Blogpost 6 Related to witchcraft

Witchcraft is related to something i mean for something it means for evil and demonic presence one of this a Satanism or devil worshipper this kind of religion believes in 1 god name Satan or devil Satanism is related in the witchcraft believes even there magic's are almost de-same  both witchcraft and Satanism had white magic and black magic but it depends to them if they going to use white magic or black magic.  i read an article in this website : Suite101.com  entitled Satanism-philosophy behind ritual   it illustrated the the believes of satanist to there god and there other believes in god.

This Is A symbol of Satanism and its the same of the wiccans religion have this symbol use in witchcraft as a bad being or they believe in the devil. as you see this pentagram is inverted this represent that the spirit are pointing to the left horn of the goat or it says the spirit are held or in hand of the devil the goat inside this inverted pentagram are the symbol of satan or it reperesent satan itself. but there is s

This Is baphomet this the god of the witches or the horned god he is the oldest god in the history he is been named as goat of mendes baphomet named meaning bapho- mitras -son of mitras. mitras is the bull god worshipped by  the roman empire about the time of Christ. i read this in this website: Saintsalive.com entitled: The Goat of Mendes or Baphomet   Written by Ed Decker. he illustrated That.

"This god, also known as the Horned God, is evidently the oldest fertility god in human history. His representation is found on paintings from cavemen in Ariége, France. Nimrod, the founder of Baëal worship, is often represented wearing a horned headdress. The leader of the most powerful occult/Masonic organization in the world (the Ordo Templi Orientis-Order of Eastern Templars), Baphomet actually means Bapho-Mitras-son of Mithras. Mithras was the bull-god (Bull = Ba'al?) worshipped in the Roman empire about the time of Christ. Again, the Horned God of witchcraft.Thus, while Ba'al was not actually called "Baphomet" until well after the time of Christ; even Masons admit readily that Baphomet is a pagan fertility god-and more importantly, that Freemasonry is a fertility cult religion. Supreme Masonic leader of the Scottish Rite in the 19th century Albert Pike also clearly equates Freemasonry with "occult science" and Templary.This certainly ought to be enough to convince any sane Christian that Masonry is of the devil!"

According to Ed Decker this kind of believe are actually older than we thought it been already known since even now. there more believes in the horned goat even in the witchcraft. god of mendes is also known they even worship this god as the powerful god they know they always offered sacrificial animal to pleased  him or to wish something to him. and to the witchcraft believe it is baphomet is sacred to them


After that research now i realised that witchcraft believed are all part of the evil practises so to come of it it is part of the satanism believe and even the part of the evil culture and they are also believed to the devil as there powerful god and it can grant them more power and strength that they can never even imagine.    

Blogpost 5 Philosophy about Witchcraft

Witchcraft is all known as a religion of mystical believes and strange ritual that they perform to persuade there gods and goddesses but the witchcraft has there own philosophy in there life the inner temple and the outer temple. this all called the living temple of witchcraft. there are many witches doing some potions making there spell book but this is the only thing that we know in witchcraft but deeper in believes of the witchcraft they have steps and even procedure to follow so that they can perform there spiritual and outer spiritual ritual.


I read an article in this website: llwellyn.com entitled Building the outer temple of witchcraft written by Christopher Penczak. his focused is to illustrate the 2 living temples of witchcraft inner and the outer temple.and even explain the idea of why thus witchcraft practiser need to unlock this kind of potential and mostly why it is important to a witchcraft practiser to learn this living temple. Sir Christopher Stated in his article:

 "The Inner Temple of Witchcraft focused on the techniques of inner change, such as developing inner psychic skills and creating a sacred space through meditation that we called the Inner Temple. The second is The Outer Temple of Witchcraft focuses on taking a sense of inner sacred space and using that to create an outer sacred space in the world around you, a place to do magick through ritual, spell craft, and celebration". Christopher stated. 

Just Like Christopher said this 2 living temple are needed in her article i read he have a five books that illustrates the other temple but this 2 are the important of the temple because without the inner part of there temple they cant master or even develop the psychic skill as we all known that witchcraft has an ability to talk to there god and goddesses and second they need the sacred space  they can only reach by meditation  they called that there inner temple.

The Second temple is the second part of there practices this usually done by after they master the inner temple they need to focus and create an outer sacred space in the world around us so that they can do there rituals and spell that they always done

For me in my idea this kind of believe is normal in there culture and there religion our we think its strange and unnatural to believe in there culture but in the same situation they don't even believe in our culture either we all have different believe and culture to follow.



While reading Sir Christopher's article it is fascinating to know the important of the temples of the witchcraft come to think of it witchcraft has so many believes and procedure to do so that they perform there spells ,celebrations and even they need to be purified by meditating by meditation so that they can talk to there god and goddesses even there ancestors  it is cool tough they can unlock there psychic power by meditating and concentration. 

Blogpost 4 The Pentacle, or Pentagram

The Pentacle symbol are very often symbol  we see in the witchcraft like voodou, kulam,pagans and wicca they all has the same symbol and this symbol has represent there believes and religion. pentagram has a 5 points the upper part symbolise the spirit and the the other point represent the element, earth , fire , air and water this contribute to life needs . wearing this pentagram necklace is a said that you are connected to the elements and respect those elements.  

Pentacle has a 5 points and the number 5 is been regarded that mystical and magical yet it has a meaning to a human for an example we have five fingers and toes. And we also have five senses sight, hearing,smell,touch and taste and lastly we perceived five stages of or initiations in our life example of this are, birth, adolescence , coitus, parenthood and death. The pentacle has long been to be a potent protection against evil because this it symbol of conflict that shields there wearer and there home the pentagram five spiked wards and womb shape is a sign of defence.

The Five Elements the four matter element  the water,earth ,air and fire the important element is the quintessential element the spirit this may be arrayed in the pentagrams points. because the spirit  are place in the top so that it can trace the path of the element the four elements has there own order the earth and fire are the basal or fixed element but the air and water  are supposed to be flowing the  single point upward signifies that the spirit ruling the matter this emphasis the human nature we will never survive without this element this symbolise the pentagram 

I read an article of:  Sharyanne Macleod  she said in her article entitled: The Witch Pentacle: imagine the perfect apple, ripe and bursting with life. Sliced in half, it reveals a beautiful five-point symmetry-a star formed by the seeds inside. In fact, each of these five seeds may be seen to contain a symbolism of its own mirroring the spiritual aspects of this universal symbol: idea, sustenance, life, secret knowledge and the hidden mysteries within the earth. Why has this beautiful and potent emblem, the five-pointed star or pentagram, become such a misunderstood and stigmatized symbol in these times of re-emerging enlightenment?

just like she said the five points in the pentacle represent the beauty and the importance of nature we all need this to live and reproduce like in apple they need the seed to reproduce more.

The pentagram is the one of the most powerful and popular symbol used by many of the neo pagans  this include the wiccans and pagans. pagans usually draw the shape of pentagram in air using the athame or sacred blade in the part of there rituals. Also pentagram is also a widespread symbol since the ancient times this use by the Egypt, india ,persia and greece because almost all the culture had a five fold symbol in there religion also been related to the nature and spiritual life. 

Blogpost 3 Witchcraft phenomenon

Witchcraft has so many thing that can do In our life and there is so many question that  we dont know if its true or not ? we always think that if is this really exist because we all believe that seeing is to believing.  This kind of tragedy are so strange and sometimes UN explainable by science and medical studies this often happen in an rural area or in provinces or even in other country like africa and bernin even in Philippines this kind of tragedy are being reported witchcraft phenomenon or called kulam this is the same as the other but this is been done in a bad purposes like revenge or can even cause death

 

In this image this is a news in gma that a girl are is been a victim of kulam or witchcraft tragedy this kind of tragedy is beyond normal to the other people but many reports and news are been confirmed that this kind of tragedy is real some already died in kulam. some report  in the province is that 1 that who been a victim of kulam will suffer pain and many abnormal happening that will happend in your body that science or even hospital can t explain sometimes not only needle will appear in your body maybe worms even blood can excrete in your body. this kind of witchcraft is being done to get revenge to a people they hate or maybe they let them suffer to it and die 

One of the main reason of kulam is a love affair sometimes if they hate there lover for cheating on them and they want them to suffer for what they have done they are going to let her boyfriend to suffer and even died in the use of witchcraft this kind of tragedy are cannot be cured it is depend on the practioner of the witchcraft if he/she will let it go but if its not there is two choice your going to die or suffer. 

There is one article that i read in this website hubpages.com  although there is no writer mention in this specific article: Eighteen years of  being a victim of witchcraft it focus about the life of here brother in manila that been a victim of barang. Barang is a witchcraft that found in Philippines same as kulam and panag puros he illustrated the life of here brother while it is been a victim of a kind of witchcraft his brother seems to forget something that he is doing he even forget here father died in that some situation. the writer illustrated some dark side of barang that his brother experience.  

" This kind of witchcraft is killing my brother slowly. He is experiencing memory lapses and the only thing that he wanted to do everyday is his job as chief mechanic. He don’t even have a clear account of the death of my father in 1998. He don’t even remember that he wore a pair of eyeglasses when he attended the burial. He looked like a 50-year old man when he escaped from the room that his landlady-witch used for her dark and deadly schemes.Just recently, he quarreled with the old woman when he realized that he acquired bruises and insect bites without actually knowing its cause. He said he see the woman praying whenever he’s awake at night."  

The writer told some of his brother experience when he is a victim of barang although this kind of phenomenon it seems strange but this is true because even in the other country this kind of phenomenon happened to other people.

There is some people believes wearing this kind of necklace can protect you from harm and can even give you some luck. They called it amulet or charms this kind of trinket said that it has a special prayers and white magic that can channelled the black magic example of that witchcraft and even voodoo this is been adopted by the other country as charms and in Philippines agimat or anting anting it is a special weapon or even a defence in evil presence and evil beings there are some shamans or witchdoctors giving this kind of trinket they said it has a special prayer that the spirit of there ancestor enhanced it and it will be there guide in there daily life even a totem in there life some of this amulet are pendant and some of it are shape of the ancestral animal that they believed there guardian or even protector.   

Amulet are already know as a protection against witchcrafts and other kind of tragedy they said it could protect you in harm and in danger sometimes they believe that you are going to be lucky in some time. i  read an article about the amulet, talismans, charms: by Richard webster  he said that the amulet is been worn for a thousand years from now  because early people are afraid to the thing that defied explanation.  they need amulet to protect them including in witchcraft and even in a dark presence or evil presence.

even in the Philippines sometimes they were amulet or talisman for protection they called it agimat they believed that if they worn this they cant be hurt by the bad beings or even kulam but however some of this believes in agimat is only a myth or not true you cannot be lucky or whatsoever but still many people believed in it because that there culture they believe in there culture believe than the others.

We have so many things that we believed that it can protect us even give us some luck in life even love and we are so curios to learn new things in our life and we often believed in many things that we think it would be good or great in our needs.  

      

Chapter 2 About Vodou

BLOGPOST 2. Vodou

Vodou. or also known as voodoo, or vodouisants it is a syncretic religion of native american religion. this is primarily found in haiti. and africa. vodou has a ritual that has music and dancing. in voduo rituals they use drums for their music   as they dance to their ancester and prays for there gods or spirits. in vodou  both spirits of nature and even the dead people are important to them. because in voduo  they believe that a spirit of there love ones even their family is in their body and controlling them. they can also make the spirit come to the body of the host and they can speak for god or even to the dead people. they can also help in their village by healing and do some magic ritual.

Vodou is important religion is important religion especially in  Haiti i read this in this article entitled: Dramatic Elements in spiritual possession. Wrote by  Alfred Metraux. in this website: davidmetraux.com  According to Sir Alfred Metraux voodoo is the ancient tradition of there ancestor that derive in spiritual possession and voodoo is also a religion of the people in Dahomey and Nigeria they are also believed in spiritual beings and also spiritual possession.

Vodou dolls.

Voodoo dolls are been known as the spiritual puppet or even a people manipulating doll as we know voodoo dolls in movie  you can manipulate the one you want to manipulate with you can even poke it some pins or can make it suffer and your target will feel it. Well voudou dolls is represented or resemblance to your enemy but. using it to curse with miss fortune pain and even death even thrusting it with pins into the doll. such of those items is not part of that tradition . i read this in this Website: pattimaquirearmstrong.com article titled :Voodoo dolls No Child Play-An Exorcist Weighs In By Patti Armstrong 

"he Stated that Another aspect of Voodoo is its effects on those who are not even connected to it.  It is the practice of not just accessing evil powers to control things, but can involve putting curses on others to manipulate or harm them. Do people need to worry about that?"

Just like he said voodoo dolls is been use by the voodoisant to manipulate one person that they hate or even can harm them by using this kind of witchcraft.  

Vodou Magics can use as well in healing and curing . the people in the tribe use the power of there voudoists and shaman to help them guide them especially in hunting and fighting even healing when they got injured or got wounded they use the power of there voudoist and shaman to help them them cured. or sometimes it called the black magic i read an article. Get out the voodoo dolls: How black magic works by : Rachel  Hillier voodoo magics is a nocebo phenomenon meaning this works if you believe that it will happend scientist from the university of turin medical school in italy they understand about the physical process example if you look on your wound and thinking that it is going to hurt then it will  feel much painful.and if you think you are being poke and its painful well you will going to think that u are being poke and you were going to feel that someone is poking you. so that's the a nocebo effect.. 

and in there believes in there ritual they use there voodoo magics to talk to the bad spirits that may bothering them they said that they can feel when the spirits are mad because the spirit is making a sign that there mad or even sad. vodooist believe that spirits can interact with the nature and can make some calamities thats why they use some animal rituals to made an offering to the spirits.

   

Blogpost 1 Paganism

Paganism or pagan is a wide traditions that emphasize nature and a revival of ancient polytheistic and animistic religious practices. some of the paganism religions roots in about 19th century in European nationalism but most of the pagan groups trace their  organization group to 1960s. paganism is not a traditional religion but it does have some common characteristics that joins in great variety of other traditions. one of those is the believes in divine presence in nature and the other one is the believe of reference of the natural order in life all of these are part of their traditional believes spiritual growth is related to the cycles of the earth.also paganism or pagan are interested in revival of ancient polytheistic this tradition are included in part europe and in britain they like to reconstruct and aim to revive there lost rituals and tradition pagans also worships a variety of gods and goddesses this includes spirits that can represent there national heroes as well there  lost ancestral family's  .

As we all known pagans usually embrace there own believes as sacred as it be there rituals are sacred as well if we all know that pagans rituals are all usually interconnected to the nature itself and sometimes its connected to there god as well.

 
I read in this Website: Living paganism&witchcraft: Meaning, Purpose, Identity& Integration  with the article entitled  living paganism&witchcraft made by Gede Parma in this article he illustrate the life of a pagan is simple and and mystical. as we all know that pagans inhabits the rituals of talking to there god in nature even ancestor they believed that they can communicate with there god and goddesses they pray for them for there protection they also believe that they can also communicate to there ancestor you call it mysterious but this there believe this still been done by the new pagans or (neo pagans).

 "The Pagan life cannot be typified by the superficial or the skin-deep. Paganism is not a new age label of convenience, nor is it a fantasy role-playing game. Paganism is being in the raw moment, treasuring and revering the natural flow and tides and continuously celebrating the gift of this divine Earth. Our deity is here and now, timeless and in all places. Many call this immanent divinity the Goddess, and yet it is equally illuminating and valid to identify this powerful presence as the Horned God who dances, dies, and is reborn. The divine evolves and changes just as we do – and so does our spirituality. We too must, as the Goddess, have our anchor: the Earth upon which to stand. Like the Horned One we must allow ourselves the sacrament of movement, to dance and attain ecstasy. This can all be done in the simplest of ways, or we can choose to indulge in ceremony and symbol. It is all true and good as long as we are true and good to ourselves and others.''  stated by Gede Parma.

I believe Gede Perma  is trying to say that paganism  is a religion that respects nature that there goddess given them there believes and there divine rituals in nature and weird sacrificial rituals but they are not different from the other believes that we all know because in our world today we have are own believes and rituals that we always done in every single day of our life but to us its seems normal and explainable than the other believe pagan believes  is a natural believes that many people inherited we can t change there own believes and there life habits as long they are true to there self and they have a good intention in there life.

By learning that all of our believes in this world are all equal even what religion and believes that you lived in we are still welcome to live in harmony and we can still bond to them even what strange there culture they have as long that they are not doing some harm to other people they know well its aright. many people hate to get along with them because they are afraid and they don't know what will happened if we mess up with them but in reverse . they are thinking the same thing that what we are thinking to them. so living in this world has there own great responsibility. it is not are responsibility to judge there culture in what culture we have.