The word ‘sword’ is mentioned 406 times in the Bible. Most of these references are in the Old Testament.
Yet, Jesus also speaks about the sword. One mention is in Matthew 10, another in Matthew 26.
Matthew 10 is also known as Read more The sword
Before the law stands a doorkeeper. To this doorkeeper there comes a man from the country and prays for admittance to the Law. But the doorkeeper says that he cannot grant admittance at the moment. The man thinks it over and then asks if he will be allowed in later. “It is possible,” says the doorkeeper, “but not at the moment.” Since the gate stands open, as usual, and the doorkeeper steps to one side, the man stoops to peer through the gateway into the interior. Observing that, the doorkeeper laughs and says: “If you are so drawn to it, just try to go in despite my veto. But take note: I am powerful. And I am only the least of the doorkeepers. From hall to hall there is Read more Before the Law
The ritual of candle lighting symbolizes awakening from the darkness of ignorance. For someone to consciously live, you have to wake up.
We can only live if we die first.
Crucifixion symbolizes the death of the ego and we are Read more I wish you Peaceful Easter
Since my encounter with death last October, I have been struggling with work; everything is slow and difficult. I have memory issues, get tired pretty quickly and lack concentration. I used to read 3 to 5 books simultaneously meanwhile writing several of mine. Now I read the same sentence Read more Just keep you updated
Jacob’s Dream at Bethel is one of the strangest episodes of Genesis. Bethel means house of G_d. Son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandson of Abraham, Jacob is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites. Jacob had twelve sons, all of whom became the heads of their own family groups, later known as the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
G_d have chosen to communicate Read more Jacob’s Dream
“Therefore, the scripture says in the next verses, “That he took one of the stones of the place and placed it at his head, and slept in that Place. (Genesis 28:11)
Any one may wonder not only at the interior and Read more Stone under the head
The Astronomical spring begins on the equinox, which is also the first day of the year.
The event’s name derives from Latin and means equal night, giving the impression that day and night are exactly twelve hours long.
The spring equinox is celebrated in cultures and religions worldwide with Read more Happy New Year and welcome to 1792
The following fragment is the introduction to my upcoming book about dream interpretation and Cartomancy, the guidebook to my Dream Cards. Enjoy!
Introduction to Dream Cards
“Sometimes, the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.”
Alice Sebold
Divination and fortune-telling, foreseeing the future, is perhaps one of the oldest concerns of human beings. Therefore, not surprisingly, humans proved to be highly creative in finding and inventing numerous methods of predicting the future.
The purpose of fortune-telling is Read more Introduction to the Karpathy Dream cards
German polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, theologian, mystic and occultist, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, once noted:
“Woman was created as much superior to man as the name she has received is superior to his. For Adam means earth, but Eve is translated as life. And as far as life Read more Eve is life
The knowledge of now should always be superior to the knowledge of then – as long as the individual and the humanity in its whole evolve and have been not willingly hijacked on the path of regress.
At a personal level, pretty often, we sabotage ourselves. At the collective level, we Read more The knowledge of now
