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- Sorry my account was hacked.... From: Janine G. Dwyer
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- Cosmic Calendar July 30 From: LadyHawk_Jax
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- Re: An Enquiry Into Biblical Mistranslation From: Storm Wynd
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- **Topic Tag**, 7/31/2011, 12:00 am From: 13Witches@yahoogroups.com
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Sorry my account was hacked....
Posted by: "Janine G. Dwyer" j9fairiegoddess@yahoo.com j9fairiegoddess
Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:04 am (PDT)
Sorry for the mass messages. My account was hacked. I have taken the needed measures to correct this matter. I am deeply sorry.
BB Always,
SidheViolet
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Cosmic Calendar July 30
Posted by: "LadyHawk_Jax" ladyhawk_jax@yahoo.com ladyhawk_jax
Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:06 am (PDT)
Strive to remain highly productive in the early hours while Mercury makes an off-kilter, 150-degree tie to Ceres (3:01AM PDT). Just three minutes later, love vibrations increase in wavelength during the monthly Moon-Venus union in Leo (3:04AM PDT). If erotic and pleasurable impulses come over you, chalk it up to the celestial influence of this lunar and Venusian jam session.
Pushing any personal agenda too far too fast before the New Moon (activating 8 degrees of Leo at 11:41AM PDT) is not advised. You will be supremely energized just after the occurrence of the merger of solar and lunar forces. Therefore, the clock striking 11:41AM PDT is your signal to be gung-ho, assertive, and a dynamo in most fields of endeavor.
All the fine and graphic arts are at your beck and call. Stop worrying about things you can't control. Let your child-like spirit roam free for a change. Walk barefoot through the park, fly a kite or toss a Frisbee around. Antique hunters are back in their glory. Enjoy a night on the town with amenable friends as the Moon parallels optimistic, euphoric Jupiter (8:40PM PDT). Let the good times roll!
Love, Light and Abundant Blessings,
LadyHawk
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Re: An Enquiry Into Biblical Mistranslation
Posted by: "Storm Wynd" stormwitch01@yahoo.com stormwitch01
Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:37 am (PDT)
Lady Nightshayde,
I do not wish to follow the travels and history of Jesus, Mary and the Children (the true "cup" of The Son Of Man - his descendants), but would rather prefer to speak to the Pagan nature of the early Coptic-Judeoreligio n as practised throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.
It is interesting to note that the mountain ash was associated with the worship of Ashera. In addition to the destruction of the Ashera Poles, groves of mountain ash were cut and burned by the YHWHists during the destruction of Ashera worship and the killing of her worshippers who were called Witches. I like to refer to this period as The Burning Times of Ashera!
In Scandinavia the mountain ash is known as the Rowan. In the the regional pre-"Christian" era, the Rowan was a magickal tree favoured by The Goddess Frejya. Today, Rowan wood is a favoured source of wood for wands and staffs and is considered to be extremely magickal. I can attest to the fact that Rowan berries are totally delicious and make a wonderful jam! YUM!
At any rate, my Stang or Staff is fashioned as an Ashera Pole and stands in my family room at all times adorned with ribbons and amulets. She is my favoured deity.
To that end - Asherah:
The Hebrew Goddess
Aherah, known as the "Lady of the Sea"
Asherah, the Shekinah, consort and beloved of Yahweh. God-the-Mother.
Her sacred pillars or poles once stood right beside Yahweh's altar,
embracing it. Moses and Aaron both carried one of these Asherah
"poles" as a sacred staff of power. The Children of Israel were
once dramatically healed simply by gazing at the staff with serpents suspended
from it. This symbol, the snakes and the staff, has become
the modern universal symbol for doctors and healers.* Asherah was also
widely known in the Middle Eastern ancient world as a Goddess of Healing.
Then She was removed forcibly from the Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures
around 400 or 500 B.C. Her priestesses & priests, known by the
headbands they wore, worshiped on
hill-tops, such as Zion, Mount of Olives, Har Megiddo and countless others.
Daughter of Zion, a term found numerous times in the Old Testament, was perhaps
a term for a priestess of Asherah. It later came to mean the "City of
God," or Jerusalem herself. As the "official" state
worship became increasingly male oriented, and the establishment became hostile
toward all forms of Asherah worship, a time of conflict and bloodshed lasting
over a hundred years began. Those that still clung to Her worship paid
the price with their lives at the hands of King Josiah and other rabid
Yahwists. (Story in the 2nd Kings ). But She could not be torn from the
hearts and souls of Her people.
Here is an excerpt from one of our Mystery School lessons:
Exercise 5:(Extra Credit) If you're really brave, not worried about being
called a "heretic Jezebel," try making some Asherah cakes. Add
raisins if you can! "Even as the LORD loves the people of Israel,
though they turn to other gods and are fond of raisin cakes." Hosea 3:1 The commentary for that
verse says: "Raisin cakes: offerings to the fertility goddess
Ashera, the female counterpart of Baal; cf Jer 7:18; 44:19." The
name Baal means simply Lord or husband. In modern hebrew, the word for
husband is baal, used by millions of Israel wives to refer to their hubbies.
*A word about snakes: The Serpent, though a frightening symbol because
of its ability to bring death, stood also for ancient wisdom and immortality.
(Note that it hung out in the Tree of Knowledge and preached a doctrine
of immortality, "ye shall NOT surely die.") Many early societies
revered the snake and used it to symbolize different ideas. In much the same
way, today we revere the Lion or other ferocious big-cats even though they're
dangerous. An early American symbol used the snake as a statement of
power, a warning, saying, "Don't tread on me!"
Asherah from the Religion of the Canaanites
She was the wife of El in Ugaritic mythology, and is the goddess who is also
called Athirau-Yammi: "She Who Walks on (or in) the Sea." She was the
chief goddess of Tyre in the 15th century BC, and bore the appellation qudshu,
"holiness." In the OT Asherah appears as a goddess by the side of
Baal, whose consort she evidently became, at least among the Canaanites of the
south. However, most biblical references to the name point obviously to some
cult object of wood, which might be cut down and burned, possibly the
goddesses' image (1 Kings 15:13, 2 King 21:7). Her prophets are mentioned (1
Kings 18:19), and the vessels used in her service referred to (2 Kings 23:4).
The existence of numerous symbols, in each of which the goddess was believed to
be immanent, led to the creation of numerous forms of her person, which were
described as Asherim. The cult object itself, whatever it was, was utterly
detestible to faithful worshippers of Yahweh (1 Kings 15:13), and was set up on
the high places beside the "altars of incense" (hammanim) and the
"stone pillars" (masseboth). The translation of asherah by
"grove" in some translations follows a singular tradition preserved
in the LXX and the Vulgate which apparently connects the goddess' image with
the usual place of its adoration.
A Hebrew inscription on a broken storage jar, found in Kuntillet 'Ajrud in
north-eastern Sinai and dated from the beginning of the eighth century BCE has
three primitive figures: a standing male figure in the foreground; a female
figure just behind him; and a seated musician in the background. The Hebrew
inscription above the drawing reads: 'I bless you by Yhwh of Samaria and his
Asherah' (Dever, 1984; King, 1989). Furthermore, a tomb inscription from el-Qom
in Judea, dated to the eighth century BCE too, concludes with the words: 'to
Yhwh and his Asherah' (Margalit, 1989, 1990 and further references there).
Asherah, like Anat, is a well-documented goddess of the northwest Semitic
pantheon. We remember that, according to the Bible itself, in the ninth century
BCE Asherah was officially worshipped in Israel; her cult was matronized by
Jezebel who, supposedly, imported it from her native Phoenician homeland. Other
traces in the Bible either angrily acknowledge her worship as goddess (2 Kings
14.13, for instance, where another royal lady is involved), or else demote her
from goddess to a sacred tree or pole set up near an altar (2 Kings 13.6,
17.16; Deuteronomy 16.21 and more). The apparent need for the hostile and
widely distributed polemics against her worship constitutes evidence for its
continued popularity. Linguistically, Margalit claims (1989), 'Asherah'
signifies '[she] who walks behind', displaying a prototypic if divine attitude
that befits a wife (and is reflected in the Kuntillet Ajrud drawing). Thus both
the partially suppressed and distorted biblical evidence and the archaeological
evidence combine to suggest one conclusion. The cult of a goddess, considered
the spouse of Yhwh, was celebrated throughout the First Temple era in the land,
and beyond this period at the Jewish settlement in Elephantine (in Egypt).
Above two paragraphs are an excerpt from longer Article by a Hebrew professor. NOTE:
"She who walks behind" is not considered the usual way to
translate Asherah. Encyclopedia Mythica's Asherah entry states: Etymology: She who
walks in the Sea.
If you are researching Her, searching for Her
in the Bible, in the Torah, in Kabbala, there is one book you gotta read...
The Hebrew Goddess, by Raphael Patai
Was
the Hebrew God also a Woman?
The Bible gives the impression that all ancient Jews shared a common belief
system ... with only an occasional group straying from the fold. But the
evidence paints a different picture. As Dr. Patai states, "... it would be
strange if the Hebrew-Jewish religion, which flourished for centuries in a
region of intensive goddess cults, had remained immune to them."
Archaeologists have uncovered Hebrew settlements where the goddesses Asherah
and Astarte-Anath were routinely worshipped. And in fact, we find that for
about 3,000 years, the Hebrews worshipped female deities which were later
eradicated only by extreme pressure of the male-dominated priesthood.
And then there's the matter of the Cherubim that sat atop the Ark of the
Covenant in the Holy of Holies. Fashioned by Phoenician craftsmen for Solomon
and Ahab, an ivory tablet shows two winged females facing each other. And one
tablet shows male and female members of the Cherubim embracing in an explicitly
sexual position that embarrassed later Jewish historians ... and even the
pagans were shocked when they saw it for the first time. [The Star of
David, two triangles "embracing" became the coded symbol for God &
Goddess locked in a "creating" posture....!]
This cult of the feminine goddess, though often
repressed, remained a part of the faith of the Jewish people. Goddesses
answered the need for mother, lover, queen, intercessor ... and even today,
lingers cryptically in the traditional Hebrew Sabbath invocation. [Written for
Amazon.com by "Utnapishtim": May 18, 1998, St. Mary's County,
Maryland]
CREDITS: northernway.org
Brightest Blessings,
Stormy )O(
Life is a journey,
enjoy the ride ~
just avoid kissing the trail!
_____________________ _________ __
From: Lady Nightshayde <LadyNightshayde9@aol.com >
To: 13Witches@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [13Witches] An Enquiry Into Biblical Mistranslation
There are a few items I would like to include in this discussion which go to highlight the amazing misconceptions and hypocrisy of what we now know as the Old Testement and in the very core of the Coptic-Judeo-Christian religion.I really liked what you wrote. I often wondered about the origins of 'Amen'; thanks for the great
info. Perhaps you can share more (Please??)
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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