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southeast asia as it was in tibet. the ancient ones, lords of a time before memory, are being drawn by the smell of confusion and the hysteria and mutual hatred of the primitive life-forms on this planet: human beings. unless the gates are secured against attack, unless humanity awakens to both the real danger and the real potential for evolution. well, the vision of the mad arab- ancestor of the muslim princes so much in the news in 1979/1980- is one, certainly of terror. the discovery of this book, however, like the discovery of the typesetters' idol, may be the key, the link in our defence against the possible enemy awaiting us, outside. events of the last two years have shown us that the book is also an amulet, a protective shield, that guards its own from the machinations of evil. ext

southeast asia as it was in tibet. the ancient ones, lords of a time before memory, are being drawn by the smell of confusion and the hysteria and mutual hatred of the primitive life-forms on this planet: human beings. unless the gates are secured against attack, unless humanity awakens to both the real danger and the real potential for evolution. well, the vision of the mad arab- ancestor of the muslim princes so much in the news in 1979/1980- is one, certainly of terror. the discovery of this book, however, like the discovery of the typesetters' idol, may be the key, the link in our defence against the possible enemy awaiting us, outside. events of the last two years have shown us that the book is also an amulet, a protective shield, that guards its own from the machinations of evil. ext

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

t described gris-gris charms in seventeenthcentury upper guinea (the present-day senegambia) that were displayed by elites "all over their body, on their head, neck, arms, waist and legs" that contained "scraps of paper written with moorish or arabic" in areas that had been influenced by islam, africans placed "unlimited faith" in the power of grisgris, leather and cloth packets commissioned from muslim priests and marabous that guaranteed health and protection to their wearers.[22] throughout africa charms were created that were conceived as portable containers for spiritual entities. these containers were believed to possess efficacious powers. in kongo, central africa, the manufacture of minkisi blurred the lines between magic and religion. minkisi were spiritual beings who interacted w

tation, a devastated agricultural economy, and jim crow segregation, masses of black southerners poured into chicago and other northern cities, filling a demand for cheap labor in northern industries. concurrent with the rising tide of urbanization developed an increasingly diverse religious situation, as african americans founded and joined baptist and methodist congregations, holiness churches, muslim temples, judaic sects, and a host of fraternal and nationalistic associations. the rise of the spiritual churches fit into a larger pattern of spiritual pluralism that characterized black american religious life in the first quarter of the twentieth century.[47] the early spiritual churches have been aptly described as urban "wayside shrines" where persons in black communities sought guidan

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

ng the new religion of islam captured alexandria, and the mantle of alchemical study and research passed from the greeks to the arab world. 644-656 can. of qur'an. 692 chinese reopened the silk-routes across central asia 711: muslims from north africa invade spain and quickly dismantle most of the hispano-visigothic kingdom there. they head north, into the pyrenees, towards modern-day france. 717 muslim caliph umar ii founded the first muslim university at harran. umar brought many of the last remaining hermeticists from alexandria and installed them at harran. 721 al-jabir(jabir ibn hayyan) born in the town of tus. 732: at the battle of tours (in southern france, frankish leader charles martel manages to defeat the muslims. 754-775 kankah indian astrologer at baghdad, book on calculations

n baghdad- most famous sufi martyr, was imprisoned for nine years and then, after having hands and feet cut off, executed "ana' al haqq "i am the truth. 931 sa'adiya gaon. first rendition of "sefer yetzirah" in egypt. 955 abu sahl dunash ibn tamim. sefer yetzirah published with gaon's commentary on the short version by tanin. 961 rasa'il-e-ikhwanus safa (epistles of brethren of purity "a mystical muslim order incorporating teachings from neoplatonic, hermetic, and even buddhist sources [netton 1991] and deriving from harran [nasr 1993: 25-104) an encyclopaedic work covering mathematics, astronomy, geography, music, ethics, philosophy, embodying the sum-total of knowledge that a cultured man of that age was supposed to acquire, the first 51 epistles lead up to the last, which is summation o

from harran. 1052-1127 ibn al-sid al batalyawsi kitab al- hada'iq or "the book of imaginary circles" ladder by which the soul ascends and descends(influenced by the "epistles of the brethren of purity) popular in medieval spain and provence -translations made by kabbalists moses ibn tibbon and samuel ibn motot 1054 rome splits from orthodox church, forms catholic church 1058-1111 ghazali (persian muslim scholar and mystic) 1060 r. solomon ibn gabirol said to have created a woman 1062-1110 petrus alfonsi proof of the trinity based on the tetragrammaton. 1071-1126 guilhelm ix duca d'aquitania, vii conte di poitiers troubadour c. 1075 yehuda ha-levi born. friend of abraham ibn ezra. helped amalgamate ismailite thought and muslim mysticism to jewish thought. 1075-1129 rupert of deutz. trinitar

isaac the blind "the father of kabbalah" in provence. 1160-1170 yehuda ibn tibbon translates book of the duties of the heart by bahya ibn pequda which apparently was influenced by the rasa'il of ikhwan as-safa (encyclopaedia of the brotherhood of purity) and, possibly, by hermetic sources< bahya s the duties of the heart, written in arabic in around 1075, denote the first complete assimilation of muslim ascetic theology into judaism -s.d. goitein, ebrei e arabi, 1980, p. 179> 1162 to 1227- life of genghis khan, conqueror of china and russia, invader of europe and islamic empire, destroyer of assassin power. approximate beginnings of the wandering of the gypsies of north india. 1163: work begins on the gothic cathedral of notre-dame de paris. 1165 prester john letter addressed to manuel com

ake up the 3rd part of sodei razayya. part 4 is a commentary on sefer yezirah containing detailed instructions for the creation of a golem. commentary on the sefer yetzirah called "pe'ullah ha-yetsirah("practice or practical application of. sefer ha-hokhmah, a major part of which is concerned with exegesis of holy names. 1165-1235 isaac the blind. provencal kabbalist. 1165-1240 ibn arabi (spanish muslim mystic poet) d.1166 abd al-qadir al-jilani founds one of the earliest sufi orders(prominent in india and north africa. d. 1170 natanael ben al-fayyumi, the garden of intellects,astrological thought influenced by ismaili encyclopaedia of the brotherhood of purity "also by the esoteric teachings which were not widespread among the ordinary people. c.1170- 1230 gaucelm faidit -troubadour- trav

reconcile judaism with aristotle's laws of nature, and shloshah-asar ikkarim, the thirteen articles of faith. c. 1190 wolfram von eschenbach: parzival. isaac the blind. 1194-1270 nahmanides 1194-1256 ya aqob anatoli court doctor, alchemist, and translator for frederick ii c.1231; assistant of michael scotus, whom he frequently quotes in his work: goad of the disciples. a major link between jewish-muslim spain and ghibelline italy. it is evident that he shared in the philosophical and interconfessional climate atmosphere prevailing at the court of the emperor< 1200-1280 albertus magnus c.1200 albricus "liber ymaginum deorum [book of the images of the gods- codex vat. 3413. 1200-1271 hortulanus 1201-1259 bartholomaeus anglicus 1202 d. joachim of fior

caelestis gratiae roris, here lies the abbot of the flower of the dew of heavenly grace" 1204-5 influential pseudo-joachim's 'de semine scriturarum' assigns centuries to the letters of the alphabet. 1205 alexander neckham "de naturis rerum" exegesis of the coherence between the beginning of genesis in hebrew and the 1st verse of john's gospel. 1206- 1227 genghis khan 1207-1273 jalal al-din rumi (muslim mystic poet from turkey) d. 1209 pierre roger de mirepoix. cathar troubadour. d. 1209 ruzbihan baqli of shiraz persian sufi. kitab-e 'abhar al-'ashiqin( le jasmin des fideles d'amour)dialectic of poetic love which precedes the sufi poet hafiz and resonates with the fedele d'amore. 1209: francis of assisi (1182-1226, along with twelve companions, gets permission from pope innocent iii to fol

syria. 1248-1298 peter john olivi(known as enoch returned to the beguins) important joachite scholar shifted the focus from the three status of joachim onto his theory of the angels of the seven seals, granting the role of the sixth angel to francis himself. 1248 joseph gikatilla, spanish sephardic kabbalist born. christian armies under ferdinand iii take seville after 16 months of seige, despite muslim catapults, greek fire, and bowmen who pierce armor. mongol envoy sargis/sergius meets pope innocent iv in italy. 1248-1309 angela of foligno franciscan tertiary. 1248- 1251 oghul ghaymish c.1250 pseudo-joachim's "exposition on the sibyls and on merlin" franciscan joachite commentary on the erythraean sibyl and the sayings of merlin. 1250? liber juratus (sworn book of honorius) compiled by h

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ssor, lyndon johnson, to increase the powers of the state, as have other such engineered events and 'problems. the cia, often in league with mossad, has been responsible for some horrific terrorist outrages abroad involving the murder of children, thousands of them if the full truth be told. in beirut in 1983, a car bomb planted by the cia-mossad went off. it failed to kill its intended target, a muslim cleric, but instead murdered 91 passers-by, a story later revealed by the former cia operations analyst in vietnam and latin america, gordon thurlow.93 we are dealing here with a consciousness working through these people that knows no scale of horror it would not use to achieve its end and, as we saw in oklahoma, it is supported by a media peopled by a combination of the few who know what

and radovan karadzic. hough wrote "under this scenario, milosevic- the client of kissinger associates- publicly repudiate: and condemned the illegal onslaught of karadzic's troops against bosnian muslims. but covertly the milosevic government furnished the 'renegade' forces of karadzic with all the armaments and other support they needed to wage an implacable 'war of extermination' against their muslim neighbours. muslim resupplies were, of course, blocked by the un arms embargo" the research claims also that saudi arabia, itself a fascist tyranny, was being set up by this plan. according to spotlight, king fahd was repeatedly reassured by his ambassador in washington that the us planned to lift the arms embargo in time to allow decisive reinforcements to reach the embattled muslims. as a

led to the imbalanced understandings of the human race because we have been subjected to imbalanced, one-sided, information. truth does not come in neatly packaged parcels with names like socialism, fascism, christianity, or new age. we need to search for it by looking at all information and following our hearts. yet one-way freedom is what i so often see. it is one-way freedom when christian or muslim fundamentalists try to stop meetings of those who disagree with their view of life and when prison and death sentences are issued on people for believing something different. i don't agree, as you may have noticed, with the robot radicals, but they have every right to speak their views. if freedom means anything, it means freedom for all. this is crucial to the process of personal deprogram

f divide and rule. that is the reason behind the engineered wars and the divisions of race, colour, country, class and income bracket. while there is an us and a them, we are a manipulator's party trick. when the us and them becomes we, which is what we really are, all part of each other, the manipulation will end. let us put our arms around each other, the arab and the jew, the christian and the muslim, the manipulator and the manipulated. it's been a nightmare, but the nightmare is almost over. it's time to dream. you are a beautiful spirit. you can be whatever you want to be. you are unique and you are loved in a way that we find so hard to comprehend on this planet. there are times when i feel that love from all, and for all, of creation. it is a love without fear, guilt, resentment, j

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

en denied life-saving blood transfusions because their brain-dead parents insist on conducting every aspect of their lives according to the contradictory dictates of a book purveying stories of pure fantasy. the creation of the mental and emotional sheep pen of norms, which imprisons 99% of humanity, goes on minute by minute in subtle and less subtle ways. there are children of christian, jewish, muslim, or hindu parents who don't accept the religion, but still follow it because they don't want to upset their family. then there is the almost universal fear of what people think of us if we speak a different version of reality or live a different kind of life. note that the fear for those who wish to break out of the sheep pen is not the fear of what the elite families, the illuminati or "il

beliefs are perceived as "opposites" when, as i pointed out in my book, i am me, i am free, they are opposames. the vision of reality and possibility within the pen is so limited that it contains no opposites. so the elite have to create the perception of them to manufacture the divisions that allow them to divide and rule. i mean, what is the difference between a christian bishop, jewish rabbi, muslim or hindu priest, or a follower of buddha, imposing their beliefs on their children and others? there is none because while the belief they seek to indoctrinate may be slightly different, often very slightly, the overall theme is exactly the same- the imposition of one person's belief on another. look at the opposames in politics. the far left, as symbolised by josef stalin in russia, introd

nazarite sect banned the cutting of hair, except in certain solar rituals, because the hair represented the rays of the sun. this could be the real origin of this custom that still continues today in the sikh religion. the nazarenes or nazarites wore black, as did the babylonian brotherhood, and this was inherited by the christian church. today the arabic word for christians is nasrani and in the muslim koran they are the nasara or nazara. this comes from the hebrew word, nozrim, which derived from the term, nozrei ha-brit or keepers of the covenant. the anunnaki covenant, it seems to me. christianity was created by rehashing the ancient symbolic story of the sun, together with mystery school allegory and serpent cult symbolism presented as a literal story in an historical context. the eli

he rothschilds and, again, kuhn, loeb and company funded his operation. islam was created to further polarise the religious divides and in the biggest secret i show some of the connections between the secret societies behind "christianity, including the knights templar, and those at the heart of islam. among these were the assassins, from whom we get the term for politically motivated murder. the muslim faith and the creed of islam were inspired by the story of mahomet or mohammed. this was very similar in theme to the official version of how joseph smith inspired the mormon religion. in 612, it is said, mohammed had a "vision" and was told to start a new faith- just as smith later claimed. the date is interesting because some ancient peoples were told to expect an incarnation of "god" eve

the levites. muslims say that mohammed was the latest prophet (apart from all the others since) and therefore, the most valid. as such, all christians and hebrews should convert to islam, the orthodox muslims demand. the term jihad is the "holy war" that muslims are urged to wage against all of those who will not accept the law of mohammed. the very word, islam, means "to submit or surrender" and muslim means "one who submits. god save us from religion 223 islam was another illuminati creed that was to cost the lives of hundreds of millions in the bloody wars waged with christianity and judaism. these are three prison religions ultimately controlled by the same force. islam, like christianity and judaism, was also a vehicle for the systematic suppression of women and the feminine principle

mean you don't want me to show you the church and the tomb of mary and "no, thanks, all the same "i give you good price" by the end of my trip, i had this nightmare of leaving my physical body at the end of this life and a spirit in a black leather jacket touches my arm "hello my friend" he says "are you from planet earth? i know many people on planet earth. i show you heaven. i like your face" a muslim taxi driver summed it up when i asked him if he believed all these stories about jesus. he had no idea, he said, but "jesus is very good for tourist buses and taxi drivers because he moved around a lot" religion is a whole bloody industry ripping off genuine people, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and financially. millions are on the payroll. bishops' palaces, tourist guides, tacky gift

eepers of the matrix? who are the prison warders, the border guards of the great illusion? we are. the gatekeeper parents, partners, and priests we want our children to live in a free world, right? then why don't we even allow them to live in a free home? intergenerational conditioning by parents of their children is one of the greatest of all gatekeeping activities. if the parent is a christian, muslim, voter for this political party or that, a racist, a sexist, working class, middle class, upper class, whatever, that is the conditioning they overwhelmingly insist on imposing upon their offspring. the child is conditioned to be a reflection of the parent and the pressure to be like them can be enormous. the very idea that a vehement christian or muslim, or jew, or hindu, would respect the

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. but, notsurprisingly in the light of the evidence you have been reading, the famous vikinggalley with the high front and stern was a phoenician design used by the egyptians.rock carvings at newgrange appear to depict this design thousands of years earlier. thename idris is well known in wales and the saints and kings of the muslims have beencalled idris for centuries. in the british museum is a muslim coin, a gold dinar, whichhas the name offa stamped upon it. offa was the king of mercia in england in the 8thcentury and he is said to have built the 120 mile earth wall between england andwales known as offas dyke. the name wales comes from weallas meaning land offoreigners. the welsh, like the irish, explored the northern waters around icelandbefore the vikings and it is said that the wel

ian mass. w. wynn westcott was a founder of the satanicorder of the golden dawn in england which would later play a significant role in theemergence of adolf hitler and the nazis. he knew the inside story and he said in his98work, the magical mason, that todays freemasons go back to the essenes amongother ancient groups of similar background. today the arabic word for christians isnasrani and the muslim koran uses the term nasara or nazara. these originate with thehebrew word, nozrim, which derived from the term, nozrei ha-brit- the keepers ofthe covenant. the term, nozrei ha-brit, can be traced as far back as the alleged time ofsamuel and samson in the old testament. samuel was portrayed as the top man of thelevites and it was they who orchestrated this whole bible-talmud scam under thedi

the christianreligions, to further imprison, divide and rule. mohammed was the last prophet andtherefore, the muslims reckon, the most valid. as such, all christians and jews shouldconvert to islam, the orthodox muslims demand. the term, jihad, is the holy war thatmuslims are urged to wage against all who do not accept the creed of mohammed. howfitting that islam means to submit or surrender and muslim means one who submits.some of the bloodiest conflict in history has resulted from the desire of islam,christianity and judaism to impose their creed on each other, when they all come fromthe same source and the same manipulation! excuse me, did i come in late and misssomething? beam me up scotty, get me out of here..the islamic god allah is the same god, the muslims say, as the judeo-christ

opposite ofchristianity and judaism, they are all oppo-sames: the same state of mind with adifferent name, ultimately controlled by the same people, the reptilians. islam isanother mystery school religion, its texts written in esoteric code for the masses totake literally. there were times in later centuries when some of this secret knowledgewas allowed into the public domain by more enlightened muslim leaders and thiswas the inspiration for the advanced societies and science which came out of muslimspain and baghdad. today, part of the brotherhood agenda is to stimulate conflictwith the islamic nations by causing division between the muslim and christian-jewish world.the mormon church is another vision religion which very powerfully locks intothe brotherhood network, as all religions do

these links verymuch continue today. there are many tales of how much they hated each other andthere have undoubtedly been periods of rifts and conflict. but at their peak they aredifferent branches of the same organisation and at that level the agenda is allimportant. in june 1099, another glorious blow was struck for the lord whenchristian crusaders invaded jerusalem and slaughtered the saracen muslim turks andthe judeans living there. this reopened the holy city to christian pilgrims whobegan to arrive in large numbers through the ports of jaffa, tyre and acre. tyre wasone of the major centres for the phoenicians. the knights hospitaller established theamalfi hostelry in jerusalem to provide food and shelter for the visitors. as theirwealth and prestige grew, they formed a military wing

when two knights arrived from france to murderhim in canterbury cathedral in 1170. henrys son richard the lionheart was, in effect,a templar himself, though not officially. he used their ships and preceptories and whenhe was forced to escape from england and the threats of his brother, john, he did sodisguised as a templar. he was protected by them and headed for the holy landcrusades against the muslim saracens. richard sold cyprus (a former phoeniciansettlement) to the templars and he was involved in negotiations between them and theirislamic version, the secret society called the assassins. this word is now used todescribe a killer and it derives from the assassins particular method of ruling by fearand terrorism. assassin is said to mean user of hashish because they used the drug totri

red has been the coloursymbolising revolution since the ancient origins of the brotherhood, which is why therussian revolutionaries were called the reds. on the shield was a hexagram, a star ofdavid or seal of solomon and this same symbol is now on the flag of israel. peoplethink it is a jewish symbol because of its name and use, but this is nonsense. one wasfound on the floor of a 1,200 year old muslim mosque which stood on the site of presentday tel aviv.1 the jewish writer, o.j. graham, in his work, the six pointed star, says..the six pointed star made its way from egyptian pagan rituals of worship, to the goddessashteroth and moloch. then it progressed through the magic arts, witchcraft (includingarab magicians, druids and satanists. through the cabala to isaac luria, a cabalist inthe

esoteric system known as the i ching,which consists of 64 hexagrams. it is all the same knowledge hidden or presented indifferent ways. the singers and song writers known as the troubadours of 12th and 13thcentury france sang the praises of their lady. the name troubadour itself leads us backto north africa because it comes from the arab term tarab dour, meaning house ofdelight, a remnant of the muslim occupation of southern france. they hid their ladybehind the biblical mary in order to stay alive, but the true meaning of their lady wasisis. later would come the stories of king arthur and his search for the holy grail,stories that would clearly echo the themes of the gospels, mithra, horus, etc, in theirsymbolism of the sun, isis and the astrological round table.there you have just some

ntry, youll note, but theflag of the windsors. another strange coincidence happened at the hammersmithmortuary in london. as her coffin arrived, the one carrying dodi was leaving and they448apparently crossed at the entrance. what are the statistical chances of that when bothmade such very different journeys from paris? dodi, we were told, had to be buriedwithin 24 hours of his death according to muslim religious law and there was a mad rushby his father to meet the deadline. there was no autopsy on his body, a quick externalexamination was considered enough.at this point, dianas brother, charles, earl spencer, then 33, came on the scene afterflying back from his home in cape town, south africa. when earl spencer, the queensgod-son, made his maiden speech in the house of lords in 1993, he

e right brain, the intuition andinspiration which connects with the cosmos. 482shit, you wont pass even though you will be telling the truth. isnt education justwonderful?with fear as the reptilians greatest weapon, the plan is to engineer events, real andstaged, that will create enormous fear in the countdown years to 2012. this includes aplan to start a third world war either by stimulating the muslim world into a holy waragainst the west or by using the chinese to cause global conflict. maybe both. thebombs placed near us embassies in africa in 1998 and the american response ofbombing islamic targets is all part of this. one of their key plans is called projectbluebeam. one element of this is to use laser-generating satellites in the star warsnetwork in different parts of the world to p

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onger worship. but then, are not gods simply devils men choose to worship? could it be that yahweh and allah are simply more "politically correct" devils than astaroth and beelzebub? the followers of every religion have been condemned by others as "devilworshippers" at some time or another. in the "tolerant" social climate of today, the christian still condemns the jew; the jew still condemns the muslim, and the muslim still condemns the christian. each is willing to kill and commit heinous crimes in the name of his "god. would it not be more honest for man to admit that he is a worshipper of devils and a believer in fairy tales? it is with these thoughts in mind that the demonic bible is written. stop now at the horror of these words and cower in fear for your immortal soul, or read on an

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wly transforms his or herself into a form of iblis, thus becoming like lucifer. the shadow is the testing force from which you may create and manifest what you desire, and be careful as so you shall obtain that which you seek. the shadow is also the empowering essence of your mind, it is the darkest recesses and atavistic desires which may be explored and mastered. azazel (azazil) is known within muslim lore to have been the same as the angel of death, who was most feared in tribal cultures. various lore describes azazil worshipped god in the seventh hell for over one thousand years, ascending until he reached the earth. azazil arose through the seven hells and upon reaching earth he then sat at the gates of heaven, tormenting adam and eve. the bundahishn relates an original tale of azazel

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

xy was blasphemous to orthodox islam. beginning with the sufi concept of approaching divinity as the lover approaches the beloved, al-bestami claimed that this love was in itself an obstacle. he renounced conventional worship in the mosque, pilgrimage to mecca, and even the mystical practices of asceticism and meditation. various miracles were ascribed to al-bestami. sources: attar, farid al-din. muslim saints and mystics. translated by a. j. arberry. chicago: university of chicago press, 1966. zaehner, r. c. hindu and muslim mysticism. london: athlone press, 1960. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. abu yazid al-bestami 5 abyssum an herb used in the ceremony of exorcising a haunted house. abyssum is consecrated by the sign of the cross and hung up at the four corners of the

mstances is given in the book of enoch, which makes the angels.uriel, gabriel, and michael.the chief instruments in the subjugation of the adulterers and their formidable offspring. the classic writers have perpetuated similar beliefs of the hero race, all of them born either from the love of the gods for women, or of the preference shown for a goddess by some mortal man. the persian, jewish, and muslim accounts of angels all evince a common origin, and they alike admit a difference of sex. in the latter, the name of azazil is given to the hierarchy nearest the throne of god, to which the mohammedan satan (eblis or haris) is supposed to have belonged; also azreal, the angel of death, and asrafil (probably the same as israfil, the angel of the resurrection. the examiners, moukir and nakir

cular of mary s appearances occurred in cairo, egypt, where not only thousands saw her, but pictures were taken. investigations have been filed to offer reasonable alternative mundane explanations. however, mary appeared on the roof of a coptic (not a roman catholic) cathedral. while roman catholic scholars have investigated and written about the sightings, the fact that mary chose to appear in a muslim country in a non-roman catholic setting has kept this apparition from being integrated into the body of material considered relevant by western mariologists. apparitions of the virgin mary encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 74 the meaning of the apparitions for conservative roman catholics, the apparitions are a major building block of faith in god s activity in the world. t

more significantly, hashish use into the community. the word assassin means, literally, hashish user. the niziriyah again moved their headquarters, to the alamut valley in northern persia, and here built a mountain fortress. the men who resided in the fortress smoked hashish and learned the fine art of killing. they were masters of the sword and proficient with poisons. they became the terror of muslim lands for the next two centuries. alamat was designed as an earthly representation of paradise and those sent out on killing missions were assured that if they died during their mission they would go straight to the heavenly paradise. alamut was fi- assagioli, roberto encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 96 nally captured in 1256, but assassin fortresses in syria survived unti

hebrew writers, but properly ebor sina, or.to give his names in full.al-sheikh al-rayis abu ali al-hossein ben abdallah ben sina. he was born at kharmatain, near bokhara, in the year of the hegira 370, or 980 c.e, and was educated at bokhara. he displayed such extraordinary precocity that when he had reached his tenth year, he had completely mastered the quran and acquired a knowledge of algebra, muslim theology, and the his ab ul-hind, or the arithmetic of the hindus. under abdallah al-natheli he studied logic, euclid, and the almagest, and then, as a diversion, devoted himself to the study of medicine. he was only 21 when he composed his kitab al-majmu or, the book of the sum total, whose mysteries he afterward attempted to clarify in a 20-volume commentary. avicenna s reputation for wis

by toru tarada and mizumo yaoko. 2 vols. tokyo: iwanami, 1971. dumoulin, heinrich. zen buddhism: a history. new york: macmillan, 1990. doctor encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 436 dogon people the dogon people reside in one of the more difficult-toreach locations in the african nation of mali in and around the bandigara cliff. they have resisted the efforts of both christian and muslim missionaries and continue to practice their magical traditional religions. the religion is built around a belief in the supreme creator amma. amma created the sun and moon and humankind. this creation is recalled in the layout of the villages in an oval shape representing the unity of male and female in amma. the dogon are organized around four groupings, each thought to descend from one of

s now being disseminated by the masonic lodges. that secret wisdom came from the ancient east and middle east, and both eastern religions (especially hinduism) and western mystical systems such as kabalism assist the process of describing it. the ancient wisdom myth of freemasonry found an origin in the bible, a significantly more acceptable source to a christian establishment than arabia and the muslim countries of rosicrucianism. in 1 kings 7:13.45, the masons found the story of hiram. hiram was employed by king solomon to work on the temple in jerusalem. after his work, he disappeared from both the pages of the bible and from history. freemasons, however, developed his biography that included a murder by his artisan colleagues. hiram, in working on the temple, became aware of the word o

f fifteenth- to sixteenthcentury india, who practiced yoga and attempted to reconcile hindus and moslems. after his death he was claimed by both religions. kabir s inspirational hymns are very moving and are still popular in present-day india. his teachings were a forerunner of sikhism, which was established by his disciple guru nanak. sources: hedayetullah, muhammed. kabir: the apostle of hindu- muslim unity. delhi, india: motilal banarsidass, 1977. kabir. one hundred poems of kabir. translated by rabinadrath tagore. london, 1915. kay, frank e. kabir and his followers. london, 1931. lorenzen, david n. kabir legendas and ananta-das s kabir parachai. albany: state university of new york press, 1991. westcott, g. h. kabir and the kabir panth. calcutta: varanasi bhartiya publishing house, 197

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s. magia posthuma (of c. f. de schertz) encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 956 among the indian madigas (telugu pariahs, the evil eye was averted by sacrificers who dipped their hands in the blood of goats or sheep and impressed them on either side of a house door. this custom was also known to the brahmans of india. impressions of hands were also occasionally seen on the walls of muslim mosques in india. as among the northwest canadian tribes, the hand ceremony was most frequently practiced in india when epidemics took a heavy toll of lives. the bushmen also removed finger joints when stricken with sickness. in australia, where during initiation ceremonies the young aborigine men had teeth knocked out and bodies scarred, the women of some tribes mutilated the little finger

950. maitland, edward encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 970 malaysia malaysia now includes the mainland of west malaysia, sharing a land border with thailand in the north, and east malaysia, consisting of the states of sarawak and sabah (formerly north borneo. the ethnic grouping of malaysia includes chinese and indian races, but the largest population is of malays, predominantly muslim in faith and speaking their own malay language. much of the folklore and magical tradition of the malays concerns sympathetic magic (see magic. the traveler hugh clifford, writing in the nineteenth century, stated: the accredited intermediary between men and spirits is the pawang; the pawang is a functionary of great and traditional importance in a malay village, though in places near towns

of hindu deities, the last name in the series for the first day being the first in that of the second day, and so on until the five days are exhausted. each of these had a color, and according to the color first seen or noticed on such and such a day would it be fortunate to ask a boon of a certain god. a variation of this system, known as the five moments, was similar in origin, but possessed a muslim nomenclature. still another scheme, katika tujoh, was based on the seven heavenly bodies, dividing each day into seven parts, each of which was distinguished by the arabic name for the sun, moon, and principal planets. the astrology proper of the malays is purely arabic in origin, but a system of hindu invocation was in vogue by which the lunar month was divided into parts called rejang, wh

rien. it incensed him to think that his old preceptor s wisdom and writings were being made a laughingstock, so he decided that he must go to cairo himself, and not only see justice done to adfar s memory, but also seize what might prove a favorable opportunity of converting kalid to christianity. the sultan was inclined to be cynical when the hermit arrived, nor would he listen to attacks on the muslim faith, yet he was sufficiently impressed to grant morien a house wherein to conduct research, and here the alchemist worked for a long time, ultimately perfecting the elixir. however, he did not make any attempt to gain the proper reward, and instead took his leave without the sultan s awareness, simply leaving the precious fluid in a vase on which he inscribed the suggestive words: he who

rgonomy. new york: farrar, straus, and giroux, 1973. schul, bill, and ed pettit. the secret power of pyramids. greenwich, conn: fawcett, 1975. sharaf, myron. fury on earth: a biography of wilhelm reich. new york: st. martin s press, 1983. the origin the origin is the name given the source of the channelled material received by canadian businessman amyn dahya. dahya was born to an indian family of muslim background living in arusha, tanzania, in west africa, but as a child moved to mombasa, kenya, where he grew up. he was sent to england organisation pour la recherche en psychotronique encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1154 for college, and after receiving his degree in chemical engineering, he moved to canada. shortly thereafter he married his wife karina, and subsequently

hical situation between the two seas.the perfection of the climate. every thing indicates that damascus has at least been one of the first towns that were built by the children of men.one of the natural halts of fugitive humanity in primeval times. it is, in fact, one of those sites pointed out by the hand of god for a city.a site predestined to sustain a capital like constantinople. according to muslim beliefs, damascus stood on the site of the sacred garden. outside this city was a meadow divided by the river barrady, and is alleged that adam was formed from its red earth. this field was designated ager damascenus by the latins, and nearly in the center formerly stood a pillar, intended to mark the precise spot where the creator breathed the breath of life into the first man. other philo

of a goat with two ears pointing upward and its beard pointing downward on the reverse pentagram. the pentacle has a wide use in religions. it has been used within christianity in such a way that the five points represent the wounds of the crucified christ. a more common contemporary use refers back to the star which hovered in the sky when the baby jesus was born. it is found on the flag of many muslim countries. in ancient greece, the pentacle was used by the pythagoreans to symbolize perfection. in folklore, the sign has been traced on windows and doors in order to repel witches. in ritual magic, the pentacle has played an important part in evoking or repelling spirits. it was usually associated with holy or unholy names of power and inscribed or engraved with great care and concentrati

r sunset, and thus neglected evening prayers until it was too late. when aware of his omission, he was so greatly concerned at it that he ordered the horses to be killed as an offering to god, keeping a hundred of the best of them. this, we are informed, procured for him an ample recompense, as he received for the loss of his horses dominion over the winds. the following tradition was narrated by muslim commentators relative to the building of the temple of jerusalem. according to them, david laid the foundations of it, and when he died he left it to be finished by solomon. that prince employed jinn, and not men, in the work; and this idea may relate to what is said in kings 6:7, that the temple was built of stone, made ready before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer

blood. the incident in akita demonstrated the close connection between weeping statues and icons and bleeding statues and icons. some of the reports of weeping icons concern the weeping of blood, the production of a red substance coming from the eyes. in 1996, an icon on the church of the nativity in bethlehem, israel, began to weep tears of blood, a phenomenon seen by many of both christian and muslim persuasion. in this case, the eyes on the icon were also reported to have winked at the people viewing it. one skeptical journalist, stephanie nolen, a canadian and lapsed catholic, reported seeing both the red tears and the wink. investigators of such incidents have generally sought initially to rule out the obvious, hoaxes and natural phenomena (for example, a leak above the statue or ico

the persian word ized (for angel, deity, and would mean worshippers of god. they are also derogatorily referred to by their neighbors as devil-worshippers. the yezidi community is centered upon the tomb of shaykh adi ibn musafir at llish in the district of mosul. the yezidi faith is quite eclectic, drawing upon christian (baptism, breaking of bread, drinking of wine, jewish (dietary restrictions, muslim (fasts, circumcision, pilgrimages, sufi (reverence for shaykhs, secrecy, ecstatic experiences, and sabeansist (reincarnation) traditions. they believe that they were children of the seed of adam (but not of eve. thus, they believe themselves different from the rest of humanity, who are derived from both adam and eve. they try to remain separate and no outsider may join them. one must be bor

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

en of abraham reflects an ancient mystical transmission that preceded and supersedes any of the individual religious vessels through which it has been filtered and colored. orthodox jews sometimes refer to this transmission as the noachic kabbalah, linking it in name to noah who survived the great flood. outside the rigid myopia of compartmentalized religious dogma, the hebrew, jewish, christian, muslim, and perhaps even the tantric traditions, can be seen as branches of a single tree. these branches all share a common trunk and roots: the universal mystical spirituality of the absolute unity of the divine, and the primacy of love, surrender, and discrimination as the means for spiritual awakening from dualistic sleep. each of the branches is built around variations of the same totality ar

the generation of the creation by the divine. ma aseh merkabah (hebrew: work of the chariot: qabalistic secrets regarding the tree of life as the divine chariot; also, a general term for esoteric speculations" 05 madura bhava (sanskrit: sweet mood: the spiritual mood of lover/wife to the lord as the beloved/husband. maghdi (arabic: hidden one: term for the one-to-come i.e. messiah, in the shi ite muslim tradition. mashiach (hebrew: anointed one: in the upper worlds, the four celestial heads of small face by which the creation is manifested, maintained, and dissolved. in the lower worlds, the play of the small face in human form as world teacher to renew the spiritual transmission of the absolute unity of the divine and the primacy of love, discrimination, and selfless service as the means

GLOBAL FREEMASONRY

nt book attempts to do. we follow the same approach in our criticisms of other communities introduction y k l as well. like the jews for example. this book, in part, also deals with the history of judaism and offers certain important criticisms. it must be pointed out that these have nothing to do with anti-semitism or "judeo- masonic" conspiracy theories. indeed, anti-semitism is alien to a true muslim. jews are a people that at one time had been chosen by god and to whom he sent many prophets. throughout history they suffered much cruelty, even being subjected to genocide, but they never abandoned their identity. in the qur'an, god calls them, together with christians, the people of the book, and enjoins muslims to treat them kindly and justly. but, a necessary part of this justice is to

the influence that it has had on the world, we discover the meaning of "global freemasonry" g no matter how much some may insist that the crusades were military expeditions carried out in the name of the christian faith, fundamentally, they were undertaken for material gain. in a period when europe was experiencing great poverty and misery, the prosperity and wealth of the east, especially of the muslim in the middle east, attracted the europeans. this inclination took on a religious facade, and was ornamented with the symbols of christianity, though, in actuality, the idea of the crusades was born out of a desire for worldly gain. this was the reason for the sudden change among christians of europe from their former pacifist policies, in earlier periods of their history, towards military

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

that sanctum had once contained the king s body, probably enclosed within an inner coffin made of wood .6 all this is orthodox, mainstream, modern scholarship, which is unquestioningly accepted as historical fact and taught as such at universities everywhere.7 but suppose it isn t fact. the cupboard was bare the mystery of the missing mummy of khufu begins with the records of caliph al-ma mun, a muslim governor of cairo in the ninth century ad. he had engaged a team of quarriers to tunnel their way into the pyramid s northern face, urging them on with promises that they would discover treasure. through a series of lucky accidents ma mun s hole, as archaeologists now refer to it, had joined up with one of the monument s several internal passageways, the descending corridor leading downward

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a few magical texts of this period still mention the myths of isis and the horus introduction 45 child, but most replace them with anecdotes about the virgin mary and baby jesus. the last stories about the gods of egypt are those that tell of their defeat by coptic saints.109 in the seventh century ce, egypt was invaded first by the persians and then by the arabs. the arabs brought with them the muslim religion, but many of the native egyptians (the copts) remained christian. the coptic language fell out of general use around 1000 ce, but it has continued to be used in the liturgies of the coptic church right up to the present day. for centuries egypt was part of an arab empire ruled by caliphs in damascus or baghdad. the most famous of these caliphs was haroun al-rashid, who features in

ptian hermes; and the introduction to b. p. copenhaver, hermetica (cambridge, 1992. 109. for a fascinating account of the long, slow decline of egyptian paganism, see d. frankfurter, religion in roman egypt: assimilation and resistance (princeton, 1998. 110. the arabic literature also referred to the terrifying guardians of such pagan sites for example, the great sphinx. see u. haarmann, medieval muslim perceptions of pharaonic egypt, in loprieno, ancient egyptian literature, 605 628. 111. all these attempts were fruitless because of their reliance on misleading information in classical authors such as plutarch and horapollo. see e. iversen, the myth of egypt and its hieroglyphs in european tradition (princeton, 1993. 112. freud s collection of figurines of ancient egyptian deities can be

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

g the waking hours, why cannot the same be admitted for the postmortem dreams? i repeat it: death is sleep. after death, before the spiritual eyes of the soul, begins a performance according to a program learnt and very often unconsciously composed by ourselves: the practical carrying out of correct beliefs or of illusions which have been created by ourselves. the methodist will be methodist, the muslim a muslim, at least for some time-in a perfect fool's paradise of each man's creation and making. these are the postmortem fruits of the tree of life. naturally, our belief or unbelief in the fact of conscious immortality is unable to influence the unconditioned reality of the fact itself, once that it exists; but the belief or unbelief in that immortality as the property of independent or s

e profane, who knew only that chr stos was in some way connected with priest and prophet, and knew nothing about the hidden meaning of christos, insisted, as did lactantius and justin martyr, on being called page 149 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt chr stians instead of christians. every good individual, therefore, may find christ in his "inner man" as paul expresses it, whether he be jew, muslim, hindu, or christian. christ see chr stos. christian scientist a newly-coined term for denoting the practitioners of a healing art by will. the name is a misnomer, since buddhist or jew, hindu or materialist can practice this new form of western yoga with like success if he can only guide and control his will with sufficient firmness "mental scientists" is another rival school. these work b

KARR DON NOTES ON EDITIONS OF SEFER YETZIRAH IN ENGLISH

wasserstrom s articles (1) sefer yesira and early islam: a reappraisal (in the journal of jewish thought and philosophy, vol. 3 no. 1: 1993) and (2) further thoughts on the origins of sefer yesirah (in aleph: historical studies in science and judaism, no. 2 (2002, edited by gad fruedenthal, indiana university press, at http//inscribe.iupress.org/loi/ale; see also wasserstrom s comments in between muslim and jew: the problem of symbiosis under early islam (princeton: princeton university press, 1995, pages 126-133. further, refer to wolfson s summary, sefer yetzirah: linguistic mysticism and cosmological speculation, which is a section of jewish mysticism: a philosophical overview, in history of jewish philosophy, edited by daniel h. frank and oliver leaman (london new york: routledge, 1997

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. there is less available freshwater for well over half of the world s population. on average, more than 6,000 children perish each day from diarrhea caused by polluted water. in many parts of the world, violence and terrorism have become the favored means to resolve conflicts. hence, there is deepening insecurity in both rich and poor countries. islamic fundamentalism is spreading throughout the muslim world, neo-nazi and other extremist movements are sprouting in europe, and religious fanaticism is appearing the world over. thus, our very tenure on this planet is in question. however, global breakdown is not mandatory. we can turn the tide, and the following scenario, too, is entirely possible: as the latter part of this book will show, we can pull together and pursue shared objectives o

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

lag said "there is no place in between the spiritual, altruistic giving and the material, egoistic, impure receiving. if at every single moment a person is not bound to the spiritual, he forgets about it altogether and remains in the impure and physical state" it is said in the book, hakuzari, that the king kuzari, when it came time to select a religion for his people, turned to a christian, to a muslim, and finally to a jew. when the king heard the jew, he remarked that the christian and the muslim both promised him eternal heavenly life and great rewards in the world to come, after his death. on the other- 362- attaining the worlds beyond hand, the jew spoke of the rewards for the observance of the commandments and the punishment for disobeying them in this world. but it seemed to the ki

LEWIS JAMES SATANISM TODAY AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION FOLKLORE AND POPULAR CULTURE

the origin of satan, which is that he was a prideful angel who was ejected from heaven. in his postcelestial career, satan then took on the task of leading humanity astray. in judaism and christianity, satan provokes a war in heaven in which he leads a revolt against god.he is, of course, defeated, and he and his followers are ejected from heaven. in islam, the story is somewhat different. in the muslim tradition there are three orders of creatures: angels, who are made from light; jinn, who are made from fire; and human beings, who are made from clay. the angels were created first. when god created adam, he commanded the angels to worship him. iblis (often spelled eblis) refused on the ground that adam, who, after all, was a mere creature of dust and dirt, was inferior to the angels. as p

me iblis and his hosts will be tossed into hell. in an interesting variation on tradition, sufis (islamic mystics) reinterpreted iblis s disobedience as an act of love for god, and as an act of obedience to the law that only god should be worshiped. to bow down to adam, in other words, would have been an acknowledgment of another god other than god, and thus an act of idolatry a severe sin in the muslim tradition. iblis, to continue this line of interpretation, was a true lover of god, and thus a sufi. iblis knew that the consequences of his actions would be punishment, but he preferred remaining true to his love of god (and the consequences of being condemned to hell) over being untrue to his love of god and remaining in heaven. see also islam; jinn for further reading: the encyclopaedia

onto a diabolical conspiracy, this one headed up by a demon who runs the steaming springs country club. islam notions of hell, demons, and satan (arabic iblis) have been part of islam since the time of muhammad. both the koran (the islamic scriptures) and the hadith (the sayings of the prophet muhammad, refer to these concepts. the story of the origin of satan is told somewhat differently in the muslim tradition than in christianity. in the muslim account, when god created adam,he commanded the angels to worship him. iblis refused on the grounds that adam, who, after all, was a mere creature of dust and dirt, was inferior to the angels, who were made from light. as punishment for his disobedience, iblis was transformed from an angel into a jinn, which is a being made of fire. when the lor

exiled from heaven. they subsequently became demons, with iblis playing the role of the islamic satan. ejected from the presence of god, these former angels turned to trickery and causing trouble for mortals.according to the koran, iblis s first misdeed was to lead adam and eve astray in the garden of eden. the koran also notes that at the end of time iblis and his hosts will be tossed into hell. muslim tradition also mentions specific dark angels, such as malik, who guards hell. the koran asserts that malik is aided by nineteen other angel guards (sbires or zabayniya).when the sinful residents of hell beg malik for help, he tells them that they must stay in hell forever because they denied the truth when it was once showed to them: and they shall call, o malik, let thy lord have done with

hell beg malik for help, he tells them that they must stay in hell forever because they denied the truth when it was once showed to them: and they shall call, o malik, let thy lord have done with us! he will say, you will surely tarry. most of you were averse to the truth (arberry 1969, 205. malik makes life even worse for them by stoking the fires and making jokes. the only relief comes for the muslim sinners in hell who can escape such treatment by reciting allah, the compassionate, the merciful. malik knows that these true believers will one day be freed from hell by muhammad. in an interesting variation on tradition, sufis (islamic mystics) reinterpreted iblis s disobedience as an act of love for god, and as an act of obedience to the law that only god should be worshiped. to bow down

ers will one day be freed from hell by muhammad. in an interesting variation on tradition, sufis (islamic mystics) reinterpreted iblis s disobedience as an act of love for god, and as an act of obedience to the law that only god should be worshiped. to bow down to adam, in other words, would have been an acknowledgment of another god other than god, and thus an act of idolatry a severe sin in the muslim tradition. iblis, to continue this line of interpretation, was a true lover of god, and thus a sufi. iblis knew that the consequences of his actions would be punishment, but he preferred remaining true to his love of god (and the consequences of being condemned to hell) over being untrue to his love of god and remaining in heaven. the koran is especially focused on the day of judgement, whe

te school, believed that if a believer entered hell, god could forgive his sins or nonconformities and remove him, either immediately or after a certain period during which imperfections had been burned away. the basis for this doctrine is the hadith, he shall make men come out of hell after they have been burned and reduced to cinders. in addition to this purgatory of suffering, there is another muslim limbo al-a raf, the heights or ramparts, described in a chapter of the koran by that name in which those souls reside who do not merit damnation, yet who are unable to enter paradise. see also harut and marut; iblis; jinn for further reading: arberry, a. j. the koran interpreted. 1955. reprint, new york:macmillan, 1969. the encyclopaedia of islam. leiden: e. j. brill, 1978. glass, cyril. th

e, and to seduce sleeping men in order to produce demon sons. she is a patroness of witches, and is usually depicted as a beautiful vampire,with great claws as feet. lilith can be found in iranian, babylonian, mexican, greek, arab, english, german, oriental, and north american indian legends, and is often associated with other characters, such as the queen of sheba and helen of troy. according to muslim legend, lilith slept with satan. in the talmud, she was the first wife of adam who refused to accept her subservient role. adam then ejected her, and god created eve as a more obedient helpmate. lilith is then said to have copulated with lucifer and his demons, producing hundreds of lilin, demonesses who became the succubi of both jewish and medieval christian legend. she was regarded as a

ds hell. this is according to the koran, which states that malik is aided by nineteen other angel guards (sbires or zabayniya. when the sinful residents of hell beg malik for help, he tells them that they must stay in hell forever because they denied the truth when it was once showed to them. malik makes life even worse for them by stoking the fires and making jokes. the only relief comes for the muslim sinners in hell who can escape such treatment by reciting allah, the compassionate, the merciful. malik knows that these true believers will one day be freed from hell by muhammad. see also islam for further reading: the encyclopaedia of islam. leiden: e. j. brill, 1978. glass, cyril. the concise encyclopedia of islam. san francisco: harper san francisco, 1989. mammon in folklore, mammon is

must objectively evaluate the legal significance of any criminal s spiritual beliefs. in most cases, including those involving satanists, it will have little or no legal significance. if a crime is committed as part of a spiritual belief system, it should make no difference which belief system it is. the crime is the same whether a child is abused or murdered as part of a christian, hare krishna, muslim, or any other belief system.we generally don t label crimes with the name of the perpetrator s religion.why then are the crimes of child molesters, rapists, sadists, and murderers who happen to be involved in satanism and the occult labeled as satanic or occult crimes? if criminals use a spiritual belief system to rationalize and justify or to facilitate and enhance their criminal activity

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

tent are 20 evolution and religious creation myths there conflicts between the two in these religions? and are creationist movements present within world religions outside christianity? in what follows, we discuss these matters in relation to islam, judaism, hinduism, and buddhism. islam islam is an arabic word meaning both submission and peace. at the core of the islamic faith is the idea that a muslim submits to allah (god, thus finding spiritual peace. islam emphasizes the oneness and unity of allah, that muhammad was his final prophet (in arabia in the seventh figure 1.2 representatives of some of the major non-christian denominations in the world. clockwise from top left: a jewish woman celebrating hanukkah with a nouveau menorah; nepalese women celebrating the hindu festival of teej;

us finding spiritual peace. islam emphasizes the oneness and unity of allah, that muhammad was his final prophet (in arabia in the seventh figure 1.2 representatives of some of the major non-christian denominations in the world. clockwise from top left: a jewish woman celebrating hanukkah with a nouveau menorah; nepalese women celebrating the hindu festival of teej; a buddhist monk in thailand; a muslim bridegroom from bangladesh (from linda stone s collection. creationism and intelligent design 21 century c.e, and that the quran is allah s divine word recited by muhammad. the general belief is that the quran is to be fully understood only in the original arabic. lives of muslims are governed by the five pillars of islam (1) the witness i witness that there is no god but allah; i witness t

lifetime. as with christianity, there is within the vast world of islama wide spectrum of opinions on evolution versus creationism or id. on the one hand, many muslims around the world maintain that there is no conflict whatsoever between evolution and the tenets of islam. at the other end of the spectrum, the teaching of evolution is forbidden in the islamic nation of saudi arabia. in addition, muslim followers of wahhabism (the dominant version of islam in saudi arabia) reject evolution, holding that it is incompatible with islam. this movement (now more often called salafism) is named after a person who lived in saudi arabia in the 1700s. it has sought to restore islam to its original form. other than this, we are aware of only one creationist movement in themuslim world. this movement

nslated as aaron and yahya means john. these, according to oktar, are his two favorite prophets. taner edis of truman state university in kirksville, missouri, has written a cogent critique of this movement (see web site listed in further readings, so here we only summarize the main characteristics of harun yahya. like the bible, the quran declares special creation without evolution. in the past, muslim clerics rarely bothered to dismiss evolution, the concept of which they saw as a sign of moral decrepitude of the west. according to edis, this attitude started changing in the recent past in the most industrialized muslim country, turkey, in reaction to modernization. much like conservative christians in the united states, says edis, a fraction of turkish society has found it necessary to

lism are extraordinary bedfellows. but if both adopt the idea that science is in the end something that resides entirely in the eye of the beholder, then christian the dangers of creationism 183 fundamentalism should also consider relativity in religious matters. this means that, to be logically consistent, christian fundamentalists should advocate equal time for the teaching of christian, hindu, muslim, buddhist, native american, and so on, stories of creation. in fact, this would not be such a bad idea, as long as these stories were told in a course on comparative religions, for example, but not in science courses. creationism and science education questioning and requestioning empirical observations and the theories that explain them are at the core of the scientific process. of course

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

palm supporting the right check, the face fronting makkah. close behind him is placed ab bakr, whose face fronts muhammad's shoulder, and then umar, who occupies the same position with respect to his predecessor. amongst christian historians there is a popular story to the effect that muhammadans believed the coffin of their prophet to be suspended in the air, which has no foundation whatever in muslim literature, and niebuhr thinks the story must have arisen from the rude pictures sold to strangers (see a dictionary of islam) concerning the character of mohammed there have been the grossest misconceptions. no evidence exists to support the charges of extreme cruelty and licentiousness laid at his door. on the other hand, the more closely the life of mohammed is scrutinized by dispassiona

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

s. the canarian people of ecuador, the inuit people of alaska (eskimo, and the luiseno tribe of southern california tell tales of a small remnant of humanity surviving a great flood by taking refuge on mountaintops. the chickasaw people of america s dakota region say that a great flood destroyed all of humanity, with the exception of a small family and 2 of every creature. and as for the jews and muslim s, they pretty much echo the bible s version of events. and of coarse you have the aforementioned noah, whose family survived a massive flood in a boat with 2 of every animal, released birds to indicate the presence of dry land, and landed on a mountain. did humanity have a collective bad dream? did a deluge of biblical proportions (forgive me) leave an imprint so deep that none were left u

ons tend to prefer arriving as hideous forms, with voices and odors that humans find disagreeable. the jinn [2.6] the word jinn is arabic for demon, and it is where we get the word genie. unlike many religions (christianity to name one, muslims have been given more detailed information regarding the beings in the spirit world, and since much of these details are echoed by those in the occult, the muslim perspective regarding the spirit world is worth reviewing here. muslims believe that the jinn were created before mankind and are beings are free-will (to an extent. the bodies of the jinn are said to be made of smokeless flame, while humans are said to be made of clay, and angels of light. the jinn may come in many forms, but the most common forms are those of spirits, of man, and snakes;

ack to earth. they believe that the falling (shooting) stars are jinn who have been attacked by angels, and forced to plummet back to earth. today it is part of popular culture to make a wish when witnessing a falling star. since making a wish is something you re encouraged to do upon meeting a genie, it is likely that this tradition of making a wish when witnessing a falling star is based on the muslim belief that shooting stars are genies. naturally, muslims are prohibited from making a wish upon sighting a shooting star, and are further prohibited from employing the aid or services of demons. muslims believe that jinn mostly prefer to live in places far from the habitation of humans, but the human-looking demons may choose to live among mankind. jinn are believed to live in places such

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

n arches associated with flying buttress. this transition occurred only in france, the country where gothic architecture was born. in the other schools during this intermediary period there were only blends "romano- gothic" monuments. it is an error to regard the broken arch or tiers-point as a characteristic innovation of the gothic style, however. ancient persia, the orient (mainly armenia, and muslim spain knew it before the west did. the pilgrims of the end of the ninth century, the crusaders of 1099, or those who had fought against the moors of cordoba in the iberian peninsula were able to propagate it on their return "it was accepted by roman architects not as a thing of beauty but as a necessity. the broken- arch vault in fact had a weaker thrust than the groined vault."6 because th

the art of the builders. in this sense they followed the example of religious communities such as the benedictines and cistercians. 2. the influence that the eastern world byzantine and islamic exercised over western civilization at the time of the crusades and the primary role assumed by the templars in this social and cultural influence, including the close ties they developed to byzantine and muslim guilds. 3. the templars' specific involvement in the formation in europe of professional communities, primarily those of builders, which includes our discovery of the source of the francs metiers in general and operative freemasonry in particular. the templars, creators of the brotherhoods of builders the templars, protectors of the holy land and guardians of the faithful, were great builde

created and on the economic and social role of the collegia, both of which effected the policies of the king concerning cities and the trades. in fact, the temple took part in this game for its own benefit, of course and though it contributed to the greatness of the order, it ultimately abetted its downfall. 70 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages the influence of the muslim world crusaders and templars, and through them the western world, were subject to the overall influence of byzantium and particularly that of its secular institutions, notably the collegia. but occurring at the same time was islam's powerful ascendancy and its influence was as profound as that of the byzantine empire. nor was it limited to the operative plane of construction. born from a so

ire. nor was it limited to the operative plane of construction. born from a social and practical viewpoint, its effects overflowed widely into the speculative, intellectual, and spiritual domains until its message was propagated, just like that of byzantium, throughout the entire christian west. it is important to note that there was never a constant state of warfare between the the christian and muslim camps. in fact, a strong, neighborly relationship was created between them. there were even alliances concluded between the two sides. the necessities of war led the crusaders to profit from the divisions that existed among the "infidels" and to exploit the offices of one to combat the others so much so, in fact, that the first lessons learned from the muslims were primarily utilitarian and

master guillaume de sonnace got along so well with the turkish emirs that a chronicler wrote "the master of the temple and the sultan of egypt have made so strong a peace between them that they bled themselves together every two years in the same bowl+ when the different branches of the military, governed mainly by common interests, gave way to a peaceful coexistence, the christians found in the muslim world a favorable milieu and climate. claude cahen, a specialist in islamic studies, came to this conclusion in his summary work orient et occident au temps des croisades "the image of the muslim world up until the eleventh century is that of a very* guillaume de tyr, histoire des croisades, vol. 4, 243, 414, geoffrey de tyr, who was hostile toward the templars, appears to have inflated the

1929, 101. the crusades and the templars 73 remarkable multifaith society that is politically dominated by islam, but in which a large proportion of believers in other faiths manage to live without difficulty, in a kind of symbiosis for which we would search in vain to find an equivalent in other societies" islam opened for christians numerous doors toward social understanding and harmony. on the muslim side, the principle artisans of this action were the ismaili sects, particularly the karmates and the assassins. the ismaliens were a bough of the shiite branch of islam. karmate propaganda, born from ismailism, took on the form of a large reform movement that was both social and religious in scope. from the ninth to eleventh centuries, this movement shook the muslim world, including syria

al assistance and the initiatory oaths.27 trade secrets were gradually passed on to each grade in accordance with a legal custom (dustur, which was transmitted orally. the kinship of these professional brotherhoods with the christianized collegia of the late roman empire is obvious. among their members could be found not only arabs but converts mainly christians and jews. in lands that had become muslim it seemed that there was some sort of transformation taking place in the various models of latin and byzantine institutions that had survived. the karmati movement, which is the source of these muslim institutions, stands out both religiously and philosophically in its introduction to islam of basic foreign assumptions primarily those that were hellenic, neoplatonic, pseudo-hermetic, and "s

rn world. we have already* it should be noted that the middle east, cradle of the christian world, had long been disposed to the synthesis of religions and philosophies. the crusades and the templars 75 shown how such influence occurred well before the crusades in the holy land. in fact, the very first crusade was the eleventh century crusade in spain, the advance post of christianity against the muslim world. this effort was the work of the benedictines of cluny. the crusades into spain and the middle east served to intensify and expand the propagation in the west of arab influences triggered two centuries earlier by the initial contact between the two civilizations. these influences were especially attributable to the initiatory movements that maintained the best and most long-lasting re

at its symbolism is closely tied to that of philosophy and construction. in the architectural domain, european builders were subject to the direct influence of the arab world. in fact, masons' marks, those symbolic markings left by european masons on all their work starting at the end of the twelfth century, had been in common use throughout the east since the remote past.29 those in the east and muslim spain were familiar with the broken arch and the tiers point long before the europeans. in some portions of france (especially in central france and the midi region, in spain (as seen in the portal of santiago de compostela and the san pablo del campo cloister in barcelona, and in germany (primarily along the banks of the rhine, romanesque buildings, some of which date to before the twelfth

me city, and in the church of limburg.30 no less curious are the borders and frames that derive from arabic letters and that even carry transcriptions in kufic of passages of the qur'an (which can be seen in moissac, puy, and saint guilhem le desert in the herault region. templars and muslims on the christian side, the benedictines and templars played an important role in the propagation of these muslim influences. of course, the templars, recipients of arabic knowledge and culture, which they then passed on to others, did not necessarily explore these influences through high scientific and metaphysical speculation. they were primarily men of action, warriors and builders* from their extensive relations with ismailian sects and arab corporations, the templars were at least aware of and lar

tside the respective dogmas of assassins and templars there were flexible interpretations of ideas and doctrines. members of the two groups managed to make the transition from one faith to to another: muslims became christians and christians became muslims without experiencing any disorientation. there were affiliations of ismailians and saracen rulers in the temple and perhaps templars among the muslim brotherhoods. this becomes all the more likely given that the faith of eastern christians showed such distinctive features that it was almost impossible to discern any demarcations between these christian sects and the derivatives of islam. both sides came closer to one shared ideal. the fatimids of cairo imagined the possibility of a peaceful universalism that was the rebirth of the though

itimized by reasons of state; it was only the means used to accomplish this destruction that were iniquitous. 6 the templars, the francs metiers, and freemasonry the templars and the master builders when the templars extended their commanderies into europe with the help of their christian worker assistants, they brought with them the traditional rites and secrets of the byzantine collegia and the muslim turuq, which had much in common. it is not rash to assert that the forms and ideas of these associations inspired and penetrated the "master associations" that were forming then and which the templars used or guided for their constructions. these rites and customs combined with the remnants and symbols passed down by the brotherhoods of the early middle ages in regions where memories of rom

1200. in fact, as we saw earlier, the importance of the francs metiers was so great in flanders that the four cities of bruges, audenarde, gand, and alost were called the "four francs metiers" the exercise of crafts in franchise was no doubt unknown in the west before the templars introduced the free forms of craft associations that they had created earlier in the holy land based on byzantine or muslim models. it could be said that under the templar influence, flanders became the cradle for the franc metiers. this explains and provides justification for the theory, presented by some other authors, that freemasonry was created by the templars in the kingdom of jerusalem and imported from there into flanders and hainaut and england as well. in england the order received large donations, not

g to verifiable facts and the probabilities they justify, we can summarize as follows the role attributable to the templars in the formation of freemasonry: the templars, the francs metiers, and freemasonry 101 1. the templars formed monastic builders associations that possessed greco-roman traditions passed down by the benedictines and cistercians. 2. the templars had close ties to christian and muslim architectonic associations in the east and were subject to their operative and initiatory influences. 3. in europe the templars were the source of the creation and development of builders associations that long enjoyed specific exemptions. the terms francs metiers and freemasonry are derived from these associations. 4. following the dissolution of the templar order, a certain number of temp

RUBY TABLET OF SET

ciety of friends in the u.s. o reorganized church of jesus christ of latter day saints o seventh-day adventist church o unity school of christianity o the way international o worldwide church of god. indian heritage groups o integral yoga international o international society for krishna consciousness o sri chinmoy centres o syda yoga dham o world plan executive council. islamic groups o american muslim mission o hanafi madh-hab center of islam faith o islamic center o shi'a islam o sufi order. japanese heritage groups o buddhist churches of america o nichiren shoshu of america o perfect liberty kyodan o zen center of rochester (new york. jewish groups o black judaism o conservative judaism o federation of reconstructionist congregations and havurot o lubavitch hassidism o orthodox judaism

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

d would draw the mosaic floors, a second the figures, a third would paint the chinese-looking cloudy skies. on the backs of the cloths were the stories that accompanied the scenes. the pictures would be shown like a movie: held up while someone read out the hero's tale. in the _hamza-nama_ you could see the persian miniature fusing with kannada and keralan painting styles, you could see hindu and muslim philosophy forming their characteristically late--mughal synthesis. a giant was trapped in a pit and his human tormentors were spearing him in the forehead. a man sliced vertically from the top of his head to his groin still held his sword as he fell. everywhere, bubbling spillages of blood. saladin chamcha took a grip on himself "the savagery" he said loudly in his english voice "the sheer

when he submits to the inevitable, when he slides heavy-lidded towards visions of his angeling, passes his loving mother who has a different name for him, shaitan, she calls him, just like shaitan, same to same, because he has been fooling around with the tiffins to be carried into the city for the office workers' lunch, mischeevious imp, she slices the air with her hand, rascal has been putting muslim meat compartments into hindu non-veg tiffin-carriers, customers are up in arms. little devil, she scolds, but then folds him in her arms, my little farishta, boys will be boys, and he falls past her into sleep, growing bigger as he falls and the falling begins to feel like flight, his mother's voice wafts distantly up to him, baba, look how you grew, enor_mouse, wah-wah, applause. he is gig

the village panchayat assembled, it sat on the mightiest branch of all. the villagers had grown accustomed to referring to the tree by the name of the village, and to the village simply as "the tree. the banyan's non-human inhabitants- honey ants, squirrels, owls- were accorded the respect due to fellow-citizens. only the butterflies were ignored, like hopes long since shown to be false. it was a muslim village, which was why the convert osman had come here with his clown's outfit and his "boom-boom" bullock after he had embraced the faith in an act of desperation, hoping that changing to a muslim name would do him more good than earlier re-namings, for example when untouchables were renamed "children of god. as a child of god in chatnapatna he had not been permitted to draw water from the

osman would nod, happily: boom, boom. osman the convert and his boom-boom bullock were well liked in titlipur, but the young man only wanted the approval of one person, and she would not give it. he had admitted to her that his conversion to islam had been largely tactical "just so i could get a drink, bibi, what's a man to do" she had been outraged by his confession, informed him that he was no muslim at all, his soul was in peril and he could go back to chatnapatna and die of thirst for all she cared. her face coloured, as she spoke, with an unaccountably strong disappointment in him, and it was the vehemence of this disappointment that gave him the optimism to remain squatting a dozen paces from her home, day after day, but she continued to stalk past him, nose in air, without so much

ich srinivas lumbered over to the roadside canteen around which the titlipur pilgrims were crowding while potato bhurta and parathas were handed round. he arrived at the same time as the chatnapatna police jeep. the inspector was standing on the passenger seat, shouting through a megaphone that he intended to take strong action against this "communal" march if it was not disbanded at once. hindu--muslim business, srinivas thought; bad, bad. the police were treating the pilgrimage as some kind of sectarian demonstration, but when mirza saeed akhtar stepped forward and told the inspector the truth the officer became confused. sri srinivas, a brahmin, was obviously not a man who had ever considered making a pilgrimage to mecca, but he was impressed nevertheless. he pushed up through the crowd

he car" srinivas felt helpless, as though mighty hands were gripping his limbs "there is my business, but "this is a suicide mission for many of our people" mirza saeed urged him "i need help. naturally i could pay "money is no object" srinivas retreated, affronted "excuse, please, sethji. i must consider "don't you see" mirza saeed shouted after him "we are not communal people, you and i. hindu--muslim bhai-bhai! we can open up a secular front against this mumbo-jumbo" srinivas turned back "but i am not an unbeliever" he protested "the picture of goddess lakshmi is always on my wall "wealth is an excellent goddess for a businessman" mirza saeed said "and in my heart" srinivas added. mirza saeed lost his temper "but goddesses, i swear. even your own philosophers admit that these are abstra

with her head on a smooth stone which the sarpanch found for her. the old man wept, but that didn't do any good, and she was dead within a minute. he ran back to the march and confronted ayesha angrily "i should never have listened to you" he told her "and now you have killed my wife" the march stopped. mirza saeed akhtar, spotting an opportunity, insisted loudly that khadija be taken to a proper muslim burial ground. but ayesha objected "we are ordered by the archangel to go directly to the sea, without returns or detours" mirza saeed appealed to the pilgrims "she is your sarpanch's beloved wife" he shouted "will you dump her in a hole by the side of the road" when the titlipur villagers agreed that khadija should be buried at once, saeed could not believe his ears. he realized that their

e down and let the living have all the fun "we have to tell him" salahuddin insisted when the visitors had left. nasreen bowed her head; and nodded. kasturba burst into tears. they told him the next morning, having asked the specialist to attend to answer any questions changez might have. the specialist, panikkar (a name the english would mispronounce and giggle over, salahuddin thought, like the muslim "fakhar, arrived at ten, shining with self--esteem "i should tell him" he said, taking control "most patients feel ashamed to let their loved ones see their fear "the hell you will" salahuddin said with a vehemence that took him by surprise "well, in that case" panikkar shrugged, making as if to leave; which won the argument, because now nasreen and kasturba pleaded with salahuddin "please

SATANGEL

a hundred and eighty-five thousand men from the army of sennercherib, the assyrian king who threatened jerusalem in 701 b.c. in the war of the sons of light against the sons of darkness, which is one of the dead sea scrolls, he is named as the prince of light, who leads a host against belial. in this role he is the viceroy of heaven, which was also the title of lucifer before the fall. there are muslim traditions which describe micha-el as possessing wings the colour of green emerald k covered with saffron hairs, each of them containing a million faces and mouths and as many tongues which, in a million dialects, implore the pardon of allah. he is the angel of the last judgement and weigher of souls. in the middle ages he was considered the psychopomp, conducting souls to the other world

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

orah. moksha: salvation; liberation from rebirth. monastery: a place where religious people such as monks live, away from the world and following strict religious guidelines. monotheism: belief in one supreme being. morality: following the rules of right behavior and conduct. moshiach: the expected messiah in jewish belief. muezzin: the person who issues the call to prayer. murti: image of a god. muslim: a follower of islam, from the arabic phrase bianna musliman, meaning submitted ourselves to god. myth: a legendary story, often with no basis in historical fact, that frequently tells of the actions of deities and helps to explain some naturally occurring event or some supernatural occurrence. mythology: the collected stories of a culture or religion, especially those dealing with the orig

rica. by 2002 there were 3.6 million baha s in asia and 1.8 million in africa, with about 150,000 members of the faith in the united states, 15,000 in canada, and 130,000 in europe. history and development the baha religion developed over a period known as the heroic age of the baha faith, which lasted from 1844 to 1921. the baha religion emerged from an earlier faith, babi (pronounced bah-bee, a muslim sect (a sect is a small religious group that has branched off from a larger established religion) the babi sect was founded in persia by sayyid ali muhammad of shiraz (1819 1850. in 1844 ali muhammad, a twenty-five-year-old merchant, proclaimed himself a messenger of god, taking the title the bab, or gate in arabic. he considered himself 69 a gateway through which god could communicate divi

ances to the babi. tensions grew between the two brothers when new followers to the religion and those visiting baghdad recognized baha u lla h, not subh-i azal, as their spiritual leader. in order to avoid conflict, baha u lla h went into isolation in the mountains of kurdistan far to the north of baghdad. he stayed there for two years, coming into contact with members of sufi orders, a mystical muslim sect. he became known as a wise man of the mountains and wrote one of his first books, four valleys, during this time. when baha u lla h returned to baghdad he discovered that twenty-five people had already claimed to be the messenger from god that the bab had predicted and that subh-i azal had had several of his opponents killed. baha u lla h spent the next seven years in baghdad and his f

he baha religion, called hands of the cause of god. baha s have faced persecution for their beliefs. persecution is to mistreat others because of different beliefs or other characteristics. the baha faith grew out of a region dominated by islam. for muslims, the prophet muhammad (c. 570 632) was the last of god s messengers. baha u lla h s claim to be a prophet is blasphemous, or an insult to the muslim faith. baha persecution has been particularly harsh in iran. in 1978 a muslim government was established in iran and hundreds of baha s were killed, while hundreds more were imprisoned. although baha s respect all religions and their holy books, they have faced repression, imprisonment, and even death for professing their own faith. about baha belief. baha s believe in the oneness of all th

indu traditions. after the death of ashoka, a new dynasty called the sunga (185 73 bce) came to power. the sunga dynasty persecuted (mistreated) buddhists, killing monks and destroying their monasteries. despite this treatment, the religion flourished and reached its greatest numbers in india by the fifth century ce. afterward, however, buddhism declined in the buddha s native land. following the muslim invasion of india in the twelfth century, buddhism in india virtually came to an end. by the late twentieth century less than 1 percent of indians were buddhists. buddhism becomes known in the west it was not until the nineteenth century that buddhism became well-known and understood in the west. philosophers (people who study questions of moral behavior and the meaning of life, such as the

church and the byzantine empire faced another challenge. traditional christian areas of north africa, egypt, and palestine came under the control of the followers of islam (a religion marked by belief in one god, allah, and the acceptance of muhammad as the chief and last prophet of god. the catholic church in the west also felt the power of islam when spain was invaded in the eighth century and muslim, or moorish, rule was established there. although in some instances the two religions managed to live peacefully side-by-side, relations were more typically hostile. such hostility was a result of different beliefs about jesus. christians see christ as godlike and part of the trinity. but for muslims, jesus was just one more prophet or messenger of god, and muhammad was the major prophet. m

the holy land from the muslims (the holy land consists of the biblical region of palestine, which includes world religions: almanac 127 christianity sites considered sacred by jews, christians, and muslims) the crusades were largely unsuccessful. although those who participated in the first crusade did retake jerusalem in 1099, later crusades could not maintain this foothold in what had become a muslim-dominated region. the inquisition and humanism as the roman catholic church gained power over the princes and kings of europe in the holy roman empire, it also created the inquisition, a group formed to control heresy (opinions or beliefs that go against church teachings) by means of harsh punishments. the inquisition began in the thirteenth century and by the sixteenth century it had becom

n the thirteenth century and by the sixteenth century it had become an official office of the catholic church. during the middle ages (the period of european history from c. 500 c. 1500, the inquisition used forms of torture to get confessions of heresy from people. those found guilty were burned at the stake. in 1453 constantinople, the center of the eastern orthodox church, was conquered by the muslim ottoman turks, a tribe that was creating a great islamic empire in the middle east and in asia minor. in time the turks also took over greece, causing many christian scholars and in 313 ce the roman emperor constantine declared christianity to be a legal religion under the roman empire. by 380 it had become the empire s official religion. the granger collection, new york. reproduced by perm

ero, hercules, was a roman adaptation of the greek hero herakles. from computer games using mythical characters, to company names such as nike (named for the greek goddess of victory, greek myths continue to have an impact on modern life. the philosophy that came out of ancient greece and rome had a resounding impact in all spheres of thought, not only in the west but also in the near east, where muslim scholars preserved the tradition after the fall of the roman empire in the fifth century. it was largely through arabic texts that the greek philosophers were re-discovered during the renaissance, beginning in about the fourteenth century. greco-roman thought established the foundations of critical thinking and reasoning characteristic of western philosophy. influences on religion the greek

lorida, 2005. web sites sioux religion. st. martin s college. overview of world religions. http//philtar. ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/nam/sioux.html (accessed on june 5, 2006. 290 world religions: almanac indigenous religions 12 islam islam is the dominant religion of the middle east, north africa, and much of southeast asia. its reach extends worldwide, and its followers are called muslims. the term muslim comes from the arabic phrase bianna musliman, meaning roughly submitted ourselves to god. islam was founded in the early seventh century in mecca, a city in the arabian peninsula in modern-day saudi arabia. according to islamic belief, in 610 islam s prophet, muhammad (c. 570 632, began receiving revelations and prophecies from the archangel jabra il (gabriel. these revelations, which conti

when the world will end; allah s judgment of human affairs; and life after death. it is the world s second largest religion, with approximately one to 1.3 billion members. while islam is thought of as a predominantly middle eastern religion, the country with the largest number of muslims is indonesia, with 130 million, representing 90 percent of the nation s population. other countries with large muslim populations include india, with 80 million (13 percent of the population; pakistan, 73 million (97 percent; bangladesh, 72 million (85 percent; turkey, 56 million (98 percent; and iran, 35 million (98 percent. muslims also make up 291 95 percent or more of the populations of afghanistan, saudi arabia, iraq, jordan, yemen, and oman. in all, approximately 760 million muslims live in asia and

ith the largest number in russia, where muslims comprise 19 percent of the population. it is unknown how many muslims live in the united states. islamic organizations put the number at a minimum of six million, while independent polling organizations put the number variously at one to three million. canada s roughly 580,000 muslims represent about 2 percent of that nation s population. becoming a muslim requires no formal rituals or ceremonies, such as baptism in christianity. to become a muslim, a person has to recite the shahadah, or declaration of faith, in front of two witnesses. this declaration consists of the words ashahadu an la ilaha ill allah wa ashahadu ann muhammadar rasulullah, or i declare there is no god except god, and i declare that muhammad is the messenger of god. histor

for muslims. haram: prohibited activities for muslims. jinn: evil spirits that tempt a person away from dedication to allah. ka aba: the shrine built by the prophet abraham in the holy city of mecca and the focal point of pilgrimages to the city. mecca: a city in present-day saudi arabia, the holiest site of islam, where the religion was founded. muezzin: the person who issues the call to prayer. muslim: a follower of islam, from the arabic phrase bianna musliman, meaning submitted ourselves to god. qur an: the sacred scriptures of islam; contain the revelations given to the prophet muhammad revealed to him beginning in 610. ra kah: a unit of prayer. salat: daily prayer. saum: fasting. shahadah: the islamic declaration of faith. it consists of the words ashahadu an la ilaha ill allah wa as

ly site for muslims. after thirteen years of hostility from meccans, muhammad discovered a plot to assassinate him. he and his followers left mecca for the city of yathrib to the north. the residents of yathrib gave muhammad a warm welcome. soon they changed the city s name to medina, from the arabic phrase madinat al-nadi, or city of the prophet. as muhammad oversaw the construction of the first muslim mosque (place of worship) and created an islamic state, the muslims in medina successfully repelled at least three invasions by meccan armies. in time they conquered mecca, destroyed idols, and converted mecca into a muslim community. mecca today is the world s holiest site to muslims, who are expected to make a pilgrimage there at least once during their lives. in the seventh century the l

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above to return on water down below once you have placed the last implement on it's sigil, bow your head again to the east and return to the center. here, you will go down to one knee, bow your head, and complete the summoning of the puck lord with the traditional practise of saying the lord's prayer backwards. the reversal of the lord's prayer hearkens back to the dhulkarnen cultus, who reversed muslim prayers to bring forth the two-horned one, and even the horsemen's word were reported to summon forth old hornie with certain prayers and bible passages said backwards. the northumberland witches likewise used the reversed lord's prayer to summon the old one. the logic is simple; the reversing the prayer means "reversing the flow" and returning to the source of the prayer- that is, the myst

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and varies from culture to culture. in this light we can see that god did not change joe smith from a drunken bastard to a pillar of strength, but rather, it was the psyop technique and the religious and spiritual significance joe smith found in god that has provided the impetus and energy to direct the will to create change. this is why these psyop techniques are just as valid for the christian, muslim, buddhist, or even atheist! the underlieing technical mechanism is the same for all of these belief systems. however, the trappings that has given these techniques personal significance are all different, and even ideologically opposed to each other. a rather important aspect to this concept is that the individual must totally transfer their beliefs to an outward and externalized totem(s. t

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a way of authenticating documents. examples of grips and handshakes i have included in this section of codex magica drawings of a number of masonic handshakes taken from official masonic publications and from other objective sources. in addition to freemasonry, there are scores of illuminati secret societies and many have their own unique handgrips and signs. moreover, the mormon church, the sufi muslim brotherhood, and even the notorious mafia have their own identifying handgrips and signs. in the pages that follow in this chapter, you'll see a large number of well-known persons sharing handgrips and handshakes that clearly are masonic and illuminist. subject to interpretation it is true that a handshake can be a questionable thing in its interpretation. all of us have attempted handshake

or mark of x is sometimes made as a substitute for a man's signature on legal documents. and the continued use of the mysterious x abounds. children at play can be heard to say "cross my heart and hope to die" in the greek alphabet, the letter chi is denoted with the symbol x, and given the numerical designation of 600. the numeroligists say that triple x, then, would yield the number 666. black muslim leaders obviously see x as a substitute name of great spiritual significance. two well-known black muslim leaders have been named malcolm x and louis x, names they chose for themselves. the latter, who was born louis eugene wolcott in 1933 in new york city, changed his name to louis x after his conversion to islam by black muslim leader elijah muhammed. today, he is known as louis farrakhan

the jewish cabala 443 an excerpt from p. 42 of richardson s monitor of freemasonry showing the due guard of the mark master in the lodge. cabalistic jews also have similar signs, some using one finger, others using two fingers to the head as is customarily the case in the mark master (4th) degree. malcolm x wears a ring of the black muslims while giving the masonic sign. both malcolm x and black muslim leader louis farrakhan were initiated into the 33rd degree of prince hall freemasonry, an order exclusively made up of african ethnics. 444 codex magica magical signs of the jewish cabala 445 446 codex magica edgar bronfman, jr, son of billionaire edgar bronfman, sr, head of the world jewish congress, is ceo of seagram, the giant liquor and entertainment industry conglomerate. seagram's log

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himself. both spheres are associated with human characters who are thought to manifest this level on a collective human level. bodhisattvas, secret masters or prophets. since this is the central level some characters are thought to be able to mediate between the worlds above to the worlds below. persons are often connected to the two different levels according to the present public opinion: for a muslim mohammed will be a tiphereth character (of course ordinary muslims are not using this terminology, while he for the christians often have been seen as an anti-christ character and then placed in thagirion. hitler was in the beginning of his career looked upon as something of a messiah that would save germany and was here taking on the role as a tiphereth character. later he turned into a ch

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me faiths maintain that judgment is pronounced immediately after death. likewise, the concept of the world to come in jewish writings may refer to a present heaven or foretell of a future redemption on earth. buddhism while the buddhist text recognizes the existence of a self as a being that distinguishes one person from another, the buddhist teachings state that the christian, hindu, jewish, and muslim concept of an eternal metaphysical soul is inaccurate. to buddhists, the human person is but a temporary assemblage of various elements, both physical and psychical, and none of these individual aspects of a whole person can be isolated as the essential self; nor can the sum of them all constitute the self. everything, all of reality, is in a constant state of change and decay. because a hu

ion, t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 24 afterlife mysteries the near-death experiences and the afterlife website (http//www.near-death. com) presents a comprehensive overview of the near-death experience and views of the afterlife from the standpoint of all world religions including christian, new age, jewish, hindu, atheist, buddhist, and muslim. there are also ndes (neardeath experiences) of children, of those who are blind and those who committed suicide. research, analysis, and support are among the many other features on the website. there are interesting and related topics including scientific or psychic research, informative news, books, documentaries, audio, television shows, and films available within the fields of study of

an angel. jews perceived it as a sign of inspiration or an experience of god. writing in fields within fields (1971, reza arasteh, a transcultural developmental psychologist and author of final integration in the adult personality, speaks of the role that mysticism has played in all major cultures by permitting individuals to transcend cultural reality. whether one examines judaic, christian, or muslim mysticism in the near east; humanism and modern psychoanalysis in the west; or zen buddhism and taoism in far eastern cultures, the interesting point is that all these mechanisms have come to us as a path rather than as logic, as experience rather than rationality. regardless of language or cultural or temporal differences, arasteh says, all these styles of life have adopted the same goal o

as a manifestation of mother mary. the image of the blessed mother remained in full view of the priest, the two mechanics, and a growing crowd of excited witnesses for several minutes, then disappeared. the news of the holy mother s visitation spread rapidly from zeitoun, a suburb of cairo, to the greater metropolitan population of over six million. while the religious makeup of cairo is largely muslim, there is a fairly large coptic catholic minority. thousands began to gather at the majestic church of zeitoun at tomanbey street and khalil lane to see for themselves the place where the queen of heaven had come to earth. amazingly, for the next three years, the visions of the holy mother manifested sporadically atop the dome of the church. millions claimed to witness the visitations, and

on was ordered to rid europe of heretics. by 1257, the church officially sanctioned torture as a means of forcing witches, sorcerers, and shapeshifters to confess their alliance with satan (fortean picture library) t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d religious phenomena 201 the city of jerusalem contains some of the most venerated sites in the muslim, christian, and jewish religions. to name only a few, the muslims built the dome of the rock over the place from which muhammad ascended to heaven; the jews revere the wailing wall, all that remains of the great temple of solomon destroyed by the romans; and the christians flock to the church of the holy sepulchre, built around the tomb from which jesus rose from the dead. because of the ex

enter deep states of trance or religious ecstasy might trigger a mind-body link capable of t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d religious phenomena 243 gabriel byrne portrays a priest in the movie stigmata (kevork djansezian/ ap/wide world photos) producing stigmata. and the phenomenon is not exclusively a christian one. cases are also known of muslim stigmatics who bear wounds that correspond to those known to have been suffered by muhammed (c. 570 c.e. 632 c.e) while doing battle. m delving deeper carty, rev. charles m. padre pio the stigmatist. dublin: clonmore and reynolds, 1955. crim, keith, gen. ed. the perennial dictionary of world religions. san francisco: harpersanfrancisco, 1989. steiner, johannes. therese neumann. new york: al

the old saying goes, for those who believe, no explanation is needed. for those who do not believe, no explanation is possible. just before christmas in 1996, a painting of jesus was seen by hundreds of eyewitnesses to be weeping red tears. this painting was no ordinary icon, for it hangs in the bethlehem church of the nativity, above the spot where christian tradition maintains jesus was born. a muslim cleaning lady was the first to see a light that came from the painting just prior to the tears flowing from the eyes of jesus. since her sighting, thousands of christians of all denominations, along with many jews and muslims, have witnessed the tears. among other recent manifestations of weeping statues and icons are the following: rooty hill, near sydney, australia: since 1994, tears have

orical period agree that the nearly 40 years of warfare against the cathars ruined the most civilized nation in thirteenth-century europe. the pitiless cruelty and brutal licentiousness, which was habitual among the crusaders, achieved new depths of inhumanity against the albigenses. no man was spared in their wrath. no woman was spared their violence. it has been observed that no roman, hunnish, muslim, or mongol conqueror ever annihilated a christian community with greater savagery. since most of the albigensian communities were first sacked, then burned, their records and their libraries were destroyed. because the testimony of exactly what the cathars really believed was wrung out under extreme pain from those who survived the massacres and endless sieges long enough to be tortured and

0,3858, 4224163,00.html. 28 january 2002. raelian revolution website [online] http//www.rael. org. 28 january 2002. story, ron, ed. the encyclopedia of extraterrestrial encounters. new york: new american library, 2001. twentieth-century spiritual expression although millennial thought dates back to the ancient persian philosophers and was sustained through the centuries by christian, jewish, and muslim teachers, americans especially seem always to have been fascinated by the horror of a certain apocalyptic vision that includes plagues, earthquakes, and cataclysmic volcanic eruptions. christopher columbus was a devout student of biblical prophecies who believed that the world would end in 1650. he perceived that his personal mission was to find a new continent that would be a special refug

magick, can be the casting of a spell or formula to invite an evil spirit to appear. ions an atom or group of atoms that are electrically charged through the process of gaining or losing one or more electrons. from the greek ion meaning moving thing; and from the present participle of ienai meaning to go from the movement of any ion toward the electrode of the opposite charge. jinni in islamic or muslim legend, a spirit that is capable of taking on the shape of humans or animals in order to perform mischievous acts or to exercise supernatural power and influence over humans. from the arabic jinn, which is the plural of jinni. kabbalah body of mystical jewish teachings based on an interpretation of hidden meanings contained in the hebrew scriptures. kabbalah is hebrew for that which is rece

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n, literally meaning, marking off. elixir something that is a mysterious, magical substance with curative powers believed to heal all ills or to prolong life and preserve youthfulness. from the arabic al-iksir and the greek xerion, meaning dry powder for treating wounds. hoax an act of deception that is intended to make people think or believe something is real when it is not. jinni in islamic or muslim legend, a spirit that is capable of taking on the shape of humans or animals in order to perform mischievous acts or to exercise supernatural power and influence over humans. from the arabic jinn, which is the plural of jinni. kabbalist/kabbalah jewish mystical teachings that are based on hidden meanings in the hebrew scriptures. can also be spelled cabala. from the hebrew qabbalah, meaning

ion, as well as those individuals who, when they were babies, had their breastfeeding interrupted. most greeks believe that those who possess matiasma are not necessarily evil or malicious people, but may simply have the uncontrolled power to kill or injure livestock, cause mechanical breakdowns in machinery, and precipitate various accidents. the belief in the evil eye remains powerful among the muslim and christian arabs of the middle east. mothers purposely leave their children unwashed and shabbily clothed so they will not attract the attention of malignant men and women who might curse them with the evil eye if their offspring should appear too t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 194 superstitions, strange customs, taboos, and urba

his point in the ceremony, the couple rises, holds hands, and walks around the sacred fire seven times, promising to honor and respect one another and vowing to respect the gods. prayers for happiness and good fortune are said or chanted by the priest, and the assembled relatives of the couple and their guests join the newlyweds in a wedding dinner provided by the bride s family. most traditional muslim weddings are arranged by the parents, who indicate to their children that they have been judged suitable to marry each other. although (especially in contemporary times) the children have a right to decline their parents choice of spouse, many muslims still consider open courtship as undesirable and believe that the arranged marriage is much more morally acceptable. most muslim families pre

t the arranged marriage is much more morally acceptable. most muslim families prefer that their children marry within the faith of islam, but in such countries as the united states, unions with non-muslims have become more accept- t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 212 superstitions, strange customs, taboos, and urban legends most traditional muslim weddings are arranged by the parents. able and common. the exchange of the dowry, the ancient custom of the bride-price, is observed in most muslim families. once the amount of the dowry, which the groom will pay to the bride s parents, is agreed upon, that sum becomes the property of the bride. the nikah (marriage ceremony) is usually performed in private homes or in the prayer hall of the

aditional khameez(tunic) and shalwar(pants, decorated with a great deal of gold jewelry. the groom may also choose traditional clothing or a dark suit. on the day selected for the wedding, the couple are kept apart, separated in different rooms, the bride with the female guests, the groom with the male guests, until the ceremony is over. either the imam, the officiating priest of the mosque, or a muslim judge, called a qadi, presides over the ceremony and generally offers a brief series of reflections upon the sacredness of the marriage contract. the bride says that she wishes to marry the groom, and he signs the contract. two witnesses attest to the marriage agreement, and the union is documented in the records of the mosque and by whatever license is required by the civil authorities in

of the deceased is guarded by the angel of death in a place called barzakh until the day of judgment. if at all possible, friends and relatives gather around a dying person and read verses from the koran. with his or her last breath, the dying person always tries to say the shahadah: there is no god but allah, and muhammad is his messenger. large graves and headstones are not permitted to mark a muslim burial site, but the grave itself is to be raised above ground level. as the body is being taken to the burial ground, the salatul janazah, a prayer for the deceased, is read. the body is buried facing mecca, the sacred city toward which all muslims turn when they pray. in times of death, the human tendency seems to be to relieve in some way the tension caused by fear, superstition, and the

in the home. during this time, friends bring them food and express their condolences. the next month, a period known as sheloshim, the family does not go out to any type of entertainment. for the next 11 months (shanah, they say the prayer of kaddish every day. each year on the anniversary of their loved one s death, they pray the kaddish and burn a candle for 24 hours in memory of the deceased. muslim people mourn for their dead for three months after the burial service. it is customary for families to read aloud from the koran and to pray for the deceased loved one. each year the taoist chinese hold the festival of ching-ming to honor the memory of the dead. many christian hispanic nations celebrate an annual day of the dead, and in the united states, all hallow s eve, halloween, rather

magick, can be the casting of a spell or formula to invite an evil spirit to appear. ions an atom or group of atoms that are electrically charged through the process of gaining or losing one or more electrons. from the greek ion meaning moving thing; and from the present participle of ienai meaning to go from the movement of any ion toward the electrode of the opposite charge. jinni in islamic or muslim legend, a spirit that is capable of taking on the shape of humans or animals in order to perform mischievous acts or to exercise supernatural power and influence over humans. from the arabic jinn, which is the plural of jinni. kabbalah body of mystical jewish teachings based on an interpretation of hidden meanings contained in the hebrew scriptures. kabbalah is hebrew for that which is rece

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ose who joined the garduna would be absolved of all wrongdoing as long as their violence was committed only against non-christians. thousands joined the holy man in his crusade against the moors, and his army of peasants, beggars, and bandits fought so fiercely under the standard of the holy virgin of cordova that no moorish force could repel them. while the garduna may have harassed the powerful muslim armies and conducted a guerilla-type warfare against them, they by no means drove the invaders from spain as legend told it. after about 714, the gothic monarchy of spain had been replaced by the institutions of the conquering arabs, and a short time after spain had fallen to the moors, it became the most prosperous and civilized country in the west. within a few more years, the arabs had e

replaced by the institutions of the conquering arabs, and a short time after spain had fallen to the moors, it became the most prosperous and civilized country in the west. within a few more years, the arabs had extended their european empire north of the pyrenees mountains to the south of france and from the mouth of the garonne to that of the rhone. in 732, charles martel of france stemmed the muslim tide of conquest at the battle of tours, and the arabs retreated back to spain where they retained a peaceful possession of the country for many centuries. cordova became a highly respected seat of art and learning, and the arab philosophers became the sages of the west. over the centuries, the garduna degenerated into a loosely knit criminal network controlled by the descendants of the mou

c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d secret societies 13 those who followed apollinario in the garduna, would be licensed by god and the holy virgin to destroy the invading heathens. spanish empire farther if he were to acquire their wealth. he also considered them heretics because they were not christians. the slaughter of innocent people began in earnest with muslim and jewish shopkeepers and scholars condemned as heretics and witches. the terrible machinery of the inquisition was quite effective in and of itself, but ferdinand recalled the stories of the garduna, who killed only heathens, and he summoned their leaders to meet with high officers of church and state. for the bandit chiefs of the garduna, it was as if they were given a license to kill an

claimed to have been a member of the knights templar. floyran said that the order had deceived the church and the people for more than a hundred years. what had begun as a pious service to pilgrims and defenders of the cross against the infidels had degenerated into a monstrous blood cult. principal among the demons they worshipped was baphomet, the three-headed god of the assassins, a heretical muslim sect. floyran swore that he had seen initiates into the order spitting upon crucifixes, participating in vile rites, even sacrificing babies to demons. there has never been any conclusive evidence to prove whether de floyran was a true member of the knights templar who had a personal grudge against the order or if he was an imposter on the king fs own payroll, but armed with the supposed in

bsequent church council issuing stronger canons and edicts against magic and sorcery, those who dared to continue practicing the occult arts were forced to go underground. european magic remained a pastiche of older pagan practices and ancient rituals until the crusades of the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries. warrior knights, nobles, and clerics returned from their encounters with the muslim armies with a great appreciation of their science and their sophisticated levels of magic. other crusaders remained after battles had been won or lost to explore the arts of the eastern sorcerers and to learn for the first time of the alchemical works of the magi of old persia and the scholars and magicians of the byzantine empire. many christian adventurers returned with the secrets of wha

pe descended into an abyss of ignorance and religious absurdity that history accurately terms the dark ages (about 476 to 1000. but the tree of forbidden knowledge was not so easily cut down. in the east, where the crescent overshadowed the influence of the cross, arab intellectuals preserved knowledge of the occult as well as significant portions of other classical thought and ancient lore. from muslim- dominated spain, this knowledge trickled back into europe, where it was combined with alchemy and the hermetic mysteries. the objects of divination may change, but not their function. many of the ancient forms of divination are alive and flourishing in the western world today. many of them will be examined in this chapter along with examples of how they might be experienced. instructions o

ination engraving from kabbala dnudata seu dotrina hebraeorum transcendentalis et metaphysica atove theologica by christian knorr von rosenroth, 1677 (fortean picture library) t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d prophecy and divination 143 in march 2002, a red heifer was born in israel that some jewish traditionalists, as well as christian and muslim fundamentalists, believe could bring about the end of the world in 2005. according to ancient jewish teachings, it was only the ashes of a flawless red heifer that could purify worshippers who went into the temple in jerusalem. the first temple was destroyed by nebuchadnezzar in 586 b.c.e; the romans demolished the second temple in 70c.e. without a flawless red heifer to sacrifice to purify

cause they believe that after jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e) has returned and defeated the forces of evil at the battle of armageddon, he will begin his millennial reign from the third temple. which could not be rebuilt until the temple mount had been purified by the ashes of the red heifer. the genetically engineered red heifer born in 1996 created a great deal of tension in jerusalem, for muslim leaders were concerned that fundamentalist jews and christians might use the sign of the calf fs arrival as a signal to take over the temple mount, which the muslims have occupied since 1967. muslims revere the temple mount as the place where muhammad (c. 570.632) ascended into heaven; and in 685, followers of the prophet began constructing the 35-acre site known as the noble sanctuary, whi

n amulets. frog.protected fertility. ankh.everlasting life. udjat.health. scarab.resurrection after death some of the egyptian amulets are massive.a stone beetle at karnak measures five feet long by three feet wide and weighs more than two tons. source: gamulets history h [online] http//www.paralumun.com/amulet. htm. november 11, 2002. bring good luck and to ward off evil. a favorite contemporary muslim amulet consists of a square-inch miniature of the koran enclosed in metal and worn around the neck. muslims also believe they gain power by wearing amulets inscribed with a form of the name of allah. amulets are frequently mentioned in talmudic literature where they are called kemiya and often consist of a written parchment or root of herbs worn on a small chain, a ring, or a tube. many suc

church. other stories have the ark being transported during a hebrew migration to abyssinia (ethiopia) that preceded the babylonian captivity. there, according to that version, the ark remained on an island in lake tana. with the spread of christianity throughout the roman world by 300 c.e, abyssinia was largely christian. later, during the sixteenth century, fierce battles were waged by invading muslim armies on the christian empire of abyssinia, causing much destruction, including the razing of monasteries on the island tana kirkos, where the ark was believed to have been kept. a cathedral was built after the muslim armies retreated, and there, according to this legend, the ark remains safe. in december 2000, erling haagensen and henry lincoln published their thesis that the ark of the c

ch covered the tomb of christ. in time, the basilica, the tomb, and calvary, the site of the crucifixion, were all brought under the roof of a vast romanesque cathedral. for the next three centuries, jerusalem remained a christian city, and in the fifth century, it dominated christendom as one of the seats of the five patriarchs, along with rome, constantinople, antioch, and alexandria. in 638, a muslim army under caliph omar ibn al-khattab (ruled 634.644) conquered jerusalem. a devout follower of the prophet muhammad, the caliph was also tolerant of other religions. he ordered that the church of the holy sepulchre be respected as a christian place of worship and forbade it to be converted into a mosque. when he was taken to the temple mount, he was shocked to discover that the holy rock w

lem is the holy city to three of the world fs great religions.judaism, christianity, and islam. been purified by prayers and a rainfall, the caliph ordered the dome of the rock to be built to shelter the sacred rock. the shrine with its massive dome gilded with gold mosaics was completed in 691. the golden dome collapsed in 1016, but it was soon rebuilt. in 1099, christian crusaders massacred the muslim inhabitants of jerusalem and converted the dome of the rock to a christian shrine, replacing the crescent on the top of the dome with a cross and constructing an altar on the rock. the shrine returned to muslim possession in 1187 when the great muslim military genius salah al-din, known to the crusaders as saladin, captured jerusalem. in 1537, the ottoman turks replaced the gold mosaics on

placed there during a complete restoration of the dome of the rock in 1956-1962. in 1967, the old city of jerusalem, including the temple mount, was seized by israeli soldiers, but the dome of the rock remains available for worship by muslims and visitation by others at scheduled times. interestingly, the dome of the rock plays a significant role in the end-time beliefs of christian, jewish, and muslim fundamentalists. jews and christians envision the site as one of the places in which armageddon, the last great struggle between the forces of good and evil, will begin before the messiah appears.or for the christians, returns in a second coming. for the muslims, it is here that jesus will conquer the antichrist and the chief eschatological figure, the mahdi (guided one) will appear to help

eeper deuel, leo. conquistadors without swords: archaeologists in the americas. new york: st. martin fs press, 1967. flights into yesterday: the story of aerial photography. new york: st. martin fs press, 1969. hodges, henry. technology in the ancient world. new york: alfred a. knopf, 1970. irwin, constance. fair gods and stone faces. new york: st. martin fs press, 1963. mecca mecca, known to the muslim faithful as umm al-qura, the mother of cities, is the holiest place in the islamic world. it was here that muhammad the prophet (c. 570.632, the messenger of god, the founder of the muslim faith, was born in 570, and it is here within the great mosque that the ka faba, the most sacred shrine of islam, awaits the muslim pilgrim. throughout the world, wherever they may be, all devout muslims

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a woman to pervert him; within our own knowledge have not less than nine brethren been utterly cast out thereby. there are also vain loves, as that of ixion for hera, of actaeon for artemis. consider of this. vii of certain greek rites among the peoples of the balkan peninsula and especially the greeks, beneath the bush of their false christianity, is hidden the wheat of demeter. and even as the muslim trust to be united by death to the hur al ayn of paradise, so do these others yet think that earthly marriage is but fornication, for that death is a nuptial wherein the soul is united to that god or goddess to whom on earth his lust aspired. thus, even in the embraces of their lovers, their hearts were fixed on artemis or on aphrodite or on ares or on apollo, as the inner tendency urges an

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is are sufis. shelton and i recommend further readings on sufis by the author idries shah. one interesting characteristic about them is that they are known for a sense of humor, often with religious undertones. two of their most reknowned fool-sages in their jokes are mulla nasruddin and bohlul. please enjoy these lessons, which are disguised as jokes, that have been collected from throughout the muslim world. these selections represent only the tip of an iceberg, so if you like these stories then search out further collections. the fool and the king one day, bohlul walked into court and sat himself down upon the royal throne of king harun. the entire court was incensed by bohlul s impudence, so they began to beat him with sticks and to pelt him with stones. then they dragged him from the

ese higher aspirations the important thing is not to achieve, but to strive. aldo leopold education and learning let not thy heart be great because of thy knowledge, but converse with the ignorant as with the learned. ancient egyptian i hear and i forget. i see and i remember. i do and i understand. chinese thou dost not practice what thou knowest; why, then, dost thou seek what thou knowest not? muslim he who learns well defends himself well. argentine first learn, then form opinions. talmud knowledge that can be stolen is not worth having. al-ghazdi the men who deserted thee will teach thee knowledge. talmud by searching the old, learn the new. japanese we learn from history that we learn nothing from history. george bernard shaw awareness means suspending judgment for a moment, then see

h that brings total obliteration. i will face my fear. i will permit it to pass over me and through me. and when it has gone past i will turn the inner eye to see its path. where fear has gone there will be nothing. only i will remain. the bene gesserit litany against fear, dune fools and humor he is a fool who speaks and listens to himself. turkish the wise aspire to know, the foolish to relate. muslim even a fool can govern if nothing happens. german a man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error. cicero the first stage of folly is to think oneself wise. greek the errors of a wise man make your rule rather than the perfections of a fool. william blake beware the man who can not laugh. anonymous seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. oscar wilde 295 the aim of a

a few words to the very important bishop of alexandria, who was visiting some of the desert fathers, the elder abbot replied: if he is not edified by my silence, then there is no hope that he will be edified by my words. thomas merton. travel unless we change direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed. chinese the dog that trots about finds a bone. romany seek knowledge even in china. muslim he who seeks, finds either his god or his misfortune. turkish a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. chinese there is no bridge without a place on the other side of it. welsh better to turn back than to lose one s way. russian all men are not like trees; some must travel and cannot keep still. romany 298 the torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by. chuang tzu

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vine and related specifically to the nocturnal-diurnal oscillation. for similar implications in the zoroastrian depiction of zurwan, see n. 166, this chapter. the impact of the notes to pages 78 79 219 zoroastrian conception on islamic perceptions of time is duly noted by b wering, ideas of time, pp. 211 212. see also corbin, cyclical time, pp. 115 172, esp. 144 151, and the comment regarding the muslim tradition of the snake encircling the throne being possibly identical with the cosmic snake usually associated with zervan akaranan (the god of uncreated time) in heinen, islamic cosmology, p. 185. 147. on the symbolic identification of the rabbinic idiom seder zemannim as tif eret and malkhut, see cordovero, or ne erav, ch. 7, p. 65. needless to say, cordovero was not the first kabbalist t

s has been an integral part of my understanding of kabbalistic hermeneutics. for a summary account, see wolfson, images of god s feet, pp. 143 144. see also fishbane, biblical myth, pp. 108 109. 73. it would be useful to compare the philological difference between ehad and bere shit according to the bahiric exegesis and the distinction ibn al- arabi made in his theosophic explication of the basic muslim profession of divine unity, tawhid al-uluha, between ahad, whence derives the word ahadiyya, and wahid. see chittick, sufi path of knowledge, pp. 244 245. 74. here it is of interest to note the following exegetical comment preserved in palestinian talmud, berakhot 9:2, 13c d: r. joshua ben hananiah said, when the spirit [ruah] went out into the world, the holy one, blessed be he, broke it a

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eral months after the capture of david berkowitz in 1978, nearly one thousand people killed themselves in guyana at the orders of a crazed religious leader. several months after that, the leader of a mystical islamic sect seized power in iran and- at the time of writing- is calling for a holy war against the infidel. there is evidence that every new age witnesses a baptism by fire. christians and muslims are turning on each other and themselves; israel is once again in serious jeopardy; buddhism is being eradicated in southeast asia as it was in tibet. the ancient ones, lords of a time before memory, are being drawn by the smell of confusion and the hysteria and mutual hatred of the primitive life-forms on this planet: human beings. unless the gates are secured against attack, unless human

eral months after the capture of david berkowitz in 1978, nearly one thousand people killed themselves in guyana at the orders of a crazed religious leader. several months after that, the leader of a mystical islamic sect seized power in iran and- at the time of writing- is calling for a holy war against the infidel. there is evidence that every new age witnesses a baptism by fire. christians and muslims are turning on each other and themselves; israel is once again in serious jeopardy; buddhism is being eradicated in southeast asia as it was in tibet. the ancient ones, lords of a time before memory, are being drawn by the smell of confusion and the hysteria and mutual hatred of the primitive life-forms on this planet: human beings. unless the gates are secured against attack, unless human

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eventually established the brothers of the east? is it possible that the brothers of the east survived until the time that they were absorbed into the florentine academy(ies"-jonathan sellers 1092-1167 abraham ibn ezra 1096-99: by a combination of military force, coincidence, and unbelievable luck, the motley forces of the first crusade take jerusalem and most of the "holy land" away from seljuk muslims. the muslims start re-conquering this land within a decade, leading to a series of less successful crusading efforts. 1096 1141 hugh of saint victor. division of the mystical ascent into three stages: thought (with which we see god in nature, meditation (with which we see god within ourselves, and contemplation (with which we see god as if face to face. used the commentaries of his contemp

rvera troubadour. 1259 peter de abano [pietro d'abano, italian physician and philosopher born. professor of medicine in padua. heptameron. knew marco polo. translates abraham ibn ezra on decanates. 1260- 1294 kublai khan c.1260 "the book of kings of merlin(liber regnum) 1260: kublai is appointed khan and declares buddhism the state religion mongols are defeated for the first time in palestine (by muslims, in the battle of ain jalut. joachite date of the anticipated apocalypse. 1264 albertus magnus, bishop of regensburg, writes de mineralibus 1265-1321 dante alighieri 1266 b.john duns scotus, scottish scholastic philosopher and theologian. 1266 roger bacon opus maius. 1267 roger bacon opus tertium first who anticipates angelic pope. 1268 sefer hayyim("book of life")r. ezra. connects the gol

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t even the p2 has ceased to exist, nor that the elite's control of the vatican has been purged. one other point is the name itself, p2. that indicates that somewhere there must be a p1. but where? almost certainly the united states, or the united kingdom, possibly both. the knights of malta during the period of the crusades in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries when the pope tried to remove the muslims from jerusalem, a number of 'knights' orders emerged. they included the knights templar (knights of the temple) and the order of knights hospitaller of st john of jerusalem. both suffered persecution after the crusades failed, but the knights templar survive to this day and their creed formed the basis of the scottish rite of freemasonry with its 33 degrees. the order of st john of jerusal

s ambassador to belgrade and close ally of slobodon milosevic! now what's that i can smell? air freshener anyone? according to writer and researcher ben c. vidgen, writing in nexus magazine in february 1996, america, germany and israel were running a secret airlift of arms to croatia and bosnia from the start of the conflict. french journalists revealed in 1994 that cia agents were luring bosnian muslims into reckless and hopeless counter-attacks against the serbs on false promises of us support. the white house call these reports "malicious lies. but then george kenney, an american official in charge of yugoslav affairs at the us state department until he quit in disgust on august 11th 1992, said that muslims were indeed tricked into rejecting a number of partial truce offers on the assum

es of us support. the white house call these reports "malicious lies. but then george kenney, an american official in charge of yugoslav affairs at the us state department until he quit in disgust on august 11th 1992, said that muslims were indeed tricked into rejecting a number of partial truce offers on the assumption that american aid would ensure them victory. warren hough says that while the muslims were set up, the kissinger network was playing the "good guy, bad guy" game, which the manipulators use so often. it involved the two serb leaders, slobodan milosevic and radovan karadzic. hough wrote "under this scenario, milosevic- the client of kissinger associates- publicly repudiate: and condemned the illegal onslaught of karadzic's troops against bosnian muslims. but covertly the mil

m your dogma may take; there will be an opposing dogma to challenge yours. as these are brought into conflict, a divide-and-rule scenario follows. this is why religions and political parties were created. to the global elite, and therefore the prison warder consciousness, the so called 'far left' is just as important as the 'far right. the dogmatic christians are just as important as the dogmatic muslims or hindus. the 414 .and the truth shall set you free unions are just as vital as the 'bosses. you need two to tango and two to fight. creating extremes and playing them off against each other has been one of the most effective weapons in the prison warder control of this physical world. tyranny takes many forms, most of them not obvious. more than that, most people who behave in dictatoria

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out that in the edda text rom is another name for edin or eden, the home of the serpent cult and the "wolf tribe" of the "roms (wolf symbolism is associated with sirius. these people were not nordics, but similar to the aboriginal dark chaldeans, lycians, and what is called today the mediterranean or iberian race. rom or romil was also a title of the set and serpent worshippers of ancient egypt. muslims refer to turkey/asia minor as rum, and romania is the traditional centre for the vampire legends. fascinating, then, that romulus and remus, the mythical founders of rome, were said to have been "wolf-suckled" and this is symbolic of the mother-son cult (goddess worship) of the wolf-tribe of the roms with its associated serpent worship. the names romulus and remus came from an ancient fema

met or mohammed. this was very similar in theme to the official version of how joseph smith inspired the mormon religion. in 612, it is said, mohammed had a "vision" and was told to start a new faith- just as smith later claimed. the date is interesting because some ancient peoples were told to expect an incarnation of "god" every 600 years and mohammed came 600 years after "jesus. once again the muslims encompass elements of the judeo-christian fantasy. muslims see islam as an updated continuation of judeo-christian themes and they, too, trace their ancestry back to abraham in the old testament, the alleged origin of the hebrew belief system. muslims believe that abraham built the kaaba, the sacred shrine of mecca, and the focus of pilgrimage for muslims all over the world. but it was ori

unded on a stone or a "rock, as with peter the rock and christianity. in the old testament tale of jacob, he anointed his stone with oil, which sounds like great fun. must try that one. the koran, the islamic holy book, which is supposed to have been inspired by god, mentions jesus in 93 verses and treats him as a living person when clearly he was not. allah, the islamic god, is the same god, the muslims say, as the judeo-christian jehovah. they give credence to the pentateuch, the first five books of "moses" in the old testament, but in truth the books of the levites. muslims say that mohammed was the latest prophet (apart from all the others since) and therefore, the most valid. as such, all christians and hebrews should convert to islam, the orthodox muslims demand. the term jihad is th

odge degrees of freemasonry and completing the scottish or york rite degrees, masons can petition to become a shriner. these who swear a blood oath and confess allah as god.43 allah is a moon god. this is why you will see a crescent moon at the top of mosques around the world, and why the shriners have the crescent moon on their fez hats. this symbol is on the flags of various islamic nations and muslims fast during the month that begins and ends with the appearance of the crescent moon in the sky "i liked your face" the city of jerusalem, the ironically named city of peace, is the myth capital of the world. i went there in 1993 to see this most sacred of shrines to christians, hebrews, and muslims. what a summary of how religion has gripped and manipulated the human mind for so long. the

moon in the sky "i liked your face" the city of jerusalem, the ironically named city of peace, is the myth capital of the world. i went there in 1993 to see this most sacred of shrines to christians, hebrews, and muslims. what a summary of how religion has gripped and manipulated the human mind for so long. the old city, although not very big, is still broken in quarters for christians, hebrews, muslims, and armenians. after all, we don't want to set a precedent and live together. if you want to buy a myth or misunderstanding, this is the place. they've got hundreds of them. on street corners and at every church or monument there they are, lying in wait, those spiritual used car salesmen, the tourist guides. many of them wear black leather jackets like some extra from the godfather. these

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ing the law of the levites of babylon on behalf of the reptilians. most peoplewho follow the religions spawned from these sources have no idea of their true origin oragenda. this is the privileged knowledge of a tiny elite at the top of the secret society88network who set up and manipulate the religions and their advocates. they are notconcerned for their followers, be they jews, roman catholics, muslims, whatever.nothing emphasises what a sham all these religions and races really are than the presentday peoples we are told are jewish. as jewish writers and anthropologists have said,there is no such thing as the jewish race. jewishness is a faith, not a race. the wholeconcept of a jewish people was manufactured as a cover story. alfred m. lilenthal,the jewish writer and researcher, said:th

sh people wear? skull caps. what does the pope wear? askull cap. this is symbolic of the way priests in the mystery schools used to shave thebacks of their heads. the more formal headgear and ritual of judaism and christianityare also very similar because they originate from the same source and the popes mitreis the fish head symbol of nimrod.to complete the trio, along came the skull-cap-wearing muslims and the creed ofislam, inspired by the prophet mahomet (mohammed) when he had a vision in theyear 612. once more we find that islams roots are in christianity and judaism andtherefore babylon. muslims see islam as an updated continuation of thejudeo-christian stream and they, too, trace their ancestry back to our old mate,abraham, who is said to have emerged from the sumerian city of ur an

we find that islams roots are in christianity and judaism andtherefore babylon. muslims see islam as an updated continuation of thejudeo-christian stream and they, too, trace their ancestry back to our old mate,abraham, who is said to have emerged from the sumerian city of ur and headed foregypt. they believe that abraham built the kaaba, the sacred shrine at mecca, and thefocus of pilgrimage for muslims all over the world. but it was in fact originally a pagantemple of goddess (semiramis) worship featuring the famous black stone. w. wynnwestcott, founder of the hermetic order of the golden dawn, wrote in his work, themagical mason, that the black stone supposed to have been brought to mecca byabraham, was used originally for ancient pagan ritual.29 again you see brotherhoodsymbolism in th

in his work, themagical mason, that the black stone supposed to have been brought to mecca byabraham, was used originally for ancient pagan ritual.29 again you see brotherhoodsymbolism in this new religion. the symbols of the crescent and the curved sword, thescimitar, are identified with the moon and venus, the morning star, the term used forlucifer. v enus was also a title for queen semiramis. muslims have bought the idea thatmoses, king david and jesus were divine prophets sent by the one all mighty god,when in fact all three are brotherhood inventions. their holy book, the koran, whichwas supposed to be inspired by god, mentions jesus in 93 verses and treats him as aliving person. islam was created by the same brotherhood networks as the christianreligions, to further imprison, divide

story includes this theme also, of course. at its most extreme,the jewish dogma is deeply sacrificial. their temples were slaughterhouses with aconstant supply of animals taken there for ritual murder and sacrifice. look at the jewishform of killing animals to this today. meat is only considered kosher if the animal hasits throat cut and dies by being bled dry. the same with the halal meat of the muslims.through the brotherhood bloodlines the ancient rituals have been strictly maintained andthe ruling elite today are sacrificing children and drinking blood the same as they did inthe ancient world. the hindu faith and the information for its sacred books, the v edas,were taken to the indian subcontinent by the aryans from the caucasus mountains, oneof the centres for extraterrestrials/inner

l the world is if the masses help them to do it: and wedo. i have spoken to audiences about freedom and had wild applause, but do weunderstand what the word means? yes, freedom, thats what we want! oh really? thenwhy do many of these same people who wildly applaud the concept of freedom, insist thatthose who are not christians are lesser human beings or the devil incarnate? why do theyinsist (the muslims, hindus and jews, as well) that their children are brought up frombirth to believe what they believe, at the expense of other views and information? thetimes i have been asked at meetings in america if i am a christian, as if i become morecredible and believable if i am. the very need to ask that question is confirmation that thequestioner is in mental servitude to a belief system of broth

that theybelieve in. they dont actually want to replace the brotherhood agenda with freedom,but with their own version of dictatorship. again, because both want to impose their willon others and suppress other lifestyles and beliefs, they are bound to attract each otherbecause they are operating within the same frequency range. what is true of the extremechristians is equally true of the extreme muslims, hindus, jews and other religions. toan extent the same was true of the native americans when the white europeans came.the native american culture contains some tremendous wisdom and has a far greaterunderstanding of the connection of all things. but lets not go overboard here as so manyin the new age movement often do with their starry-eyed vision of native america.before the whites came

ative american tribes used to war with each othersimply because they were in different tribes. there was much slaughter and conflict.such a macho, war-paint mentality will attract into its life another energy that equallythinks that violence is justified. whenever you have two groups who think violence is anoption they are a vibrational confrontation waiting to happen.fortunately many christians, muslims, hindus, jews and native americans arenot extreme and there is an alternative to violence. we can either learn from thehardest and most painful of experience or we can use our intelligence and our love toobserve this situation and change our state of being without a gun being fired. thenthese confrontations will be avoided because there will no vibrational attractionbetween the brotherhood

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le worshipped christ alongside the old gods. by the twelfth century there were a number of gnostic heresies which threatened the power of the church in rome. one gnostic sect was known as the luciferans. the luciferans believed that lucifer was the true god and yahweh was the devil. another gnostic sect, better known, was the knights templar. the knights templar fought in the crusades against the muslims but upon seeing how much more advanced the muslims were to themselves, converted to the religion of those they had fought. during the 12th and 13th centuries, the various gnostic heresies were suppressed and many of their followers executed. the trial of the knights templar and the suppression of the various gnostic heresies were only a foreshadowing, however, of the witch-hunts and inquis

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william morrow, 1978. puryear, herbert b. the edgar cayce primer. new york: bantam books, 1982. akathaso evil spirits that inhabit trees. akhnim a town of middle thebais, which at one time possessed the reputation of being the habitation of the greatest magicians. the french traveler paul lucas (1664.1737, in his second voyage, speaks of the wonderful serpent of akhnim, which was worshiped by the muslims as an angel, and which the christians believed to be the demon asmodeus. akiba ben joseph (ca. 50.135 c.e) a jewish rabbi of the first century, who began as a simple shepherd, then became a learned scholar, spurred by the hope of winning the hand of a young lady he greatly admired. according to jewish legend, he was taught by the elemental spirits, was a wonder worker, and at his peak had

re made in the form of a box that contained a scrap of sacred writing, prayer, or a little picture. women of position in tibet wore a chatelaine containing a charm or charms, and the universal amulet of the tibetan buddhist priests is the thunderbolt, supposed to have fallen direct from indra s heaven. this is usually imitated in bronze or other metal and is used for exorcising evil spirits. many muslims wear amulets, and it is said that the prophet mohammed believed in the evil eye. the koran is sometimes carried as an amulet, or extracts from it are copied out for that purpose. suras 113 and 114 are directed against witchcraft. other powerful charms for amulets include the names and attributes of gods, the names of the suras in the koran, names of prophets, planets, angels, and magic squ

ed to berosus, fabius victor, cato, manettio, and others. he was also responsible for the treatise the empire of the turks and the book future triumphs of the christians over the turks and the saracens. these two works are explanations of the apocalypse. the author claimed that mahomet was the antichrist, and that the end of the world would take place when the christians overcome the jews and the muslims. annwyn (or annwfn) the celtic other-world. according to ancient belief, it might be located either on or under the earth or the sea, or might be a group of islands or a revolving castle surrounded by sea, and anima mundi encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 58 was variously known as land over sea, land under wave, or caer sidi (revolving castle. it was said to be a land of s

ering a political or religious leader, derives from the use of the term to describe a mystical islamic sect that arose in the twelfth century following the destruction of the fatimid dynasty in egypt. following the emergence of islam, it had split into factions due to differences over the leadership of the community. one group saw the leadership passing to the descendents of muhammad. today these muslims are known as shi ites and constitute about 20 percent of islam. they are concentrated in iran and iraq, but there are large shia minorities in afghanistan and pakistan. for several centuries after muhammad s death, the shia community was headed by an imam. the 12th such leader, muhammad ibn al- askari, took office in 873 c.e, after his father died. he was only four years of age. within day

ys he disappeared, never to be seen again. as he had no brothers, the lineage ceased to exist. the shia community was in crisis. refusing to believe that they had been left leaderless, the community came to believe that the 12th imam was still alive and that at some point in the future would reappear as the chosen one mentioned in the quran, as the madhi. because of their belief in the 12th, shia muslims are often referred to as twelvers. in the meantime, leadership passed to a council of leaders, the ayatollahs. in the century before the crisis of the 12th imam, isma il, the eldest son of the sixth imam, died before his father. while most shias supported the younger son as the new imam, a minority refused to recognize him and declared the lineage extinct with the passing of isma il in 762

ure, and would pose as christians and jews in some countries. the imam remained in seclusion. only in the tenth century were they able to rise up and establish a homeland in egypt. their rulers were known as the fatimids, after fatima the daughter of muhammad. the fatimids, who turned cairo into a major city and created their famous university, ruled until 1173, when they were driven out by sunni muslims (the majority party in the world of islam. in the wake of the fall of the fatimid dynasty, two parties arose, each attempting to regain the throne. the first supported the fatimid prince, al-tayyib. the other supported al- tayyib s brother nizir. unable to regain the throne, the niziriyah moved their headquarters to syria and resumed the underground existence that had been standard in the

all their contents, scenery of life, are all formed by the influence of thought. the second division is what is properly looked upon as heaven, and the inhabitants of different races, creeds, and beliefs all find it each according to individual belief. hence, instead of it being the place taught of by any particular religion, it is the region where every religion finds its own ideal. christians, muslims, hindus, and so on, find it to be just as they conceived it would be. here, and in the first and highest division, the inhabitants pursue noble aims freed from whatever selfishness was mingled with these aims on earth. the literary man, without thoughts of fame; the artist, the scholar, the preacher, all working without incentive of personal interest, and when their work is pursued long en

to the dragon (ezek. 29:3; 32:3. in chapter 12 of the biblical book of revelation, the dragon, a representation of the evil one, is overcome by the archangel michael. the dragon became a symbol of great strength in the european middle ages. in the fifteenth century, the emperor of the holy roman empire founded the order of the dragon to unite christian rulers against the incursions of the turkish muslims into the balkans. among those invested with the order was prince vlad of wallachia (romania. he assumed the name vlad dracul, dracul being the romanian word for dragon. his son took the diminutive form of the name as prince vlad dracula. during the time of henry vii (1457.1509, a coin was given to those who were cured of possession with one side featuring an angel standing with both feet o

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of british india, inhabited by an indigenous stock of indo-chinese people who originally migrated from western china at different periods, represented by three principal groups, the talaings, the shans, and the bama, although groups of several other allied races are also found. the largest religious community is the theravada buddhist, though there are significant minority communities of hindus, muslims, christians, and those who follow forms of indigenous tribal religions. many beliefs were affected by the japanese occupation during world war ii and by the internal power struggles following independence in 1948, culminating in the creation of the present socialist republic in 1974. some traditional beliefs still linger on. in general, the burmese believed the soul is immaterial and indep

iption of this paradise seems to be analogous to the mosaic account. the traditions of kashmir represented that country as the original site of paradise and the abode of the first human pair, while the buddhists of tibet held opinions respecting the mountain meru similar to those of the hindus. they located the sacred garden, however, at the foot of the mountain near the source of the ganges. the muslims inhabiting adjacent countries adopted the belief that paradise was situated in kashmir. they believed the first man was driven from it, he and his wife wandered separately for some time, then meeting at a place called bahlaka, or balk. two gigantic statues, which the moslems said were yet to be seen between bahlaka and bamiyan, represented adam and eve. a third statue was that of their son

fricans as protection against thunderbolts and diseases, to procure wives, and to avert disasters of all kinds. they are composed of strips of paper on which sentences from the koran are inscribed, sometimes intermixed with kabbalistic signs. these strips are enclosed in silver tubes or silk bags, which are worn near the skin, often fastened in the dress. this is by no means a practice limited to muslims; africans of both sexes and many faiths have been believers in the occult properties of such talismans. the scottish explorer mungo park (1771.ca. 1806) is said to have depended on the making of saphy or grisgris, as they are sometimes called. sapphire many legends of occult properties surround this precious stone, whose name derives from the sanskrit sanipriya, i.e, dear to the planet sat

ng the jews that if they wished to ascertain the manner in which solomon obtained his absolute power over men, genii, and the winds, they should dig under his throne. they did so and found the books, abounding with the most impious superstitions. the more learned and enlightened refused to participate in the practices described in those books, but they were willingly adopted by the common people. muslims asserted that the jewish priests published this scandalous story concerning solomon, which was believed until mahomet, by god s command, declared him to have been no idolater. it was further maintained by some muslims that solomon brought a thousand horses from damascus and other cities he conquered, although some say they were left to him by his father david, who seized them from the amal

ining was often practiced with the sibylline oracles, and hence was named sortes sibyllina. sortes prenestinae, or the prenestine lots, were used in italy. the letters of the alphabet were placed in an urn and shaken; they were then turned out upon the floor, and the words that they accidentally formed were received as omens. this divinatory use of letters is still known in eastern countries. the muslims had a divining table that they said was invented by the prophet edris or enoch. it was divided into a hundred little squares, each of which contained a letter of the arabic alphabet. the person who consulted it repeated three times the opening chapter of the qur an, and the 57th verse of the 6th chapter: with him are the keys of the secret things; none knoweth them but him; he knoweth what

but cedrenus stated that the new testament was more commonly used. st. augustine denounced this practice in temporal affairs, but declared in one of his letters that he had recourse to it in all cases of spiritual difficulty. another form of the biblical lots was to go to a place of worship and take as an omen the first passage of scripture read by the minister or the text from which he preached. muslims consulted the qur an in a similar manner, but one of their methods was to deduce their answer from the seventh line of the right-hand page. others counted how often the letters kha and shin occurred in the page; if kha (the first letter of kheyr, good) predominated, the answer was deemed favorable, but if shin (the first letter of shin, evil) appeared more frequently, the inference was tha

and workers were needed for the plantations. most of these people came from the various tribes along the coast of west africa from present-day senegal to nigeria. the white planters looked upon africans with disdain and developed the opinion that they had no religious life, that they were at best bearers of a set of heathenish superstitions. such was not the case. while a few of the africans were muslims, the majority were followers of the west african religious system, which with relatively minor alterations from tribe to tribe pervaded the area from which the slaves were taken. the west african system acknowledged a supreme divine power but found its more personalized expression in the various deities responsible for the harmonious operation of the natural world. in the west indies the m

from the late eighth century demanded the death penalty not for the witch, but for the person who murdered an alleged witch.again, because believing in witches was a pagan superstition. after the black death swept europe in the 1340s, mysteriously killing thousands of people, europeans were more likely to accept conspiracy theories involving enemies of christianity, defined variously as heretics, muslims, jews or possibly witches. officers of the inquisition now began to expand their scope from christian dissenters and heretics, such as cathars and waldensians, to people who supposedly had chosen to follow a diabolical anti-christian religion (rather than a lingering paganism. new manuals for witch-hunters appeared, such as the infamous malleus maleficarum, or hammer of witches, a book tha

was generally held in some wild and solitary spot, often in the midst of forests or on the heights of mountains, at a great distance from the residence of most of the visitors (the use of the word sabbat, clearly derived from the jewish sabbath, indicates the way in which medieval and early modern christians tended to blur distinctions between all perceived enemies of christianity, whether jews, muslims, pagans, or perceived sorcerers and witches) the witches themselves told a story.usually after torture. of taking off their clothes and anointing their bodies with a special unguent or ointment. they then strode across a stick, or any similar article, and, muttering a charm, were carried through the air to the place of meeting in an incredible short space of time. sometimes the stick was t

clopedia of strange and unexplained phenomena. detroit: gale research, 1993. sanderson, ivan. abominable snowmen: legend come to life. philadelphia, pa: chilton books, 1961. yezidis a dualistic religious group operating among the kurds in northern iraq and the neighboring lands of syria, turkey, and iran. their religion probably goes back to the manicheans but has borrowed heavily from the shiite muslims. the yezidis call themselves the dawasin or dasnayye. the term yezidi was originally probably a name of derision. it refers to a caliph yezid who in 680 c.e. ordered the death of al-husayn, the grandson of the prophet mohammed. the shiite hold al-husayn in special reverence, for they claim to derive their authority from him. others have suggested that the word is derived from the persian w

these two emperors. zeernebooch a dark god, monarch of the empire of the dead among the ancient germans. zeitoun zeitoun, a suburb of cairo, egypt, was the site from 1968 to 1971 of some of the most spectacular sets of apparitions of the virgin mary. she was seen not just by a few children as in most of the reported apparitions in the last two centuries, but by thousands of christians, jews, and muslims alike. however, it is also the case that the sightings appeared at a coptic church, rather than a roman catholic one, and that very little interest in the apparitions has been demonstrated by catholic authorities. the apparitions began on the evening of april 2, 1968. two men, both muslims, working in a garage across from the coptic church of st. mary in zeitoun, saw what they first though

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

the chains of initiation are still anchored in living masters who transmit the genuine b rakha (blessing of spiritual potency) of mystical gnosis to their aspirants (mureed. others have become a name without a reality. congregations of sufis convene with their shaykhs in specially designated halls (persian, khanqah; arabic, zawiya; turkish, tekke. sufis are, with a few notable exceptions, devout muslims. yet, sufism is generally eschewed and viewed with suspicion by the sunnite and shiite islamic orthodox authorities. like the vast majority of mainstream muslims, sufis generally do not participate in or endorse the extreme agenda of radical ultra-orthodox fundamentalists. in addition to the qur an, the sufis have a rich and prolific mystical literature filled with sublime mystical allusio

e surah, or like darkness upon a vast ocean,32 covered with waves upon waves, over them clouds, darkness upon thick darkness.33 and whoever allah gives not- light, has not- light in all. in islam, judaism and christianity are regarded as revealed religions, and therefore given protected status. in the qur an, there are a number of references to the jews as the people of the book (i.e. torah) whom muslims are exhorted to honor and respect. in the most high surah, the torah is called the book of mosheh and the sefer yetzirah (book of formation) is referred to as the book of abraham. the qur an also has beautiful surahs devoted to the prophet isa (master yeshuvah, to whom is ascribed the exalted stature of rasool (prophet of the highest degree, and to isa s mother miryam (mary. it is interest

respect master mosheh, but certainly have no sense of him as a messiah. they feel no connection with the prophet mohammed and islam, regard master yeshuvah as the exclusive and only incarnation of the lord hvhy, and are waiting for the last to appear as the second coming of master yeshuvah who will vanquish satan (lamc, samael) and take (only) twice born christians to heaven. mainstream religious muslims, who officially don t believe in the possibility of messiah (notwithstanding their tradition of the hidden maghdi, and the messianic beliefs of some sufis),35 have an ambiguous respect for master mosheh and the people of the book. they regard master yeshuvah (called isa in the qur an) as an immaculately conceived master of the highest rung. they are waiting for the last to take action on t

uh-ahavta leh-re akha chamokha. and thou shall love your neighbor as your self. if we speculate on what the religious practices of the desert hebrews might have been, what rituals and observances would f c 2= f: e$ they have included? and, without rabbis, priests, or imams, who would have lead the rituals? we know that ablution and prostration would have been significant components. both jews and muslims also pray while standing. we know that the ritual breaking of bread and sipping of wine to respectively acknowledge the divine presence in all matter and symbolically demonstrate mastery over the power of illusion would have been root hebrew practices. these ritual observances later evolved into the eucharist in pauline christianity. if we strip away official holy days that were assimilate

reasonable. the sinai is currently a desert. however, in the time of the pharaoh ramses and master mosheh, it was a savannah supporting a wide range of flora and fauna. the emigration of five or six hundred thousand 33' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% people plus their livestock would have caused an ecological disaster, and is logistically improbable. 35 the hidden maghdi is a tradition amongst certain shiite muslims- b 1 sefer yetzirah 1:1. 2 sefer yetzirah 1:2. 3 sefer yetzirah 1:5. 4 sefer yetzirah 1:14. 5 sefer yetzirah 2:2. 6 sefer yetzirah 2:4. 7 sefer yetzirah 3:2. 8 torah b reshith 1:20. 9 ezekiel 1:14. 10 sefer yetzirah 4:6. 11 sefer yetzirah 5:2- c 1 hi iaka-i-ka-poli-o-pele( hi iaka in the bosom of pele, hi iaka-i-ka-maha-o-ka opua( hi iaka in the face of the rain clouds, hi iaka-i-ka-wai-ol

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re you regret, our messengers say, the mercy of believers, the fear of allah, jesus will return, beauties presented by the qur'an for life, a bouquet of the beauties of allah 1-2-3-4, the iniquity called "mockery" the mystery of the test, the true wisdom according to the qur'an, the struggle against the religion of irreligion, the school of yusuf, the alliance of the good, slanders spread against muslims throughout history, the importance of following the good word, why do you deceive yourself, islam: the religion of ease, zeal and enthusiasm described in the qur'an, seeing good in all, how do the unwise interpret the qur'an, some secrets of the qur'an, the courage of believers, being hopeful in the qur'an, justice and tolerance in the qur'an, basic tenets of islam, those who do not listen

he sudden change among christians of europe from their former pacifist policies, in earlier periods of their history, towards military aggression. the founder of the crusades was pope urban ii. he summoned the council of clermont, in 1095, in which the former pacifist doctrine of the christians was abandoned. a holy war was called for, with the intent to wrest the holy lands from the hands of the muslims. following the council, a huge army of crusaders was formed, composed both of professional dd from the templars to ancient egypt the roots of masonry date back to the crusades against muslims initiated by pope urban ii soldiers, and tens of thousands of ordinary people. historians believe urban ii's venture was prompted by his desire to thwart the candidacy of a rival to the papacy. furthe

rs greeted the pope's call with excitement, their intentions were basically mundane. as donald queller of the university of illinois put it "the french knights wanted more land. italian merchants hoped to expand trade in middle eastern ports. large numbers of poor people joined the expeditions simply to escape the hardships of their normal lives."1 along the way, this greedy mass slaughtered many muslims, and even jews, in hopes of finding gold and jewels. the crusaders even cut open the stomachs of those they had killed to find gold and precious stones the victims may have swallowed before they died. so great was the material greed of the crusaders that they felt no qualms in sacking the christian city of constantinople (istanbul) during the fourth crusade, when they stripped off the gold

d to find gold and precious stones the victims may have swallowed before they died. so great was the material greed of the crusaders that they felt no qualms in sacking the christian city of constantinople (istanbul) during the fourth crusade, when they stripped off the gold leaf from the christian frescoes in the hagia sophia. after a long and difficult journey, and much plunder and slaughter of muslims, this motley band called crusaders reached jerusalem in 1099. when the city fell after a siege of nearly five weeks, the crusaders moved in. they carried out a level of savagery the like of which the world has seldom seen. all muslims and jews in the city were put to the sword. in the words of one historian "they killed all the saracens and the turks they found. whether male of female."2 o

n the streets of the city. it was necessary to pick one's way over the bodies of men and horses. but these were small matters compared to what happened at the temple of solomon, a global freemasonry de place where religious services are normally chanted. in the temple and the porch of solomon, men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins.3 in two days, the crusader army killed some 40,000 muslims in the most barbaric manner.4 the crusaders then made jerusalem their capital, and founded a latin kingdom stretching from the borders of palestine to antioch. later, the crusaders initiated a struggle to maintain their position in the middle east. in order to sustain the state they had founded, it was necessary to organize it. to this end, they established military orders, the alike of wh

, the crusaders initiated a struggle to maintain their position in the middle east. in order to sustain the state they had founded, it was necessary to organize it. to this end, they established military orders, the alike of which had never existed before. members of these orders came from europe to palestine, and lived in a type of monastery where they received military training to fight against muslims. one of these orders, in particular, was different from the others. it underwent a transformation that would influence the course of history. this order was the templars. df from the templars to ancient egypt the crusaders wreaked havoc in jerusalem. the mediaeval engraving shown above depicts certain scenes of the horror. the templars the templars, or, their full name, the poor fellow-sol

that of a bank. according to the british authors, michael baigent and richard leigh, they established a kind of medieval capitalism, and led the way to modern banking through their interest-based transactions.5 it was the templars who were mainly responsible for the crusaders' at- global freemasonry dg the crusaders put to sword all those living in the lands they conquered. tacks of and murder of muslims. for this reason, the great islamic commander saladin, who defeated the crusaders' army in 1187, in the battle of hattin, and afterwards rescued jerusalem, put the templars to death for the murders they had committed, even though he had otherwise pardoned a large number of christians. although they lost jerusalem, and suffered heavy casualties, the templars continued to exist. and, despite

reconciled with christianity. for precluded were all such ideas as sin, hell for punishment and heaven for reward, and eternally perpetual sacrifice of the mass, saints and angels, priest and pope.41 in short, in europe, in the fourteenth century, a humanist and masonic organization was born that had its roots in the kabbalah. and, this organization did not regard god as the jews, christians and muslims did: the creator and ruler of the whole universe and the only lord and god of humanity. instead, they used a different concept, such as the "great architect of the universe" which they perceived as being "part of the material universe" in other words, this secret organization, that appeared in europe in the fourteenth century, rejected god, but, under the concept of "the great global freem

is the continuation of the memory of a person's name in this world. one but the lord of all the worlds. do you build a tower on every hilltop, just to amuse yourselves, and construct fine buildings, hoping to live for ever, and when you attack, attack as tyrants do? so heed god and obey me (qur'an, 26: 124-131) the mistake these godless people committed was not the construction of fine buildings. muslims also give importance to art; by producing it, they try to beautify the world. the difference lies in intention. amuslim is interested in art to the extent that it expresses the beauty and esthetic notions that god has given to human beings. godless people are mistaken in regarding art as a way to immortality. the scientific incongruity of denying the soul the masons' denial of the existenc

lution, a fact that cannot be hidden any longer by evolutionists. it is necessary to use the evidences that science has brought forward and inform the masses of the invalidity of materialist- humanist philosophy. masonry has been able for some time and with effective methods of propaganda to make the masses accept a false idea. to tell the truth and aid people in accepting it is much easier. when muslims undertake this duty, with god's permission, the following pronouncement will become manifest "rather we hurl the truth against falsehood and it cuts right through it and it vanishes clean away (qur'an, 21:18) then, the twentyfirst century will not be the century of "global freemasonry" as the masons had hoped, but the century of islamic morali othe masonic career of a.e. waite by bro. r. a

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

phical society at large are free to profess whatever religion or philosophy they like, or none if they so prefer, provided they are in sympathy with, and ready to carry out one or more of the three objects of the association. the society is a philanthropic and scientific body for the propagation of the idea of brotherhood on practical instead of theoretical lines. the fellows may be christians or muslims, jews or parsees, buddhists or brahmins, spiritualists or materialists, it does not matter; but every member must be either a philanthropist, or a scholar, a searcher into ryan and other old literature, or a psychic student. in short, he has to help, if he can, in the carrying out of at least one of the objects of the program. otherwise he has no reason for becoming a "fellow" such are the

od or christ. we ask, where do you find more virtuous, guiltless people, abstaining from sin and crime, in christendom or buddhism-in christian page 37 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt countries or in heathen lands? statistics are there to give the answer and corroborate our claims. according to the last census in ceylon and india, in the comparative table of crimes committed by christians, muslims, hindus, eurasians, buddhists, etc, etc, on two millions of population taken at random from each, and covering the misdemeanors of several years, the proportion of crimes committed by the christian stands as 15 to 4 as against those committed by the buddhist population. no orientalist, no historian of any note, or traveler in buddhist lands, from bishop bigandet and abb huc, to sir william

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clothes sitting, or to cleanse ourselves in the privy as do the mohammedans, or to perform our ablutions in their baths. neither is it permitted to us to pronounce the name of shaitan (because it is the name of our god, nor any name resembling this, such as kitan, sharr, shatt; nor any vocable resembling mal'un, na'l, or the like. before our religion was called idolatry and the jews, christians, muslims and persians held aloof from our religion. king ahab and amran were of us, so that they used to call the god of ahab beelzebub, whom they call amongst us pirbub. we had a king in babel whose name was bukhti-nossor (nebuchadnezzer, and ahasuerus in persia, and in constantinople aghriqalus. before heaven and earth existed, god was over the waters in a vessel in the midst of the waters. 404 t

LEWIS JAMES SATANISM TODAY AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION FOLKLORE AND POPULAR CULTURE

evil as necessary for the fulfillment of free will. from very early, christianity developed the practice of exorcism to expel evil spirits who had taken control of human individuals. in medieval europe, the belief in the existence of demons came to be associated with witchcraft and contributed to the development of the practice of exorcism and witch-hunting. since the early drafting of the koran, muslims have also believed in the existence of demonic forces, known as shaytan, who are in constant revolt against god ifrit, marid, and jann (a.k.a. jinn, pre-islamic hostile spirits in general associated with the desert. sometimes these evil forces are identified with animals (such as the snake and the scorpion) or with natural elements. one ambiguous figure, divine and evil (jinn) at the same

ing, which constitutes one of the essential beliefs of the islamic faith, is believed by some to last thousands of years. on this day the souls, rejoined with their bodies, will be assigned eternal life either in paradise (literally the garden) or in hell (the fire, depending on their merits. although the figure of the madhi is more central to shiite islam, it is a popular belief among many sunni muslims that a righteous leader (a madhi or rightly guided one) will reign for a brief period in the last days.he will be followed by an imposter messiah (parallel to the christian notion of an antichrist) who will attempt to lead the world astray. finally, however, the prophet jesus will appear to usher in the final judgment. on judgment day the earth will quake and mountains become a heap of san

ith a name israel. see also demons; judaism for further reading: gnuse, robert karl. the dream theophany of j 131 132 jinn samuel. its structure in relation to ancient near eastern dreams and its theological significance. lanham, md: university press of america, 1984. kramer, kenneth p. death dreams. unveiling mysteries of the unconscious mind. new york: paulist press, 1993. jinn according to the muslims, the jinn (from which we get the english term genie) are invisible spirits made out of fire, who were created 2,000 years before adam. islamic thinkers postulated three orders of being beyond god: angels, jinn, and humanity. the angels, who were created out of light, are closest to god. the jinn, who are intermediate between angels and humanity, inhabit a subtly material or etheric realm

obol collection/warner brothers) zoroastrianism in the history of religions zoroastrianism has been an unusually fruitful faith, exercising an influence on the doctrines of other religions disproportionate to its size. it was founded in ancient persia (modern-day iran) in about 1000 b.c.e (some sources say much earlier) by the prophet zoroaster, and was the official religion of the area until the muslims took over the area. a relatively small body of zoroastrians, who are called parsis in the subcontinent, survive in contemporary india. the religion of zoroaster is best known for its dualism. the god of light and the upper world, ohrmazd or ahura mazda( wise lord) and his angels, are locked in a cosmic struggle with the god of darkness and the lower world, angra mainyu or ahriman( evil spi

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

redited for having written hundreds of books. rather, harun yahya has all the characteristics of a well-designed organization. 22 evolution and religious creation myths the quran is less detailed than the bible in its account of the origins of life and the universe (the quran mentions adam and his spouse who is not referred to as eve but does not specify how the universe was created. as a result, muslims generally have no qualms with the idea of an old earth. on the other hand, islam can be fertile ground for id principles, as much as christianity is. harun yahya s anti-evolution web page is extremely similar to christian creationist and id pages. these might as well be copies of one another. the same misrepresentations of evolution are offered, in the same sequence, and using the same exa

nventor of evil. jews and christians alike recognize the old testament, in particular, its first five books, called the torah in hebrew. thus, there exists in judaismalso the potential for a literal interpretation of the genesis creation myth. on the other hand, jews do not recognize jesus christ as the messiah, and the christian view of the new testament is not shared by them. nonetheless, jews, muslims, and christians alike are people of the book; that is, all believe in revealed religions. it is probably safe to say that god (gott in german, yeob in greek, deus in latin, dieu in french, dio in italian( in russian, and so on, yhwh, and allah are very similar if not identical concepts. one complication in the jewish interpretation of genesis, however, is the existence of several main bran

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

in trembling hope towards its maker" mohammed was buried under the floor of the apartment in which he died. the present condition of the grave is thus described "above the hujrah is a green dome, surmounted by a large gilt crescent, springing from a series of globes. within the building are the tombs of muhammad, ab bakr, and umar, with a space reserved for the grave of our lord jesus christ, who muslims say will again visit the earth, and die and be buried at al-mad nah. the grave of f timah, the prophet's daughter, is supposed to be in a separate part of the building, although some say she was buried in baq. the prophet's body is said to be stretched full length on the right side, with the right palm supporting the right check, the face fronting makkah. close behind him is placed ab bakr

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

rences to pre-existence from reli-gious documents.567 gregory of tours reports that just before the bubonic plague invaded the auvergne region offrance, three brilliant lights appeared around the sun and the heavens appeared to be on fire. 590 another historian reports that bright lights in the sky precede the plague in another province infrance. 1099 christian crusades to free palestine from the muslims (to 1270. 1119 founding of the knights templars. appendix f: general chronology of events320atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation 1228 german emperor frederick ii leads a crusade to jerusalem. 1243 centralization of papal power in pope innocent iv until 1254. 1298 between 1298 and 1314 seven large comets seen over europe. 1333 a plague in china, preceded by a terrible mist e

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

rives from an extra-dimensional place called the bottomless pit. the verse also states that this angel has names in the mythologies of the neighboring peoples; the jews called this angel abaddon, and the greeks called this angel apollyon. but apollyon is what the ancient greeks called apollo, a sun god of greek mythology. what the bible has done is verified (at least in the eyes of christians and muslims) the actual existence of a god from the greek pantheon. is it likely that apollo is the only greek god that actually exists? probably not. what s more likely is that many( if not all) characters from the bible have corresponding names in greek mythology. but even though the characters correspond, the perspective of villains and heroes appears to have been inverted; as though retold through

heaven and our world--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 24 are connected by a guarded nexus point. what s more is that heaven itself is often spoke of as being broken into 7 pieces, the 7 heavens. each level of the heavens is ruled by an arch-angel, and in some cases these heavens have been mistaken for earthly locations. for example, i ve heard occultists, texts of the christian apocrypha, and muslims speak of the garden of eden as a location that resides in the 3rd heaven, as opposed to a terrestrial location. then there is hell, sometimes called the abyss, the qliphoth, the averse, or acausal realms. similar to how the heavens are broken into 7 pieces, hell is also considered to exist as separate parts and, like the heavens, each partition has its own ruler. but unlike the material an

rate as direct agents of satan, are called shaitan, and the more powerful jinn are called afreet. as stated previously, the possession of the jinn is often responsible for the worst crimes ,the worst acts of impulse, psychological problems, and many physical illnesses; headaches, insomnia, nightmares, laziness, and anti-social behavior have all been frequently attributed to the influence of jinn. muslims also believe in the vampiric nature of jinn, claiming that those who sleep in the presence of jinn will wake up tired and depleted. muslims, and members of the occult, believe that there is some kind of contract, or agreement, between our race and the race of jinn; in the occult, this contract is referred to as the covenant. this covenant allows humans to use words of power and thoughts to

will wake up tired and depleted. muslims, and members of the occult, believe that there is some kind of contract, or agreement, between our race and the race of jinn; in the occult, this contract is referred to as the covenant. this covenant allows humans to use words of power and thoughts to--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 35 command the demons. for example, the phrase bismillah is used by muslims to cleanse food, water, and whole rooms of demonic influence. i have heard occult writers remark that this covenant, which was formed between the human and demon races, is the result of the trace amounts of demonic blood found in all people, and it is this blood-tie that allows humans, using magic, to master and command our ancestors. muslims believe that the jinn have been barred from the

islam are discouraged from keeping dirty and unsanitary living quarters as it is claimed that these habits attract jinn into the household. holy water, which is simply water that has had certain prayers uttered over it, is also used to cleanse a room of jinn, and their influence. but there is always one jinn you can t just cleanse away, and that is the jinn that was assigned to at your birth. the muslims, like many in the occult, say that each person is assigned a demon and an angel at the birth. this combination of angel and demon, and your relationship to them, is the true source of much your personality. christians only believe in guardian angels, because the guardian demon is not mentioned in the bible. to my knowledge. and theirs, apparently. meet the neighbors (revisited [2.7] the ne

t on the other hand is more likely to simply close his eyes, rapidly spout a hollow, well-memorized prayer over the water, and be on his way. i ve heard many knowledgeable magicians recommend performing similar prayers and visualizations--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 47 for food and water immediately before consumption; in essence, eating not but holy food, and drinking not but holy water. muslims perform this same act of cleansing by saying bismillah before the meal. if said in a hallow and faithless manner, bismillah will have no affect. if said with faith and passion, however, bismillah is claimed to purify the occult properties of their food( and even entire rooms for that matter. there are also types of magic that s holy and ordained. take the exorcisms performed by catholic an

rs red and black. whereas a white magician may choose white. in magic, the color white is associated with purity, god, spirit, the guardian angel, and goodness; the color red is associated with life-force, blood, and violence, and the color black is related to evil, chaos, the guardian demon, and the unknown. satanists follow what is called the left hand path, whereas white magicians, christians, muslims, jews, hindus, and buddhists follow the right hand path. the left hand path is a belief structure that does not regard any moral issues; it is the negation of morality. in the eyes of the left hand pather, what they do is not evil, because there is no evil. this does not mean, however, that those of the lhp do not believe in the existence of god; by percentage you will find more believers

y has always been associated with darkness. in fact the word sinister comes from latin, where the word meant left-handed or unlucky. in the middle ages, people who wrote with their left hand were thought to be evil, and possessed by the devil. in islam, the tutelary demon assigned at birth always--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 67 resides invisibly on the individual s left side. what s more, muslims prefer to do clean jobs such as eating and greeting others with the right hand, while relegating the left hand to dirty jobs like cleaning one s house and body. teachings of the right hand path always include a firm belief in right and wrong, and the existence thereof. as stated before, the mark of the beast are those who have sold their soul to satan in exchange for vampiric transformatio

s satan character has a name in every religion and mythology on the planet and, because of spiritual merging that i just spoke about, may be connected with multiple gods in the same tradition. satan is spoke of as he who was instrumental in the war against the titans, and once sat beside the throne of god, but desired it so much that he was cast out of heaven. satan is called shaitan and iblis by muslims, set and seker by the egyptians, samael by the hebrews, and ahriman by the persians. satan is the god who carries away the soul. a well-known symbol, that of the all-seeing eye, is related to satan and has been called the eye of set. satan is a god of the setting sun and is therefore often symbolized by a black sun, or a sun that is in total eclipse. perhaps it was a time before the merger

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concluding that the templar order underwent a secret islamization, even if only relatively, as some are prone to think. quite a few of the more subtle aspects of christianity that were not deemed suspect or condemnable before the council of trent became so afterward. free thinking was not considered heresy during the middle ages, as can be shown by the fortunate raymond lulle. he spent time with muslims, was influenced considerably by the sufis, and sought, naturally outside of dogmas, to bring muslims and christians closer together. the templars did the same. among all the crusaders they were the ones, writes gerard de nerval in les illumines, who tried to realize the broadest alliance between eastern ideas and those of roman christianity. the name the "militia of christ and the temple o

ers they were the ones, writes gerard de nerval in les illumines, who tried to realize the broadest alliance between eastern ideas and those of roman christianity. the name the "militia of christ and the temple of solomon" that the templars assumed immediately after the creation of their order was evocative not only to christians. while it recalled the holy sepulcher, it also recalled to jews and muslims the temple of solomon (wisdom, which was furthermore reproduced on the seal of the grand master. a sacred sanctuary, it spoke simultaneously to the sons of shem, cham, and japhet.34 so the reason for the condemnation of the templars is not to be sought in a heretical deviation. in fact they were never condemned by the pope who was satisfied with simply dissolving the order but by the tempo

strict. the area beyond this point fell under the jurisdiction of saint jean de latran that is, the knights hospitallers. this street owed its name to the hospital of the mathurins or the trinity, which had been created around 1206. this facility was administered by the mathurin order, the donkey driver brothers founded by saint jean de matha with an eye to ransoming prisoners held captive by the muslims. this indicates that it had a relationship with the templars, although it was a direct dependency of the chapter of the paris cathedral. the templars, who were not priests, were affiliated furthermore with several religious orders, such as the mathurins or the carmelites, from whom they recruited their chaplains. following the abandonment of the holy land and the end of the crusades, it is

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't let him hug you. even the ayah kasturba and the old bearer vallabh, her husband, attempted to mediate but neither father nor son would bend "same material is the problem" kasturba told nasreen "daddy and sonny, same material, same to same" when the war with pakistan began that september nasreen decided, with a kind of defiance, that she would not cancel her friday parties "to show that hindus--muslims can love as well as hate" she pointed out. changez saw a look in her eyes and did not attempt to argue, but set the servants to putting blackout curtains over all the windows instead. that night, for the last time, saladin chamchawala played his old role of doorman, dressed up in an english dinner-jacket, and when the guests came- the same old guests, dusted with the grey powders of age bu

opped, but saladin heard from other sources that his father's preoccupation with the supernatural had continued to deepen, until finally he had become a recluse, perhaps in order to escape this world in which demons could steal his own son's body, a world unsafe for a man of true religious faith. his father's transformation disconcerted saladin, even at such a great distance. his parents had been muslims in the lackadaisical, light manner of bombayites; changez chamchawala had seemed far more godlike to his infant son than any allah. that this father, this profane deity (albeit now discredited, had dropped to his knees in his old age and started bowing towards mecca was hard for his godless son to accept "i blame that witch" he told himself, falling for rhetorical purposes into the same la

by a certain perowne, an english architect much favoured by the colonial authorities, whose only style was that of the neo--classical english country house. in those days the great zamindars were crazy for european architecture. saeed's great--great--great--great--grand-father had hired the fellow five minutes after meeting him at the viceroy's reception, to indicate publicly that not all indian muslims had supported the action of the meerut soldiers or been in sympathy with the subsequent uprisings, no, not by any means- and then given him carte blanche- so here peristan now stood, in the middle of near-tropical potato fields and beside the great banyan-tree, covered in bougainvillaea creeper, with snakes in the kitchens and butterfly skeletons in the cupboards. some said its name owed m

her also; she went at mishal with a kitchen knife and her daughter responded by "unleashing a painful series of kicks and jabs, self--defence only, otherwise it would have been matricide for sure- hanif regained consciousness and haji sufyan looked down on him, moving his hands in small helpless circles by his sides, weeping openly, unable to find consolation in learning, because whereas for most muslims a journey to mecca was the great blessing, in his case it had turned out to be the beginning of a curse "go" he said "hanif, my friend, get out- but hanif wasn't going without having his say _i've kept my mouth shut for too long, he cried _you people who call yourself so moral while you make fortunes off the misery of your own race, whereupon it became clear that haji sufyan had never know

e never far away. as the pilgrims left behind the rural areas and came towards more densely populated zones, the level of harassment increased. the long--distance buses and trucks often refused to deviate and the pedestrians had to leap, screaming and tumbling over each other, out of their way. cyclists, families of six on rajdoot motor--scooters, petty shop--keepers hurled abuse "crazies! hicks! muslims" often they were obliged to keep marching for an entire night because the authorities in this or that small town didn't want such riff-raff sleeping on their pavements. more deaths became inevitable. then the bullock of the convert, osman, fell to its knees amid the bicycles and camel-dung of a nameless little town "get up, idiot" he yelled at it impotently "what do you think you're doing

d the indian government paid kickbacks to middlemen, and then gone in for a cover-up? vast sums of money were involved, the prime minister's credibility had been weakened, but chamcha couldn't be bothered with any of it. he was staring at the fuzzy photograph, on an inside page, of indistinct, bloated shapes floating down-river in large numbers. in a north indian town there had been a massacre of muslims, and their corpses had been dumped in the water, where they awaited the ministrations of some twentieth--century gaffer hexam. there were hundreds of bodies, swollen and rancid; the stench seemed to rise off the page. and in kashmir a once-popular chief minister who had "made an accommodation" with the congress- i had shoes hurled at him during the eid prayers by irate groups of islamic fu

ve in that museum, anyway" she was right, of course; no sooner had he resolved to set his face towards the future than he started mooning around and regretting childhood's end "i'm off to meet george and bhupen, you remember" she said "why don't you come along? you need to start plugging into the town" george miranda had just completed a documentary film about communalism, interviewing hindus and muslims of all shades of opinion. fundamentalists of both religions had instantly sought injunctions banning the film from being shown, and, although the bombay courts had rejected this request, the case had gone up to the supreme court. george, even more stubbly of chin, lank of hair and sprawling of stomach than salahuddin remembered, drank rum in a dhobi talao boozer and thumped the table with

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

y source documents: world religions: biographies (two volumes) presents the biographies of fifty men and women who have played a critical role in the world s religions throughout history. among those profiled are abraham, whose influence is seen in three of the modern world s most influential religions: judaism, christianity, and islam; muhammad, considered the final and most important prophet by muslims; and siddhartha gautama, who became known as the buddha. modern figures include the hindu teacher swami vivekananda and baha u lla h, the founder of the baha faith. women who made significant impacts on religion are also featured, including mother maria skobtsova, an orthodox christian nun who worked to save many during the holocaust. world religions: primary sources (one volume) offers ei

f islamic civil war and separation of islam into sunni and shiite sects. xii world religions: almanac timeline of events 1054 the christian church is formally divided into two distinct branches: the roman catholic church and the eastern orthodox church. 1095 1291 the duration of the crusades, a series of military campaigns in which european christians attempt to take control of the holy land from muslims. 1391 1474 life span of gedun drub, considered the first dalai lama in tibetan history. 1469 1538 life span of nanak dev ji, the founder of sikhism. 1492 jews are expelled from spain. 1517 the german augustinian monk martin luther launches the protestant reformation, which divides christianity into two main denominations, or branches: catholicism and protestantism. 1817 92 life span of mir

sahib. gurdwara: a sikh temple or place of worship. guru: a religious teacher. ha-ne-go-ate-geh: the evil-minded, the evil spirit of the iroquois nation. ha-wen-ne-yu: the great spirit of the iroquois nation. hadiths: the sayings of the prophet muhammad recorded by his followers. xx world religions: almanac words to know haj: pilgrimage to the holy city of mecca. halal: permissible activities for muslims. hanukkah: the jewish festival of lights commemorating the rededication of the first temple. haram: prohibited activities for muslims. heretic: a person whose beliefs oppose his or her religion s official doctrines, or defining principles. ho-no-che-no-keh: the invisible agents, or lesser spirits, of the iroquois. holocaust: the systematic slaughter of jews by the nazi regime in germany be

y projects for library and classroom use. build a model: build a scale model of the city of jerusalem that shows some of the major sites in three of the world s biggest religions: judaism, christianity, and islam. the map should include the western wall (also called the wailing wall, important to jews; the church of the holy sepulchre, important to christians; and the al-aqsa mosque, important to muslims. be prepared to explain to your classmates the importance of each site and the date on which it was constructed. maps: india is the birthplace of several major religions, including buddhism, hinduism, sikhism, and jainism. also, islam and christianity, while they did not originate in india, have substantial followings in the country today. draw a map of india that traces the origins of the

st of the major figures in religious history have been featured in paintings and sculptures. write a report in which you discuss how artists have treated key people throughout history. for instance, in buddhism, artists have followed very specific rules for the depiction of the buddha. explain what these rules are and print out examples from the internet or make copies from a book. in islam, some muslims believe that depictions of the prophet muhammad are forbidden, while others believe that positive depictions are allowed. explain the two sides of this argument and show an example of a visual depiction of muhammad. xxxiii politics: religion has mixed with politics in many different ways throughout history. there have been governments in which religious leaders had supreme authority, such

ay instead follow islam or christianity, or they are atheist or agnostic. choose an ancient religion and write a report in which you explain when the religion died and what replaced it. war and peace: followers of different religions have differing attitudes toward warfare. for instance, islam has the concept of jihad, which is sometimes translated in english as holy war. throughout history, some muslims have used this concept to attack other muslims or xxxiv world religions: almanac research and activity ideas non-muslims in the name of islam. christians have likewise sometimes used violent means to further their religion; during the crusades, for example, christians conducted military campaigns against muslims in an attempt to take control of the so-called holy land, the region of palest

hristianity, and islam. the jewish name for god is yahweh, or yhwh. another common variation on the name is jehovah. christianity refers to god as the father, the son, and the holy spirit. this refers to the christian trinity, in which god is believed to exist as himself, within jesus christ, the son of god, and as a purely physical representation in the holy spirit. islam refers to god as allah. muslims, the followers of islam, have ninety-nine different variations of god s name. the religion of baha grew out of islam and came to call baha (glory or splendor) its god. zoroastrianism calls upon ahura mazda( lord wisdom) as its god. hinduism recognizes one supreme being, brahma, but brahma can manifest, or take form, in many different shapes. this includes taking shape as other gods or godd

e its followers to adhere to specific beliefs, including a belief in god. its members seek spiritual growth and a sense of community. humanistic judaism and 19 reconstructionist judaism are movements within the jewish faith that do not require a belief in god. instead, they are movements that emphasize jewish culture, history, and identity. some atheists and agnostics, just like christians, jews, muslims, and members of other organized religions, feel a personal need for fellowship in a community of like-minded people. they enjoy the sense of togetherness in gathering with others at church services. they find strength and support in such a community. they enjoy the act of singing together in hymns or of acting out deeply held ideas in ceremonies and rituals. while these approaches may appe

ly land (modern-day israel, jordan, the second part of the eucharist, or divine liturgy, is a celebration of the last supper. this includes a symbolic eating of a bread wafer and drinking of wine. monte mace/ ponkawonka.com 140 world religions: almanac christianity and the west bank, where christ was born and preached his message. among the sites is jerusalem, a city holy to jews, christians, and muslims. this is a site of many of the events in the life and death of christ. the via dolorosa, or way of suffering, is traditionally believed to be the path jesus followed on his way to his crucifixion. the church of the holy sepulcher (tomb) is believed to be built on the spot where jesus was crucified and near where he was buried. also in the holy land is bethlehem, birthplace of jesus, and na

hristians can use when they pray. the beads represent a series of fifteen meditations on events in the lives of jesus christ, christianity s founder, and mary, his mother. these events include three sets of mysteries, the joyful mysteries, the sorrowful mysteries, and the glorious mysteries. each series of ten beads on a rosary is known as a decade. a sibbah, or string of prayer beads, is used by muslims, followers of islam. there are 99 beads on a strand, and they can be made from wood, stone, or gems or may even be knots in cords. muslims pray with the beads to keep track of how many times they have recited a prayer to allah, or god. world religions: almanac 257 hinduism right hip. brahmins, the highest caste consisting of priests, wear a thread made of cotton, while rulers wear hemp and

for others. this modern view of castes in terms of the duties individuals owe to society relates directly to beliefs fostered by mohandas k. gandhi (1869 1948, the mahatma( great soul. gandhi fought for what he felt were basic national needs for his country: freedom from the british colonial rulers, equality for women, removal of persecution of the untouchable caste, and unity between hindus and muslims. gandhi believed it was irrational to use violence to form a peaceful society, so he protested passively and nonviolently for what he believed. the nonviolent protests and sit-ins that were led by martin luther king jr. in the 1960s were learned from the tactics of gandhi s passive resistance. one final characteristic of hinduism should be noted: most hindus are strict vegetarians. a numbe

his ideas for nonviolent resistance. these forms of resistance often included peaceful protests, marches, fasting, or refusal to cooperate with a law. gandhi would also compromise with his opponents to avoid violence and to reach a peaceful conclusion. unfortunately, not everyone agreed with gandhi s decision to compromise, and he was assassinated in 1948 by a fanatical hindu for negotiating with muslims. hinduism s spread westward gandhi was not the first hindu to bring the world s attention to india and hinduism. at the end of the nineteenth century, swami vivekananda (1863 1902) captured the attention of the western world when he spoke at the 1893 world parliament of religions in chicago, illinois. vivekananda captivated the audience with his talk of hinduism and support for religious t

ights of minority religions, as well as members of lower castes, would be protected. 268 world religions: almanac hinduism many indians, however, would like the nation to become officially a hindu state. this movement informally is called saffronization, referring to the color saffron, the symbolic color of hinduism. at its extreme, this movement has led to the persecution of minority christians, muslims, and other groups in india. for more information books cole, owen, and hemant kanitkar. teach yourself hinduism. new york: mcgraw-hill, 2003. flood, gavin d. an introduction to hinduism. cambridge, uk: cambridge university press, 1996. knott, kim. hinduism: a very short introduction. new york: oxford university press, 2000. web sites das, subhamoy. hinduism. about.com. http//hinduism.about

ot always distinct. in tibet, many people who are officially buddhist continue to practice the folk religion called bon. a folk religion is a system of beliefs shared by the common population. in africa many people practice a blend of indigenous religious beliefs and more widespread religions, such as christianity and islam. when asked, these people very often identify themselves as christians or muslims or buddhists, though they continue to practice indigenous beliefs. characteristics of indigenous religions while the world s indigenous religions show remarkable variety, they also tend to show important similarities. these similarities appear not in the specifics of the belief system but rather in its overall nature. some features that characterize indigenous religions include the followi

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tial manifestation of the creation to its dissolution, reshith (tysar, the first) to acharit( tyrxa, the last. the six thousand years of the small face universe (spanning approximately 20 billion light years) depend on the first six days described in torah b reshith. 29 the seventh above them is the seventh millennium of the small face universe, spent in the great sabbath by jews, christians, and muslims. 30 these twelve hours are the hours spent by the letters in atziluth alone i.e. witness states of alef worlds. 31 isaiah 2:17. 23 32 this serpent, or leviathan, is an allusion to the border of the tzimtzum (circular contraction, the totality of the chayot: n, s, e, w, up, down. this serpent is also called ananta in sanskrit, and astrid in roman mythology. 33 psalms 74:14. 34 thaninim is i

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onfusing by the teachings of a great, final judgment day and the resurrection of the dead. and when roman catholic christianity added the doctrine of purgatory in the sixteenth century, the matter became all the more complex because now certain souls were given an opportunity to atone for their sins while residing in a kind of interim area between heaven and hell. while many christians, jews, and muslims believe that the dead lie sleeping in their graves until the last judgment, others in those same faiths maintain that judgment is pronounced immediately after death. likewise, the concept of the world to come in jewish writings may refer to a present heaven or foretell of a future redemption on earth. buddhism while the buddhist text recognizes the existence of a self as a being that disti

andoned in islam, later students of the qur an sought to define the soul in more metaphysical terms, and a belief in the preexistence of souls was generally established. in this view, allah kept a treasure house of souls in paradise available for their respective incarnations on earth. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d afterlife mysteries 13 muslims pray in the direction of mecca during an islamic holiday at coney island, new york (ap/wide world photos) the islamic paradise is in many ways an extension of the legendary garden of eden in the bible. it is a beautiful place filled with trees, flowers, and fruits, but it really cannot be expressed in human terms. it is far more wonderful than any person could ever imagine. all who obey go

ree-part document compiled by researchers who are leaders in the field, offering a basic introduction to and explanation of the basics in parapsychology; available fyi books, audio and video tapes, cds, etc; and parapsychology online science papers and articles. sources: the parapsychological association, inc. http//www.parapsych.org. 15 october 2001. university of wales revealed that christians, muslims, and jews have similar mystical experiences in which they describe intense light and a sense of encompassing love. since 1969, the trust has collected accounts of 6,000 religious experiences from people of all ages and backgrounds. christians most often described the light as an encounter with jesus or an angel, and muslims also often interpreted the light to be an angel. jews perceived it

they had had dramatic visions, heard heavenly voices, or experienced prophetic dreams. in april 2001, details of research conducted at the university of wales detected a common core to religious experiences that crosses boundaries of culture and faith. an analysis of 6,000 such experiences revealed that christians may describe a religious experience as an encounter with jesus, mary, or an angel; muslims often interpret the phenomenon as the presence of an angel; and jews describe the event as a sign of insight or an experience of god. with all the interest in spiritual experiences, scientists have begun asking if spirituality can be better explained in terms of neural networks, neurotransmitters, and brain chemistry. philadelphia scientist andrew newberg, who wrote the book why god won t

an actual sensory experience occurring when, in the cognitive act of unification, a liberation of energy takes place, or when a resolution of unconscious conflict occurs, permitting the experience of peace, presence, and the like. liberated energy experienced as light may be the core sensory experience of mysticism. according to research conducted at the university of wales, christians, jews, and muslims have similar experiences in which they describe an intense light and a sense of encompassing love. the research-in-progress, funded by the sir alister hardy trust, has collected 6,000 accounts of religious experiences from people of all ages and backgrounds. about 1,000 of these describe a light which enters the room, and others tell of being enveloped or filled with light. most people are

g to be skeptical of everything. and there is a great in-between. miracle stories are found in all the world religions, and while accounts of wonder-working saints and sages and the ancient acts of divine intervention in human affairs are celebrated regularly by the faithful who gather in churches, synagogues, and mosques throughout the world, contemporary buddhists, christians, hindus, jews, and muslims still pray for and expect miraculous occurrences in their own lives today. and, according to the newsweek survey, 43 percent of those polled who belonged to no religious body at all admitted that they had on occasion prayed for god s intervention. both the old and new testaments of the bible are filled with miracles and wonders performed by prophets, angels, and god. so, too, does the qur

a muezzin, they themselves may call out the two summons to prayer. while it is desirable to pray in a mosque, when the supplicants find themselves away from a formal place of worship, they must attempt to find as clean an area as possible. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d religious phenomena 227 believing in the power of prayer, a group of muslims pray for rain in kabul, afghanistan (ap/ wide world photos) a true believer of islam must say his prayers (salla) five times a day dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and nighttime. prayer rugs (saijada) are carried by many muslims, but they are not an essential aspect of the ritual. it is essential to properly cover the body: males, at least from the navel to the knees; females, the entire bod

ng last and -logy literally meaning discourse about the last things. refers to the body of religious doctrines concerning the human soul in relation to death, judgment, heaven or hell, or in general, life after death and of the final stage or end of the world. five pillars of islam in arabic, also called the arkan, and consists of the five sacred ritual duties believed to be central to mainstream muslims faith. the five duties are: the confession of faith, performing the five daily prayers, fasting during the month of ramadan, paying alms tax, and performing at least one sacred pilgrimage to mecca, the holy land. guardian angel a holy, divine being that watches over, guides, and protects humans. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 252 r

zations such as ur, sumer, assyria, and babylonia were developed in that region. old testament the first of the two main divisions of the christian bible that corresponds to the hebrew scriptures. omen a prophetic sign, phenomenon, or happening supposed to portend good or evil or indicate how someone or something will fare in the future. qur an (koran) the sacred text, or holy book, of islam. for muslims, it is the very word of allah, the absolute god of the islamic faith, as revealed to the prophet muhammad (c. 570c.e. 632 c.e) by the archangel gabriel. shamanic exorcism when a shaman, or tribal medicine-holy person, performs a ceremonial ritual to expel the disincarnate spirits from a person. tanakh (also known as tanach) from the hebrew tenak, an acronym formed from torah. it is the sac

tate that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical form and does so in a cyclical manner. resurrection the act of rising from the dead or returning to life. in christian belief, the resurrection was the rising of jesus christ from the dead after he was crucified and entombed. resurrection also refers to the rising of the dead on judgment day, as anticipated by christians, jews, and muslims. right-hand path in occult tradition, a practitioner who practices white magic. sabbath from the greek sabbaton, and the hebrew sabba, both meaning to rest. sunday is observed as the sabbath, or day of rest from work and for religious worship in christianity, and saturday is the sabbath as observed by judaism and some christians. santeria from spanish santeria meaning holiness. a religion

h certain suggestions or leading questions and comments; thereby creating memories that the patient or client believes to be true, but in reality they are not. fanatical extreme enthusiasm, frenzy, or zeal about a particular belief, as in politics or religion. five pillars of islam in arabic, also called the arkan, and consists of the five sacred ritual duties believed to be central to mainstream muslims faith. the five duties are the confession of faith, performing the five daily prayers, fasting during the month of ramadan, paying alms tax, and performing at least one sacred pilgrimage to mecca, the holy land. foo fighter a term coined by pilots who reported sightings of unconventional aircraft that appeared as nocturnal lights during world war ii. a popular cartoon character of the time

affect them without using anything but mental powers. pulsar a star generally believed to be a neutron star and that appears to pulse as it briefly emits bursts of visible radiation such as radio waves and x-rays. putrefy causing something to decay, usually indicating a foul odor. from the latin stem, putr, meaning rotten, plus facere, to make. qur an the sacred text, or holy book, of islam. for muslims, it is the very word of allah, the absolute god of the islamic faith, as revealed to the prophet muhammad (c. 570 c.e. 632 c.e) by the archangel gabriel. rectory the house or dwelling that a rector (clergyman) lives in. reincarnation the reappearance or rebirth of something in a new form. some religions or belief systems state that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical fo

tate that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical form and does so in a cyclical manner. resurrection the act of rising from the dead or returning to life. in christian belief, the resurrection was the rising of jesus christ from the dead after he was crucified and entombed. resurrection also refers to the rising of the dead on judgment day, as anticipated by christians, jews, and muslims. retrocognition the mental process or faculty of knowing, seeing, or perceiving things, events, or occurrences of things in the past, especially through other than the normal human senses as in extrasensory. right-hand path in occult tradition, a practitioner who practices white magic. rite originally from an indo-european base meaning to fit together and was the ancestor of the english wo

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b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) on that day. but some writers advance the theory that friday is regarded as an unlucky day because, according to ancient tradition, it was on friday that adam and eve partook of the forbidden fruit and were cast out of paradise. followers of islam try to avoid beginning any new enterprise on wednesdays. for reasons long forgotten, wednesday is seen as a bad day. even today, many muslims avoid even getting their hair cut on that day. and such important occasions as weddings are never scheduled for a wednesday. a familiar old rhyme preserves the old superstitions concerning the personalities of various children on various birthdays: monday s child is fair of face,/tuesday s child is full of grace,/wednesday s child is sour and sad,/thursday s child is merry and glad,/friday

ed, for it is tradition that the service should be kept as simple as possible. at the grave site, the rabbi says a few words of remembrance about the deceased, and the coffin is placed in the grave. the closest male relative of the deceased says a prayer called the kaddish to help the soul travel to the olam ha ba, the world to come, and the family of the dead person fill in the grave with earth. muslims prefer not to use coffins for their dead unless they are residing in a country that requires such a containment for the deceased. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 224 superstitions, strange customs, taboos, and urban legends if it is possible to do so, the dead are buried on the day following their death. the deceased is washed, perf

h certain suggestions or leading questions and comments; thereby creating memories that the patient or client believes to be true, but in reality they are not. fanatical extreme enthusiasm, frenzy, or zeal about a particular belief, as in politics or religion. five pillars of islam in arabic, also called the arkan, and consists of the five sacred ritual duties believed to be central to mainstream muslims faith. the five duties are the confession of faith, performing the five daily prayers, fasting during the month of ramadan, paying alms tax, and performing at least one sacred pilgrimage to mecca, the holy land. foo fighter a term coined by pilots who reported sightings of unconventional aircraft that appeared as nocturnal lights during world war ii. a popular cartoon character of the time

affect them without using anything but mental powers. pulsar a star generally believed to be a neutron star and that appears to pulse as it briefly emits bursts of visible radiation such as radio waves and x-rays. putrefy causing something to decay, usually indicating a foul odor. from the latin stem, putr, meaning rotten, plus facere, to make. qur an the sacred text, or holy book, of islam. for muslims, it is the very word of allah, the absolute god of the islamic faith, as revealed to the prophet muhammad (c. 570 c.e. 632 c.e) by the archangel gabriel. rectory the house or dwelling that a rector (clergyman) lives in. reincarnation the reappearance or rebirth of something in a new form. some religions or belief systems state that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical fo

tate that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical form and does so in a cyclical manner. resurrection the act of rising from the dead or returning to life. in christian belief, the resurrection was the rising of jesus christ from the dead after he was crucified and entombed. resurrection also refers to the rising of the dead on judgment day, as anticipated by christians, jews, and muslims. retrocognition the mental process or faculty of knowing, seeing, or perceiving things, events, or occurrences of things in the past, especially through other than the normal human senses as in extrasensory. right-hand path in occult tradition, a practitioner who practices white magic. rite originally from an indo-european base meaning to fit together and was the ancestor of the english wo

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is derived from the arabic ghashish, h a name for indian hemp (cannabis sativa, and the accusation was made by european crusaders and others that the assassins made liberal use of the narcotic effects of hashish to achieve their fierce courage and to eliminate their fear of death. most of the early members of the secret society were followers of the nizari branch of the isma iliyya sect of shiite muslims and were located primarily in syria and persia. in 1090, hasan ibn sabbah (1034-1124) seized the mountain citadel of alamaut in northern persia and made it his geagles f nest, h a center where he, as grand master, could live in relative safety and direct his forces throughout asia. hasan became known as the gold man of the mountains, h and he set about creating a fanatical organization com

hich the new orders were based was the union of monasticism and chivalry. before this time, a man could choose to devote himself to religion and become a monk, or he could elect to become a warrior and devote himself to defending god and country. the founding of the orders of knighthood permitted the vow of religion and the vow of war to be united in a single effort to free the holy land from the muslims. the oldest of the religio-chivalric orders was the knights of saint john of jerusalem, also known as the knights hospitallers and subsequently as the knights of malta and the knights of rhodes, founded in 1048. by the middle of the twelfth century, the hospitallers had become a powerful military factor in the east, and their membership included the most accomplished knights in christendom

tury that as many as 9,000 manors were held by the templars in france. the chief seat of the templars had remained in jerusalem from the origins of the order in 1118 to 1187, when it was moved to antioch after the christians f defeat by saladin in the plain of tiberias. the hospitallers and the templars had been slaughtered in battle and 230 captive knights had been beheaded when they refused the muslims f offer to convert to the religion of the prophet. the grand master established the templar headquarters in antioch for four years, then moved to acre in 1191. a third transfer of the templar seat was made in 1217 when the grand master moved to the pilgrim fs castle near cesarea. when the muslims captured acre in 1291 and overthrew the christian kingdom, the templars had bravely fought unt

ies. the deity most often invoked by the dark sorcerer of medieval times to the present day is satanas, a direct descendant of the t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d magic and sorcery 51 baphomet: the sabbatic goat from the 1896 edition of transcendental magic (fortean picture library) egyptian set and an alias for the persians f ahriman, the muslims f iblis, the hebrews f asmodeus and beelzebub, and pan, the goatfooted nature god of the greeks, who became the image of satan in the common mind. in addition to satan, the master creator of evil, there were many other ancient gods who had been transformed into demons and personified as vices who could be ordered to do the bidding of the black magicians of the middle ages: moloch, who devo

enth century, the close of the middle ages, the christian establishment of europe was forced to deal with an onset of social, economic, and religious changes. it was also during this time (1347.49) that the black death, the bubonic plague, nearly decimated the populations of the european nations and greatly encouraged rumors of devil-worshippers who conspired with other heretics, such as jews and muslims, to invoke satan to bring about a pestilence that would destroy christianity and the west. during most of the middle ages, those who practiced the old religion and worked with herbs and charms were largely ignored by the church and the inquisition. after the scourge of the black death, witchcraft trials began to increase steadily throughout the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. the first

els; those who believe in the mystical powers of crystals wear them as amulets. many amulets have religious significance. ancient jews wore amulets around their necks that contained slips of parchment on which the laws of god were written. the torah, comprising five books of the old testament of the bible, is among the copies of holy books including the bible (christians, vedas (hindu, the koran (muslims, and the avestar (zoroastrians) believed by the faithful to t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d objects of mystery and power 169 ancient amulets of the middle east ancient assyrians, egyptians, babylonians, arabs, and hebrews placed great importance in amulets. frog.protected fertility. ankh.everlasting life. udjat.health. scarab.resurr

, gheart. h the blood redness of carnelian made it highly desired among ancient egyptians who used it to represent the blood or virtue of the goddess isis and placed it within the body cavity of a mummy. the egyptian jewelers also favored the bloodstone as an addition to their heart amulets and proclaimed it as a symbol of the heart-soul of the goddess. carnelian is called the mecca stone by many muslims and is carried by them as an object that may assist in fulfilling all wishes for perfect happiness. while many authorities state that the gsardis h mentioned as the first stone in the breastplate of aaron, moses fs brother, was a ruby, others suggest that it was a carnelian, or bloodstone. some bloodstones are greenish in color, with bright red flecks of jasper within them that look like f

rth. mokelumne hill, calif: health research, 1963. gordon, stuart. the encyclopedia of myths and legends. london: headline books, 1993. michell, john. eccentric lives and peculiar notions. san diego, calif: harcourt brace jovanovich, 1984. jerusalem jerusalem stands in the middle of the nation of israel, a holy city to three of the world fs great religions.judaism, christianity, and islam. before muslims underwent pilgrimages to mecca, the most venerated holy place in all of islam was the dome of the rock, a magnificent mosque built over the sacred rock where abraham prepared to sacrifice his son isaac to the lord and where the prophet muhammad (c. 570.632) is believed to have ascended to paradise. for the jews, jerusalem is the site of king david fs (d. 932 b.c.e) ancient capital of judea

n he was about 40 years old and was meditating in a cave on mount hira that he had the first of a series of visions of the angel gabriel who instructed him concerning the oneness of god. later, muhammad fs many revelations and visions t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 256 places of mystery and power would be collected into the sacred book of muslims, the qur fan (or koran, but when he first began sharing the essence of his revelations with his fellow meccans, they rejected the teachings and reacted with great hostility when he began to lecture them concerning their vices and pagan practices. in 622, muhammad left mecca for yathrib, which was later renamed medina, city of the prophet, where he began to amass many followers. after eight

aiming they were aware of its energy and that their physical ailments had been cured by walking among or rubbing against the stones. sources: gearth mysteries. h [online] http//www.religionandnature.com/ encyclopedia/samples/earth_mysteries.htm. magin, ulrich. gwilhelm teudt and his holy lines. h the ley hunter. no. 133 [online] http//www.leyhunter.com/new/ win.htm. the energies of holy lines all muslims who are able to do so are required to make at least one pilgrimage (hajj) to mecca during their lifetime. ed to those who follow the islamic faith. there is an area of several miles around mecca that is considered to be haram (restricted, and non-muslims are forbidden to enter this sacred zone. those muslims who travel into this area as they progress toward the mother of cities must profes

es. the ka faba is a cubeshaped structure that stands about 43 feet high, with regular sides from 36 to 43 feet. the building is draped in a black cloth (kiswah) that bears a band of sacred verses embroidered in gold and silver thread. in the southeastern corner of the ka faba is the sacred black stone, an ancient holy relic about 11 inches wide and 15 inches high that has been mounted in silver. muslims believe that allah sent the black stone from heaven. it is the fortunate pilgrim who manages to break free from the press of the crowd and kiss the black stone. because of the great mass of humanity crowding into the ka faba at any given moment, it had been decreed centuries ago that the gesture of a kiss toward the stone will suffice and merit a great blessing. the second element of the h

e of the journey is spent in prayer and meditation. as the pilgrims walk back toward mina, they stop to throw small stones at three pillars, an act which symbolically recalls the three occasions when abraham threw stones at satan, who was tempting him to disobey t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 258 places of mystery and power large crowd of muslims making their pilgrimage to mecca (the library of congress) t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d places of mystery and power 259 above the timberline in the big horn mountains of northern wyoming exists a massive medicine wheel whose pattern of stones etches an imperfect circle with a diameter of about 25 meters. a group of stones about f

h certain suggestions or leading questions and comments; thereby creating memories that the patient or client believes to be true, but in reality they are not. fanatical extreme enthusiasm, frenzy, or zeal about a particular belief, as in politics or religion. five pillars of islam in arabic, also called the arkan, and consists of the five sacred ritual duties believed to be central to mainstream muslims f faith. the five duties are the confession of faith, performing the five daily prayers, fasting during the month of ramadan, paying alms tax, and performing at least one sacred pilgrimage to mecca, the holy land. foo fighter a term coined by pilots who reported sightings of unconventional aircraft that appeared as nocturnal lights during world war ii. a popular cartoon character of the ti

affect them without using anything but mental powers. pulsar a star generally believed to be a neutron star and that appears to pulse as it briefly emits bursts of visible radiation such as radio waves and x-rays. putrefy causing something to decay, usually indicating a foul odor. from the latin stem, putr, meaning rotten, plus facere, to make. qur fan the sacred text, or holy book, of islam. for muslims, it is the very word of allah, the absolute god of the islamic faith, as revealed to the prophet muhammad (c. 570 c.e..632 c.e) by the archangel gabriel. rectory the house or dwelling that a rector (clergyman) lives in. reincarnation the reappearance or rebirth of something in a new form. some religions or belief systems state that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical fo

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d to formal classifications. chanting was a popular form of rhythmic induction. the same phrase or phrases wcluld be repeated in a low voice, sometimes for hours, accompanied by rocking motions of the body. we see the same technique employed in modern society by religious groups during prayer. catholics chant on their rosaries. jews chant in their synagogues an da t the wailing wall in jerusalem. muslims chant the verses of the koran. the result is not always the separation of the astral body, but often this type of prolonged chanting induces an elevated mental condition or even an ecstatic state. a less well-recognized induction technique employed by shamans is the use of extended pure tones in the form of whistling. when formed by the lips, the notes are sounded as long as there is air i

olent angels and deities are the safest to vibrate. if you are religious, naturally the name of a powerful figure in your religion would be a good choice. christians might select the name of an angel such as michael, who is noted for his abilities as a warrior, or the name of jesus, which has the potency to banish evil spirits. names of god that are used in the bible are effective for christians, muslims, and jews alike. the divine name shaddai means "the almighty" and is an ancient name of great potency. it may be used in the simple phrase "shaddai, protect me" similarly, an angelic name would be inserted into the phrase-for example "michael, protect me" the invocation of the power of the name should be spoken emphatically, but there is no need to shout it out. speak it firmly and clearly

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ts written meditations a taste of the writings of the world s great religions, in the hope that this taste will stimulate a wider search for knowledge and wisdom in the quest for religious truth. as arch-druid, you are charged with preparing meditations which will prove meaningful to the congregation. in order to do this, you must choose selections from the buddhists, the hindus, the taoists, the muslims, and many others, as well as from the bible. you must provide a wide variety in order to give truth a chance. the best method is to study widely yourself. but this can be too time-consuming. i therefore strongly urge you to purchase, for your own edification, an excellent and useful collection: viking portable #5, henry ballou s world bible. it is available in paper for less than $2.00, or

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