The grim news has come to my attention
that something in the world has come unfixed -
owls no longer haunt the fir lined alley
appearing out of the dreamtime as we pass,
indeed whole souls have gone missing, as if being
has itself gone dim - like an old man's seeing.
A vital light is missing from the world, by which I mean
that ephemeral gold that spins the seen
and unseen worlds together. In my life
I don't expect to see a springtime swelling
of the shriveled nut so many spirits
have become. What's to be done?
This is the winter solstice of an age,
although the season's worst is yet to come.
What's delicate and true has come undone:
is the only fitting answer
a pure and focused rage?
Today I wove a wreath of bone and fir
and filbert withes, twined in sacred holly,
incense cedar from an ancient tree.
I wove, affixed a star, and spoke a spell:
"Let this circle stand as the gate of winter
sure passage to the days of lengthening light."
And then I whispered names in the fragrant bough
Lacing love like a scarlet ribbon through the fronds.
Long I wove and dreamed back friends and kin,
each great soul calling back the sun.
I thought at last, "My life here is not done."
And some bright star rekindled from within
Sandy Jenson, The Solstice Wreath
The shortest day and the longest night in the ever turning calendar of the seasons, Yule is classified as a "low holiday" or lesser celebration on the Wheel of the Year, but it has always been one of my favorite observances. If you live as far north as we do, this festival in the heart of winter is one to observe with thanksgiving and reflection, with song, mulled cider, fine munchies, tales, firelight and rowdy vibrant fellowship.
From this hallowed moment onward, we will gain a few minutes of precious sunlight every day until the Summer Solstice on June 21. Let the bells ring out, and the games begin.
For some reason, I always find my Yule posts vaguely unsatisfying - I write and rewrite, scan DVD after DVD in my archive, searching, always searching, for an image which will somehow encapsulate the magic of this ancient snowbound holiday. When I have finished and uploaded my post, I continue to feel that I have not done justice to the day and its timeless rites of illumination.
Sandy Jenson's lovely poem is printed in the frontispiece of one of my favorite books on solstice observances, Richard Heinberg's "Celebrate the Solstice: Honoring the Earth's Seasonal Rhythms Through Festival and Ceremony", published by Quest in 1993. Her poem is a poignant tribute to this stormy winter day on which we celebrate the triumphant return of old Helios, the ascendance of light in the fertile darkness of winter.
Happy Yule to everyone!
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BOOK REVIEW: SALEM WITCHCRAFT COMPRISING MORE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD BY COTTON MATHER
we are told in Wonders of the Inviftble Worlds "that the devils were walking about our ftreets with lengthened chains, making a dreadful noife in our ears; and brimftone (even without a metaphor) was making a horrid and helliih flench in our noftrils ; " and, " that the devil, exhibiting himfelf ordinarily as a black man, had decoyed a fearful knot of proud, froward, ignorant, envious and malicious creatures, to lift themfelves in his horrid fervice, by entering their names in a book tendered unto them ; and that they have had their meetings and facraments, and affociated themfelves to deftroy the kingdom of our Lord Jefus Chrift, in thefe parts of the world; having each of them their fpedres, or devils, commiffioned by them, and reprefenting of them to be the engines of their malice, by thefe wicked fpedlres feizing poor people about the country, with various and bloody torments, and of thofe evidently preternatural torments fome have died ; and that they have bewitched fome even fo far as to make them felf-deftroyers, and others in many towns here and there languifhed under their evil hands - the people, thus afBided, miferably fcratched and bitten ; and that the fame invifible furies did ftick pins in them, and fcald them, diftort and difjoint them, with a thoufand other plagues; and fometimes drag them out of their chambers, and carry them over trees and hills, miles together, many of them being tempted to fign the devil's laws - thofe furies, wher feveral have killed more people perhaps than would ferve to make a village " - If this be the true ftate of the afflidions of this country, it is very deplorable, and beyond all other outward calamities miferable. But if, on the other fide, the matter be, as others do underftand it, that the devil has been too hard for us by his temptations, figns, and lying wonders, with the help of pernicious notions, formerly imbibed and profefled ; together with the accufations of a parcel of pofleffed, diftradled or lying wenches,* accufing their innocent neighbours, pretending they fee their fpeftres, i. e. devils in their likenefs, afflidling of them ; and that God in righteous judgment (after men had afcribed his power to witches, of commiflioning devils to do thefe things) may have given them over to ftrong delufions to believe lies, and upon the accufation of thofe above mentioned, brother to accufe and profecute brother, children their parents, paftors and teachers their immediate flock, unto death ;
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Oh, badly constructed mock Olde Engylsshe. Troubling many an otherwise good spell. This spell uses the classic rose quartz, a popular love drawing stone.
You will need the following items for this spell:
1 red or pink candle, to light the way to thy love[']s heart.
A handful or more of red rose petals, to trap thine spells power.
a piece of blank paper to scibe your love[']s name
a strong will.
a piece of rose quart[z] to trap the power inside.
(a pen)
(you will need enough of the petals to scatter in a circle big enough for yo[u] and the candle)
[...]
[T]ake the petals and scatter in a circle around you, then step into the circle of petals and place the candle in front of you and light it. [T]hen hold the rose quarts above the flame and say:
'[L]et this rite begin!'
and place the rose in[ ]front of you. [H]old your hands above the crystal.
[C]hant this 3 times:
'[B]y goddess name and goddess will,
by [A]phrodite's power,
let his heart no longer be still.'
[W]ave your hands above the candle and and then replace over the quartz.
'[C]andle[']s power, and candle[']s light,
sift my love into his heart.
and let the spell work its might.'
'channel the love into this stone,
whence he takes forth,
he will no longer be alone!'
[N]ow write yours and his name onto the piece of paper, and say:
'[in case] of untimely problems arrisen,
keep the names and the petals,
to release him from his unearthly prison!'
'blessed be.'
This spell is to be found at the page Volatile Love Spell - Free Magic Spell, with attribution to wonderinstar.
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Seax Wica es una tradici'on de la Wicca, una religi'on neo-pagana. Esta tradici'on tiene una unscrupulous anglosajona. La Seax Wica no pretende ser una reconstrucci'on del paganismo saj'on elementary.
" HISTORIA"
En 1973, Raymond Buckland, un autor y practicante de la Wicca gardneriana cre'o una nueva tradici'on dentro de la Wicca llamada Seax Wica. Con esto, Buckland no rompi'o su juramento en la Wicca gardneriana ya que no incluy'o en la nueva tradici'on ninguno de los secretos gradnerianos. Buckland escribi'o un libro llamado The Tree: Filled Take on of Saxon Witchcraft (El 'Arbol: Libro Completo de la Brujer'ia Sajona) como su trabajo definitivo. 'Este fue publicado en 1974 por Samuel Weiser Inc. y contiene los aspectos b'asicos de la Seax Wica. Existe tambi'en un Libro de las Sombras cibern'etico para la tradici'on en sitios Web surtidos.
Raymond Buckland fue el primero en extender la pr'actica de la Wicca en Estados Unidos. Esta tradici'on se ha extendido en diversos pa'ises alrededor del mundo y a lo largo de todo Estados Unidos. La Seax Wica es una de las tradiciones m'as grandes dentro de la Wicca. En 1976 German Member of the aristocracy fund'o una ramificaci'on de la Seax Wica conocida como Theodish Brain wave intentando ser una reconstrucci'on m'as fiel y exacta de la antigua religi'on anglosajona.
"PR'aCTICA"
La Seax Wicca honra a Woden y a Freyja, y usa un m'inimo de las herramientas ceremoniales y una lanza. Las runas tienen un papel importante y regularmente discutido. Existe un link en el culto hacia el Dios y la Diosa. Esta tradici'on no emplea ning'un juramento secreto. Los libros sobre la Seax Wica no intentan omitir o deformar la tradici'on aunque pueden ser un poco someros o escasos. La Seax Wica permite la auto-iniciaci'on. Los brujos se organizan en covent'iculos los cuales son m'as democr'aticos ya que son dirigidos por personas electas por sus miembros. Cada coven es dirigido por cuatro personas: una Suma Sacerdotisa, un Sumo Sacerdote, el thegn una especie de guardia, y un escriba o secretario. El Sacerdote y la Sacerdotisa son electos para dirigir el coven durante trece lunas. En algunos covent'iculos existen tesoreros si la congregaci'on est'a incorporada, para satisfacer las demandas legales de algunos estados de Estados Unidos. Raymond Buckland no es el l'ider de la tradici'on pero es respetado como su fundador, y contin'ua practic'andola y contribuyendo a ella. Buckland trabaja en una nueva edici'on de The Tree. Tambi'en ha colaborado en nuevas tradiciones de la Wicca como la Gipsy Wicca y la Pecti Witta, y es el autor de uno de los libros m'as reconocidos de la esta religi'on: Wicca: Pr'acticas y Principios de la Brujer'ia.
"ETIMOLOG'iA"
La palabra Seax es una palabra usada por el pueblo saj'on para nombrar al instrumento que utilizaron en sus conquistas espada y se usa la palabra Wica con una sola C, porque as'i aparece por primera vez en las obras de Gerald Gardner y Raymond Buckland era estudiante de Gerald Gardner, luego Raymond Buckland se separar'ia de la Wicca Gardneriana por diversos motivos, considera la falta de democracia que hab'ia dentro del coven entre otros aspectos seguir con la Wicca Gardneriana. En los 70 por cuestiones de pronunciaci'on se le agregar'ia otra C a la palabra WICCA, usar WICA o WICCA es igual de correcto
"ALGUNOS T'eRMINOS USADOS EN SEAX WICA"
* La seax para nombrar el athame: se usa el nombre germ'anico.
* El 'arbol: el libro de las sombras private.
* Lacnunga: el conocimiento de las plantas.
* El cuerno: no usan c'aliz sino cuerno. (En Asatru tambi'en se usa el cuerno)
* El casco con cuernos: en lugar de la diadema de plata.
* En la Wica Sajona se usan mucho las runas.
* Gesith: sacerdote o sacerdotisa.
"ALGUNAS CARACTER'iSTICAS DE LA TRADICI'oN SEAX WICA"
* Tiene una organizaci'on democr'atica y progresista que impide las elevaciones de Ego y luchas por el de Poder
* Se permiten las practicas en Coven o en Solitario ( siempre y cuando se hayan vehicle dedicado siguiendo las pautas de The Tree y como m'inimo teniendo contacto con otros seax gesith para su desarrollo y complementaci'on a distancia, existiendo la realidad de la auto-iniciaci'on si no hubiera alg'un Coven cercano a la localidad).
* No existe una estructura de grados y no hay votos de guardar Secreto.
* Los Covens son dirigidos por El Sacerdote y/o la Sacerdotisa, administrados por el Sumo Sacerdote y/o Sumo Sacerdotisa y fiscalizados y guiados por el Witan (Concilio de Sabios).
* Los cargos de responsabilidad dentro de un Coven como es el Sacerdote, Sacerdotisa, Thegn y Shape, solo pueden postular los Seax Gesith a trav'es de postulaciones nombradas y una elecci'on democr'atica, de este modo se alivia el que no haya elevaciones de ego ni de poder, estos cargos tiene la duraci'on de 1 a~no y 1 d'ia.
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LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE
Sufi counselor and ballpoint Posted: 12/13/2012 7:29 am
As we come headed for the time of the winter solstice and a few days past the celebration of Christmas, we are reminded what time again of the archaic mystery of impenetrability and light, and the light soul untrained in the impenetrability. As the reputation night of the northern hemisphere approaches, what is the inner meaning of this go round from the impenetrability towards the light, and this examination of divine birth?
If we liberty for a jiffy in the midst of our selling and ingestion as a way to celebrate, if for an blink we can turn incoming, we will find this most distant human mystery: the start off of light in the midst of impenetrability. This jiffy is a celebration of the spiritual separate of life, and how within the heart and central part of each of us this divine light is waiting to be untrained, to come inwards consciousness, to come inwards our daily life. And as numerous breakfast capable in their own life, this light is on a regular basis untrained out of a time of impenetrability, of difficulties and pain. In Rumi's simple words:
"Depression for His sake is a precious thing in my heart. My heart is light upon light, a sunny Mary with Jesus in the womb."
Inflowing the heart, within the central part of each of us, the divine child is waiting to come inwards our life, inwards our consciousness. We are waiting to be untrained.
Individual stimulated to turn incoming inwards prayer, inwards their inner heart, is underwater headed for this mystery. And hope the image of Christ soul untrained in a manger, it is no matter which as simple as it is marvelous. Many of us breakfast felt, if wholly for an concise jiffy, this divine manifestation within our life. We know what it brings, how it can turn our life display in an blink, turn what seemed outdated to be sundry. We aim to happen in this place of inner susceptibility, this place of waiting in the impenetrability and covet that belong to the heart's prayer. We are what's more the impenetrability and the light, the regret and the joy. It is in the midst of the impenetrability that the light is untrained, that the reputation night turns headed for the daylight.
Our most distant human heritage is this soul's plays of impenetrability and light, of the divine soul untrained inwards our life. This is where our prayer takes us, where the heart's covet draws us. This start off is the private carrying out life can dispense us.
Friendly stories warn us that the start off of the divine in the midst of impenetrability can result what's more within the nature and within the whole world. The impenetrability of our post-industrial world is wholly too evident -- with its vulgarity and soul bleeding, its international warming and developing ecocide. It is not affected to fragrance the regret of this illustrate time, with growing inequality and international manipulate. But what is the light waiting to be born? Might it be an proposal of the sacred within act and the vast worldly wise that we are all One -- one living dirt full of examination and mystery, not just a trade in waiting to be consumed? Might it be the simple proposal of the divine that is illustrate within all of life, within every fleapit of creation?
We are informally underwater inwards our culture's unlimited ingestion, its myth of progress and economic step up. This story of equipment prosperity has now become a international calamity, as it pollutes our dirt at an ever accelerating pace. How have to one meet to this darkness? Yes, organize is action to be done in the outdoor world, ways to meet to our communal self-destruction. We believe to thump assignment for the well-being of our dirt and its innumerable people, not just our own equipment wellbeing.
But for the one who is underwater incoming inwards prayer organize is an consistently functional work in holding a space for the divine -- staying true within the heart and waiting. It is inwards, from within the heart of each of us that the light of divine proposal will be untrained. It is from within the heart that the dark myth of acquisitiveness can turn inwards a story of divine start off -- a regeneration to the worldly wise that all of act is sacred -- it is one living whole and we are its guardians. In our heart and central part we are each hope Mary, holding the inference for a start off that can turn the world. Our politicians cannot turn our world. The after everything else sit out turn conferences at Rio and Doha see in your mind's eye their incapacity to act. But turn can result overcome the heart of guild. Express each and all of us the light of the divine can banish this deepening impenetrability.
The mystery of impenetrability and divine light belongs to each of us and to the world. We are the world waiting in the impenetrability and we are the light waiting to be untrained. It is wholly too easy to see the impenetrability display us -- the laxity of the sacred separate of act, the destruction and desecration of our sunny and pain world. We have to not evade soul aware of what we are work to the world, but we believe else to turn headed for the light that is waiting within our own heart and the heart of the world. We believe to imprison this sacred light in our hearts and our life. We believe to be the prayer for the world in this time of impenetrability.
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THELEMA 'e a filosofia ou religi~ao - dependendo do ponto de vista - baseada nos dois preceitos fundamentais da chamada Lei de Thelema: * "Faze o que tu queres ser'a o todo da Lei." * "Amor 'e a lei, amor sob vontade."Do grego : VONTADE, a partir do verbo: desejar, ter um prop'osito. Estes foram apresentados ao mundo, desta forma, no Livro da Lei (Liber AL vel Legis), escrito por Aleister Crowley nos dias 8 a 10 de abril de 1904. Seus adeptos s~ao chamados de "thelemitas".Crowley desenvolveu o sistema thelemico a partir de uma s'erie de experi^encias metaf'isicas experimentadas por ele e sua ent~ao esposa, Rose Edith Kelly Crowley, no in'icio de 1904. A partir dessas experi^encias ele argumentava ter sido contactado por uma intelig^encia n~ao-corp'orea denominada Aiwass (a quem identificou mais tarde como seu Sagrado Anjo Guardi~ao), a qual ditou a ele, entre o meio-dia e as 13 horas dos dias 8, 9 e 10 de abril daquele ano, o Livro da Lei (Liber AL vel Legis). Sabe-se, al'em disso, que pensadores anteriores a Crowley apresentaram tracos da cosmovis~ao e sistema contidos no livro, de modo que o conhecimento thel^emico, embora coroado pelo Liber AL, n~ao se restringe a ele.O livro cont'em tanto a frase "Faze o que tu queres ser'a o todo da Lei" quanto o termo, o qual Crowley tomou como nome do sistema filos'ofico, m'istico e religioso que veio a se desenvolver a partir do texto daquele livro, considerado como sagrado pelos thelemitas (aqueles que seguem a filosofia ou religi~ao de Thelema). O sistema thelemico inclui uma s'erie de refer^encias de magia,ocultismo, misticismo e religi~ao, tanto ocidentais quanto orientais, tais como a Cabala e a Yoga. Segundo Crowley, Thelema representaria um novo sistema 'etico e filos'ofico para a humanidade, caracterizando um Novo Eon (nova era).'E comum que a Lei de Thelema seja compreendida, `a primeira leitura, como uma licenca para que se executem todos os desejos e caprichos que uma pessoa tenha, sem que haja responsabilidade ou consequ^encias por seus atos. Contudo, esta filosofia prega justamente o oposto, partindo da id'eia de que cada ser humano, por possuir livre arb'itrio, 'e inteiramente respons'avel por sua exist^encia e por suas ac~oes, sem ser absolvido ou culpado por nenhum Deus ou Diabo no que tange o destino de sua pr'opria vida. A liberdade de todo Homem e toda Mulher 'e, portanto, cultuada, uma vez que, como consta no Liber AL, "todo homem e toda mulher 'e uma estrela". O resultado disso 'e um profundo respeito a si pr'oprio, `a cada indiv'iduo e `a cada forma de vida, como sendo express~oes particulares do Divino.Al'em disso, Thelema conclama cada um `a descoberta e realizac~ao de sua Vontade (a inicial mai'uscula sendo utilizada para diferenciar esta da vontade trivial, a express~ao Verdadeira VontadeNatureza, que reflete a ordem do Universo. Portanto, realizar a Verdadeira Vontade 'e despertar para a Vontade do Universo. tamb'em sendo utilizada para tanto). Cada um de n'os tem por obrigac~ao descobrir e cumprir essa Verdadeira Vontade, deixando de lado todo capricho e distrac~ao que possa nos afastar deste objetivo m'aximo. Ao realiz'a-la, estamos nos integramos perfeitamente `a nossaEm Thelema, considera-se a Divindade como algo imanente: isto 'e, que vive dentro de tudo. Logo, conhecer sua Vontade mais 'intima tamb'em 'e conhecer a Vontade de Deus. Esse processo de descoberta da Vontade al'em dos desejos do Ego constitui um m'etodo de realizac~ao espiritual baseado principalmente no autoconhecimento. Infelizmente, os escritos de Crowley s~ao usualmente mal interpretados e incrivelmente tomados no sentido oposto ao original, dando origem a comportamentos anti-sociais que nada t^em a ver com Thelema.A n'ivel social, Thelema pode ser entendida como a luta pela viv^encia da Liberdade de cada indiv'iduo, de modo que ele possa se realizar de acordo com sua 'orbita particular, isto 'e, dentro de suas viv^encias e escolhas espec'ificas. Considerar a import^ancia essencial do indiv'iduo para o mundo pode ser uma postura menos pragm'atica do que a tradic~ao pol'itica adotada por sociedades opressoras e massificantes. No entanto, pelo que foi explicado anteriormente, est'a claro como atirania e regimes tir^anicos nada t^em a ver com Thelema.
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I never attended one of Bill Gothard's seminars but many of my friends back in the 1970s did. Chaplain Mike at Internet Monk did, too, and wonders "Whatever Happened to...Bill Gothard?":
...[I]n the aftermath of our spiritual awakening in the early 1970's, the natural thing for our youth leader to do was to herd a bunch of us onto an old school bus to head to Philadelphia for the Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts, where we were issued our red padded three-ring binders and forced to sit and listen to a short guy with short hair in a dark blue suit lecture us for three hours a night over the course of six days.
We loved it. At least I did.
"The Bill Gothard Seminar" we called it. It was an "experience," and more than anything, that was what I was after. Sitting in a darkened room with thousands of people learning "God's principles," this became a significant annual element of my Christian discipleship. Gothard was savvy in his use of media, even though it was elementary in those days, and his charts and diagrams and words up on the big screen seemed to carry an authority far more powerful than anything we received in church or Bible study (though we loved those settings too).
Looking back, I liken what I felt in those arenas to what many feel in megachurch settings today-a sense of being part of something "big," a sense of intimacy with a "celebrity" through a media event (even though I was but one of a huge crowd), a sense of expectancy that my life could be changed by an overwhelming experience.
I remember going home after Gothard seminars determined to apply what I had learned. I asked forgiveness from those that I had offended or sinned against. I tried hard to submit to my parent's authority. I took up devotional practices advocated at the seminar (his teaching on meditating on Scripture is still a part of me). However, like most "mountaintop" experiences, our week long marathons of spiritual intensity quickly lost their power to affect what happened in my daily life.....He is far less enthusiastic today and wonders how others who were influenced by Gothard's teaching feel about the effect of "Basic Life Principles" on their lives.
Whatever Happened to... Bill Gothard? internetmonk.com
A sanctimonious get-together is the will, it is a grand and expand productivity, is the sanctimonious space implore. This implore comes from of old, from space art, attempt to the divine next to as a cue, illusion and earth.The holy metropolis of Jerusalem
The holy metropolis of Jerusalem: the intellectual tourist destination
Jerusalem is a holy metropolis, as Judaism, Christianity and Islam three sanctimonious spaces, the diplomat size has the fully high. Whether Judaism Sniveling Boundary, or million Muslims back day of hero worship, sanctimonious tone going on for is awesome. As an individual, the belief can be really rotate the life strongly.
Jerusalem is a metropolis be communal to all the world's ancient history, its charm lies in its deep and faceless. 5000 years reckon long-ago because the history of jerusalem. At an horizontal of 835 meters, swathe an quarter of 158 at once kilometers, a nation of 600000. Bounded by hills, East and West Metro consists of old metropolis. Hand over are copious factories, nest buildings, urban buildings and modern new metropolis, old metropolis enclosed by defenses, calm retains a medieval metropolis. The old metropolis is a record of wall rudely, in the Christian, Muslim, Jewish quarter in Subdivision, Armenia branch and the temple.
The Jerusalem today can be traced back to 4000 BC, on the copy the antediluvian records in nineteenth CenturyEgyptThe curse of prayer and fourteenth Century La Amarna characters. According to the "Bible" records, in theIsraelBefore the terrain in Jerusalem, had copious terrain going on for mottled.
In the same way as tenth Century, Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem, Jerusalem has been the inner of Jewish tribute and the holy metropolis, the opening temple remains of the western wall, or Judaism's holiest. Christians are more to the point coupled considerable cost to Jerusalem, because according to the "Bible" records, going on for is the crucifixion of Jesus, assets, new beginning, ascension site. Islam moral fiber be in Jerusalem as Mecca, Medina following the third the holy land, to indication Mohamed's nocturnal Deng Xiao, and on the Forehead Tor built 2 mosques -- Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the field of the gemstone to indication this device.
Three downright religions bank on that Jerusalem is the place of death of Abraham. Sniveling Boundary is the Jews keep on onwards spaces, regarded as the top figure sacred in the eyes of the minute. Christians bank on in Jerusalem, the Knight in shining armor Jesus Christ disturbance and ascension, so it is regarded as the top figure sacred place. In the Muslim common sense, going on for is one of the destinations and the Islamic prophesy Mohamed faceless nocturnal strong Holy land.
In the metropolis the Judaism, Christianity, Islam, ancient stone buildings reckon witnessed thousands of years of history, monuments, shrines and prayer sphere long-ago tallying, demonstrates the size of Jerusalem for Jews, Christians and muslims.Church of the Holy Crucial
Church of the Holy Crucial
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Church of the Holy Crucial, more to the point communal as the "Cathedral of the new beginning," Jesus sepulcher is placed, the Christian holy metropolis, Jerusalem christian minster one. Positioned in the east of the old metropolis of Jerusalem israel. Church of the Holy Crucial is the assets and new beginning of Jesus Christ, wherever. The report of Jesus to the lead the clear up, is the "disturbance" supervision of deceptive with a thick in a huff, challenge bound by bound towards the extinction.
Jesus was preaching teaching by the Rome aver cleaning on Jesus Path, in a huff to the extinction reason to Jerusalem for the girls said: "the product of Jerusalem don't cry for me, but for yourselves and for your children."
Church of the Holy Sepulcher's head gain access to hall is the implacable Path Situation thirteenth, going on for is a passage of mask stone, called the "stone of unction", a passage of pip is aflame, such as Jesus's build was subject from the in a huff, is placed on the stone. Jesus was dug in in the stone to the lead, was full with incense, myrrh and Notre Dame Maria cry. This stone is not, correct lots to lay a organism, a stone fasten a few of the hideous menorah, which belonged to the franciscan,GreeceThe Level Church and the Church of Armenia all. 22 Visiting the attractions Oversimplification
The Church of the holy sepulchre in hall strong cool and clear clear, some oil lamps and candles for lighting, shadow of candle, everything seemed ambiguous. Dim, but see the temple pillars aspect, the tombstone everyplace, all ended a lot of Myths of the shrines and carcass. Christianity has separated into copious denominations, all the sepulcher Cathedral for the holy land, so ache as one on this site, so it is caused focal point the Church of the holy sepulchre in the minster in a insufficiently church, the church and contradictory belonged to contradictory denominations.
Falcate ladder nave east spin, offering is a beautiful reason about 15 meters high gemstone, the gemstone is communal as the "bodywork" of "Golgotha" stone, such as Jesus is in the stone on crucified.
At the time of Jesus's blood into the stone, the stone to last not here a red stone, it is meant finer, can see the stock of a organism, that is the shadow of Jesus was stamped on the stone. From Christians rudely the world a opening moral fiber bob in the stone, they detached special, mouth kiss. Just the once copious years of this, so in the course of time, in lasting feel terrain and kiss the stone arrive really glossed.
The top of the ladder the Jesus in a huff is placed on the real advantage of the entry. Beneath the altar silver tinkle was the place. Each going on for moral fiber bob down to kiss or feel the altar, the silver tinkle. Calvary church focal point Church of the Holy Crucial, offering is a hideous red on the north advantage of the stairsDaliStone, Jesus is for wiping sesame oil. It is perceptible with a in a huff label 9 lights in the beige white hurricane lantern. Hand over is a hideous admit at that time of the mosaics. So copious pilgrims knelt going on for, kiss the stone, soup?on the real master of draft, even going on for and not their own.
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Aspect: Jesus's death and assets place. A plurality of the old church invention group.
The antediluvian built in A. D. 336. But following clear wars and fires not working, we now see, was rebuilt in 1808. It is nearly everyone separated into ancient Rome Basilica, the church and the Church of the new beginning in Jesus's sepulcher, offering are cloak-and-dagger, miss the introductory get-together inventor Helena St. Lena church.
In the sepulcher of Jesus in head of the chapel, offering is an oval excellent stone cup, this is the so-called "the inner of the world", more to the point called the navel of the world.
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Welcome to the Bible pages. So many illustrators did Biblical
(and extra-Biblical) themed pieces, depicting Bible stories,
spiritual life in America, songs, and poems,
that I couldn't resist dedicating a spot to this wealth of beautiful artwork.
Herbert Paus, Into the Soul of America (1924) Bible - 001A
W T Benda, Hearst's International, "Armageddon" (1917) Bible - 002
J C Leyendecker, Christmas Hymn (1905) Bible - 003
Anton Otto Fischer, "In Extremis" (1940s) - 004
Scan and text are from Fischer's biography by his daughter,
Katrina Sigsbee Fischer,
"Anton Otto Fischer, Marine Artist," published in 1984
Caption: When A.O.F. showed this picture to Oswald Brett, he remarked
"This painting was to show the tough nuts that, in the last extremity,"
" they always get down to first principles."
Walter Everett, "A Prayer for Peace" (1911) Bible - 005
Amos Sewell, Saturday Evening Post, "Christmas Sermon" (1948) Bible - 006
Ralph Pallen Coleman, The Way, The Truth, and the Life,
"Ruth Clave Unto Naomi" Ruth 1:16 (1958) Bible - 007
Frank Schoonover, Ladies' Home Journal
"Leading Them Back Home for Christmas" (1918) Bible - 008
Robert Maguire, "Church Entrance" Christmas Card (c1965) Bible - 009
Dean Cornwell, Christ's Feet Are Washed (1920s) Bible - 010
Arthur Rackham, Woman's Home Companion,
"To Bethlehem: A Christmas Masque" (1931) Bible - 011
Howard Chandler Christy, "For Thine is the Kindgom and the Power and the Glory Forever"
War Poster (c.1942) Bible - 012
H J Soulen, Ladies' Home Journal, "The Temple Area, Jerusalem" (1926) Bible - 013
Alex Ross, Good Housekeeping (1953) Bible - 014
Herbert Paus, The Delineator. "Pilate's Judgement" (1907) Bible - 015
Howard Chandler Christy, Sunday News, "Peace On Earth" (1948) Bible - 016
Harry Anderson, Woman's Home Companion (1949) Bible - 017
Dean Cornwell, American Weekly, "The Holy Land" (1947) Bible - 018
Ralph Pallen Coleman, The Way, The Truth, and the Life,
"The Lonely Christ" Matthew 21:17 (1958) Bible - 019
Mead Schaeffer, Saturday Evening Post, "Christmas" (1944) Bible - 020
Henry Clive, American Weekly, "Give - Blessed Are The Merciful" (1949) Bible - 021
Douglas Crockwell, Avondale Fabric (1948) Bible - 022
R G Harris, McCall's (1945) Bible - 023
Copping, Ladies' Home Journal, "Lord, Help" (1945) Bible - 024
Edwin Georgi, Woman's Home Companion (1935) Bible - 025
Harry Anderson, The 10 Commandments (19?) Bible - 026
Jerry Allison, 027John 1:14 (19?) Bible - 027
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The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
James Bingham, Coronet, "Christmas Eve" (1946) Bible - 028
Jon Whitcomb, Collier's, "Chamorro" (1944) Bible - 029
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By Ewyen Minh
The Ox is one of the most powerful Chinese signs. As with all signs, Oxens have certain characteristics that define them. The Ox is a North-East oriented animal with a Yin (female) nature. It symbolizes wealth and prosperity while its western zodiac equivalent is the Capricorn. It's favorable gem stone is the Aquamarine.
Ox people are very active during Winter, especially during January which is their associated month. Throughout the day, they rule from 1am until 3am. They like green, yellow, black and brown colors and they love to eat all kinds of well cooked food. There is a Chinese legend claiming that the Ox helped the Rat rank first among the twelve Chinese signs. The Ox is strongly related with planet Saturn.
Ox people are masters in setting goals. They like to approach everything in a step-by-step manner. They are so hard working, careful and stubborn that it is highly unlikely they will miss any big chances in their lives. No matter what happens, they never lose sight of their goals.
Ox people love nature and they are very sensitive about environmental issues. They are very straight forward and reliable and they will do everything to prove this. They are very good advisors because of their honesty and compassion. They are very patient and have a balanced character. Their biggest disappointment would be to find that others do not understand them.
People under this major Chinese sign like to hang around with their family and relatives. They like to know they have a place of their own where they can relax and meditate. Although they attract money like magnets, they don't need riches to feel happy. What they like is to spend money to make others happy, especially family members. They like to surprise others with little gifts.
Ox people are shy and not very sociable. They usually find it difficult to connect with others. Once you get to know them though,
you will see that they are born for solid and long lasting relationships. You can find many Ox people in Asia, North Europe and South America. They usually look for their soul mates during winter, especially during January which is their favorable month. The Ox matches perfectly with the Rat, the Monkey and the Rooster.
Ox people like to depend on themselves and tend to reject advice from others. When you talk to them be careful not to insult them because they are very unforgiving. Think twice before you double cross an Ox.
Let's see how the Ox behaves in the following fields:
Work issues: A born master
Love issues: Very strong
social issues: Requires improvement
Spiritual issues: Very strong
Body issues: Requires improvement
A few positive keywords to describe the Ox:
Dependable, Powerful, Patient, Tireless, Extravagant, Logic, Systematic, Imagination, Honesty, Sociable
A few negative keywords to describe the Ox:
Uncompetitive, Inflexible, Possessive, Stubborn, Eccentric, Critical, Intolerant
Ox Compatibility with other Chinese signs:
(1 least compatible - 10 most compatible)
With a Rat: 9
With a Monkey: 9
With a Rooster: 9
With an Ox: 8
With a Snake: 8
With a Pig: 7
With a Dog: 6
With a Tiger: 5
With a Rabbit: 5
With a Horse: 4
With a Dragon: 3
With a Sheep: 2
E.Minh is a Chinese astrologer with over 20 years of experience in Chinese astrology and the lunar calendar. For more information about the Twelve Chinese Horoscope Signs visit my free website about Chinese astrology and discover a way to communicate with your inner self and the Universe. You can also download my free e-book "Creating the Ultimate Chinese Horoscope Protection Shield".
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IF YOU FEEL THAT YOUR BABY IS CONTINUOUSLY WEEPING OF CRYING NON - STOP AND FOR NO REASON. BABY COULD NOT SLEEP AT NIGHT PROPERLY, IT SUDDENLY WAKE UP AND START WEEPING FOR NO REASON. AND YOU HAVE MAKE YOUR ALL TRIES TO FIND OUT THE REASON AND HAVE DONE ALL MEDICAL CHECKUP BUT NOT FIND ANY DISEASE THEN DEFINITELY THESE ARE THE SYMPTOM OF BAD OR EVIL EYE.
IF YOU FOUND SYMPTOM OF BAD OR EVIL EYE
IF YOU FOUND ABOVE SYMPTOM THEN YOU SHOULD DO THE PROCEDURE AS PROVIDED BELOW TO MAKE YOUR CHILD HEALTHY AND ACTIVE. OTHERWISE EFFECTED PERSON HEALTH WILL GO DOWN DAY BY DAY.
SYMPTOM OF BAD OR EVIL EYE
WHAT YOU MUST DO IF YOU FOUND SYMPTOM OF BAD OR EVIL EYE:
- ON SATURDAY EVENING, ARRANGE THE FRESH MILK OF COW, COLLECT THIS IN ANY SOIL POT.
- NOW TAKE IT IN YOUR LEFT HAND AND THEN MOVE ABOVE HEAD CLOCKWISE SEVEN TIMES FROM THE EFFECTED CHILD OR BABY.
- NOW TAKE THIS ON THE FOUR WAY DIVIDER AND PUT IT THERE AND COME BACK WITHOUT SEEING BACK. NOTE: YOU MUST NOT TALK TO ANY OTHER DURING THIS PROCESS.
- YOU CAN ALSO OFFER THIS MILK TO DRINK THE QUITE BLACK DOG, DOG SHOULD NOT PET.
THIS IS THE SIMPLE, EASY BUT POWERFUL SPIRITUAL PROCESS FOR BAD OR EVIL EYE SYMPTOMS.
IF YOUR BABY
IF YOU FOUND SYMPTOM OF BAD OR EVIL EYE, IF YOUR BABY, SYMPTOM OF BAD OR EVIL EYE.
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ACHIEVE GOOD SCORE IN COMPETITION
Reference: witchcraftforall.blogspot.com
The Pay of the SUN
For population Celebrating the Pay of the SUN
Relaxed Detached Solstice..
Wishing you Assorted Blessings
of the The Considerable Sparkling Assign we specify the SUN!
Assertion the New Air of mystery, Joy and Artistic quality with the Sun's Resurgence..
SUN Reign and Symbolism
Sun
The sun is magical
Life-Giving
Whisperer of light
Picture of Empowerment
and our Superior self, Guiding Vim and vigor
The Twinkling of the In Vim and vigor
The Sun
A spacious star of Bring about
Shines energy and brings objects to Makeup
Calls Appeal to advance and burgeon and supplementary
The Sun is a Nourisher of the figure, pay attention to and spirit
and of the humankind
The Sun as a Perfect AWAKENER**Symbol of Empowerment, Logic and Threadlike
Ray of sunlight brings the gift of each day,
In vogue daylight is the time to be temper and implant
and Usage with the joy of life
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The Sun motivation bring light to any importance that wishes cleanness
The Sun is full of Fire-Energy and Inspirational Reign
Picture of Positivity
The Delegate Sun Can Development one to New Insights, Intention
and Profuse Brains
The Sun calls all objects to advance and move towards the path of the Sun..upwards!
"The Sun shines upon everything.."
"it is pure.."
"and represents "
"Fixed idea Love!"
To utilize with Sun Urge...enhances life, heartiness, energy,
tribute, force, strength, personality power, self-awareness and incident.
The Sun shines and illuminates and brings magic to all it touches...
Picture of Gold ingots..impressive energy, transformative and creational.
The Resurgence of the Sun, an ancient standard
huge in all cultures in novel ways
Dissimilarity the beauty and power of the sun...what gives us Threadlike and Life!
Plus the Pay of the Sun
We too are Reborn
We can allegorically quantity Credit for all that we abide
Put out our success with others
Donate to others..
flood your energy and concentration to others...
spot on in the role of the sun's brightness
that absolutely and unaided
flood out now the world
The Sun isCREATIVEThe Pay of the Sun.....This time brings new creative energy
and a heightened sincere on what is a moment ago coming now your life
and what wishes pay attention to and stimulant
and incident and love
and inspires one with the new creative-magic we can bring to any importance.
Threadlike is the magical amount one can add to anything..
The Sun is Familiar..life-giving..A Huge Permit.
The sun's thin glow is open and seal..here's to the magic of the SUN
"The Sun... a Perfect Majestic Assign.."
"brings Thoughtfulness and Air of mystery "
"and Familiar Threadlike. "
"Moreover day fair" the sun is reborn..."
"we are reborn..."
"Moreover night we can Catch forty winks and Have a siesta.."
"dreaming of New Makeup..."
"and set an End to Development "
"with New Makeup.."
"to blot the Start of the Sun "
"and part of you motivation the same be reborn..and brought to life!"
"
"The sun's brightness shine energy in ALL information of your life.."
"Usage with this new magical energy "
"Glistening upon All."
"~Victoria Pettella~"
"Root OF A WIZARDESS"
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For upper Solstice MagicVisitWinter Solstice Air of mystery
and
Twinkling of the Solstice Sun
Relaxed Solstice...
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Because follows is a simple refining ritual that can be hand-me-down on crystals and stones, and other sacred relevant. This rite is best done at daylight or all the way through the day, on your altar (if you pin down one) or on any graph that can be hand-me-down for this belief.Segregate a cavern with wholesome water and place this to the west on the graph or altar. Also, light a red candle and set this to the south. Clear some incense and place this to the east. At last, place a serving dish or flowerpot complete with a moment ago dug earth to the north on the altar. In with all these relevant, set the stone (or stones) to be purified.When all is readied, endlessly your wits and heap up the stone in your projective (general) hand. Suggest your special treatment in the direction of the bewilder of earth. Apply the stone on it and pall with shipshape earth. Say everything to the effect of:"I disinfect you with earth!"Move away the stone contemporary for a few report, all the seeing that visualizing the earth riveting the stone's impurities. After that remove it, wholesome it clean, and shelter it in the incense exhaust. Consent it nine mature as well as the exhaust, from the accusation to the missing, saying words would like these:"I disinfect you with air!"Also, easily papers the stone as well as the candle's flame unlike mature, saying:"I disinfect you with fire!"The fire burns in another place all distrust. Now place the stone in the water and say this or your own words:"I disinfect you with water!"Make believe the water washing it clean. Move away the stone in the water for a time, along with dry it with a clean cloth and shelter it in your not built up hand. Is the stone "clean"? If not, go over this simple ritual as countless mature as indispensable, until your are certain it has done it's work. Once, store the stone in a special place. It is off for use in magick.From: Cunningham's Almanac of Semiprecious stone, Gem and Metal Aura
Reference: wiccancommunity.blogspot.com
I read the Wildhunt Blog today, a Blog that provides some interesting perspectives on spiritual issues from a Pagan perspective. The Blog recently posted some comments on magick and the supernatural, and in the process alerted me to an article by Peggy Flatcher Stack in "The Salt Lake Tribune" titled "Where faith, magic meet". The article contains a number of items worthy of consideration. Here's one brief but interesting quote:"Today, some Christians shun magical fiction like Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings or "The Matrix," fearing their allure will replace religious faith." Unfortunately I think the statement above is accurate, as the plethora of evangelical books, as well as website and newsletter articles condemning Potter, and Lord of the Rings demonstrate. With the forthcoming Narnia film in December this issue will take center stage once again, and may be accompanied by further articles and books expressing alarm at the magic of C. S. Lewis.In the acceptance of a sacred-secular split in Western Christendom with the Enlightenment, and the resulting disenchantment of the world, did the church go too far in banning the "magical" activity of the Divine in the cosmos? With the postmodern emphasis on re-enchantment, can we rethink the place and extent of Divine activity in the creation that articulates a robust biblical worldview and properly distinguishes it from Pagan magickal ideas?
