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lilianasgrimoire · 21 days

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Herbs & Correspondences G-L

Galangal Root - Also called Lo John the Conqueror or Lo John. Carry into legal proceedings to help win. Money, gambling and hex breaking. Also aids luck and psychic development. Element Fire.

Garlic - Magical uses include speed, health and endurance, also protection, exorcism and purification. Use also to promote your inner strength. Element Fire.

Gentian - Increases spell power. Good luck and works well in love & romance spells. Element Fire.

Ginger - Increases magic power. Success, love, money and power. Element Fire.

Ginseng - Promotes love, beauty, healing and lust. Element Fire.

Hawthorn Wood- Associated with Beltane. Magical uses include chastity, fertility, fairy magic, fishing magic, and rebirth. Success in career, work, and employment. Use it to work with the fae. Used in weddings and handfasting's to increase fertility. Element Water. Hawthorne Berries aid chastity. Hope, protection and happiness. Element Fire.

Hearts Ease - Also called Violet. It helps to mend a broken heart. Aids rebirth, peace, wishes and luck. Calms the nerves and promotes peace and tranquility. Element Water.

Hemlock - Use to paralyze a situation and a funeral herb. Highly Toxic. Element Water.

Henbane - Dried leaves are used in the consecration of ceremonial vessels. Used in love sachets and charms to gain the love of the person desired. Highly Toxic. Element Water.

Hibiscus - Attracting love and lust. Use in divination. Associated with lunar magic. Element Water.

High John - (The Conqueror) An "all purpose" herb. Use it for strength, confidence, conquering any situation. Good luck, prosperity and protection. Element Fire.

Holly Hock - Protecting, all Fairy magic, abundance, personal growth and aids passing. Related to Lammas. Element Earth.

Horehound - Protective against evil doings. Helps with mental clarity during ritual; stimulates creativity/inspiration; balances personal energies and healing. Element Earth.

Horsetail - Use for strength and resolve. Protection, cleansing and clearing unwanted emotions. Element Earth.

Hyssop - Used for purification. Banishing, protection and healing. Element Fire.

Irish Moss - Used for luck. Ideal for gamblers! Attracts money and customers for self-employed. Offers protection. Element Water

Ivy - Protection, healing and fertility. Use for love and hang at handfasting's. Element Fire.

Jasmine - The herb of attraction. Helps prophetic dreaming, money and love. Element Water.

Juniper - See Cedar berries.

Lady's Mantle - Aphrodisiac and transmutation. Use in love spells and those of fertility. Increases magic power in spells and connects with fairy lore. Element Water.

Laurel- See Bay leaf.

Lavender - Magical uses include healing, sleep and peace. It also promotes chastity and love. Increases longevity of life, tranquility and happiness. Element Air.

Lemon Balm - Also called Melissa. Love, success and healing. Aids psychic/spiritual development. Supports mental health disorders and compassion. Element Water.

Lemon Grass - Psychic cleansing and opening. Use in lust potions and when using Dragon Magic. Element Air.

Licorice Root - Love, lust, and fidelity. Also attracts passion. Element Water.

Lilac - Wisdom, memory, good luck and spiritual aid. Element Water.

Linden Flower - Wisdom, justice, love and protection. Element Air.

Lime Tree Leaf - Healing, calm and love. Aids strength and tranquility. Element Air.

Little John - See Galangal root.

Lungwort - Use in air magic or as an offering to the Gods of air. Offers safe travel when flying. Element Air.

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ghouljams · 10 months

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Fae Price’s darling gave him hex breaker that is also a love spell??? Like it’ll make him fall in love with her or was it more of like another reason for him to like darling so much

Beautifully written, dear! Loved it!!

It's technically an attraction spell. The witch's intention is for Price to use it as a conquering spell, to sway other parties to his will/wishes. It just so happens that having Price very close by tends to make her mind wander and all the herbs she used can also work with attracting love not just power.

Lemme give you the herb properties, you can see for yourself how fucked she is.

Bloodroot: Burn as an incense to protect against hexes and spells, or if someone is trying to take your lover. Can also be carried to attract a new love.

Dragon's Blood Resin: Kick in the pants spell enhancer, one of the more powerful tools in Rootwork. Add to spells for protection, love, and health.

High John the Conqueror/Morning Glory Root: Helps remove and conquer all obstacles in your path. Used for drawing luck, gaining mastery over things, and strengthening libido(in men specifically).

Tobacco: Binding agent for the spell, Spirits and Fae love tobacco and this was a given for the cigar anyway. Another kick in the pants spell enhancer for banishing and domination.

#The witch later looking thinking about the herbs she used and how she should stock up on wards #realizes she made Price “please fuck me” cigars #or maybe “look at me and want to fuck me” cigars is a better way to phrase it #like I said the other fae boys fucking hate these cigars so much #Price isn't allowed to smoke them around the 141 #ghoul speaks #fae au #also this should go without saying but do not go about combining herbs will nilly #witch is a trained professional on a closed course #fae!Price

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spirit-amplified · 4 months

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Clear Your Path to Spring Success with Path Clearing Magick

We're entering a phase I like to call the "quickening of the year," as the northern hemisphere slowly warms up for Spring. It's an ideal moment to reflect on our goals for the year, plan our next steps, and clear any obstacles in our path to make way for our aspirations. Just as we clear away debris in the Spring to plant new seeds we may want to consider the powerful magick of a path-clearing working.

What is a path-clearing working, you ask? It's a versatile and effective ritual that can help clear away any barriers or negative energies that may impede your goals and/or progress. This working acts as a multitasker, capable of banishing negativity, invoking positive energy, setting intentions, and shielding you from further obstacles.

When life feels muddled, heavy, or stagnant, and you're facing relentless pressure, miscommunication, and bad luck, a path-clearing working can be the key to unlocking your path to success. By harnessing its energy, you can attract a more favorable and successful aura into your life, allowing you to refocus on your aspirations.

Whether you're seeking to remove negative energies, overcome obstacles, or simply realign with your ambitions, a path clearing working can provide the clarity and momentum you need to propel yourself forward.

Don't let roadblocks hinder your progress this year. Embrace the transformative power of a path-clearing working and pave the way for a brighter, more prosperous future.

Some Path-Clearing Herbs:

Abre Camino

Chicory

Coffee

Epazote

Henbit

Lemon

Peppermint

Pine Needle

Spanish Moss

Star of Bethlehem

Vetiver

Wysteria

My personal favorite combination is:

Chicory

Coffee

Epazote

Lemon

Pine Needle

Spanish Moss

Some Other Herbs To Add To Attract Success, Luck, & Prosperity:

Cinnamon

Bay

High John Root - Personal must to conquer any situation

Basil

Cinquefoil

Clove

Alfalfa

Echinacea

Nutmeg

Allspice

2 Ways To Do A Path-Clearing:

◽ Make an Infused Spell Oil & an herbal blend for candle magick and ritual.

◽ Make a concentrated tea for a Path-Clearing Bath - I will say if you want to go this route... I highly recommend holding off on any spices, this way you won't burn or irritate yourself. Also, I recommend making this beforehand and then letting it cool before adding it to the bath. The bath water should be room temp or colder to shock and open the aura and you definitely want to fully submerge yourself.

The process of path-clearing often involves the use of candles, typically in orange, gold, and green, symbolizing success and action. These candles can be customized with herbs or oils to enhance their energy. Adding a key to enchant with the candle magick can symbolize unlocking new pathways and be a token that you can carry with you, whether using an actual key or a key charm. Some practitioners suggest incorporating a crossroads into their working. If a physical crossroads isn't available, using crossroads dirt or drawing a cross with chalk during your working can serve as alternatives.

And you can definitely add both together to make a wickedly strong path-clearing working!!

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irithnova · 7 months

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I kind of joke that Mongolia likes Danmei/Chinese theatre (a major guilty pleasure of his) despite some of the very obvious anti-Northern themes but there's some historical basis to this I swear.

The Mongols loved theatre. When the Mongols came into contact with theatre it was almost like an entirely new form of entertainment was opened up to them. Yes, the Mongols had storytelling and songs and whatnot, however full on theatre was something different.

Sechin Jagachid and Paul Hyde, experts on Mongol history, wrote about how there is "no evidence... of dramatic production bring presented in Mongol society prior to or during the early Empire period." Their further comment explains quite simply why this was. - that it is difficult to say the least to attempt a stage play when you are nomadic.

The Mongols were so fond of theatre that in 1214-16, Muqali, one of Genghis's generals, was conquering the area of what when then become Manchuria, and two towns managed to hold out against them. As expected - a majority of the population were killed, with the exception of people who could be useful to the Mongols (the Mongols often spared useful people) such as craftsmen, artisans, and even actors.

So theatre must have been introduced to the Mongols prior to this date because why on earth would they spare the actors of all people alongside engineers and craftsmen?

John Man, a British historian with Mongol history as one of his specialities, imagines such a scene where this introduction could have occurred a few years prior to 1214, in 1211, when the Mongols first invaded Northern China. Perhaps there was a town that had the sense to surrender to the Mongols, and the Mongols, wanting some relief from being on campaign for so long, demands that they entertain them.

The villagers, desperate to please the invaders, puts on a show, curtains fluttering open and candles illuminating the scene - and almost immediately the battle-worn army is enchanted. The show they put on is the most famous theatre play in China during this time, one of a young woman - Zhaoqun, is sent to be married off to a Khan of the Xiongnu, and mourns for her freedom.

Despite the Xiongnu being portrayed as the villains, the Mongols are smitten by the storyline and root for the girl, and the Mongol fascination of theatre is born.

Though this is a scenario that John Man imagines may have likely happened because of the fact that the Mongols went around sparing actors a few years later (so they must have been exposed to theatre somehow to enjoy it enough to spare actors), it's my headcanon something like this definitely happened and Mongolia was gripped almost immediately despite the obvious portrayal of the Xiongnu (who he considers an ancestor) as the villain. It was entertaining and that's all the mattered.

It was the Mongol demand for threatre that surged a boom in Chinese drama - Khublai as a patron of the arts made sure his people were entertained. There were two bureauxs in the Mongol court - one for music and acting, the other responsible for staging court rituals and plays.

In fact, the Yuan era is considered "one of the most brilliant genres in Chinese literary history" according to Chung-Wen Shih, a historian of Chinese drama. Pre-Yuan, not a lot of theatre plays were preserved, because simply put they weren't considered literature and actors and actresses weren't particularly held in high regard.

On Mongolia liking Chinese theatre despite the anti-Northern sentiment - Mongolia was definitely aware of the themes in some of the stage plays and even Yuan stage plays managed to subtly shade the Mongols despite the Mongols being their overlords.

One of the most famous Yuan playwrights (Guan Hanqing) best plays, named "The injustice to Dou E" centres around Dou E, a village girl who, funnily enough, faces a number of injustices. In the end, heaven hears her prayers, and her wishes against those who have harmed her are fulfilled when she is finally executed.

This wasn't just a play about a heroine figure - this was a metaphor for the Mongols abuse of China, and the injustices China faced because of the Mongols. When Dou E is abused like how the Mongols abuse China, heaven is sent into chaos and the corrupt rule. When she finally dies, heaven delivers justice. Poetic when you think about it as the Mongols were finally expelled from China in 1368 and in turn, lost the mandate of heaven.

I think Mongolia did pick up on the shade that was snuck into these stage plays - but again, he really didn't care because of how entertaining he found them. Unfortunately this bad habit of enjoying stage plays that depicts him as the villain has lead to him in the modern day to enjoying TV shows and danmei and what not that does the same - so he uh. Tries to keep this guilty pleasure of his under wraps but people know about it at this point lol. It's not like he purposefully goes for plays and shows that do that (I mean, I sure hope not) but he's not exactly boycotting the ones that do - and there's an awful lot of them that do lol.

China probably wanted Mongolia to pick up on the shade that was being thrown at him in some of these plays or to be straight up offended at some of them. Imagine his deep annoyance when he'd find the brat chortling at the play rather than being outraged at the attempt at offense.

To think this all started when he watched that (1) play all those years ago...

Also fun fact: The Mongols love for theatre was so prolific that when the Chinese finally booted them out, the newly established Ming Dynasty actually temporarily banned theatre in their attempts at wiping out Mongol influence in China.

So yes. Mongolia still loves Chinese theatre - and yes - it's a major guilty pleasure of his. It's definitely something China brings up when they argue lol.

TL;DR, Mongolia is a loser

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3rdeyeblaque · 1 year

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Roots of the Month for January 2023: High John Root & Dandelion Root

High John De Conquer Root: borne of the Hoodoo Saint/Collective Spirits of Hoodoo lore and legend; the African Prince who used his trickster wit & strength to overcome his oppressors escaped bondage and sailed back to the Motherland. Who, upon his departure, left a piece of himself behind in the root of a plant we identify as High John Root.

Taxa (Family/Genus/species): Convolvulaceae/ Ipomoea/pandurata or jalapa

Folk Nomenclature: High John De Conker, King Root, Man of the Earth, Manroot

Common Name: "Morning Glory", "Indian Potato" or "Wild Potato Vine" (Pandurata) / " Morning Glory" ( Jalapa)

Native Locality: North America (Pandurata) / Mexico (Jalapa)

Phenotypic Traits: I. pandurata = round, brown, hairy; resembles a man's testes / I. jalapa = hard, lumpy, round-ish, dark brown

Parts Used: Root

Gender: Hot

Planetary Ruler: Mars

Elemental Ruler: Fire

Traditional Usage in Rootwork: to invoke the Spirit of High John against overwhelming oppressive forces/obstacles, to achieve hard-fought victory,& for commanding power & strengthened nature. NOT TO BE USED FRIVOLOUSLY OR FOR TRIVIAL MATTERS

Traditional Medicinal Usage: a strong laxative; brewed in as a tea or a small piece is to be chewed

*** High John is undeniably THE root of Hoodoo Tradition & Culture. Today it is heavily overused by Hoodoos as it is appropriated by masking Wypipo attempting to gentrify Hoodoo spaces. There are 2 roots that have been given High John's name - both from the Morning Glory flower genus : Ipomoea pandurata (native to North America) & Ipomoea jalapa (native to Mexico). There has been much debate as to which root is the true High John Root, but Elders and Seasoned Folks raised or reared up underneath their wings know what's what. This isn't to say that we cannot invoke High John's spirit with 1 or the other; I believe we can with both as Black Americans & as Black Mexicans. However, if one knows the Hoodoo History & Culture cross-referenced with botany & geography, there can only be 1 true High John Root.

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Dandelion Root:

Taxa (Family/Genus/species): Asteraceae/Taraxicum/ dens-leonis or officinale

Folk Nomenclature: Lions Tooth

Common Name: Dandelion

Native Locality: Eurasia

Phenotypic Traits: Long, stringy, shades of light and dark brown, carrot-like

Parts Used: Root & Leaves

Gender: Hot

Planetary Ruler: Jupiter

Elemental Ruler: Air

Traditional Usage in Rootwork: aids in the development of intuitive gifts, wish granting, increases spirit communication

Traditional Medicinal Usage: aids in digestion, alleviate stomach and liver problems

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lailoken · 1 year

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Cantrip Powders (For Sale)

“An offering of five handmade Powders, meant for use as Craft Aids in occult operations such as candle dressing or spell sachets.

Each Cantrip Powder was carefully devised based on traditional occult wisdom and years of personal experimentation, then extensively tested for sorcerous efficacy, before finally being made available here, in hopes that they will be as helpful to other practitioners as they have been for me.

Each powder is composed from two-thirds Sifted Hearth Ash (a powerful craft material in its own right,) with the remaining third being constituted by a highly potent mix of other ground Craft materials (with different recipes employed for each powder.) Every batch is ritually enlivened and consecrated in an individualized Hallowing Rite, before being hand-bottled and labeled in 1 oz glass, cork-top bottles.

The Cantrip Powders offered include:

Shielding Powder — A powder empowered by the virtues of Crabbapple blossoms, Rose Thorns, Witch Burrs, and antique Red Brick Dust, meant for use in rites and rituals of protection.

Beckoning Powder — A powder empowered by the virtues of Mint Blosssoms, Orris Root, High John Root, and Fenugreek, meant for use in rites and rituals of attraction—whether it be for the drawing of love, luck, or money.

Ousting Powder — A powder empowered by the virtues of Stinging Nettle, Asafoetida, Wasp Nest, and Gun Powder, meant for use in rites and rituals of banishment and excision.

Conquering Powder — A powder empowered by the virtues of Calamus Root, Licorice Root, Master Root, and Devil's Shoelace, meant for use in rites and rituals of influence and coercion.

& Wisefool's Powder (SOLD OUT) — A powder empowered by the virtues of Juniper Seed, Mandrake Root, Lightning Struck Wood, and Meteoric filings, meant for use in the sorcerous augmentation of any magical working. (Mandrake root is highly poisonous; do not ingest or expose to open wounds.

All ingredients used were either hand-grown, hand-foraged, or otherwise ethically sourced.”

Anyone interested in purchasing one or more of these Cantrip Powders may do so for $18 a piece on my shop: ☆

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conjuremanj · 1 year

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High John. & How To Contact Him.

Let talk a little about John. On my other post I spoke about the three johns. Today I want to speak on the spirit of John.

High John the Conqueror is a highly respected and elevated spirit within traditional southern Hoodoo, and yet he is still a very mysterious and undervalued spirit. There's not much written about him except the stories told in the south. I do knew his has many name he go by like Jack. (yes that's where we get the jack ball from) I think they name him High John because he resemble the same traits that the root have it gave him the balls to do what needed to be done. That's why the root looks like male balls.😅 When you look a southern calture the term high means someone in charge like a sheriff the man in charge and the other john roots are the deputies.

His stories show us that he is a spirit of black resistance, liberation, and joy - He is called a trickster, because he tricks the system, and his oppressors.

High John de Conquer (pronounced conker) who is said to have been an African prince sold into slavery in the Americas, but whose spirit was never broken. Another traditional story is John falls in love with the Devil's daughter; the Devil sets John a number of impossible tasks, but his daughter helps John by giving him magical tools to complete the tasks and also warns John that the Devil plans to kill him whether he succeeds or not. So John and daughter steal the Devil's horses; they're pursued but escape by shape shifting.

But High John the Conqueror is a spirit (and High John is the root) that has been worked with in various ways for protection, money, love, luck, victory over obstacles and hardships, and to enhance a male sexuality.

Most of these uses being added post enslavement as Hoodoo and the spirits within it adapt to the needs of it's people (because all and all High John is for his people and our needs).

Now there is alot of debate over the plant High John is derived from, and while that is important to know, what is also important is that the spirit of High John is been called into the root.

Now the High John roots are actually very powerful on it's own, you can use them with the assistance of you guardian Angel, spirit guide, deity etc.

Now the root it self is called Ipomoea Jalapa, which is a variety of morning glory plant manufactured in Veracruz, Mexico. Introduced to the United States.

Day of the week: High John's day is on a Thursday.

His main Color is Purple: given his royal nature. He eats traditional food, but if you divine you can go further and feed him other things as well.

Drink: he has a preference for rum or whiskey.

So you got the root, now what? Now you can set up a space for High John's spirit. When setting up his the altar give him his own space. You can add the root on the altar with his offerings. Add you candle, and oil, Don't put a photo because there isn't any real pics of him. You can write his name on the candle

If you cannot setup a space, remember you can always carry High John root on a necklace, in a small bag or into powder for a working or simply in your pocket with Johns blessings it. Now this is going to be without the spirit of John.

Once you have it prepared it to be used for your jack ball or mojo bag, etc you need to wake it up, spit or pour rum or whiskey over the root, and blow cigar smoke over it.

Say a prayer to god. Then ask John to come forward.

Fed: The roots should always be fed, prayed over, and being prepared with the spirit of High John. Feed the root with his oils, Florida water is good.

You can say a prayer inviting the spirit of High John into your home and life, ask High John to protect you and your home from any and all enemies and those who attempt to oppress you.

To contact High John Spirit to ask a question. Take you root wrap a string around it. Or you can make a jack ball to be use for divination.

First take your casa or chalk and draw a cross add 5 sold circles as seen in photo above the 5th circle in the center of the cross. Place the root in the center of the cross.

Starting from the top left. Under the circle Write N for no then to the right Y for yes. Then repeat at the bottom. Above the circle on the bottom left write Y for yes on the other side N for no.

Summonings His Spirit For Assistance: If you are summing his spirit start with creating a altar just for him (mentioned above) a shot of brown liquor and a candle. Bless it. Now once you do all that the root is now ready for High Johns spirit and you can use the root to call him.

Now do not turn root in to powder or break a piece off and use it as a regular root again he doesn't like that, if you do it like that it will become just a regular root a low deputy again and the spirit will leave the root won't work.

To ask questions. Take you rum or whisky or Florida water (small bottle) and put a dab on each circle as a offering. Take your root pick it up and tap it three times on the center of the cross. Then ask your question.

If you have any questions let me know.

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aspelladay · 2 years

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High John the Conqueror Victory Spell (1)

The root charm High John the Conqueror allegedly promotes victory in any endeavor, while conquering your opposition.

Take nine small High John roots or break one large root into nine pieces.

Cover it with half of a pint bottle of whisky. Drink the other half or offer it to whomever you appeal to for spiritual protection.

Zora Neal Hurston’s recommendation is to let the roots steep in the liquor for thirty-eight hours although others say overnight is sufficient.

Strain the liquid into a bottle.

Add approximately an ounce of a lucky cologne. Jockey Club is the traditional choice, however others will work, too, like Florida Water or especially Chypre, if you’re involved in financial proceedings. Wear as needed.

(from The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes)

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comparativetarot · 2 years

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Grandfather of Roots. Art by Dogon Krigga, from The Antique Blacks: A Rootworker’s Tarot.

An elder sits on a throne with his feet soaking in a tub. he sits atop a hoard of roots, next to a pile of winnings from his favorite games of chance. A depiction of High John the Conquer.

Divinatory Meanings: Good luck, material wealth, gain, abundance, foot washing, using wit and intelligence for material gain, greed, acquired resources.

Herbs Depicted; High John Root, Ipomea Jalapa flowers.

Bask in the opulence and abundance of The Grandfather of Roots. This card is an homage to High John The Conqueror, a highly fabled ancestor, and his legendary root that is a staple in Hoodoo. Luck is on your side and your good decisions have put you in a favorable position.

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bonesandpoemsandflowers · 1 year

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very me problem in that I was doing chest to shoulder barbell movements in the gym today and I’m wearing a small whole high john the conquer root as a necklace and I bonked it with the barbell and hmmmm. I’m not sure roots are meant to survive under these sorts of gym ho conditions.

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lindajenni · 5 months

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dec 26

call back

"we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God." acts 13:22 life is a steep climb, and it does the heart good to have somebody “call back” and cheerily beckon us on up the high hill. we are all climbers together, and we must help one another. this mountain climbing is serious business, but glorious. it takes strength and a steady step to mount the summits. the outlook widens with the altitude. if anyone among us has found anything worth while, we ought to “call back.” if you have gone a little way ahead of me, call back — ’twill cheer my heart and help my feet along the stony track; and if, perchance, faith’s light is dim, because the oil is low, your call will guide my lagging course as wearily i go. call back, and tell me that He went with you into the storm; call back, and say He kept you when the forest’s roots were torn; that, when the heavens thunder and the earthquake shook the hill, He bore you up and held you where the very air was still. oh, friend, call back, and tell me for i cannot see your face, they say it glows with triumph, and your feet bound in the race; but there are mists between us and my spirit eyes are dim, and i cannot see the glory, though i long for word of Him. but if you’ll say He heard you when your prayer was but a cry, and if you’ll say He saw you through the night’s sin-darkened sky if you have gone a little way ahead, oh, friend, call back — ’twill cheer my heart and help my feet along the stony track. we have listened as those who went before us called back, beckoning us onward. now it is our turn to call back to those who might be lagging behind. we may not feel we have much to offer, but then we remember that God has even used a donkey in His purposes before. surely we may be counted of more worth than a donkey. we are created in the image of God. Lord, here are my hands, use them to hold the one in need. here are my feet, use them to hastily be about Your business. here are my eyes, let them sparkle with the hope You have put in them. here is my tongue, let it expound the glories of all You have promised to those who love You. and Lord, here is my heart, let it share the abundance of love You have so bountifully filled it with. call back and let the laggers know that He was faithful all the way. "but as it is written: “eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him." 1 cor 2:9 if you don't know the Lord, know this: we who do, are calling back to you. there is hope to lift you from despair. there is light to drive away your darkness. there is joy to swallow your sadness. there is love to conquer your fear. there is no pit so deep that Jesus is not deeper still. none so deep He cannot lift you from. come to the truth and the truth will set you free. no lie is of the truth and no lie can be made into the truth by wanting it so. this is deception and those who drink of it are drinking from satan's cup of delight and God's wrath. Jesus is calling back to you even now saying: "I am the way, the truth, and the life." john 14:6 come and let Me make you whole again; make into all I created you to be.

#prayer #faith #rapture #jesus #jesus is coming

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dfroza · 5 months

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“Let the good news, the story you have heard from the beginning of your journey, live in and take hold of you.”

“You know that no lie belongs to the truth.”

Today’s reading of the Scriptures from the New Testament is the 2nd chapter of the letter of 1st John:

You are my little children, so I am writing these things to help you avoid sin. If, however, any believer does sin, we have a high-powered defense lawyer—Jesus the Anointed, the righteous—arguing on our behalf before the Father. It was through His sacrificial death that our sins were atoned. But He did not stop there—He died for the sins of the whole world.

We know we have joined Him in an intimate relationship because we live out His commands. If someone claims, “I am in an intimate relationship with Him,” but this big talker doesn’t live out His commands, then this individual is a liar and a stranger to the truth. But if someone responds to and obeys His word, then God’s love has truly taken root and filled him. This is how we know we are in an intimate relationship with Him: anyone who says, “I live in intimacy with Him,” should walk the path Jesus walked.

My loved ones, in one sense, I am not writing a new command for you. I am only reminding you of the old command. It’s a word you already know, a word that has existed from the beginning. However, in another sense, I am writing a new command for you. The new command is the truth that He lived; and now you are living it, too, because the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining among you.

Anyone who says, “I live in the light,” but hates his brother or sister is still living in the shadows. Anyone who loves his brother or sister lives in the light and will not trip because his conscience is clear. But anyone who hates his brother is in the darkness, stumbling around with no idea where he is going, blinded by the darkness.

I am writing to you, my children, because your sins have been forgiven by the authority of His name.

I am writing to you, fathers and mothers, because you have known Him as the Creator, as the One who started everything.

I am writing to you, young people, because He has given you the power to conquer the evil one.

I have written to you, my children, because you have known the Father.

I have written to you, fathers and mothers, because you have known Him, the Creator.

I have written to you, young people, because the voice of God remains and is heard among you. Remember that you have conquered the evil one.

Don’t fall in love with this corrupt world or worship the things it can offer. Those who love its corrupt ways don’t have the Father’s love living within them. All the things the world can offer to you—the allure of pleasure, the passion to have things, and the pompous sense of superiority—do not come from the Father. These are the rotten fruits of this world. This corrupt world is already wasting away, as are its selfish desires. But the person really doing God’s will—that person will never cease to be.

My children, this is the final hour. You have heard that the antiChrist, the greatest enemy to His kingdom, is coming, but in fact, many antiChrists are already here. This development tells us how late it really is. A group has left us, but they were not part of our family. If they were truly our brothers and sisters, they would have remained for the duration with us. When they left, they made it ever so obvious that they were not part of us.

You have been given an anointing, a special touch from the Holy One. You know the truth. I am not writing to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it. You know that no lie belongs to the truth. The liar is the one who says, “Jesus is not really the Anointed One.” This is the antiChrist, the one denying both the Father and the Son. Anyone who denies the Son does not know the Father. The one affirming the Son enjoys an intimate relationship with the Father as well.

Let the good news, the story you have heard from the beginning of your journey, live in and take hold of you. If that happens and you focus on the good news, then you will always remain in a relationship with the Son and the Father. This is what He promised us: eternal life.

I also am writing to warn you about some who are attempting to deceive you. You have an anointing. You received it from Him, and His anointing remains on you. You do not need any other teacher. But as His anointing instructs you in all the essentials (all the truth uncontaminated by darkness and lies), it teaches you this: “Remain connected to Him.”

So now, my little children, live in Him, so that whenever He is revealed, we will have confidence and not have to hang our heads in shame before Him when He comes. If you know that He is just and faithful, then you also know that everyone who lives faithfully and acts justly has been born into a new life through Him.

The Letter of 1st John, Chapter 2 (The Voice)

A set of notes from The Voice translation:

The word “sin” has virtually disappeared from modern conversation. Afraid of sounding judgmental, we call sin something else—a mistake, an addiction, a tendency, a bad decision—and ignore it as normal and natural behavior. But John is calling the church to a radical holiness where those in the church will regularly remember their sins and seek God’s forgiveness. Each sin, small and large, injures us or someone else; it imprints on our soul, makes us imperfect, and separates us from the perfect God. If we confess our sins to God each day, then He will purify our hearts and draw us closer to Him.

John is affectionately addressing this letter to his “little children,” and he is writing to help them avoid sin and the pain and guilt that come with it. The glamour of decadent lifestyles devoid of God is often advertised as the epitome of joy and freedom. But what are often conveniently left out of these portrayals are the agonizing consequences of such destructive lifestyles. Meaningful pleasure comes not when we are enslaved by the empty promises of the world, but when we are living in loving obedience to God.

Today’s paired chapter of the First Testament is the 43rd chapter of the book of Ezekiel:

Then the man whose appearance was like bronze led me to the gate that faced the east. There, I witnessed the glory of the God of Israel storming from the east. His voice thundered like a great waterfall. The entire earth reflected His shining glory.

The vision I saw then was just like the vision I saw when He arrived to destroy the city and was kindred to the vision I had near the Chebar Canal. I fell on my face to the ground. The glory of the Eternal entered the temple by the east gate, and the Spirit picked me up and brought me to the inner courtyard so I could watch as the Eternal’s glory filled the temple.

While the man stood beside me, I heard a voice addressing me from inside the temple.

Eternal One: Son of man, this temple is the home of My throne on earth and the place where I’ll rest My feet. I will dwell here among My people Israel forever. Never again will the Israelites or their kings desecrate My holy name. Never again will they prostitute themselves by worshiping false gods or erecting monuments to their dead kings. They defiled My name and committed disgusting acts right next to My sacred space by putting their thresholds and doorposts right next to Mine with only a wall separating Me from their idols. This is why I consumed them in My wrath. Now it’s time for the people to change—to put away their whoring and the monuments to their dead kings. If they do that, then I will dwell among them forever.

Son of man, go to the people of Israel, and give them a detailed description of the temple you have seen so that they will feel ashamed of their abhorrent living. Give them some time to study the plan. If they express shame for all they have done, explain to them the temple design, the structure, the complex’s entrances and exits, its rules and regulations. Write it down so that everyone can see the design and the regulations and be sure to follow the specifications and rules when the time comes. Now here is My directive concerning the temple: the mountaintop and everything around the temple must be regarded as sacred ground. Pay strict attention to this directive concerning the temple.

The following measurements are the dimensions of the altar. They were taken with the long measure, which is 21 inches long. The gutter at the base of the altar is 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide and has a 9-inch rim around the edge of it. These are the heights of each part of the altar: The altar rises from the ground 3½ feet to the lower ledge that is 21 inches wide; from there it rises an additional 7 feet to an upper ledge that is also 21 inches wide. The altar’s hearth rises another 7 feet and has 4 horns that protrude from each of its 4 corners. The altar’s hearth is square, 21 feet by 21 feet. The upper ledge is square, too, 24½ feet on each side. The rim around it is 10½ inches, and the base is 21 inches wide all around. The steps of the altar face east.

Eternal One: Son of man, this is what I, the Eternal Lord, have to say regarding the regulations for the altar after it is built; these apply to burnt offerings and sprinkling blood on the altar. For a sin offering, give a young bull to the Levitical priests who belong to Zadok’s line; these are permitted to come before Me to serve. Take some of the young bull’s blood and wipe it all over the altar’s four horns, the four corners of the upper ledge, and its rim. This ceremony will cleanse the altar and cover any of the impurities. Then take the young bull to the appointed area outside the temple complex and burn its carcass. On the second day, offer another sin offering—a perfect male goat—and cleanse the altar the same way you cleansed it with the bull. After you have finished this part of the cleansing ritual, find a perfect young bull and a perfect young ram from the flock and bring them to the altar. Present them to the Eternal, and the priests will throw salt on them and give them as a burnt offering to the Eternal. Then every day after that for seven days, you are to offer a male goat at the altar as a sin offering. Along with the male goat, you are to prepare a perfect young bull and a perfect ram from the flock. Present these offerings for seven days in a row, and they will cleanse and cover the altar, dedicating it for service. After the seven days of cleansing are over, the priests will offer your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. This will begin on the eighth day and continue forever. Then I, the Eternal Lord, will accept you and your offerings.

The Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 43 (The Voice)

A note from The Voice translation:

Burnt offerings are arguably the most important sacrifices and the centerpiece of the temple practices. They are performed every morning and evening without fail, at every festival holiday, and by individuals for various personal reasons. The burnt offerings differ from other offerings because they are totally consumed in the fire. No meat is left over to serve the priests and Levites or to be the main course in a festival meal; everything is offered up to God. The burnt offerings attract God’s attention to the temple because they rise up to heaven with a pleasing aroma. Before the people can begin their steady stream of offerings to God, the altar itself must be consecrated to Him.

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A description of the coming Temple described by Ezekiel and the Millennial reign of the Lord:

A link to my personal reading of the Scriptures for Saturday, december 9 of 2023 with a paired chapter from each Testament (the First & the New) of the Bible along with Today’s Proverbs and Psalms

A post by John Parsons about guarding truth:

The holiday of Chanukah reminds us that we must remain committed to Torah truth in a godless, and therefore insane, world. After all, since reality is the "handiwork" (i.e., conscious design) of an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving, morally perfect, purposive, personal, and spiritual Agency who has been revealed in the Jewish Scriptures, those who deny this reality are living in a state of ongoing delusion. In a sense, the history of humanity - especially as it has been expressed philosophically and politically -- has been nothing less than the conscious design to redefine reality as something that it isn't. "The kings of the earth station themselves, and the dignitaries take counsel together against the LORD and His Messiah" (Psalm 2:1-3). Spiritual warfare is therefore the fight for sanity and truth in a world that prefers madness and self-deception.

In a prophetic sense the story of “Epihpanes” foreshadows the coming time of the “Messiah of Evil” (antichrist) who will one day attempt to “assimilate” all of humanity into a “New World Order” (Dan. 9:27, 2 Thess. 2:3; Rev. 13:7-9, etc.). At first he will appear to be a “world savior” who will broker peace for Israel and the Mideast, but after awhile, like his archetype Epiphanes, he will savagely betray the Jewish people and set up a “desolating sacrilege” in the Holy Place of the Temple (Matt. 24:15). His satanic rise will occur during acharit hayamim - the “End of Days” - otherwise called the period of the Great Tribulation (Matt. 24). The Final Victory of God will be established when Yeshua returns to destroy this Messiah of Evil at His Second Coming. The Holy Temple will then be rebuilt and dedicated by the hand of the true Mashiach of Israel.

The Gemara says that Javan, the descendant of Noah's son Japheth (Gen. 10:2), became the founding father of ancient Greece who inherited Japheth's blessing: "May God give beauty to Japheth (יַפְתְּ אֱלהִים לְיֶפֶת) and let him dwell in the tents of Shem" (Gen. 9:27). This blessing gave him the special ability to found the arts, philosophy, and science, though if these were exercised apart from the influence of Shem, that is, apart from a Torah perspective, such pursuits would ultimately become vain and even dangerous. In other words, even though "all truth is God's truth," human learning must be contextualized in light of the divine revelation. The humanistic mindset deifies knowledge and technique; it understands to believe, instead of believing to understand. For this reason, among others, the spiritual war between Zion and the secular world rages to this hour...

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Psalm 27:1 Hebrew reading:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm27-1-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm27-1-lesson.pdf

Chag Chanukah Sameach chaverim!

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from yesterday’s email by Israel 365:

During the period of the Second Temple, under the reign of Syrian-Greek leader Antiochus IV, the Jewish people faced a severe test of faith. Antiochus IV, with his zealous drive for Hellenization, imposed prohibitions on Jewish religious practices and desecrated the sacred Temple in Jerusalem, even erecting a statue of Zeus Olympus in the Temple itself. This was not merely a political crisis; it was a spiritual assault on the very soul of Judaism.

Rising against this tyranny, the Maccabees, a small band of faithful Jews, took a stand. Their battle was not just against the might of a great empire; it was a fight for the spirit of Judaism, a struggle to preserve our way of worship, our traditions, and our identity. Miraculously, against the odds, they emerged victorious. They reclaimed Jerusalem, purified the Temple, and relit the Menorah (candelabrum) with a single cruse of oil, which, defying all logic, burned for eight days. This was not a mere military triumph; it was a divine affirmation of faith and resilience.

Today’s message (Days of Praise) from the Institute for Creation Research

December 9, 2023

The Seventh Day

“For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” (Exodus 20:11)

God’s word is omnipotent, and He could just as well have created an entire universe, fully populated and functioning, in an instant of time. Instead, He chose to do it in six days, with a seventh day to be set aside as a day of rest and remembrance of His completed “very good” creation. Since that time, it has been the universal practice among monotheists—those who believe in one Creator God—to measure time in seven-day weeks, with one of those days observed as a day of rest and worship of the Creator.

This divine assertion was inscribed with “the finger of God” on a table of stone (Exodus 31:18), clearly settling, once and for all, the ancient question of the age of the cosmos, at least for those who really believe in the inerrant perspicuity and authority of the Holy Scriptures. Not only did the Lord precisely equate the six days of man’s workweek with the six days of His own workweek, He then pronounced it all “very good” and “sanctified” the seventh day (Genesis 1:31; 2:3). This would have been an unthinkable thing for Him to say if there were, at that time, a great mile-deep graveyard consisting of the fossil remains of dead animals from the so-called geological ages extending all around the globe. These fossils must all be dated as post-Eden, after human sin and God’s curse brought death into the world (Romans 5:12).

Today, those who believe in God and creation should certainly continue to remember Him by observing every seventh day as a day of rest and worship in honor of their Creator, who has now also become their Redeemer and who will soon come again to reign as eternal King. HMM

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Currently at Paula Cooper Gallery in NYC is Ja’Tovia Gary’s You Smell Like Outside..., an exhibition that centers around her 2023 film, Quiet As It’s Kept, and includes two new sculptures.

From the press release-

The artist continues her practice of interrogating and re-contextualizing multiple archives, concerning herself with the power and responsibility of language and the radical possibilities of narrative. The exhibition title You Smell Like Outside… is a Black Southern phrase that foregrounds the artist’s specific cultural origins with discursive traditions that invoke an interior knowledge. Inspired by Toni Morrison’s 1993 Nobel Laureate lecture, Gary attempts to heighten the contradictions between a living and a dead language. Notions of domesticity, interior and exterior, and the conflict between perception and being perceived are explored in the show.

With a filmic and sculptural language uniquely her own, Gary eloquently intervenes into foundational renderings of Black life to expand the conversation and the possibilities of being. The artist considers what is destabilized when we include the cinematic within the category of language, asserting: “if we are to ensure the future efficacy of storytelling, we must boldly and audaciously insist upon new narrative forms.” Quiet As It’s Kept (2023) is a contemporary response to The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison’s first novel published in 1970. Set in Ohio in 1941, the book is an evocative illustration of the everyday particulars of colorism and its ravaging effects on the intramural. Themes of embodiment, psychoanalysis, and beauty are explored in both the source text and the answering film. Instinctual and eviscerating, the film encourages viewers to make meaning that is rooted in the subjective and examine their position within looking relations.

Following Gary’s critically acclaimed films THE GIVERNY DOCUMENT (2019) and An Ecstatic Experience (2015), Quiet As It’s Kept (2023) is an intimate bricolage of vintage Hollywood, direct animation, original super 8 and 16mm film footage, and documentary conventions. Mediating on the gaze and Black women’s particular embodied realities, Gary also re-contextualizes contemporary social media footage. Creating conceptual links for each viral clip to a character, event, or thematic element from Morrison’s story, the film emphasizes questions around the book’s themes of internalized and externalized anti-blackness in contemporary culture. Situated within an immersive installation with domestic elements, the film asks the viewer to employ an oppositional gaze that allows for narrative structures that run counter to those of the mainstream.

High John de Conquer came to be a man, and a mighty man at that. But he was not a natural man in the beginning. First off, he was a whisper, a will to hope, a wish to find something worthy of laughter and song. Then the whisper put on flesh. [1]

The sculptures in Gary’s Citational Ethics series illuminate the words of Black women through the medium of neon, with the title of each work serving as a citation for the quote. Citational Ethics (Zora Neale Hurston, 1943) cites Zora Neale Hurston’s 1943 essay on High John de Conquer, a Southern folk trickster figure who brought joy, laughter, and strength to enslaved people while continuously evading capture. The sculpture is a vanity mirror set which gestures towards a speculative future past. Comprising a desk, stool, and fan-shaped obsidian mirror, the object invokes the Harlem Renaissance, Art Deco, and southern Black Hoodoo lore. A departure from the previous works in the series, the quote is etched into the highly polished black stone said to bring about visions through gazing, while the furniture is rendered in neon. Drawing the viewer in to read the words written in the mirror while bathed in red light, the sculpture summons an intimate encounter with the self and spirit.

[1] Zora Neale Hurston, “High John de Conquer,” in The American Mercury, October 1943, pp. 450-458

This exhibition closes 3/11/23

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