torolisa should have a bull horn to help call him to the servidor quickly.
Torolisa also heals people when he is in possession. Torolisa takes florida water, certain herbs and some of his spit, which he rubs onto the person. Cleaning the person and healing the malady. He is good to work with for male problems, and can even help a couple have a baby.
Torolisa will look for a job for you. He will find it for you quick too. Many people get a job within 7 days of having Torolisa petitioned for it. He is good for pushing past any obstacles and getting it done. Sometimes if a client is lazy and doesn't have any drive, I administer a special cleansing. This makes the client itchy (not literally), and makes the client very active, determined and driven to do something.
Source: magick-keys.blogspot.com
Gran Torolisa is the Chief and Leader of the powerful Petro Lwa. When he first arrives, he arrives as a bull charging around, very angry. We give him a red fula and a black fula. I know servidores that give him red and green/white, as well. He drinks clear, high proof rum. He often goes crashing into things, altars, people, when he arrives.
When he shows to be with a person, he will touch them in a certain way. When he does that, he is telling the person that he is one of their Spirits. I once saw him charging at me, when I was doing some work in a field. Behind him were many other bulls and a great big fire. He had a red fula tied around both of his horns.
He is known to be a great protector. He is also known to carry out work on enemies which can cause your enemy sickness or death within 7 days. He will smoke a cigar while he gives consultations. I know a Caballo that works with him, and there is a hole in the wall of his badji. This is where ToroLisa smashes his head when he arrives and the horse keeps his service on the floor below this hole. Above it is a bull that the Caballo painted for him.
Though not many know how to do this, we caballos that work with him, know how to calm him down slightly. Thus we are able to call him to do consultations for our clients and give very powerful Petro Puntos.
Torolisa often puffs air out of his nose alot, like a bull does before it starts charging. When he smokes his cigar, the smoke always comes out of his nose. An altar to Gran Torolisa should have a bull horn to help call him to the servidor quickly.
Torolisa also heals people when he is in possession. Torolisa takes florida water, certain herbs and some of his spit, which he rubs onto the person. Cleaning the person and healing the malady. He is good to work with for male problems, and can even help a couple have a baby.
Torolisa will look for a job for you. He will find it for you quick too. Many people get a job within 7 days of having Torolisa petitioned for it. He is good for pushing past any obstacles and getting it done. Sometimes if a client is lazy and doesn't have any drive, I administer a special cleansing. This makes the client itchy (not literally), and makes the client very active, determined and driven to do something.
Source: magick-keys.blogspot.com
Saturday, 24 December 2011
Thursday, 22 December 2011
ZEPHANIAH KINGS OF JUDAH (Israel has been gone what 722 B.C.) PROPHETS *Josiah, 640-609Good reformer king, enthroned at eight living old, died pointlessly in argue with Egypt, refreshment stand Judah's ascendancy to Egypt thereby. HABAKKUK ("Quandary/Psalm," south c.630-590)ZEPHANIAH ("Day of the Lady," south c.630-600)JEREMIAH ("Longsuffering of God,"south c.630-570) Jehoahaz (as a consequence called Shallum), 609 (three-month manage)Irreverent son of Josiah, unworldly from throne and engaged captive to Egypt by Pharaoh. HABAKKUK ("Quandary/Psalm," south c.630-590)ZEPHANIAH ("Day of the Lady," south c.630-600)JEREMIAH ("Longsuffering of God," south c.630-570) Jehoiakim (as a consequence called Eliakim), 609-598Wicked son of Josiah went from spokesperson of Egypt to spokesperson of Babylon, began produce to Babylon as captive, but was returned to throne. Offended Jeremiah, rebelled against Babylon. Unpleasant death and grungy finances. HABAKKUK ("Quandary/Psalm," south c.630-590)ZEPHANIAH ("Day of the Lady," south c.630-600)JEREMIAH ("Longsuffering of God," south c.630-570)INTRODUCTIONZephaniah's Secret Information:Zephaniah's genealogy is precise in some detail at the opening of his book. His great-great-grandfather was good king Hezekiah (Hizkiah). Zephaniah saw Josiah's good manage ("in the days of Josiah," v.1, who reigned until 609 B.C.) Young Jeremiah without a doubt heard the preaching of Zephaniah.Zephaniah's Message: Two Layers of Importance for "Day of the Lady"His business requirement be "the day of the Lady" what that special "day"/"time" is mentioned finished than 20 time in modestly 53 verses. Forcibly everything Zephaniah says about the terrors and blessings of the day of the Lady can be practicable to the miserable defeats and victories of Israel in history, and stage is draw near to in actual fact a "layer" of meaning fine hair community suspicion that Zephaniah's readers are intended to deposit. On the other hand, the derivative blessings of the day of the Lady lunch never been enjoyed by Israel, so an end-times layer of meaning requirement as a consequence be premeditated in Zephaniah's letter (c.f. wide-ranging be fond of of God, 2:11; hyper- completely Israelites living forcefully fading enemies or apprehension, 3:13-19; etc.).OUTLINE1:1-3:7 Day of the Lady Terrors3:8-20 Day of the Lady BlessingsGOD "HATES" TO String FOR OUR LOYALTIES (AND Straight REACHES A Hold)"1:2 I drive suitable sip "[bath in another place]" all items from off the land, saith the Lady. 3...man and beast...fowlsof the fantasy, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks [idols] with the wicked: and I drive cut off man from off the land, saith the Lady. 4...I drive cut off the hit of Baal "[worshipers and bits and pieces]" from this place, and the name of the Chemarims "[we don't know what this Hebrew word device, probably priests who were idolatrous or "black"]" with the priests "[miserable priests who were as a consequence compromisers]"; 5 And them that be fond of the familiarize of fantasy upon the housetops; and them that be fond of and that invective by the Lady "[polished worshipers]," and that invective by Malcham "[as a consequence called Molech, the Ammonite god to whom the family tree offered newborn sacrifices in the dale righteous individual Jerusalem];" 6 And them that are turned back from the Lord; and community that lunch not sought after the Lady, nor enquired for him." * In an age of "assortment, detail," and "negligence," God's opinion, and subsequently ours, drive be met with secular animosity. * It was very defiant for antichristian armed forces in America to turn turtle the "no other gods" component of the Ten Commandments in the past it had been so resiliently engrained in the American be bothered. Both subject place anywhere the Ten Commandments were posted-schools, management buildings, etc.-served to retract Americans of God's "stern array" for "privileged" honesty. The modestly long for for creating a diverse/inclusive/tolerant America lay in the removal of the Ten Commandments from all American communication, and the trustworthy spiel of "other gods are measure, other gods are measure." And now Americans think that other gods are measure. So did Israel, appropriate before the lightning of sense struck.AM I A "CHRISTIAN" Nonbeliever To the same extent Folks Line WERE?"1:12 And it shall come to debase AT THAT Imply, that I drive scout about Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are granted on their remains "[excess distinguishable at the bottom line of the wine bud vase or cup in the past a living being has had too a great deal to share]": that say in their center, The Lady drive not do good, neither drive he do evil." * Zephaniah says the Lady punishes atheists and deists. * If we cleave to that prayer really doesn't affect a great deal, we are Christian atheists. * If we cleave to that our health, means, marriages, successes, promotions, talents, etc. are thoroughly innate by God's existence in the world, we are Christian atheists.GOD CANNOT Well "GET Bigger IT" Some time ago SIN IS Effective"3:5 The righteous Lady is in the midst ther "[in the midst of the evil built-up, Jerusalem];" he drive not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his sense to light, he faileth not; but the demanding knoweth no reproach." * So, "every morning" God bench evil. * And "God is troublesome with the bad every day," Psalm 7:11. * And unbelievers are "condemned sooner than," John 3:18. * None of this is good communication for community who mischief maker against God.ZEPHANIAH (Branch out 2)INTRODUCTION:DAY OF Lady TERRORS (Data plus Try Otherwise and Featuring in Christ's Grow)"1:7 Haul thy become quiet at the presence of the Lady God "[extremely true of the the twinkling of an eye coming]:" for the DAY OF THE Lady is at hand: for the Lady hath disposed a cost, he hath bid his band. 8 And it shall come to debase in THE DAY OF THE LORD'S cost, that I drive punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are honest with ghostly get-up "[expensive imported clothing of foreigners]." 9 In THE Awfully DAY as a consequence drive I punish all community that leap on the portico "[intruders sated in]," which saturate their masters' houses with turbulence and mendaciousness. "10 And it shall come to debase in THAT DAY, saith the Lady, that stage shall be the noise of a cry from the companion access "[a access in the northeastern wall of Jerusalem, rebuilt in Nehemiah's day, now gone, probably built once more promptly]," and an howlingfrom the the twinkling of an eye "[the "the twinkling of an eye resident" or "the twinkling of an eye zone" of Jerusalem which is cleft participating in four quarters: the the twinkling of an eye resident is the SE zone, called the "Armenian Vicinity" and "Truncate City" today; the "Jewish Vicinity" is the NE zone and is Position Zion, anywhere the Peak was; the "Moslem Vicinity" is NW; and the "Christian Vicinity" is SW]"and a far above the ground booming from the hills "[that wrap the the twinkling of an eye quarter/ "Truncate City"]." 11 Bellow, ye live in of Maktesh "[we don't anywhere this place is, probably useful the companion access]" for all the "[Jewish]" seller family tree are cut down"; all they that possess silver are cut off. 12 And it shall come to debase at THAT Imply, that I drive scout about Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are granted on their remains "[excess distinguishable at the bottom line of the wine bud vase or cup in the past a living being has had too a great deal to share]:" that say in their center, The Lady drive not do good, neither drive he do evil. 13 In this fashion their luggage shall become a spoils "[luggage captured in wartime]," and their houses a desolation: they shall as a consequence build houses, but not set up house them; and they shall insert vineyards, but not share the wine ther. 14 THE Enormous DAY OF THE Lady is useful, it is useful, and hasteth capably, even the put into words of THE DAY OF THELORD: the sturdy man shall cry stage unpleasantly. 15 THAT DAY is a DAY of temper, a DAY of drawback and fright, a DAY of wasteness and wretchedness, a DAYof murkiness and unhappiness, a DAYof clouds and thick murkiness, 16 A DAY of the recite "[sounding a message]" and counsel against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. 17 And I drive bring fright upon men, that they shall movement at the same time as unsighted men "[terrible]," being they lunch sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as mop up, and their flesh "[dumped out]" as the compost. 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be fair to lapse them in THE DAY OF THE LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a firmly riddance of all them that hiatus in the land.""3:8 In this fashion holdup ye upon me, saith the Lady, until THE DAYthat I source up to the prey: for my determination is to collect the nations, that I may maintain the kingdoms, to sprinkle upon them extort indignation, even all my tempestuous anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my enmity."Inconceivable Help FOR THE GODLY IN THE DAY OF THE Lady (Data plus Try)"2:1 Accumulate yourselves together, yea, collect together, O nation not desired; 2 Otherwise the perform bring forth "[keep apart]," before THE DAY debase as the make fun of "[blown out of hint for ever and a day]," before the tempestuous irritate of the Lady come upon you, before THE DAY OF THE LORD'S irritate come upon you. 3 Check out ye the Lady, all ye subservient of the earth, which lunch wrought his judgment; likelihood decorum, likelihood meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the DAY OF THE LORD'S irritate." * To be sonorous from the troublesome judgments of God is a far above the ground award. (Jesus... delivered us from the temper to come, For God has not exactly us to temper," 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and 5:9.) * It is secular that at most minuscule some of us in the Church may be fair to stop snugly by God's special compassion even if the U.S. prudence collapses, if the U.S. management becomes scorching, or if America ever loses a war.Indiscriminate DAY OF THE Lady (Millennial) Truthfulness"2:11 The Lady drive be horrible unto them: for he drive famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall be fond of him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.""3:9 For subsequently drive I turn to the family tree a candid talking "[Heb. "candid way out," no citation of other gods or wound topics, no hasty words of adapt or self-importance]", that they may all label upon the name of the Lady, to relief him with one compliance. 10 From external the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the teenager of my wordy, shall bring extort here. 11 In THAT DAY shalt thou not be mischievous for all thy pursuit, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for subsequently I drive thrust in another place out of the midst of thee them that wallow in thy self-importance, and thou shalt no finished be haughtybecause of my holy mountain. 12 I drive as a consequence break up with in the midst of thee an afflicted and shameless family tree "[godly hit of decayed Israel]," and they shall amount owing in the name of the Lady. 13 The Bash OF ISRAEL shall not do morality, nor speak lies; neither shall a corrupt communication be found in their mouth: for they shall nurture and lie down, and none shall make them upset." * This picture of a deeply-righteous Israelite nation cannot be practicable to any Jewish smash in history. It requirement be far afield.DAY OF THE Lady (Millennial) Regular"3: 13 The hit of Israel shall not do morality, nor speak lies; neither shall a corrupt communication be found in their mouth: for they shall nurture and lie down, and none shall make them upset. 14 Peep, O teenager of Zion; howl, O Israel; be organized and wallow with all the center, O teenager of Jerusalem. 15 The Lady hath engaged in another place thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lady, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any finished. 16 IN THAT DAY it shall be hypothetical to Jerusalem, Think about thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be lifeless. 17 The Lady thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he drive ambit, he drive wallow anew thee with joy; he drive rest in his love, he drive joy anew thee with words. 18 I drive collect them that are agonized for the unsmiling reunion, who are of thee, to whom the knock of it was a consequence. 19 Sight, at THAT Imply I drive ajar all that win thee: and I drive ambit her that halteth, and collect her that was provoked out; and I drive get them esteem and public eye in every land anywhere they lunch been put to reproach. 20 At THAT Imply drive I bring you once more, even in the time that I collect you: for I drive make you a name and a esteem along with all family tree of the earth, when I turn back your control before your eyes, saith theLord." * This picture of a intact, enemy-less, fun Israelite nation cannot be practicable to any Jewish smash in history. It requirement be far afield.THE Better Spirit OF THE Lady ON Ground IN THE DAY OF THE Lady (Millennium) "3:15 The Lady hath engaged in another place thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lady, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any finished."ISRAEL IS THE Pride and joy OF GOD'S Snag IN THE DAY OF THE Lady (Millennium) "3:20 At THAT Imply drive I bring youagain, even in the time that I collect you: for I drive make you a name and a esteem along with all family tree of the earth, when I turn back your captivitybefore your eyes, saith theLord." * We cannot subscribe to "Unused Religion." The Old Headstone prophets not modestly substandard to foresee a time when a Gentile-dominated Church would profit Israel as the beneficiary of all God's heavenly gifts, they target contradicted that risk. * The vastly Israel that went participating in control being of their sins, not the Church, requirement at last be prized by all and sundry approaching the world. This has never been the face for any Jewish smash in history. It requirement be far afield.WE Grip A GOD WHO If truth be told SINGS In the function of HE IS SO Bright, ANDWE ARE THE Excuse FOR HIS Accomplishment3:17 THE Lady THY GOD IN THE MIDST OF THEE IS MIGHTY; HE Wish Atone for, HE Wish Wallow Bigger THEE Near JOY; HE Wish Regular IN HIS Regard, HE Wish JOY Bigger THEE Near In performance. * God "rests in his love" for us even now, and He drive at last bring about that express rest, frankly enjoying His own delicate viewpoint of love when we no longer weeping His Meat in any way, and when no bonus sedition of the devil or his acquaintances exists. * God actually sings-about us!-when He feels joy. We requirement lunch measureless implication, subsequently, and we requirement really meticulous to Him. * Let us long for today to make Him sing, not weeping (Ephesians 4:30).
Monday, 19 December 2011
For this ritual, you'll want to decorate your altar with symbols of the season. Think about all the colors you see in nature at this time of year -- bright daffodils, crocuses, plump tulips, green shoots -- and incorporate them into your altar. This is also a time of fertility in the natural world -- the egg is the perfect representation of this aspect of the season. Symbols of young animals such as lambs, chicks, and calves are also great altar adornments for Ostara.IN ADDITION, YOU'LL NEED THE FOLLOWING: * Three candles -- one yellow, one green, and one purple * A bowl of milk * A small bowl of honey or sugar Perform this ritual outside if at all possible, in the early morning as the sun rises. It's spring, so it may be a bit chilly, but it's a good time to reconnect with the earth. If your tradition normally requires you to cast a circle, do so now.Begin by taking a moment to focus on the air around you. Inhale deeply, and see if you can smell the change in the seasons. Depending on where you live, the air may have an earthy aroma, or a rainy one, or even smell like green grass. Sense the shift in energy as the Wheel of the Year has turned. Light the green candle, to symbolize the blossoming earth. As you light it, say:" The Wheel of the Year turns once more,and the vernal equinox arrives.Light and dark are equal,and the soil begins to change.The earth awakes from its slumber,and new life springs forth once more. Next, light the yellow candle, representing the sun. As you do so, say:" The sun draws ever closer to us,greeting the earth with its welcoming rays.Light and dark are equal,and the sky fills with light and warmth.The sun warms the land beneath our feet,and gives life to all in its path. Finally, light the purple candle. This one represents the Divine in our lives -- whether you call it a god or a goddess, whether you identify it by name or simply as a universal life force, this is the candle which stands for all the things we do not know, all those things we cannot understand, but that are the sacred in our daily lives. As you light this candle, focus on the Divine around and within you. Say:" Spring has come! For this, we are thankful!The Divine is present all around,in the cool fall of a rain storm,in the tiny buds of a flower,in the down of a newborn chick,in the fertile fields waiting to be planted,in the sky above us,and in the earth below us.We thank the universe* for all it has to offer us,and are so blessed to be alive on this day.Welcome, life! Welcome, light! Welcome, spring! Take a moment and meditate on the three flames before you and what they symbolize. Consider your own place within these three things -- the earth, the sun, and the Divine. How do you fit into the grand scheme of things? How do you find balance between light and dark in your own life?Finally, blend the milk and honey together, mixing gently. Pour it onto the ground around your altar space as an offering to the earth. As you do, you may wish to say something like:" I make this offering to the earth,As thanks for the many blessings I have received,And those I shall some day receive. Once you have made your offering, stand for a minute facing your altar. Feel the cool earth beneath your feet, and the sun on your face. Take in every sensation of this moment, and know that you are in a perfect place of balance between light and dark, winter and summer, warmth and cold -- a time of polarity and harmony.When you are ready, end the ritual.TIPS: * Instead of "the Universe", feel free to insert the name of your patron deity or the gods of your tradition here. * If you're doing this rite indoors, take your bowl of milk and honey and pour it in your garden, or around your yard."source: "paganwiccan"
It is the second day of the new lunar proceed which is lunar tree proceed of Muin/Vine. In my Seasons of the Witch datebook this sunup it is
noted that introduce are Principal magickal energies for produce a result spells or rites for Justice. The correspondences are the Element of Air; the color
white; the tarot card Justice and the rune Twaz. A dumpy verse is what's more in print out on today's page:
"Sickly winged God, Immature person of Gloom
Lovely Rival of my cynic be
Spruce up what has been busy from me."
Plus this is add zing to of the Eleusinian Mysteries..... these are one of the summit rituals of the ancient world and was huge annually in Greece at the terse city of Eleusis shut up shop Athens. This a part of the mystery religion of Demeter and Persphone and drew thousands of participants each
blind date. By chance as innumerable as a million fatherland were initiated now the mysteries haughty hundreds of energy, in ceremonies that would foothold haughty innumerable days in vogue the swing of the autumnal equinox. Seeing that happened at frequent initiations? We do not know. The ceremonies were secret, and none of the hundreds of thousands of initiates ever broke the vow.
noted that introduce are Principal magickal energies for produce a result spells or rites for Justice. The correspondences are the Element of Air; the color
white; the tarot card Justice and the rune Twaz. A dumpy verse is what's more in print out on today's page:
"Sickly winged God, Immature person of Gloom
Piquant control of strong and right
Lovely Rival of my cynic be
Spruce up what has been busy from me."
Plus this is add zing to of the Eleusinian Mysteries..... these are one of the summit rituals of the ancient world and was huge annually in Greece at the terse city of Eleusis shut up shop Athens. This a part of the mystery religion of Demeter and Persphone and drew thousands of participants each
blind date. By chance as innumerable as a million fatherland were initiated now the mysteries haughty hundreds of energy, in ceremonies that would foothold haughty innumerable days in vogue the swing of the autumnal equinox. Seeing that happened at frequent initiations? We do not know. The ceremonies were secret, and none of the hundreds of thousands of initiates ever broke the vow.
Sunday, 18 December 2011
Hex Hall is the first book in the series of the same name by debut author, Rachel Hawkins. It was released in the UK on 1st April 2010 by Simon and Schuster Children's and it is 336 pages long.
PLOTSophie Mercer is a teenage witch, even if she isn't a very good one. After a love spell gone terribly wrong after trying to help out a fellow classmate, Sophie finds herself in big trouble. Although she didn't know it before, there is a place for people like Sophie who get into trouble with their powers. Hex Hall is a reform school for witches, faeries, shifters and one lonely vampire aka Prodigium.
On her first day, Sophie manages to make enemies of three of the most popular and powerful witches in the school, annoy a seriously hot boy and become the roommate of the only vampire enrolled. Students soon start being attacked and the number one suspect is Sophie's roommate. There is more to these attacks than everyone thinks and it looks like Sophie has a lot to learn before she can figure out who is behind it all.
I had been torn about buying this book for quite a while as I wasn't sure that I was going to like it. Luckily, I managed to pick it up in a 3 for 2 offer in W H Smiths a few weeks back and there wasn't really anything else that I wanted as my free book. Now, I wish I had bought it a lot sooner as it was better than I had expected.
It's very rare that I truly like all of the characters in a book but Hawkins wrote them all so well that I couldn't help but love them. Even the ones I was supposed to hate had something about them that made me like them that little bit more than I probably should have. There were a couple of teachers that I thought were pretty harsh to begin with but then I realised that they had their own reasons for being the way they were.
I really loved Sophie and I felt for her in the situation she had been forced into. When she arrives at Hex Hall, she really isn't a very good witch and has a problem carrying out even the simplest of spells, which doesn't go down well with the other witches in the school. Sophie was raised by her human mother who was no help with her magic at all so it wasn't surprising that she didn't know everything that she was supposed to. As she was completely out of her element, I couldn't help but feel sorry for her and hope that she got better and quickly.
Another thing that I liked about Sophie was that she wasn't about to bow down to anyone else and do what they wanted just so that she would fit in. Elodie and the mean girl witches tried their hardest to get Sophie to join their coven but knowing what they were like, she continuingly says no because she knows what kind of girls they really are. Jenna (the lesbian vampire roommate) is probably the most hated girl in school but Sophie is determined to stick by her and believe that she is innocent. Jenna was a great addition to the story and I loved how funny she was. A teenage vampire that is completely girly and addicted to pink (in any way possible) was a bit of a shock to me but she ended up being one of my favourites.
Archer Cross was a fabulous main male character. There was a certain air of mystery about him the whole way through the story and I was never completely sure what to make of him. His intentions seem real at some parts but then at others, he seems like a different person, making me not want to trust him. The end of the book saw Archer in a kind of purgatory and Hawkins left us guessing as to what happens to him. I really hope in future books he makes another appearance and that I finally get to know what he is really all about. Archer Cross is hot, mysterious and seems like he can really kick ass! What more could you ask for?
The story was so much better than I had been expecting and I was hooked within a couple of pages. Sophie and the world of Prodigium drew me in straight away and I wanted to know more about how all of these different people were going to get along, being forced in a school together. I was so happy to see that each different species I guess you would call it were like cliques in high school. The faeries didn't like the witches and the witches didn't like the shifters...you get my meaning.
The dialogue is witty and humorous throughout and exactly what I would expect from teenagers. Don't take that as a bad thing though, even if I make it sound like it was too predictable. Hawkins managed to make these teenagers seem as real as possible while taking into account their special abilities and powers. I would definitely expect to see teenage witches trying to make the most beautiful dresses with their magic because after all, that is probably the kind of thing I would be doing.
Hex Hall is a fabulous debut novel and I cannot wait for more from Rachel Hawkins. I loved this book so much that I read it in one sitting because I couldn't put it down. If you haven't been sure about this one like me then I urge you to give it a try. I highly recommend this one!
PLOTSophie Mercer is a teenage witch, even if she isn't a very good one. After a love spell gone terribly wrong after trying to help out a fellow classmate, Sophie finds herself in big trouble. Although she didn't know it before, there is a place for people like Sophie who get into trouble with their powers. Hex Hall is a reform school for witches, faeries, shifters and one lonely vampire aka Prodigium.
On her first day, Sophie manages to make enemies of three of the most popular and powerful witches in the school, annoy a seriously hot boy and become the roommate of the only vampire enrolled. Students soon start being attacked and the number one suspect is Sophie's roommate. There is more to these attacks than everyone thinks and it looks like Sophie has a lot to learn before she can figure out who is behind it all.
WHAT I THOUGHT
I had been torn about buying this book for quite a while as I wasn't sure that I was going to like it. Luckily, I managed to pick it up in a 3 for 2 offer in W H Smiths a few weeks back and there wasn't really anything else that I wanted as my free book. Now, I wish I had bought it a lot sooner as it was better than I had expected.
It's very rare that I truly like all of the characters in a book but Hawkins wrote them all so well that I couldn't help but love them. Even the ones I was supposed to hate had something about them that made me like them that little bit more than I probably should have. There were a couple of teachers that I thought were pretty harsh to begin with but then I realised that they had their own reasons for being the way they were.
I really loved Sophie and I felt for her in the situation she had been forced into. When she arrives at Hex Hall, she really isn't a very good witch and has a problem carrying out even the simplest of spells, which doesn't go down well with the other witches in the school. Sophie was raised by her human mother who was no help with her magic at all so it wasn't surprising that she didn't know everything that she was supposed to. As she was completely out of her element, I couldn't help but feel sorry for her and hope that she got better and quickly.
Another thing that I liked about Sophie was that she wasn't about to bow down to anyone else and do what they wanted just so that she would fit in. Elodie and the mean girl witches tried their hardest to get Sophie to join their coven but knowing what they were like, she continuingly says no because she knows what kind of girls they really are. Jenna (the lesbian vampire roommate) is probably the most hated girl in school but Sophie is determined to stick by her and believe that she is innocent. Jenna was a great addition to the story and I loved how funny she was. A teenage vampire that is completely girly and addicted to pink (in any way possible) was a bit of a shock to me but she ended up being one of my favourites.
Archer Cross was a fabulous main male character. There was a certain air of mystery about him the whole way through the story and I was never completely sure what to make of him. His intentions seem real at some parts but then at others, he seems like a different person, making me not want to trust him. The end of the book saw Archer in a kind of purgatory and Hawkins left us guessing as to what happens to him. I really hope in future books he makes another appearance and that I finally get to know what he is really all about. Archer Cross is hot, mysterious and seems like he can really kick ass! What more could you ask for?
The story was so much better than I had been expecting and I was hooked within a couple of pages. Sophie and the world of Prodigium drew me in straight away and I wanted to know more about how all of these different people were going to get along, being forced in a school together. I was so happy to see that each different species I guess you would call it were like cliques in high school. The faeries didn't like the witches and the witches didn't like the shifters...you get my meaning.
The dialogue is witty and humorous throughout and exactly what I would expect from teenagers. Don't take that as a bad thing though, even if I make it sound like it was too predictable. Hawkins managed to make these teenagers seem as real as possible while taking into account their special abilities and powers. I would definitely expect to see teenage witches trying to make the most beautiful dresses with their magic because after all, that is probably the kind of thing I would be doing.
Hex Hall is a fabulous debut novel and I cannot wait for more from Rachel Hawkins. I loved this book so much that I read it in one sitting because I couldn't put it down. If you haven't been sure about this one like me then I urge you to give it a try. I highly recommend this one!
Friday, 16 December 2011
Our work has always been people-driven. It grows out of the ancient Islamic ethic, energetic to goals with complete relevance: the deduction of covet, entrance hall to training, and convivial coolness in a pluralist home. The AKDN's very important private is to touch up the fineness of worldly life. In the midst of the somewhat hang out denominators of the worldly show is a co-op aspiration, a hang out long for, for a exclusive fineness of life. I was struck a few energy ago to read about a UNDP evaluate of 18 South American states everywhere the bulk of the land were less friendly in their forms of splendor, than in the fineness of their lives. Easy autocratic governments that enhanced their fineness of life would be exceptional good quality for best of live in polled than too little tolerant governments. But the sad fact in the wee small hours so very much turbulence in our world today is that governments are seen to be disproportionate to these challenges.-- Opposed to this past performance, let me move on to the all-embracing transnational field, together with the part of folks amid the countries and cultures of Islam - what we shriek the Ummah - and non-Islamic societies. It is central to the dignity of conglomerate family members in our time. I would begin by emphasising a central blot about the Ummah habitually blurry elsewhere: the very important fact of its steep array. Muslim demography has lingering outstandingly in later than usual energy, and Muslims today put up with perfectly self-willed views on numerous questions. Disapproving in addition to them is that they do not bunch some hang out, overarching brunt of the West. It has become plagiarized for some to impart about an constrained swordfight of the technological West and Islamic civilizations. But Muslims don't see bits and pieces in this way. Inhabitants whose words and events promote in vogue that blot of view are a sharp and accomplished minority. For best of us, it is single not true. We find unusually minuscule in our theological interpretations that would swordfight with the other Abrahamic faiths - with Christianity and Judaism. Effective, at hand is very much that is in important requisition. The same as the clashes of modern mature put up with come, they put up with best habitually adult out of recognize follower ratify, the twists and turns of power interaction and pecuniary ambitions, fairly than rumbling theological divides. Yet unluckily, what is perfectly funny in the Islamic world gets not right for what is thud. Of course, media perceptions of our world in later than usual energy put up with habitually been conveyed charge a lens of war. But that is all the exceptional recipient to dignity conglomerate speech in a exceptional awake flow. The closeness of the Ummah has a crave history. One of the best delighted chapters in Islamic history were deliberately built on the roll of detail - it was a subject matter of populace edge to pursue magnitude charge pluralism. This was true from the time of the Abbasids in Baghdad and the Fatimids in Cairo enhanced 1,000 energy ago. It was true in Afghanistan and Timbuktu in Mali, and innovative with the Safavids in Iran, the Mughals in India, the Uzbeks in Bukhara, and Ottomans in Droop. From the 8th to the 16th century, al-Andalus thrived on the Iberian End - under Muslim aegis - but equally firmly wholehearted to Christian and Jewish peoples. At the moment, these Islamic traditions put up with been indistinguishable in numerous seats, from Muslims and non-Muslims comparable. Possibly the best cap field of bewilderment, ascend the Ummah, is the opposition amid Sunni and Shia interpretations of Islam and the outlay for the Sunni and Shia peoples. This powerful go is sometimes even exceptional important than conflicts amid Muslims and other faiths. It has enlarged greatly in catch and echelon merely, and has been give preferentiality to exacerbated by face interventions. In Pakistan and Malaysia, in Iraq and Syria, in Lebanon and Bahrain, in Yemen and Somalia and Afghanistan it is becoming a calamity. It is cap, suitably, for non-Muslims who are dealing with the Ummah to collective farm with also Sunni and Shia voices. To be unacquainted to this precision would be castle in the sky ignoring enhanced numerous centuries that at hand were differences amid Catholics and Protestants, or taxing to resolve the flattering war in Northern Ireland without captivating also Christian communities. In the function of would put up with been the outlay if the Protestant-Catholic obscurity in Ireland had proliferation surrounding the Christian world, as is taking part in today amid Shia and Sunni Muslims in exceptional than nine countries? It is of the entry supremacy that these ghastly trends be well said and resisted, and that the very important truthfulness of pluralistic outlooks be honoured in all aspects of our lives together - together with matters of prospect.
Thursday, 15 December 2011
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Wednesday, 14 December 2011
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Religion makes the news on a regular basis -- often because someone or some group of religious persuasion has done or said something less than savory. Sometimes make the cover of" Time "(or in my case a brief notation in a print edition), but there is a moment of notoriety. In this week's edition of "Sightings, "Martin Marty notes the passing of one former theological celebrity (William Hamilton) who had faded from sight and the passing into obscurity perhaps of the founder of the mega-church movement (Robert Schuller). Marty doesn't speak ill of either, but raises questions about how we are present in public as people of faith. Take a read, offer a thought, won't you?"
""SIGHTINGS" 3/19/2012"SIC TRANSIT..."-- MARTIN E. MARTY"Public religion," the rubric for these e-columns and the Center which issues them, often gets reduced to "religion and politics," but "public" has a broader reach. Included are, for example, the arts, education, and-yes!-dealing with God and church (and its analogs), in "theology" and "ecclesiology." This month two sensations in these received attention. One was the death of "Death of God" theologian William Hamilton, whose passing elicited a "New York Times" obituary. The other was Robert Schuller, who merely and largely passed from the scene after he was broken by and then broke with the leadership of the Crystal Cathedral in California. Both men were regularly called "sensations;" but today we would call them celebrities-a rare breed in theology and church life.Editorial comment on both evoked reflections such as "Sic transit"..." on how everything passes, or "De mortuis"..." the reminder not to speak ill of the dead or with" Schadenfreude", joy in others' misfortunes when they fall. Let me check in with the mention that I have no personal case against either. "Bill" Hamilton, almost fifty years ago, invited me to give the Rauschenbush lectures at his then-school, Colgate-Rochester Divinity School. That seminary became uncomfortable when the "Death of God" flap, promoted on a "Time" magazine cover, became a sensation. We remained friends, now at a distance, but I had thought rarely about him for decades and could not find him during a research project, even with Google's help. He had faded into teaching English and then retirement, if either is truly a "fading." It took eleven days for the"Times" to obit him.Robert H. Schuller was much, much more in the news in recent seasons, as the press covered him being "ousted" from leadership of the board at his invention, the pioneer, some say, of the still thriving mega-church movement and the continuing transformations of "self-esteem" theology, on which he acquired the patent (from Norman Vincent Peale). While mega-church and self-esteem are not my cups of tea, Schuller and I had some positive interactions. He cited me despite what I thought was a negative comment: that his message was not theology but a psychology of self-esteem.What happened? His moment passed, as everyone's moment passes. Countless non-crystal mega-church buildings, though none matched his, replicated his intentions. While many of these make bankruptcy news, few of them represented a multi-million investment and debt. As for self-esteem, the "Prosperity Gospel" preachers carry things so far that in contrast he sounds like the country preacher of Good News. Some coverage picked up on the theme of the folly of family ventures, since Schuller-vs.-Schuller battles led to his demise. Malinowski: "Aggression, like charity, begins at home."It is possible to greet these moments with sympathy and sadness-and it is then necessary to move on. While one has to gawk in awe at bold experiments and sensations, it might well be that what many will take from these passings is the opportunity to take a new look at the unsensational theologizing and ministries which more quietly guide the spiritual quests and community spirit of millions whom "Time" and "Times" seldom notice. Some of the religious leaders in seminaries, chapels and cathedrals may look up now and then, take notes, learn a bit, and then head back to the classroom or the sanctuary, where they can effect less noticed outcomes. Still, one hopes they do not lapse into timidity and passiveness, modes of being that also can limit leadership's effectiveness in religion.REFERENCESPaul Vitello, "William Hamilton Dies at 87; Known for 'Death of God', New York Times", March 10, 2012.Jeff Barnard, "God Is Dead Theologian William Hamilton Dead at 87," Huffington Post, February 29, 2012.The Rauschenbush lectures in 1963 were published as the book "Varieties of Unbelief" (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964) and Doubleday Anchor (1966) ), both of them certainly long out of print. "Sic transit, "and, since they are dead books, "De mortuis..."MARTIN E. MARTY'S biography, publications, and contact information can be found at www.memarty.com.
David M. Freidenreich's book, Foreigners and their Food (California 2011), analyzes how Jews, Christians and Muslims use food regulations to construct boundaries between "us" and "them." This month's Religion ">"How Could Their Food Not Be Impure?" here.
"Sightings" comes from the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
""SIGHTINGS" 3/19/2012"SIC TRANSIT..."-- MARTIN E. MARTY"Public religion," the rubric for these e-columns and the Center which issues them, often gets reduced to "religion and politics," but "public" has a broader reach. Included are, for example, the arts, education, and-yes!-dealing with God and church (and its analogs), in "theology" and "ecclesiology." This month two sensations in these received attention. One was the death of "Death of God" theologian William Hamilton, whose passing elicited a "New York Times" obituary. The other was Robert Schuller, who merely and largely passed from the scene after he was broken by and then broke with the leadership of the Crystal Cathedral in California. Both men were regularly called "sensations;" but today we would call them celebrities-a rare breed in theology and church life.Editorial comment on both evoked reflections such as "Sic transit"..." on how everything passes, or "De mortuis"..." the reminder not to speak ill of the dead or with" Schadenfreude", joy in others' misfortunes when they fall. Let me check in with the mention that I have no personal case against either. "Bill" Hamilton, almost fifty years ago, invited me to give the Rauschenbush lectures at his then-school, Colgate-Rochester Divinity School. That seminary became uncomfortable when the "Death of God" flap, promoted on a "Time" magazine cover, became a sensation. We remained friends, now at a distance, but I had thought rarely about him for decades and could not find him during a research project, even with Google's help. He had faded into teaching English and then retirement, if either is truly a "fading." It took eleven days for the"Times" to obit him.Robert H. Schuller was much, much more in the news in recent seasons, as the press covered him being "ousted" from leadership of the board at his invention, the pioneer, some say, of the still thriving mega-church movement and the continuing transformations of "self-esteem" theology, on which he acquired the patent (from Norman Vincent Peale). While mega-church and self-esteem are not my cups of tea, Schuller and I had some positive interactions. He cited me despite what I thought was a negative comment: that his message was not theology but a psychology of self-esteem.What happened? His moment passed, as everyone's moment passes. Countless non-crystal mega-church buildings, though none matched his, replicated his intentions. While many of these make bankruptcy news, few of them represented a multi-million investment and debt. As for self-esteem, the "Prosperity Gospel" preachers carry things so far that in contrast he sounds like the country preacher of Good News. Some coverage picked up on the theme of the folly of family ventures, since Schuller-vs.-Schuller battles led to his demise. Malinowski: "Aggression, like charity, begins at home."It is possible to greet these moments with sympathy and sadness-and it is then necessary to move on. While one has to gawk in awe at bold experiments and sensations, it might well be that what many will take from these passings is the opportunity to take a new look at the unsensational theologizing and ministries which more quietly guide the spiritual quests and community spirit of millions whom "Time" and "Times" seldom notice. Some of the religious leaders in seminaries, chapels and cathedrals may look up now and then, take notes, learn a bit, and then head back to the classroom or the sanctuary, where they can effect less noticed outcomes. Still, one hopes they do not lapse into timidity and passiveness, modes of being that also can limit leadership's effectiveness in religion.REFERENCESPaul Vitello, "William Hamilton Dies at 87; Known for 'Death of God', New York Times", March 10, 2012.Jeff Barnard, "God Is Dead Theologian William Hamilton Dead at 87," Huffington Post, February 29, 2012.The Rauschenbush lectures in 1963 were published as the book "Varieties of Unbelief" (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964) and Doubleday Anchor (1966) ), both of them certainly long out of print. "Sic transit, "and, since they are dead books, "De mortuis..."MARTIN E. MARTY'S biography, publications, and contact information can be found at www.memarty.com.
David M. Freidenreich's book, Foreigners and their Food (California 2011), analyzes how Jews, Christians and Muslims use food regulations to construct boundaries between "us" and "them." This month's Religion ">"How Could Their Food Not Be Impure?" here.
"Sightings" comes from the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
Monday, 12 December 2011
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The lost contest members are not humans, but "HYOOMANS". At the same time as they remove their animal-head hoods, they reveal themselves to be mutants. Brawny Ones, to be precise: level with scales, fins, and gills.
At the end, Finn wonders what is switch Susan's hat.
Finn: When about you, Susan? When are you? Was she a at all related me or an animal?