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  6. Words From The Wise...your Favorites

    in Creative Expression & Cultural Arts

    Posted · Edited by Rev'd Rattlesnake

    My grandfather was a fountain of folk wisdom... One of the many truisms he passed on to me is "Locks are meant to keep honest men honest." Another of his favorites was "Once a mule has made up his mind, only a bullet will change it."

    Good one Songster! I too love the wise words of the older generation. But alas, not all of them had you grandfather's eloquence...I used to work to work for an old lady when I was twelve who used to say "you can smell yer own ass before anyone else can." Which had some profound meaning that was lost on me at the time.

  9. Emanationist Christian Theology

    in Monotheist Theologies & Scriptures

    Posted · Edited by Rev'd Rattlesnake

    Hi Hexalpa,

    I agree with a lot of this theory, although I didn't know this is what it was called. In fact, when I read the biblical accounts of Creation in Genesis, I am forced to think that 2 creations happend, one that was orderly and perfect, as in Genesis 1, and one which was backward and filled with imperfection in Genesis 2. I often think of the first one as the spritual creations, something like the creation of the world of forms,commanded into perfect existence by the One. The second a copy that worked backwards...the man was molded out of mud (material substance?) by gods who then trap a soul inside this material cage. This world had dos and don'ts, this world had creatures that were capable of defying the will of the gods, which negates the first aspect of god: ominpotence. Things happen outside of the gods' knowledge: negating the second aspect of god: omniscience. And the gods walk in the cool of the garden, searching for Adam, negating the third aspect of god: omnipresence. Once the creatures disobey them, they dole out curses to the creatures who do only what they have been allowed to do, and only do so in their ignorance, which negates things we normally associate with god, like justice and forgiveness. And lastly, he told them that I they ate of the tree they would die that day, yet it did not happen. Can god lie? This makes me think that the god in one story is very different from the gods in the other. How can the two be reconciled?

    Emanation theology answers a lot of questions. I'll definitely have to study it more. Any book recommends???

  16. Mediums

    in New Age Theosophy & Cosmic Humanism

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    Hello everyone,

    Mediumship is a huge part of my practice of Southern Voodoo. I consult with my patron loa who is called Simbi (or Le Grand Zombi). A loa is a Voodoo god, an intermediary between man and the supreme deity. In Voodoo, a particular loa may possess a practitoner, taking temporary control of the person. This is not at all considered negative or harmful. I frequently use cartomancy as a method of interacting with the spirits. I like The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot deck, but my favorite is still the Gypsy Witch fortune telling deck. I also sometimes use a crystal ball to see into the spirit world. I can see and hear spirits without the use of these props, but I enjoy using them. Candles are used to draw spirits or their influence. Payments are made to spirits at the graveyard with a silver dime or ten copper pennies in exchange for a pinch of their graveyard dirt. (A little bit of whiskey or rum can be used in lieu of money.) In Voodoo it is also believed that spirits inhabit rocks, trees, and rivers. There is no "down time" in Voodoo for spirit communication, you are in communion with them all the time and everywhere you go :) .

    What's up Doc?;)

    Great post! I spent my summers in Lafayette and NO LA growing up. Though I don't practice, I have a deep respect for and interest in Voodoo. For people that have been to southern LA, they can attest to how strong the spirit vibe is there--like nowhere else on earth! That was where I first realized that spirits are everywhere and if we open ourselves up to them, we will become residents of a much bigger and more meaningful world. There really is no down time.