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Fifth Tarot Reading, Additional Interpretation 2007-03-15 03:50:00 S/Q 10 of swords1 - Magician (Gwydion) א2 - seven of pentacles3 - ace of swords4 - page of wands5 - Hanged Man (Enchantment of Dyfed) ל6 - six of pentacles7 - king of wands8 - queen of cups9 - eight of wands10 - ten of wandsFurther interpretation of today's earlier tarot reading:1 - querent is a force of art, creativity and independent thinking in relationship to current situation2- forces in querent's favor: patience, fairness, goodwill toward others, ingenuity3 - message from higher self: decisive change is being brought about4 - subconscious is working to manifest the arrival of positive change5 - past events giving rise to current situation, proper atonement and self-sacrifice6 - "sharing" relationships with others7 - overcoming disadvantage positively influencing situation8 - unseen force influencing situation: a genuine heart, a true love9 - hope for opportunity10 - outcome of the matter: rising to the challenge, not flinching in the face of oppression Read more:Fifth
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Ascent Of The Atarah 2007-03-15 02:41:00 Regarding kabbalistic theurgy, Moshe Idel (Kabbalah, New Perspectives, p. 196-7) writes:The ascent of the Atarah to the highest place in the divine pleroma was adopted by theosophical Kabbalah. Notwithstanding its being a classical symbol of the lowest of the sefirot - Malchut - Atarah is at times portrayed as ascending to Keter, in a way similar to that of the anonymous author whose view is preserved in the book of R. Eleazar of Worms. Already R. Ezra of Gerona had commented upon the verse in Song of Songs 3:11: "the whole structure will cleave and unite with and ascend to Eiyn Sof."The ritual of composing the Atarah by prayer and its ascent and setting on the head of God is tantamount ot coronation of the king. This installation by ritual is clearly reminiscent of the ancient interconnection between ritual and kingship. Kabbalah may therefore be viewed not only as the cultivation of the Garden but also as the cultivation of the Gardener. If the symbolism of Lebanon pertains to the lo Read more:Ascent
Dina D'Atarah, Reversing A Pulsa Denura 2007-03-14 21:06:00 כ"ד באדר תשס"זFifth tarot reading on myself, using my standard procedure and spread.Wednesday, 3/14/07 @ 1:35 pm, Adar 24, 576713th portion of reversal candle to be burned tonightparchment of petition spell to be burned tonightmood: slightly depressed, health: tiredmoon data: 29 deg. C Sagittarius, 25 deg. S Capricorn, waning crescent, 25 days old, 24% fullsun data: 2 deg. C Pisces, 23 deg. S Piscesplanetary hour: VenusS/Q 10 of swords1 - Magician (Gwydion) א2 - seven of pentacles3 - ace of swords4 - page of wands5 - Hanged Man (Enchantment of Dyfed) ל6 - six of pentacles7 - king of wands8 - queen of cups9 - eight of wands10 - ten of wandsInterpretation:First, a two-letter word immediately falls out into this tarot reading, namely - "no" (לא). In other words, the "Hanged Man" may be trying to stop the reversal ritual. The first month's final portion of the reversal ritual is due to conclude tonight with the burning of the 13th portion of the candle and the burning of the Read more:Pulsa
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Underworld & The Sea 2007-03-13 05:15:00 כ"ג באדר תשס"זI dreamt.There was a staged contest of some sort between some other person and I. I was a participant, but I hadn't volunteered for this contest. I merely found myself "drafted" into it.The set-up was like a minature golf course or something - we each had to aim and hit an object with a staff-like stick into one of several holes. We could choose which hole to aim for, but the harder the hole to make, the greater the "points" scored. We each had only one shot.The woman with whom I was involuntarily competing was beside me in the next "lane" (our "testing" lanes were identical but separate). She chose to aim for the closest and easiest hole. She didn't think I had even a slim chance of hitting my object into any of my holes, so she opted for the easiest one. She made the hole. Her object fell into the closest and easiest hole in her lane.I didn't know exactly what to do. I wasn't inclined to even try to hit the object into any hole. This was crazy. I had no in Read more:Underworld
Terminated. Thank Goddess! 2007-03-12 00:55:00 כ"ב באדר תשס"זI should be depressed. But, energized is actually how I feel after being terminated from my weekly Sunday evening part-time staff nursing job. The place was like one huge psychic vampire, draining my life force every time I went into work. I never recovered week to week. It was a miserable working environment for me. I feel re-energized in one fell swoop.I went into work this afternoon, only to find out that my position had been terminated this past Monday. No one even had the guts to call me. Must have been the pentacle that spooked them. They let the new graduate nurse ADON (newly hired) do the dirty work.ThankGoddess
! I no longer work there.
Totafot, She Who Rears Up 2007-03-11 04:59:00 כ"א באדר תשס"זWhile researching the knot of Isis, I came upon the formation that developed in the wax of my reversal candle Friday night (the 8th night of the ritual)! It looked like the Uraeus (shown).From About.com:The Uraeus is the serpent emblem found in Egyptian portrayals of Royalty and Deity. It is a symbol of divine authority, representing the Goddess Wedjat as the all seeing eye of Ra, who was believed to protect the Pharoahs by spitting fire, and the emblem of the Lower Kingdom of Egypt. According to legend, the Cobra was given to the pharoahs as a sign of kingship by the God Geb.From Wiki:The Uraeus (plural Uraei or Uraeuses) is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian spitting cobra (or snake / serpent / asp), used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity and divine authority in ancient Egypt. Uraeus is a Greek word that may have its origins in ancient Egyptian, meaning "she who rears up".According to the Story of Re, the first uraeus was created by the goddess Read more:Rears
Amulet Or Talisman 2007-03-11 04:21:00 כ"א באדר תשס"זAn amulet is something that is worn which extends protection to the wearer. It functions passively, naturally. Generally, an amulet is considered to be an amulet (as opposed to a talisman) on the basis of its status as "crafted by nature".On the other hand, a talisman is consciously charged for the purpose of protection. It works actively on behalf of the person who has charged it for a specific purpose. It is not "crafted by nature", it is crafted by normative human will.Consequently, my prenatal memories function like a natural amulet, protecting me regardless of where my normative consciousness may rest at any given point in life.Technorati tags: Torah Talmud Torah Judaism Kabbalah jewish mysticism mysticism jewish meditation meditation shamanism jewish shamanism kabbalah iyunit kabbalah maasit jewitchery jewitch jewish woman sacred feminine divine feminine shechinah lilith spiritual development spirituality kosher spirituality Read more:Amulet
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Tyet & Techiyat Hametim 2007-03-11 03:06:00 כ"א באדר תשס"זThe shared love of Osiris and Isis from the womb relates to my prenatal experience of quantum consciousness (here and here), and significantly, also pertains to Niddah 30b with respect to the "candle in the womb". The knot of Isis (tyet, girdle of Isis) symbolizes the link to resurrection (techiyat hametim) in the physical world of this eternal shared love. In other words, the knot of Isis is an ancient Egyptian consciousness symbol for feminine prenatal memory of the archetypal eternal love which reverberates through the story of Osiris and Isis.Technorati tags: Torah Talmud Torah Judaism Kabbalah jewish mysticism mysticism jewish meditation meditation shamanism jewish shamanism kabbalah iyunit kabbalah maasit jewitchery jewitch jewish woman sacred feminine divine feminine shechinah lilith spiritual development spirituality kosher spirituality
Love From The Womb 2007-03-11 00:23:00 From Goddess Gift, on the love shared from the womb [1] between Nut's children, Isis and Osiris:Nut wasted not a precious moment of those blessed (five epagomenal) days, giving birth to a different child on each of the five days. Hence, Nut came to be called the "Mother of the Gods".First born was a son she named Osiris. He was the son of Re and later became the god who was to rule all of the earth.The Egyptian Goddess Isis, daughter of Thoth, was born on the third day. Her father was Thoth.Isis and Osiris loved each other deeply, even when they were still in Nut's womb. The myths of Isis and Osiris are among the most beautiful love stories ever told.Ruling together as husband and wife they created the first great nation of Western civilization during what was called the "Golden Age of Egypt" (around 2,500 BCE).Footnote:[1] see niddah 30b, the candle in the womb (a story of quantum consciousness)Technorati tags: Torah Talmud Torah Judaism Kabbalah jewish mysticism mysticism jewish m
Five Days Out Of Time 2007-03-10 22:40:00 כ" באדר תשס"זThis morning, I dreamt. One thing I will document regarding it is the mention of a name consisting of two names. Both parts of the name were longer that I can document, but the portions I retained in normative consciousness are: Shirl NutI also link this name to a dream I had some time ago and had since forgotten until now. The dream was called In Five Days. I had forgotten about the dream, because nothing significant to the dream seemed to actually happen "five days" from the date of the dream.However today, I have a different understanding of "in five days". The dream was referring to the five days out of time created by Thoth for Egyptian sky goddess Nut to give birth to five principle Egyptian gods/goddesses [1]. The five days of the ancient Egyptian calendar are called five epagomenal days.The five epagomenal days intercalate the solar and lunar cycles (sod ha-ibbur) into a single calendar [2]. Converting the ancient Egyptian epagomenal days to the Gregorian
Heart Healthy Pomegranate Juice 2007-03-10 06:13:00 כ" באדר תשס"זAlong with organic flax seeds, I purchased some pomegranate juice today. It has several health benefits. From wiki:In several human clinical trials, the juice of the pomegranate has been found effective in reducing several heart risk factors, including LDL oxidation, macrophage oxidative status, and foam cell formation, all of which are steps in atherosclerosis and heart disease. Tannins have been identified as the primary components responsible for the reduction of oxidative states which lead to these risk factors.[1] Pomegranate
has been shown to reduce systolic blood pressure by inhibiting serum angiotension converting enzyme (ACE).[2]One pomegranate delivers 40% of an adult's daily vitamin C requirement. It is also a rich source of folic acid and of antioxidants. Pomegranates are high in polyphenols. The most abundant polyphenols in pomegranate are hydrolysable tannins, particularly punicalagins, which have been shown in many peer-reviewed research publicatio Read more:Heart
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Odd Dream Message 2007-03-09 21:43:00 י"ט באדר תשס"זThe dream I had last night was a rather low level dream. Nevertheless, one character's presence in the dream was so "out of place" within the dream, as was the message in context of the content of the dream, that I am going to document what the strange woman reported to me within the dream.Her odd message to me was namely this:Major war is coming soon, maybe as soon as tomorrow. The war's formal initiation involves Pakistan in some way.That's it, although two other points to note about this strange woman oddly out of place in my dream:1. She eyed my father as she spoke to me in the presence of my mother in the dream also. Hmmm.2. Her implication while telling me this message was that all my attempts to order and fix the lives of myself, my children and my grandchildren were futile because war was coming soon.Technorati tags: Torah Talmud Torah Judaism Kabbalah jewish mysticism mysticism jewish meditation meditation shamanism jewish shamanism kabbalah iyunit k Read more:Dream
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Gift From An Enemy 2007-03-09 04:16:00 י"ט באדר תשס"זI received a research laboratory supply catalog in the mail today. I haven't worked in a research laboratory for over a decade. So, why would someone send to me a research laboratory supply catalog? Unless of course, that person knew how much I loved science and how much I hate being a nurse. Such a person would also know how my science and professional careers have been destroyed since returning to Torah, also nearly a decade ago.Clearly, whoever sent this catalog to me is wanting to gleefully yet maliciously point out to me in the shadows and on the sly just how much I have been destroyed and how hopeless my current situation is. This person is trying to elicit anger and depression in me - even as those who might observe the desired emotional responses remain in the dark as to the "precipitating" and triggering action.But, to the enemy who caused this catalog to be sent to me, either directly or indirectly - I am posting this entry and exposing you and your m Read more:Enemy
Peregrinating Among The Te'amim 2007-03-09 02:46:00 י"ט באדר תשס"זWithout the sense of smell, human beings can only distinguish five tastes: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and savory. The single number "five" of physically discernable tastes corresponds to Binah, where all tastes are in complex unity. The forms which this "five" takes - sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and savory - correspond to categories of "taste expression" in Malchut.If one looks at the shapes of the tropes (te'amim), it can be observed that there are five sets of shapes that comprise the structures of all the tropes:point (dot-diamond)single line (straight or 90 degree angled)curved lineparallel lines (straight or curved)circle (open and closed)Smell and taste are chemical senses, and by some, are regarded as one sense. Nearly 80% of our ability to taste is due to our sense of smell. Without smell, as written above, we can only distinguish the basic five tastes and lack the ability to distinguish the over 10,000 different odor molecules which contribute to dist
Holy Hod & The Holy Eight 2007-03-08 10:00:00 י"ח באדר תשס"ז As mentioned in the previous two posts, Lenpw (Anubis) is associated with the Eye Of Horus-Ra (ayin ע), a symbol of Divine Protection and Guidance. Lenpw is the son of Osiris (as is Horus, who in Egyptian mythology, battled the evil god Set). Winning this battle, Horus-Anubis was granted rebirth in the Underworld. Why are these associations important?First, on ayin:The name YHVH יהוה has the kabbalistic value of 26. The full spelling of ayin (ayin-yod-nun עין) has a gematria of 130, where 130 = 5 X 26, representing the situation where YHVH permeates the Malchut of all 5 universes.In Gnostic kabbalah, this unitary property of ayin is understood to be the Holy Eight
ח, where the two points of the ayin are joined by an infinity sign - a sideways eight. Both eight and five are represented by feminine sefirot, Binah and Malchut, respectively. Eight can also represent Hod, the eighth sefirah. Second, connections in the news tonight:Bronx Fire Leaves 8 Child
Alert, From The Court Of The Law 2007-03-08 08:20:00 י"ח באדר תשס"זAs I wrote in the comments section of my previous post, noting various additional pieces of "spell data" [1], the profound depression and tiredness I had been feeling all day began to lift as the blend was completed. By 10:30pm, it was completely gone. Consequently, the profound depression and tiredness I felt were likely the result of a psychic attack against me by human beings adept at calling up spiritual entities at the psychospiritual level of reality.Return To Equilibrium & Ceromancy, The EvidenceMoreover, that I returned to psychophysical equilibrium so quickly following preparation of the magickal incense, coupled with the formation which "climbed up" from my ritual candle, further supports a magickal attack against me. The amazingly clear figure of Lenpw (Anubis) is not one which would easily and naturally form without the Hand of Divine Providence guiding it to provide me with the information.Thus, these two particular pieces of data merit further inve Read more:Alert
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Lenpw, Guardian Of The Flame 2007-03-08 03:51:00 י"ח באדר תשס"זI prepared my unique Abramelin Blend (hereby named Liorah's Abramelin Blend) tonight under the daily archetypes of Aaron and Lugh (given it was after sundown). The planetary hour was Mercury. I have been very depressed and tired today. Neverthless, I made myself do it - against the psychophysical forces conspiring to prevent me from doing it.I ground and blended the ingredients in my mortar as tonight's 6th portion (of 13 total portions) of the reversal candle was burning. I also burned a small 4 inch black chime-size ritual candle (as well as other daily altar candles) in parallel. Witch's Brew incense was burning.After completing the blend preparation and cleaning my tools, it was time to snuff out the reversal candle (in the center of my altar) for tonight. As I was doing it, I noticed the 4 inch black ritual candle near it (on the left side of my altar) was burning low to the candlestick. The bottom of the flame was at the top of the silver candlestick a Read more:Guardian
Hacked Again 2007-03-07 20:34:00 Well, my computer-tech-saavy enemies have struck again.I can't even access my blogger blog normally now. It's been slow for the last several days, but now it just freezes up completely.They are so pleased with themselves, no doubt ... ... but, I have found a way around the normal log-in. At least it works for now, until my enemies discover the hack (whatever it is) has been circumvented. Read more:Again
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Tsefiya's Blog 2007-03-07 07:04:00 I'm mystified, but for some reason Tsefiya finds me inspirational. Tsefiya practises messianic (Christian) Judaism and has studied kabbalah for 6 years. Not to worry - I haven't inspired her to become a Jewitch - yet . Nevertheless, Tsefiya does have an interesting personal story to share and is an excellent writer. Visit her blog Tsefiya.
Religious Hysteria Zaps Jewess 2007-03-07 03:50:00 Sorry, We Thought You Were A Witch.from The Wild Hunt blogThe Repository in Canton, Ohio reports on a teacher who is suing The Hampton Bays school district in Long Island, N.Y for firing her because they believed she was a Witch. Lauren Berrios, who is Jewish, claims that rumors of witchcraft started circulating when she didn't attend Christian services that she was invited to.The school claims that the firing was due to poor performance, but this doesn't seem to add up with reports on Berrios's performance at her new job in Atlanta where she was voted teacher of the month. Berrios's attorney (John Ray) also claims to have some fairly concrete evidence proving that the school thought she was a Witch."Ray said he has strong evidence to prove Berrios was fired amid religious hysteria. He said he plans to call former principal Andrew Albano as a witness. Ray said he will read testimony into the court record of Albano saying during a deposition that he believed Berrios practiced witchc Read more:Hysteria
Burning Times Try To Make A Comeback 2007-03-06 22:23:00 Christian group resists local occult movement.BY CHARITY GORDONDaily Journal, 2/24/2007 1:25:59 AMChris Crotty, who holds retreats on spiritual healing throughout the United States, will speak about the rise of the occult.Where: St. James Catholic Church Life Center, 845 Lakeshire Drive, Tupelo.TUPELO - In November five local members of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal benefit and service society, discovered a Tupelo store that deals in occult books and magic supplies.Dave Palladino, one of the men, said the group felt compelled to act on that discovery.From noon to 1 p.m. Monday all area pastors and youth pastors are invited to St. James Catholic Church Life Center to hear a presentation by Crotty, a member of the Fathers of Mercy's Mission Band in Bowling Green, Ky. Lunch will be provided.From 1-2 p.m. pastors may discuss what they can do as a community to stand against an occult movement.Healing not of Jesus"I want to express to the Catholic and overall Christian commu Read more:Burning
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Deadly Subtle Propaganda 2007-03-06 07:12:00 From Orson Scott Card's review of Steve Berry's The Alexandria Link:This book is evil. I don't mean it's about evil.I mean that this book, to the degree that it is read by people ignorant of history (i.e., practically everybody), will move us closer to a future in which our society permits or even approves of the murder of Jews and the destruction of the state of Israel.Here's how it works.At the beginning of the book, we are shown a Palestinian during the 1948 war over the creation of the state of Israel. The scene is about how this Palestinian has been torturing a man he captured in order to find out what he is doing; then he kills him. But the torture is not treated in the fiction as anything other than a regrettable necessity; later, the character does in fact regret his actions that day.That's not what makes this book evil. No, it's the fact that Berry sets this scene against a background in which Israelis are systematically driving all the Palestinians out of Israel; the I Read more:Propaganda
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Black Thread Of לוא 2007-03-05 22:25:00 ט"ו באדר תשס"זI dreamt.I traveled with others to a gathering at the fairgrounds outside of a town. I was in the front passenger seat. Someone else was driving.The fairgrounds had many booths representing many "outcast" peoples. There was a booth there for Israel as well. I was leaving behind "acceptability" to the townpeople of the town by leaving and going to the fairgrounds. I didn't care. I really didn't care. Not one iota. (This is connected to what happened at work yesterday. I didn't care there either. Their threats bounced off me like tiny bubbles. I went to the fairgrounds in the dream and I left the bad situation they had created for me in real life.)After this, in another place, inside some kind of public room, a large piece of crumpled "whitish" paper maybe a foot or so in size came stealthily toward me in the air near but above the floor. I instinctually put out my left hand against it even though it didn't look apparently threatening.Yet, it must have been th Read more:Black
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Link To Messianic Peace 2007-03-18 03:33:00 כ"ח באדר תשס"זויהוה נתן חכמה לשלמהSefer HaBahir, verse 3 excerptTraditional interpretation: "And G-ddess gave Wisdom to Shlomah."There exists within Judaism the idea that wisdom (chochmah) is generally preferred over prophecy (nevuah). Moreover, the kabbalah [1] teaches:The only individual for whom wisdom and prophecy merged into a single stream of enlightenment was Moses, who was able to receive prophecy while still in possession of his routine faculties.Thus, for Moses, wisdom and prophecy were equivalent chameleons, in a manner of speaking, co-existing together in a single stream of awareness.How does this relate to the phrase above from the Bahir? Let's examine the phrase.First, the word chochmah has a gematria of 73. Interestingly, the word הנביאה - "the prophetess" - from Shemot 15:20, also has a gematria of 73. Here then, in the awareness of "the prophetess", is where wisdom and prophecy merge into a single stream of consciousness. Here then, dw Read more:Messianic
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Pure Clarity, Neither Salty Nor Sweet 2007-03-17 07:07:00 כ"ז באדר תשס"זJust a quick observation about two shorashim: מלח and מלץמלח is the Hebrew root for "salt". Salt pertains to Gevurah and bitterness.מלץ is the Hebrew root for "being sweet and pleasant". Sweet
ness and pleasantness pertain to Chesed.Interestingly, the two shorashim are very similar, sharing the first two root letters (מל) and differing only with respect to the third root letter. The two differing letters cut from the shorashim together spell "clear" and "pure", in Hebrew צח.Consequently, in terms of sacred femininity, we can see that pure clarity is not made of "sweet pleasantness" any more than it is made of "bitterness". Pure clarity is brought about by neutralizing and overcoming the obscuring effects of both circumstances and psycho-emotional dispositions.Technorati tags: Torah Talmud Torah Judaism Kabbalah jewish mysticism mysticism jewish meditation meditation shamanism jewish shamanism kabbalah iyunit kabbalah maasit jewitchery jewitch jewi Read more:Clarity
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Impulsing Resurrection 2007-03-18 19:22:00 כ"ח באדר תשס"זI dreamt two dreams, both containing similar elements which included animated stone giants reminiscent of those found on Easter Island. The dream I choose to report, ended with a head of one of the stone giants crashed through the front wall of a court room which was sheltering a group of people (my family included) from an incredibly huge black cosmic storm.[The court room in the dream, with the head of a stone giant in it, therefore corresponds mystically to the psychological reality portrayed by the "giant head" stone art of Easter Island. In Jewish kabbalah, the giant stone head represents the psycholgical aspect of Esau and the court room represents Gan Eden.]I was the observer.The opened area allowed the pursuers (who had controlled the stone giants) to enter the court room. The pursuers were seeking to eliminate The One carrying the messianic spark of resurrection. This person was in the room. A pursuer shot a gun randomly, striking several people. One wo Read more:Resurrection
Coarse Grained Histories 2007-03-18 18:35:00 כ"ח באדר תשס"זIn response to Greg's post over at Presence, Quantum Indeterminacy Does Not Equal Free Will:Natural probabilities may or may not be "indeterminant", but free will can craft the weight (mass) of any given probability, influencing its improbable but very real outcome.One can create "crafted probabilities" over natural probabilities. Just as "mass" and the ability to make free will choices among a range of probabilities influence outcome, another quantum concept which figures into the process is called "coarse grained histories". True free will can operate through these processes to influence the outcome of any given "natural" probability.I know this, even if I am neither a mathematician nor a physicist. For example, in my dreams this morning, I dreamt of two potential outcomes, i.e., two alternative realities as they exist prior to manifestation. As a human being with free will, I can choose which alternative reality will manifest by the mere act of choosing (and Read more:Coarse
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