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The Evil Eye
Re: Naked Bible 162: The Evil Eye The notion that one can bring about harm to something or someone through a nasty expression on the face while gazing at the object is perhaps the most universal superstition across every human … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, ancient magic, figures of speech, New Testament, old testament
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It’s the Rituals
Re: Naked Bible 79: Leviticus 17-18 We aren’t through with Leviticus. Already we’ve discovered some details that most readers never catch because the Hebraic and ANE background are missing. Starting in Leviticus 17 through 26, we are looking at what … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient magic, ANE, atonement, Canaan, hebrew culture, human sexuality, Leviticus, Michael S. Heiser, pagan religion, ritual observances, sacrifices
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The Task Is Clear
It’s time once again for some clarifications. This is not binding on anyone else; it’s just my peculiar notions about some things. I’ve often explained that miracles are wired into Creation itself. There are multiple factors involved in accessing them. … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient magic, Creation, divine revelation, heart-led, heart-mind, Hebrew epistemology, miracles, western civilization
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Ghosts, Poltergeists and Nature
It’s not merely that humans are fallen. Heiser talks about the Three Rebellions of God’s elohim staff: the Fall, the great corruption through the Nephilim, and the deception and idolatry after the Tower of Babel. Humans are in a bad … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient magic, covenant, Creation, demons, divine authority, elohim, faith community, feudalism, ghosts, natural world, Nephilim, poltergeists, tribalism
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Telling the Story Again, Part 3
The first two parts summarize the foundation of how I understand what Jews are doing today, and the wider political currents. It’s very easy to miss the point that Israel did have a mandate from God as declared in the … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient magic, Dispensationalism, Judaism, Kabbalism, Nephilim, rituals, Talmud
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On Variable Reality
The actual truth cannot be put into words; we can only present it as parable. Your heart can discern things the mind cannot, and an active heart-centered focus will protect your mind from it’s own inherent weaknesses. This is why … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient magic, epistemology, miracles, reality
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Who Shall Believe Their Report?
We live in a fairly civilized world today. Most of humanity at least gives lip service to the idea of human rights. We put a lot of stock in education. There was a time in history when things like geometry … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient magic, ANE, Creation, globalism, miracles, pagan mythology, personification, psychology
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The Hedgerow of Lies 2
I’m hoping to connect the dots here so that you’ll understand the confusion in our world today. Refer to my long paper The Cult [PDF]. That paper was a condensed version of my book, A Course in Biblical Mysticism, but … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient magic, Kabbalism, Satan, the Fall
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Sneaking Back into Eden
The Bible portrays most human sin as various attempts to sneak past the Flaming Sword back into the Garden of Eden. It’s not possible to describe life before the Fall. What we have are characterizations and Hebrew parabolic language in … Continue reading
NT Doctrine — Acts 19
We come to another critical time in the early Christian religion. It’s easy to miss this point because Luke is more concerned with exonerating Paul before the Emperor’s court than with actually writing history. Luke’s narrative mentions Paul’s role in … Continue reading →