Deities of the Religio Romana. Saudi Arabia's War on Witchcraft - Ryan Jacobs. A special unit of the religious police pursues magical crime aggressively, and the convicted face death sentences. Members of the religious police attend a training course. The Saudi authorities have a unit dedicated specifically to hunting witches.
(Ali Jarekji/Reuters) The sorceress was naked. The sight of her bare flesh startled the prudish officers of Saudi Arabia's infamous religious police, the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), which had barged into her room in what was supposed to be a routine raid of a magical hideout in the western desert city of Madinah's Al-Seeh neighborhood. They paused in shock, and to let her dress. The woman -- still unclothed -- managed to slip out of the window of her apartment and flee. They covered her body, arrested her, and claimed to uncover key evidence indicating that witchcraft had indeed been practiced, including incense, talismans, and videos about magic.
The police can also use questionable tactics. Something to Think About. Travis Alexander's Being Better Blog. Penalty (Mormonism) During the 20th century, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest Mormon organization, gradually softened the graphic nature of the penalties, and eventually removed them from their version of the ceremony in 1990, together with a number of other controversial aspects of the ceremony. On May 4, 1842, Joseph Smith, Jr. instituted the Endowment ritual in Nauvoo, Illinois. At three different stages of the Endowment, participants were asked to take an oath of secrecy regarding the gestures of the ceremony. [citation needed] The participants promised that if they were ever to reveal the gestures of the ceremony, would be subject to the following: Stage 1 : "my throat ... be cut from ear to ear, and my tongue torn out by its roots;"Stage 2 : "our breasts ... be torn open, our hearts and vitals torn out and given to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field;"Stage 3 : "our body ... be cut asunder and all your bowels gush out.
" Endowment (Latter Day Saints) A Latter Day Saint confirmation. In 1833, Joseph Smith established what he called a School of the Prophets, Although the events at this school were never specifically called an "endowment", it has been classified as such by scholars including Gregory A. Prince because of similarities with the 1831 and 1836 endowments, and the fact that part of the school's stated intention was so that the church's elders could be "endowed with power from on high".[14] At the beginning, the school was "accompanied by a pentecostal outpouring, including speaking in tongues, prophesying and 'many manifestations of the holy spirit'".[15] It included a new Latter Day Saint ordinance of foot washing.[15] Kirtland Temple, site of the Kirtland endowment in 1836 and 1837. A woman dressed in the robes of the Nauvoo endowment, circa the 1870s. Throughout 1843 and 1844, Smith continued to initiate other men, as well as women, into the endowment ceremony.
27 (number) 27 signs of the zodiac in Indian astrology Summer, or 27 missing kissesChapter 27-I27 Dresses27 fightsOrder number 27Number 27 (written by Michael Palin) Three of the cube is zero (science-fiction story) The Minneapolis-based artist Deuce 7 (a.k.a. Deuce Seven, Twenty Seven, 27). The number of outs in a regulation baseball game for each team at all adult levels, including professional play, is 27.In auto racing, 27 and 28 were Ferrari Formula one numbers from 1981 to 1995 except in 1990 when reigning WC Alain Prost had the right to use #1 and drove for the team, Nigel Mansell used #2.
Twenty-seven is also: WICCA: THE "OLD" RELIGION??? Both Freemasonry and Wicca are known as "The Craft". Both Gardner and Crowley were Freemasons. Crowley was made a 33rd degree mason in Mexico at the turn of the 20th century, and Gardner was in a branch of Freemasonry known as "Co-Masonry". Unlike most other branches of Freemasonry (Scottish Rite, York Rite, etc.) Co-Masonry allowed women to become Freemasons. This probably appealed to Gardner, who was a feminist. In all the different branches of Freemasonry, the first three degrees are the same.
Along with the swords, blindfolding, and such of Masonry incorporated into Wicca, there also minor things as well. Some might wonder why Gardner would choose Masonry to steal rituals and ideas from. There was a time that this secret society wielded immense power. Even though I would say the average Mason is completely unaware of it nowadays Freemasonry is crammed with elements from the Cabala, Alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Gnosticism, the Templars (at least legends of the Templars), and astrology.
Lunar Calendar 1980. Moon Phases Calendar / Moon Schedule. Moonrise, Moonset and Moonphase for U.S.A. – Illinois – Chicago – June 2008. Mythos37. DELPHI, The centre of the world When one views the dramatic site of Delphi, it is understandable that the god Apollo would choose it for his principal sanctuary. It is nestled on the south slopes of Mount Parnassos, under the twin cliffs, the Phaedriadhes, which glow red when they catch the setting sun. Delphi was considered the centre of the world and the myth recounts that Zeus, curious about the exact location of the earth's centre, released two eagles from Mount Olympus which flew in opposite directions and met at Delphi.
He marked the spot with the omphalos ("navel") stone which his mother Rhea had wrapped in swaddling clothes to take his place and fool his father Kronos. The god Apollo was born on the island of Delos from which he set out to make his way in the world. When he arrived at Delphi, the site was already occupied by the cult of the mother goddess Gaea and protected by her son, the snaky god Pytho. Homer is said to have visited the site but did not compete.