out the window of my high rise and breathed deeply. After the third dream about my grandmother‚ I decided it was the right time to fly home to the mountains and visit her. I could visualize those blue ridges‚ see the red buds and remember the daffodils that surrounded the posts near her driveway. Yes‚ I am going home. Synchronicities‚ not just happen stance‚ but God’s appointments for us. How is it that most often we don’t even recognize them until we look back and then say‚ ‘that must have
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3. CULTURE AND RITUAL AS A COMMUNICATIVE MATRIX Culture‚ could be defined as all that characterizes a people from their nomenclature‚ thought patterns‚ belief systems and ritual life (see Maliknowski 1957). Culture is a concept and a reality that is complex to describe‚ quantify and account for especially in its day to day communicative valence. One does better to live it than to define and describe it. Very significant elements of a people’s culture are ritualized and not thematised in clear-cut
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Intro So basically‚ Green Witchcraft (what I practice) is the practice of nature based and earth oriented witchcraft‚ centering around the magickal properties of trees‚ herbs‚ plants‚ and flowers. The spirits of nature and the Fey have a large part in Green Witchcraft Traditions. So‚ lots of people come to me saying “Mels I just got a window box‚ what should I plant?!” to which the short answer is “Whatever you want to plant”. But if you really want to get the most use out of your window box‚ you’ll
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decision. “In the first place‚ that he did not respect the gods whom the city respects‚ what proof did they bring? For he was seen frequently sacrificing at home‚ and frequently on the public altars of the city; nor was it unknown that he used divination; as it was a common subject of talk that “Socrates used to say that the divinity instructed him;’ and it was from this circumstance‚ indeed‚ that they seem chiefly to have derived the charge of introducing new deities.” – Xenophon
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Islam and Drugs O You who believe! Intoxicants and gambling‚ (dedication of) stones and (divination by) arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handiwork. Avoid (such abominations) that you may prosper. (5:90) Today’s youth has been taken on the toll of increased drug-usage‚ and this includes the young Muslims too. More Muslim youth is caught up in drugs than we wish to know. Drug use among Muslims is a creeping enemy that involves the abuse of substances ranging from the inhaling of household
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no reason to think he might possibly be completing his fate. Ironically‚ Jocasta’s fear of destiny was what brought it around and set her own fate. She believed she had disproved the prophecy and hence she rejected the gods and fate - "a fig for divination!" - only to learn that she was completely wrong and committed suicide for her punishment. Jocasta did help set Oedipus’ fate but he had a hand in it himself. The three flaws of his personality‚ rashness‚ quick and brutal temper and pride‚ lead
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Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament (Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible) Introduction Using contemporary studies as the foundation of his research John Walton reviews the ancient and Near Eastern and Israelite cognitive context. He provides guidance for students and general public to have a wider understanding and expand their knowledge of today’s culture‚ and historical culture interacts with the ancient world culture. In doing so‚ he tries to balance all
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Astrology: 1) What is it? a) Type of divination that involves the forecasting of earthly and human events through the observation and interpretation of the fixed stars‚ the Sun‚ the Moon‚ and the planets. Devotees believe that an understanding of the influence of the planets and stars on earthly affairs allows them to both predict and affect the destinies of individuals‚ groups‚ and nations. Though often regarded as a science throughout its history‚ astrology is widely considered today to be
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tlaloc; the rain god‚ Xipe tetec; the god of spring and regrowth of mother nature‚ tezacalipoca; who is an all-powerful divinity which controls the night sky‚ the night winds‚ hurricanes‚ the north‚ the earth‚ obsidian‚ enmity‚ discord‚ rulership‚ divination‚ temptation‚ jaguars‚ sorcery‚ beauty‚ war and strife. Tonictaih; the god of the sun‚ mictlantecunti; the ruler of the dead‚ ehctal was the wind god‚ huitzilopochtli was the od of war and guardian of humanity and finally Xochiqetzal was the goddess
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These subjects in particular‚ sleep and dreams‚ were less glorified than others yet critical topics Aristotle proceeded to explain. Aristotle discusses dreams and sleeping in three treatises: On Sleep and Dreams‚ On Sleeping and Waking‚ and On Divination through Sleep. His concepts of mind and imagination explain his ideas about dreaming. Aristotle states that any one that is awake is conscious and is aware of external and internal stimulus and that the state of being awake or asleep is attributed
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