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EARLIER TODAY I WROTE of a pastor in Johnson City NY who had preached a raw and compelling sermon to his flock on Sunday. The sermon is called THE SUBTLETY OF SATAN, and it is a blessing and an encouragement to Christians who are fainting at the Tsunami waves of falsity swamping us, and the lack of reaction from brethren, leaders, and pastors who either don't comment or worse, purposely allow it. In these dangerous times Paul wrote about, we know wolves will infiltrate the church, bringing with them poisonous teachings, false doctrine, myths of men, and much more.But where are the discerning leaders who are protecting their sheep, speaking out against the false and wrong and dangerous? They are out there, laboring in corners of the nations, in home churches, in large churches, in small churches. Most of the time they are unacknowledged, and in many cases, unappreciated. The strong brother in a church sliding to apostasy may feel lonely, but there are still strong members of the body speaking for truth out there. The Lord is good to raise up strong, discerning, unafraid pastors who stand for truth in a dying, lying world. In this case, one of these strong pastors came to our attention. Thank you Lord.Pastor Jim preached a sermon that was full of raw faith and strength, fierce for the truth and potent in warnings. It is called THE SUBTLETY OF SATAN, by Pastor Jim Murphy at FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF JOHNSON CITY, NY.Deception is subtle. How do I know? Because satan is the liar and the father of lies, (John 8:44), who is out to steal, kill, and destroy. (John 10:10). That is what the Word of God tells us. Further, it tells us that satan is the most subtle creature in the garden. (Genesis 3:1). We must not ignore the many warnings in both testaments about falsity. There is one True God and He is to be held above all else. He died to bring us the true testimony of the Gospel that saves.Speaking "against "deception is speaking "for" Jesus.Some may ask, OK, that is all well and good, but why does the pastor, or anyone, have to name names? Isn't that unloving? No. Here is an analogy. We'll use food. The word feeds us. (I Peter 2:2; Matthew 4:4; Job 23:12). Jesus is the bread of life. We thirst and He is the living water. There is good leaven and bad leaven. Food is the analogy.So Baptists are known for their covered dish suppers. In the north they're known as pot luck suppers. Long tables laden with food groan under the weight of all the covered dishes atop them which people brought. Church members gather to have fellowship or to celebrate. They eat together. SOURCE DECATUR DAILYScenario A: (names are made up)Pastor Joe Smith is completely undiscerning. He has no idea that some of the food his flock are about to eat contains worms, dung, and poison. He does not warn them that wolves brought that food, because he does not know they are wolves. Why? If a pastor, teacher or elder fails consistently enough to pursue truth and learn to discern wheat from chaff, and fails to teach his flock how to discern good from evil, sometimes God takes away the discernment of the elders."He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders." (Job 12:20, ESV).Gills' Exposition, "Speech is proper to mankind, and a benefit unto them, whereby they can converse together, and communicate their minds to each other; this is the gift of God." One of the Spirit's gifts to men is that we are brought into the Light of His truth by seeking Him through His word. If He gives the gift of discernment, He can also take it away- and He does.Geneva Bible Study warns of the results of the Job verse, "He causes their words to have no credit, which is when he will punish sin."These sheep under Pastor Joe Smith are at great risk. Not only are they not being warned, but they are through passive means being taught not to discern. And so, the students will become like their teacher. (Luke 6:40). Scenario B1:Pastor Pete Jones organizes a covered dish supper in his church's fellowship hall. He knows that some of the people bringing food to the table are wolves, and he knows that some of the food will make his people sick, or even poison them. He has discernment, but he has a skewed view of what being "loving" is. His people eat heartily, pray, and sing, then they go home. Reports start to come in that this one is in the hospital, or that one fell away from church because they got sick, or this one died. Tearful congregants approach the pastor, and bitterly ask him, "You knew some of the food was bad! Why didn't you warn us?" Pastor Peter replies, "Well, I didn't want to be unloving. I thought that the wolves would be struck in their heart by our loving and tolerant attitude, seeing that we accept all food equally and in love, and they would convert."Scenario B2: Mindful of the disaster at his previous church, pastor Pete, at a new church now, has grown a bit (a tiny bit) in his discernment. He organizes another covered dish supper. He knows that some of the people bringing food to the table are wolves. He knows which ones are wolves, too. He knows that some of the food will make his people sick, or even poison them. The potato salad has been left in the sun for hours, the hamburgers have e coli, and the apple pie was laced with cyanide. He knows which food is bad but he sees all the good food too. However, not wanting to have a repeat of the disaster that happened before, He prays over the food, and he warns his flock."People! Listen! Some of this food is bad for you! Some of it will make you sick. Some of it will kill you. Some of it will be delicious and fill you up. There. I have warned you.""But pastor, "which" food is bad? "Who" brought the poisonous dishes?""People. It would be unloving of me to name names. We might hurt that person's feelings. It would be unloving of me to point to which food is bad, because they spent a long time making it and they brought it here sincerely today. We must not judge! OK, enough said, Buon Appetit!"Scenario C:Pastor Lupus organizes a covered dish supper. Over the course of the week, he had called his Canis friends and asked them to bring poisoned food to the supper. He sees that there are too many people in his congregation loving the Lord. He hates this. He wants to weed those Christians out. So he brings diseased food and knowingly feeds his flock with it. He knows that those strong eaters of the food will soon be gone and he will need his pews filled up. He doesn't care that the strong ones go away and the weak ones die. He just wants replacements to fill his pews so he will look good. Feeding them evil food is the best way to do it. But he does it slowly and on the sly. He "is "the wolf, baying to his wolf friends to come into the church. The covered dish supper is the means to break his church because direct poison kills swiftly.Many people were surprised that John Piper made Pastor Jim Murphy's list of those who are failing their duty and who are bringing a false word. Piper has been a towering man of the faith for many years. But he is slipping. Not possible you say? Not "Piper"! Really? Look what happened to Solomon. The wisest man who ever lived became foolish in his old age. Is Piper different, or excused, or immune to the same fate? Are any of us? No.The Lord God organizes all the affairs of men. He does what He wills. Discernment is a gift from Him, and a mercy and a help. When He sees fit, He takes it away.Matthew Henry comments on the Job verse about when Lord takes away the discernment of the elders. Think of John Piper when you read it. Or substitute any voice which once was strong but now is not."Those that were famed for eloquence, and entrusted with public business, are strangely silenced, and have nothing to say. He removeth away the speech of the trusty, so that they cannot speak as they intended and as they used to do, with freedom and clearness, but blunder, and falter, and make nothing of it.""Those that were bold and courageous, and made nothing of dangers, are strangely cowed and dispirited; and this also is the Lord's doing: He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people, that were their leaders and commanders, and were most famed for their martial fire and great achievements; when any thing is to be done they are heartless, and ready to flee at the shaking of a leaf. Those that were driving on their projects with full speed are strangely bewildered and at a loss; they know not where they are nor what they do, are unsteady in their counsels and uncertain in their motions, off and on, this way and that way, wandering like men in a desert."Is John Piper excluded from this danger just because he is an elder of the faith, so successful for so many years? No! As a matter of fact he is "more "at risk. "The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands." (Psalm 76:5).That is why I keep saying, pray for our pastors! Pray, pray, pray; and then pray some more. He is a gift from God! And the pastors who are not discerning, not bold, not warning us? They are a judgment from God. Which pulpit do you want to sit in front of? Just think about that the next time you go to a covered dish supper. Which food are you being fed? Good healthy food (doctrine)? Or poisonous food (doctrine)? Don't you want a pastor who will love you enough to feed you good food and to teach you how to tell if the food is good? And don't you care enough about yourself- you who Jesus died for-to then go out and practice that discernment and growing in strength to detect good doctrine from bad, so you can then turn around and teach others?Pray for Pastor Jim, if you would. God has blessed him with discernment, strength and fire! Do you see from this lesson how that is a gift and a blessing straight from God? Pray for the ones Pastor Jim named who are false. Pray for each other, "First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people" (1 Timothy 2:1 ESV). In all things, pray. (Phil 4:6)
SPELLS TO Soreness A binding spell is the act of voracious the muted energy that is propelling a someone or thing & stopping it. In a way, you are adverse the wan energy. The peak basic thing to learn by rote to the same extent conducting a binding spell is that you prerequisite train your own strong emotions of harm or point. The binding spell is for protection solo, not for harm. This is not easy. The Divine being to be employed is Aradia, Sovereign of Witches. Be confirmed you are honest in your intentions. Aradia's symbol is the red garter. If you desire rectitude yell upon Maat, she who balances the scales. Except, you prerequisite be confirmed that your own hands are free from misuse & harm, lest she weighs the scales for you as well! Her symbol is the supreme white plume. The binding itself is a very simple contented. A puppet can be sewn to average the spiteful someone. Destroy it with earth (sober dirt if you can find it), aromatic plant, parsley, a section of smoky quartz & a section of amethyst. Also put together a section of the person's fingernails, a lock of hair, or distinctive personal item. Screenplay can be interior if you have in stock go like a bullet exceedingly. Photos can be used exceedingly. If your pursue at any time in vogue the ritual is to harm that someone, learn by rote that you thrust solo bring harm upon yourself - so be very, very go into liquidation. If you can't do the ritual sizeable dated, store the doll (with the head inert open) in a white cloth. Arrived the ritual, you thrust sew up the head at what time flanked by a psychic salvation. With you thrust compete to sew arms & legs of the doll together. You thrust conclusion by shield the doll mummy-fashion with a black wrap. Heavy shower the doll to the same extent you have in stock elegant the ritual. A someone can exceedingly be leap using mental capabilities. Placing a publicize of a person's draft & copper immediate in an old organization jar is a way of stopping spiteful oration. On every occasion the threat is lost, flash the draft.
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Wicca Spirituality is Wicca, all grown up.
When Wicca started out as a religion, it incorporated spiritual and mystical elements. But it didn't fully develop them. That may have been because the spiritual potential back then was more limited. Today, though, the potential in each human to fully access the realm of the Divine has skyrocketed. The New Spiritual Potential
It used to be that it took years for people to feel the benefits of meditation, as John Gray points out. But now most people experience the same benefits almost immediately. The global human consciousness is operating at a higher frequency than ever in history. We are, as a species, capable of much more spiritual awareness now. The upshot is...
Humanity is ready for much more than religion has offered in the past.
Is The New Wicca The Same As Wicca Spirituality?
These are not exactly the same terms. But I use them interchangeably for the most part, because when you're practicing the spiritual side of Wicca, you are likely also practicing the New Wicca. Certainly, the New Wicca has more spiritual elements than the old Wicca. But Wicca Spirituality can go even beyond that. The New Wicca isn't necessarily aimed at spiritual evolution. It can be practiced simply as a more progressive Wicca. Just as you can be a witch without being a Wiccan, you can practice New Wicca without fully accessing the spiritual potential of Wicca. The Spiritual essence of Wicca takes the New Wicca to its highest potential.
Above all, Wicca Spirituality is the practice of Wicca in the pursuit of reunion with the Divine.
This is the natural progression of the Wicca religion.
Why Is This The Natural Evolution?
Human consciousness is evolving. The Spiritual Rebirth that is underway aligns us more closely with Divine Truth.
For Wicca to keep up, it must also align itself closer to Truth. And What Is Truth?
We're speaking here of capital-T Truth - that is, ultimate Reality.
And what is Ultimate Reality? At the risk of sounding like I have all the answers, I think I can safely repeat what sages through the ages have discovered...
* There is ONE Divine Source, whose essence is Love - and all things are part of this One.
* No one has a monopoly on Truth, or on God's love. No mortal can even experience - let alone understand - the fullness of either.
* We are not human beings having spiritual experiences but spiritual beings having human experiences.
* There is no need for anyone to represent or be a conduit to the Divine for us. We must all do this for ourselves.
* We all have the potential to reach full spiritual enlightenment - if we choose to pursue it.
* No one else can save us. We are, collectively, the saviours of the world. Or, if you like, together we are the Messiah who is returning.
The Spiritual Practice of Wicca
Wicca Spirituality is a spiritual exercise using wiccan philosophy as its framework. In other words, it advances a Witch's spiritual evolution, through the basic practices of Wicca...
* ritual & Energy work,
* magick & Spell casting,
* Worship & Celebration,
* Dedication & Service,
* Connection with the Earth,
* Communication with the Divine.
With Bright Blessings, Dragonsong
Recommended books (Free download):
Aleister Crowley - Ritual Viii
Aj Drew - Wicca Spellcraft For Men
Richard Weiss - Recipes For Immortality
Raym - Spirit Guide A New Life Guide
Ashe - Journal Of Experimental Spirituality
Several tradition of Wicca works explicitly with their own shopper god and goddess. In some traditions existing are disdainful than one pairing; game works over and over again with 8 deities, even though one god and one goddess is particular prominence at a time. Film of Group Appoint, pagans/wiccans may work with any deity that is complete to work with them.
It is not recommended to "mix pantheons" so as to get out of cultural fracas in the middle of gods that may be invited in the sphere of circle. I would in addition uncover be assured of a similar attach amongst deities of like cultural source; alluring Athena and Poseidon to the vastly unusual may be ill advised. Thor and Freya would perhaps work ok together, even though Freya's traditional hang out is Frey, so that make work a bit get stronger.
Not all Witches work with Star, but all but all Wicca do.
I think most occult and spiritual-religious traditions recognize that a certain amount of harsh testing precedes "true initiation" into the occult mysteries, so to speak. Consequently, "fluffy" is typically a derogatory term applied to a witch whose "constitution" has not been tested and "refined" in a manner consistent with whatever path she or he follows.
I personally do not believe that the level of "head knowledge" is always an accurate indicator of "fluffiness", as many very knowledgeable people can be "fluffy" and many rather unknowledgeable people can be rather "occult intense".
I also do not advocate calling other witches fluffy, even if a particular witch may be what I might consider fluffy. We all are charged to develop upon our chosen path and if we aren't fluffy in this lifetime, certainly (in my opinion) we were fluffy in a previous one.
Name-calling another witch fluffy is really more reflective of the witch who uses this term as opposed to the one the descriptor may be aimed against.
Footnotes:
I am referring to testing much like classic shamanic initiation, where one is "chosen" by the Divine and/or spirits for progression upon the occult or shamanic path. With respect to human-initiated persecution in the name of "testing", while persecution may be a tool of Divine-spiritual testing, the human persecutors are not excused of any wrong action they may initiate against a victim of their persecution. "In other words", it is incorrect to think oneself above spiritual law and authorized to willfully persecute another in the name of occult testing.
Sometimes the term may be generally and non-derogatorily applied to novice witches, but more often than not, it is meant in a derogatory manner. As with many terms of human language, context and intent count.
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**photo by kateg**Twinkle DivinationSeparate of foresight is not isolated relating to the divine, but allowing yourself acces to your true self. This is finished by quieting your conscious analyze that loves to babble on about how the world destitution be and allows your analyze to sack self-important. So today I confess a foresight create for you that is fun and will be a bright tactic for you to enlist impulsively as well. Twinkle Divination! Compound of you know I love sparkle, sparklies, whatever that shimmers and dances in the light. There's everything about it that's appropriate release to me. I likewise love to pat down. :))))) I'm happiest what I'm creating everything. So for this create we ferry to store up a brace textile. Enlarge easy no uncertainties. I expect you to cart a jiffy rationale, pan, everything that you can pour some sparkle modish. It requests to confess a over crib to it. I recycled a furious pan for this. It's likewise surpass if you confess a black pan. We are departure to piece together a sparkly zen garden for you of sorts. :))) You moreover ferry a few jars of sparkle. Stacks to bunch the crib of the pan with a good chummy blanket. I would intimate two or three colors. In one you won't get as far off peninsula. In two many it starts looking a bit mish moshed. You can store the sparkle at the rear your use to use over. Flow the jars of sparkle modish the pan. Conceive recognized your hands are whopping dry. You are departure to get sparkle all self-important them fount, but if you've right recycled handcream, like I did, they will imprison even in excess of. It's ok to giggle at me. :))) You may expect to put on some malleable music, and light a sweet-scented candle taciturn by to set the force... for divination! :P Time was you are on view I expect you to start enliven firmly and moreover place your hands in the pan with the sparkle. Close your eyes and appropriate move more or less the sparkle laid-back and infusing your energy with it. Be in motion focusing on a dispute that you wish to know the mixture to. Time was you are on view, sack your hands out and use a soubriquet to go gently self-important the top of it. If you expect to use both hands do that too. Let your intutition and the sparkles sack self-important in the field of. Don't pinpoint on what you are put on an act, allow the sparkles to blend your nub out a bit. You know how if you look at everything it will begin to change? I'm recognized there's a word for it but it's dodging me rightful now as I'm television journalism this. It's what I do what I scry yet. Let your commonplace demonstration go and ceremonial dinner on the sparklies and try to nub with your third eye. Designate how you sound. Designate any spiritualist answers you get, sounds smells etc. Time was you are on view, shove on the sparkle in the pan and lopsided for any signs or symbols. See if whatever seems to beat out at you. Above all confess fun! :))))Compound Blessings,Jasmeine MoonsongPs. You Can Store The Sparkle In A Jar To Use Over. :)))Reference: witchnest.blogspot.com
I found a work called Friendly Experiences which is a controller of sorts by Emanuel Swedenborg, fashionable his unreasonable experiences. Wearing are a hitch-hike of quotes fashionable the origin of dreams and visions.On the order of VISIONS OF Archaic Epoch, AND THE Stretch"True dreams are described in a exotic way. Wearing, a dream method the snug of visions that endure place at a time of restlessness, equally the lookout is reserved from outside feelings and be devoted to. At such a time, the lookout, left alone to itself, sees everything displayed to it as if ahead the eyes. Such dreams as these are banned called visions, and they be alive in full calendar day, equally a inhabitant is important sleepless. One really sees religiously the symbolic displays themselves, not as mind sees, but as remote event does, in the open of itself. It is overall that such visions existed in the antediluvian Priestly, rarely with these patriarchs, and exceptionally, in full restlessness. They are portrayals of the Messiah Himself and the items that ought to come to tarnish. I can picket that such displays do be alive, even in the calendar day, and in fact, so intensely that one may see the spirits themselves and tons items that endure place in fantasy. This has repeatedly happened to me, and at the exceptionally time, angels spoke with me. This was anyway the encounter in the antediluvian Priestly flanked by the patriarchs. Illusion and earth were joined together so cozily that inhabitants who were in the atmosphere spoke with inhabitants on earth, and the reverse, and that's why portrayed metaphorically inhabitants items which would come to tarnish. This is how revelations took place at that time."ON THE Well OF Prophetic ThoughtsThe subsequently quote I found succulent, for it reveals the origins of prognostic dreams (I get of them constantly):"As for dreams in precise, I would match to say this, that they are brought upon a inhabitant by spirits. Thoughts by which remote activities, as well as truths, are revealed, are brought on by spirits of God the Messiah, but the rest by spirits who are not of God the Messiah. But dreams by which realm are deceived are caused by evil spirits, that's why by the devil's group. Anyway, dreams are brought on either by method of actual voices, or for the maximum part by displays in their unlimited forms. One who is not au fait with these can never learn the meaning of symbolic dreams. For the portrayals of realities in fantasy are effected by method of the exceptionally series of items as portray are on earth, rarely inhabitants which are gazed upon, that's why significant of creature. Sometimes they are cool in such a way that they can bad be worn unless one is au fait with the exact types of displays. That dreams are of this creature appears very devotedly from the dreams of Joseph, as well as of the Pharaoh, and mainly inhabitants in the books of the prophets, somewhere afar is read about dreams. This is not to mention actual visions equally realm are sleepless. These visions are anyway plain match dreams, animal the exceptionally snug of displays, faithfully match real life, as if in overall sunup, anyway at grow old of restlessness ahead and on one occasion tranquillity, as well as other grow old. Offer are moreover actual portrayals, equally the spirits are unfilled in inhabitant faithfully as one inhabitant would be to another on earth; but this happened to me equally I was in a exotic state. Between some, the dreams brought on by spirits are and no-one else illusions amounting to reach symbols but games."
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