Latest Mysticism / Occult Forums - The Book Of THoTH http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:15:23 -0500 FeedCreator 1.8.0-nukeFEED (http://nukeSEO.com) Occult Symbols in Corporate Logos http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20721.html ]]> no_email@example.com (nebula) http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20721.html Making physical contact with God http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20533.html Aren't I always in contact with God anyway?]]> no_email@example.com (Elixir1) http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20533.html Does It Matter, To You, What Your Belief System Is Called? http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20468.html I dabbled in a lot of different religions over the years and really got tired of the damn word itself: Religion?
And it wasn't until I was sixteen when I found the works of Joesph Campbell that the whole thing started to make sense.
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The English word religion has been in use since the 13th century, loaned from Anglo-French religiun (11th century), ultimately from the Latin religio, "reverence for God or the gods, careful pondering of divine things, piety, the res divinae".[5]

The ultimate origins of Latin religio are obscure. It is usually accepted to derive from ligare "bind, connect"; probably from a prefixed re-ligare, i.e. re (again) + ligare or "to reconnect." This interpretation is favoured by modern scholars such as Tom Harpur and Joseph Campbell, but was made prominent by St. Augustine, following the interpretation of Lactantius. Another possibility is derivation from a reduplicated *le-ligare. A historical interpretation due to Cicero on the other hand connects lego "read", i.e. re (again) + lego in the sense of "choose", "go over again" or "consider carefully".[6] It may also be from Latin religiō, religiōn-, perhaps from religāre, to tie fast
]]> no_email@example.com (Elixir1) http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20468.html If the mayans and the Bible is correct,the Beast has risen! http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-19825.html First thing to always remember: The people to write any prophecies for any generation are just human and capable of error.
Second: Prophecies are always open to interpretation, because of this there will always be a group of folks behaving irrationally.
Lastly: Get a Farmer's Almanac and educate yourself about the nature or Nature. It has a cycle that repeats itself and early man made big deal about the end of a cycle in fact they had festivals in which they prepared themselves for the End Of The Age. Yet somehow we're still here, and do you know why?
Man will always forget his own history and repeat it.]]> no_email@example.com (Elixir1) http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-19825.html The return of magic: why magic? why now? http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-14859.html no_email@example.com (Thoth_Murmur) http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-14859.html Ouija Boards http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20906.html no_email@example.com (NaturalMystik) http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20906.html Rituals http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20896.html
What I've done, instead, was to focus on getting my needs met. This might actually draw a monetary windfall, but that's not the intent I put into it.

Ira11, in my experience rituals are not dependent upon material goods. I might enjoy the use of tools as a way of strengthening my focus, but they're just props. The work is in the energy and the intent.

On the other hand, if the fulfillment of your ritual involves making good on a monetary commitment you've made by way of ritual, I'm with Poppy on that one: commitments of that nature require working toward the goal of payment, which involves planning and probably saving up as well.

I wonder: How did you get to this point? And please let us know how it worked out..?
plur]]> no_email@example.com (pluralone) http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20896.html This is your brain on God http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20826.html
Fiery28 wrote:
Why do we believe in anything, not just god? ...

...What about people like me
Well... perhaps 'god' is different things to different people, and yet despite their differences at least some of the individual beliefs and experiences are based in reality - just different realities. Perhaps some people do repeat the same life many times; perhaps some precognitive experiences are truly precognitive while others are more a function of the brain (seizures and whatnot); perhaps some NDEs involve hallucinations while others include a review of the individual's entire life, and yet still others' experiences of NDE involve entirely different functions...

These suppositions seem to support the notion that not everyone exists in the same reality or follows the same path, even though we - as humans - have a lot in common, too. What we experience beyond our humanity, however, might come from/exist in very different dimensions of reality. The universe is a really big place... infinite... large enough to hold all possibilities. It doesn't make sense to me that we all must experience reality (especially beyond the shared physical reality of our human lives) the same way, as though All That Is contains only a one-size-fits-all truth.
plur]]> no_email@example.com (pluralone) http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20826.html Black Artisans, Black Dogs, and the Back-to-front Language http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20748.html Black Artisans, Black Dogs, and the B(l)ack-to-front Language

Semiotocology is....
....the exploration & study of the meanings, significance, use, purpose, and any overarching narrative in the signs, symbols, tropes, and motifs present in culture at large.

Here is a great article on some examples of Semiotocology]]> no_email@example.com (Graham) http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20748.html Occult Roots of the Russian Revolution http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20747.html Occult Roots of the Russian Revolution

The Great Russian Revolution of 1917, launched by Vladimir Lenin and his Bolshevic party, profoundly influenced the history of the twentieth century. The fall of the Russian Empire and its replacement by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ushered in а new аgе in world politics. More than this, the Russian Revolution was the triumph of а dynamic revolutionary ideology that directly challenged Western capitalism. But what of the hidden origins of this Revolution? Did secret influences contribute to the victory of Lenin and the Bolshevics?

Establishment historians pay little attention to the remarkable impact occult and Gnostic ideas had on the rise of Bolshevism and the victory of the Russian Revolution.

A number of social and political movements, including Marxism and Lenin’s Bolshevism, have been linked to Gnosticism, which flourished in the early centuries of the Christian era. The political scientists A. Besancon and L. Pellicani argue the intellectual roots of Russian Bolshevism are a structural repetition of the ancient Gnostic paradigm. A distinguishing feature of Gnosticism is an illusive, symbolic interpretation of reality, including history.

Link ...... ]]> no_email@example.com (Graham) http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20747.html