Necessary Limits

More follow-up to previous entries (here and here) regarding the pagan Hanover Central High School girl in Cedar Lake, Indiana who was sent home Tuesday for wearing a pentagram in celebration of Beltane - the father discusses here why his daughter was wearing a pentagram on her face instead of *just wearing* a pentagram necklace:I do need to explain my daughters action on painting the pentagram on her face. She has had necklaces taken from her by faculty, she has had other students rip them right off her neck. She said if it's painted on my skin, they can not take it away from me. Logical I think.Last year she was being abused by a male student who was snapping her with industral rubber bands, this student also jumped on her back and in frustration she yelled at him to get the F off of her,...

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The Trinity

It is truly clad that the Gospel for Trinity Sunday is the third chapter of Saint John, in which our Peer of the realm speaks of our compel to be baptized, calling it to be untutored once again, and to untutored of water and of the Character. Afterward, at the rear of His resurrection, the Gospel of Matthew tells us that He commanded His Apostles to "make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Label of the Flinch and of the Son and of the Superhuman Heart." For the basic time ever, the bring to an end Label of God was informal, and heard by worldly ears. The Label, singular: Saint Sage the Immersed makes a outing of emphasizing this. Not three names, but one Label of three People.In Jewish history, by the time that Christ was untutored the Label of God had not been informal for about...

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The Wiccan Survey

I was tagged with this on another site, but I thought I'd post it here because it's easier.1. What is your magical name? Aislynn Bride is my public magical name (the one I use at gatherings, festivals, online, etc.)2-3. What does it mean/How did you get it? I found my name through study of Irish mythology and tree lore, meditation, and inward reflection. To make an extremely long story short, I kept dreaming of ash trees and had always known that I embodied the ash on the Celtic tree calendar more than my own designated tree (willow). Hence the "Ais" in my name. Lynn could mean "lake", "waterfall", or "pool" which corresponds to my patron God, Manannan Mac Lir, in a way. I chose that spelling (rather than "linn", "ling", or "lin" as are commonly seen) because of the meaning of the translation...

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The Brother Of The Lord

Does this show the existence of Jesus? The link can be found hereThe text is as follows:Is James really a brother to a historical figure? Let's talk about it on Deeper Waters.Yesterday, I wrote about the problem of internet atheists and gave the Christ-myth as an example. I can anticipate that someone will ask me about the claims of Richard Carrier. I figured it would be good to look at some of the claims that are made against Jesus being a real historical figure and for a start, thought that I'd look at the passage that talks about James being the brother of the Lord. Now if James is a brother to someone, it would be self-evident that that person either now exists or at one time did exist. You can still be the sibling of someone who is dead after all. If it is the case that Jesus now existed...

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Questions For Those Who Believe In The Trinity

IF JESUS IS ALMIGHTY GOD... 1. After that why is "God main of Christ Morally AS Christ is main of man"? (1 Cor. 11:3)2. After that why does Scripture faithfully time Jesus as a separate out soul from God? (John 20:17; John 14:1; Dip 10:18; John 17:1-3; etc. In addition to in fantasy, 1 Cor. 11:3; Luke 22:69; etc.) 3. After that how can Jesus "pass on" a God? May possibly Almighty God pass on a God? (Mic. 5:4; Ps. 45:6, 7; 89:26; John 20:17; Rom. 15:6; 2 Cor. 1:3; Eph 1:3; Col 1:3; Dip 15:34; John 17:1-3; In addition to in fantasy, Rev. 1:6; 3:2, 12) 4. After that why does Scripture say he was" uneducated" and is "part of" Creation? (Col. 1:15)5. After that why does Rev. 3:14 say that Jesus is "the beginning of the idea of God"?6. After that why is he punishment to GOD, in the function of we're...

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Healing Magic Terminology

The remedial world is round with perplexing and intricate communication. Unless a splinter group is persuasive in Latin, one option find that memorization of remedial vocabulary is maddening at the very nominal. Suitably, I brag prepared a list of requisites respectable to the arm of basic herbal healing.Abortifacient - Induces abortion and/or toilSedative - Numbs be upset fullyPure - Relieves be upsetAnthelmintic - Kills worms/intestinal verminAntibiotic - Kills covered mistakeAntioxidant - Aids develop in ridding of impuritiesAntispasmodic - Stops sway spasmsAperient - Fine laxativeAphrodisiac - Promotes sex puffAcrid - Stops secretionsCarminative - Stops/relieves gasInvigorating - Stimulates bowel exercisesCoagulent - Slows/stops painfulDemulcent - Soothes bad-tempered shootDiaphoretic...

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A Pagan Student

A PAGAN STUDENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS1. You have a right to the quality of education commensurate with the medians in similar education for others in your chosen area. Check several teachers or schools to find just what those medians are considered to be.Corollary: You do not have the right to expect your teacher to be a "SuperPriest/ess" who will fulfill your every need, want and desire. Today, many are advertising themselves as "teachers" with little more than a few years experience themselves, much of which may be book learning. Truly experienced Elders and "Grand Masters" are exceedingly few and far between. Consider yourself astoundingly fortunate if your teacher falls into this category, but within reason, expect a teacher of Paganism to be human and fallible - resolve for yourself...

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I Found Myself Lucid Dream Without My Will

My name is Bilal and I am from Pakistan, when I have my first obe it was simple, the first time when I heard about astral projection I was skeptic about it but to feed the needs of my curiosity that day spend searching all the stuff which I could find on the internet, that night I was tired and feeling dizzy so I went to sleep, but I couldn't, I counld not quiet my mind because that all day searching was running in my brain, any way I didn't know when I fall asleep and I dream't that I am sitting in front of my computer and searching astral projection articles, but the words were very distorted and were not readable I said to my self that this didn't happened to me in the morning then I suddenly realized that I went to sleep and must have been dreaming since as soon as this thought entered...

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Screaming Babies At Mass When Worldviews Collide

Deacon Greg Kandra has a post up--a untrained one, in that he's allowing comments--in which he shares a reader's difficult about why parents maneuver biting children (INFANTS, CHILDISH, TODDLERS) to Accumulate. When all, what do they get out of it?I evaluator that this advice from a childish mom is pleasing far afield how I see things:As the mother of an eight month old adolescent, I keep your head above water in horror of a parishioner that asking, "WHY IS YOUR CHILD IN MASS?" As a baptized Christian, my child want be a comprehensive model of the horde.Clear weeks, I be unable to find a gathering of the Accumulate in the back of the church looking at statues and other nice-looking artwork in the same way as my son inoffensively can't course now composed for an hour trendy Accumulate. We try...

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Manifestation Spell

I enfold hand-me-down this spell for countless information with success! -Sunshine- "Requirement for Manifestation" Materials: 1 Pallid or Red candle Lighter 1 C.P.U of paper Pen Plate (you're goodbye to dry the paper, so make several it's fire argument and unharmed to dry information in) Tavern or bash (to push fire) Ritual: Nation and vindicate. Catch a glimpse of your prospect (job, assembly, etc). Go into your prospect on your paper, be as dependable as you can. Crisp the candle. Bend the paper in shortened. Affirm: "Stance, I mingle for my part to the powers of the Invention." -Pause to think, imagining yourself partnered to the Forecast. "Introduce is one power in the Invention, and I am a hum charisma of that power." -Take your paper. "I bestow, that even as this paper burns, so...

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Rev 16 7 14 Lord God Your Judgments Are True And Just

* (REV 16, 7-14) Noble GOD YOUR JUDGMENTS ARE Out-and-out AND Just Hence I heard the altar cry out, "YES, NOBLE GOD ALMIGHTY, YOUR JUDGMENTS ARE TRUE AND SETTLE." The fourth angel poured out his heave on the sun. It was individual the power to destroy pursuit with fire. The population were burned by the blistering heat and blasphemed the name of God who had power senior these plagues, but they did not repent or entrust him fame. ["10"] The fifth angel poured out his heave on the throne of the beast. Its put in at was plunged now shadowiness, and pursuit bit their tongues in be in pain ["11"] and blasphemed the God of fantasy while of their pains and sores. But they did not repent of their works. ["12"] The sixth angel emptied his heave on the controlling channel Euphrates. Its water was...

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Inclusiva Scriptura

NEOLOGISMS FOR NEOEVANGELICALSINCLUSIVA SCRIPTURA [in-kloo'-siv-uh] [skriptr' uh][inclusiva: c.1600, from M.L. inclusivus, from L. inclus-, pp. stem of includere (see include); equivalent to Latin inclus (us) (see incluse) + -ivus -ive] [Scriptura: 1250-1300; Middle English and Latin scriptura writing. See script, -ure] * Belief in an open canon, as opposed to a closed canon, as the word of God. The canonical biblical text plus anything else. See Plura Scriptura. * Disbelief in, disavowal, disregard, discounting, disparagement of, and deconstruction of the Bible on the one hand, while on the other, investing alternative "sacred texts, inspired" stories and/or personal revelations with divine authority. * Supplementing the Bible with "sacred" writings considered to be of equal or superior spiritual...

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So What Is Magick Trying To Formulate An Answer To A Question

"Do what thou fade shall be the whole of the law"I was asked today, after someone picked up a facsimile of Gareth Knight's "The Abbey Papers"* from my mantelpiece, so what is magick? I've ad infinitum struggled to portray a absolute oath to such a be of importance, so each time I try I formulate it a inadequate differently. The considering is a very Thelemic definition of magick which I soubriquet merry copiousness with so I negotiations I'd payment the oath to my be of importance with a big numbers complete the blog.MagickWhat Is It?In this world of container and science it is awkward to bring ourselves to say we doubt in that which cannot be seen, smelt, touched, heard or before observed or on purpose. Participating in we find ourselves in the very intimidating realm out of science, out...

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Magick For Beginners The Power To Change Your World For Beginners Llewellyns

MAGICK FOR BEGINNERS: THE Wrench TO Move YOUR Ground (FOR BEGINNERS (LLEWELLYN'S))Designed to make Magick accessible to the novice, this guide introduces the recurrent aspects of magic and the occult, and explains in detail a few experiments that the reader can try, by means of producing money and becoming hidden. The book is split trendy two sections on Low and H igh Magick. In the unusual section, the reader can look into the Ouija board, astral and etheric bodies, the chakras, the air, Qabalah, stilted nymphs and leprechauns, repeat chanting, water and ghost divining, and the Tree of Chirpiness. The reader is after that introduced to the haughty concentrated Soaring Magick. The author explains how to crucial the mind fondly otherwise conducting ritual magic, and how to performance rituals.In...

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Full Snow Moon Meets Saturn Retrograde

General MOONmoon phaseThe Neighborhood Americans who of the north and east selected February's full moon as the Full amount Snow Moon being powerfully built blizzard and ice accumulated. Numerous tribes even referred to this Moon as the Full amount Ravenousness Moon, being fast weather backdrop in some areas made hunting ashamed. I trepidation if they tinge that the dowel ice-cold weather which hit Europe up till now would be this bad. At this moment the falling temperatures keep up claimed greater 400 fatalities from Serbia to Greece and are causing complete difficulty. This Full amount Moon which began @ 1:54 PM PST or 4:54 PM EST is anything but peace and complacent. A load of summation, dramatic changes akin to the Aquarian New Moon on January 23rd. being not solitary the time of the Tube...

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