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Religion
27th August 2008
Tarot cards consist of twenty-one trump cards, the fool and extra face card for every suit. Several parts of Europe use the deck to play games, but this is less popular in English countries where the deck is commonly used for divination.
Tarot cards...
27th August 2008
The history of the Tarot is something that is obscured by time. There are some references and researchers that connect the origin of the Tarot with that of Ancient Egypt, while other historians and scholars suggest that the Tarot shares roots with ancien...
27th August 2008
The whole career of Jesus the teacher, as King-priest, was to educate people in God’s law and will. As the royal Messiah, the foretold “twig out of the stump of Jesse (David’s father),” Jesus, master teacher of all mankind, must manifest the ‘sp...
27th August 2008
The story of tarot cards started around the 15th century, one century after cards were introduced in Europe starting with the newly rising towns in Italy like Milan, Ferrera, and Bologna. The evolution of Tarot as we know it today has a variety of storie...
27th August 2008
Tarot cards consist of twenty-one trump cards, the fool and one extra face card for every other suit in the deck. Various areas in Europe use the deck to play games with organized rules, but in English-speaking countries, tarot cards find their utility i...
25th August 2008
When it comes to tithing, the first thing we must understand is that the Lord does not need our money. We are the ones that need money.
Because of God’s love for us, He shares His money with us; we don't share our money with Him. When we tithe we ar...
23rd August 2008
A commonly mistaken view of the millennial kingdom is that Christ will one day return and set up a kingdom on earth. At that time he supposedly rules in Mt. Zion, on the literal throne of David.
That Christ was promised the throne of David is evident ...
22nd August 2008
Karna is one of the main characters of Mahabharata. He was the son of Kunti and the elder brother of Pandavas. But he did not know this. A charioteer brought him up. Karna was a great warrior and could match Arjuna in archery. But Karna's life went waste ...
21st August 2008
Magickal mustika pearls/bezoar stones with their innate spiritual power and force are sacred items that enhance the auric and spiritual atmospheric quality of shrines and altars. They attract to themselves spiritual intelligences and beneficent cosmic ray...
21st August 2008
Steps in Alchemy
Every spiritual system has its steps or phases of development. The Qabalist has his guide in the fruits and the paths of the "Tree of Life." Mahayana Buddhism teaches its adherents the various "bhumis," or "grounds" that has to be pass...
21st August 2008
The Philosopher's Stone
The Philosopher's Stone is a catalyst that transmutes an object to its highest expression. With the application of the Stone, for instance, base metals are transformed into gold; men are changed into gods. The stone is a prime r...
21st August 2008
Physical Alchemy
Transmutation of one substance into another such as base metals into gold, water into wine, etc., is the physical aspect of alchemy. It is often referred to as the "Greater Circulation." Much charlatanry and quackery became involved wi...
21st August 2008
Alchemy's Origin
Alchemy, according to esoteric writers, is said to be the invention of an ancient Egyptian sage called Hermes Trismegistus. The "Father of Alchemy" lived in an unknown age of Egyptian history, though he is thought by some Rosicrucian s...
21st August 2008
To conclude this section may we just add that Newton's subjects emphasize strongly that God is never once seen in the higher realms, although a strong feeling of a Supreme Power is felt ruling the ongoings of devachan, or "heaven," and the kinetic motion ...
21st August 2008
Astral projection is an occult art that was commonly practiced by ancient mystics. Apollonius of Tyana, Yeheshuah (Jesus Christ) and many other mystics often used the ability in their ministry and work. In centuries past and up to this very day, Wicca, or...
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