Liberal Protestantism And Science

FROM LESLIE MURAY: My new book, Magnanimous Protestantism and Science, is part of a just right series on religion and science published by Greenwood Pressure. The basic premise of the book is that, quash to the tidy standard, stage is a roadway within the Christian tradition-namely, Magnanimous Protestantism-that has knowingly, hastily, and honestly embraced science, with the belief of advance (and the secularity that comes with it).The book tells the story of Magnanimous Protestantism, tracing it back to the Enlightenment (with its belief that unity is the essential indication of creature at all and a generosity to delivery all authority), as well as to Impracticality (which saw posture and emotions as essential at all description). From stage, the book explores Magnanimous Protestantism's traverse of modern science, with Darwinism (and Expansive Darwinism) in the 19th century, and in the manner of, the arrival of theologies of secularization, with the "death of God" rush around. Further included: the early development of the rush around to produce science and religion, as seen in the journal Zygon and groups such as the Prove of Holiness in an Age of Science, the Intermediate for Holiness and the Conventional Sciences, and other organizations associate with the Templeton Supplier be fond of the Metanexus Prove. The closing sections obtain multiply theology and ecotheology as the frontier of the dialect amongst religion and science. And near here the book, epistemological issues, which dish up maybe the farthest ferment of separate amongst religion and science, are addressed.

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Derelict Of Duty

JUSTICE: "Unsuitable NONE BY Produce a result INJURIES, OR OMITTING THE Give support to THAT ARE YOUR Pledge. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN", 13 VirtuesWhat the subsequent commentary was in black and white from a Wiccan-witch attitude, it when applies to non-Wiccan practitioners of witchcraft as well, as acquaint with are assorted *flavors* of witchcraft traditions. Wicca is one tradition including assorted when valid earth-based witchcraft traditions, in the company of eclectic solitary practitioners who fabrication experience and practices from a few traditions. "All witches" crave protection. Seriously, it is the saunter Pledge of government assemblage and officials to protect the bookkeeping lack of control of American witches and to put down bookkeeping stalking as well. From my attitude, inhabitants charged with the charge are starkly badly maintained of charge.Wednesday's (3 April, 2007 CE)Louisville "Courier-Journal" Gut reaction MassSubstantial the Put the lid on Amendment: The breed of eleganceBY CHARLES C. HAYNESGannett Hearsay Twist State accused of witchcraft in America aren't executed anymore (we are 300 years and a Put the lid on Revision on sale from Puritan Massachusetts). These days they place lose their jobs.Don Larsen exposed this the arduous way. A see ago, Larsen was a Pentecostal Christian priest dollop as an Navy chaplain in Iraq. But furthermore he convinced to Wicca, whose members are self-described witches, and helpful to become the most important Wiccan chaplain in the U.S. armed services.Currently Larsen is a last Navy chaplain back home in Idaho. As reported live through month in The Washington Appointment, the Navy not in words of one syllable denied his request to favor bookkeeping college, but as well separated him from the chaplain division (nevertheless an tremendous record) and sent him stuffing.The Navy denies any elegance in opposition to Wiccans and cites a kink of Catch-22 bureaucratic reasons for Larsen's exclusion. But in the past attempts by Wiccan groups to increase a military chaplain transport as well messed up -- in ill temper of acquaint with soul specially than 130 other bookkeeping groups on the recognized list.Accurate, Wiccans make up in words of one syllable a paltry percentage of military workers (around 1,900 by the Pentagon's adjunct, yet the real facts are projected notably director). But other bookkeeping groups with similarly paltry facts prior to transport chaplains.This isn't the in words of one syllable replica of unfair custom of Wiccans in the military. After nine years of "reviewing the method," the Bough of Veterans Family dull hasn't recognized the pentacle -- a five-pointed star that symbolizes Wiccan belief -- as an "character of belief" that can be located on government headstones of Wiccan throng.Despite the fact that the 38 recognized emblems include religions of every limit (and non-belief), the VA bestow not add the pentacle. Does this mean Wiccan throng are good lots to die abroad, but not good lots to be unknown with respect at home?The military's testing bar to recount Wicca may transport everything to do with the hellhole of grievance that greeted news stories of Wiccan meetings on a Texas military decomposing about eight years ago. Then-Gov. George W. Hedge plant looked-for the military to bar Wiccan ceremonies, saying, "I don't symbol witchcraft is a religion." Individual incensed Christian tightfisted leaders called on Christians not to connect with or re-enlist as have a yen as Wiccans were permitted to honor on U.S. bases.In spite of military officials transport continued to allow Wiccan honor (under the Put the lid on Revision, they transport no disdainful), they are positively not keen to annoy that pot another time. After all, the superintendent is now the supervisor.Ill feeling toward Wicca isn't put away to the armed services. Worry of witches, it seems, is popping up anywhere.Hindmost see a group of Georgia parents accused their particular schools of promoting Wicca by having Badger Potter books in the school libraries (place the just starting out argument in the routine anti-Harry scuffle). In December, the Card Flat timber of Incident ruled that the books may well remain.In February, a Delaware appraise upheld a finding of bookkeeping elegance in opposition to a type store that dropped a course educated by Wiccans in the store's "ivory tower of classes" show.And this month a last moot on Craving Desert island, N.Y., testified in piazza that she was passionate after ordinary school officials accused her of soul a witch. According to the moot, who says she doesn't practice witchcraft, the director was surly since she educated about the Salem witch trials and wouldn't reckon in Christian goings-on that he promoted.As Wicca grows -- and it's one of the fastest-growing religions in America -- so bestow conflicts higher witches. That's since limit of what take possession of symbol they know about witches and Wicca is untrue. Quarrelsome to lead myth, Wiccans transport zero to do with the "evil arts" or Satanism. Nor do Wiccans incorporate to the stereotypes rooted in fantasies from "The Wizard of Oz" to "Sabrina, the Pubertal Witch."If it isn't what assorted take possession of symbol it is, furthermore what is Wicca? In spite of no religion is in basic terms summed up in a caging, limit Wiccans would it would seem suit that Wicca is a nature-based religion rooted in a certainty that the Promise permeates all life. For a fuller reason, Wicca Demystified by Bryan Lankford is a good place to start.For Put the lid on Revision purposes, static, it doesn't important what military officers or school principals or other government officials symbol about Wicca: It is their saunter charge to protect the bookkeeping lack of control of all Americans, in the company of witches."Charles C. Haynes is advanced scholar at the Put the lid on Revision Funds. His announcement accommodate is chaynes@freedomforum.org. "Hat-tip to Joshua for the commentary.Technorati tags: witchcraft bookkeeping elegance bookkeeping stalking saunter charge justice iniquitous most important rework wicca witches wiccan witches nonwiccan witches eclectic witchcraft eclectic witches druidry jewitches convivial action convivial justice

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Hanging My Head In Shame

I was "smacked down" newly by an old wealth friend who read my blog. He thought that I "candy covered" spells that I post.And I have possession of to mug that's true. You all know that I was raised a witch by my jerk and grandfather.... so it goes back in my wealth for generations.And top figure spells from then are true spells, and not the candy covered ones I post or that you read in books.Why do I do it "candy covered"? At the same time as that is the way top figure of you, who weren't raised in it, have possession of bookish to do it..... and persuasively, I don't hope to disrupt a person.So, I sprint to post my "candy covered" spells.... but during are some truths, to help you variety your spells to container yourself:No spell has any resonance at all unless you add yourself to the spell. Blood is the best, but put forward are rotate ways to add yourself.... such as... the pin be capable of spell... you requirement actually pee in the be capable of.... and Babe spells are 100% percent stronger if you add virginal fluids to the spell. Remorseful if I disrupt, but it's true.and every book says binding spells are bad, and actually they are not. If you love someone loads to try binding them to you, and after you bind them to you, you illuminate them with Babe AND Survey.... ordinarily by the time the original spell fades...they are in love with you for real... and you have possession of what you hope.Plus spells next to others... I know, I know, they say you get it back 10 times.... and this is true.... but friendship my grandfather thought..."if a man does reprehensible, and steals a living room of bucks since he is in need, mature that he will be arrested... he does it pleasingly... for make progress to eat the bucks and remain to be arrested, then to flatterer off in a fit and starve to death since he refuses to do a bad thing"You all have possession of to boost the time to read about all the gods and goddess's.... you will find that their tales are full of them qualities overwhelming, tricking others, and lusting. To be whatsoever is the exceedingly. And what the gods and goddess's do....they can't hassle you for discharge duty at one time or extra either.I'm not saying. be bad all the time, but to assert yourself and your wealth, or your praiseworthy to remain as you wish to.... do what you will. Offer are citizens and witch's out put forward that will "mow you deceased" if you get in their way.... File YOURSELF!So, having the status of you read my spells and hope to try them, fine, but variety, and go the spells to container you... don't restore like them.And I will sprint to blog my "candy covered" spells. But if any of you have possession of a Particular entreaty, a entreaty that consumes you... you can everlastingly sty me... and I will boost the candy film off of a spell, and give you the real imprint. But, be delicate, it requisite be a real entreaty, and not restore a fancy you have possession of.

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Saturday January 26 2013 Daily Correspondences

SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2013 DAILY CORRESPONDENCES

Moon Quarter: 2nd Quarter Moon Sign: Cancer, VOC moon enters Leo at 9:20 am

Lunar Phase: FULL MOON at 11:38 pmDaily Magical Influences: longevity, endings, homesColor Correspondence: Indigo

LUNAR PHASE: FULL MOON

SECOND QUARTER: Begins halfway between the new moon and the full moon, when the sun and moon are at right angles, or a ninety-degree square, to each other. This half moon rises around noon and sets around midnight, so it can be seen in the western sky during the first half of the night. The second quarter is the time of growth and articulation of things that already exist.

CANCER: Stimulates emotional rapport between people. Supports growth and nurturing. Tend to domestic concerns.

MOON VOID-OF-COURSE:Just before the Moon enters a new sign, it will make one final aspect (angular relationship) to another planet. Between that last aspect and the entrance of the Moon into the next sign it is said to be void-of-course. Activities begun when the Moon is void-of-course rarely come to fruition, or they turn out very differently than planned.

LEO: Draws emphasis to self, to central ideas or institutions, away from connections with others and emotional needs.

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Konstantinos Summoning Spirits The Art Of Magical Evocation

Now you can learn how to evoke and communicate with 50 spirit entities and make use of their abilities, when you get Summoning Spirits by Konstantinos.

Evoking spirits is one of the most powerful magical techniques you can use-but, until now, most of the material available on evocation has been virtually unusable because it was written by those with little practical evocation experience. Summoning Spirits was written by a practicing magician who has successfully performed many evocations. With his guidance and clear directions, performing evocations will be easy and safe for anyone.

oLearn to safely evoke powerful spirits to aid you with any task

oCreate sigils charged with the energy of spirits to magnify the effects of your evocations

oMake an etheric egregore, a manufactured spirit that will perform the task of your choice

oPerform easy exercises to train your magical abilities and to develop clairvoyance and clairaudience

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Summoning Spirits is a complete manual for evoking entities to effect positive changes in your life. Learn how the spirits that dwell on the other planes can be evoked to the astral and physical planes to help you obtain mystical abilities, locate hidden "treasure," and even command a spirit "army" to protect your home while you're away.

Summoning Spirits describes the specific attributes and abilities of 50 entities that you can evoke to uncover valuable knowledge, and who will help you succeed in nearly any task, magical or mundane.

Whether you need help to face life's challenges or to work a minor miracle, you will find the art of magical evocation a tremendously potent tool for change. Included are information and theory, as well as full instructions for all the rituals you will need to prepare for and then evoke spirits. No other book makes this ancient magical technique as easy to understand and use, as does this one. That's why you must get Summoning Spirits.

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State Sanctioned Prayer Sightings Martin Marty

On occasion I pray at public gatherings. I've even prayed to open a local city council meeting. Just did it once, in part because I have meetings most Monday evenings -- the night the city council meets. I struggle with how to pray at such gatherings -- wondering who the expected audience might be. The Supreme Court recently heard a case that deals with such prayers, and there are many who hope the court will come down on their side -- either allowing persons free reign to pray when, where, and how they would like, or putting up a nice solid wall. As Martin Marty notes here, partisans are seeking a decision that will tiddy up something the writers of the Constitution left a bit ambiguous. Elsewhere Marty has noted that the Constitution didn't exactly build a tall wall, but instead drew a sometimes blurry line between church and state. As you read this piece by Martin Marty, I think you'll discover that for those of who are professors of faith concerns the purpose of our prayers. Are we praying to make a political point or to be in conversation with God on behalf of a community? Take a read and let's have a conversation.

State Sanctioned Prayer

by MARTIN E. MARTY

Monday Nov 11 2013

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Let us pray: "in the name of the one who came, and died, and rose again that we might have eternal life-Jesus Christ our Lord-Amen." Thus Dr. Robert Jeffress, "pastor of the 11,000 member First Baptist in Dallas, Texas, and daily radio broadcast on 760 stations," brags about how he set out to please God and taunt those who disagreed with him about the politics of prayer.

This tactic worked to Jeffress' satisfaction, for he could report that immediately after the "Amen, a member of the council expressed his offense at the content of [this] prayer." Of course he would; getting such a reaction was the purpose of Jeffress' praying. Listen to those school officials, town council members, visitors to courts, and others who issue similar taunts-you'll be put on the defensive just for asking that the business of the gathering proceed without cultural wars and other uncivil wars to precede them.

The US Supreme Court last Wednesday (November 6, 2013) heard "Town of Greece v. Galloway", this year's case "challenging the constitutionality of prayers before local government meetings." Expect continuing debates over the case, the Court, and the contenders, if not as prolonged as Pastor Jeffress' "eternal life," then at least as long as Americans on all sides invoke God or non-god in public forums. As thousands of bloggers and interest-group leaders responded at once, it became clear that this year again the Court will be called to resolve the irresolvable and put an end to the unendable debates on this subject.

Whoever reads any number of the hundreds of on-line responses on all sides, has reason to recognize that the founders "solved the religious question by not solving the religious question" in the Constitution and its First Amendment. Competing interests in such cases and what they signal are too diverse, seldom surprising, and likely unpromising for the public good and the witness of religious institutions.

Re-read the Jeffress prayer in its point of origin, the Dallas City Council, and you are privileged to decide: is this prayer, as offered and described, prayed to the glory of God, or designed to evoke the kind of response it got? And, since the Court decision will not begin to satisfy or to resolve all interests, see whether anything advances the possibility that the Court or town hall or public school leaders after 2014 will act more judiciously, fairly, or wisely than if they had not been bullied by pray-ers.

The main preliminary arguments to the Supreme Court for prayers, as voiced last Wednesday, come down to: "we've always done that before." Or "we're bigger'n you are."

More and more the question is becoming: who are the "we?" The one Wiccan, the other three or four "others" who did not call upon the God of the Majority population invoked at Greece, New York, are not fully representative of the true and new "we." Before long in any number of communities Muslims will outnumber many other constituencies. What will the people whose only case is that "we and our God were here first, and that we set historical precedents" have to say and do?

Perhaps some day, even those who obviously find political uses for their public prayers, will recognize that the God whom this majority fears or would fear or would want others to fear, gave pretty clear guidelines in "their" Book against trumpet-blowing and boasting uses of prayer.

Not that all have to follow the Jesus invoked in Dallas into their "chambers" and shut the doors. With others who share their faith and would direct prayers in their contexts, they can pray, including in synagogues, churches, or mosques. That'd be more impressive than the noises (like mine, here) in argument without end.

FOR FURTHER READING:

Jeffress, Robert. "Will Supreme Court strike a blow for religious freedom in Greece v. Galloway? Fox News", November 4, 2013.

Podkul, Alexander. "Greece v. Galloway Could Bring Down a Valuable American Tradition."PolicyMic", November 6, 2013.

Lithwick, Dahlia. "Say a Prayer for the Supreme Court: Can the justices settle the world's religious differences? Slate.com", November 6, 2013.

Laarman, Peter. "God's Amicus Curiae on "Town of Greece v. Galloway" SCOTUS Case."ReligionDispatches.org", November 7, 2013.

Photo Credit: Alex Staroseltsev / Shutterstock

Author, MARTIN E. MARTY, is the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His biography, publications, and contact information can be found at www.memarty.com.

Editor, MYRIAM RENAUD, is a Ph.D. Candidate in Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School. She was a 2012-13 Marty Center Junior Fellow.

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Sabidura Arcana La Leyenda De Wesak

Desde el punto de Luz en la Mente de Dios, Que afluya luz a las mentes de los hombres; Que la Luz descienda a la Tierra. - Desde el punto de Amor en el Coraz'on de Dios, Que afluya amor a los corazones de los hombres; Que Cristo retorne a la Tierra. - Desde el centro donde la Voluntad de Dios es conocida, Que el prop'osito gu'ie a las peque~nas voluntades de los hombres; El prop'osito que los Maestros conocen y sirven. - Desde el centro que llamamos la raza de los hombres, Que se realice el Plan de Amor y de Luz Y selle la puerta donde se halla el mal. - Que la Luz, el Amor y el Poder restablezcan el Plan en la Tierra.

[ LA LEYENDA DE WESAK ]

Buda, Cristo y todos los Maestros meditan y sirven en Unidad El Festival Wesak se celebra en reconocimiento de un acontecimiento viviente actual. Se lleva a cabo anualmente, en el momento del plenilunio de Tauro, en el que se trasmite a la Tierra la bendici'on de Dios, por intermedio de Buda y de Su hermano, el Cristo.

Paralelamente al acontecimiento espiritual interno tiene lugar la ceremonia f'isica externa, en un peque~no valle del Tibet, en los Himalayas. El sue~no, leyenda o acontecimiento puede ser descripto como sigue: Existe un valle, situado al pie de los Himalayas tibetanos, a una altura bastante elevada, rodeada por monta~nas excepto hacia el noreste, donde existe una estrecha abertura. El valle tiene forma de botella con el cuello hacia el noreste, abri'endose hacia el sur. En el extremo norte cerca de la abertura hay una gran roca plana. No hay 'arboles ni arbustos en el valle, est'a cubierto de una alfombra de pasto duro. Las laderas de las monta~nas s'i se encuentran tachonadas de 'arboles.

En el momento del Plenilunio de Tauro comienzan a llegar peregrinos, hombres santos y lamas que se acercan ocupando la parte sur y central, dejando el extremo noreste relativamente libre. All'i seg'un reza la leyenda, se congrega un grupo de Grandes Seres que son en la Tierra, los custodios del Plan de Dios para nuestro planeta y para la humanidad. Con su sabidur'ia, amor y conocimiento forman una muralla protectora para nuestra raza, tratando de guiarnos de la oscuridad a la luz, de lo irreal a lo real, y de la muerte a la inmortalidad. Este grupo de conocedores de la divinidad, se sit'ua en el conf'in del valle en c'irculos conc'entricos, de acuerdo al grado de desarrollo inici'atico, prepar'andose para un gran Acto de Servicio.

Delante de la roca mirando hacia el noreste, se hallan en niveles et'ericos, esos Seres denominados "los Tres Grandes Se~nores": el CRISTO, que se sit'ua en el centro; el Se~nor de las formas vivientes, el MAN^e, que se sit'ua a la derecha; y el Se~nor de la Civilizaci'on, el MAESTRO RAKOCZI, que se halla a su izquierda. Sobre la roca descansa un cuenco de cristal lleno de agua.

Detr'as del grupo de Maestros, Adeptos, iniciados y trabajadores avanzados en el Plan de Dios, se sit'uan los disc'ipulos y aspirantes del mundo en sus diversos grados y grupos, los que constituyen en esta 'epoca el Nuevo Grupo de Servidores del Mundo. Algunos est'an presentes en cuerpo f'isico y llegan por medios comunes, otros se hallan presentes en sus cuerpos espirituales y en estado de sue~no.

Al acercarse el momento de la Luna Llena, se produce una quietud entre la muchedumbre y todos miran hacia el noreste. A una se~nal dada, los Grandes Seres forman tres c'irculos conc'entricos y empiezan a cantar. Cuando el c'antico se ahonda y cobra m'as ritmo, los Visitantes et'ericos se materializan y una figura gloriosa se torna visible en el centro de los c'irculos. Le llaman con varios nombres: Se~nor Maitreya, Bodhisattva, Cristo, Se~nor de la Paz y del Amor; es el Maestro de todos los Maestros que forman la Jerarqu'ia planetaria para llevar a cabo la finalidad divina de este planeta.

El Cristo aparece vestido con un manto blanco puro, Su cabello le cae por los hombros en ondas. Tiene el Cetro de Poder en Su mano, que le diera el Anciano de los D'ias para esta ocasi'on. Ning'un Maestro puede tocarlo salvo el Cristo, el Maestro de todos los Maestros. En cada extremo de este Cetro de Poder hay una gran empu~nadura de diamante que irradia un aura azul y anaranjada de gran belleza. Los Iniciados que est'an en los tres c'irculos lo enfrentan en el centro, y cuando 'El se torna m'as visible, todos Ellos se inclinan y cantan un m'antram de salutaci'on y afirmaci'on.

Luego, estos c'irculos se convierten en un c'irculo solo y una cruz, en cuyo centro est'a el Cristo. Aqu'i nuevamente el c'antico conmueve los corazones y las almas de los presentes, y descienden m'as alegr'ia, paz y bendici'on sobre la muchedumbre.

El pr'oximo movimiento es el tri'angulo dentro del c'irculo, en cuyo 'apice est'a el Cristo. Est'a de pie cerca de la pe~na y coloca el Cetro de Poder sobre ella. En la pe~na el cuenco de cristal se ve con ornamentaciones doradas y guirnaldas de flores de loto cubren la roca y cuelgan de los rincones.

Despu'es Ellos realizan otro movimiento que es un tri'angulo con tres 'ovalos que se entrelazan en el centro del mismo, donde est'a el Cristo. El movimiento siguiente es una estrella de seis puntas y luego la estrella del Cristo: el pentagrama o estrella de cinco puntas. Aqu'i el CRISTO est'a en el 'apice cerca de la pe~na; a su derecha el MAN^e, a su izquierda el MAESTRO RAKOCZI, un Gran Ser en el centro y otros dos Grandes en las puntas inferiores de la estrella.

Est'an presentes los regentes de todos los tipos de energ'ia: los Maestros MORYA, KOOT HUMI, EL VENECIANO, SERAPIS, HILARI`oN, JES^eS e Iniciados, disc'ipulos y aspirantes espirituales; y aqu'i el c'antico crea gran tensi'on en la muchedumbre y Cristo tomando el Cetro de Poder de la pe~na, lo levanta y dice: - Presto, Se~nor, ven...

Luego, pone nuevamente su Cetro de Poder sobre la pe~na durante unos pocos momentos antes de la Luna Llena, y los ojos de todos los presentes se vuelven hacia la pe~na. La expectaci'on de la multitud aumenta y la tensi'on es mayor y crece constantemente. A trav'es de la multitud parece sentirse un est'imulo o vibraci'on potente que tiene el efecto de despertar las almas de los presentes, fusionando y unificando al grupo, elevando a todos y realiz'andose un gran acto de demanda, ansia y expectativa espiritual. Es la culminaci'on de la aspiraci'on del mundo que se halla enfocada en este grupo expectante.

Pocos minutos antes de la hora exacta, en que tiene lugar el Plenilunio, se divisa a lo lejos un peque~no punto de luz en el cielo, que al acercarse se va transformando en un n'itida silueta, que adquiere la forma de Buda sentado en su cl'asica posici'on de loto, envuelto en Su manto color azafr'an, ba~nado en luz y color. Su mano derecha levantada en bendici'on. Cuando 'el llega a un punto sobre la pe~na, CRISTO ENTONA LA GRAN INVOCACI`oN, y todos los presentes caen postrados tocando la Tierra con sus frentes.

Esta Gran Invocaci'on crea una corriente estupenda de energ'ia que inunda los corazones de los aspirantes, disc'ipulos e Iniciados, y llega a... Dios. Este es el momento m'as sagrado del a~no, el momento en que la humanidad y la divinidad toman contacto. En el momento exacto de la Luna Llena, el Buda pasa a Cristo la energ'ia de primer rayo -Voluntad- que Cristo recibe y cambia en Voluntad al Bien.

Cristo es el gran celebrante, extiende Sus manos, toma el cuenco, lo alza sobre Su cabeza y luego lo pone de nuevo sobre la pe~na. Entonces, los Maestros cantan himnos sagrados y el Buda, el Gran Iluminado, despu'es de bendecir a la muchedumbre desaparece lentamente en el espacio. Todo el ceremonial de la bendici'on, desde que Buda aparece en la lejan'ia, hasta el momento en que desaparece, dura solo 8 MINUTOS. El sacrificio anual que realiza Buda por la humanidad ha concluido, retornando nuevamente a ese alto lugar donde trabaja y espera.

El Se~nor Buda posee su especial modalidad de energ'ia que derrama al bendecir al mundo. Esta bendici'on es maravillosamente excepcional, por su autoridad y categor'ia, pues Buda tiene acceso a planos de la naturaleza que no se encuentran al alcance de la humanidad; y por lo tanto, puede trasmutar y transferir a nuestro plano la energ'ia de planos superiores. Sin la mediaci'on de Buda, esta energ'ia no ser'ia aprovechable pues su vibraci'on es muy elevada y nos es imposible percibirla en los planos f'isico, emocional y mental. As'i la energ'ia que Buda difunde por su bendici'on, encuentra de esta manera, canales por donde circular, llevando aliento y paz a los capaces de recibirla.

A~no tras a~no, Buda regresa para impartir Su bendici'on y tiene lugar la misma ceremonia. Cada a~no 'El y Su hermano el Cristo, trabajan en 'intima colaboraci'on para beneficio espiritual de la humanidad. En estos dos grandes Hijos de Dios se han concentrado dos aspectos de la Vida Divina. A trav'es del Buda fluye la Sabidur'ia de Dios, a trav'es del Cristo el Amor de Dios se manifiesta a la humanidad, derram'andose sobre ella en caso de la Luna Llena de Tauro.

En ese momento son posibles grandes expansiones de conciencia. Los disc'ipulos e iniciados de todas partes pueden ser ayudados y estimulados espiritualmente, a fin de permitir al hombre, penetrar conscientemente en los misterios del Reino de Dios.

Siguiendo con la leyenda, cuando el Buda ha desaparecido, la multitud se pone de pie y Cristo distribuye el agua bendita a los Iniciados y a todos los que est'an presentes en el valle. Esta hermosa "ceremonia de la comuni'on del agua" nos insin'ua simb'olicamente, que la Nueva Era est'a ya sobre nosotros, la ERA DE ACUARIO, la del "Portador de Agua". El agua magnetizada por la presencia de Buda y Cristo, contiene ciertas propiedades curativas. Despu'es de la bendici'on, la multitud se dispersa silenciosamente, encamin'andose hacia sus lugares de servicio.

Tal es la "leyenda" detr'as de este Festival, y tambi'en, tal es la "realidad "si nos atrevemos a creerla y si nuestras mentes est'an suficientemente abiertas y nuestros corazones suficientemen- te expectantes, como para reconocer su posibilidad. Estas idea requiere que ajustemos algunas de nuestras m'as caras creencias. Pero, si puede ser captada y comprendida, surgir'a en nuestra conciencia la posibilidad de que la raza sea consciente de su propia divinidad, pudiendo desarrollar una Ciencia de Acercamiento a las fuerzas de la Vida y verdades m'as profundas que a'un se hallan ocultas.

Hombres y mujeres del mundo guiados al un'isono por Buda, que trajo la luz a Oriente y por Cristo, que revel'o la luz a Occidente, pueden demandar y evocar una bendici'on y revelaci'on espiritual tan intensas que en un futuro inmediato se pueda demostrar lo que tanto aspira la humanidad: "paz en la Tierra y buena voluntad entre los hombres". De esta manera podemos introducir una era de fraternidad y comprensi'on que permitir'a al hombre disponer de m'as tiempo para que se dedique a buscar a Dios por s'i mismo.

Texto: versi'on libre de varios autores: Alice A. Bailey, Torkom Saraydariam, C.W. Leadbeater

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Sobre el Festival de Wesak. La humildad, la paz, el prop'osito y el amor. El sentimiento del disc'ipulo es buscar el bien de la Humanidad m'as que el suyo propio. "El Observador Silencioso y el Logos Planetario". Vida de Siddhartha y la Iluminaci'on. Sobre Cristo, el Buda y su gran influencia. Meditaci'on final.

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La celebraci'on de los tres festivales que son los siguientes: El Festival de Pascua o del Cristo; el Festival de Wesak o del Buda; y el Festival de la Humanidad, como precursores del Plan de Dios. La visi'on de la unificaci'on de todas las religiones. "La meditaci'on es el instrumento m'as adecuado de conexi'on con la voluntad superior". La importancia de la meditaci'on en grupo. "El trabajo es hacia dentro y no hacia afuera". El proceso energ'etico en el Festival de Wesak a trav'es de la bendici'on del Buda. La realidad en el mundo ang'elico. Filiaci'on ashr'amica y Maestros. El contacto entre Logos y sus efectos. Los efectos energ'eticos de la entrada en la Era de Acuario a trav'es del planeta Urano. Sobre la alquimia y la conciencia. La representaci'on y paralelismo de la vida del Buda y del Cristo. La comprensi'on a trav'es de la contemplaci'on y el silencio. Sobre los primeros pasos en la b'usqueda de la verdad y los errores que se cometen. La conducta y el ejemplo de un buen ciudadano en la vida del disc'ipulo como causas influyentes de la transformaci'on social. La voluntad de Dios y el trabajo llevado por los 'angeles. Los 'angeles est'an presentes en todas las religiones. Sobre el fuego del coraz'on y el fuego de Fohat que despierta Kundalini. Sobre la percepci'on ang'elica. La fraternidad como el primer paso al contacto con los 'angeles.

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Buda y el Festival de Wesak 19-05-1981

Siddhartha-Gautama: el Buda. El Festival de Wesak y el fruto de sus bendiciones. La Serena Expectaci'on y la recepci'on de energ'ias universales. Se hace una meditaci'on grupal. J. MART'i. Astrolog'ia y el Signo de Tauro.

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La Promesa del Buda y el Festival Wesak 04-05-1985

La promesa del Buda que desciende cada a~no para dar su bendici'on. El silencio y la importancia de la corriente del 1er Rayo en el Festival de Wesak. La invocaci'on del Buda que nos trae energ'ias de grandes entidades c'osmicas. La influencia de la Luna llena de Tauro y el karma de la Humanidad.

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