Religion Without Magic
Author | : Phillips Endecott Osgood |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2012-06-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258371111 |
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Author | : Phillips Endecott Osgood |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2012-06-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258371111 |
Author | : Russell Pregeant |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-08-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781940447551 |
Author | : Julian Huxley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1941 |
Genre | : Humanism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Penn Jillette |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2012-06-05 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1451610378 |
The outspoken half of magic duo Penn & Teller presents an atheist reinterpretation of the Ten Commandments, discussing why doubt, skepticism, and wonder should be celebrated and offering humorous stories from his own experiences.
Author | : Fulton John Sheen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 508 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : God |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George Charron |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 2019-02-20 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781797649405 |
The Penultimate book on the upside-down and twisted interconnection of all religions, myths, and stories that forms an amazing map to creating Magic through our Spirit half hidden within Ancient, stories and Myths. The story of the Garden of Eden and the Tower of Babel may have had many different names, but it was repeated over and over throughout the world starting in Babylon. One group claiming to be 'god's' gained power in a river valley with a snake looking boat that spewed fire. The same thing has been happening over and over throughout history, that one group has grown to power and advanced it technologically, only to have its society destroyed by the ignorance of their offspring. Rather than a society based on hereditary power, why not one based on the ideals like, "All men are created equal." God may have Created the Universe, but men claiming to be 'god' or 'gods' created sin and religion to control the ' mere mortals.' Without the external controls we put on ourselves by following society's guidelines to try and stay with one person our whole lives, would anyone really want to stay with one person for life, if it meant a shorter more boring life, over a long exciting one? Limitations put on us by society's rules, our own internal limiting system, and our parent's then our partners limiting system all cause us to die a little inside. To become what we can become with Magic, we must learn to love without ownership, or we'll just end up killing the true Magic of love before it starts.2 Before civilization property had no meaning because everyone had to share to survive, so maybe for a truly advanced civilization sharing should return. Just as before civilization began, I don't think ownership and property should even be things, especially when it comes to people. Rather than pass down the knowledge of Magic from generation to generation, Magic should be shared with new initiates as much as possible, do that each person should try to be with another new partner for each new month. That way each Magic encounter will be special and each new initiate will be able to teach another new initiate and experience a fresh new experience. It's either property ownership of things and especially people or everlasting life and Magic's potential. I see the constant pressure people build on each other over the years is it all that stress that kills us, so I hope all this can be achieved without petty jealousy. There's a saying that goes, "If you love something set it free, if it comes back it loves you." Are we all so afraid of being alone that we have to cage what we love and turn it into something less. Magic's potential is great if we don't fall into the traps of history and fail as all the advanced civilizations of the past did. Since children are already sent to school at an early age, I believe they should be raised together, but not inside like now, but mostly outside, especially when young to help with the expansion of the mind. All children are children born of Spirit and should be treated as such no matter their parentage. It's hard to know what a child born of a Magical union might be like, but I'm very interested in finding out. Since we are all born of the Magic of life, we all might be Magical children just waiting to express our true identities. God's real and Jesus said he was both the Son of God and the Son of Man. If Jesus was both the Son of God and the Son of Man, then I believe that we are both Children of God and Children of Man. I believe this means we are both Spirit and matter. Quantum physics statistics and theories indicate it's possible we might only exist half of the time in our Universe. The other half of the time we could exist as Spirit and not know it. We might actually partially exist closer to the Spirit Realm or within it while dreaming.
Author | : Keith Thomas |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 931 |
Release | : 2003-01-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0141932406 |
Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods. At the same time the Protestant Reformation attempted to take the magic out of religion, and scientists were developing new explanations of the universe. Keith Thomas's classic analysis of beliefs held on every level of English society begins with the collapse of the medieval Church and ends with the changing intellectual atmosphere around 1700, when science and rationalism began to challenge the older systems of belief.
Author | : Helene Fulton |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 2015-01-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0620608900 |
There are only two roads; one leads to heaven and one leads to hell. This is a spiritual fact, without change or compromise; there is no middle road and no chance to "sit on the fence". There are numerous false religions operating in the world today, falsely broadcasting themselves as truth or as God's truth for that matter. These religions may, on the contrary, be the foundation of lifelong poverty, family breakdown, mental derangement, physical illness or varying manifestations of bizarre behavior in the lives of people. These individuals have either turned their back on the true God completely or, by their actions, have allowed some of these pagan and false religious practises to creep into there every day lives. By clinging to these pagan traditions, we inadvertently give Satan a foothold in our lives. In these books these false religions have been measured up against the word, wisdom and knowledge of God. The word of God says that His word is like fire and is a hammer that breaks rocks into pieces.
Author | : Bronislaw Malinowski |
Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2014-04-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1473393124 |
This vintage book comprises three famous Malinowski essays on the subject of religion. Malinowski is one of the most important and influential anthropologists of all time. He is particularly renowned for his ability to combine the reality of human experience, with the cold calculations of science. An important collection of three of his most famous essays, "Magic, Science and Religion" provides its reader with a series of concepts concerning religion, magic, science, rite and myth. This is undertaken in an attempt to form a definite impression and understanding of the Trobrianders of New Guinea. The chapters of this book include: "Magic, Science and Religion", "Primitive Man and his Religion", "Rational Mastery by Man of his Surroundings", "Faith and Cult", "The Creative Acts of Religion", "Providence in Primitive Life", "Man's Selective Interest in Nature", etcetera. This book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Author | : Yvonne P. Chireau |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2006-11-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520249887 |
Black Magic looks at the origins, meaning, and uses of Conjure—the African American tradition of healing and harming that evolved from African, European, and American elements—from the slavery period to well into the twentieth century. Illuminating a world that is dimly understood by both scholars and the general public, Yvonne P. Chireau describes Conjure and other related traditions, such as Hoodoo and Rootworking, in a beautifully written, richly detailed history that presents the voices and experiences of African Americans and shows how magic has informed their culture. Focusing on the relationship between Conjure and Christianity, Chireau shows how these seemingly contradictory traditions have worked together in a complex and complementary fashion to provide spiritual empowerment for African Americans, both slave and free, living in white America. As she explores the role of Conjure for African Americans and looks at the transformations of Conjure over time, Chireau also rewrites the dichotomy between magic and religion. With its groundbreaking analysis of an often misunderstood tradition, this book adds an important perspective to our understanding of the myriad dimensions of human spirituality.