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Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, S.J., SJ, or SI) is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Marines" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and members' willingness to accept orders anywhere in the world and live in extreme conditions.
A Former Satanist Becomes A Christian Minister (1 of 3) [video]
A Christian Evangelist speaks about his former life as a satanist and devout anti-Christian.
Becoming a Benedictine Oblate
The color of the field may change, but it is still the same path
The Great Courses
Along with Judaism and Christianity, other faiths offer their adherents unique ways to make sense of the world. From ancient Zoroastrianism to the richness of Islam to the increasing popularity of Buddhism, witness the amazing diversity of religion with these courses.
Mysticism in World Religions
Mysticism is concerned with the nature of reality, the individual's struggle to attain a clear vision of reality, and the transformation of consciousness that accompanies such vision. This site explores the mystical traditions of six religions by comparing and contrasting quotations drawn from their respective literatures.
When You See No Hope, See Jesus
Jesus knew pain. Throughout Jesus’ time on earth he was used to dealing with pain. Not his own as much as the pain of others. He identified with the pain of the parents whose son was demon possessed
Spiritual Strategies:
A Manual For
Spiritual Warfare
This course is part of the Harvestime Internation Institute, a program designed to equip believers for effective spiritual treatment.
Transubstantiation
In Roman Catholic theology, transubstantiation (in Latin, transsubstantiatio, in Greek μετουσίωσις metousiosis) means the change, in the Eucharist, of the substance of wheat bread and grape wine into the substance of the Body and the Blood of Jesus
Religious vs. Spiritual: Semantics or Neurotics?
My friend M said that the term "spirituality" really pisses off devoutly religious folks. I said that I thought the devoutly religious crowd didn't mind the term
How to Plead the Blood of Jesus
for Deliverance and Protection
Many of the non-denominational churches talk about the power of Pleading the Blood of Jesus – but they do not tell you exactly how to do it, what to plead it on, what to plead it against, and how frequently you need to do it in order to get God’s maximum protection on you and your loved ones.
Christmas Eve in United States
Christmas Eve in the United States, which is annually on December 24, is the day before Christmas Day. It falls within the Christmas season, which is a time for people to buy presents and visit friends or relatives.
The Quantum Brain, Spirituality, And The Mind Of God
When our brain ("a quantum computer" as I said in my previous posts) connects us to the world, that experience of connection is the same source from which artists and even scientists draw inspiration and creativity.
Genesis of Eden
Consummation Part 2:
The Eden of Genesis
Neale Donald Walsch - How to break free from poverty & hard times?
Neale Donald Walsch is an American author of the series Conversations with God.
: Lord's Prayer
Faith Javane and Dusty Bunker show in their book Numerology and The Divine Triangle that seven is the principal number in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible (and we all know the significance of 7 in most occult/esoteric orders/lore etc).
The Higher Self, The Lower Self, and the Mask
I have promised to talk to you tonight about how we in the spirit world see the entire human
personality, the complete unit.
Sacred mysteries
The term sacred mysteries generally denotes the area of supernatural phenomena associated with a divinity or a religious ideology.
Sacrificial Blood—If a Symbol, What Does It Mean?
Why did the Israelites offer millions of sacrificial victims in order to find forgiveness? How did the blood that was shed and applied to the sanctuary on a daily and yearly basis glorify God?
The Medieval Body: Denied yet Affirmed
Medieval Christian religious practices such as sexual abstinence and fasting seem to deny the body. But do they? Medievalist Dyan Elliott, a professor of history and adjunct to women's studies at Indiana University Bloomington, suggests an alternate view.
Hermetism and other religions
This is a comparative religion article which outlines both similarities between Hermetism, Hermeticism, and other thought systems as well as their interactions between one another.
Society: Religion and Spirituality: Esoteric and Occult: Hermeticism
Society: Religion and Spirituality: Esoteric and Occult: Hermeticism
Is Earth Hell?
Let's leave aside the arguments about the existence of Heaven and Hell, God and Satan for a minute. I'm not religious, but a religious person could as easily make this cultural observation.
Jesus and Jesus Christ
"The Bible has been given to the Western World by the Recording Angels, who give to each and all exactly what they need for their development."
Are the 7 Hermetic Principles the basis for science and religion?
The 7 Hermetic Principles, which are stated within the Cabala, show certain aspects in which both science and religion relate to.
Creation, Evolution, and Genesis
Creation, Evolution, and Genesis
Jesus and Jesus Christ
"The Bible has been given to the Western World by the Recording Angels, who give to each and all exactly what they need for their development."
Man dies, comes back to life, what he saw [video]
This man goes to hell and has been allowed back to tell us what it was like. Some may laugh, but at the end of the day, this is just one of thousands of people we know about that have been through the same thing.
Walking in the Light (Ephesians 5:7-14)
Therefore do not be partakers with them; 8 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), 10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 11
Free Courses
A Theological Seminary For Free Online Correspondence Courses!
Free Ebook: Divine Healing, Andrew Murray
Isis & Horus / Mary & Jesus and Sirius -`The Star in the East’
This morning when I was practicing the Sirian Ascension Meditation I was given the words – The star in the east. This is the star of Sirius.
List of ministers of the Universal Life Church
The Universal Life Church (or ULC) is a religious organization that offers anyone semi-immediate ordination as a ULC minister free of charge. The organization states that anyone can become a minister immediately, without having to go through the pre-ordination process required by other religious faiths.
Book of the Bee
The Book of the Bee is an historical/theological compilation containing numerous bible legends. It was written by Syrian Nestorian Solomon, Bishop of Bassora (c. 1222). It was written in Syriac.
Angelology: Doctrine of Angels, Demons, and Satan
Quartz Hill School of Theology
Angelology: Doctrine of Angels, Demons, and Satan
Entering heaven alive
The concept of entering heaven alive (called by various religions ascension, assumption or translation) is a belief held by multiple religions and traditions. Since death is generally considered the normal end to an individual's life on Earth, entering Heaven without dying first is considered exceptional and usually a sign of God's special recognition of the individual's piety.
The Bible/Biblical Prophecy
The Three Days of Darkness
We are saying the following: the three days of darkness will definitely take place. It will be an extremely difficult time for humanity. Everyone, including those who have prepared, will go through a time of difficulty, of adaptation, of shock.
The Seven Seals in Revelations.....same as the Seven Chakras?
It makes sense to me as another light being came upon my path last week delivering packages and spoke of this!
The Sevens (7) of the Bible
in Time and Nature
Why did the Lord God take seven days to make the present world, when surely an omnipotent God could have done so instantly, with a single word? The answer is so simple that it may astound you.
Drunvalo Melkizedek --Bible Code & The Akashic Records 1/4
-Is this phenomenon the Bible Code true or not true?
-First 5 books of the Torah.
-Rabbi who discovered the code of the Torah.
-Eli Rips from Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
-First Test ...
Catholicism
Ecclesian Gnostica Catholica Hermetica
This discourse is intended to be a brief introduction to Hermetic philosophy and practice.
Subsequent discourses will further explore the uses and workings of these principles. H
Hermetic Cathlocism
Rudolf Steiner and Benedict XVI
Christianity
Chats with Uncle Loh
Chats with Uncle Loh is a book written by Dr Aw Swee Eng. The book answers some questions about the Christian faith. Dr Aw teaches a weekly Bible study at Wesley Methodist Church in Singapore. The book is reproduced on this website with his permission.
crux ansata
reMarKs on the Meaning of the symbol
and its use on coptic funerary stelae
among the symbols that are connected with christianity in an obvious way,
cross is undoubtedly the first one that needs to be mentioned. During the first
three centuries the new religion existed this symbol was not commonly and
openly used (among others due to persecution).
The Message Doctrine&Gnostic or New Age Terms and Concepts
"Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar."
When One’s Heart
Feels Like a Pit of Despair - Comfort for the Hurting
Help for Sufferers
Of Chronic Pain, Illness, Inner Pain or Depression - Christian Comfort for People in Agony - By Leigh Merrett - Christian poetry and verse
Eastern Religion
Death and Dying in Eastern Traditions
A brief look into death and dying in the major eastern traditions. This video was originally shown at a Smithsonian Institute seminar on May 22, 2010, given by Graham Schweig, and titled "Comparative Religious Beliefs: Death and Dying"
Druidism
Druidism was the religion of the Celtic people that was administered by priests and priestesses called Druids. Remnants of Druidism still presently exist.
Buddhism
Fundamentals of Buddhism - KARMA
Alan Watts Being Aware Of Awareness
Zen Master..
Alan Watts Higher Self
Alan Watts Higher Self
Nagarjuna: "Founder " of Mahayana Buddhism
by Paul Kacynski Through Professor Rev. Dr. James Kenneth Powell II, opensourcebuddhism.org Perhaps the title overstates the case, but this has been said of the great Madhyamaka scholar who, we are told, brought back the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras from Nagas, hence his name.
Karma
Today we have come to a couple of related ideas which are common in Buddhism and they are the ideas of karma and rebirth. These ideas are closely inter-related, but because the subject is a fairly wide one, we will begin to deal with the idea of karma today and rebirth in the following lecture.
Zoroastrianism
Avesta -- Zoroastrian Archives
Zoroastrianism is a religion founded in ancient times by the prophet Zarathushtra, known to the Greeks as Zoroaster.
Zoroastrianism was the dominant world religion during the Persian empires (559 BC to 651 AC), and was thus the most powerful world religion at the time of Jesus. It had a major influence on other religions. It is still practiced world-wide, especially in Iran and India.
Gnosticism
Gnosticism
Gnosticism and the Nag Hammadi Sacred Texts
Saints and Biblical Figures
The Universal Life Church
Ordination for Ministers - What does it mean?
Part Four: THE ADAMITES - from 35,000 BC
The Mysticism of Melchizedek - Another Universal Seduction
St. Alphonsus Liguori
Alphonsus Liguori was born on September 27, 1696, in a suburb of Naples, Italy. He was the eldest of eight children--four boys and four girls. With a mother of Spanish descent and an Italian father, Alphonsus inherited an interesting combination of Latin genes. His father, Don Giuseppe, entered the navy at the age of fifteen and attained the rank of commanding officer of a flagship of the Royal Navy. He was an authoritarian who ran his family in the same manner that he commanded his flagship.
The Heavenly Prince Melchizedek
Who was the MYSTERIOUS Melchizedek
who met and blessed Abraham?
MALACHI
(430 B.C.)
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Thomas Aquinas
St. Alphonsus Liguori
Alphonsus Liguori was born on September 27, 1696, in a suburb of Naples, Italy. He was the eldest of eight children--four boys and four girls. With a mother of Spanish descent and an Italian father, Alphonsus inherited an interesting combination of Latin genes. His father, Don Giuseppe, entered the navy at the age of fifteen and attained the rank of commanding officer of a flagship of the Royal Navy. He was an authoritarian who ran his family in the same manner that he commanded his flagship.
Islam
Islam
Sufism (Sufi Mysticism)
Theology
Judaism
What is Anti-Semitism?
The belief or behavior hostile toward Jews just because they are Jewish. It may take the form of religious teachings that proclaim the inferiority of Jews, for instance, or political efforts to isolate, oppress, or otherwise injure them. It may also include prejudiced or stereotyped views about Jews.
Religious Texts
The Mystery of the Essenes
Sacred Texts & Religion
Summa Theologica
The Nag Hammadi Library
Melchizedek
The Nag Hammadi Library Melchizedek
The Bible Is a Textbook of Science
WHO WROTE THE BIBLE AND WHY IT MATTERS
The Book of Enoch
tr. by R.H. Charles
[1917]
Sacred Texts & Religion
(Free religious e-books)
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