tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56932207000973791952024-03-13T15:06:28.782+00:00Rae burZ ~ Love GuRuI'm a love guru, poet, and aspiring author; trying to set the word alight, one heart at time ❤Mr WitchCraft (Burr Rae)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05099918719689295655noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-44795347282228963912017-06-15T08:06:00.000+01:002017-06-15T08:06:09.470+01:00A Twin Fame Moment<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="644" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRBLoveGuRu%2Fposts%2F466460920357795&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe>Rae Burzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14706945634136139311noreply@blogger.com0York, UK53.959965100000012 -1.087297900000066953.885224600000015 -1.2486594000000668 54.034705600000009 -0.92593640000006694tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-14255072771178318622017-06-14T14:00:00.000+01:002017-06-14T14:01:32.862+01:00Aftermath of Sagittarius moon of TFs ~ video reading results<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em;">
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Well it's nearly a week after the Sagittarius full moon. So how has it affected the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Flames" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Twin Flames">Twin Flames</a> and the Divine Masculine and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Goddess">Divine Feminine</a> energies?? ...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(<a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.amazon.com/Druid-Animal-Oracle-Philip-Carr-Gomm/dp/0671503006%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0671503006" rel="amazon" target="_blank" title="Druid Animal Oracle">DRUID ANIMAL ORACLE</a>)</span><br />
This represents the aftermath of the Sagittarius full moon. The RAVEN is the protector, the one who represents initiation into the mysteries, but also death and rebirth. So we are being warned that the changes ahead will affect a death of aspects of the self (mainly ego) and the rebirth of the correct feminine or masculine energies to replace it. We are being advised that things may seem like they are ending in some ways, but not to panic as they are really only beginning a new cycle. Change is the ever present stock of the Universe ~ get used to it. lol.<br />
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So how is this going to affect the Twin flames? I'll first look at the cards for the Divine Masculines (The Star and the Chariot) then I'll move on to the Divine Feminines (Green Tara and the Great Bear)...<br />
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The STAR offers you DMs a little light at the end of the tunnel. Unfortunately, it's you yourself! You're your own light... which basically means you might feel you're in total darkness, but you have your own light, your own strength to get you through. We know this can be a very difficult task, but you can manage it.</div>
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Usually, the STAR indicates that all your wishes are coming true ~ however, what you want and what the universe wants to give you are two totally different things. The gift you're been offered is that of balance ~ an understanding of your growing divine famine energies ~ which isn't as disturbing as you think it is. Accept the gift and start moving into your DF balance. If you resist right now you will find it even harder, because the Universe will persist until you do accept; so just accept your fate guys!</div>
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On to the underlying influence on you DMs. Well, the CHARIOT offers movement ~ however, you DMs are in a very reluctant mood, so it's going to feel like you're in a traffic jam, or almost broken down by the side of the road. Cus that movement just ain't being picked up ~ you need to start accepting your fate guys, it get's harder if you keep resisting.</div>
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Now DFs, GREEN TARA (pronounced TAIR~uh) offers you rapid understanding of you relationship. Her name (Tara) mean's Star in Sanskrit. So you too are reminded you must light your own way and keep that inner light shining. It may seem difficult with your TFs being so difficult right now, but things should change soon ... Hopefully. </div>
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This Goddess offers you all advice. It's the advice of seeking advice... </div>
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The more we seek help from those who understand our situation (both Goddesses and your fellow DFs) the more you don't feel alone in your plight ~ you'd be amazed at just how many others are also as confused as you are. Together we can help each other. </div>
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Ask of this Goddess and she will assist you both rapidly and with an understanding of both the situation at hand and the relationship as a whole. Her assistance is assured DFs, it's in the cards ~ she wants you to delegate your worries by asking for help from all quarters.</div>
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The underlying effects is shown in the GREAT BEAR card. This is decision time; but you are being told to make decisions about what advice you need, who you ask for that advice. But also you will have to make a few judgements about yourself ~ like what advice and so on ~ and judging yourself is the hardest thing anyone can be asked to do. Yet you must look at yourself and make some very difficult judgements about what you really want, how you will work though these blockages, and about your own ego ~ is it getting in your own way?</div>
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There you have it for now. I've been asked a couple of times this last week if I'm a TF councillor ~ the answer is not at all. I'm simply a guy trying to make sense of all this, just like you are. I just consult with the universe using my tarots to gain a few answers, and then share them. So it's totally up to you if you take my advice or leave it. Hopefully, it's useful to a few of you. If so i'd love to hear your comments.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">"Love's Dream"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">I sent a dream to you last night </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">From the end of the world!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">You should be so happy... </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><br />You should be so glad ....<br />So why are you so lonely??<br /><br />You're always out there<br />Running ...<br />And I see that lost look<br />In your eyes<br />~ Confusion!<br /><br />When you get so sick of trying...<br />Hold on tight to your dreams<br />You shine a little love<br />On my life<br />And let me see<br /><br />Though you ride on the<br />Wheels of tomorrow,<br />You still wander the<br />Fields of your sorrow!<br />And I wonder ...<br /><br />Yes I wonder ...<br />Is the way<br />Life's meant to be??!<br />But what I see is so much<br />More than I can say ...<br /><br />I see you in midnight blue<br />And as you stand there<br />Under the stary sky's<br />You feel sad inside....<br />But I see love in her eyes!<br /><br />So ...I count the words<br />I'm never gonna say...<br />Time had stopped...<br />In a lonely world<br />~ such a lonely world!<br /><br />No pictures on an empty wall...<br />Nobody there, no one at all!<br />Just echoes in ivory halls.<br />Time stood still<br />Just when I was thinking of her,<br /><br />She came along<br />And made me want her ...<br />Stepped out of dream<br />Believing everything was gone...<br />Return with what you know~<br /><br />It's a long time to be gone.<br />Time just goes on and on...<br />One day you're a hero,<br />Next day you're a clown.<br />There's nothing that's in between...<br /><br />You left your mind out<br />Somewhere down the road<br />And I gave you time<br />To steal my mind<br />Away from me ...<br /><br /><span class="_5mfr _47e3" style="line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;"><img alt="" aria-hidden="1" class="img" height="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v9/f6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /><span class="_7oe" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;">❤</span></span> RB<br /><br /><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/raeburzloveguru" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">#RaeBurzLoveGuru</a><br />Copyright©2017</span></span>Rae Burzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14706945634136139311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-47348050928743871662017-06-12T11:14:00.000+01:002017-06-14T09:31:01.163+01:00Whole of Romeo and Juliet in song form - James Corden<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
Funny and lovely at the same time.<br />
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The whole of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Romeo and Juliet">Romeo and Juliet</a> in song form<br />
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. This is the most modern and wonderful take of the classic <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-crossed" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Star-crossed">star-crossed lovers</a> story ...<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Represents power, potential, and riches. Positioned in Impulses, we see that she is a bestower of the secrets, a helper in the direction to go next. She's the Guardian of the treasure house ~ your treasure house ~ this is the secrets in your own heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You have to think of her as an aspect of yourself; you are the Guardian to your own treasure House of understanding your own potentials. It's time to unlock thise potential and see the beautiful souls around you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Represents generosity, nourishment, and discovery. But in the reverse discovery becomes ignorance; it's this that will be influencing you in the near future. So don't take anything on face value.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Watch those perceptions: It would be wisest to reassess everything ~ especially your own opinions ~ right now. Things may not be as they first appear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Represents guidance, protection, and loyalty. In the reverse the dog affects the shadow effect of guidance and loyalty; make sure disloyalty isn't misguiding you from your path. This is the time for selflessness understanding and being steadfast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It could also, that those around you are not showing you the loyalty that you believe they should. Don't be misguided by your thoughts; be guided by your heart, and your instincts, for then you are less likely to make mistakes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It sure looks like this will be a time that you won't be able to tell what is real and what is of your own making. So watch out for snap judgements, because, more likely will be wrong. With truth and morals being at a heightened point of your perception, it will be difficult to define what is truth and what is moral obligation. How we see the world may be turned on its head. So try to stay centered and think thing out before making decisions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">✨✨✨</span>Rae Burzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14706945634136139311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-46748771692326157892017-06-07T17:20:00.000+01:002017-06-14T09:31:41.465+01:00Difference in Soulmates & Twin Flames - Twin Flame Continuum reading (7-6-17) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, it's the 7th June 2017 and I've just finished my video reading for the Twin Flame Continuum... There seems to be a lot of DMs bolting, and it's causing mayhem for the DFs. All that Divine energy is really going crazy at the moment. . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A short word about the TF continuum: Don't think that this is going to be easy, it isn't. You are in a battle with yourself to right your own energies. No one else can do this for you ~ this is your battle, and you will have to win if you want to move to the next level. But to win you need to loose; loose the ego, loose who you actually believe you are. Lets say you're a DM (Divine Masculine), which means you have an over abundance of masculine energy (Doesn't necessarily mean you are a male, you could be a female with an over abundance of masculine energy) and low feminine energy. But you still have both energies. The idea is for you to balance your masculine and feminine energies, so that neither is dominant. That's when you have undergone ego death and are able to connect into your emotions without panicking all the time, then you will be ready to elevate your consciousness to the point that divine union can take place. In the same way, DFs have a similar task of balancing out their over abundance of feminine energy (and increasing their low masculine energy), so that your emotions don't get the better of you and you are able to view situations rationally (but not too rationally) with an open heart. The name of the game is balance! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Without both individuals reaching balance, neither of you can elevate your consciousness into the right place for divine union. And without diving union you are stuck in the human form for a further lifetime. So this balancing act is very important, if you don't want to have to repeat this all over again. It's a form of Divine Groundhog Day, where each lifetime you are giving the same challenges to defeat. The situations may change, and the people will definitely change around you from lifetime to lifetime (although they will still pop up somewhere in you life timeline, but not always playing the same characters. But your TF will still be your TF in all lifetimes, even if you don't get to meet them in each one. It's a game of roulette and you have to win to leave this physical plane. So it's time to get serious, people. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This card represents the over all energies at the moment. The stag is a proud and independent creature. It's all about independence, and finding your own place in the Continuum. Whether you are a DM or DF, this is a card who's strength lies in its independence; this is the energy to draw on right now. Show your own independence from your TF, and sort out these energies yourself. The game is to balance your own energies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So the card that has appeared for the Divine Masculine energies for this week is the Fool. He is a journeyman ~ and this is the start of a journey into the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Goddess">divine feminine</a> for every DM. But it's also the card of courage. So "man up" as they say. Stop spitting your dummy out and refusing to play, stop running and ending your relationships. This isn't <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_cave" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Man cave">man-cave</a> time, it's not lets hibernate and hope it all goes away time; this is man-up time. You are gonna need all your courage to fight the urge to run!! This is the hardest thing you'll ever do in your life ~ fighting a grisly would be easier than the task you have. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The fool is the archetype for the leap of faith. He steps off a cliff without a seconds thought ... never worrying if he'll survive or die. That is pure bravery. You are going to have to , pus that masculine intellect and reasoning away and accept your fate; just take the leap into the unknown and learn to be more emotional, more gut instinct based. It's not easy, but you have courage on your side DMs ... Use it!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(<a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.amazon.com/Goddess-Guidance-Oracle-Doreen-Virtue/dp/1401903010%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1401903010" rel="amazon" target="_blank" title="Goddess Guidance Oracle Cards">GODDESS GUIDANCE ORACLE CARDS</a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So DFs, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Athena">Athena</a> calls for Inner Wisdom. She is a card of understanding and acting on your gut instincts. Wisdom is the call here, for it's time to stop worrying if you TF is in this relationship or not ~ of course they are, or they wouldn't be your TF ~ by definition that makes them in the relationship whether they run or stand still.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You cannot let your emotions cloud your inner wisdom, you have to accept that things will come right, and move on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's time to take back you power. You gave it up the moment that your TF appeared on the scene. That was the point that you let your feminine energy go back through the roof. Now you need to assert the power you created for yourself by re-balancing those energies once more. It's all about owning your own power and accepting that things will come right in the end. It's all you can do! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Twin Souls (flames) are complex and the reality is that you TF will cause you to drag all the negative energy back up to the surface. It's a good thing, because now you have to deal with it. But it's a very difficult thing to have to deal with. All that shit isn't nice to handle, and we tend to shy away from dealing with anything that unpleasant on principle. However, you're gonna have to deal with a hell of a lot of this stuff and so is your TF, so a little independence to take stock and work things through might not be as bad as it currently seems. Use this time wisely!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There you have it for now. We'll have to see what next week brings. 💗</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Copyright©2017</span>Rae Burzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14706945634136139311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-5295247870092406822017-05-31T14:02:00.001+01:002017-06-14T09:31:41.474+01:00The After Effects of the Gemini Supermoon on Twin Flame Coninuum (31-5-17)<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em;">
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Well its a week after the Gemini supermoon. So how has it affected the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Flames" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Twin Flames">Twin Flames</a> and the Divine Masculine and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Goddess">Divine Feminine</a> energies?? Pretty strongly. There has been a lot of Divine Masculines running off and not wanting to cooperate, and it's really affected the Divine Feminines badly ...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(<a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.amazon.com/Druid-Animal-Oracle-Philip-Carr-Gomm/dp/0671503006%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0671503006" rel="amazon" target="_blank" title="Druid Animal Oracle">DRUID ANIMAL ORACLE</a>)</span><br />
This represents the aftereffects of the Gemini Supermoon. The Dog is the guardian of the underworld, it's the gatekeeper to the mysteries. But it also represents death and rebirth: the dualities. Where you have death, there is a form of rebirth. So we are being warned that the changes ahead are those that will create the death of aspects of the self (ego) and the rebirth of the correct energy to replace it. It represents partnerships and loyal loves/best friends ~ and your partner, your mirror soul should become more than your best, loyal friend, you should both become insuperable. That's because you're been drawn together so magnetically.<br />
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So, as you can see. Whether DMs runs or not, whether they fights it, whether they likes it or not, lol, they are in it for the long haul. </div>
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Both Diving Masculine and Divine Feminine accepted a contract to come to earth, to take on human form, to learn and to understand what it is to be masculine and feminine ~ and to transmute that energy into knowledge to help the whole continuum. So in effect one couple balances, and it feeds all the other with divine information of how they too can reach the status of a single divine soul. Able to transcend the physical bonds and ascend. That is the goal for all TFs ~ to ascend as a single, combined soul and retake there place in the cosmic order.</div>
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To help you get through this Gemini aftermath energy, the DFs are being told to expect a bumpy ride. it wont be easy. It won't happen over night. The seasons of the year may come into play, but eventually it will happen. But it won't be next week lol. There is both good and bad "luck" represented here. So expect it to be heaven one moment and ell the next. Love and loss. It may even seem like a war, but it isn't ~ love may be full of battles, but the real war is to win against the human ego.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What are twin flames I've been asked several times</span><br />
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It is believed that certain souls are halves of a divine soul. Twin flames are the two (twin) halves that come together as Divine Masculine (<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Mark" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Deutsche Mark">DM</a>) and Divine Feminine (DM) to become the perfect balanced soul. A soul that ascends and doesn't have to reincarnate in the physical any more. It has connections to the higher self as that is your soul-self but it is much more. It's divine union that creates perfection in the none physic<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">al realm.</span></div>
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If you've ever looked at the familiar love heart "<span class="_5mfr _47e3" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;"><img alt="" aria-hidden="1" class="img" height="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v9/f6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /><span class="_7oe" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;">❤</span></span>" you know it has no resemblance with the actual human heart. That is until you join two human hearts, then, oh then it becomes a very familiar symbol in deed.</div>
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The love heart we are so familiar with actually represents the soul heart or the twin flame continuum if two hearts in one soul. It's the joining of human with human to create a perfect soul. That is what love really is; two hearts as one divine soul <span class="_5mfr _47e3" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;"><img alt="" aria-hidden="1" class="img" height="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v9/f6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /><span class="_7oe" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;">❤</span></span></div>
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However they have to traverse there own individual issues, overcome ego, stop running from their true purpose, and find and unite with their twin. Only when they have balanced both their male and female energies and found understand in ascension, will they come together in divine union for the rest of eternity. It is at this point that they become one pure soul that can ascend. </div>
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Rae Burzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14706945634136139311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-51789389920905788342017-05-23T19:10:00.001+01:002017-06-14T09:31:41.470+01:00Gemini Supermoon Twin Flame Tarot Reading (23-05-17)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2FwFTxU0JDk" width="480"></iframe>Rae Burzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14706945634136139311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-5187437976684353752015-06-18T04:40:00.000+01:002015-07-06T13:31:17.083+01:00Ramadan Mubarak 2015<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan" style="font-family: Verdana;" target="_blank"><b>Ramadan</b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> is a holy month for Islam - probably the holiest. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">It is a time when Muslims '</span><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawm" rel="wikipedia" style="font-family: Verdana;" target="_blank" title="Sawm"><b>Sawm</b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">' (fast) for 30 days and nights. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Sawm is considered the third (of 5) <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Pillars_of_Islam" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Five Pillars of Islam"><b>pillar of Islam</b></a> and is believed to be the duty of all Muslims in good health and of age. (</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">It was during Ramadan that the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Muhammad"><b>Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)</b></a> received the final testament; the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Quran"><b>Qur'an</b></a> is the last and final messenger to mankind.) Ramadan commemorates </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">on the night of 'Laylat Al Qadr', </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">the time that the Qur'an was revealed to Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).</span></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana;">"Fasting during the month of Ramadan is rewarded immensely as Muslims remind themselves of the revelation when the Qur'an was sent down to them from heaven. During Ramadan Muslims pray each night for 30 days, reciting different chapters each day until the end of Ramadan when the Qur'an is completed. This is the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarawih" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Tarawih">Taraweeh</a> prayer which is prayed after reading the evening prayer of 'Esha' and concluded with the last prayer of the night named Witr. Whoever performs the Taraweeh prayer with the remembrance of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allah" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Allah">Allah</a> his past sins will be forgiven."</span></i></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Ramadan offers Muslims a chance to reflect their behaviour and attitudes towards others around them. It reminds them to do good deeds 'even after' Ramadan. And it allows the body and soul to purify, to resist bad cravings and temptations to receive the blessings from Allah.<br /><br />The Sawm (fasting) is observed from dawn till dusk each of the 30 days. This is the time for Muslims to devoted themselves to Allah. They are to read the Qur'an to soften their hearts and give in charity, and forgive others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It begins before dawn with a delaying of the '<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhoor" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Suhoor"><b>Suhoor</b></a>' (the predawn breakfast that is classed as important) and the performing of the Fajr (or Morning Prayer) - to be performed before sunrise. It is left up to the individual to break their fast by eat healthily, but the recommendation is dates and milk and a remembrance of Allah by reciting (the Du'a) prayers.</span><br />
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Rae Burzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14706945634136139311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-82782587018488216462013-02-11T19:11:00.001+00:002013-02-11T19:12:39.118+00:00i-thorts' i-Faith: Women clergy to be made temporary ‘bishops’ by Church of England<div style="font-family:Verdana; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border-width:8px;padding:8px;border-color:black;border-style:none none none solid;color:grey;"><em>Eight women are to be made temporary observer “bishops” in the Church of England in the first steps towards trying to resolve the row over the consecration of women.</em></blockquote></div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana; text-align: left;">Also see: <strong><a href="http://cyberpunk65-ip.blogspot.com/2012/11/welby-wants-mitre-on-female-heads.html" style="color:orange;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">Welby Wants the Mitre on Female Heads »</a></strong><br /><br /></div>
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When you hear the phrase "food for the soul" do you too think of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/chicken-soup.html" rel="williamssonoma" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Chicken Soup"><b>chicken soup</b></a> and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/fried-matzo-balls.html" rel="williamssonoma" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Fried Matzo Balls"><b>matzo balls</b></a>? I'm not even Jewish, and yet it's there in my subconscious. It's comfort from within with a metaphysical twist. That's how you could describe this set of articles - comfort food with that metaphysical twist!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />This time we will look at a Christmas and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Yule</b></a> to find a magical morsel. <br />
<br /><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Christmas"><b>Christmas</b></a> celebrations are both a major festival and a public holiday in countries around the world, including many whose populations are mostly non-Christian. Countries such as Japan, where Christmas is popular despite there being only a small number of Christians, have adopted many of the secular aspects of Christmas, such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>gift-giving</b></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_decoration" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>decorations</b></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Christmas trees</b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Impact; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Impact; font-size: x-large;">You know, the birth of Santa."</span></div>
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It's become common practice to wish <b>"Merry Christmas"</b> to one another around <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Christmas"><b>Christmas day</b></a> (the 25th of December).
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Although the origins of this tradition is a little obscure, it's believed to come from an English Admiral (who first used the term Merry Christmas in an informal letter), way back in 1699. However, <strong><a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a></strong> used this phrase in <strong><a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="A Christmas Carol">"A Christmas Carol"</a></strong>, penned in 1843.
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The recipe I have, connects to Christmas is not a traditional one, it's something a little different: Caramel Reindeer Nose treats.</div>
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<ul style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> 1 cup all-purpose flour</ul>
<ul style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">1/3 cup cocoa powder</span></span></ul>
<ul style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">1/4 teaspoon salt</span></span></ul>
<ul style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened</span></span></ul>
<ul style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> 2/3 cup sugar</ul>
<ul style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">1 large egg, separated, plus 1 egg white</span></span></ul>
<ul style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">2 tablespoons milk</span></span></ul>
<ul style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">1 teaspoon vanilla extract</span></span></ul>
<ul style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">1 1/4 cups pecans, chopped fine</span></span></ul>
<ul style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> 14 soft caramel candies</ul>
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<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> Combine flour, cocoa, and salt in bowl. With electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 2 minutes.</li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Add egg yolk, milk, and vanilla and mix until incorporated. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture until just combined.</li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, 1 hour.</li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> Adjust oven rack to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 350 degrees F.</li>
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<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Whisk egg whites in bowl until frothy. Place pecans in another bowl.</li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Roll dough into 1-inch balls, dip in egg whites, then roll in pecans. </li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Place balls 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Using 1/2-teaspoon measure, make indentation in center of each ball.</li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Bake until set, about 12 minutes, switching and rotating sheets halfway through baking.</li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> Microwave caramels and cream in bowl, stirring occasionally, until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes.</li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Once cookies are removed from oven, gently re-press existing indentations. Fill each with 1/2 teaspoon caramel mixture.</li>
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<div style="font-family: Verdana; text-align: left;">The Santa we see in modern times only came about in the early 1950's, when <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Coca-Cola"><strong>Coca Cola</strong></a> had a problem with sales in some European countries. They adopted his image at the time for a couple of reasons: The first being Post war depression. But the main reason was Coca Cola was little known to Europeans, and the depression's effects made it harder.
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Deciding to use this fabled character in a world-wide marketing campaign, Coca Cola came up with a sales pitch to capture the market. They increased the sales of cola with a jolly fat man in a red and white suit, which perfectly matched their product colours, and instilled a feeling of joy (about a man like St. Nicholas who gave presents one day of each year to enrich their lives) even just for a while.<br /><br />
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Few people realize that the origins of a form of Christmas was pagan and; celebrated in Europe long before anyone there had heard of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Jesus"><b>Jesus Christ</b></a>.<br />
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No one knows what day Jesus <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Christ"><b>Christ</b></a> was born on. From the biblical description, most historians believe that his birth probably occurred in September, approximately six months after Passover. One thing they agree on is that it is very unlikely that Jesus was born in December, since the bible records shepherds tending their sheep in the fields on that night. This is quite unlikely to have happened during a cold Judean winter.<br />
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So why do we celebrate Christ's birthday as Christmas, on December the 25th?<br />
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The answer lies in the pagan origins of Christmas. In ancient Babylon, the feast of the Son of Isis (Goddess of Nature) was celebrated on December 25. Raucous partying, gluttonous eating and drinking, and gift-giving were traditions of this feast. <br />
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In Rome, the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Winter solstice"><b>Winter Solstice</b></a> was celebrated many years before the birth of Christ. The Romans called their winter holiday Saturnalia, honouring Saturn, the God of Agriculture. In January, they observed the Kalends of January, which represented the triumph of life over death. This whole season was called <i><b>Dies Natalis Invicti Solis</b></i>, the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun. The festival season was marked by much merrymaking. It is in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Ancient Rome"><b>ancient Rome</b></a> that the tradition of the Mummers was born. The Mummers were groups of costumed singers and dancers who travelled from house to house entertaining their neighbours. From this, the Christmas tradition of carolling was born.<br />
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In northern Europe, many other traditions that we now consider part of Christian worship were begun long before the participants had ever heard of Christ. The pagans of northern Europe celebrated the their own winter solstice, known as Yule. Yule was symbolic of the pagan <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_deity" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Solar deity"><b>Sun God</b></a>, <b>Mithras</b>, being born, and was observed on the shortest day of the year. As the Sun God grew and matured, the days became longer and warmer. It was customary to light a candle to encourage Mithras, and the sun, to reappear next year.<br />
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The tree is the one symbol that unites almost all the <b><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Europe" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Northern Europe">northern European</a> </b>winter solstices. Live evergreen trees were often brought into homes during the harsh winters as a reminder to inhabitants that soon their crops would grow again. Evergreen boughs were sometimes carried as totems of good luck and were often present at weddings, representing fertility. The Druids used the tree as a religious symbol, holding their sacred ceremonies while surrounding and worshipping huge trees.<br />
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It is taught in American schools that the Pilgrims established Thanksgiving (to share their abundant harvest with local Wampanoag "People of the Dawn" Tribe).</div>
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<em>Most history books would like to convince us that <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Thanksgiving"><b>Thanksgiving Day</b></a> goes back to only <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Rock" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Plymouth Rock"><b>Plymouth Rock</b></a> in the 1600's. Plymouth Rock was not the first Thanksgiving Day though. (Ever wonder why Canada has a Thanksgiving Day also?) This pagan feast, honoring the agricultural gods, goes back thousands of years, in one form or another. </em> <strong><a href="http://www.seedofabraham.net/thnksgiv.html" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" title="Thanksgiving Day - Pagan?">»</a></strong></blockquote>
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<a name='more'></a>The colonists arrived in December and endured hard times - barely surviving. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoset" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Samoset"><b>Samoset</b></a> of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampanoag_people" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Wampanoag people"><b>Wampanoag</b></a> (who were hunters gatherers, farmers and fishermen), decided to help the colonists, even though the Indians were fields were plundered by the immigrants. Because his command of the English language was limited, he brought <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squanto" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Squanto"><b>Squanto</b></a> (who knew English well) to teach the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims_%28Plymouth_Colony%29" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)"><b>Pilgrims</b></a> survival skills. He taught the immigrants how to grow beans, corn, squash and other crops, using fish as a fertilizer. Squanto showed them which plants were poisonous and those used for healing. Samoset even taught the people how to obtain sap from maple trees, dig for clams and other skills.<br />
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In 1621, the Pilgrims celebrated the first New World harvest (Thanksgiving was not the first feast celebrating harvest, Pagans had festivals giving thanks for bounty before the Pilgrims; the tribe had its own feast day!). Leader <b>Captain <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myles_Standish" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Myles Standish">Miles Standish</a></b> invited <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massasoit" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Massasoit"><b>Chief Massasoit</b></a> and 90 braves (including Samoset and Squanto) to join them. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bradford_%28Plymouth_governor%29" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="William Bradford (Plymouth governor)"><b>Governor Bradford</b></a> of Plymouth Colony ordered the day for feasting and thanks. He decreed a day of Thanksgiving.</div>
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In 1861 Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. By this time, other Europeans had settled in America and brought their own traditions (some Pagan). The New Englanders’ Pagan ancestors celebrated Harvest Home, the first reaping of crops, in August; this was a silent time for gratitude and reflection, followed by singing and dancing after which a joyous feast was held.<br />
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Harvest festivals were celebrated by most Europeans: Romans celebrated Cerelia by giving thanks to Ceres, Goddess of Harvest. Celtic and Anglo/Saxon Pagans celebrated Lughnasadh and Mabon, the first and second harvests. The Greeks gave honour to Demeter during the Thesmophoria.</div>
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The VudooManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491661416286823583noreply@blogger.com0Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK53.381129 -1.47008553.2295905 -1.7859420000000001 53.5326675 -1.154228tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-28099226302480657382012-11-22T09:12:00.001+00:002012-11-22T09:12:10.675+00:00Cameron warns priests of turbulence after church votes no to female bishops<div><div style="font-family:Verdana; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border-width:8px;padding:8px;border-color:black;border-style:none none none solid;color:grey;"><em>Backed by politicians of all stripes, prime minister urges Church of England to 'get with the programme' and reconsider decision.</em></blockquote></div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana; text-align: left;">also see: <strong><a href=" http://wp.me/p2H2Cq-7g" style="color:orange;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">BREAKING NEWS: Church of England general synod rejects women bishops »</a></strong></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Sheffield, Sheffield53.38113 -1.470085tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-39654519699566777702012-11-20T19:04:00.001+00:002012-11-20T19:04:44.121+00:00BREAKING NEWS: Church of England general synod rejects women bishops<div><div style="font-family:Verdana; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border-width:8px;padding:8px;border-color:black;border-style:none none none solid;color:grey;"><em> The Church of England's general synod has voted against appointing women as bishops.<br /><br />
Campaign group Women and the Church called it "a devastating blow" for the Church and the people of England.</em></blockquote></div>
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<div style="font-family: Verdana; text-align:left;">What an utter shambles!!<br /><br />Tonight the traditionalits have won, but Christianity as a whole has lost bigtime. I knew that Roman Catholics are stuck in the fourteenth century, but I never thought British CofE ministers were also!! Shame on these <strong>'men of God'</strong>!!</div></div>Rae Burzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14706945634136139311noreply@blogger.com0Sheffield, Sheffield53.38113 -1.470085tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-10674823548667521332012-11-17T19:08:00.001+00:002015-06-28T03:46:06.640+01:00Welby Wants the Mitre on Female Heads!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This is a follow up article to:</span><br />
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Back in July I did an article on <strong><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordination_of_women" rel="wikipedia" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Ordination of women">Women Bishops</a></strong>. (For those of you who read it back then, or would rather not bother, I’ll quickly summarise.)<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">The previous <strong><a href="http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Archbishop</a></strong> of <strong><a href="http://www.canterbury-cathedral/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Canterbury Cathedral">Canterbury</a></strong>, Dr Rowen Williams, urged the <strong><a href="http://www.churchofengland.org/about-us/structure/general-synod.aspx" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Church of England General Synod">General Synod</a></strong> to resolve the issue over female bishops (an issue 36 years in the making).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">Parliament voted on this issue and allowed it (<em>123 in favour and 53 against</em>). If the vote hadn’t been passed it would have been shelved until 2015!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">When it comes to women in roles within the church, <strong>things get sticky</strong>. Anglicans (happy to have female priest) don’t wish for them to pursue leadership positions.</span></li>
<li><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">While, in the past, the <strong><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Catholicism" rel="wikipedia" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Anglo-Catholicism">Anglo-Catholic's</a></strong> have gone as far as saying one may as well ;<strong>“ordain a pork-pie”</strong>.</span></em></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dr Rowen put forward conditions to appease those <em>“who continued to have theological reservations”</em>.</span></li>
<li><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">However, <strong>their are concerns</strong> from senior women clergy (some prospective candidates for the roles of women bishops) who take offence at not merely been asked to step-aside but demanded by <strong><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_law" rel="wikipedia" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Canon law">church law</a></strong> (due to clause 5(1)c).</span></em></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">Eventually, the vote was postponed until November.</span></li>
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The vote will take place at a special session of the Church’s General Synod in London next week.<br />
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The high-flying crusader for women bishops, Christina Rees, objects to clause 5(1)c. She has concerns that the discrimination of females and the further favouring of males over females bishops will moth only cause fundamental problems, it’ll down-play the roles of female bishops within the <strong><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England" rel="wikipedia" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Church of England">CofE</a></strong>.<br />
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The online campaign (organised by blogger “Church Mouse") <strong><a href="http://yes2womenbishops.blogspot.co.uk/media.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Yes 2 Women Bishops">Yes 2 Women Bishops</a></strong>) has attracted large support in recent days.<br />
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The <strong>Rt Rev <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Welby" rel="wikipedia" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Justin Welby">Justin Welby</a></strong> (as chosen successor to <strong><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_Williams" rel="wikipedia" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Rowan Williams">Dr Rowan Williams</a></strong>) last week that he is in favour of female bishops and is set to make a personal plea to traditionalists to <em>“go forward"</em> in a show of unity, in an attempt to end years of struggle for women within the Church of England for leadership<br />
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also see: <strong><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20278716" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Give winnings to church - Welby suggests »</a>
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and: <strong><a href="http://cyberpunk65-ip.blogspot.com/2012/11/welby-set-to-be-archbishop-of-canterbury.html" style="text-decoration: none;">Welby to be next Archbishop of Canterbury »</a></strong>Rae Burzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14706945634136139311noreply@blogger.com0Sheffield, Sheffield53.38113 -1.470085tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-39432111225257145792012-11-14T07:47:00.001+00:002012-11-14T07:47:27.870+00:00Give winnings to church - Welby suggests<div><div style="font-family:Verdana; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border-width:8px;border-color:black;border-style:none none none solid;color:grey;"><em> The Rt Rev Justin Welby: "We may not like that food centres are necessary, but they are and they need paying for"
<br /><br />The next Archbishop of Canterbury has suggested people who made money by correctly betting on his appointment should donate their winnings to parish churches.</em></blockquote></div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana; text-align: left;"><strong><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20278716" style="color:orange;text-decoration:none;">Read More @ BBC News »</a></strong></div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana; text-align: left;">see also: <strong><a href=" http://cyberpunk65-ip.blogspot.com/2012/11/welby-set-to-be-archbishop-of-canterbury.html" style="color:orange;text-decoration:none;">Welby to be next Archbishop of Canterbury »</a></strong></div></div>The VudooManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491661416286823583noreply@blogger.com0Sheffield, Sheffield53.38113 -1.470085tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-25525253282366823332012-11-13T22:23:00.001+00:002012-11-13T22:23:42.773+00:00Vatican launches Latin academy<div><div style="font-family:Verdana; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border-width:8px;border-color:black;border-style:none none none solid;color:grey;"><em>Pope Benedict XVI has approved the launch of a new Latin language college in the Vatican.
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The Pope said the Church was the "guardian and promoter" of Latin and that a good understanding of it was more important than ever.</em></blockquote></div>
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<em>Bishop of Durham Justin Welby, an Eton and Cambridge-educated former oil executive, looks set to be named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury replacing Rowan Williams, who has held the post for a decade.</em></blockquote>
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The VudooManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491661416286823583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693220700097379195.post-18160176488360504352012-11-06T22:32:00.000+00:002012-11-06T22:32:18.825+00:00How to join the Pagan faith?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've been learning about and considering Paganism for a long time, and I think it's for me. How do I become a Pagan?<br />
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Paganism refers to any of a wide array of spiritual/religious beliefs based on Pre-Christian non-centralized beliefs. If you want to be a pagan, you are one. There are specific initiatory rituals for Wicca, Asatru, and Kemetism, among others; all of which are pagan religions.<br />
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A pagan who is not a member of a specific organized "path" such as the above is referred to as an "eclectic pagan". Eclectic pagans are those who do not follow the beliefs of any other group or individual specifically, but instead create their own path based on what feels true, right, and natural to them, usually borrowing from the practices of many other religions.<br />
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If you are interested in practicing Wicca, which is probably the largest pagan religion, I suggest "Wicca: A Guide to the Solitary Practitioner" and "Living Wicca" both by Scott Cunningham, as well as all of the works of Gerald Gardner and Raymond Buckland. Some of the books written by Silver Ravenwolf might also be helpful to you. <br />
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For more information, answers to questions, as well as lessons and articles on eclectic paganism as well as specific paths, a more dynamic resource is important, so I suggest the following message boards: <br />
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As to those who have answered this question with negative things to say, you have my pity. It must be difficult living with such a narrow and closed-minded world view. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But is <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Kitty" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Hello Kitty"><b>Hello Kitty</b></a> truly evil?</span></div>
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There are plenty of conspiracies connected to the Hello Kitty phenomena. But that doesn't mean that the concept is one of evil.<br />
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The absence of a mouth makes her a little creepy. There are <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legend" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Urban legend"><b><i>urban legends</i></b></a> that state the mouth was left of because she was first drawn by a child suffering abuse, who wanted someone to confide in. There is also a legend that states she was drawn by a mother who's daughter was dying of cancer, and that the little white cat is a the result of a pack she made with the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Devil"><b><i>Devil</i></b></a> to cure her daughter - the mouth was left off so the character could never spill the beans to anyone.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">A little History on Kittty...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />Hello Kitty first came into being in the 70′s when a then new company called <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.sanrio.com/" rel="homepage" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Sanrio"><b><i>Sanrio</i></b></a> needed to come up with a merchandise mascot that would appeal to the pre-teen girl demographic. They commissioned an artist to work on the project and she came up with a drawing of a white <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Bobtail" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Japanese Bobtail"><b><i>Japanese Bobtail cat</i></b></a> that had a red bow in it’s hair and was wearing blue overalls.<br /><br />
A whole back story for Hello Kitty was created, which is basically this: Hello Kitty is actually a nickname for <i><b><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_White" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Kitty White">Kitty White</a>,</b></i> who is not Japanese but actually British and lives in London with her family.<br />
<br />The Hello Kitty character was deliberately designed without a mouth so the lack of that visual cue made it easier for people to project their own feelings on to the cartoon character.<br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /><br />Their is something fundamentally wrong with a mute character that pre-teen girls can project their own emotion onto with impunity.<br /><br />If nothing else, this little symbol of girlie cuteness has more of the Japanese Goth about it than British teen. It has seduced a world of females and has made its creators billionaires. (There are even theme parks and beauty products with the white bobtail cat's insignia on them.)<br /><br />Hello Kitty has reached cult status with many fans - so now is close to becoming a religious icon. If someone truly sold their soul for this phenomena, it was quite a deal, and one that just keep on growing.<br /><br />
Is Hello Kitty Evil? Who knows?...<br /><br />
Personally, I can't stand the thing and find it completely creepy. But what do you think?</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">As I said a couple of weeks ago, the roots of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Halloween"><b>Halloween</b></a> can be found in the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_polytheism" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Celtic polytheism"><b>Celtic</b></a> (Samain) <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Samhain"><b>Samhain</b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Early <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_manuscripts" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="List of Irish manuscripts"><b>Irish manuscripts</b></a> are peppered with the magical significance of Samhain. <br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_the_Dead" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Festival of the Dead"><b>festival of the dead</b></a> stands on the boundaries of time. (This was a time when the boundaries between a man's land and his neighbour's were a dangerous place to be at night.)<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Because the practice of telling the future (or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Divination"><b>divination</b></a>) was part of everyday life for the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Celts"><b>Celts</b></a>. It is obvious that divination was a crucial aspect of the festivities of Samhain.<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Vestiges of this can be seen today in Halloween traditions: Girls can look in a mirror on the night of October 31st, to see the image of the man they will marry (but run the risk of seeing the devil). If you're brave enough to go to a graveyard at midnight, then walk 3 times round it, they supposed to be offered a glimpse the future (but again run the risk of meeting the devil).<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">(The threat of meeting the devil may originate from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_tradition" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Christian tradition"><b>Christian traditions</b></a> of associate pagan, or Celtic, god of the dead - <b>Donn the Lord of the Dead</b> - with the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_teaching_about_the_Devil" rel="wikipedia" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Christian teaching about the Devil"><b>Christian Devil</b></a>.)<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Naturally, burial places were avoided on nearly all nights by the Celts, but specifically on Samhain, when ghost and the dead mingled freely with the living. They also believed that bridges and crossroads were likely places to find ghosts and the like.</span><br />
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