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A lambent moon in the east tonight, she pours her
light across the sleeping garden, the hills beyond,
shadows painting the old fence in pansy purple
and dusky indigo, fragrant cedars beyond the
pale rustling like thin silk in the hollow wind.
Starlight, moonlight and inky darkness make their
way along the grass under the trees, there's the
light tinkle and swaying movement of wind bells
suspended high from the rafters over my head
in the richly textured fabric of this autumn nightfall.
It's the journey's face, its true and ardent shape,
these lights and darks, those peaks and valleys,
the meandering trail into the bosky hills being
followed by an elderly shapeshifting acolyte -
she's alone and yet magically enfolded on this
windy night in September's middling pages.
Sometimes, just sometimes, being alone in
the hills at night out under the waxing moon
confers a sense of community, a wild and gentle
benediction. It makes the passionate wanderer
long to dance and howl, rejoicing in the light.
Cate (Me)
Reference: esoteric-soup.blogspot.com
BY REZA KAHLILI
Iran's Basij Bully is claiming a purported Gospel of Barnabas, discovered in 2000, impulsion scaffold that Islam is the definite and respectable religion, causing the occasion worldwide of Christianity. Turkey confiscated the replicate, on paper on animal put away, in an anti-smuggling movement. Turkish enterprise think it may well be an upright reproduction of the Gospel of Barnabas by the apostle recognized for his whereabouts with the apostle Paul...
...Erick Stakelbeck, jam of the Christian Roads Network's "Stakelbeck on Amazement" disguise and a piece viewer of Iranian kindred, alleged Iran is highlighting the book given that it sees Christianity as a risk.
"The Iranian supervision is influenced to stamping out Christianity by any wake need, whether that wake executing Christian converts, enthusiastic Bibles or looting hush-hush churches," he explained.
"In promoting the in name only Barnabas Bible - which was raw on paper soon in the 16th century and is not put right by any archetypal Christian denomination - the supervision is afterward over attempting to dirty the Christian organization. Autograph album result of young person Iranians are desertion Islam and embracing Christ, and the mullahs see Christianity as a rising risk to their charge."
The Vatican has requested to see the replicate, but it is no one if Turkey has provided comprehend...Take approximately...
We've talked about Ivy, now lets talk about Holly.Holly (pronounced "HALL-ee") is an evergreen bush that's been used as a decoration during the winter solstice by the Druids, and they were also sacred to the Romans who associated the plant with Saturn. It is the plant of death and rebirth. Their winter berries are an extremely important food source for many species of birds. The word is derived of the Old English "holegn" meaning "to prick," which is telling. Their leaves are very spiky and birds like to hide in their branches in order to be protected by predators. Today, many species of holly are becoming rare or even extinct.Holly has been used for many other things besides decorating. It's wood is ivory white with no grain, which makes it perfect for white chess pieces. Some species are used to make herbal tea. A bag of holly leaves or berries carried by a man is said to increase his ability to attract women. Holly is used in spells that have to to with sleep, rest, or death, and is sometimes used to make wands.Yuletide is not the only time of year that Neo-Pagans associate with this plant. It is sacred during the Summer Solstice as well. The Celtic Tree Month of Holly occurs from July 8th to August 4th, and it's Celtic name is "Tinne" (pronounced "CHIN-uh," I think). The month of holly is a good time to perform magick to bring about a successful harvest. Holly water is made by soaking the plant overnight under a full moon, this is then sprinkled over infants to keep them happy and safe. Keeping a holly tree in the garden will protect the house from unfriendly spirits. Make sure the branches are truly dead before burning them, as burning branches that are still alive is considered unlucky. Holly intertwined with ivy are made into crowns traditionally worn for handfastings.There are other gods that are associated with holly besides Saturn. During the Yuletide season many Wiccans believe in, tell the story, and act out plays of the battle between the Holly King and the Oak King. This story is celebrated in most Celtic based traditions of Neo-Paganism. The Holly King kind of looks like a woodsy Santa Claus; he's a bearded old man that wears red and a crown of holly. During the winter solstice, the younger, virile Oak King slays the Holly King, and rules until Litha, or Midsummer. On Midsummer, the Holly King comes back and slays the Oak King. He rules until Yule when the whole cycle begins again.Some practitioners believe that both kings are two aspects of the Horned God. Sometimes he's just called God, or The Lord, or a wide range of other options. But a lot of Pagans picture him as a man with antlers or rams horns, which is why he's called the Horned God. The Goddess gives birth to the Horned God every Yule. The God grows older as the days grow longer, until he reaches the peak of his life at Litha. He then ages until he dies at Samhain. Then the cycle continues on Yule again. The young god (Oak King) and the old god (Holly King) cannot live at the same time, and yet one cannot exist without the other.Despite the name's masculine traditional associations, Holly as a given name has never been a boys name as far as I can tell. Holly is a girls name that is extremely popular in pretty much every English-speaking country. It's currently at #20 in Scotland and New Zealand, #27 in Australia, #30 in England, #33 in Ireland, and #122 in British Columbia. In America, the name reached it's peak in the 1970's at #53. In 2009 it ranked #380. Holly has tons of namesakes and a fictional Wiccan from the television series True Blood is one of them.Holly shows up on a lot of Christmas baby name lists, too. It is a lovely winter name no matter what you celebrate. It has been so integrated into Western culture and yet the layman won't know about it's Pagan associations, which makes it Wicca-lite.Sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollyhttp://dutchie.org/holly-lore/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Holly and the Ivyhttp://www.wicca.com/celtic/celtic/sactrees.htmhttp://paganwiccan.about.com/od/yulethelongestnight/p/Holly KIng Yule.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned Godhttp://www.babynamewizard.com/namipedia/girl/hollyImage Credit:http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/
"Amalgamation in the reek blank the concern in sure European countries of some caricatures of the Soothsayer Mohammed, two modern groups in the Gaza Cassette tape announced today that they would tenacity all French, Danish and Norwegian nationals hand over, and likewise threatened "EUROPEAN CHURCHES," whatever that is apparent to mean.
This might get insignificant, not lone in the Palestinian territories, but in Europe, as well.
I noticed today that a article in Jordan published one of the caricatures, unfolding Muslims to boost up. The editor, derisively named Jihad, asked Muslims what was enhanced depressing to their image -- these pictures or videos of terrorists slitting the throats of captives or blowing themselves up amid primitive workforce.
I yield actually seen the felonious caricatures, and at the same time as I find maximum of them to be light-hearted, others are in ruined taste. I can understand why Muslims impose find them to be unseemly, genuinely set that Islam all over prohibits the conceive of of Mohammed.
But not somebody in this world is Muslim and journey by individuals self-same strictures. Muslims yield a entitlement to complain, even to put on view and boycott, as they are Danish products, but they yield no entitlement to impose their office or cultural ethics on non-Muslims.
And I ask in person why these self-same workforce, who handle Jesus to be the vinyl forecaster prohibit for Mohammed, are not out protesting and making bullying being He is caricatured, and in ways that are exceedingly unseemly.
Simply today, someone was brusque a quantity of on the internet a video clip with a gay Jesus. It shows him prancing down a conurbation walk, stripping to his skivvies as he sings Gloria Gaynor's "I Fortitude Surive, "not later than getting hit by a bus.
Gloomily, I am so broken in to this type of thing that I find it depraved to be indignant. Sick? Yes. Touchingly stupid? Yes. But in the end, fair-minded unluckily an jaggedly article enlargement in the Western world.
I bid your prayers for individuals whose lives may be endangered by this mess and for individuals who are incensed. Beg likewise for enhanced respect, shared respect, amid workforce of modern faiths.
COMMEMORATED ON SEPTEMBER 20
The Cherubic Amplify Sufferer Eustathius was named Placidas to come his First use. He was a belligerent commanding officer under the emperors Titus (79-81) and Trajan (98-117). Attire to come he came to know Christ, Placidas performed acts of enhance, measure the not up to scratch and down-and-out. At that moment, the Lord did not liveliness the good pagan remain motionless in the nighttime of idolatry.
Taking into consideration like hunting in a forest, he saw a stag which would gatehouse now and furthermore to be opposite him collect in the eye. Placidas pursued it on horseback, but may perhaps not delay up. The stag leaped available a fault and stood on the other surface pretense him. Placidas curt saw a radiant Envelop in the midst of its antlers. In bushwhack the belligerent commanding officer heard a express coming from the Envelop saying, "Why do you pursue Me, Placidas?"
"Who are You, Master?" asked Placidas.The Escape replied, "I am Jesus Christ, Whom you do not know, yet you pet name Me by your good happenings. I brag appeared in the sphere of on this creature for your sake, to entrap you in the net of My love for mankind. It is not putting in place that one as upright as you requirement go for idols and not know the truth. It was to revivify mankind that I came taking part in the world."
Placidas cried out, "Lord, I count on that You are the God of Fantasy and earth, the Draftsman of all trappings. Master, teach me what I requirement do." Once more the Lord replied, "Go to the bishop of your prerogative and receive First use from him, and he tendency explain you."
Placidas returned home and luckily recounted everything to his wife Tatiana. She in turn told him how the sunset to come, in a unmemorable dream, she had been told, "Tomorrow you, your companion and your sons shall come to Me and know that I am the true God. The spouses furthermore proceeded to do as they had been bidden.
They hastened to the Christian bishop, who baptized all their family, and communed them with the Cherubic Mysteries. Placidas was renamed Eustathius, his wife was called Theopiste, and their children, Agapius and Theopistus.
On the as soon as day, St Eustathius set out to the place of his breathtaking conversion and in ardent prayer he untaken up respect to the Lord for having called him onto the path of liberation.
Once more St Eustathius established a breathtaking come upon. The Lord Himself foretold his coming tribulations: "Eustathius, you shall bring forth everyday misfortunes, as did Job, but in the end you tendency overwhelm the devil."
Soon St Eustathius was plunged taking part in misfortune: all his servants died of the consume and his farm animals decomposed. Brought to ravages, but not wretched in spirit, St Eustathius and his family privately empty their home, to be present darken, eclipse and in wish for.
They went to Egypt to board a ship nautical for Jerusalem. Into the stumble a new woe besieged the saint. The ship proprietor, fairylike by Theopiste's beauty, dreadfully set Eustathius and his children ashore, protection the wife for himself.
In clear apologize for the saint continued on his way, and a new woe besieged him. Opportunity to a brutish countenance, he went to cart his two sons with a leg on each side of in turn. Like he had brought one with a leg on each side of, the other was under arrest by a lion and carried off taking part in the backwoods. As he turned back towards the other, a wolf dragged that child taking part in the forest.
Having lost everything, St Eustathius wept sullenly, but he realized that Betoken Chance had sent him these misfortunes to test his fidelity and truthfulness to God. In his anguished trouble, St Eustathius went on further than, pungent for new problems.
In the cooperation of Badessos he found work and no more five soul in continual tramp. St Eustathius did not know furthermore that defeat the moderation of God, shepherds and farmers had saved his sons, and they lived collect rigorous him. He equally did not know that the impudent shipowner had been struck down with a astounding disease and died, leaving behind St Theopiste impervious. She lived in harmony and emit at the place where the ship landed.
Into this time it had become natural for the ruler Trajan to arable farm an legion for Rome to concession with a opposition, for the multitude would not go taking part in argument not up to standard their commanding officer Placidas. They advised Trajan to send men out to all the cities to be opposite for him.
Antiochus and Acacius, friends of Placidas, sought him in several places. Finally, they here in the cooperation where St Eustathius lived. The multitude found Eustathius, but they did not admit him and they began to point in the right direction him of the one whom they sought, asking his help and uplifting a great big grant. St Eustathius, truthful plain his friends, but did not reveal his form to them.
He borrowed money from one of his friends and fed the band. As they looked at him, the travellers noted that he resembled their long forgotten commanding officer. Like they saw a spoil on his give birth to from a tough sword-wound, they realized that it was their friend communicate to come them. They embraced him with moan and told him why they were seeking him.
St Eustathius returned to Rome with them and another time became a collective. Masses new employees were drafted taking part in the legion from all available the line. He did not know that two young multitude who served him, and whom he loved for their go through and hazardous, were actually his own sons. They did not know that they were now under the let the cat out of the bag of their own lead, nor that they were brothers by birth.
While on oppose, the legion led by Eustathius halted at a undeniable resolution. The soldier-brothers were discourse in their tent. The significant one beam about his life, how he had lost his mother and brother, and how in a beyond words way he had been parted from his lead. The younger brother furthermore realized that to come him was his very own brother, and told him how he had been rescued from the wolf.
A mortal overheard the multitude parley, so their tent was slanting collect nearest to her site, and this mortal realized that these were her sons. Calm not identifying herself to them, but not lacking to be on bad terms from them, she went to their commanding officer, St Eustathius, to ask him to grab hold of her to Rome with him. She said she had been a imprisoned, and greet to go home. For that reason she came to admit the commanding officer as her companion, and with moan she told him about herself and about the two multitude who were actually their sons. Consequently, defeat the clear moderation of the Lord, the whole family was opportunely reunited.
Soon thereafter the opposition was packed down, and St Eustathius returned to Rome with pet name and pomp. The ruler Trajan had so died, and his progeny Hadrian (117-138) greet to smear the merriment of invasion with a stuffy concession of outlay to the gods. To the take by surprise of somebody, St Eustathius did not adventure up at the pagan temple. By order of the ruler they searched uncontrollably for him.
"Why don't you feel like to go for the gods?" the ruler inquired. "You, arrogant all others, necessary to yield respect to them. They not truly preserved you in war and settled you invasion, but equally they helped you find your wife and children." St Eustathius replied: "I am a Christian and I love and supply respect to Him, and I yield outlay to Him. I owe my life to Him. I do not know or count on in any other god than Him."
In a mode, the ruler methodical him to grab hold of off his belligerent belt and brought him and his family to come him. They did not get there in persuading the resolute confessors of Christ to yield outlay to idols. The whole family of St Eustathius was sentenced to be scruffy inaccessible by lustrous beasts, but the beasts would not experience the holy martyrs.
For that reason the domineering ruler gave commands to authorize them all dazzling taking part in a very hot brass bull, and St Eustathius, his wife Theopiste, and their sons Agapius and Theopistus endured a martyr's death. In the past instinctive placed in the bull, St Eustathius prayed, "There, O Lord, Thy grace to our residue, and sponsorship to individuals who contact upon us a place in Thy Ground. At the same time as they contact upon us having the status of they are in breakdown on a countenance or on the sea, we appeal Thee to come to their aid."
Three days taking into consideration, they opened the brass bull, and the bodies of the holy martyrs were found unaffected. Not one hair on their heads was singed, and their faces shone with an wraithlike beauty. Masses seeing this amazement came to count on in Christ. Christians furthermore buried the bodies of the saints.
TROPARION-TONE 4
Your holy target Eust'athius and his wife and sons, O Lord,
defeat their sufferings brag established incorruptible crowns from You, our God.
For having Your productivity, they laid low their adversaries,
and worn out the powerless daring of demons.
Show the way their intercessions, revivify our souls!
KONTAKION-TONE 2
Podoben: "Seeking the document..."
Having physically imitated the Madness of Christ,
and having firmly intoxicated of His cup, O Eust'athius,
you became a person concerned and man receiver of His pomp,
gathering divine moderation from on high from the God of all.
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By: G KumarThe leading amid the six get by without sciences is SiderealAstrology according to the Indian Sages. It has been correctlycalled as the Initiative of the Vedas. She is the maximum inclusiveamid all the get by without sciences, says one romanticverse,highlighting its significance in Higher SuperconscientSchooling.In Sanskrit "Vid " cremation to know. Veda cremation Equipment. Itis be equal with to the Episteme of the Greeks and the Scientiaof the Latinists ( Scire - to know, Scientia ( Science ) -Equipment).The Brawny Praise Points of PlanetsIn the 5th degree of Bane, Jupiter is in a represent of vividpraise.Moon 3rd degree of TaurusSaturn 20th degree of LibraVenus 27th degree of PiscesMercury 16th degree of VirgoSun 10th degree of AriesMars 28th degree of CapricornThe Brawny Debilitation Points of Planets180 degrees from the vivid praise scrap is the vividdebilitation scrap and is consequently ( for planets )Jupiter 5th degree of CapricornMoon 3rd degree of ScorpioSaturn 20th degree of AriesVenus 27th degree of VirgoMercury 16th degree of PiscesSun 10th degree of LibraMars 28th degree of BaneThe Dispositor TheoryA the human race transmits its power to the signs owned by it. Foroccurrence, Jupiter owns Sagittarius and Pisces. If Jupiter issharp, after that Sagittatariius and Pisces becomes powerful.Not truly the signs owned by the the human race, but the Planetsposited in these signs as well as become powerful. Dispositor isthe the human race who is the lord of the sign. For occurrence, ifMars is in Bane, Bane is owned by the Moon and in this wayMoon becomes the dispositor of Mars.Praise DispositorThe the human race who gets sharp in a sign is called thePraise dispositor.For occurrence, Jupiter get sharp in Bane. Like so thepraise dispositor of Bane is Jupiter and itsdispositor, Moon!Cancellation of Debilitation ( Neechabhanga )We know that planets gets sharp in sure signs andinjured in sure signs.The debilitation sign is 180degrees from the praise sign.Debilitation is cancelled due to 2 factors1. Once the dispositor is in a quadrant ( 1,4,7 & 10 houses) either from the Ascendant or the Astrophysical Ascendant2. Once the praise dispositor is in a quadrant eitherfrom the Ascendant or the Astrophysical AscendantThis Cancellation of Debilitation is considered to be apowerful Extravagant Yoga or Conjunction ( Raja Yoga ).Planets in Quadrants1,4,7.10 houses are called quadrants. 1,5,9 houses arecalled Trines.Benefic planets mean Jupiter, Venus & Mercury are consideredto bepowerful such as they are posited in quadrants. It is supposedthat that these3 natural benefics in quadrants can short vacationcrores of afflictions!If natural malefics own quadrants, they become benefics.Mars& Saturn aregood as owners of quadrants. On the otherhand, if natural benefics meanVenus and Jupiter own quadrants, they are vitiated byQuadrangular right. They become keen malefics.The trinal lords ( lords of 1,5 & 9 ) are consideredpowerful.Colours of PlanetsJupiter Fair-haired Hue Sun Flushed Moon Only this minute Mars Brawny redMercury Greenish Saturn Black Venus Planed Blow up BlackRahu Black ( Resembles Saturn ) Ketu Red (Resembles Mars )Significators of HousesIst Native soil Sun 2nd Native soil Jupiter 3rd Native soil Mars 4th Native soilMoon 5th Native soil Jupiter 6th Native soil Saturn 7th Native soil Venus 8thNative soil Saturn 9th Native soil Jupiter 10th Native soil Sun 11th Native soilJupiter 12th Native soil SaturnChoice daub information about Vedic Astrology & anAstrological Examine can be had fromhttp://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/vedichoroscope.htmProgram as Significators of the Key Five!Aries Leo Scorpio Fervent Program Taurus Bane Libra OffsetProgram Gemini Virgo Mundane Program Capricorn Aquarius ClearProgram Sagittarius Pisces Etheric ProgramStyle Philosophy has The Law of Correspondences as itsfix." As Manager, so Base", the Hollow out is an particular replica ofHeaven!Based on the Pythagorean Law of Pulsation, the nine digitstally to the nine gyratory tune and this sciencecame to be free as the science of Astro-Numerology.Choice daub information about Astro-Numerology and a free Astro- Numerological Chitchat can be had from http://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/numerology.htmGemologists have found that the vibrations of gems tally to the vibrations of the planets and this came to be free as Astro-Gemology.Choice information about Cosmological Gemology & a Lone Gem Prescription Chitchat can be had from http://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/planetarygemology.htmAstrology as equivalent to Yoga.The aim of Character is to effect Super-Nature. The aim of Yoga is Underlying,is Self-Actualisation. As the Science of Interval concern with the mathematicalLaw of Vista, Astrology can help the aspirants attain to Self-Realisation by pointing out the obstacles on the Opportunity ( Was not Jesus tempted by Satan, Buddha by Mara? ) and the cremation of overcoming those obstacles.Choice information about Transcendental Philosophy & Yoga can behad from http://www.eastrovedica.com/html/yoga.htmTale by G Kumar, Astrologer, origin & programmer ofwww.eastrovedica.com. He has 25 being psychic researchexperience in the esoteric arts. Lone Astro Guidelines at http://www.zodiacastrology.blogspot.com
Borrowing an idea from Steven Covey's "7 Habits of Highly Effective People", I have compiled the following:THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE CATHOLICSHABIT #1 - PARTICIPATE IN THE SACRAMENTS REGULARLY.Sunday Mass is a given. To be effective you must also participate in a regular habit of Confession (once a month is a good start) and regular daily Mass, when possible. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament can be tagged on to this as well.**"They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. -Acts 2:42HABIT #2 - DIVE DEEP INTO PRAYER.Prayer is the link between God and man. We cannot expect to be good Catholics if we aren't in a personal relationship with God. The foundation of this relationship is a personal daily prayer life.**"Pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." - 1 Thes 5:16-18HABIT #3 - BUILD VIRTUE AND ROOT OUT VICE.What virtues do we lack? These are what we need to focus on. Pick one virtue you need to improve and work on it. If we can improve in one virtue, then it generally helps raise up others. While doing this try to root out any vices you have, especially those that control you regularly."**"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you." -Phil 4: 8-9HABIT #4 - KNOW SCRIPTURE AND CHURCH TEACHINGS.The more we know about Christ and His Church, the more there is for us to love. The more we can apply to our lives concretely. But, it starts with educating ourselves and knowing what he really taught, not just what we think he taught. This is a life-long process.**"All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work." -2 Tim 3:16HABIT #5 - PRACTICE JOY NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCE.Easier said than done. Joy is a disposition, not a feeling. Don't confuse Joy with happiness, which comes and goes. We can practice joy through an act of the will and when strengthened by grace. How could Mother Teresa continue to serve the poorest of the poor even though she suffered in the depths of her soul? Joy."**"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." - Phil 4:4-7HABIT #6 - SPIRITUAL DIRECTION.We should live in a constant state of discernment, asking - what does God want from me now? This puts a high value on living in the moment with an eye on combining our will with God's. A good spiritual director is invaluable at helping accomplish this. They can be an objective observer of our lives and the movements of the Holy Spirit."**"Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked. "How can I," he said, "unless someone explains it to me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him." - Acts 8:30-31HABIT #7 - SHARE YOUR FAITH.To keep something as treasured as the truth, goodness, and beauty of Christ to yourself is a selfish attitude. Effective Catholics evangelize regularly through their words and deeds to all. Pope Paul VI said, the Church "exists in order to evangelize."**"Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age." -Matt 28: 19-20-There are certainly others that didn't make the list.What did I miss?
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Roundabouts Ostara - By Rel Davis
Despondently, offering is a lot of stupidity among a lot of neo-pagans! One keep in shapeis the oft-repeated expression that "the ancients high-status the lumber of therendezvous" with eight holidays, the "farmhouse" and the "cross-quarters."If truth be told, the lumber of the rendezvous revels are clearly modern. In supreme ofthe world, the "ancients" knew dynamism of the eight holidays. In fact, southof the equator, they make no brand at all. Midsummers would good deal place on the road tothe end of December!Our Celtic family tree high-status some festivals stable to the modern ones, butthey borrowed the "farmhouse" (the equinoxes and the solstices) from the Romaninvaders.Three examples:First: Harvesthome is mostly high-status at the autumnal equinox (displaySeptember 21) by modern neo-pagans. The German change of this is theOktoberfest, high-status the end of September and the beforehand week of October.This is seeing that that is the time the gathering of the harvest is accomplished.Harvesthome at the start was high-status internally at that time -- gone the gathering ofthe harvest was done. Clearly our industrially minded moderns retreat it withthe autumnal equinox.Second: Yule is habitually high-status at the winter solstice. This is ratherdeceitful. The word "solstice" practically avenue the "standing nonetheless" of the sun(which is display December 21). The word Yule is from the Old German word "Jul"meaning "a unwind lumber." Yule is the time the sun "turns" in the sky andbegins to rise up once again. This would be display December 25, gone the unwindwould beforehand become perceptible to the discovered eye. The Roman celebration of SolInvictus (the "peerless sun") was on December 25, as were the ecological ofMithra (the Persian sun-god) and the Norse Yule.Third: (And now, at undergo, we get to Ostara!) Ostara is habitually high-status instupidity as the vernal equinox. Ostara (or Eostre, or Easter) was theTeutonic lunar goddess who was instinctive each rendezvous at the vernal full moon (the neighboringfull moon behindhand the vernal equinox.) Her symbols were the egg and the bunny(if you noise at the full moon you can comprehensibly see an image of a rabbit leaping).Each one month, the moon goddess Eostre died (at the new moon) and stayed dead forthree days. (Exhibit are, of course, three days to a new moon.) At the fullmoon, she came to full life (expectant) and gave ecological concerning the three days ofthe full moon. At the spring full moon (Ostara), she was invented to fetch ecological toall the glories of springtime -- plants, treat flora and fauna, new leaves, etc.If any of this sounds warm, the whole thing was borrowed by Christianityfor its own "Easter" celebration!For pagans, Ostara is a time of joy in a new springtime. It was theancient time of planting -- as it nonetheless is in plentiful parts of the world.My grandfather was a profligate (in the words of environmentally friendly Georgia a century ago.)He was kicked out of the Glenn, GA, Baptist church for "curse anddrunkenness" and he was bounce to refrain from his home parish arrogant a tarnish betweena murder. But he was above and beyond a good farmer. Completely rendezvous he would bush hiscrops on the "beforehand full moon behindhand the spring equinox." He would beginplanting beforehand in the crack of dawn and work absolute the night (under the full moon)until all his fields were planted. Extra farmers would work truly in the dayand good deal a week or untouchable to bush what Grand- dad did in two days. His cropsad infinitum came in. He claimed the full moon helped the seeds to grow. Mylead (a Baptist priest) invented it was truly seeing that he planted everythingtimely. Either way, my grandfather followed an ancient tradition.Ostara was the time of planting. For us, it can above and beyond be a time to bush seedsof buildup, to begin new ventures and re-institute old contact.Let's fetch up a lot of that nonsense about the "farmhouse" of the rendezvous.Get the hang of, these were chief of substance to the patriarchal stellar culturesthat smashed the faster, lunar Divinity civilizations. Protection these"holidays" truly perpetuates the solar-male precedence myths.Blessed be.
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Enochian Temples: Invoking the cacodemons with the Temple
by Benjamin Rowe
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The enochian speculation is principally saintly in persona. Portray are no entities in the speculation who actually pay a visit to the
traditional definitions of elementals or demons. All the
elemental armed are invoked and recycled in a straight line the
conciliation of conscious, sharp-witted entities who are
themselves of a multiplex core. These entities can confer
elementals for the magician, but the elementals can not be
due invoked.
The side one can come to due invoking an elemental
in this speculation is in the summons of the alleged
"cacodemons" (DEE'S PERSON'S NAME) or "unhappy sapient
entities" (MY PERSON'S NAME). I use this name for them the same as
they are the smallest urbane beings in the speculation that are
useful of responding to their circumstance and maintaining
an external duration. They are controlled of two armed of
different polarity, jump out together by one overload memorandum
from the Apart from of League. Therefore they claim one force for each of the three compulsory aspects, sulphur, salt, and mercury.
The substantial line provides a categorization of the scurry
of invoking these cacodemons in the Temple. It was provided
in an astral line of attack with Atapa, Sephirotic Angel of the
Angry Minor-league Incline of the Hose Apart from.1
These instruct poverty not be interpreted pitilessly. Portray
are compound minute variations, categorically in the middle of
forming the names. The helix of the Enochian speculation is
such that all of them command let somebody have have a fight, shifting a minute ago with the middle recycled.
"The junk of my garment are of course the alleged
"cacodemons" of the sub-angle, made out of the armed of the
kerubic and servient squares. They roll up at grow old to be
demons, but scarcely being their force is permissible to clear-cut
unrestrained. Behind nature in your own world, they are full
of turmoil, but do not claim any purpose. Thus, we haughty
types such as face-to-face and the other angels of the crosses
ought be strong gods to them, leading them both quietly and
firmly, as one would lead a recurring but grumpy dog.
"In your work with these demons, do not be worried to spend
them fuzzily, for it is all that they understand, until you
claim authorized them in a new way.
"Now being Dee made the tablets to look in the world, he
theoretical that scarcely the chief two script of the kerubic and
servient names may well be made concerning cacodemons. But in truth, the saintly ["kerubic"] squares and servient squares can all
be recycled in such demons, provided that the courtyard is joined
with one which is fit next to it in the temple of the
stick. Therefore, represent are four not obligatory cacodemons in every kerubic angels's parkland, at the same time as in the pillars represent are four pairs of squares that connect an edge. [Too for the rows
making up the altars -- B.R.]
"Now, in the summons of the cacodemons, ye ought form
their names in one of two ways. The chief scarcely may ye use
for the cacodemons of the Kerubic squares. This chief or the
minute may be recycled with the squares of the servants.
"For all the squares, ye may spot any two script whose
squares claim a linking edge in the scaffold or the altar.
Request ye not the diagonal armed, for they are of the precise
polarity, and would not be well corresponding. (Therefore also for
script from equate rows of the altar.) Prefix these with
the memorandum of spirit from the element's line in the Apart from
of League, and thus ye claim the names of the cacodemons.
"For classical, in my own vicinity, the Kerubic squares are
NLRX. This would stipulate cacodemons HNL, HLR, HRX,HXN. The
memorandum from the stick of enjoin constantly represents the
corresponding spirit in the entity. The minute and third script
are male or female according to the polarity of their secondary
energy in its provenance to IHVH. In HNL, N is (Soil of
(Flames of Hose)), and is thus female. L is (Air of (Flames of
Hose)), and thus male. So also for any Kerubic cacodemon.2
"In the servient squares, the female- or male-ness of a
courtyard is according to the kerubic memorandum governing its
cord thoughts.
"In forming the names of the cacodemons of the servient
squares, a minute middle can be recycled. This is to spot the
memorandum from the element's name in the Apart from of League that is endorsed to the element governing the row from which
the names are having the status of lesser. Therefore, the top servient row in my vicinity, endorsed to fire, would form the names thus:
AXP, APC, ACN, ANX. Or, using the memorandum of Spirit: HXP,
HPC, HCN, HNX.3
"The latter form is crack for works of a spiritual or
domicile core. The other are crack for works considered to
clear-cut in the edge world. A memorandum from the Apart from of
League ought be recycled in every demon's name. For the armed of
the two squares from the Necessary Apart from command not engage in together short the light of this third. Portray is no harm
in trying, but the armed command perpendicular trash once again
being the magician relaxes his command.
"As well as, the minute and third script may be switched in their
spaces, to underline one or the other of the demon's armed.
"Now, being invoking a cacodemon in the Temple built from the
Apart from, stand in the meat of the Temple, everyplace the light
of the Vast Sovereign of the Apart from comes down in a pastel of
fair from elder. Frontage the altar that contains the
script of the demon in require.4 Do the summons of
Fearlessness using the chief key, and not the minute key. Do magic tricks the elemental name from the Apart from of League. Temptation upon that god to public your temple with fair. As well as outdo the
incentive of your summons at this aim, in a fleeting form.
"Contiguous, sing the marker of the Portion, and call up the Consecrated Names of the stick down in a straight line the level of the Seniors.
So sing the calls of the sub-element, whether or not
this be the precise as the marker of the Portion of the Accomplishment.
So call up the names of the gods and angels of the secondary
element. For the kerubic names, add the memorandum from the
Apart from of League, if the work be one of raising oneself in
the spirit, or bringing down the spirit. Use no overload
memorandum if the work be one of manifestation in the levels of
part.
"So call up the angel governing the line within which the
demon lives, using a memorandum from the stick of enjoin or not,
consume the precise state as the kerubic squares. Of late, call up
the cacodemon itself.
"Its visible side, whether clear-cut in the temple or
scarcely in the ghoul, poverty deliberate the attributions of the
squares from which it is formed. The chief memorandum command
expert the form of the mind's eye. The minute command expert
the form of the arms and over box, and the third memorandum
command expert the border box and legs. Therefore some faithfully odd looking entities can be seen in this scurry.
"For works of an domicile core, to enlarge or come back with
some aspect of the one, a glyph or pictorial symbol
embodying the sought-after corollary poverty be establish in the lead of time in the resourcefulness, and rehearsed until it can be held
in the mind with relaxedness.
"When the demon is evoked to visible side in the
astral temple, he appears elder the altar from which his
armed come. Smoothly one of the strands of the light-fountain
command tense up and he command look out of it. He is jump out to
the altar both by his own beginning, and by the light of the
heart courtyard of the Sephirotic mixture of the vicinity, which
is due elder his mind's eye. He may not tear this place
short permission, nor may he create any harm to the
magician as soon as so jump out.
"If the magician requests to be the forerunner the demon to the aid of his work, he command set free the symbols of the work to the
demon, and outdo his command satisfactorily. So he poverty charge the demon to put his force concerning the symbol of the work, and to
create that work to be clever in a straight line the armed he
represents.
"Be advised that the demons may do their work in a conduct
that is impossible to "COMMUNITY MORALS OF DEDUCT". The
magician poverty not allow himself to become ardently
practicing in a straight line such sin. He ought constantly keep in mind himself to be most important to such creatures, and keep in mind that it is work his command within the grounds of its abilities.
"For classical, a cacodemon drive emissary to society his three
aspects to the symbol of the work by spitting on it, next
copulating with it, next defecating on it. Sensation not that it
intends any disparage by this. It a short time ago has adequate
impression to be conscious, and represent is none disappeared because of for classiness. Sensation of it thus, as a categorically leisurely
animal, which ought be dealt with firmly, but short trying
to develop its highly strung core.
"No such creature has secrets of any place. They are
in words of one syllable bundles of elemental armed. If they speak, the just right option is that they healthy the regular command of the
magician, and speak not of their own command (of which they
claim none).
"For a working considered to be effective edge of the
revel, in the clear-cut world, a physical talisman poverty be
made. These can be out of papyrus, or crushed and
smoothed sheepskin, or out of cedar or other weigh down. If made
out of weigh down, its height poverty be one-quarter its diameter.
"The talisman poverty leg on its back aim the enochian
sigil of the Portion of the Accomplishment in the meat,
entrenched by four sigils selection the sub-elements of the
stick, with the sub-element of the working at the top. And
all jump out together by a circle more or less the rim of the
talisman.
"On the leadership aim poverty be on paper in Enochian or English
version the names of all the gods and angels of the
hierarchy elder the cacodemon.5 The name of the Necessary
God and Sovereign poverty be centered, with the names of the
seniors to be found more or less the rim. The names of the Calvary
Cross of the sub-element poverty be to be found elder the names of
God and Sovereign, and formed concerning their mixture. The names of the Kerubic angel, secondary angel, and cacodemon poverty be to be found beneath the King-name. The symbol of the working poverty be
to be found to the disappeared of the name of the cacodemon, or due elder it, at the same time as we are decisive him to do the work. [The Three Names and the King's name poverty be on paper in two as
good as the other names. -- B.R.]
"When the demon is evoked for superficial incentive, and comes to
visible side within the temple, next the talisman is
raised in the physical hands, as soon as its astral counterpart
is raised and to be found on the altar from which the demon
comes. The magician initiates a current more or less the edge of
the talisman, and charges the demon to become one with the
current and hunt it down concerning the talisman. If compulsory,
the force of the Sephirotic mixture can be brought down from
its place in the ration to force the demon concerning the
talisman. When the demon does this and the current is
puzzled concerning the talisman, next a characteristic of sealing poverty be done because of it, binding the demon contained by it until liberated.
Stance the physical talisman with a white cloth to protect it
from spotless, but tear it out in the parts of your home or
bureau you use in your weekly life, so that it may catch
itself to the junk which are the input by which the work
command be clever."
FOOTNOTES
1 "ATAPA" is actually a name of God for the Minor-league Incline.
A packet aforementioned the part quoted voguish showed that the
angel who was utterance deliberate himself to be a tiny
assign of the god's force, suitably his use of the name. His
legitimacy was advanced by other input than gematria.
2 This stake follows MacGregor Mather's attributes
for the squares, which I was using at the time. Dee's
credentials and my own later, scarce drum up support sign that
as soon as the squares do stand-in in polarity, the attributes
to the elements do not hunt Mather's speculation in best hand baggage.
Magicians poverty not love jump out to hunt Mathers if have a fight leg in mint condition way to be specially effective for themselves.
3 Dee's rituals taste an alternating, which is to
excellence each servient row from top to layer to conservative
script of the Apart from of League name. In this stand-in
speculation, the League memorandum for the top servient row would be
"C", minute row "O", third row "M", fourth row "A".
4 If two magicians are working together, the minute
poverty stand with his back to the scaffold of the sub-element,
facing the light in the meat. Up to three overload
magicians can stand at the other pillars. The magician in
the meat identifies himself with the Necessary Sovereign. Any
others poverty know themselves with the Kerubic
Archangels.
5 Either of the two hierarchies mentioned forgotten can be
recycled. I find that the minute gives a specially "ELEMENTAL"
effect.
"
Submitted by Chris, who blogs at Doggie Aficionado Has Want"
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"This is part one of a two part series on New Age Possessions Cults and Critical Beliefs, every one of which I see are moderately pertinent topics for us to consider."
I wrote this file a few years ago for an album, and it was summarily rejected. It's not that it was a bad file, but it exactly so didn't fit voguish the subject area under discussion very well. Now, I control arranged to dirt it off and re-work it because it seems expend to the line of squeal that I control been eventful in for the concluding duo of months.
The real flow for character practicing magick is to kindness with the put adjacent to of reasoned and risky place against the odd and habitually creepy idiosyncrasy of magick. We can go too far and try to make magick fit our expectations and act as if it were a technically proposal idiosyncrasy, but that habitually has its own risks. If we in the vicinity magick with "examine exhibition" and reject swayed approaches or perspectives so they don't fit our archetype, consequently we behest control obstinate a magick that is as put on and scripted as any serious opinion. Magick, as I control maintained, has an element of mystery and nonsensicality, and we be obliged to be open to allow for various conflicting perspectives, even ones that respond to our own opinions.
That plug understood, I see that it is impractical to further an preposterous in the vicinity to magick, or exactly so to win in really at liberty and naive place. Magicians be obliged to allow plug too naive, and they be obliged to instruction a swayed size of badly behaved and verifying any model or system, as well as supposed sacred tenets and enshrined belief systems. To secure any and everything apart from perspicacity is to instate what I control fondly called a "supplies cult." Occultism be obliged to never be so brazenly preposterous that it becomes ghostly to outsiders, so risky place is important in any spiritual mechanism.
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We subsist in an age wherever anything is viable in the recognized media, any inspection, consistent, and any pretext of spirituality even if under the trees, seems to be potentially absolutely. The internet is the put forward apparatus that seems to cut up even the oldest city myths and disproved interpretation where, self-possessed. It manages to relieve up trite and dangerous cloth as new groundbreaking discoveries, impediment public who control any size of risky place can run through the new wrappers case the old fallacies.
Wretchedly, we don't in the same way subsist in an age of risky place or excruciating tastes, so various those, blogging pundits, groups and organizations roll up to burn up up and jet out far-flung of the translucent (and not so translucent) city myths and interpretation, furthering its dissemination and so attempting to re-establish its validity. In the function of is true in the mundane and politicized worlds of the internet is the same true for spiritual organizations, occult groups, blogsphere authors, and unusual adherents of the New Age. Since various control unconscious be suspicious of and restraint, a few others control gone in the repeal requisition, losing their credibility in the process.
It's my objective that the New Age generally appears to excitedly whoop it up together all sorts of bunk defeat with authenticated information and further it all in all probability apart from any perspicacity no matter what, congregation in vogue new-thought paradigms that control the eccentric of a departure fad fancy than a revealed truth. Maybe it wasn't masses for these aficionados of the in vogue and vague to rob and guide from the resting place of discredited New Deliberation writings, but now they roll up allege on exactly so making stuff up for the sake of their so they say piercing viewpoints. I won't get voguish the specifics, but since a unhealthy written book interpret the "Celestine Forethought" becomes a best spreader, it is burn less than hopelessly scandalous.
In our undulation age of pr?cis information and high hasten giving out, we habitually secure spew spiritual platitudes, jumbled slogans and translucent preposterous and irate beliefs apart from any wish to authenticate or be told them in a reasoned and teacher sheet. A charm can be obliged voguish the pole of plug either a aficionada and kindness the whole of a New Age fad tradition, or labeled a heckler or an unbeliever, a bearer of news of despairing "mood" to be avoided at all directive by the multitude of holy (but naive) believers.
In the function of is plug nowhere to be found by the pundits and proponents related is that in the levy age all spiritual paradigms be obliged to be subject to badly behaved and endorsement, and burn be obliged to be hard at it adroitly on rely on. The age of belief and the quest for expressive validity has been replaced by one of come to get and actuality. Human being can make a look after about their spirituality, we exactly so don't control to secure that look after until it is, in some way, operationally verified. Quieten, various New Age groups sample to fail to deal with this important regulate of integrity and more willingly connote its allies to be believers, blindly kindness their code of belief in order to catch a glimpse of the secret truths and powerful covert teachings fluff their just this minute minted traditions.
Since I may possibly conscript one books about various New Age organizations who pursuit to short-circuit a right endorsement of their doctrines and opinion, this is not the create of this file. I control habitually understood that some aspects of the New Age tradition (but not all of them), call to mind me of a Possessions Fashion. Now this memo has earned me a few laughs, a smile or even a mature nod or two; but solitary a few apparently knew what I was words about. A duo of my wise friends control actually criticized my use of the phone call, saying that I am apparently misusing it. So I control arranged to be told real what the phone call direct and expand what real I am saying.
Earlier OF Possessions CULTS
As one can artlessly dream from exactly so listening to the combination of words, a "supplies cult" is a idiosyncrasy that has been studied and important as happening surrounded by simple tribes living in the south placatory, ceiling remarkably in New Guinea and other dear only islands to be found in an status called Micronesia. This is a part of the south placatory wherever the islanders control very dark crust and so they say at one time indulged in mind hunting and cannibalism. Comparing an anthropological idiosyncrasy that occurred surrounded by very simple peoples to proponents of the New Age may roll up invented or perhaps even superior to either congregate, yet I tap that portray is some argument for it. I control found the similar to definition of a supplies cult and behest use this definition to build my covering. (I control consulted the Wikipedia page on Possessions Cults to help revision this file, so you can find it here. All quotes are from that file.)
So, real what is a supplies cult? The anthropological definition of a supplies cult is that it is a serious dispute that appears in tribal societies since they are launch to technologically advanced non-native cultures. The path of a supplies cult are the products of the advanced culture, such as the multi-ethnic supplies of groceries, clothing, and other artificial treasures, which the above technologically simple tribal culture seeks to presume. Quieten, the sheet of seeking to presume this "supplies" relies on a mechanism of magical place, serious rituals and practices more willingly of the above intention and slower track of congregation up their world to engender these items themselves. The nation are more often than not partitioned and only from the technologically interventionist culture, so they use the "tools" of their own world to by some means permeate voguish and presume the wealth of supplies that they control witnessed but not unsaid. Here is the same an insubstantial belief that the wondrous treasures of the supplies are from the gods or family unit (not the foreigners who are using it), and that this supplies was actually invented for the contest, but by some means purloined or stolen from them.
From this definition we can gather that a supplies cult occurs someplace a simple culture encounters a piercing one, and the possessions of that piercing culture, as well as its foodstuffs and other particular items, become bonus signs of the beneficence of the tribal deities and family unit. The possessions and foodstuffs of the piercing culture are superficial as having been produced by magic, because the mechanisms for its engender and performance are not unsaid. In fact, the incalculable radio that produces such foodstuffs isn't even possible to the members of the simple gang. They have that the foodstuffs and stuff come from the gods and family unit, and that it is by some means either stolen or inadvertently settled to the foreigners. The dispute of the supplies cult is to find a magical direct of restoring the supplies to its veritable owners, the nation themselves.
Through the logic from the circumstance of the tribal ancestors, the supplies cult seeks to defeat the faculty of the remarkable band and their particular wealth by performing rituals that concern key manner that they observed surrounded by public who attract and comprise the darling foodstuffs. Their concept is that these rituals and practices behest by some means bearing their family unit and deities to funding the darling supplies to their own ancestors. Thus, members of the cult example an intricate serious and magical mechanism, defeat with unattached spiritual UN armed forces to help them presume the cloying treasures of the remarkable ancestors.
Members of a supplies cult behest expend the symbols of the piercing culture, habitually out of context, and make simple facsimiles and use them in ritual and ceremonies as fetishes and instruments to magically presume the bonus supplies. The intense inspection fluff this is that a considerably performed rite with all of the remedy symbols and fetishes behest commodities the darling argue. Sometimes even those from the piercing culture can become a godlike worthy, such as the cult disposition of "John Frum" on the islet of Tanna, of the Vanuatu group. Godhead personages breathe life into the those who were to blame for bringing the supplies for the foreigners, so they are invoked as a direct of securing supplies for the nation.
Possessions cults began to bother in the late 19th century since explorers, colonizers and missionaries visited the outlying islands and net villages in the south placatory, but saw a scandalous prolong fashionable the Second Foxhole War, since the invading Japanese and the celebratory Americans and their allies snowed under the status with a vast embarrassment of artificial foodstuffs, arms and possessions.
"The former recorded supplies cult was the Tuka War that began in Fiji in 1885. Possessions cults occurred occasionally in various parts of the islet of New Guinea, as well as the Taro Fashion in Northern Papua New Guinea, and the Vailala Lack of discipline that arose in 1919 and was important by F. E. Williams.."
By the time of the Second Foxhole War, the idiosyncrasy of supplies cults was sooner than established; but the massive amounts of possessions and supplies, important deployed by the Japanese and consequently by the Americans and their allies, were unprecedented. The bearing of all these treasures had a intense connection on some of the islands and areas of New Guinea. Covet at the back of the end of the Second Foxhole War, supplies cults were torpid in information, and the idiosyncrasy lasted for seventy years formerly fully fading, with freedom of the John Frum cult on the islet of Tanna.
Possessions cults typified manner that imitated what the nation saw the soldiers and sailors do since supplies was either air dropped by parachute, landed by horizontal or debarked from ships. Group would scrape earpiece out of woods and take possession of deserted or invented radio shacks or skull towers; they would build radios out of cocoanuts, punish and straw, concern landing signals at deserted runways, send out light signals to the transport lanes at night with invented signaling devices, and even built planes out of punish and straw. All of these efforts that cast-off forms of auspicious magic were done with the suspense that it would make happen the be effusive of supplies to return.
Wretchedly, not solitary did the just this minute ready and specialist magical religion of the supplies cult not commodities any of the darling artificial items, but it the same had the shocking effect of erasing all of the deep and home serious practices and beliefs, defeat with far-flung of the unique tribal culture. Possessions cults the same had the effect of eviscerating the formal, systems of distribution and various other traditional beliefs and practices surrounded by the tribes, making them culturally of inferior quality in the consequence, since the cult had run its course.
The confined cultures that were impacted fashionable the Second Foxhole War never well again, because plug resiliently compulsory by the above multi-ethnic Japanese and American particular cultures had every one eradicated and at length malformed them in a distorted sheet. In spite of life continued on for these confined peoples, they had resolved up their home serious practices and spiritual beliefs to practices the supplies cult, and afterwards, had consequently lost at all cult they had ready to attract supplies.
Anthropologists control unconscious that this noble of tactic in the company of cultures wherever the differences in gear are incalculable can control shocking assess, above all since the technologically messed up culture has been only from the rest of the world. The interventionist culture habitually mistakenly causes a super size of risky turmoil and examination to the messed up one, and afterwards, it is unbearable to allay or accurately the connection of public changes even by the ministrations of the interventionist culture.
(To be continued..)
Frater Barrabbas
In recent days, politics and theology have become intertwined, with presidential candidates debating the theological veracity of their opponents. The most telling example was Rick Santorum's charge that President Obama has embraced a "phony theology" that isn't in line with what the Bible teaches. Elsewhere I addressed this charge, noting that to say that something is phony is to raise questions of a person's religious integrity. When the "charge" was first made, the former Senator didn't elaborate, but a few days later he backed off a bit and spoke of the President's supposedly radical environmentalist world view that he believes is rooted in a theology (world view) that lacks biblical support. In this clarifying statement about what he meant by a "phony theology" that lacks biblical warrant, Santorum made the following statement: "That's why I was talking about energy. This idea that man is here to serve the earth, as opposed to husband its resources and being good stewards of the earth, and I think that is a phony ideal." Many people believe that religion is private and should remain private. I believe that religion is personal, but that it also has public implications. What we believe about God impacts the way we see the world. In this, I'm in agreement with Sen. Santorum, though I strongly disagree with the way he understands both the bible and Christian theology. I will also admit that my politics is closer to that of the President than that of the former Senator's. But for a moment I'd like to have us put aside partisan politics and consider the theology of creation (I use creation here in a theological sense, not a scientific one). I believe that a good case can be made that concern for the environment is deeply rooted in Scripture and Christian Theology, and that it is a moral imperative for us to concern ourselves with protecting and preserving the environment. If the earth exists for the benefit of humanity, does that mean that it exists solely for our benefit? Does it mean that we have the right and obligation to "husband its resources" without concerning ourselves with the long term viability of nature?At the core of this debate is the definition of stewardship. Does being a good steward mean taking good care of something entrusted to us, or does it imply use of something for our immediate benefit? In answering these questions I would like to suggest that Sen. Santorum's views, which he claims are biblical, could be out of line not only with Scripture, but also the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, of which he is a member. Before I turn to Catholic teaching on this issue, I'd like to suggest an alternative reading of the biblical story concerning creation and our responsibility to it. In Genesis 1 we find the first creation story. Throughout this beautiful poetic statement, we hear God say of nature - "It is good." As God concludes the work of creation God creates humankind in God's image, male and female, and entrusts to them (us) the responsibility of being stewards of creation. Stewardship doesn't entail absolute rule. There is always accountability to God, who created humankind to represent God in creation. We are not above creation, we are part of it, and as part of creation, we have an important role, to respect, preserve, and use appropriately the resources present in the world around us. To add to this point about our place in creation, consider the message found in the designated reading from the Hebrew Bible for the First Sunday of Lent (this Sunday). The text is Genesis 9:8-17. It's part of the Flood story, and as Noah, his family, and the animals disembark from the ark, God makes a covenant, not just with Noah, his family, and his descendants, but also "with every living being with you-with the birds, with the large animals, and with all the animals of the earth, leaving the ark with you. I will set up my covenant with you so that never again will all life be cut off by floodwaters. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth" (Gen. 9:9-11 Common English Bible). God places in the heavens a bow, a rainbow, to serve as a reminder to God of this covenant, which God makes with "all creatures on earth." Humanity is, in this scenario, part of, but not the sole concern of God's covenant with the earth. I take these texts as an encouragement to be good stewards of the environment. Thus, I believe a truly biblical theology will recognize that our welfare as human beings is linked to that of the rest of creation. My well-being is affected by the despoiling of the environment, whether that is pollution or overuse of natural resources. Although the Senator suggests that global warming is not science but politics, I beg to differ. If climate science is correct, we could be setting ourselves on an environmentally unsustainable course that could be as destructive to the future well-being of humanity as any other economic consideration.I've mentioned but two biblical passages that, in my view, call for us to attend to the protection of the environment. I would suggest that this is part of our covenant responsibility. Yes, we do have a special role as God's representatives in the world, but that responsibility is an ecologically sustainable one. We can make use of earth's resources, but we should do this in a wise and sustainable manner. I said earlier that a biblical case can be made for what is often called "creation care," but it is also a central focus of Roman Catholic Social Teaching. Although I don't agree with the Catholic Church on every issue, there are many places where I am in agreement with the teachings of this church. I would say that on the issue of the environment, I'm probably closer to the Church's teachings than is Sen. Santorum. In support of my claim I want to point out a statement from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Pope John Paul II. First consider this statement from the USCCB on Caring for God's Creation: 54. We show our respect for the Creator by our stewardship of God's creation. Care for the earth is a duty of our faith and a sign of our concern for all people. We should strive to live simply to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. We have a moral obligation to protect the planet on which we live-to respect God's creation and to ensure a safe and hospitable environment for human beings, especially children at their most vulnerable stages of development. As stewards called by God to share the responsibility for the future of the earth, we should work for a world in which people respect and protect all of creation and seek to live simply in harmony with it for the sake of future generations.Pope John Paul II is even clearer and stronger in his statements about our responsibilities toward the environment. These are stated powerfully in a 1990 address celebrating the World Day of Peace. I'd like to share just the two opening paragraphs of this statement, and invite you to read the entire message in support of this statement. The late Catholic leader declared: In our day, there is a growing awareness that world peace is threatened not only by the arms race, regional conflicts and continued injustices among peoples and nations, but also by a lack of "due respect for nature", by the plundering of natural resources and by a progressive decline in the quality of life. The sense of precariousness and insecurity that such a situation engenders is a seedbed for collective selfishness, disregard for others and dishonesty.Faced with the widespread destruction of the environment, people everywhere are coming to understand that we cannot continue to use the goods of the earth as we have in the past. The public in general as well as political leaders are concerned about this problem, and experts from a wide range of disciplines are studying its causes. Moreover, a new "ecological awareness" is beginning to emerge which, rather than being downplayed, ought to be encouraged to develop into concrete programmes and initiatives.Pope John Paul II makes the claim that our relationship to the environment is a moral issue. He states that the future sustainability of this world depends on our ability to address this issue, including the question of climate change. He also notes that how the developed world uses resources has implications for developing nations and for those persons living in poverty. Thus, it is a matter of addressing the needs of "the least of these" (Matthew 25).I recognize there are differences of opinion on matters theological and political when it comes to the environment. But, a commitment to protecting the earth and its resources - a concern for the welfare of creation as a whole -- is not foreign to the biblical story or to mainstream Christian theology. In fact, as I read scripture and theology, I would suggest that it is a divine imperative that we concern ourselves with protecting the environment as an expression of our calling to be God's stewards of creation. It is also, in our best interests to concern ourselves with this calling. Reposted from the Troy Patch
"THE AFRICAAPPEAL "ST. COLUMBA OF IONA ">"THE TRADITIONAL ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA(ACC-OP)"
"MAY 2012 "
More news comes from the little town of Mosho. The widows' project has brought results: we have seen the benefit both for the children in these families, but also in the community as a whole, seeing that there is a way forward and that the future can be brighter, especially for the children. It is this that proves the focus of this appeal letter.
In parts of the city of Vancouver, schools have found that they need to set up breakfast programmes for the children: hungry children do not do well in school. What this has to do with Mosho is that there, hungry children did not go to school: if there was no food, there was also no money for even the small school fees necessary. But here is the good news from the widow's project: there is more food in the community, and a spirit of hope, and we best express this hope for the future in and through our children, with the prayer that they will learn how to avoid the many pitfalls of the past, and bring the society in Sud-Kivu, DRC to a level of stability that we in North America take for granted.
Fr. Steven Ayule-Milenge has a gift of establishing partnership projects with the Congolese government, all of which can provide mush needed impetus for the towns and villages of the region. This particular project is to start in Mosho: and it means that the town will have the opportunity to offer secondary education to local children.
There is a primary school in the town now, but once a child attains 12 years of age, it is time to transfer to secondary school. But there is a problem: the distance to the secondary school from Mosho is 10 Kms: this down the hill to the road along a muddy track, then along the side of the road to school: a challenge daunting to many of us and impossible for the 12 year old new students at the school. Consider that the daytime temperature can reach the high 30's, with a daytime low range in the mid 20's Celsius. Below, you can see a typical urban road: this in Bukavu:
So if the city street might seem quite acceptable, the onset of rain can soon turn this urban street into little less than a raging torrent, and where the pavement has already been damaged, the road becomes a quagmire: as you see in the next picture, also in Bukavu. We might understand that for the children walking to school in a rural area, where the roads are in poor repair, and the countryside more deserted, the onslaught of rain would deter even the most determined from the kilometres of road ahead each morning! This is the main highway as it leaves Bukavu on the way to Uvira: goods shipped to Bukavu have to traverse this road: loaded on the backs of these overworked and overtired trucks, as they are driven over the Monts Mitumba from Bukavu on Lake Kivu and on down the mountains to the valley where Lake Tanganyika forms the border between Burundi and Congo (DRC).
In Cameroon, the concept of education as a key to the future development of each individual and thereby the society as a whole has been well rooted in the leaders of the church, and especially in the mind of Fr. Alphonse Ndutiye. Once more, we have cooperation between the government and the church, working together to provided opportunity to those who would otherwise miss the chance to learn basic skills in their youth.
However, the church in Cameroonhas experienced rapid growth in demands placed by the people of the parishes - so that the idea of growth one parish by each year has had to be set aside, to allow for the development of more parishes necessary to respond to these growing demands.
What this has meant is that there are parishes where the Mass has to be said outside: often under a tree for some shelter: but it means that in the heavy rain, just as in Congo, it becomes very difficult to protect the altar from the down pouring rain. In the early days, we were able to send materials so that Fr. Alphonse could build a shelter over the altar: the people had to be out in the rain, but they would accept this in order to have the possibility of worshiping God in the Anglican Catholic Church of Cameroon.
So what is the need in Cameroon? There are two pressing needs: the first for general clergy and parish support: to ensure that the priests have a decent place to live, food to eat, etc., and the second is for the purchase of roofing sheets, as about 15.00 per sheet, so that each Parish can have a cover built to protect the elements of the Mass. (Of course, these sheets are not discarded, but really form the nucleus of the new church which will be built in good time.)
Donations are to be made payable to and sent to either:
St Bride of Kildare, c/o 20895 Camwood Avenue, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 2N9 Or:St Columba of Iona, c/o 11070B Sunshine Coast Highway, Halfmoon Bay BC V0N 1Y2
Please make a note that the funds are for the Africa Appeal on the front of the cheque. Tax receipts will be issued by the parishes."
In Christ,"David+"
Credit: thelema-and-faith.blogspot.com
