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Agreed. In my experience, the biggest problem to understanding lies not in the language itself, but in the dogmatic worldviews of the people using it. A New Ager can read a book about "vibrations" and "higher frequncies" and assume that he now is an expert, that what he read is how it is, no...

Here's a possibly related question. John 7:38 says, "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Now, fundies generally link this with Zechariah 14:8: "And it shall be, in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem. . ...

exastra said salvation is THE defining point of Christianity. That may be more or less true, depending on the emphasis of your particular doctrine, but a purist might point out that it is the resurrection that is central. Without that, everything else is meaningless. (1 Corinthians 15:12 - 19.)...

Hey, Bigmacscanlan. I'm not a fundy now, but I USED to be. Shhh. Don't let my secret out. I'm feeling MUCH better now. Really! For one thing, I get to see Siege in that hot tub she mentioned, something my poor fundy brain would never have been able to accept! 8) [Hi, Siege!] Anyway, I can say...

Sorry. That was "untold treasures," not until treasures. My singer flipped. And for some reason, my spellchecker didn't catch it!

I like the idea, Polycarp. I'd always heard that Mark came first, and was incorporated almost wholesale into Matthew, who used it as a historical framework for his collected teachings. Yours seems to make more sense, and explains the otherwise odd inconsistency of Papias. In my hard-line fundy...

Mine appears to be Field Iceglow She is a bone chilling revenger of widows. She lives in fields where wild flowers and poppies grow. She is only seen in the light of a full moon. Don't know about the "revenger of widows" bit. I DO work a lot with/seek to help abused women, so maybe...

Amen, brian! I stayed well clear of all New Age woo-woo crap, as I thought of it, for a LONG time because their pseudoscientific babble gave me a pain. When they would say, "you have to increase your molecular vibrational rate," my first thought was . . . okay, molecules vibrate. Molecular...

Interesting. My personal belief is that we do NOT transmigrate from species to species. But, that's just me. I have known some humans who seemed VERY uncomfortable in their bodies, and who exhibited behavior that can only be described as cat-like, or dragon-like. Objective proof is elusive...

Agreed, brian. I have a particular interest in linking modern physics with what I practice as a witch. [Okay, I'm an author in my day job, and I'm working on a book on science in witchcraft for Citadel Press, right now.] Some aspects of modern quantum physics are SO bizarre, and have such...

Quote: "Bill, would it be too much to ask to suggest that you list off the major arcana and a short explanation of the archetypical symbology you see in each? I know that's a big bite of prose, but for those of us who are Jung at heart it would be most helpful." LOL. Hi, Polycarp! That is a...

Thanks, brian. Gardner stol--I mean BORROWED--a lot from many sources. Obviously. And some of the strangest connections are with turn-of-the-20th-century magickal practices, from the OTO, among others. My personal recommendation is NOT to read Gardner in order to understand Wicca. If you want...

Fascinating. Thanks for the post. I'll point out that 3,000-year-old mummies are still predated by the Egyptian variety, by a minimum of 2,000 years.