Epic of Gilgamesh
Uruk, known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river. The site lies 93 kilometers (58 miles) northwest of ancient Ur, 108 kilometers (67 miles) southeast of ancient Nippur, and 24 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of ancient Larsa. It is 30 km (19 mi) east of modern Samawah, Al-Muthannā, Iraq.[1]
Uruk is the type site for the Uruk period. Uruk played a leading role in the early urbanization of Sumer in the mid-4th millennium BC. By the final phase of the Uruk period around 3100 BC, the city may have had 40,000 residents,[2] with 80,000–90,000 people living in its environs,[3] making it the largest urban area in the world at the time. King Gilgamesh, according to the chronology presented in the Sumerian King List (SKL), ruled Uruk in the 27th century BC. The city lost its prime importance around 2000 BC in the context of the struggle of Babylonia against Elam, but it remained inhabited throughout the Achaemenid (550–330 BC), Seleucid (312–63 BC) and Parthian (227 BC to AD 224) periods until it was finally abandoned shortly before or after the Islamic conquest of 633–638.
William Kennett Loftus visited the site of Uruk in 1849, identifying it as "Erech", known as "the second city of Nimrod", and led the first excavations from 1850 to 1854.[4]
Etymology
Uruk (/ˈʊrʊk/[5]) has several spellings in cuneiform; in Sumerian it is 𒀕𒆠 unugᵏⁱ;[6] in Akkadian, 𒌷𒀕 or 𒌷𒀔 Uruk (ᵁᴿᵁUNUG). Its names in other languages include: Arabic: وركاء or أوروك, Warkāʾ or Auruk; Classical Syriac: ܐܘܿܪܘܿܟ, ʿÚrūk; Biblical Hebrew: אֶרֶךְ ʾÉreḵ; Ancient Greek: Ὀρχόη, romanized: Orkhóē, Ὀρέχ Orékh, Ὠρύγεια Ōrúgeia.
Though the Arabic name of the present-day country of al-ʿIrāq is often thought to be derived directly from the name Uruk, it is more likely loaned via Middle Persian (Erāq) and then Aramaic ’yrg,[7] which nonetheless may still ultimately refer to the Uruk region of southern Mesopotamia.[8]
Prominence
Uruk expansion and colonial outposts, c. 3600–3200 BC
In myth and literature, Uruk was famous as the capital city of Gilgamesh, hero of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Scholars identify Uruk as the biblical Erech (Genesis 10:10), the second city founded by Nimrod in Shinar.[9]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruk
Epic is the largest electronic medical record system in the nation. With Epic, Carson Tahoe Health will employ a single, fully-integrated electronic application for managing patient care that can be accessed throughout our healthcare system. For our staff, no more struggling with numerous programs. We'll be transforming care delivery through a seamless flow of patient care information, MyChart Patient Portal for easy access to your medical records, and streamlined patient/doctor communications ... all in partnership with our affiliate, University of Utah Health.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we learn this new system. Wait times for scheduling & registration may be longer than normal - but we promise that in the end, it will all be worth it!
MyChart
Manage your healthcare online, anytime.
Have you ever wanted to refer back to your most recent test results? Or thought about how nice it would be to send a quick question to your provider, instead of calling the office? What about being able to review and pay your medical bill online?
MyChart is a single patient portal for all your Carson Tahoe Health & Carson Tahoe Medical Group needs and will act as a gateway to your complete health record. The secure online platform will give you convenient, 24-hour access to personal health information and can act as a quick resource for you and your provider so you have the best possible care experience. Having your medical information right at your fingertips puts YOU in control of your health.
With the MyChart Patient Portal, you’ll have access to:
Messages - Ask your provider questions and receive an answer in a timely and thoughtful manner
Medical Records - View visit summaries and doctor's notes from past visits and admissions, or request your complete personal health record
Test Results - Review your test results as they come in
Billing - View billing statements and pay outstanding balances for dates of service after October 10, 2020
• In MyChart, you will be automatically enrolled in paperless billing statements and will be notified by email when a new bill is available. If you choose you may go to your MyChart app to opt-out of future e-billing.
• Temporarily, you may receive separate individual statements as older balances (10/09 and prior) won’t be integrated with MyChart.
• One Bill – One Plan. All charges directly rendered through Carson Tahoe Health will be included in one statement. Note: You will continue to receive separate bills for care provided by those physicians who operate from their own private practice.
Medications - View your current medications and dosages and request a new prescription or refill
Please note: Although MyChart replaced our three existing patient portals (Follow My Health, CTMG, and CTC), your old data is available through Medical Records. We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion this may cause. Each patient portal was run through a different platform, so old data did not automatically transfer over. We recognize the importance of accessing your historical medical information, though, so please contact Medical Records and they'd be happy to assist you.
https://www.carsontahoe.com/epic-is-coming.html
Stories of Hope, Health, and Healing
The following testimonials are from cancer, cardiac, surgery, and emergency patients whose lives have been touched by Carson Tahoe Health. These patients kindly allowed us to borrow their stories because they believe that sharing their experiences will encourage others. Enjoy their stories and we hope you find them as inspiring as we did.
Cancer/Oncology Services
Alice F. – Not long ago, Alice was diagnosed with cancer. She could have let it drag her down. She could have given up. Instead she chose to fight – with the help of Carson Tahoe and their health navigators. Thanks to a national acclaimed Cancer Center, Alice received the care and support she needed to get a second chance at life.
Bill B. – When a kidney cancer diagnosis threatened to throw off his game, Bill looked to Carson Tahoe Cancer Center for help.
Bob C. – Bob has faced many challenges in his life- including cancer. See how the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center helped Bob overcome this obstacle.
Denise G. – My family and I are forever grateful for the phenomenal care I received from start to finish at both CTH and UUHC. If I had to go back to UUHC and receive medical attention, I would in a heartbeat… let’s just hope I don’t need to.
Peggy P. – Peggy has endured a lot in her battle with breast cancer. But thanks to the support of Carson Tahoe, she’s never had to fight alone.
Rianilee B. – Rianilee took care of her brother who received care through the Huntsman Cancer Center and University of Utah Health Care.
Jim Y. – Even with an unlikely diagnosis, he got a positive outcome.
Madelyn S. – Madelyn, a retired English and special education teacher, has been training to beat cancer practically her whole life.
Pamela R. - The Cancer Resource Center was the light in the darkness for Pamela. Through our services and staff, she found the support she needed in her battle with cancer.
Cardiac/Heart Services
Greg S. – A case of bacterial endocarditis caused a bacterial infection that attacked Greg’s heart. Just six weeks after a successful surgery replacing his aortic valve, Greg was able to get back in the game and enjoy what matters in life.
Mark C. – A heart attack put Mark in the ER. A skilled emergency medical team put him back on the road to recovery.
Chris C. – Few patients with heart attacks that involve aortic dissections survive, even if doctors take all the proper steps and take them quickly. Luckily, Chris’ care was in the hands of Carson Tahoe’s open- heart surgery program led by Dr. Todd Chapman, chief of cardiac surgery.
Maria F. – At only 45 years only, Maria never would’ve guessed she’d have a heart attack. Fortunately Carson Tahoe is trained to expect the unexpected.
Larry L. – After participating in the Carson Tahoe Health Heart Smart screenings, Larry found he needed an angioplasty. Now, he's been through cardiac rehab and is living his best life.
ER/Emergency Services
Patrick & Phyliss D. – Upon hearing the frightening news that he needed an emergency heart stent surgery, Patrick and Phyliss’s stress was alleviated when they were taken in and treated kindly by staff members of the ED.
Kim C. – After receiving news of a major artery blockage in her pelvis, Kim turned to Carson Tahoe’s Vascular Surgery team to save the use of her legs and lead her on the road to recovery.
Jerrie M. – When South Reno resident Jerrie Marson badly injured her hip, she turned to Carson Tahoe Emergency Room.
Allan K. – A crash severely damaged Allan’s shoulder. Replacement surgery at Carson Tahoe got him back on track. Today he has more mobility and less pain than he has for the past six years.
Karen B. – After a month-long vacation of blue skies and sunny days, Karen found herself navigating a storm of severe health problems when she arrived back home. Good thing Carson Tahoe was there to show her the way back to good health.
Mary J. – A nasty fall during a routine walk left Mary Jolly in bad shape. Luckily Carson Tahoe had the skills and responsive care to get her back on the path to wellness.
Mary Ann M. – Minden resident Mary Ann seemed to be having a heart attack and was rushed to Carson Tahoe’s ER. Things are not always as they seem however, and the quick thinking Carson Tahoe doctors saved her life by correctly diagnosing her with a rare medical condition instead.
Imaging/X-Ray Services
Theresa H. – Thanks to early detection at Sierra Surgery, Theresa successfully overcame breast cancer.
General Services
Keith R. – Total Knee Replacement and prostatectomy patient at Sierra Surgery Hospital.
Danny H. – When Gardnerville resident Danny broke his neck in an accident, Carson Tahoe’s ER, Neurosurgeons, and Rehabilitation team saved his life and even got him back on his feet.
Tim B. – When Tim found himself struggling to manage his diabetes, he almost lost hope; then he found Carson Tahoe. Tim tells his story about how the diabetes educators were able to help him get his health back on track so he can do the things he loves.
https://www.carsontahoe.com/theirstories.html
"It was while investigating the Little Rock integration incident in 1957 that I first learned of Pike’s rapid advance in Freemasonry, and knowing that Weishaupt, using Thomas Jefferson and Moses Holbrook, had infiltrated Illuminists into the Masonic Lodges of America, I decided I would find out if the fact that Pike’s mansion in Little Rock had thirteen rooms had any significance. “Thirteen’ figures prominently in Satanic, Luciferian and Cabalistic rituals, codes, and writings, etc. My investigations produced documentary evidence to show that, because of Pike’s exceptional mental ability, he came under the notice of professors in Harvard who were members of the Illuminati, who developed in his mind the ‘idea that a One World Government, a One World Religion and a One World financial and economic system was the ONLY solution to the world’s many and varied problems. I next discovered that his departure from Harvard was not due to lack of finances, or because of a misunderstanding with the faculty over tuition fees, but because of his ‘radical’ ideas and teachings. When he returned home determined that he would ‘fight’ his way to the top despite all opposition, he was in a suitable frame of mind to be recruited as a ‘Minerval’ or ‘apprentice’ into the lower degrees of the Illuminati."
Satan Prince of This World by William Guy Carr
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hw94yTrcRzvZjNQOo8T5_w-jqL8v5IMu/view?usp=sharing
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, also known as Adams Field, is a joint civil-military airport on the east side of Little Rock, Arkansas. It is operated by the Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission.
The largest commercial airport in Arkansas, it served more than 2.1 million passengers in the year spanning from March 2009 through to February 2010.[6] While Clinton National Airport does not have direct international passenger flights, more than 50 flights arrive or depart at Little Rock each day, with nonstop service to 14 cities.[7] The airport is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, in which it is categorized as a small-hub primary commercial service facility.[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_National_Airport
"The President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site is located in HOPE, Arkansas.[2] Built in 1917 by Dr. H. S. Garrett, in this house the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, spent the first four years of his life, having been born on August 19, 1946, at Julia Chester Hospital in HOPE, Arkansas.[3][4] The house was owned by Clinton's maternal grandparents, Edith Grisham and James Eldridge Cassidy, and they cared for him when his mother, Virginia, was away working as an anesthetist in New Orleans.[5]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_William_Jefferson_Clinton_Birthplace_Home_National_Historic_Site
"Tragedy and HOPE: A History of the World in Our Time is a work of history written by former Georgetown University professor and historian Carroll Quigley. The book covers the period of roughly 1880 to 1963 and is multidisciplinary in nature though perhaps focusing on the economic problems brought about by the First World War and the impact these had on subsequent events. While global in scope, the book focuses on Western civilization."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_and_Hope
"In his first year (1965) in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown, Bill Clinton took Quigley's course, receiving a 'B' as his final grade in both semesters (an excellent grade in a course where nearly half the students received D or lower).[1]: 94, 96 In 1991, Clinton named Quigley as an important influence on his aspirations and political philosophy, when Clinton launched his presidential campaign in a speech at Georgetown.[1]: 96 He said he learned from Quigley that “The future can be better than the past, and that each of us has a personal, moral responsibility to make it so.” Bill Clinton told his audiences, “that is what the new choice is all about....We are not here to save the Democratic party. We are here to save the United States of America.” It was Clinton's most effective speech, and he repeated variations time and time again as the blueprint for his campaign message in winning the Democratic nomination and the general election for President of the United States in 1992.[21][22]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Quigley
"Theorists also cite the inclusion of Bill Clinton at the meetings in 1991 before he was president and Tony Blair’s presence in 1993 before he became the British prime minister as examples of the group’s power. Past attendees have included former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (who will also be attending this year), former Chase Manhattan chief executive David Rockefeller, and British Prime Minister David Cameron."
Bilderberg Group: What To Know About the Secretive Meetings
https://time.com/4362872/bilderberg-group-meetings-2016-conspiracy-theories/
"Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner October 20, 2016 Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Henry Kissinger Gayle King Cardinal Dolan Katie Couric Chuck Schumer Mayor Bill de Blasio"
https://www.facebook.com/MariaBartiromo/posts/alfred-e-smith-memorial-foundation-dinner-october-20-2016-donald-trump-hillary-c/1353937201283479/
"HOPE: all hope is to be placed in God, and with what degree of perfection [67]; eternal life alone is to be hoped for as a reward [82]; the extent to which this hope should be of assistance [288]; how hope should be shown by the dying | 595]; hope in the preservation and growth of the Society [812]. See also Faithfulness" The Constitutions of the Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms pg. 464
https://jesuitas.lat/uploads/the-constitutions-of-the-society-of-jesus-and-their-complementary-norms/Constitutions%20and%20Norms%20SJ%20ingls.pdf
A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question.[1] It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences toward a false conclusion. A red herring may be used intentionally, as in mystery fiction or as part of rhetorical strategies (e.g., in politics), or may be used in argumentation inadvertently.[2]
The term was popularized in 1807 by English polemicist William Cobbett, who told a story of having used a strong-smelling smoked fish to divert and distract hounds from chasing a rabbit.[3]
Logical fallacy
As an informal fallacy, the red herring falls into a broad class of relevance fallacies. Unlike the straw man, which involves a distortion of the other party's position,[4] the red herring is a seemingly plausible, though ultimately irrelevant, diversionary tactic.[5] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a red herring may be intentional or unintentional; it is not necessarily a conscious intent to mislead.[1]
The expression is mainly used to assert that an argument is not relevant to the issue being discussed. For example, "I think we should make the academic requirements stricter for students. I recommend you support this because we are in a budget crisis, and we do not want our salaries affected." The second sentence, though used to support the first sentence, does not address that topic.
Intentional device
In fiction and non-fiction, a red herring may be intentionally used by the writer to plant a false clue that leads readers or audiences toward a false conclusion.[6][7][8] For example, the character of Bishop Aringarosa in Dan BROWN's The Da Vinci Code is presented for most of the novel as if he is at the centre of the church's conspiracies, but is later revealed to have been innocently duped by the true antagonist of the story. The character's name is a loose Italian translation of "red herring" (aringa rosa; rosa actually meaning 'pink', and very close to rossa, 'red').[9]
A red herring is found in the first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, where the murderer writes at the crime scene the word Rache ('revenge' in German), leading the police—and the reader—to mistakenly presume that a German was involved.
A red herring is often used in legal studies and exam problems to mislead and distract students from reaching a correct conclusion about a legal issue, intended as a device that tests students' comprehension of underlying law and their ability to properly discern material factual circumstances.[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring
In 1990, Harris was hired as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County, California, where she was described as "an able prosecutor on the way up".[37] In 1994, Speaker of the California Assembly Willie BROWN, who was then dating Harris, appointed her to the state Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and later to the California Medical Assistance Commission.[37] In February 1998, San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan recruited Harris as an assistant district attorney.[38] There, she became the chief of the Career Criminal Division, supervising five other attorneys, where she prosecuted homicide, burglary, robbery, and sexual assault cases—particularly three-strikes cases. In August 2000, Harris took a job at San Francisco City Hall, working for city attorney Louise Renne.[39] Harris ran the Family and Children's Services Division, representing child abuse and neglect cases. Renne endorsed Harris during her D.A. campaign.[40]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris
Donald Jasper Harris, OM (born August 23, 1938) is a Jamaican-American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, known for applying post-Keynesian ideas to development economics.[1]
He is the father of US Vice President and current Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris and lawyer Maya Harris.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Harris
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
Danney Lee Williams Jr. (born December 7, 1985) is a man from Little Rock, Arkansas who claims to be the biological son of Bill Clinton, the former President of the United States.[1] Blood tests ruled out Clinton as the father.[1][2]
Background
Williams was born in 1985 to Danney Williams Sr. and Bobbie Ann Williams.
The story came to notice in the late 1990s when reporting by Newsmax led by celebrity tabloid magazine Star to commission a paternity test prove whether Williams is actually Clinton's biological son.[3] Time magazine cited Star on July 18, 1999 to say that there was no match.[4]
The story was revived in 2016 before the 2016 presidential election and pushed by a number of media outlets including Newsmax, the Drudge Report,[3] as well as WorldNetDaily,[1] and the New York Daily News.[1]
Due to some uncertainties with the original test by Star, Snopes concluded that the claim was unproven.[3] The Washington Post stated that, while the test could not prove Clinton was the father, it did conclusively rule him out as the father.[1]
On October 19, 2016, Williams' lawyers announced their intentions to file a paternity suit to prove that Clinton's DNA matched Williams'.[5] Williams wrote to Monica Lewinsky asking for her dress in order to obtain a sample of Clinton's DNA. However, Lewinsky never replied to Williams.[6] A partial analysis of Clinton's blood, and thus his DNA, was already part of the public record because of the Lewinsky affair investigation.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danney_Williams
Thomas Trace Beatie (born 1974[1]) is an American public speaker, author, and advocate of transgender rights and sexuality issues, with a focus on transgender fertility and reproductive rights.[2]
Beatie came out as a trans man in early 1997. Beatie had gender-affirming surgery in March 2002 and became known as "the pregnant man" after he became pregnant through artificial insemination in 2007.[3] Beatie chose to be pregnant, with donated sperm,[4][5] because his wife Nancy was sterile.
The couple filed for divorce in 2012. The Beatie case is the first of its kind on record, where a documented legal male gave birth within a marriage to a woman, and for the first time, a court challenged a marriage where the husband gave birth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Beatie
Exoteric Masonry, which is only the husks of the Mystic Order formed by the Sons of Cain has in modern times attracted the masculine element with its positively polarized physical vehicles, and educated them in industry and statecraft, thus controlling the material development of the world. The sons of Seth, constituting themselves the Priestcraft have worked their spell over the positive vital bodies of the feminine element to dominate the spiritual development. And whereas, the sons of Cain working through Freemasonry and kindred movements, have openly fought for the temporal power, the Priestcraft has fought as strenuously and perhaps more effectively, by stealth, to retain their monopoly upon the spiritual development of the feminine element. To the casual onlooker it would seem as if there were no decided antagonism between these two movements at the present time, but though Freemasonry of today is but a shell of its true ancient mystic self, and though Catholicism has been terribly tarnished by the touch of time, in that one thing there is no difference, the war is as keen as ever, the efforts of the Church are not concentrated upon the masses however as much as upon those who are seeking to live the higher life, so that they may gain admission to the Mystery Temple and learn how to make the Philosophers’ Stone. As mankind advances in evolution, the vital body becomes more permanently positively polarized giving to both sexes a greater desire for spirituality, and though we change from the masculine to feminine in alternate embodiment, positive polarity of the vital body is becoming more pronounced regardless of sex, and this accounts for the growing tendency towards Altruism which is even being brought out by the suffering entailed by the great war we are now fighting, for all agree that they are seeking to obtain a lasting peace where the swords may be made into plowshares, and the spears into pruning hooks. In the past humanity has been claiming universal brotherhood as a great ideal, but we must come closer than that to be in full accord with the Christ. He said to his Disciples “ye are my friends.” Among brothers and sisters hate and enmity may exist, but friendship is the expression of love and cannot exist apart from that. This is therefore the magic word which will eventually level all distinctions, bring peace upon earth and goodwill among men. This is the great Ideal proclaimed by the Rosicrucian Fellowship, an Ideal which points the shortest way to the New Heaven and the New Earth, where the sons of Cain and the sons of Seth will eventually be united.
FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM
by MAX HEINDEL
https://dn720206.ca.archive.org/0/items/freemasonryandca017137mbp/freemasonryandca017137mbp.pdf
5
DETACHMENT
It (detachment) is not detaching from the person whom we care about, but from the agony of involvement.1 —Al-Anon member
When I was trying to choose the topic for the first chapter in this section of the book, many subjects competed for first place. I chose detachment not because it is significantly more important than the other concepts. I selected it because it is an underlying concept. It is something we need to do frequently, as we strive to live happy lives. It is the goal of most recovery programs for codependents. And, it is also something we must do first—before we can do the other things we need to do. We cannot begin to work on ourselves, to live our own lives, feel our own feelings, and solve our own problems until we have detached from the object of our obsession. From my experiences (and those of others), it appears that even our Higher Power can’t do much with us until we have detached. Attachment When a codependent says, “I think I’m getting attached to you,” look out! He or she probably means it. Most codependents are attached to the people and problems in their environments. By “attachment,” I don’t mean normal feelings of liking people, being concerned about problems, or feeling connected to the world. Attachment is becoming overly-involved, sometimes hopelessly entangled.
Attachment can take several forms:
• We may become excessively worried about, and preoccupied with, a problem or person (our mental energy is attached).
• Or, we may graduate to becoming obsessed with and controlling of the people and problems in our environment (our mental, physical, and emotional energy is directed at the object of our obsession).
• We may become reactionaries, instead of acting authentically of our own volition (our mental, emotional, and physical energy is attached).
• We may become emotionally dependent on the people around us (now we’re really attached).
• We may become caretakers (rescuers, enablers) to the people around us (firmly attaching ourselves to their need for us).
The problems with attachment are many. (In this chapter I will focus on worry and obsession. In following chapters I will cover the other forms of attachment.) Overinvolvement of any sort can keep us in a state of chaos; it can keep the people around us in a state of chaos. If we’re focusing all our energies on people and problems, we have little left for the business of living our own lives. And, there is just so much worry and responsibility in the air. If we take it all on ourselves, there is none left for the people around us. It overworks us and underworks them. Furthermore, worrying about people and problems doesn’t help. It doesn’t solve problems, it doesn’t help other people, and it doesn’t help us. It is wasted energy. “If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a fact, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system,” wrote Dr. Wayne W Dyer in Your Erroneous Zones.2 Worrying and obsessing keep us so tangled in our heads we can’t solve our problems. Whenever we become attached in these ways to someone or something, we become detached from ourselves. We lose touch with ourselves. We forfeit our power and ability to think, feel, act, and take care of ourselves. We lose control.
Obsession with another human being, or a problem, is an awful thing to be caught up in. Have you ever seen someone who is obsessed with someone or something? That person can talk about nothing else, can think of nothing else. Even if he appears to be listening when you talk, you know that person doesn’t hear you. His mind is tossing and turning, crashing and banging, around and around on an endless racetrack of compulsive thought. He is preoccupied. He relates whatever you say, no matter how unrelated it actually is, to the object of his obsession. He says the same things, over and over, sometimes changing the wording slightly, sometimes using the same words. Nothing you say makes any difference. Even telling him to stop doesn’t help. He probably would if he could. The problem is he can’t (at that moment). He is bursting with the jarring energy that obsession is made of. He has a problem or a concern that is not only bothering him—it is controlling him. Many of the people I’ve worked with in family groups have been that obsessed with people they care about. When I asked them what they were feeling, they told me what the other person was feeling. When I asked what they did, they told me what the other person had done. Their entire focus was on someone or something other than themselves. Some of them had spent years of their lives doing this—worrying about, reacting to, and trying to control other human beings. They were shells, sometimes almost invisible shells, of people. Their energy was depleted—directed at someone else. They couldn’t tell me what they were feeling and thinking because they didn’t know. Their focus was not on themselves. Maybe you’ve been obsessed with someone or something. Someone does or says something. A thought occurs to you. Something reminds you of a past event. A problem enters your awareness. Something happens or doesn’t happen. Or you sense something’s happening, but you’re not sure what. He doesn’t call, and he usually calls by now. He doesn’t answer the phone, and he should. It’s payday. In the past he always got drunk on payday. He’s only been sober three months. Will it happen again today? You may not know what, you may not know why, and you’re not sure when, but you know something bad—something terrible—has happened, is happening, or is about to happen. It hits you in the stomach. The feeling fills you up—that gut-twisting, handwringing anxiety that is so familiar to codependents. It is what causes us to do much of what we do that hurts ourselves; it is the substance worry and obsession feed upon. It is fear at its worst. Fear usually comes and goes, leaving us in flight, ready to fight, or just temporarily frightened. But anxiety hangs in there. It grips the mind, paralyzing it for all but its own purposes—an endless rehashing of the same useless thoughts. It is the fuel that propels us into controlling behaviors of all sorts. We can think of nothing but keeping a lid on things, controlling the problem, and making it go away; it is the stuff codependency is made of. When you’re obsessed, you can’t get your mind off that person or that problem. You don’t know what you are feeling. You didn’t know what you were thinking. You’re not even sure what you should do, but by God, you should do something! And fast! Worrying, obsessing, and controlling are illusions. They are tricks we play on ourselves. We feel like we are doing something to solve our problems, but we’re not. Many of us have reacted this way with justifiably good reason. We may have lived with serious, complicated problems that have disrupted our lives, and they would provoke any normal person to become anxious, upset, worried, and obsessed. We may love someone who is in trouble—someone who’s out of control. His or her problem may be alcoholism, an eating disorder, gambling, a mental or emotional problem, or any combination of these. Some of us may be living with less serious problems, but they concern us anyway. People we love or care about may have mood swings. They may do things we wish they wouldn’t do. We may think he or she should do things differently, a better way, a way that we believe wouldn’t cause so many problems. Out of habit, some of us may have developed an attitude of attachment—of worrying, reacting, and obsessively trying to control. Maybe we have lived with people and through events that were out of control.
Maybe obsessing and controlling is the way we kept things in balance or temporarily kept things from getting worse. And then we just kept on doing it. Maybe we’re afraid to let go, because when we let go in the past, terrible, hurtful things happened. Maybe we’ve been attached to people—living their lives for and through them—for so long that we don’t have any life of our own left to live. It’s safer to stay attached. At least we know we’re alive if we’re reacting. At least we’ve got something to do if we’re obsessing or controlling. For various reasons codependents tend to attach themselves to problems and people. Never mind that worrying isn’t solving anything. Never mind that those problems rarely have solutions. Never mind that they’re so obsessed they can’t read a book, watch television, or go for a walk. Never mind that their emotions are constantly in turmoil over what she said or didn’t say, what she did or didn’t do, or what she will do next. Never mind that the things we’re doing aren’t helping anyone! No matter what the cost, we will hang on. We will grit our teeth, clutch the rope, and grab more tightly than ever. Some of us may not even be aware we’ve been holding on so tightly. Some of us may have convinced ourselves we have to hang on this tightly. We believe there is simply no other choice but to react to this particular problem or person in this obsessive manner. Frequently, when I suggest to people that they detach from a person or problem, they recoil in horror. “Oh, no!” they say. “I could never do that. I love him, or her, too much. I care too much to do that. This problem or person is too important to me. I have to stay attached!” My answer to that is, “WHO SAYS YOU HAVE TO?” I’ve got news—good news. We don’t “have to.” There’s a better way. It’s called “detachment.”3 It may be scary at first, but it will ultimately work better for everyone involved.
A Better Way
Exactly what is detachment? What am I asking of you? (The term, as you may have guessed, is more jargon.)
Detachment also involves accepting reality—the facts. It requires faith—in ourselves, in God, in other people, and in the natural order and destiny of things in this world. We believe in the rightness and appropriateness of each moment. We release our burdens and cares, and give ourselves the freedom to enjoy life in spite of our unsolved problems. We trust that all is well in spite of the conflicts. We trust that Someone greater than ourselves knows, has ordained, and cares about what is happening. We understand that this Someone can do much more to solve the problem than we can. So we try to stay out of His way and let Him do it. In time, we know that all is well because we see how the strangest (and sometimes most painful) things work out for the best and for the benefit of everyone.
Judi Hollis wrote of detachment in a section on codependency in her book, Fat Is a Family Affair. There she described detachment as “a healthy neutrality.”4
Detaching does not mean we don’t care. It means we learn to love, care, and be involved without going crazy. We stop creating all this chaos in our minds and environments. When we are not anxiously and compulsively thrashing about, we become able to make good decisions about how to love people, and how to solve our problems. We become free to care and to love in ways that help others and don’t hurt ourselves.5
The rewards from detachment are great: serenity; a deep sense of peace; the ability to give and receive love in self-enhancing, energizing ways; and the freedom to find real solutions to our problems. We find the freedom to live our own lives without excessive feelings of guilt about, or responsibility toward others.6 Sometimes detachment even motivates and frees people around us to begin to solve their problems. We stop worrying about them, and they pick up the slack and finally start worrying about themselves. What a grand plan! We each mind our own business.
Earlier, I described a person caught in the entanglement of obsessions and worry. I have known many people who have had to (or have chosen to) live with serious problems such as an alcoholic spouse who never sobered up, a severely handicapped child, and a teenager hell-bent on destroying himself through drugs and criminal behavior. These people learned to live with, and in spite of, their problems. They grieved for their losses, then found a way to live their lives not in resignation, martyrdom, and despair, but with enthusiasm, peace, and a true sense of gratitude for that which was good. They took care of their actual responsibilities. They gave to people, they helped people, and they loved people. But they also gave to and loved themselves. They held themselves in high esteem. They didn’t do these things perfectly, or without effort, or instantly. But they strived to do these things, and they learned to do them well. I owe a debt of gratitude to these people. They taught me that detachment was possible. They showed me it could work. I would like to pass that same hope on to you. It is my wish that you will find other people to pass that hope on to, for detachment is real and thrives with reinforcement and nurturing. Detachment is both an act and an art. It is a way of life. I believe it is also a gift. And it will be given to those who seek it. How do we detach? How do we extricate our emotions, mind, body, and spirit from the agony of entanglement? As best we can. And, probably, a bit clumsily at first. An old AA. and Al-Anon saying suggests a three-part formula called “HOW”: Honesty, Openness, and Willingness to try.7 In the chapters ahead, I will discuss some specific concepts for detaching from certain forms of attachment. Many of the other concepts I will discuss later will lead to detachment. You will have to decide how these ideas apply to you and your particular situation and then find your own path. With a little humility, surrender, and effort on your part, I believe you can do it. I believe detachment can become a habitual response, in the same manner that obsessing, worrying, and controlling became habitual responses—by practice. You may not do it perfectly, but no one has. However, and at whatever pace, you practice detachment in your life, I believe it will be right for you. I hope you will be able to detach with love for the person or persons you are detaching from. I think it is better to do everything in an attitude of love. However, for a variety of reasons, we can’t always do that. If you can’t detach in love, it is my opinion that it is better to detach in anger rather than to stay attached. If we are detached, we are in a better position to work on (or through) our resentful emotions. If we’re attached, we probably won’t do anything other than stay upset.
When should we detach? When we can’t stop thinking, talking about, or worrying about someone or something; when our emotions are churning and boiling; when we feel like we have to do something about someone because we can’t stand it another minute; when we’re hanging on by a thread, and it feels like that single thread is frayed; and when we believe we can no longer live with the problem we’ve been trying to live with. It is time to detach! You will learn to recognize when detachment is advisable. A good rule of thumb is: You need to detach most when it seems the least likely or possible thing to do.
I’ll close this chapter with a true story. One night about midnight my telephone rang. I was in bed and wondered, as I picked up the receiver, who was calling me at that hour. I thought it had to be an emergency.
In a way it was an emergency. It was a stranger. She had been calling various friends all evening, trying to find some kind of consolation. Apparently, she hadn’t been able to find it. Someone had given her someone else’s phone number, that person had given her someone else’s phone number, and the last person had suggested she call me.
Immediately upon introducing herself, the woman exploded in a tirade. Her husband used to go to Alcoholics Anonymous. He had separated from her, and now he was seeing another woman because he wanted to “find himself.” Furthermore, before he left her, he had been acting really crazy and didn’t go to meetings. And she wondered, isn’t he acting crazy now by dating a woman who is that much younger than him?
I was speechless at first, then found it hard to find a chance to talk. She went on and on. Finally she asked, “Don’t you think he’s sick? Don’t you think he’s acting crazy? Don’t you think something should be done about him?”
“That could be,” I replied. “But obviously I can’t do it, and neither can you. I’m more concerned about you. What are you feeling? What do you think? What do you need to do to take care of yourself?”
I shall say the same thing to you, dear reader. I know you have problems. I understand that many of you are deeply grieved over, and concerned about, certain people in your lives. Many of them may be destroying themselves, you, and your family, right before your eyes. But I can’t do anything to control those people; and you probably can’t either. If you could, you probably would have done it by now.
Detach. Detach in love, or detach in anger, but strive for detachment. I know it’s difficult, but it will become easier with practice. If you can’t let go completely, try to “hang on loose.”8 Relax. Sit back. Now, take a deep breath. The focus is on you.
Activity
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Is there a problem or person in your life that you are excessively worried about? Write about that person or problem. Write as much as you need to write to get it out of your system. When you have written all you need to write about that person or problem, focus on yourself. What are you thinking? What are you feeling?
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How do you feel about detaching from that person or problem? What might happen if you detach? Will that probably happen anyway? How has staying “attached” —worrying, obsessing, trying to control—helped so far?
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If you did not have that person or problem in your life, what would you be doing with your life that is different from what you are doing now? How would you be feeling and behaving? Spend a few minutes visualizing yourself living your life, feeling and behaving that way—in spite of your unsolved problem. Visualize your hands placing in God’s hands the person or problem you are concerned about.9 Visualize His hands gently and lovingly holding that person or willingly accepting that problem. Now, visualize His hands holding you. All is well for the moment. All is as it should and as it needs to be. All will be well—better than you think.
Codependent No More
by Melody Beattie
http://dickyricky.com/books/recovery/Codependent%20No%20More%20-%20Melody%20Beattie.pdf
"14We ought to act on the principle that everyone who lives under obedience should let himself be carried and directed by Divine Providence through the agency of the superior 15as if he were a lifeless body, which allows itself to be carried to any place and treated in any way; or an old man s staff, which serves at any place and for any purpose in which the one holding it in his hand wishes to employ it. 16For in this way the obedient man ought joyfully to employ himself in any task in which the superior desires to employ him in aid of the whole body of the religious order; 17and he ought to hold it certain that by so doing he conforms himself with the divine will more than by anything else he could do while following his own will and different judgment.[3]"
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THE American Capitol abounds with clues of its Roman origins. “Freedom,” the Roman goddess whose statue crowns the dome, was created in Rome at the studio of American sculptor Thomas Crawford. We find a whole pantheon of Roman deities in the great fresco covering the dome’s interior rotunda: Persephone, Ceres, Freedom, Vulcan, Mercury, even a deified George Washington. These figures were the creation of Vatican artist Constantino Brumidi. The fact that the national Statehouse evolved as a “capitol” bespeaks Roman influence. No building can rightly be called a capitol unless it’s a temple of Jupiter, the great father-god of Rome who ruled heaven with his thunderbolts and nourished the earth with his fertilizing rains. If it was a capitolium, it belonged to Jupiter and his priests. Jupiter’s mascot was the eagle, which the founding fathers made their mascot as well. A Roman eagle tops the governing idol of the House of Representatives, a forty-six-inch sterling silverand- ebony wand called a “mace.” The mace is “the symbol of authority in the House.”4 W h e n the Sergeant-at-arms displays it before an unruly member of Congress, the mace restores order. Its position at the rostrum tells whether the House is in “committee” or in “session.” America’s national motto “Annuit Coeptis” came from a prayer to Jupiter. It appears in Book IX of Virgil’s epic propaganda, the Aeneid, a poem commissioned just before the birth of Christ by Caius Maecenas, the multi-billionaire power behind Augustus Caesar. The poem’s objective was to fashion Rome into an imperial monarchy for which its citizens would gladly sacrifice their lives. Fascism may be an ugly word to many, but its stately emblem is apparently offensive to no one. T h e emblem of fascism, a pair of them, commands the wall above and behind the speaker’s rostrum in the Chamber of the House of Representatives. They’re called fasces, and I can think of no reason for them to be there other than to declare the fascistic nature of American republican democracy. 6 A fasces is a Roman device. Actually, it originated with the ancient Etruscans, from whom the earliest Romans derived their religious jurisprudence nearly three thousand years ago. It’s an axe-head whose handle is a bundle of rods tightly strapped together by a red sinew. It symbolizes the ordering of priestly functions into a single infallible sovereign, an autocrat who could require life and limb of his subjects. If the fasces is entwined with laurel, like the pair on the House wall, it signifies Caesarean military power. The Romans called this infallible sovereign Pontifex Maximus, “Supreme Bridgebuilder.” No Roman was called Pontifex Maximus until the title was given to Julius Caesar in 48 BC. Today’s Pontifex Maximus is Pope John Paul II. As we shall discover in a forthcoming chapter, John Paul does not hold that title alone. He shares it with a mysterious partner, a military man, a man holding an office that has been known for more than four centuries as “Papa Nero,” the Black Pope. I shall present evidence that the House fasces represent the Black Pope, who indeed rules the world. Later, I will develop what is sure to become a controversial hypothesis: that the Black Pope rules by divine appointment, and for the ultimate good of mankind.
Rulers of Evil
by F. Tupper Saussy
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Books: 1. In general: the extent to which they are to be allowed for the private use of Ours [372, 373]; specifically, in the colleges of Ours [372]. See also Library; Publishing books and other scholarly works 2. Administrative: in which are to be recorded: possessions brought by novices and certain of their declarations [57, 200]; the names of those who pronounce vows [530, 545] 3. To be read in the schools: see Authors 4. The writing thereof: see Writing of books;Writers 5. Publication thereof: see Publishing books and other scholarly works
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The oldest written evidence of rose cultivation comes from a tablet discussing the Akkadian king Sargon I’s military campaign to the west. Sargon brought rosebush saplings with him on the campaign so rose cultivation could begin in these newly acquired territories soon after his conquest. It was an act of supreme confidence and evidence of roses’ importance to Akkadian culture.
https://deathscent.com/2022/02/18/rosalia/
Sarcasm is the caustic use of words, often in a humorous way, to mock someone or something.[1] Sarcasm may employ ambivalence,[2] although it is not necessarily ironic.[3] Most noticeable in spoken word, sarcasm is mainly distinguished by the inflection with which it is spoken[4] or, with an undercurrent of irony, by the extreme disproportion of the comment to the situation, and is largely context-dependent.[5]
Etymology
The word comes from the Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós) which is taken from σαρκάζειν (sarkázein) meaning "to tear flesh, bite the lip in rage, sneer".[6]
It is first recorded in English in 1579, in an annotation to The Shepheardes Calender by Edmund Spenser:
Tom piper, an ironicall Sarcasmus, spoken in derision of these rude wits, whych ...[7]
However, the word sarcastic, meaning "Characterized by or involving sarcasm; given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly cutting or caustic", does not appear until 1695.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm
Earth's inner core is the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth. It is primarily a solid ball with a radius of about 1,220 km (760 mi), which is about 20% of Earth’s radius or 70% of the Moon's radius.[1][2]
There are no samples of Earth's core accessible for direct measurement, as there are for Earth's mantle.[3] Information about Earth's core mostly comes from analysis of seismic waves and Earth's magnetic field.[4] The inner core is believed to be composed of an iron–nickel alloy with some other elements. The temperature at the inner core's surface is estimated to be approximately 5,700 K (5,430 °C; 9,800 °F), which is about the temperature at the surface of the Sun.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_inner_core
Summary of activity during October-December 2021. Strong eruptive activity that began on 19 September continued throughout most of this reporting period. During October, more than 3,000 earthquakes were detected in the southern part of the island and ash plumes ROSE as high as 5.5 km altitude, according to the Toulouse VAAC. Lava flows emerged from two new vents and moved W toward the coastline, affecting 3,063 buildings, of which 2,896 were destroyed. (figure 31). The lava flow field continued to expand through the eruption (table 2). There were a total of 11 flows numbered during this reporting period. Flow 2, located between the main flow (Flow 1), had reached the sea on 21 September. Lava, including bombs, were ejected as far as 800 m from the vent. Lava fountains ROSE hundreds of meters high and collapses of the crater walls were common. Similar activity was reported in November, with frequent earthquakes, ash plumes that ROSE to 4.6 km altitude, ejecta, and multiple lava effusions, some of which reached the coastline and formed a lava delta. Several thousand people were evacuated. During December, the number of earthquakes detected, and ash plumes was notably lower. An ash plume on 13 December ROSE as high as 7.5 km altitude, but overall, they were lower compared to the previous months. Strong lava effusion persisted during the first half of the month, some of which continued to feed the lava deltas on the coast. By mid-December, activity had mostly subsided, with only some incandescence, weak lava flows, and low gas-and-ash plumes. Sulfur dioxide emissions were consistently detected until mid-December.
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The Rose Cross (also called Rose Croix and Rosy Cross) is a symbol largely associated with the legendary Christian Rosenkreuz, a Christian Kabbalist and alchemist said to have been the founder of the Rosicrucian Order.[1][2] The Rose Cross is a cross with a rose at its centre, which is usually red, golden or white.[3] It symbolizes the teachings of a Western esoteric tradition with Christian tenets.[4][5][6]
As a key Rosicrucian symbol, the Rosy Cross was also used by the Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross (1750s–1790s), and is still used by the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (1865–present).
Symbolism
The Rosicrucian Manifestos were written during the Protestant Reformation in Germany, and have an underlying theme of reform. In 1520, Martin Luther had a seal made with a five-petaled white rose encapsulating a heart, with a simple cross in the centre. Johannes Valentinus Andreae, a likely candidate for the authorship of the third Rosicrucian manifesto, the Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, came from a family whose crest featured an X-shaped cross with roses in the four corners.
Many allegorical and esoteric explanations for the Rose Cross have arisen over the centuries. Some groups, such as the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, purport that the rosy cross predates Christianity, where "the cross represents the human body and the rose represents the individual's unfolding consciousness.[7]
It has also been suggested that the rose represents silence while the cross signifies "salvation, to which the Society of the Rose-Cross devoted itself by teaching mankind the love of God and the beauty of brotherhood, with all that they implied."[8] Others saw the Rosy Cross as a symbol of the human process of reproduction elevated to the spiritual: "The fundamental symbols of the Rosicrucians were the rose and the cross; the rose female and the cross male, both universal phallic [...] As generation is the key to material existence, it is natural that the Rosicrucians should adopt as its characteristic symbols those exemplifying the reproductive processes. As regeneration is the key to spiritual existence, they therefore founded their symbolism upon the rose and the cross, which typify the redemption of man through the union of his lower temporal nature with his higher eternal nature."[9]
It is further a symbol of the Philosopher's stone, the ultimate product of the alchemist.[10]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Cross
"To sum up: men crucified to the world, and to whom the world itself is crucified[7] such would our Constitutions have us to be; new men, I say, who have put off their affections to put on Christ;[8] dead to themselves to live to justice; who, with St. Paul in labors, in watchings, in fastings, in chastity, in knowledge, in long suffering, in sweetness, in the Holy Spirit, in charity unfeigned, in the word of truth, show themselves ministers of God[9] and by the armor of Justice on the right hand and, on the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report, by good success finally and ill success, press forward with great strides to their heavenly country. This is the sum and aim of our institute."
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Nimrod (/ˈnɪmrɒd/;[1] Hebrew: נִמְרוֹד, Modern: Nīmrōd, Tiberian: Nīmrōḏ; Classical Syriac: ܢܡܪܘܕ; Arabic: نُمْرُود, romanized: Numrūd) is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles. The son of Cush and therefore the great-grandson of Noah, Nimrod was described as a king in the land of Shinar (Lower Mesopotamia). The Bible states that he was "a mighty hunter before the Lord [and] ... began to be mighty in the earth".[2] Later extra-biblical traditions identified Nimrod as the ruler who commissioned the construction of the Tower of Babel or Jacob's Ladder based on the Biblical dream of Jacob in Genesis 28:11–19, which led to his reputation as a king who was rebellious against God.
Nimrod has not been attested in any historic, non-biblical registers, records or king lists, including those of Mesopotamia itself which are both considerably older and more diverse than the later biblical texts. Historians have failed to match Nimrod with any historically attested figure, or find any historical, linguistic or genetic link between Mesopotamia and the kingdom of Cush, although one recent suggestion among the exclusively Mesopotamian figures is Naram-Sin of Akkad, grandson of Sargon.[3][4]
Several ruins of the Middle East have been named after him during the Islamic Era.[5]
Biblical account
The first biblical mention of Nimrod is in the Generations of Noah.[6] He is described as the son of Cush, grandson of Ham, and great-grandson of Noah; and as "a mighty one in the earth" and "a mighty hunter before the Lord". This is repeated in the 1 Chronicles 1:10, and the "Land of Nimrod" used as a synonym for Assyria or Mesopotamia, is mentioned in the Micah 5:6:
Who will shepherd Assyria’s land with swords,
The land of Nimrod in its gates.
Thus he will deliver [us]
From Assyria, should it invade our land,
And should it trample our country.
Genesis 10:10 says that the "mainstays of his kingdom" (רֵאשִׁית מַמְלַכְתּוֹ rēšit̲ mamlak̲to) were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Calneh in Shinar (Mesopotamia)—understood variously to imply that he either founded these cities, ruled over them, or both. Owing to an ambiguity in the original Hebrew text, it is unclear whether it is he or Ashur who additionally built Nineveh, Resen, Rehoboth-Ir and Nimrud (Kalaḥ); both interpretations are reflected in various English versions. Walter Raleigh devoted several pages in his History of the World (1614) to reciting past scholarship regarding the question of whether it had been Nimrod or Ashur who built the cities in Assyria.[7]
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"His son, Hunter Biden, 38, is a longtime federal lobbyist for the Jesuit university located in his father's hometown, Scranton PA. According to federal disclosures, Hunter Biden has been earning about $80,000 a year since 2006 to lobby for this university. Senator Biden himself has lectured at the Jesuit University of Scranton, and received an honorary degree from the same university, in 1976."
Codeword Barbelon
by P.D. Stuart
The Power of Positive Thinking: A Practical Guide to Mastering the Problems of Everyday Living is a 1952 self-help book by American minister Norman Vincent Peale. It provides anecdotal "case histories" of positive thinking using a biblical approach, and practical instructions which were designed to help the reader achieve a permanent and optimistic attitude. These techniques usually involved affirmations and visualizations. Peale claimed that such techniques would give the reader a higher satisfaction and quality of life. The book was negatively reviewed by scholars and health experts, but was popular among the general public and has sold well.[1]
Author
Main article: Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Peale, born in 1898 in southwestern Ohio, graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University and later received his bachelor's and master's degrees in sacred theology from Boston University's School of Theology. Peale then attended Syracuse University where he received a Doctor of Divinity degree. After serving 10 years as a Methodist clergyman in New York, Peale became the pastor of New York City's Marble Collegiate Church where he stayed for 53 years, until his retirement in 1984. Throughout his career as a pastor, Peale wrote over 40 books, became a sought-after motivational speaker, started weekly radio and television shows, organized the American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry, and co-founded the spiritual newsletter Guideposts with his wife, Ruth Stafford Peale.[2][3]
Publication
The Power of Positive Thinking was published in October 1952 and continues to be Peale's most widely read work. It was on the New York Times' bestsellers list for 186 weeks, 48 of which were spent in the No. 1 non-fiction spot.[4] The book sold more than 5 million copies worldwide[5] — 2.5 million from 1952 to 1956[6] — and was eventually translated into over 40 languages.[7] Other books published by Peale around 1952 include The Art of Real Happiness, published in 1950, and Inspiring Messages for Daily Living, published in 1955.[8] The Power of Positive Thinking appeared at a time when Christian church attendance was drastically increasing, national views of spirituality, individuality, and religion were shifting, and the Cold War was a growing concern for many Americans.[6] These factors, as well as Peale's growing popularity as a motivational public figure and the book's clear prose, propelled The Power of Positive Thinking into a self-help book still popular today.
Synopsis
Peale begins by stating ten rules for “overcoming inadequacy attitudes and learning to practice faith”.[5] The rules include the following:
Picture yourself succeeding.
Think a positive thought to drown out a negative thought.
Minimize obstacles.
Do not attempt to copy others.
Repeat “If God be for us, who can be against us?” ten times every day.
Work with a counselor.
Repeat “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” ten times every day.
Develop a strong self-respect.
Affirm that you are in God's hands.
Believe that you receive power from God.[5]
The next chapter describes the importance of creating a peaceful mind, which can be done through inspirational reading, clearing one's mind, or visualization. Peale continues with how to obtain consistent energy, saying that “God is the source of all energy”.[5] The mind controls how the body feels; thus, letting go of negative energy and emotions will give infinite energy through God. Next, Peale speaks of the healing power of prayer, and how it will heal physical and emotional problems that arise from negative circumstances. In chapters five and six, Peale asserts that happiness is created by choice and that worrying only inhibits it and should be stopped. The next step in thinking positively is to always believe in success and not to believe in defeat because most obstacles are “mental in character”.[5] Habitual worrying is the next obstacle to overcome through emptying the mind and positive affirmations. Peale then states that asking God for help can solve one's personal problems and physically and emotionally heal them.
In chapter twelve, Peale states that letting go of anger and embracing a sense of calm can help with physical illnesses, such as eczema.[5] Next, Peale states that letting positive thoughts in can change one's outlook on life drastically and that practicing relaxation through God's help will lead to a content life. Chapter fifteen gives concrete examples on how to get others to like you, including the following: remember names, praise others generously, become a people person, and resolve problems calmly as soon as they appear. Peale then continues with how to overcome heartache through prayer, meditation, social interactions, and keeping a daily routine. The final chapter restates the importance of reaching out to a Higher Power for help in living a peaceful, positive life. Peale ends The Power of Positive Thinking with an epilogue encouraging readers to follow his techniques and live more fulfilled lives. Peale writes, “I pray for you. God will help you — so believe and live successfully.”[5]
Reception
Criticisms
Peale's work came under criticism from various mental health experts, theologians, and academics. One general criticism of Peale's book was the lack of verified sources. The Power of Positive Thinking includes many personal anecdotes that the reader has no way of validating. The book includes stories about “a business executive”,[5] “a man, an alcoholic”,[5] “a famous trapeze artist”,[5] “a friend of [Peale’s], a midwestern businessman”,[5] and other unnamed individuals which cannot be verified from the information Peale presents with each anecdote.
Similarity to hypnosis
Psychiatrist R. C. Murphy addresses another criticism of Peale's work in an article in The Nation dated May 7, 1955. He compares Peale's message in The Power of Positive Thinking to that of hypnosis, writing that "self-knowledge, in Mr. Peale's understanding, is unequivocally bad; self-hypnosis is good."[9] Murphy explains that such repeated hypnosis defeats an individual's self-motivation, sense of reality, and ability to think critically. He describes Peale's understanding of the mind as inaccurate and his description of the workings of the mind as deceptively simplistic and false. Murphy states that if man's unconscious “can be conceptualized merely as a container for a small number of psychic fragments, then ideas like 'mind-drainage' follow. So does the reliance on self-hypnosis, which is the cornerstone of Mr. Peale's philosophy.” Murphy concludes that Peale's techniques for positive thinking relate too closely to hypnosis and are inadequate for the readers’ needs for self-improvement.[9]
Albert Ellis, an influential psychologist of the 20th century and the founder of cognitive therapy, also criticized Peale's techniques for their similarities with hypnotism. He compared the techniques presented with those of the hypnotist Émile Coué and asserted that the repeated use of these hypnotic techniques could lead to significant mental health problems. Ellis stated that eventually Peale's teachings “lead to failure and disillusionment, and not only boomerang back against people, but often prejudice them against effective therapy."[10]
Effectiveness of techniques
Another criticism is that Peale's philosophy is not accomplished through his techniques presented. R. C. Murphy writes that Peale's teachings “endorse the cruelties which men commit against each other” which encourages readers to “give up [their] strivings and feel free to hate as much as [they] like”. Murphy argues that by teaching others to destroy all negativity, Peale is, in fact, fostering negativity and aggression.[9] Harvard scholar Donald Meyer presents a similar criticism in his article "Confidence Man" written in 1955. Meyer writes that The Power of Positive Thinking provides partial awareness to the limitations of the readers, but does not supply the necessary self-confidence to overcome those limitations. He proceeds to compare Peale to a con man saying that the problem with Peale lies in the “paltriness of the confidence he preached. He did not really try to fool you into thinking you could do much, or be much, or live much. He did not make you aware of greater heights any more than of greater abysses.”[11]
Psychologist Martin Seligman, former APA president and founder of positive psychology, also condemned Peale's methods in his book, Authentic Happiness. He writes that, “positive thinking often involves trying to believe upbeat statements such as 'Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better,' in the absence of evidence, or even in the face of contrary evidence.”[12] Seligman continues his critique saying, “if you can manage the feat of actually believing these sorts of statements, more power to you. Many educated people, trained in skeptical thinking, cannot manage this kind of boosterism.”[12]
Similarly, Donald Meyer, in his book The Positive Thinkers, critiques the effectiveness of Peale's techniques saying that Peale always “reacted to the image of harshness with flight rather than competitive fight.”[13] Meyer later quotes Peale as saying, “No man, however resourceful or pugnacious, is a match for so great an adversary as a hostile world. He is at best a puny and impotent creature quite at the mercy of the cosmic and social forces in the midst of which he dwells."[13] Meyer argues that positive thinking is disempowering to the individual; for, Peale presents individuals as weak compared to the “hostile world” with only the help of his techniques to overcome negative circumstances. In addition, Meyer also questions the effectiveness of Peale's positive thinking techniques in the antagonistic environment Peale presents.
Theological critique
Episcopal theologian John M. Krumm criticized Peale's teachings for their basis in religion, defining his teachings as heretical. Krumm writes that "the emphasis upon techniques such as the repetition of confident phrases” or “the manipulation of certain mechanical devices” gives “the impression of a thoroughly depersonalized religion. Very little is said about the sovereign mind and purpose of God; much is made of the things men can say to themselves and can do to bring about their ambitions and purposes."[14] Krumm argues that Peale does not have the backing of religion to support his techniques. Krumm continues with a warning: "The predominant use of impersonal symbols for God is a serious and dangerous invitation to regard man as the center of reality and the Divine Reality as an impersonal power, the use and purpose of which is determined by the man who takes hold of it and employs it as he thinks best.”[14]
Edmund Fuller, book review editor of the Episcopal Churchnews, warned against following Peale's teachings in an article titled “Pitchmen in the Pulpit” from March 1957. Fuller cautions readers not to believe Peale just because he was a minister. He writes that Peale's books have no connection to Christianity and that they “influence, mislead and often disillusion sick, maladjusted, unhappy or ill-constructed people, obscuring for them the Christian realities. They offer easy comforts, easy solutions to problems and mysteries that sometimes perhaps, have no comforts or solutions at all, in glib, worldly terms. They offer a cheap 'happiness' in lieu of the joy Christianity can offer.”[15]
Positive reviews
While contemporary theologians and mental health experts criticized Peale's teachings in The Power of Positive Thinking, the general public praised the self-help book. The Los Angeles Times estimates that “legions of followers testified that Peale’s message changed their lives for the better and represented the best combination of faith and pragmatism.”[7] This is evidenced by the popularity of Peale's book, which sold more than 5 million copies worldwide and was eventually translated into over 40 languages.[7] In addition, Peale was close friends with American presidents Eisenhower and Nixon, both of whom highly regarded his positive thinking teachings.[2] Countless others accredited The Power of Positive Thinking for their success in overcoming obstacles including George Foster, of the Cincinnati Reds,[16] Rev. Robert Schuller, founder and pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove,[7] and Billy Graham, a prominent Southern Baptist Minister.[6]
Popular culture
1964 cartoon by Virgil Partch referencing The Power of Positive Thinking
Former U.S. president Donald Trump has called Peale "his pastor" and "one of the greatest speakers" he had ever seen.[17] According to Donald's niece and author Mary L. Trump, Donald Trump's father, Fred, became interested in Peale's message in the 1950s.[18] Fred and his wife, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, traveled to the Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan with their children to hear Peale's sermons. Donald Trump grew up hearing Peale's teachings from his parents, and Peale officiated his first wedding.[19] Trump credits his survival in 1990 after being almost a billion dollars in debt to Peale's positive thinking teachings.[17]
The book is referenced in the 2020 DC Comics Wonder Woman sequel film, Wonder Woman 1984, the villain of which is a self-help-touting entrepreneur.[20]
A Texas woman named Helen Hadsell read the book in 1959 and credited the book with much of her success in winning contests.[21] After reading the book she began entering and winning contests. She has stated from that point on she won every contest she ever entered.[22][23]
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Nimrod and the Tower of Babel
Transcription from: Kabbalah of Genesis Course
By a Gnostic Instructor
“And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasses the whole land of כוש Cush.” - Genesis 2: 13
“This second river is the cerebrospinal fluid, which is the other pole of our seminal system. With it we encompass the whole land of כוש Cush that is to say, the whole of our head and throat, since we form the brain and throat with (אב Ob) the cerebrospinal fluid.” - Samael Aun Weor
“And כוש Cush begot נמרד Nimrod: he began to be a גבור Gebur mighty one in the Earth, he was a mighty hunter before יהוה Iod-Havah. Where for it is said even as Nimrod the (Gebur גבור) mighty hunter before יהוה Jehovah, and the beginning of his (Malkuth מלכות) kingdom was בבל Babel in the land of שנער Shin-ar.” Genesis chapter 10, verse 8-10.
Three Triangles, Three Kingdoms, Three Brains, Three Pyramids
When we examine the Tree of Life, kabbalistically and alchemically, we discover that the three triangles of the Tree of Life are related with the three brains; the intellectual brain, the emotional brain and the motor-instinctual-sexual brain. These three brains, in kabbalah, are called kingdoms, pyramids.
The first triangle or pyramid is related with the sephiroth Kether, Chokmah and Binah, and to Atziluth, the kingdom of the Father, which is in the brain. The second triangle or pyramid of the Tree of Life - Chesed, Geburah and Tiphereth - relates to Briah, and is the kingdom of Chokmah, the Son, which is in the heart. The third triangle or pyramid - Netzach, Hod and Yesod (the superior aspect of the sephirah Malkuth) - relates to Yetzirah, the kingdom of Binah, the Holy Spirit, which is in the sexual glands. So, as you see, the Tree of Life in Malkuth, our physicality, is divided into the brain, the heart and the sex.
In Kabbalah, the Tree of Life, the true man, Adam, is Tiphereth, the human soul that as an apex of a pyramid unites, through sexual alchemy, six sephiroth in the heart, namely, Chesed, Geburah, Hod and Netzach, with its foundation in Yesod, sex, in Malkuth, חוה Chavah, Eve, our physicality, as well as the woman, who is (נחמד למראה וטוב למאכל Nahemad Lemurah V'Tob Lemakol - pleasant to the sight and good for food). As Master Samael Aun Weor said:
“The woman is the most beautiful thought of the creator, made (בשר ,דם וחיים, Bashar, Dam Va'Chayim) flesh, blood and life.”
The whole Tree of Life is what in Hebrew is called עץ חיים Otz Chayim. Chayim חיים is a word that means lives, plural. It usually it is translated as life, but in actuality, life is חיה Chaiah. The plural for life is חיים Chayim. So עץ חיים Otz Chayim should be translated as the Tree of Lives, because the manifestation of the Tree of Life, in us, is accomplished through the Holy Spirit (Binah), in which we find that soul that in kabbalah is called Chaiah, life. This is why, when we talk about עץ חיים Otz Chayim, the Tree of Life, we have to talk about the Holy Spirit, Binah, because Binah is the one that is associated with חיה Chaiah (life).
We find that the bible states: “And אלהים Elohim said, Let us make Adam in our image, after our likeness.” Thus, alchemically, Adam is made in the image and after the likeness of אלהים Elohim within the womb of Chavah-Eve, since for the spirit, Malkuth is (נחמד למראה וטוב למאכל Nahemad Lemurah V'Tob Lemakol - pleasant to the sight and good for food).
When we kabbalistically examine the word אלהים Elohim in Atziluth, we find that it is associated with Binah, Geburah and Hod as Jehovah-Elohim in the first traingle, Elohim Gibor in the second triangle and Elohim Tzabaoth in the third triangle, respectively. Yet, Arik Anpin, the vast countenance, is the head of אלהים Elohim where Kether is represented by the word אל El (God, the Father), Chokmah by the word אלה Eleh (Yehidah, the Son) and Binah by the word אלהים Elohim (Chaiah, the Holy Spirit); the three form the word אלהים Elohim. Now, when we address אלהים Elohim as soul in Binah, He is Chaiah, and we find that the holy name of Binah, in the world of archetypes (Atziluth) is יהוה אלהים Jehovah-Elohim which is an unfoldment of Jehovah the tetragrammaton Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei יהוה in Chokmah and אהיה Eheieh in Kether.
Nimrod and the Three Brains
It is very important to understand why it is written that נמרד Nimrod (Rebel) was a mighty hunter before Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei יהוה, and why his (Malkuth מלכות) kingdom was בבל Babel in the land of שנער Shinar.
Shinar שנער is divided in two words, שנ Shin, which means tooth and ערAr, which means city; Shinar, the city of the teeth. When we look for that city in which we find 32 inhabitants, or 32 teeth, we find that it is the mouth. That is why the Holy Spirit (Chaiah, life, Jehovah-Elohim) is also associated with the sephirah Daath (knowledge), or the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, whose roots are in Yesod (sex) and its canopy is in the middle pillar, at the level of our throat.
So, when in the bible it is written that "אלהים Elohim said, Let us make Adam in our image, after our likeness,” we have to kabbalistically and alchemically imagine the Tree of Life, עץ חיים Otz Chayim, the ten sephiroth, in order to understand that these ten sephiroth (related with the three triangles) are related to what Genesis call Elohim. This is the structure of what in kabbalah we call Adam Kadmon, the heavenly man, because Adam Ha-Rishon, or the first man, is Adam who was made into the image and likeness of Elohim.
So, as we imagine the Tree of Life in relation with Elohim, we also have to imagine the Tree of Life in relation with Adam, the human being. This is why in the graphic we see that the kingdom of Kether, the Father, is in the head; the kingdom of Chokmah, the Son is in the heart; and the kingdom of Binah, the Holy Spirit, is in the Tree of Knowledge, the roots of which are in the genitalia and the canopy in the throat. In that way we find that these 3 aspects of what we call the Trinity are very well organized in the heavenly man, Adam Kadmon, the Elohim that the bible talks about. Obviously, according to that image, Adam was made with 3 brains in harmony with the universe. But, as we know very well, Adam fell from that virginal level and was kicked out from Daath, the upper Eden, because of rebellion. This is something very important for us to understand, because the word for rebel, in Hebrew, is Nimrod. Nimrod was a rebel, but we have to comprehend how this Nimrod is associated with the fall and with the tower of Babel, because, if we observe, we are associating the tower of Babel with the Tree of Life; we have to comprehend that the shadow of the Tree of Life is what we call Klipoth, which represents the fallen Adam.
When we study each triangle of the Tree of Life, we find, as it is written in kabbalah, that the kingdom of the Father is the first triangle; the kingdom of Chokmah, the Son, is the second triangle; and the kingdom of Binah, the Holy Spirit, is the third triangle. Thus, obviously, the three triangles are related with the first triangle which is Kether-Chokmah-Binah.
But, when we take the second triangle in itself which is Chesed, Geburah and Tiphereth, then we find that these 3 sephiroth are also related with the 3 brains; Chesed relates to the head; Geburah, relates to the heart and Tiphereth to the sexual energy. This is how we have to see it, because in Tiphereth is where we perform the will of God, and in the heart we find the kingdom of the Son, which always does the will of God. Tiphereth descends into Yesod in order to develop willpower. So that is why Tiphereth and Yesod are related with the development of willpower, or the will of God. In Tiphereth, the heart, is where Jesus Said:
“Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” - Luke 22: 42
Moreover, when we take the third triangle of the Tree of Life, we find that Netzach relates to the intellectual center, the first triangle. Hod relates to the emotional center, the second triangle, the emotional brain. Yesod is situated exactly in the sexual organs, with the sexual energy, the third triangle, the motor-instinctual-sexual brain. Malkuth, which is beneath Yesod, relates to the inferior part of the sexual energy because Malkuth emerges from Yesod, the sexual energy.
Malkuth is always associated with the physicality.
So, our physicality is called Malkuth, the kingdom; but this kingdom is the inferior aspect of Yesod, thus, it relates to the kingdom of Binah, the Holy Spirit.
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Apparatus for and method of sensing brain waves at a position remote from a subject whereby electromagnetic signals of different frequencies are simultaneously transmitted to the brain of the subject in which the signals interfere with one another to yield a waveform which is modulated by the subject's brain waves. The interference waveform which is representative of the brain wave activity is re-transmitted by the brain to a receiver where it is demodulated and amplified. The demodulated waveform is then displayed for visual viewing and routed to a computer for further processing and analysis. The demodulated waveform also can be used to produce a compensating signal which is transmitted back to the brain to effect a desired change in electrical activity therein.
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History - Nimrod killed by Shem? Wikipedia
History - Nimrod killed by Shem? Wikipedia
Traditions and legends
Though not clearly stated in the Bible, Nimrod has since ancient times traditionally been considered the creator of the Tower of Babel. Since his kingdom included the towns in Shinar, it is usually further assumed that it was under his direction that the building began; this is the view adopted in the Targums and later texts such as the writings of Josephus. Some extrabiblical sources,[specify] however, assert to the contrary, that Nimrod left the district before the building of the tower.
According to Hebrew traditions, Nimrod was of Mizraim by his mother, but came from Cush son of Ham and expanded Asshur, which he inherited. His name has become proverbial as that of a "mighty hunter". His "kingdom" comprised Babel (Babylon), Erech (Uruk), Accad (Akkad), and Calneh, in the land of Shinar, otherwise known as the land of Nimrod (Genesis 10:8-10; 1 Chronicles 1:10, Micah 5:6).
Josephus wrote:
Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and contempt of God. He was the grandson of Ham, the son of Noah, a bold man, and of great strength of hand. He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God, as if it were through his means they were happy, but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness. He also gradually changed the government into tyranny, seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of God, but to bring them into a constant dependence on his power… Now the multitude were very ready to follow the determination of Nimrod, and to esteem it a piece of cowardice to submit to God; and they built a tower, neither sparing any pains, nor being in any degree negligent about the work: and, by reason of the multitude of hands employed in it, it grew very high, sooner than any one could expect; but the thickness of it was so great, and it was so strongly built, that thereby its great height seemed, upon the view, to be less than it really was. It was built of burnt brick, cemented together with mortar, made of bitumen, that it might not be liable to admit water. When God saw that they acted so madly, he did not resolve to destroy them utterly, since they were not grown wiser by the destruction of the former sinners; but he caused a tumult among them, by producing in them diverse languages, and causing that, through the multitude of those languages, they should not be able to understand one another. The place wherein they built the tower is now called Babylon, because of the confusion of that language which they readily understood before; for the Hebrews mean by the word Babel, confusion…
The Book of Jubilees mentions the name of "Nebrod" (the Greek form of Nimrod) only as being the father of Azurad, the wife of Eber and mother of Peleg (8:7). This account would thus make him an ancestor of Abraham, and hence of all Hebrews.
An early Arabic work known as Kitab al-Magall or the Book of Rolls (part of Clementine literature) states that Nimrod built the towns of Hadâniûn, Ellasar, Seleucia, Ctesiphon, Rûhîn, Atrapatene, Telalôn, and others, that he began his reign as king over earth when Reu was 163, and that he reigned for 69 years, building Nisibis, Raha (Edessa) and Harran when Peleg was 50. It further adds that Nimrod "saw in the sky a piece of black cloth and a crown; he called Sasan the weaver to his presence, and commanded him to make him a crown like it; and he set jewels in it and wore it. He was the first king who wore a crown. For this reason people who knew nothing about it, said that a crown came down to him from heaven." Later, the book describes how Nimrod established fire worship and idolatry, then receives instruction in divination for three years from Bouniter, the fourth son of Noah[2].
In the Recognitions (R 4.29), one version of the Clementines, Nimrod is equated with the legendary Assyrian king Ninus, who first appears in the GreekCtesias as the founder of Nineveh. However, in another version, the Homilies (H 9.4-6), Nimrod is made to be the same as Zoroaster. historian
The Syriac Cave of Treasures (ca. 350) contains an account of Nimrod very similar to that in the Kitab al-Magall, except that Nisibis, Edessa and Harran are said to be built by Nimrod when Reu was 50, and that he began his reign as the first king when Reu was 130. In this version, the weaver is called Sisan, and the fourth son of Noah is called Yonton.
Jerome, writing ca. 390, explains in Hebrew Questions on Genesis that after Nimrod reigned in Babel, "he also reigned in Arach [Erech], that is, in Edissa; and in Achad [Accad], which is now called Nisibis; and in Chalanne [Calneh], which was later called Seleucia after King Seleucus when its name had been changed, and which is now in actual fact called Ctesiphon." However, this traditional identification of the cities built by Nimrod in Genesis is no longer accepted by modern scholars, who consider them to be located in Sumer, not Syria.
The Ge'ez Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan (ca. 5th century) also contains a version similar to that in the Cave of Treasures, but the crown maker is called Santal, and the name of Noah's fourth son who instructs Nimrod is Barvin.
In the History of the Prophets and Kings by the 9th century Muslim historian al-Tabari, Nimrod has the tower built in Babil, Allah destroys it, and the language of mankind, formerly Syriac, is then confused into 72 languages. Another Muslim historian of the 13th century, Abu al-Fida, relates the same story, adding that the patriarch Eber (an ancestor of Abraham) was allowed to keep the original tongue, Hebrew in this case, because he would not partake in the building.
In Armenian legend, Haik, the founder of the Armenian people, defeated Nimrod in battle near Lake Van.
According to the medieval Hungarian chronicle Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum, the ancestors of Huns and Magyars (Hunor and Magor, respectively) were the twin sons of Menrot (son of Tana) and Eneth. In some of the different versions of this legend (Gesta Hungarorum, Chronicon Pictum), MenrotNimrod, the son of Kush, the "wise and just king" of the "marvellously beautiful and wealthy city of Ur" (where "Ur" is also a Hungarian name for God.) and Attila the Hun is referred to by the title "Attila, by the grace of God - son of Bendeguz (Mundzuk), grandson of the great Nimrod - the king of Huns, Medes, Goths, Danes, the Fear of World, Scourge of God". is referred to as
One tradition[who?] suggests that Nimrod was killed by a wild animal. Another[who?] says that Shem killed him because he had led the people into the worship of Baal. Then tore his body to pieces and had them sent them out as a warning to others not to indulge in the false worship. Later his mother or wife, Shemiramis, collected them, put them together and claimed he was still alive, but had become a god, similar to the legend of Isis and Osiris[citation needed]. Still another mention of Nimrod is in the Book of Jasher Chapter 27:7, which ascribes his death to EsauAbraham), who supposedly beheaded him. (grandson of
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Ancient Knowledge
September 16 at 5:00 PM ·
A Timeless Connection: The Legacy of Ancient Egypt
Two iconic pieces of ancient Egyptian art, separated by centuries, yet united by a shared artistic vision.
On the left, we see the timeless beauty of Queen Nefertiti's bust, a masterpiece of craftsmanship that has captivated the world for millennia.
On the right, the breathtaking interior of King Ramses IV's tomb in the Valley of the Kings unfolds before us. The ornate patterns adorning the tomb resonate with the designs of Nefertiti’s headdress and necklace, revealing a profound connection between these royal figures.
This artistic continuity demonstrates the enduring power and sophistication of ancient Egyptian culture.
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As Freemasons we could say that we have a double mission, namely building two ideal temples. Building an ideal Inner Temple, so that we can then transpose the inner construction on a larger scale and build an ideal Temple of Humanity.
But can such ideal temples ever be realized, given that at first sight the word “ideal” seems to be synonymous with perfection?
The answer may be both no and yes.
∴ No, because my perception of what perfection means may differ from yours, just as your perception of perfection may differ from someone else’s.
The problem with perfection is its very subjectivity. Each man perceives it in his own way, and an attempt to impose the perception of an individual or a small group of individuals on a multitude would lead slowly but surely to tyranny.
We can observe how over the centuries the most odious forms of government and political regimes have arisen from the transposition of subjective perfections onto a general plane.
Surely all who have attempted or would attempt to build such a temple have done and would do nothing but plunge humanity into the darkness of their own light.
∴ Yes, because on closer inspection, “ideal” may not imply perfection in a universally accepted sense, but harmony between all notions of perfection.
We must realize that we are all actors in this show called life, and each of us plays a role, which must not interfere in any way with the roles of our fellow human beings.
In our perfect imperfections we can therefore all agree on one thing: such a Temple must have at its base the highest of all possible aspirations: Freedom.
But Freedom has no foundation and the idea of the need to build an ideal Temple implies the prior existence of a “non-ideal” temple.
The paradox of the construction towards which we tend is that it can only be achieved by destruction: by demolishing any form that confines light to a fixed point.
We can very well observe how in our Lodges we have a set of working tools that can acquire two distinct uses: that of creating and that of destroying.
But how many Freemasons have destroyed their own limitative beliefs instead of strengthening them, and how many have destroyed the basic meanings of Freemasonry instead of absorbing them so that they can see that to create is to destroy and that to destroy is actually to create or to purify?
When we lay the cornerstone of an edifice and when we use the trowel to cement further bricks in order to create it, that unity becomes the opposite of the pure unity that we find around the edifice. Only if we destroy that impure temple, we can create the Temple of ideal unity, namely that of Freedom.
In order to achieve this desideratum of Freemasonry, I would say that we must therefore become a bit heretical.
We should think outside the box and from a “fraternity of builders” we ought to transform into a “fraternity of demolishers” which removes the cornerstones of all the temples of impure unity, so that real unity may arise.
Within Egyptian Rite Freemasonry we can find three great prompts of creative destruction, in order to oppose the pharaohs of past and present times and their dazzling constructions:
∴ Educate the ignorant!
∴ Unmask the hypocrite!
∴ Knock down the proud!
But in order to achieve a macro-level creative destruction, we must start from a micro-level.
We cannot oppose any pharaohs if we ourselves are the pharaohs and we cannot demolish their constructions if we isolate ourselves in pharaonic constructions.
Thus, the first task is to remove from ourselves the cornerstones of ignorance, hypocrisy and pride.
The second one is to start removing them from our Lodges, Grand Lodges and we will surely be able to remove them from society, by the power of our own example, not by forcing anyone to do so.
We ought to remove the cornerstones of all dogmas, of all personal limitations that blind and divide, of the idea that we are somehow superior to our fellows.
The cornerstones of all our mysteries, and ultimately, one day, the very cornerstone of our own Fraternity so that Harmony and Truth may prevail everywhere and we may all as humans be truly united in Freedom, in the true brotherhood of a true Temple which doesn’t require any cornerstone.
https://www.thesquaremagazine.com/mag/article/202307building-the-ideal-temple/
Seven.
Albert G. Mackey, in his Encyclopedia of Freemasonry writes two pages on the number seven, claiming : "Seven is a sacred number in Masonic symbolism."1 But the point must be stressed that the number seven is not a "sacred" number in masonic ritual, it is a "significant" number. The sacredness or importance of the number seven in many belief systems, mythologies and cultures is recognized by knowledgeable freemasons but the number itself is not specifically masonic. Geometry was considered one of the seven noble or liberal arts and sciences, the others being Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Music and Astronomy. In ancient Kemet, or Egypt, the number seven represented completion. Creation took place in seven time periods. There are seven colors in the rainbow, seven notes in a musical scale, seven days in a week, &c. In Ancient Kemet, there were also seven cardinal principles/virtues of the Goddess MA ‘at to achieve human perfectibility. These principles are Truth, Justice, Balance, Order, Compassion, Harmony, and Reciprocity. In Freemasonry seven brethren are required to open or work a lodge: three Master Masons, two Fellowcraft and two Entered apprentice. While those fascinated by numerology will make much of the two rows of seven tassels found on most Master Mason aprons, this was an aesthetic choice made by regalia makers and has no masonic significance. The number seven was said to be 'perfect' because it contained the numbers 3 and 4 — 3 and 4, the triangle and the square, the perfect figures — and was itself indivisible and could not be created by multiplication. Some freemasons will claim that together the seven officers represent how human consciousness works. They represent the coordinated parts connecting Man's outer nature with his inmost Divine Principle. They provide the necessary channels for the various spiritual and material levels to maintain contact. This, like much hermetic and sacred teachings, is not fundamental to masonic teachings but should be of interest to all students of Freemasonry.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SZTP_7c0hmLsmm65IDArxM_Y87YkKizN/view
Psalm 118
1599 Geneva Bible
118 1 David rejected of Saul and of the people at the time appointed obtained the kingdom. 4 For the which he biddeth all them, that fear the Lord, to be thankful. And under his person in all this was Christ lively set forth, who should be of his people rejected.
1 Praise [a]ye the Lord, because he is good: for his mercy endureth forever.
2 Let Israel now say, That his mercy endureth forever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say, That his mercy endureth forever.
4 Let them that fear the Lord, now say, That his mercy endureth forever.
5 I called upon the Lord in [b]trouble, and the Lord heard me, and set me at large.
6 The Lord is with me: therefore I will not fear what [c]man can do unto me.
7 The Lord is with me among them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon mine enemies.
8 It is better to trust in the Lord, than to have confidence [d]in man.
9 It is better to trust in the Lord, than to have confidence in princes.
10 All nations have compassed me: but in the Name of the Lord shall I destroy them.
11 They have compassed me, yea, they have compassed me: but in the Name of the Lord I shall destroy them.
12 They came about me like bees, but they were quenched as a fire of thorns: for in the Name of the Lord I shall destroy them.
13 [e]Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but the Lord hath helped me.
14 The Lord is my strength and [f]song: for he hath been my deliverance.
15 The [g]voice of joy and deliverance shall be in the tabernacles of the righteous, saying, The right hand of the Lord hath done valiantly.
16 [h]The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord hath done valiantly.
17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
18 The Lord had chastened me sore, but he hath not delivered me to death.
19 Open ye unto me the [i]gates of righteousness, that I may go into them, and praise the Lord.
20 This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter into it.
21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and hast been my deliverance.
22 The stone, which the builders [j]refused, is the head of the corner.
23 This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes,
24 This is the [k]day, which the Lord hath made: let us rejoice and be glad in it.
25 [l]O Lord, I pray thee, save now: O Lord, I pray thee now give prosperity.
26 Blessed be he, that cometh in the Name of the Lord: [m]we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.
27 The Lord is mighty, and hath given us [n]light: bind the sacrifice with cords unto the horns of the altar.
28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee, even my God: therefore I will exalt thee.
29 Praise ye the Lord, because he is good: for his mercy endureth forever.
Footnotes
Psalm 118:1 Because God by creating David King, showed his mercy toward his afflicted Church, the Prophet doth not only himself thank God, but exhorteth all the people to do the same.
Psalm 118:5 We are here taught that the more that troubles oppress us, the more ought we to be instant in prayer.
Psalm 118:6 Being exalted to this estate, he assured himself to have man ever to be his enemy. Yet he doubted not, but God would maintain him, because he had placed him.
Psalm 118:8 He showeth that he had trusted in vain if he had put his confidence in man, to have been preferred to the kingdom and therefore he put his trust in God and obtained.
Psalm 118:13 He noteth Saul his chief enemy.
Psalm 118:14 In that he was delivered, it came not of himself, nor of the power of man, but only of God’s favor, therefore he will praise him.
Psalm 118:15 He promiseth both to render graces himself, and to cause others to do the same, because that in his person the Church was restored.
Psalm 118:16 So that all, that are both far and near, may see his mighty power.
Psalm 118:19 He willeth the doors of the Tabernacle to be opened, that he may declare his thankful mind.
Psalm 118:22 Though Saul and the chief powers refused me to be King, yet God hath preferred me above them all.
Psalm 118:24 Wherein God hath showeth chiefly his mercy, by appointing me king and delivering his Church.
Psalm 118:25 The people pray for the prosperity of David’s kingdom, who was the figure of Christ.
Psalm 118:26 Which are the Priests, and have the charge thereof, as Num. 6:23.
Psalm 118:27 Because he hath restored us from darkness to light, we will offer sacrifices and praises unto him.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20118&version=GNV
Mark 12
1599 Geneva Bible
12 Of the vineyard. 10 Christ the stone refused of the Jews. 12 Of tribute to be given to Caesar. 18 The Sadducees denying the resurrection. 28 The first commandment. 31 To love God and the neighbor is better than sacrifices. 36 Christ David’s son. 38 To beware of the Scribes and Pharisees. 42 The poor widow.
1 And [a]he began to speak unto them in [b]parables, A certain man planted a vineyard, and compassed it with an hedge, and dug a pit for the winepress, and built a tower in it, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange country.
2 [c]And at the time, he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive of the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 But they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 And again he sent unto them another servant, and at him they cast stones, and brake his head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
5 And again he sent another, and him they slew, and many others, beating some, and killing some.
6 Yet had he one son, his dear beloved: him also he sent the last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 But the husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 So they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 What shall then the Lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and give the vineyard to others.
10 Have ye not read so much as this Scripture, The stone which the builders did refuse, is made the head of the corner.
11 This was done of the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
12 Then they [d]went about to take him, but they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake that parable against them: therefore they left him, and went their way.
13 ¶ [e]And they sent unto him certain of the Pharisees, and of the Herodians, that they might take him in his talk.
14 And when they came, they said unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou [f]considerest not the person of men, but teachest the [g]way of God truly, Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
15 Should we give it, or should we not give it? but he knew their hypocrisy, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a penny, that I may see it.
16 So they brought it, and he said unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? and they said unto him, Caesar’s.
17 Then Jesus answered, and said unto them, Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God, those that are God’s: and they marveled at him.
18 ¶ [h]Then came the Sadducees unto him, (which say, there is no resurrection) and they asked him, saying,
19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, and leave his wife, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
20 There were seven brethren, and the first took a wife, and when he died, left no issue.
21 Then the second took her, and he died, neither did he yet leave issue, and the third likewise:
22 So these seven had her, and left no issue: last of all the wife died also.
23 In the resurrection then, when they shall rise again, whose wife shall she be of them? for seven had her to wife.
24 Then Jesus answered, and said unto them, Are ye not therefore deceived, because ye know not the Scriptures, neither the power of God?
25 For when they shall rise again from the dead, neither men marry, nor wives are married, but are as the Angels which are in heaven.
26 And as touching the dead, that they shall rise again, have ye not read in the book of Moses how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27 God is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Ye are therefore greatly deceived.
28 ¶ [i]Then came one of the Scribes that had heard them disputing together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, he asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
29 Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, Israel, The Lord our God is the only Lord.
30 Thou shalt therefore love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
31 And the second is like, that is, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 Then that Scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth, that there is one God, and that there is none but he,
33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34 Then when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
35 ¶ [j]And Jesus answered and said teaching in the Temple, How say the Scribes that Christ is the son of David?
36 For David himself said by [k]the holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
37 Then David himself calleth him Lord: by what means is he then his son? and much people heard him gladly.
38 [l]Moreover he said unto them in [m]his doctrine, Beware of the Scribes which love to go in [n]long robes, and love salutations in the markets,
39 And the chief seats in the Synagogues, and the first rooms at feasts,
40 Which devour widows’ houses, even under a color of long prayers. These shall receive the greater damnation.
41 [o]And as Jesus sat over against the treasury, he beheld how the people [p]cast money into the treasury, and many rich men cast in much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a quadrin.
43 Then he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury.
44 For they all did cast in of their superfluity: but she of her poverty did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Footnotes
Mark 12:1 The calling of God is not tied either to place, person, or time, without exception.
Mark 12:1 This word Parable, which the Evangelists use, doth not only signify a comparing of things together, but also dark speeches and allegories.
Mark 12:2 When the fruits of the ground used to be gathered.
Mark 12:12 They were greedy and very desirous.
Mark 12:13 The Gospel joineth the authority of the Magistrate with the service of God.
Mark 12:14 Thou dost not so judge by outward appearance, that the truth is thereby darkened any whit at all.
Mark 12:14 The way whereby we come to God.
Mark 12:18 The resurrection of the body is avouched against the foolish ignorance and malice of the Sadducees.
Mark 12:28 Sacrifices and outward worship, never pleased God, unless such necessary duties as we owe to God and our neighbors went afore.
Mark 12:35 Christ proveth his Godhead even out of David himself, of whom he came according to the flesh.
Mark 12:36 Word for word, in the holy Ghost, and there is a great force in this kind of speech, whereby is meant that it was not so much David, as the holy Ghost that spake, who did in a manner possess David.
Mark 12:38 The manners of ministers are not rashly to be followed as an example.
Mark 12:38 While he taught them.
Mark 12:38 The word is a stole, which is a kind of woman’s garment, long even down to the heels, and is taken generally, for any garment made for comeliness, but in this place it seemeth to signify that fringed garment mentioned in Deut. 22:11.
Mark 12:41 The doing of our duties, which God alloweth, is not esteemed according to the outward value, but to the inward affects of the heart.
Mark 12:41 Money of any kind of metal, as the Romans used, who in the beginning did stamp or coin brass, and after used it for current money.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2012&version=GNV
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