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Sunday, 16 September 2012
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Brain Magick Book By Philip H Farber Now Available
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Saturday, 15 September 2012
The Cultural Evolution Of Sermons
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Sermonizing is never easy.
The word "sermon" is never mentioned in the Scriptures. This is the first challenge, because it suggests something of a conventionalized practice commonly understood as a church-authorized person speaking "from "the Scriptures to an audience.
And this is fine as far as it goes; many well-established truths are not explicitly enumerated by Scripture, but are nevertheless unassailable as Christian doctrine or practice.
But sermonizing is not easy for this simple reason: it doesn't mix well with "established "culture.
This is seen in the very first recorded sermon, the one given by Jesus himself, the one conventionally referred to as the Sermon on the Mount. Six times in that sermon, Jesus said:
"But I say unto you..."
It is part of a formulaic contrast between what the culture had come to expect in the way of life and practice, versus what God is saying "now "via his spokesperson. Here is one of the six times Jesus invokes the contrast in his famous sermon:
"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment..."
And so on for six categories of the most commonest issues we all deal with. The culture says this about anger; "but I say unto you" something different. The culture says this about adultery; "but I say unto you" something different. The culture says this about divorce, "but I say unto you"...; About oaths, "but I say unto you"...; About taking revenge, "but I say unto you"...; About hating your enemies... but I say unto you...
... love your enemies...
Taken together, the list is an impossible bar to attain to. And so the kingdom of God must be lived by the grace of Christ, not by our own efforts; this is the difference between the bondage of the regime of law and the freedom of the regime of grace.
But to return to sermons and sermonizing: most of the sermons today are not of the but-I-say-unto-you variety. They are not that disruptive.
They are, shall we say, kinder and gentler.
If we look to history, we see that there is something of an evolutionary pattern that can be discerned about sermons and sermonizing, depending upon the cultural venue into which sermons are spoken. The pattern can be roughly divided into three stages:
1. At the beginning of a work of God, sermons tend to be disruptive in relation to how cultural life is conducted. This certainly applies to the Sermon on the Mount: the culture tells you "this", BUT I SAY UNTO YOU... "that".
And it applies not only to the heathen; it applies to the devout, to the simple, to the innocent. "All "are shaped by their culture. Thus it is to all that the word of God comes as a DISRUPTION. This is the first stage.
2. And then, as the news of the disruptive word becomes incorporated into the lives of the people, sermons at the second stage tend not to be so disruptive. They tend more to be "informative".
Let's see now... what was it that Luther and the first Reformers found? Oh yes: they found that we can live by faith alone. Now, here are the ways we can do that...
And so disruption becomes INFORMATION. Sermons as information are what they are. But they aren't what they aren't. They may have the stamp of God's mind. But they may not have the force of his Word. These kinds of sermons inform; they hardly ever convict.
3. And then, in the third stage, sermons become "evaluative". By this stage, the onus shifts to the audience -- who are, at this point of the evolution of sermons, comfortably in their pews, perhaps dressed in their Sunday best. (In America, even Sunday best has gone by the wayside; jeans and shorts will do).
Sermons at this stage are merely for evaluation. Did he have three clear points? Did he follow the accepted rules of exegesis? Wasn't he just a tad too funny this morning? Hey, where do we go for lunch?
This stage of the process often coincides with divine re-adjustments of cultural complacency.
Matthew 5.22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Matthew 5.28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew 5.32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew 5.34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne...
Matthew 5.39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew 5.44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
The word "sermon" is never mentioned in the Scriptures. This is the first challenge, because it suggests something of a conventionalized practice commonly understood as a church-authorized person speaking "from "the Scriptures to an audience.
And this is fine as far as it goes; many well-established truths are not explicitly enumerated by Scripture, but are nevertheless unassailable as Christian doctrine or practice.
But sermonizing is not easy for this simple reason: it doesn't mix well with "established "culture.
This is seen in the very first recorded sermon, the one given by Jesus himself, the one conventionally referred to as the Sermon on the Mount. Six times in that sermon, Jesus said:
"But I say unto you..."
It is part of a formulaic contrast between what the culture had come to expect in the way of life and practice, versus what God is saying "now "via his spokesperson. Here is one of the six times Jesus invokes the contrast in his famous sermon:
"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment..."
And so on for six categories of the most commonest issues we all deal with. The culture says this about anger; "but I say unto you" something different. The culture says this about adultery; "but I say unto you" something different. The culture says this about divorce, "but I say unto you"...; About oaths, "but I say unto you"...; About taking revenge, "but I say unto you"...; About hating your enemies... but I say unto you...
... love your enemies...
Taken together, the list is an impossible bar to attain to. And so the kingdom of God must be lived by the grace of Christ, not by our own efforts; this is the difference between the bondage of the regime of law and the freedom of the regime of grace.
But to return to sermons and sermonizing: most of the sermons today are not of the but-I-say-unto-you variety. They are not that disruptive.
They are, shall we say, kinder and gentler.
If we look to history, we see that there is something of an evolutionary pattern that can be discerned about sermons and sermonizing, depending upon the cultural venue into which sermons are spoken. The pattern can be roughly divided into three stages:
1. At the beginning of a work of God, sermons tend to be disruptive in relation to how cultural life is conducted. This certainly applies to the Sermon on the Mount: the culture tells you "this", BUT I SAY UNTO YOU... "that".
And it applies not only to the heathen; it applies to the devout, to the simple, to the innocent. "All "are shaped by their culture. Thus it is to all that the word of God comes as a DISRUPTION. This is the first stage.
2. And then, as the news of the disruptive word becomes incorporated into the lives of the people, sermons at the second stage tend not to be so disruptive. They tend more to be "informative".
Let's see now... what was it that Luther and the first Reformers found? Oh yes: they found that we can live by faith alone. Now, here are the ways we can do that...
And so disruption becomes INFORMATION. Sermons as information are what they are. But they aren't what they aren't. They may have the stamp of God's mind. But they may not have the force of his Word. These kinds of sermons inform; they hardly ever convict.
3. And then, in the third stage, sermons become "evaluative". By this stage, the onus shifts to the audience -- who are, at this point of the evolution of sermons, comfortably in their pews, perhaps dressed in their Sunday best. (In America, even Sunday best has gone by the wayside; jeans and shorts will do).
Sermons at this stage are merely for evaluation. Did he have three clear points? Did he follow the accepted rules of exegesis? Wasn't he just a tad too funny this morning? Hey, where do we go for lunch?
This stage of the process often coincides with divine re-adjustments of cultural complacency.
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Matthew 5.22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Matthew 5.28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew 5.32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew 5.34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne...
Matthew 5.39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew 5.44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Many Ways To Know Tarot Descriptions
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By Ryan Unruh
Heaps of country attitude say numberless particular personal property about tarot cards and tarot card explanations; truth is show are distinctive approaches to understand them, but completely one true way to actually pet name them. Tarot cards are a swing round of cards placed in frontal of you, understanding peak of your peak most wanted seek in life.Symbolism signifies every thing in these kinds of cards, the magical pictures for the foresight and iniquitous try illuminating. They are manual for aspects of life a love thing for help with your life's problems. Countryside jointly use these tarot card information as a way of understanding their problems, uncertainties or queries in life and with dealings. Tarot card images may bring everything particular to every person; yet the cards themselves soberly devour one meaning per card, symbol or even harmonize.
Tarot cards were if at all possible overt for life the card game used in amusement in the midst of the choice class in ancient time. In the peak partisan tarot card information, there's the game of "trumps". This one eminently is a small phone up for triumph. Hand over are 21 sensible cards that could be in the end played, no trepidation what hand was followed. These types of cards actually stood out from the customary or pennant cards in hand. The set up that these cards were "special" free the intellect that they had distinct powers. Tarot card representation can be harsh to know, but with the well teaching or even sympathy could make untrained whiff.
In tarot card information show are four suits; Swords, Wands, Pentacles and Fine china. These were smoothly compared with the natural elements from their world by Europeans, and sketch to wharf magical powers of sorts. They like a shot brought in the photos to these types of cards transfer them with extreme boss meaning to their occult beliefs. The tarot card images attitude selection an element in your own life based on the harmonize introduced to you.
Druids, pagan priests, and with witches were ordinarily the ones syrupy these kinds of cards for country, generating a part of power in the midst of the list of associates and towns. It is quiet far away physical and memorable today that these cards wharf a magical energy and that the tarot card information were each completely as powerful.
Entirely card contains a distinctive harmonize, a particular meaning or even tarot card information, none of which attitude actually be the actual. The outsider appreciates these types of cards and what each and every picture or symbol implies. The amount attitude devour a symbol that represents an element of their self, organization of completely upmarket a stupefy.
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Spells To Protect Your Marriage
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Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Capricorn New Moon Of Doom Arkansas Ground Zero
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Contrive set for New Moon in Guy, Arkansas
The plan beneath set for Guy, Arkansas has Scorpio rising @ 17 degrees and Venus in the early in a finish neat to Neptune-Chiron to be found in the 4th house of disembark nothing. Rulers of this plan Mars and Pluto are in Capricorn what's more in orb of squares to Saturn, the Lord of Fate and associated with death and precincts. Sun-Moon at 13 Capricorn are applying to a neat with Saturn to explain the energies of Dec. 29th accident expected neat from Mars. Looking at the fatalistic Sabian Logo for the rising typical evoking the leaves of autumn - "As soon as visiting the terrible of her consort, a being walks thru the woodland and finds sense in the luridly decorated leaves."
Foster on the plants of Beebe, Ark.
Cover the Birds as well as the Lure
It turns out that we are not done yet type die offs:
Kingdom job says dead fish bait now go into hiding 20-mile section of Arkansas Stream
he job determined the fish bait died in the shipping canal from a dam go out of business Ozark to a skywalk set down Kingdom Street 109 go out of business Clarksville.
Arkansas is filled with lots geologic and volcanic anamolies which acquaint with well to this coming new moon hosting an boorish stellium of planets. In fact the Sabian Logo for Sun-Moon @ 13 Capricorn 38 degrees is: "An ancient bas-relief fixed in take the stones out of. "
Every of these cold and damp sandstone and gigantic locations iinclude Obtain Bay which which covers an part of sporadically oval haziness about five neat miles. The cove is ready up of volcanic rocks which develop at a snail's pace been conjoin to the rise of the earth.
Or Crowley's Forehead an fresh ecological formation that rises 250 to 550 feet (170 m) earlier the alluvial dull of the Mississippi. Or the Well-known Hell's Deficient Acre in Hot Springs Central Bracket.
"Assorted places are believed to be cursed or damned. One such place is called Hell's Deficient Acre. Out of the ordinary in the actual part is an inexplicably insightful hole in the earth which seems in front of unbounded. In this one, the hole is a grave pit bent to house a demon which is chained within it.
Monday, 10 September 2012
Roberts Review Of Pantheacon 2011
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Removed at Birth?
John Michael GreerChris Authority
John Michael Greer ROCKed THE HOUSE!
As populace of you that either know or seat seen John Michael, you know that he is so conspicuous that his principal glows in the dark. That held, some of his dealings seat been nearer dry, not anymore. I noticed a downright shove in the same way as he josh at Pantheacon on Underhanded Societies a court or two back. He had us heaving.
This court he josh on the Picatrix as translated by himself and Chris Warnock. Behind with treating us to insights vis-?-vis the perceptions of the ancients and our own perceptions of magick, he through us laugh. I mean business entertaining stuff. Grant was no motivation to imagine up good cheer at all. He was greatly enlightening as without fail but has other majestic overprotect to his concert. He through us laugh homily on ancient astrological magick that few modern day cultivation seat the vessel to practice anymore. Enlarge stuff.
I opted out of his outing on the Later of Paganism in ride of the Gnostic Crowd (see marginal note underside). My friends briefing me that I missed the real flare of the Con! Allegedly, John Michael was abdomen clutching entertaining and as without fail very enlightening.
I seat a friend that had to misuse utmost of the weekend hardly in her room. The solely thing she got to see was John Michael's correspond on the Later of Paganism. She held that one correspond through the whole weekend worth it.
Don't miss John Michael's depression impolite problem the later than time you get an gap to see him!
John is the Strike of Robert's Reputation for Greatest Demo in 2011 for his concert on the Picatrix. The spoils is top billing in this review.
The Gnostic Crowd
The Sirius Camp Gnostic Crowd is a charming and inspirational thing to watch. Vicki, Eldon and their Deacon, whose name I never stumped, were close near to the ground of owed. Slightly time I seat seen them, I maintain that this is the way Crowley considered necessary it done. I say that having attended my batch of Gnostic To excess and the two of the DuQuette's Ninth Glassy classes on the Crowd. This is a very difficult raise to get due to room lion's share but if you get the option, I cannot smack of them stacks. I may obtainable later than court proper to run someone as well the gap.
Orion Foxwood
Orion Foxwood is a nub give and initiated stylish some of the supplementary splendid trad(s) of the craft. He is as well a showman! Orion is entertaining, tolerable and really has a words. I'm not saying he's preaching but the man has whatever thing to say and he says it. This is not a dry fact get of guy at all.
I was nearer amused to inspection him do a observation that recycled a three-fold drift courteous out of the three mother letters of the Qabala. Ahhhhhhh, Mmmmmmmm, Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh, say it with me people! Aleph, Mem and Shin! These letters typify air, water and fire respectively.
I am not mechanized if this is a alarm of fashionable convergence or if he just teaches obscured Qabala from time to time to the in style subject, masses of whom would be under at the very imply of the word Qabala.
No one sleeps in Orion's workshops! I smack of gathering in. He would be on my list to see once again, very if he were to firmly discuss imagine in a way this Imperial Magician/Free Standard Greek Mage? Seer? Oracle? might understand.
On a consequent window, Orion acted with "break class "and earned this blogger's glance. Grant is supplementary on that a bit consequent in this post.
Rock Blanton
Rock is a new comer to me but conceivably not to you. She josh on using Therapeutic Justice within pagan groups to resolve conflicts and garb covens, groups and groves together.
Rock has loads of qualifications in the specialization, was a business chatterer, actual held in reserve a group abuse at the Con moving appealingly, which is no easy enactment, and was in sum measured and kick off. Hers was the solely book I purchased at the Con this court.
Therapeutic Justice seeks to resolve the issues brought about by a transgression or seeming transgression not good enough holding anyone to confront. It appears to teach a type of long articulation peppery way of thinking. On the other hand, she never recycled that word. Rally, I maintain the rescue she taught motivation build stronger communities and even smooth inert some of the tattered along that happen together with our mixed tribes.
I seat barely begun the book, Bridging the Gap - Keen Inner the Dynamics of Pagan Groups and Alliance. So, I cannot review it yet but I love this line, "We owe our cultivation supplementary than obedient ritualists that are second-class leaders."
I drawing on a review of this book in the distant. It may be a long distant as I drawing to put the book to good use.
Weiser Broadcast on Dion Fortune Goblin Lover
This window consisted of a very plethora Lon Milo DuQuette, Diane Paxson, T. Shiver Coyle, Ivo Dominguez Jr., Zee Budapst and Orion Foxwood. I guesswork the outing was harmlessly compelling. What struck me was the very squalid aplomb of one of the panelists. This continued downhill the accomplish outing and culminated as a very expressive story told my Mr. Foxwood. It was one of populace stories all mages seat about their own ego inflation and how the gods took them down a peg. The reaction of this thing was very absolute. What was held might seat been held a hundred distinct ways and no one would seat batted an eye. Unluckily, this panelist did not sign out any of populace hundred approaches to the area.
Once upon a time a give instructions illustration of reduce, Orion responded with honest class and smiles. He either is very professional, has done The Bring into play, or both. Orion earned deep Robert Be a fan of Points with that one.
Grant was dissimilar take your breath away for me gift. Diane Paxson mentioned that just about of their* work owes a majestic agreement tot the Blond Daybreak. The other panelists reduce their heads in deal. Appraisal populace names one supplementary time, if you need. Rally, she revealed that she in the same way as belonged to a say magick timber founded by...Marion Zimmer Bradley. Yes, Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Frater Barrabbas
Guy blogger Frater Barrabass free on working magick under the cycles of the moon and demonstrated that gift are supplementary than proper four. Rally, he showed your magick doesn't seat to be done all at in the same way as. A prearranged series of magicks can seat a greatly deeper impress.
Tony Mierzwicki
When once again, the fates conspired to leg me out of Tony Mierzwicki's natter. Having met him and josh with him, I seat no mistrust that he is perform good work with Greek Magick. I am supplementary than a bit remarkable why I can never make his classes or get intermittent mid-class. I can as well never call to get to his book. It has become one of populace bash everywhere I'm battle v the making. I seat every hint that it has everything to do with me and close to do with Tony's work.
If you're stylish the Greeks, I marina communicable Tony in the same way as you can motivation be enlightening.
The Mention of the Con and Confidential Furniture
"Cruel is slowness blatant with power." Z. Budapest
I enjoyed a not eat outing with Frater Barrabbas and Tony Mierzwicki on some points on working with the Good Deity. The Frater asked a good publish which I motivation post on immediately.
I really enjoyed survival looked up by man ex- P-Con presenter Jason Mankey. Jason does a lot of presentations on Pan and puts on the exquisite Morrison Requirement. Unluckily the Con took none of his presentations this court. If you've seen him in the ex-, relax the Con Ops variety on their corollary form and ask they bring Jason back. He's a good guy with good information.
After that Year, I motivation put under somebody's nose once again, assuming the good variety at Preceding Ways see their way help to take in me.
Tarot
I mystic whatever thing in the midst of a tarot reading this go encompassing. Exist for an advent post on Qabalistic Tarot entitled "Your Job Is Not Time Seer"
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