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Matthew 15:19

4202. Porneia: [fornications.] 4205. Pornos: [a fornicator.] originally referred to any excessive behavior or lack of restraint, but eventually became associated with sexual excess and indulgence, of every kind of extramarital, unlawful, or unnatural sexual intercourse. prostitution, unchastity, fornication. homosexuality, intercourse with animals, intercourse with close relatives, adultery with a divorced man or woman. Lust of the eyes is adultery of the heart.

5408. Phonos: [murders.] 5407. Phoneuó: [murder.] 5406. Phoneus: [a murderer.] slaughter, killing. commit intentional (unjustified) homicide. Depriving one of life by illegal or intentional act.

3430. Moicheia: [adulteries.] 3431. Moicheuó: [adultery.] 3432. Moichos: [adulterers.] describes an act of sexual intercourse with someone not one's own spouse. Lust of the eyes can be adultery of the heart.

2829. Klopé: [thefts.] 2813. Kleptó: [steal.] 2812. Kleptés: [thieves.] thievery done secretively (not out in the open or with violence.) A thief. To unlawfully take what does not belong to you.

5577. Pseudomarturia: [false witness.] 5576. Pseudomartureó: [bear false witness.] one who gives false testimony, a false witness. The telling of lies about another so as to make them appear guilty when they are innocent. Perjury.

Mark 10:19

650. Apostereó: [Defraud.] to cause another to suffer loss by taking away through illicit means, rob, steal. Defraud: To deprive of right, either by obtaining something by deception or artifice, or by taking something wrongfully without the knowledge or consent of the owner. Despoil: To strip; to take from by force.

Mark 7:21-23

4124. Pleonexia: [covetousness.] 4123. Pleonektés: [with the covetous.] covetousness, aggression, desire for advantage. the desire for more (things), i.e. One eager to have more, especially what belongs to others. The state of desiring to have more than one’s due, greediness, insatiableness. Avarice: An inordinate desire of gaining and possessing wealth.

4189. Ponéria: [wickedness.] iniquities. Malice: the desire to harm someone or the feeling of pleasure at someone's misfortune. Depravity. State or condition of a lack of moral or social values, wickedness, baseness, maliciousness, sinfulness.

1388. Dolos: [deceit.] taking advantage through craft and underhanded methods, deceit, cunning, treachery. An attempt to deceive or lead into error; a falsehood; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false. It is a desire to gain advantage or preserve position by deceiving others.

766. Aselgeia:[lasciviousness.] licentiousness, wantonness. (outrageous conduct, conduct shocking to public decency, a wanton violence), lewdness. Sensuality. This is a disregard of accepted moral rules and standards, lack of moral restraint, dissoluteness, lasciviousness. originally referred to any excess or lack of restraint but came to convey the idea of shameless excess and the absence of restraint, especially with sexual excess.

877. Aphrosuné: [foolishness.] want of sense, levity, impiety, wickedness. inconsiderateness, folly;, boastful folly. Ignorant. Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise. the state of lack of prudence or good judgment, foolishness, lack of sense, moral and intellectual.

Luke 11:39

724. Harpagé: [extortion.] 727. Harpax: [extortioners.] the act of plundering; pillage; plunder, spoil, robbery. fueled by "violent greed." rapacious, ravenous; a robber, swindler. To take person by physical force, threats, or ay undue exercise of power; as, to extort money; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt. the inner state of mind that leads to seizure, greediness, rapacity.

4468. Rhadiourgia: [mischief.] sloth. ease in doing, laziness, recklessness, craftiness, villainy, cunning. Fraud. Self indulgence. levity or easiness in thinking and acting; love of a lazy and effeminate life. suggests an easygoing approach to things in contrast to serious acceptance of responsibilities: ‘frivolity’, then an endeavor to gain some personal end through clever or tricky means, in effect a mild expr. for chichanery, wickedness, villainy, deceit, fraud. (one who looks for an easy and questionable way of doing things to make money may be said, in American parlance, ‘to con’ others.) unscrupulousness, SCRUPULOUS means hesitating to determine or to act; cautious in decision from a fear of offending or doing wrong. So unscrupulousness is the opposite.

Romans 1:29-32

93. Adikia: [unrighteousness.] injustice, hurt. a violation of God's standards (justice) which brings divine disapproval. an act that violates standards of right conduct, wrongdoing.

2549. Kakia: [maliciousness.] 2550. Kakoétheia: [malignity.] (a) evil (i.e. trouble, labor, misfortune), (b) (c) vicious disposition, malice, spite. malignity, malice, ill-will, desire to injure. evil-mindedness, malevolence. the quality or state of wickedness, baseness, depravity, wickedness, vice.

5355. phthonos: [full of envy.] describes pain felt and malignity conceived at the sight of excellence or happiness. It means not just wanting what another person has, but also resenting that person for having it.

2054. eris: [debate.] strife. wrangling. a readiness to quarrel (having a contentious spirit), affection for dispute. The definition of strife is — conflict, antagonism, quarrel, struggle, clash, competition, disagreement, opposition, fight. Engagement in rivalry, esp. w. ref. to positions taken in a matter, strife, discord, contention. Variance: difference that produces dispute or controversy.

5588. Psithuristés: [whisperers.] 5587. Psithurismos: [whisperings.] secret slanderer. Evil speaking. a sneaky gossip; a backbiter. Detraction: the sin of revealing another person's real faults to a third person without a valid reason, thereby lessening the reputation of that person. rumormonger, tale-bearer. an evil tongue which secretly conveys information, whether true or false and which is detrimental to the character or welfare of others.

2637. Katalalos: [Backbiters.] 2636. Katalalia: [backbitings.] a railer, defamer. To censure, slander, reproach, or speak evil of the absent. Those who speak evil against of others with the intent to injure the one spoken about.

2319. theostugés: [haters of God.] hateful to God. Impious. This rare term refers to people who totally turn against the Lord.

5197. Hubristés: [despiteful.] an insolent, insulting, or violent man. someone "damaging" others by lashing out with a nasty spirit. This kind of individual is insolent (delights in wrong-doing) – finding pleasure in hurting others. Either heaps insulting language upon others or does them some shameful act of wrong.

801. asunetos: [without understanding.] unintelligent, without wisdom, unwise, undiscerning (implying probably moral defect). describes a person failing to structure information in a meaningful way, and therefore unable to reach necessary conclusions. This person is illogical because unwilling to use good reason. void of understanding, senseless, foolish, implying also a lack of high moral quality. This person is without insight or understanding and is descriptive of unredeemed man's heart.

802. Asunthetos: [covenantbreakers.] untrue to an agreement, treacherous. refusing to abide by "covenants" made. describes covenant breakers or men and women who are “non-covenant-keeping.” Such individuals break promises, treaties, agreements, and contracts whenever it serves their purposes.

786. aspondos: [trucebreakers.] without libation, i.e. without truce, hence admitting of no truce. An implacable person just can't be appeased. The thought is not that these men break a truce but that they resist all efforts to reconciliation. They cannot be persuaded to enter into a covenant or agreement. This is the picture of the absolutely irreconcilable person who, being at war, refuses to lay aside their enmity or even to listen to terms of reconciliation. It means "hostility which refuses truce."

415. Aneleemon: [unmerciful.] unpitying, unmerciful, without compassion, cruel. Want of mercy; want of tenderness and compassion towards those who are in one's power; cruelty in the exercise of power or punishment.

Romans 2:22

2416. Hierosuleó: [dost thou commit sacrilege?] rob a temple. thou who abhorrest idols and their contamination, dost yet not hesitate to plunder their shrines.

Romans 3:14

4088. pikria: [bitterness.] an embittered (resentful) spirit. anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly. state of being bitter in an affective sense, bitterness, animosity, anger, harshness. in a metaphorical sense to describe animosity, resentfulness, harshness or an openly-expressed emotional hostility against an enemy. Pikria defines a settled hostility that poisons the whole inner man. Somebody does something we do not like, so we harbor ill will against him. Bitterness leads to wrath, which is the explosion on the outside of the feelings on the inside.

685. Ara: [full of cursing.] a prayer; more commonly: a prayer for evil, imprecation. Malediction: a magical word or phrase uttered with the intention of bringing about evil or destruction; a curse. Cursing refers to wanting the worst for someone and publicly expressing that desire in caustic, derisive language. It represents open, public expression of emotional hostility against one’s enemy.

Romans 13:13

2970. Kómos: [rioting.] a village festival. a feasting, reveling, carousal. a carousal, such as a party of revelers parading the streets, or revels held in religious ceremonies, wild, furious, and ecstatic. komos generally refers to feasts and drinking parties that are protracted till late at night and indulge in revelry.

2845. Koité: [chambering.] Desire for the forbidden bed. sexual promiscuity. The word brings to mind the man who sets no value on fidelity and who takes his sexual pleasure when and where he will.

3178. Methé: [drunkenness.] 3183. methusos:[a drunkard.] deep drinking. drunkenness/intoxication, that causes someone to lose control of their faculties or behavior.

3943. paroinos: [given to wine.] The picture is of a man who always has a bottle on the table, which is an indication that he is not having a casual drink but that he is addicted. It was used to describe the one who tends to be quarrelsome because he habitually drinks too much.

2205. zelos: [envying.] contentious rivalry. Emulation: effort to match or surpass a person or achievement, typically by imitation. Jealousy describes envy of someone else’s possessions, achievements, or advantages. It describes the spirit which cannot be content with what it has and looks with jealous eye on every blessing given to someone else and denied to itself.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10

1496. Eidólolatrés: [with idolaters.] 1495. Eidólolatria: [idolatry.] a server (worshipper) of an image (an idol). a worshipper of false gods, an idolater, especially one who attends their sacrificial feasts and eats of the remains of the offered victims. a covetous man, as a worshipper of Mammon. Those who consult false prophets for things like soothsaying.

3120. Malakos: [effeminate.] a male who submits his body to unnatural lewdness. to being passive in a same-sex relationship, effeminate esp. of catamites, of men and boys who are sodomized by other males in such a relationship.

733. Arsenokoites: [abusers of themselves with mankind.] engaging in same-gender sexual activity; a sodomite, pederast.

3060. loidoros: [a railer.] reviler, abusive person. used of injuring another's reputation by denigrating, abusive insults. To abuse; attack with evil words.

2 Corinthians 12:19-21

167. akatharsia: [uncleanness.] impurity. a state of moral corruption. Immorality. Vileness. moral uncleanness in thought, word, and deed.

181. Akatastasia: [tumults.] instability. upheaval, revolution, almost anarchy, first in the political, and thence in the moral sphere. confusion. unsettled state of affairs, disturbance, tumult. opposition to established authority, disorder, unruliness. insurrections.

2052. Eritheia: [strifes.] ; means self seeking, strife, contentiousness, extreme selfishness, rivalry and those who seek only their own. In a word, eritheia is the desire to be number one no matter the cost! It usually conveys the idea of building oneself up by tearing someone else down, as in gambling, where one person’s gain is derived from others’ losses. The word accurately describes someone who strives to advance himself by using flattery, deceit, false accusation, contentiousness, and any other tactic that seems advantageous.

2372. thumos: [wraths.] a state of intense displeasure, angry tempers, fierce, indignation, rage. passion, heat, anger forthwith boiling up and soon subsiding again. described as the intoxication of the soul, that sweeps a man into doing things for which afterwards he is bitterly sorry.

1 Corinthians 12:25

4978. Schisma: [schism.] the condition of being divided because of conflicting aims or objectives, division, dissension, schism in the church.. Disagreement in opinion, usually a disagreement which is violent, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words.

Galatians 5:19-21

5331. Pharmakeia: [witchcraft.] 5332. Pharmakeus: [sorcerer.] 5333. Pharmakos: [sorcerers.] the use of medicine, drugs or spells, properly, drug-related sorcery, like the practice of magical-arts, etc. Involvement With The Occult: Sorcery: Witchcraft: Magic Practice: Magicians, Enchanters, Divination, Wizards, Spiritism, Soothsaying: Casting Spells: Drug Use: of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.

2189. Echthra: [hatred.] enmity, hostility. alienation. unfriendly dispositions. The quality of being an enemy. describes that extreme negative attitude that is the opposite of love and friendship.

1370. Dichostasia: [seditions.] a standing apart which is a picture of dissension, discord, disunity, contention, division into opposing groups. The idea of dissension is disagreement which leads to discord. Dissension is strife that arises from a difference of opinion and stresses a division into factions (especially factions in the early church).

139. Hairesis: [heresies.] a self-chosen opinion, a religious or philosophical sect, discord or contention. Factions, heresies. a body of men separating themselves from others and following their own tenets.

Ephesians 4:31

3709. Orgé: [anger.] 3711. Orgilos [soon angry.] state of relatively strong displeasure, with focus on the emotional aspect, anger. impulse, wrath, passion; punishment, vengeance.

2906. Kraugé: [clamour.] (a) a shout, cry, clamor, (b) outcry, clamoring against another. A great outcry; noise; exclamation; vociferation, made by a loud human voice continued or repeated, or by a multitude of voices. It often expresses complaint and urgent demand.

clamor is "noisy shouting" and describes those who "become loudly insistent" making a vehement protest or demand.

Ephesians 5:3-5

151. Aischrotés: [filthiness.] behavior that flouts social and moral standards. Indecent, indecorous, dishonorable, inappropriate conduct, ugly, shameful, base, disgraceful) describes impropriety or improper conduct whether in action or word or even thought and intent. It means indecorum of any kind. Aischrotes is an "ugly" sounding word which describes ugly, shameful conduct of any kind, specifically conduct which is contrary to a person who is inhabited by the Spirit of Christ and is called to follow after his Father in heaven.

3473. Mórologia: [foolish talking.] Silly talk means that kind of talk which is insipid, senseless, stupid, foolish; which is not fitted to instruct, edify, profit--the idle chit-chat which is so common in the world. The meaning is, that Christians should aim to have their conversation sensible, serious, sincere remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, "that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

2160. Eutrapelia: [jesting.] scurrility.

This includes facetiousness, course wittiness, ribaldry. It refers to the "turning" of one’s speech for the purpose of exciting wit or humor that ends in deceptive speech, so formed that the speaker easily contrives to wriggle out of its meaning or engagement (John Eadie). Since such persons can easily manipulate circumstances, they are apt to deteriorate into mischief–makers and clowns. Therefore, the noun form eutrápelos which can mean a witty person, is also used in a bad sense meaning a scoffer, one who sneers, or one who offers coarse jokes.

Philippians 2:14

1112. Goggusmos: [murmurings.] muttering, grumbling. complaint. is an audible expression of an unwarranted dissatisfaction = expression of one's discontent. Expression in low tones of disapprobation (act or state of disapproving). Grumbling, grudging, murmuring, complaining (= making formal accusation or expressing dissatisfaction, resentment, displeasure or annoyance).

1261. Dialogismos: [disputings.] a calculation, reasoning, thought, movement of thought, deliberation, plotting. argument, dissension, doubts, motives, opinions, reasonings, speculations, thoughts. a questioning mind and suggests an arrogant attitude by those who assume they’re always right. Arguing with others in the body of Christ is disruptive.

Colossians 3:5-8

3806. pathos: [inordinate affection.] suffering, emotion, depraved passion, lust. strong feelings (emotions) which are not guided by God (like consuming lust). A passion is a drive or force that does not rest until satisfied. These are internal desires (emanating from our fallen sin nature) cause the victim to suffer and that have to be satisfied or they drive you crazy. A passion describes intense emotion compelling action; intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction; ardent affection; sexual desire or an emotion that is deeply stirring or ungovernable. The word "desires" (when used as noun as in the present context) means to have a longing for and stresses the strength of feeling and often implies strong intention or aim; conscious impulse toward something that promises enjoyment or satisfaction in its attainment.

1939. Epithumia: [concupiscence.] passionate longing, desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust: is a neutral term denoting the presence of strong desires or impulses, longings or passionate craving (whether it is good or evil is determined by the context) directed toward an object.

148. Aischrologia: [ filthy communication.] abusive language, filthy speech, foul language. low and obscene speech.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

2850. kolakeia: [flattering.] with a view to advantage or gain. Kolakeia contains the idea of deception for selfish ends. It is flattery not merely for the sake of giving pleasure to others but for the sake of self interest. It is deception by "slick" eloquence (sounds like many politicians we know doesn't it?) with the idea of winning over the listener's heart in order to exploit not edify.

1 Timothy 1:6, 9-10

3150. Mataiologia: [vain jangling.] idle or foolish talk, vain speaking. fruitless discussion. empty, profitless, aimless. These people in Crete could talk glibly but all their talk was ineffective in bringing anyone one step nearer goodness. Their talk produced no spiritual benefits, and in fact robbed the hearers of the truth which led them into error. The Cynics used to say that all knowledge which is not profitable for virtue is vain.

5583. Pseustés: [liars.] 5571. Pseudés[liars.] deceiver. a person who falsifies, misrepresents (distorts, misleads). false, deceitful, lying, untrue. A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who declares to another as a fact what he knows to be not true, and with an intention to deceive him. The uttering of falsehood by mistake, and without an intention to deceive, does not constitute one a liar.

1965. Epiorkos: [perjured persons.] sworn falsely, a perjurer.

405. Andrapodistés: [menstealers.] a slave dealer, an enslaver, one who forcibly enslaves, a kidnapper.

1 Timothy 3:3, 8

4131. pléktés: [striker.] contentious person, brawler. pugnacious. is literally a striker (one who hits another with force), a fist fighter and figuratively one who is a violent, contentious and quarrelsome.

146. Aischrokerdés: [greedy of filthy lucre.] fond of sordid gain. Greedy. shamelessly greedy, avaricious (excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches), a seeker of gain in disgraceful ways. It describes a man who does not care how he makes money so long as he makes it.

1351. Dilogos: [doubletongued.] double-tongued, deceitful. double-saying," i.e. deceitful by saying one thing but meaning another – literally, "two-sayings." ("double-speaking") describes someone leaving a deliberate misimpression – acting like a spiritual "weathervane" by reversing their position (taking different sides of an issue whenever it is convenient or expedient). This person is unstable (vacillating), "speaking out of both sides of their mouth." It means saying one thing and meaning another, and making different representations to different people about the same thing.”

1 Timothy 5:13

692. argos [idle.] inactive, lazy, thoughtless, unprofitable, injurious. Careless. free from labor, at leisure. being unwilling to work, wanting nothing to do, shunning the labor which one ought to perform - idle, neglectful or lazy.

4021. Periergos [busybodies.] overly careful, curious, meddling, subst. a busybody. of things: over-wrought; superfluous; uncanny. busy about trifles and neglectful of important matters. of people who scurry about fussing over, and meddling in, other peoples' affairs being overwrought with unnecessary care." It was also a standard term for black arts or magic.

1 Timothy 6:4

3055. Logomachia [strifes of words.] contention about words, an unprofitable controversy. dispute about words, war of words, or about trivial and empty things. Empty, fruitless talk.

5283. Huponoia [ evil surmisings.] a supposition, suspicion. Evil surmising consists in imagining evil motives to be behind the words and the acts of others. Proceeding out of the heart not fully consecrated, evil surmising will attribute some selfish or evil motive to every good deed.

3859. Paradiatribé [Perverse disputings.] wrangling, constant arguing. useless debate. waste of time in unimportant matters, useless occupation.

2 Timothy 3:2-5, 8

5366. Philarguros: [lovers of money.] avaricious. meaning loving money or covetous. It describes a person obsessed with money, one who is "fond" of money, one who is avaricious (greedy of gain = excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches) and implies obsessive acquisitiveness especially of money.

5367. Philautos: [ lovers of their own selves.] loving oneself, selfish, intent on one's own interests or concerned solely with one’s own desires, needs, or interests.

213. Alazón: [boasters.] vagabond, hence an impostor. one who gives one's self airs in a loud and flaunting way. boasting to anyone who is foolish enough to take him seriously! This kind of person claims many things he can't really do, so he must always keep moving on to new, naive listeners.

5244. Huperephanos: [the proud.] 5243. Huperéphania: [pride.] arrogant, disdainful. over-shine, trying to be more than what God directs, i.e. going beyond the faith He imparts. showing oneself above others, overtopping, conspicuous above others, pre-eminent. with an overweening estimate of one's means or merits, despising others or even treating them with contempt. haughtiness, arrogance. excessive shining, i.e. self-exaltation (self-absorption) which carries its own self-destructive vanity.

988. Blasphémia: [blasphemies.] 989. Blasphémos: [blasphemers.] Reproachful or scurrilous language, blasphemy. is speech that is harmful, which denigrates or defames and thus refers to reviling, denigration, disrespect, slander, abusive speech (as against a person's reputation), evil speaking. Blasphemy is an injury offered to God, by denying that which is due and belonging to him, on attributing to him that which is not agreeable to his nature.

884. Acharistos: [unthankful.] ungracious, ungrateful. Unpleasing. describes men who are utterly destitute of any gratitude toward God or others. They refuse to recognize the debt they owe both to God and to men.

462. Anosios: [unholy.] profane. utter disregard of what is sacred, i.e. willful (arrogant) disrespect of the things of God; "impious; wicked." It means ungodly and without regard of duty toward God or toward man and carries the idea not so much of irreligion as of gross indecency. In other words this man not only breaks the laws of God and society, but even breaks the unwritten laws of common decency.

794. Astorgos: [Without natural affection.] unloving, devoid of affection. hard-hearted towards kindred. Just as the self-loving person is without common decency, he also is without common affection. He cares nothing for the welfare of those who should be dearest to him. His only interest in them is for what he believes they can do for him. To be unloving is to be heartless.

1228. Diabolos: [false accusers.] unjustly criticizing to hurt (malign) and condemn to sever a relationship. one who utters false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage another’s reputation), backbiting (malicious comment about one not present), one given to malicious gossip or a calumniator (one who utters maliciously false statements, charges, or imputations about, this term imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions.

193. Akratés: [incontinent.] impotent. lacking self-control, self-discipline, self-restraint. powerless, inclined to excess. inability to maintain control; figuratively, want of self-restraint, without self-control, and therefore mastered by personal appetites (urges).

434. Anémeros: [fierce.] not tame, savage. Brutal. These men are not just given to violence now and then; they are in fact, ferocious "savages" who pounce on whoever gets in their way, and have no regard for the rights or feelings of anyone other than themselves. Even a dog may be sorry when he has hurt his master, but these men in their malevolent treatment of others have lost natural human sympathy and feeling. This trait is the opposite of gentleness called for in the manners of the bondservant of the Lord.

865. Aphilagathos: [despisers of those that are good.] describes men who are hostile to or despisers of all that is good and of good men. These men lack of generous interest in the public good. They have no love of virtue. In their love of self they have become haters of good, hating what should be loved and loving what should be hated!

4273. Prodotés: [Traitors.] a betrayer. Treacherous. in the sense of giving forward into another's (the enemy's) hands. describes men who who betray another’s trust and confidence or are false to an obligation or duty.

4312. Propetés: [heady.] proceeding from undue haste or lack of deliberation or caution. They plunge ahead without forethought in their impetuous deeds. Their behavior is rash, reckless, impulsive, headlong (without due deliberation, out of control), impetuous, thoughtless and precipitous.

5187. Tuphoó: [highminded.] 5450. Phusiósis: [swellings.] to be conceited, foolish. puff up, make haughty; pass: puffed up, haughty. vanity, arrogance. moral blindness resulting from poor judgment which brings further loss of spiritual perception. Pride. They may think they are always right.

5369. Philédonos: [lovers of pleasures more than God.] Voluptuous. These men are intent on pleasure, abandoned to (sensual) pleasure and pleasure-loving. This word describes well the self-absorbed, self-gratifying orbit of the ungodly.

96. Adokimos [a reprobate .] unapproved, counterfeit. castaway, that which is rejected after a trial or examination because it fails the test. It means to put to the test for the purpose of being approved, but failing to meet the requirements.

Titus 1:6-7, 16

810. Asótia [excess.] wantonness, profligacy. Dissipation. spiritual wastefulness due to excessive behavior and the dire consequences it brings. describes indulgent or wasteful living, especially excessive drinking. Asotia is strictly speaking a description of the disposition of an ásotos or prodigal. Literally it is the picture of having no hope of safety, then describing the act of one who has abandoned himself to such reckless behavior.

506. Anupotaktos [unruly.] not subject to rule. not submissive; disobedient (unruly), unwilling to come under Christ's Lordship; refusing to "fall in line with" (fit in with) God's plan; uncooperative, with a defiant attitude towards duly-appointed authority; uncontrollable, refractory (unsubjected); anti-authoritarian (rebellious).

829. Authadés [selfwilled.] describes a man who has a self loving, self seeking spirit, who is so pleased with himself that nothing else pleases him and he cares to please nobody. He is preoccupation with his own interests. His is so dominated by self–interest and lack of consideration of others, that he arrogantly asserts his own will He is self-satisfied, self-centered, self-complacent, arrogant, proud, haughty, stubborn, willful, inflexible, presumptuous, unaccommodating, harsh, despising others, dictatorial, dogmatic, impatient of contradiction, and unyielding.

James 2:1

4382. Prosópolémpsia [respect of persons.] partiality, favoritism. The idea is looking to see who someone is before deciding how to treat them. Stated another way, the idea is judging by appearance and on that basis giving special favor and respect. It pertains to judging purely on a superficial level, without consideration of a person’s true merits, abilities, or character.

James 5:9

4727. Stenazó [Grudge .] literally describes an internal squeezing and denotes a feeling of sorrow which is internal. It means to sigh or groan either inwardly to ourselves or outwardly because of undesirable circumstances or oppression under which the individual suffers. Stenazo means to express grief by inarticulate or semi-articulate sounds. A groan is an audible expression of anguish due to physical, emotional, or spiritual pain.

1 peter 2:1

5272. Hupokrisis [hypocrisies.] The idea is to pretend, to act as something one is not and so to act deceitfully, pretending to manifest traits like piety and love. It means to create a public impression that is at odds with one’s real purposes or motivations, and thus is characterized by play-acting, pretense or outward show. It means to give an impression of having certain purposes or motivations, while in reality having quite different ones.

1 Peter 4:3, 15

3632. Oinophlugia [excess of wine.] drunkenness, debauchery. Wine-bibbing.

4224. Potos [banquetings.] a drinking bout. a drinking bout. a social gathering at which wine was served, drinking party.

244. Allotriepiskopos [a busybody in other men's matters.] one who meddles in things alien to his calling or in matters belonging to others; factious. Trouble some meddler. t may refer to the officious interference of Christians in the affairs of their Gentile neighbors, through excess of zeal to conform them to the Christian standard.

Jude 1:18

1703. Empaiktés [mockers.] a mocker, by implication a false teacher. Scoffer. To deride means to laugh at contemptuously or to subject to usually bitter contemptuous ridicule.

Revelation 21:8

1169. deilos [the fearful.] cowardly, timid, fearful. Not all fear is wrong, but Jesus rebuked the disciples because their fear was excessive. Some fear is useful because it leads us to take prudent caution for our safety. Sometimes fear makes us spring into immediate action to save our own lives or the life of a loved one who is in danger. But fear is excessive and wrong when it causes us to panic so that we are not thinking carefully in light of God’s promises. If we’re so focused on the problem that we cannot see God’s control over it, then we’re not trusting Him.

571. Apistos [unbelieving.] unbelieving, incredulous, unchristian; sometimes subst: unbeliever. Without faith. Lack of trust. Suspicious.

948. Bdelussomai [the abominable.] it is being utterly offensive or loathsome, abhored, detested.

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 1 year ago

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The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another. Avarice over-rates the difference between poverty and riches: ambition, that between a private and a public station: vain-glory, that between obscurity and extensive reputation. The person under the influence of any of those extravagant passions, is not only miserable in his actual situation, but is often disposed to disturb the peace of society, in order to arrive at that which he so foolishly admires. The slightest observation, however, might satisfy him, that, in all the ordinary situations of human life, a well-disposed mind may be equally calm, equally cheerful, and equally contented. Some of those situations may, no doubt, deserve to be preferred to others: but none of them can deserve to be pursued with that passionate ardour which drives us to violate the rules either of prudence or of justice; or to corrupt the future tranquillity of our minds, either by shame from the remembrance of our own folly, or by remorse from the horror of our own injustice.

—Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments ch iii (1759)

[Thank you Robert Scott Horton]

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seanpultz · 3 months ago

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Fievel in The Haunted Mansion

One sunny afternoon, the Mousekewitz family decided to take a break from their usual hustle and bustle of the city and embark on an adventure to the countryside. Fievel, the young and curious mouse, had heard whispers of a grand old mansion that stood tall and mysterious on the edge of town, surrounded by a dense forest that whispered with secrets. Despite Mama Mousekewitz's reservations and warnings of the dangers that could lurk in such a place, Fievel's excitement was palpable. Papa, with a twinkle in his eye and a knowing smile, suggested that they visit the mansion, spinning a tale of the whimsical and wondrous sights that could be found within its walls. Tanya, ever the optimist, eagerly agreed, her imagination already painting a picture of a magical place filled with enchanting characters. And so, with Yasha nestled safely in Mama's arms, they set off on their journey, the mansion's shadowy silhouette growing clearer with each step. As they approached, the air grew cooler, and the trees leaned in closer, as if to share their whispers of the mansion's storied past. The once bright day now seemed to give way to a soft, eerie glow that cast the mansion in a peculiar light, adding to the thrill of the adventure. Little did they know, their visit to The Haunted Mansion would test not only their courage but also the bonds that held them together as a family.

"Oh my, what an eerie place," gasped Mama Mousekewitz, tightening her grip on Yasha as they passed through the gates into the mansion's overgrown gardens. Fievel's whiskers twitched with excitement as he took in the skeletal remains of a once-beautiful birdbath, now tipped over and covered in a thick layer of dust and ivy. Papa, ever the storyteller, chuckled. "It's all part of the charm, my dear," he said, patting her arm reassuringly. Tanya's eyes widened with wonder as she spotted the black carriage hearse, seemingly pulled by an invisible horse. "How mystical!" she exclaimed. The queuing path grew narrower, guiding them closer to the mansion's entrance. The shadow of the awning stretched out like a welcoming arm, hinting at the mysteries that lay ahead. As they stepped beneath it, the creaking of the door hinges echoed through the stillness, sending a shiver down Fievel's spine. "We're here!" he squeaked, his voice betraying a mix of excitement and apprehension. The family exchanged glances, each one steeling themselves for the adventure that awaited them inside the storied Haunted Mansion.

As the Mousekewitz family ventured deeper into the mansion, they were greeted by a macabre sight: a series of busts, each depicting a member of the ill-fated family that once inhabited the estate. The air grew thick with the scent of dust and age as they approached the eerie lineup. "Look, Papa," Fievel whispered, pointing to the inscriptions beneath each bust. "They all died fighting over a fortune!" The epitaphs spoke of greed and betrayal, hinting at a grim family secret. Papa's smile faded as he read aloud, "Here lies Uncle Alonzo, a greedy soul whose avarice was his own undoing." Mama shivered, reminding everyone to stick together.

In the next chamber, the haunting melody of a crypt filled with embossed musical instruments sent chills through their fur. "These instruments play themselves?" Tanya asked, her voice filled with awe. "How peculiar," murmured Papa, stroking his chin thoughtfully. They watched as the music grew louder, the instruments seeming to dance in the dim light.

Further along, they stumbled upon a tomb with a watery secret. "This must be Captain Culpepper Clyne's resting place," Fievel said, his voice hushed with respect. Water seeped through the cracks, and bubbles rose to the surface, as if the captain's spirit was trapped beneath, yearning for freedom.

Finally, they reached the resting place of Prudence Pock, a poetess whose tomb bore the inscription, "Her verses live on, but her heart was never found." To their astonishment, words began to materialize on the stone, shimmering briefly before fading away. "Papa, what does it say?" Tanya asked, her eyes wide with wonder. Papa leaned in, squinting to read the fading script: "Beneath this stone, lies she whose heart was never truly bound." The words sent a shiver down Mama's spine, and she clutched Yasha even closer.

The path grew darker, and the whispers of the mansion grew louder, leading them to a nondescript door. "This must be the servant's entrance," Fievel deduced, his tail flicking with excitement. With a collective gulp, they pushed the door open, revealing a dimly lit corridor that beckoned them further into the mysteries of the Haunted Mansion.

Upon entering the house, the Mousekewitz family found themselves in a dimly lit hallway, the air thick with the scent of aged wood and dust. Their eyes gradually adjusted to the gloom, revealing a grand foyer with a towering fireplace to their left. Above the mantel, a portrait of a handsome young man with piercing eyes and a mysterious smile hung in a heavy, gilded frame. "Look, it's the master of the mansion," Fievel whispered, his voice echoing through the vast space. Tanya stepped closer, her curiosity piqued. "Maybe he knows the secrets of this place," she suggested. Papa nodded thoughtfully. "Let's not jump to conclusions, children," Mama warned, her gaze darting around the room. "We should keep moving." With a final nod to the portrait, they continued into the heart of the Haunted Mansion, the flickering candlelight casting eerie shadows that danced along the walls like ghosts of the past.

The sudden, booming voice from nowhere: "When hinges creak in doorless chambers, and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls. Whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still — that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight!"

"Papa, what's happening?" Fievel squeaked in terror as the portrait's transformation unfolded before their very eyes. The once-handsome visage had morphed into a gruesome specter, its eyes seemingly following them as they scurried across the room. Papa's eyes widened in shock, his voice trembling slightly as he tried to reassure the children. "It's… it's just a trick of the light," he stammered, though his own fear was evident. The wall beside the portrait swung open, revealing an octagonal chamber.

The Mousekewitz family cautiously entered the octagonal chamber, their eyes drawn to the four unsettling portraits that surrounded them. "What could those poor souls have seen?" Mama murmured, her eyes misting over with empathy. The gargoyles' grins grew wider, their candles casting a sinister glow across the room. "Remember, children," Papa said, his voice steady despite his racing heart, "these are just stories, not real."

"Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion." The voice boomed out. "I am your host, your Ghost Host. Our tour begins here in this gallery. Here, where you see paintings of some of our guests as they appeared in their corruptible, mortal state. Kindly step all the way in please, and make room for everyone. There’s no turning back now."

"Papa, what's happening?" Fievel squealed as the room stretched taller, the portraits on the walls distorting into macabre scenes of doom. The family stared in horror and amazement as the figures within the paintings grew elongated, revealing their grim fates. The bearded man's trousers dropped to his ankles, the alligator's jaws snapped open, and the woman's husband grimaced with the hatchet lodged in his stone head. Papa swallowed hard, his paws gripping the edge of his hat. "It's just part of the mansion's… charm," he managed to say, though his voice quivered.

"Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of foreboding, almost as though you sense a disquieting metamorphosis." The Ghost Host said ominously. "Is this haunted room actually stretching? Or is it your imagination — hmm? "And consider this dismaying observation, This chamber has no windows and no doors… which offers you this chilling challenge: to find a way out!" The Ghost Host unleashed a bone chilling laugh which reverberated throughout the room. The Mousekewitz' had all eyes looking up to the ceiling with mouths agape. "Of course, there’s always my way."

"P-Papa, I don't like this!" Fievel squealed as the room plunged into darkness, his tail curling tightly around his body. The deafening thunderclap and the sight of the dangling skeletal corpse had sent shockwaves through the family, their hearts pounding in unison. The piercing scream that followed seemed to come from the very depths of the mansion, resonating through their bones. Just as suddenly as it had begun, the horror ended, and the lights flickered back on. They blinked in the sudden brightness, their eyes adjusting to find that the skeletal corpse was gone, and in its place, a wall had slid open, revealing a hidden passage. "Quick, let's get out of here!" Mama urged, her voice shaking. Papa, his courage briefly faltered, nodded in agreement. Together, they huddled closer and took a tentative step towards the newly revealed exit, their paws trembling and their hearts racing. Yet, as they stepped through the opening, they couldn't shake the feeling that the mansion's secrets were only beginning to unfold, and that perhaps, the greatest adventure of their lives was still awaiting them within the Haunted Mansion's shadowy embrace.

"Oh, I didn’t mean to frighten you prematurely," The Ghost Host said apologetically with a slight touch of mirth. "The real chills come later. Now, as they say, “look alive,” and we’ll continue our little tour. And let’s all stay together, please."

The Mousekewitz family hurried down the short hallway, eager to leave the stretching room behind. The walls closed in around them, and they found themselves in an opulent portrait gallery, the grandeur of the room a stark contrast to the horror they had just experienced. The line of doombuggies stretched out before them, beckoning them to climb aboard for the next part of their journey. "I think we're safe now," Papa said, though his voice held a hint of uncertainty. They approached the doombuggies, their hearts still racing from the ordeal. As they sat down, Fievel peered over the edge, watching the floor drop away to reveal a seemingly bottomless pit. "P-Papa, are we sure about this?" he stuttered. "It's all part of the experience, Fievel," Tanya reassured him, though her own whiskers quivered with nerves. With a final deep breath, the family allowed the doombuggy to whisk them away into the heart of the Haunted Mansion, ready to face whatever secrets and surprises lay in wait.

"And now, a carriage approaches to carry you into the boundless realm of the supernatural." The Ghost Host said. "Once on board, remain safely seated with your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside. And watch your children, please."

"Here we go, children," Papa Mousekewitz said with a shaky smile, helping Mama, Tanya, and Fievel into the doombuggy. Yasha, feeling the tension in the air, clung to Mama's chest, her tiny eyes peeking over the edge of the carriage. "Remember, it's just an adventure," he added, trying to convince himself as much as the rest of the family. They settled in, and with a jolt, the doombuggy set off into the gloom. "Hold on tight," Mama murmured, her paw tightening around Fievel's.

"Do not pull down on the safety bar, please." The Ghost Host continued. "I will lower it for you. And heed this warning: the spirits will materialize only if you remain quietly seated at all times."

The doombuggy jolted into motion, carrying the Mousekewitz family into the bowels of the Haunted Mansion. They gripped the sides of the carriage as it ascended the steep stairwell, the floating candelabra casting flickering shadows across the walls. The stairs grew narrower and more precarious, until they were speeding through the corridor, the candelabra's flame dancing in the gloom. "Look, children," Papa whispered, his voice tinged with excitement, "the paintings are changing with the lightning!"

Mama gasped as the portrait of the serene woman transformed into a fierce tiger, its eyes glowing with a spectral light. "How…how can this be?" she stuttered. Tanya's eyes widened as the sloop in the next painting became a ghost ship, battling the stormy seas. And Fievel, ever the brave one, couldn't help but stare in amazement as the knight morphed into a skeletal figure atop a skeletal steed, a silent sentinel in an eternal battle. The thunder outside seemed to crescendo with the transformation of the final painting, revealing Medusa herself, her stone gaze locked on the terrified mice.

"Oh yes, and no flash pictures, please." The Ghost Host continued. "We spirits are frightfully sensitive to bright lights."

Leaving the staircase behind, the Mousekewitz family found themselves in an immense library, the air thick with the scent of leather and dusty tomes. The room was alive with the sound of pages rustling, books sliding off shelves with no discernible cause, and the eerie creaking of a ladder that glided across the upper beams as if guided by invisible hands. "P-Papa, what's happening?" Fievel whispered, his eyes darting from one spooky sight to the next. "It's the ghosts, they're playing tricks on us," Tanya said, her voice trembling slightly. "But remember, we're here to face our fears together," Papa reminded them, though his own paws were gripping the edge of the doombuggy a bit tighter than before. The marble busts along the shelves seemed to follow their every move with cold, lifeless eyes, and the rocking chairs swayed back and forth as if occupied by invisible spirits. Despite their fear, the family remained seated, not wanting to break the rules of the mansion.

“Our library is well stocked with priceless first editions, only ghost stories, of course, and marble busts of the greatest ghost writers the literary world has ever known." Boasted The Ghost Host.

As the doombuggy glided into the Music Room, the Mousekewitz family was met with a hauntingly beautiful tune. An invisible hand played a Rachmaninoff-style arrangement of "Grim Grinning Ghosts" on the grand piano, the notes resonating through the room. The storm outside seemed to crescendo with the music, thunder punctuating the dramatic pauses. The shadow of the unseen pianist danced upon the floor, casting eerie shapes that melded with the flickering candlelight. "Look, children," Papa whispered, his voice filled with a mix of wonder and trepidation, "it's a ghost playing the piano!" Mama clutched Yasha closer, her eyes darting around the room as if expecting more spirits to appear. Tanya's eyes were wide with amazement, while Fievel leaned forward, his curiosity piqued despite the chills running down his spine. They watched in silent awe as the shadowy figure's fingers danced over the ivory keys, the music weaving a tale of the mansion's restless spirits. The melody grew more intense, the storm outside mirroring the crescendo within, until finally, the piece concluded with a dramatic flourish. The shadow dissipated, leaving only the echoes of the haunting melody in its wake. With the storm raging on outside, the Mousekewitz family felt a strange sense of peace in the presence of the ghostly pianist, their fear momentarily forgotten amidst the beauty of the music.

"They have all retired here, to the Haunted Mansion." Continued The Ghost Host. "Actually, we have 999 happy haunts here. But there’s room for 1,000. Any volunteers?"

The doombuggy ascended the grand staircase, the Mousekewitz family's eyes widening as the steps twisted and turned in impossible directions, seemingly defying gravity. "Look, it's like a puzzle!" Fievel exclaimed, his fear momentarily forgotten in the face of the staircase's whimsical design. Tanya gasped as she noticed the ectoplasmic footprints that danced across the steps, hinting at the mischievous ghosts that lurked within the mansion. "The ghosts must have so much fun playing here," she said, a hint of a smile on her lips. Mama Mousekewitz, holding onto Yasha tightly, couldn't help but feel a twinge of admiration for the craftsmanship. "How peculiar," she murmured, her own imagination running wild with the thought of the lives that had once filled these hallowed halls. The staircase itself was a masterpiece, an ever-changing tapestry of shadow and light that played tricks on their eyes. As they climbed, the stairs shifted and slanted, leading them into the heart of the Mansion's main stairwell.

"Well, if you should decide to join us, final arrangements may be made at the end of the tour." The Ghost Host continued. "A charming "ghostess" will be on hand to take your application."

As the doombuggy leveled out, the Mousekewitz family was plunged into darkness. Suddenly, the walls around them began to pulse with a ghastly pattern of glowing, blinking eyes. "Wh-what is this?" Mama squeaked, clutching Yasha protectively. The eyes grew closer, merging into the pattern of the wallpaper that seemed to come alive before their very eyes. "It's just an illusion," Papa tried to reassure them, his voice a little less steady than before. "Don't be scared, children," he said, though his own heart was racing. The eyes grew brighter, and the wallpaper's pattern grew more pronounced, morphing into a swirling sea of spectral stares that surrounded them on all sides. Fievel gripped the edge of the doombuggy, his breath shallow. "P-Papa, are you sure?" he asked, his voice trembling. "Remember, we're in this together," Tanya whispered, reaching out to comfort her brother. The eyes grew dimmer, and the wallpaper pattern faded back into the darkness, leaving them once again in the shadowy embrace of the Haunted Mansion. The only sound was the echo of their own nervous breaths and the distant rumble of thunder. They clung to each other, their hearts pounding in unison, as they awaited the next chapter of their spooky adventure.

"We find it delightfully unlivable here in this ghostly retreat." The Ghost Host said. "Every room has wall-to-wall creeps, and hot and cold running chills."

The doombuggy rounded a corner, revealing a seemingly endless hallway on the second floor, lined with closed doors that seemed to stretch into infinity. Fievel's eyes grew wide with wonder and fear as a solitary candelabra floated serenely in the middle of the passage, casting long, spooky shadows that danced in rhythm with the storm's flickering light outside. On either side of the hallway's entrance stood a suit of armor that shifted slightly as if alive and an armchair with an uncanny resemblance to a grinning face, its eyes following them as they passed. "Oh, look at that!" Fievel squeaked, both amazed and terrified by the sight. Tanya leaned over to whisper to him, "It's just part of the fun, Fievel. Nothing to be scared of." But even as she spoke, she couldn't help but glance back at the eerie tableau, the armor's visor reflecting the flickering candlelight like a ghostly pair of eyes. The family held their breaths, their hearts pounding in unison, as they continued through the mansion, the secrets of each room beckoning from behind the closed doors, whispering of the mysteries that lay ahead.

"Shhh, listen!" The Ghost Host hissed.

A keening sounding like a banshee is heard.

The Mousekewitz family's eyes widened in horror as they glided past the conservatory. The mournful wail grew louder, and Fievel clutched at Mama's arm, his tiny heart thumping like a drum. The raven's eyes gleamed in the candlelight, and the sight of the skeletal hands desperately clawing at the coffin lid was almost too much to bear. "Mama, Mama!" he whispered, his voice trembling. "It's just part of the mansion's charm," Papa said, though his own fur was standing on end. The hands stopped their frantic struggle for a brief moment, the raven's caw echoing through the silence, before resuming with renewed vigor. "Let me out, let me out of here!" the muffled voice called, a chilling plea that seemed to resonate through their very bones. The doombuggy rolled on.

"Hold on, my dears!" Papa Mousekewitz exclaimed as the doombuggy began to move backward down the corridor of doors. "It's part of the ride!" Yet, his voice didn't quite carry the same conviction as before. Each door they passed had its own macabre scene playing out within, the sounds of horror and despair spilling out into the hallway. Fievel's eyes darted from door to door, his imagination running wild with the terrible fates that might befall those trapped within. The doors grew more frantic in their movements, as if the spirits were desperate to escape their painted prisons. The doombuggy picked up speed, and the scenes grew more disturbing: a bride with a beating heart in her chest, a man being dragged into the wallpaper, and a trio of hitchhiking ghosts seeking a way out of the mansion. "P-Papa, this isn't fun anymore," Fievel squeaked, his voice barely audible over the cacophony of spectral noises. Mama's paw tightened around Yasha, shielding her eyes from the gruesome sights, while Tanya held onto Fievel, her own gaze fixed firmly ahead. They all hoped this part of the tour would end soon, their bravery waning in the face of the relentless barrage of terrors. Yet, as they continued, the doors grew more violent, as if the ghosts were trying to break free and join them on their journey. The Mousekewitz family clung to each other.

At the end of the hall lies a grandfather clock, with its arms spinning wildly backwards and the clock striking 13. A shadow of a clawed hand passes over the face of the clock.

The Mousekewitz family's doombuggy shuddered to a halt in the shadowy Séance Circle, the air thick with the scent of incense and mystery. The raven on the chair's back let out a mournful caw, and Fievel's eyes widened as he saw the crystal ball hovering above the table, the spectral visage of Madame Leota within. "Serpents and spiders, tail of a rat, call in the spirits, wherever they’re at! Rap on a table — it’s time to respond. Send us a message from somewhere beyond…Goblins and ghoulies from last Halloween, awaken the spirits with your tambourine! Creepies and crawlies, toads in a pond, let there be music from regions beyond! Wizards and witches, wherever you dwell, give us a hint, by ringing a bell!"

Suddenly The Ghost Host spoke: "The happy haunts have received your sympathetic vibrations and are beginning to materialize. They’re assembling for a swinging wake, and they’ll be expecting me… I’ll see you all a little later."

"Look, children, it's a party!" Papa Mousekewitz exclaimed, his voice a mix of amazement and relief as the doombuggy glided along the balcony, offering them a view of the grand hall below. The room was alive with the laughter and chatter of the spectral guests, their transparent forms mingling and dancing without a care in the world. An orange-haired ghost at the head of a long, elaborate table caught Fievel's eye as she playfully extinguished her candles with a puff of air, only to have the others at the table vanish in a puff of smoke, reappearing as the candles relit. Tanya's gaze was drawn to an elderly woman in a rocking chair, who would vanish and reappear as if by magic. Meanwhile, Mama's eyes widened at the sight of ghosts emerging from a dusty old hearse, while Yasha squealed with delight at the sight of the tiny spirits popping out of the pipe organ's pipes, joining in the merriment. The air was filled with the hauntingly cheerful tune of "Grim Grinning Ghosts," played by an invisible organist whose hands danced over the keys. The energy of the room was infectious, and despite their initial fears, the Mousekewitz family couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder and camaraderie with the mansion's lively inhabitants. "Maybe this place isn't so scary after all," Mama murmured, her paws loosening their grip on Yasha. The family watched the ghosts waltz and cavort, the whimsical scene casting a warm glow on their furry faces, and for a brief moment, they forgot about the storm outside, lost in the enchanting world of the Haunted Mansion's spirited soiree.

Leaving the Grand Hall, the Mousekewitz family's doombuggy took a sharp turn into a dimly lit attic, the air thick with dust and the distant sound of a beating heart. "Look, it's like they're getting ready for a wedding," Tanya whispered, pointing to the tattered wedding dresses and forgotten bouquets scattered among the cobwebs. The eerie tune of "The Wedding March" grew louder, played on a piano that seemed to have a life of its own. Fievel's eyes widened as he counted five paintings, each with the same beautiful bride but a different groom, their heads vanishing and reappearing as if by dark magic. A sense of dread grew stronger as they approached the source of the music, a shadowy figure playing with a fervor that sent shivers down their spines.

Suddenly, the ghostly figure of Constance materialized before them, her eyes gleaming with a madness that sent chills through the attic. "You may now kiss the bride," she cackled, holding out a bouquet of black roses. The doombuggy jolted, and an invisible force thrust the bouquet towards them. Papa Mousekewitz, ever the protector, stepped in front of his family, his eyes fixed on the specter. "We're just passing through, ma'am," he said, his voice firm despite his trembling paws. Constance's laughter grew wilder, and the hatchet in her hand began to appear and disappear, reflecting the flickering candlelight. The family watched in horror as she recited her twisted vows, the malice in her voice a stark contrast to the once joyous melody. The doombuggy jerked forward again, carrying them away from the ghostly bride's madness, leaving them all feeling a profound sense of unease as they ventured deeper into the secrets of the Haunted Mansion.

"Ah, the attic! That was… unnerving," Mama Mousekewitz said, her voice shaking slightly as they exited through the window. The cool night air was a welcome relief from the stuffy mansion, though the storm had picked up, drenching the leaves and branches of the trees around them. They found themselves on a balcony, the doombuggy moving backwards down the stairs as if guided by unseen hands. A raven perched on a tree branch cawed ominously, its eyes gleaming with mischief as it watched them pass. The graveyard unfolded before them, alive with the spirits of the mansion's former residents. Fievel's eyes darted from one spooky figure to the next, taking in the sights with a mix of terror and fascination. The graveyard caretaker and his terrified dog stood frozen, their eyes wide as they took in the spectral concert that played out before them. The air was filled with the sound of ghostly instruments and laughter, the very ground seeming to come alive with the shifting shadows of the dead. The Mousekewitz family clung to each other, their hearts racing as they approached the five Singing Busts, whose illuminated faces sang in perfect harmony. The sight of the ghostly tea party was almost whimsical, a stark contrast to the darker moments of their tour. Yet, as they watched the skeletal wolf howling at the moon, the reality of their situation set in once more. They were not in the safety of their cozy home but in the midst of a graveyard, surrounded by the supernatural. "We must keep moving," Papa whispered, his eyes reflecting the flickering lights of the mansion. They had come so far, and the adventure was far from over. The mysteries of the Haunted Mansion still had many secrets to reveal, and the Mousekewitz family steeled themselves for the final act of their eerie journey.

Then a familiar voice is heard, "Ah, there you are!" It was The Ghost Host. "And just in time… there’s a little matter I forgot to mention."

"Beware of Hitchhiking Ghosts!"

The Mousekewitz family gasped as the doombuggy drifted by three peculiar spirits, each with a mischievous twinkle in their eyes. The Traveler, dressed in a tattered hat and overcoat, held out his thumb as if hitching a ride. The Skeleton, with a skull grin, leaned against a post, his bony hand seemingly propping up his head. And the Prisoner, in his striped jumpsuit and ball and chain, rattled his shackles in a silent invitation. "P-Papa, what are they doing?" Fievel squeaked. "Don't worry, son," Papa replied, his voice a tad shaky. "They're just part of the entertainment." But as the doombuggy rolled through a wall of mirrors, their reflections revealed that the Hitchhikers had somehow joined them. The Traveler sat in the seat next to Fievel, the Skeleton perched on the back of the vehicle, and the Prisoner's handcuffs clinked against the side. The family exchanged bewildered glances as the Hitchhikers grinned back at them from the mirrors. "Looks like we've picked up some extra passengers," Mama Mousekewitz said, trying to keep her voice steady. "Oh, they're just hitchhiking ghosts," Tanya exclaimed, her voice filled with excitement. "They're famous for tagging along with guests!"

"They have selected you to fill our quota, and they’ll haunt you until you return!" The Ghost Host stated.

The Mousekewitz family looked up in astonishment as Little Leota, the Ghostess, hovered into view, her ethereal form casting an eerie glow in the damp mausoleum. "Welcome, foolish mortals," she cackled, her shrill laugh bouncing off the cold stone walls. "Hurry back," she whispered, her voice faint and haunting, carried on a breeze that seemed to come from nowhere. "Hurry back. Be sure to bring your death certificate, if you decide to join us. Make final arrangements now! We've been dying… to have you…" Her skeletal hand beckoned, offering the bouquet of dried herbs as if granting them a dark benediction. Fievel's tiny paws clutched the edge of the doombuggy, his heart racing as he stared into her piercing blue eyes. "P-P-Papa," he stuttered, his voice barely a whisper. Papa Mousekewitz took a deep breath and tried to sound brave for his family's sake. "Don't worry, Fievel," he said, though his own fur was standing on end.

"Now I will raise the safety bar, and a ghost will follow you home!" Laughed The Ghost Host.

With trembling paws, the Mousekewitz family stepped out of the doombuggy, and made their way towards the exit, the ghosts' laughter echoing behind them. As they exited the Haunted Mansion, the storm outside had passed, leaving a gentle patter of rain on the cobblestone path. The moon peeked out from behind the clouds, casting a soft glow over the grounds. Fievel looked over his shoulder, watching as their spectral companions vanished through the mansion's doors. "P-Papa," he squeaked, "do you think they'll really follow us?" Papa took a deep breath, ruffling Fievel's fur. "It's all just part of the show, son," he said, though his eyes betrayed a hint of uncertainty. "Now, let's get home before it's too late." The family, hand in hand, hurried away from the mansion, their footsteps echoing through the quiet night. As they disappeared into the safety of the forest, the Hitchhiking Ghosts' laughter faded, leaving the Haunted Mansion to its eternal slumber, its secrets and spirits waiting for the next brave souls to visit.

#walt disney world #the haunted mansion #fievel mousekewitz #an american tail

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confessionsofabeachbarbie · 7 months ago

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I want to write a seven deadly sins & other virtues and vices story. Gluttony is a world renowned chef, Vanity is a beautiful barbie doll and Greed is an established hedge fund boss. The feminine form of Greed is Avarice so might include her and Opulence and Prudence and Elegance.

This how my brain thinks, always categorizing things😂💗

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christophe76460 · 1 year ago

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Les trois « C » de la crise : la confiance

« Que votre conduite soit sans avarice, étant contents de ce que vous avez présentement, car lui-même a dit : « Je ne te laisserai pas et je ne t’abandonnerai pas » ; de sorte que, pleins de confiance, nous disions : « Le Seigneur est mon aide et je ne craindrai pas : que me fera l’homme ? » Hébreux 13:5-6

Le dernier « C » qui explique la crise économique actuelle est lié à la confiance.

- L’origine : Dès que la crise s’est propagée dans l’ensemble du système financier, la confiance a disparu. Les banques ont presque arrêté de se prêter les unes aux autres, entraînant la paralysie des échanges interbancaires, cruciaux pour assurer la fluidité de l’économie. Elles n’acceptaient de prêter qu’aux banques centrales, seules dignes de confiance car directement liés aux États.

Ce manque de confiance s’est encore accru lorsque le financier Bernard Madoff a révélé son système pyramidal frauduleux : fort de la confiance que suscitait son passé prestigieux de président d’une des principales bourses américaines, il récoltait sans cesse de nouveaux fonds avec lesquels il remboursait les fonds précédents - jusqu’au moment où trop d’investisseurs ont voulu retirer leur argent en même temps : il n’a plus pu payer, ce qui a provoqué un trou estimé à 50 milliards de dollars.

- La vision biblique : La confiance est une vertu chrétienne majeure, mais elle n’exclut pas la prudence : si l’amour « croit tout » (1Corinthiens 13:7), le Seigneur a averti les siens : « Je vous envoie comme des brebis au milieu des loups ; soyez donc prudents comme les serpents » (Matthieu 10:16). Bernard Madoff était vu comme un « dieu » des affaires, capable de générer un rendement élevé chaque année, mais « mieux vaut mettre sa confiance en l’Éternel que de se confier dans les principaux » (Psaume 118:9).

- L’exemple de Christ : Qui mieux que lui a été l’homme qui se confiait en Dieu (Psaume 16:1; 22:9) ? Il a su témoigner la même confiance en envoyant ses disciples ; mais, en même temps, il savait ne pas se fier à des signes extérieurs de piété (Jean 2:24).

- L’attitude qui tranche : Le verset du jour relie de façon instructive le refus de la cupidité (notre premier « C ») avec la confiance en Dieu (notre troisième « C »). Dans la mesure où nous nous appuierons sans réserve sur lui, nous pourrons accepter de faire confiance aux autres, quitte à être parfois déçus …

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cmcsmen · 2 years ago

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You Shall Not Covet Anything That Belongs To Your Neighbor.

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The Tenth Commandment: You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.

You shall not covet … anything that is your neighbor's…. You shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant,, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's. 317 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 318

IN BRIEF:

2551 "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" (Mt 6:21).

2552 The tenth commandment forbids avarice arising from a passion for riches and their attendant power.

2553 Envy is sadness at the sight of another's goods and the immoderate desire to have them for oneself. It is a capital sin.

2554 The baptized person combats envy through good-will, humility, and abandonment to the providence of God.

2555 Christ's faithful "have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires" (Gal 5:24); they are led by the Spirit and follow his desires.

2556 Detachment from riches is necessary for entering the Kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are the poor in spirit."

2557 "I want to see God" expresses the true desire of man. Thirst for God is quenched by the water of eternal life (cf. Jn 4:14).

"Select a Church of your choice and schedule yourself to be there every Sunday. Listed among the Ten Commandments Sunday belongs to God not to us. Make the scriptures your rule book of life. As the Bible quotes Joshua, Moses’ right hand man, in reordering the people of Israel under God’s laws, take Joshua’s motto as your motto where he announces to his fellows, “Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him completely and sincerely … If it does not please you to serve the Lord, then decide this day whom you will serve … as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord!” (Joshua 24, 14-15)"

~ Bishop Joseph Perry: Male Spirituality

"Moderation in all things is key! The Commandments provide us with a guide to lead a holy and fulfilling life. We must remember to live by them Christ-like, by moderating our passions and living our lives with prudence. Just as importantly, we must teach our children to do the same. Living by the Commandments will help them to have a strong moral compass, learn responsibility, and be good role models for their friends and families."

~ Frank J Casella: The Response of Love That Man is Called to Give

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bethanydelleman · 2 years ago

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Have you ever noticed a pattern across all Jane Austen's novels? (Explicit and Implicit)

There are certainly themes that come up in every novel. The balance between prudence and avarice is one of them. In every novel we see people marry, or attempt to marry, for wealth but every heroine marries for love ((though with enough money to be comfortable, which is prudence).

Examples: Isabella and John Thorpe and General Tilney in NA all want to marry money themselves or push their children to marry for money. Eleanor Tilney holds out for love. In S&S, Willoughby gives up love for money, while Edward gives up money for love, while Lucy ruthlessly pursues wealth. In P&P, Wickham tries to marry for wealth, Lydia throws away prudence to elope with him, Darcy struggles with the idea of marrying for love and Elizabeth proves twice that she won't marry only for security. In MP, Fanny refuses to marry Henry for wealth and Mary struggles between love and greed, while Maria marries only for wealth without love. In Emma, Mr. Elton is mercenary and tries to marry for wealth, while Frank is trying to marry for love without prudence (his inheritance is not guaranteed). And lastly, in Persuasion, Anne is forced to be prudent when she rejects Wentworth's first proposal, she also turns down two men who would provide security (Charles and Mr. Elliot) to marry for love in the end.

Also, in the marrying theme, how to choose the right man. There is a huge emphasis on knowing a man's character, on principles and good moral education. Also again, does this man have enough money and intelligence to provide for you?

There is also definitely a theme of women being "rational creatures", which is explicitly said in P&P and Persuasion but I think each novel follows that theme. In every novel, women know what they want and only say no in a rational manner. We never see a heroine woman trifle with a man's feelings the way that Mr. Collins implies they all do. Even Austen's antagonist women, who do lie, always have rational motivations and act towards goals. Her women characters are all rational creatures.

Those are my two big themes. I think there is also something to be said about the injustice of the inheritance system and about how many primogenitor isn't the best way to distribute power and wealth, which really comes through in Mansfield Park and Persuasion especially. And I think there is a lot said about the status of women and how difficult it is for them to exist in the system as it operates.

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The Heptagram of the Seven DaysThe Heptagram of the Seven days is a particularly interesting way to view the order of the celestial bodies. If reading clockwise from the top-most symbol, it is the order of the planets from the Geo-centric Qabalistic model: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sol, Venus, Mercury, Luna. If read following the lines of the Heptagram, one gets the days of the week: Saturday (Saturn’s Day), Sunday (Sun’s Day), Monday (Moon’s Day), Tuesday (Tiw’s Day, Norse War God), Wednesday (Wodin’s Day), Thursday (Thor’s Day), Friday (Frigga’s Day, Norse Love God.) Crowley attributes this realization to Frater Deo Duce Comite Ferro, S.L. MacGregor Mathers. This is one of two different kinds of Heptagrams. This version is known as 7/3 Heptagram, as each line connects the planet that is three planets away. The other version of the Heptagram is called a 7/2 Heptagram, and is used for the Seal of A∴A∴. DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS “The seven spheres attached to the seven planets symbolize seven principles, seven different states of matter and spirit, seven different worlds which each man and each humanity must pass through in their evolution across a solar system.” – The Wisdom of Egypt7 the sum of my name YOSRA HARZALLAH7 Daughters of Atlas7 Stages of Alchemy - Calcination, Dissolution, Separation, Conjunction, Fermentation, Distillation, Coagulation.7 Hermetic principles - Mentalism, Correspondence, Vibration, Polarity, Rhythm, Cause and Effect, Gender.7 Notes of the musical scale.7 Systems of Symbolism - numbers, geometrical figures, letters, words, magic, alchemy, astrology.7 Rays of Light - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Violet.7 Planets of Antiquity - Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.7 Churches of Asia Minor7 Personality Types - Lunar, Mercurial, Venusian, Solar, Martial, Jovial, Saturnine.7 Days of Week - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.7 Arch Angels - Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Chamuel, Jophiel, and Zadkiel.7 Metals of Antiquity - Lead, Tin, Iron, Copper, Mercury, Silver, Gold.7 Chakras - Muladhara, Svadhisthana, Manipura, Anahata, Vishuddha, Ajna, Sahasrara.7 Emotive Spheres of Kabbalah7 Seals.7 Root Races, each with 7 sub-races7 Days of Creation7 Virtues - Faith, Hope, Charity, Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance.7 Vices - Pride, Envy, Anger, Sloth/dejection, Avarice, Gluttony, Lust.7 Stages of Man - the infant, the school-boy, the lover, the soldier, the judge, the elderly man, the senile one.7 Liberal Arts - grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy - the first three in the Trivium, the latter four in the Quadrivium.7 Wonders of the Ancient World - Pyramids of Egypt, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum of King Mausolus at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, Pharos Lighthouse at Alexandria.7 Headed Hydra7 Headed Lion7 Headed Dragon7 Headed Serpent7 Seas - Arctic, Antarctic, North and South Pacific, North and South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean.7 Continents - North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and Antarctica.7 Seven Sisters of the Pleiades star system.7 Parts to the embryo - Amnion, Chorionic Villi, Spinal Cord, Heart, Brain, Umbilical Cord, Yolk Sac.7 Parts of the body - Head, Thorax, Abdomen, Two Arms, Two Legs.7 Major Organs - Brain, Heart, Lungs, Stomach, Intestines, Liver, and Pancreas.7 Glands - Pineal, Pituitary, Thyroid, Thymus, Adrenal, Lyden and Gonad.7 Divisions to the brain - Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Pons Varolii, Medulla Oblongatta, Corpus Callosum, Spinal Cord, Meninges.7 Parts to the inner ear - Vestibule, Auditory Canal, Tympanic Membrane, Ossicles, Semi-circular Canal, Cochlea, Membranous Labyrinth.7 Parts to the retina - Cornea, Aqueous Humor, Lens, Vitreous Humor, Retina, Sclera, Iris.7 Cavities to the heart - Right and Left Ventricle, Right and Left Atrium, Tricuspid Valve, Mitral Valve, Septum.7 Body systems - Muscular, Skeletal, Nervous, Digestive, Respiratory, Excretory, Circulatory.7 Bodily functions - Respiration, Circulation, Assimilation, Excretion, Reproduction, Sensation, Reaction.7 Levels in the Periodic Table of the Elements.…and, of course, the 7 Dwarfs.“The Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open.” –The Kybalion“And God created seven Heavens and seven Earths, and through them all, descends His Command.” – scriptural translation

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DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS "The seven spheres attached to the seven planets symbolize seven principles, seven different states of matter and spirit, seven different worlds which each man and each humanity must pass through in their evolution across a solar system." -- The Wisdom of Egypt 7 the sum of my name YOSRA HARZALLAH 7 Daughters of Atlas 7 Stages of Alchemy - Calcination, Dissolution, Separation, Conjunction, Fermentation, Distillation, Coagulation. 7 Hermetic principles - Mentalism, Correspondence, Vibration, Polarity, Rhythm, Cause and Effect, Gender. 7 Notes of the musical scale. 7 Systems of Symbolism - numbers, geometrical figures, letters, words, magic, alchemy, astrology. 7 Rays of Light - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Violet. 7 Planets of Antiquity - Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. 7 Churches of Asia Minor 7 Personality Types - Lunar, Mercurial, Venusian, Solar, Martial, Jovial, Saturnine. 7 Days of Week - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. 7 Arch Angels - Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Chamuel, Jophiel, and Zadkiel. 7 Metals of Antiquity - Lead, Tin, Iron, Copper, Mercury, Silver, Gold. 7 Chakras - Muladhara, Svadhisthana, Manipura, Anahata, Vishuddha, Ajna, Sahasrara. 7 Emotive Spheres of Kabbalah 7 Seals. 7 Root Races, each with 7 sub-races 7 Days of Creation 7 Virtues - Faith, Hope, Charity, Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance. 7 Vices - Pride, Envy, Anger, Sloth/dejection, Avarice, Gluttony, Lust. 7 Stages of Man - the infant, the school-boy, the lover, the soldier, the judge, the elderly man, the senile one. 7 Liberal Arts - grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy - the first three in the Trivium, the latter four in the Quadrivium. 7 Wonders of the Ancient World - Pyramids of Egypt, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum of King Mausolus at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, Pharos Lighthouse at Alexandria. 7 Headed Hydra 7 Headed Lion 7 Headed Dragon 7 Headed Serpent 7 Seas - Arctic, Antarctic, North and South Pacific, North and South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean. 7 Continents - North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and Antarctica. 7 Seven Sisters of the Pleiades star system. 7 Parts to the embryo - Amnion, Chorionic Villi, Spinal Cord, Heart, Brain, Umbilical Cord, Yolk Sac. 7 Parts of the body - Head, Thorax, Abdomen, Two Arms, Two Legs. 7 Major Organs - Brain, Heart, Lungs, Stomach, Intestines, Liver, and Pancreas. 7 Glands - Pineal, Pituitary, Thyroid, Thymus, Adrenal, Lyden and Gonad. 7 Divisions to the brain - Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Pons Varolii, Medulla Oblongatta, Corpus Callosum, Spinal Cord, Meninges. 7 Parts to the inner ear - Vestibule, Auditory Canal, Tympanic Membrane, Ossicles, Semi-circular Canal, Cochlea, Membranous Labyrinth. 7 Parts to the retina - Cornea, Aqueous Humor, Lens, Vitreous Humor, Retina, Sclera, Iris. 7 Cavities to the heart - Right and Left Ventricle, Right and Left Atrium, Tricuspid Valve, Mitral Valve, Septum. 7 Body systems - Muscular, Skeletal, Nervous, Digestive, Respiratory, Excretory, Circulatory. 7 Bodily functions - Respiration, Circulation, Assimilation, Excretion, Reproduction, Sensation, Reaction. 7 Levels in the Periodic Table of the Elements. ...and, of course, the 7 Dwarfs. “The Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open.” –The Kybalion "And God created seven Heavens and seven Earths, and through them all, descends His Command." -- scriptural translation

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Thanks! Basically I didnt check in these recent months your inbox is opened or not! Still very grateful to you! :) Anyway, I want to ask you details about Nurbanu Sultans reign during her son Murats period. How she acted and have impact on her sons decision! Please do write in detail! I herad that Pinaar"s book "atik valide sultan mosque" is a great source of her, if you can please do qoute from here! Have a good day! :)

I am sorry for the late reply but I am sick and writing basically a historiography essay is quite hard at the moment. Just so you know, I'm not even studying for my university exams, so that's where I am.

Now back to your question. I don't know how in detail I will be able to go because the dissertation you mentioned is not about her tenure as valide sultan but about her mosque complex.

That said, Nurbanu started out her tenure as valide sultan unofficially on the night of Selim II's death, when she decided to hide his body while sending out a messenger to call Murad back to Istanbul. This was done primarily because in Topkapi Palace lived Selim II's younger sons; while Murad had been proclaimed heir, he was the only prince far from Istanbul at the moment of Selim's death. This is the reason why Nurbanu was extra careful about it.

Upon the judgment of the mother of Sultan Murad—may God protect his felicity—no one was made privy to this secret [except Sokollu] and the blessed body was preserved in the ice room. On the advice of the Grand Vizier, full of prudence and sound judgment, a letter indicating the termination as well as the commencement of sovereignty was sent to Manisa through Hasan Çavuş. Meanwhile Admiral Kilıç Ali Pasha outfitted a frigate and a reserve and set out to sea [to pick up Murad from Mudanya]. — Selaniki

Murad arrived in Istanbul after 5 days, at night, and at dawn, everything was ready for his coronation. According to Finkel, Nurbanu had retired to the Old Palace when he docked at Istanbul, and that's where she met him.

Two days afterwards, Nurbanu was ceremoniously brought to Topkapi Palace as Valide Sultan.

Tradition also places in Murad's reign the inception of what became in later years the processional transfer, shortly after a sultan's accession, of the valide sultan and other members of the new sultan's harem from the Old Palace to the harem quarters in the New Palace. Known as "the procession of the valide sultan" (valide alayı), this event developed in later centuries into an elaborate ceremonial. Virtually all echelons of the governing elite were represented in the procession: the palace hierarchy as well as the outer administration, the military establishment as well as the religious institution. As the procession made its way across the city of Istanbul, the valide sultan received the obeisance of the agha of the Janissaries and in turn distributed bonuses to his troops (much as the sultan, upon his accession, customarily granted an accession bonus to these troops). The valide sultan was received in the palace by her son, who awaited her on foot and greeted her with obeisance (an honor accorded by the sultan to no other person). She marked her installation in her new office and residence by dispatching to the grand vezir on the day after the procession an imperial order giving him formal notice of her arrival, which she accompanied with the gift of a ceremonial robe of honor and a dagger. The symbolism of this ceremonial suggests that its purpose was to give public sanction to the valide sultan's role not only as the head of her son's private household but also as a partner in sultanic sovereignty. While this ceremonial as it was constructed for Nurbanu (if indeed it did occur as such during Murad Ill's reign) may not have been of the scale it later acquired, the fact that tradition accepted the valide sultan's procession as having originated with her testifies to the authority she exercised. — Leslie P. Peirce, The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire

Foreign relations

An undated letter from Catherine de' Medici was sent to Nurbanu (presumably early in Murad's reign); in it, the regent of France hoped to have the Capitulations confirmed (every time a new sultan acceded to the throne, foreign treaties had to be re-confirmed).

It is not known whether Nurbanu actually responded to this letter, but from the continual laments of Catherine’s ambassador Jacques de Germigny to the effect that he mustered scanty attention from the Queen Mother, it appears that the relations between the two realms never rose to the level it had attained in the first half of the century. — Pinar Kayaalp-Aktan, The Atik Valide Mosque Complex: A testament of Nurbanu's prestige, power and piety

A warmer relationship was Nurbanu's with Venice and its ambassadors. She was on amicable terms with Jacopo Soranzo but most especially Paolo Contarini. It was him who convinced the Venetian Senate to send Nurbanu gifts.

In that letter, Contarini reminds the Senators how lucky they should consider themselves that this powerful Sultana cherished the most cordial memories for the land in which she was born, to which sentiment the Most Serene Republic ought to respond with commensurate generosity. Contarini’s position did not change in the aftermath of the delivery of the presents and his eventual return to Venice. [...] In Contarini’s opinion, the Valide Sultan should be regarded as the most appropriate recipient of such gifts, since she “is interested not in the quality of the donatives, but in the attestation of your esteem, which she yearns to be shown to her from all [foreign] princes, but especially from Your Serenity, since she was born in this city.” — Pinar Kayaalp-Aktan, The Atik Valide Mosque Complex: A testament of Nurbanu's prestige, power and piety

Nurbanu's relationship with Venice remained warm throughout her life, even after Murad's had cooled down.

Shortly before her death, the valide sultan may have performed her greatest service to her homeland by preventing a possible Ottoman invasion of Crete, a Venetian possession. Upon learning that the admiral Kilıç Ali Pasha planned to propose such an invasion as one of a number of possible plans for the following year, Nurbanu sent word to him that under no circumstances should war be waged against Venice, since that would bring more harm than good to the sultan's realm. In addition, she warned that in no way was the admiral to raise the possibility with Murad. On his way to his audience with the sultan, the admiral dropped the paper carrying the proposal, and when one of his attendants picked it up and returned it to him, he tore it up, saying that it was no longer of any use since the valide sultan opposed its contents." — Leslie P. Peirce, The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire

Political involvement

Not everyone liked that Nurbanu counselled Murad on basically everything: both the army and the ulema said to Venetian ambassadors that the sultan trusted the government of the empire "to those who are not meritorious, just because he heeds the counsel of women". The ulema, on the other hand, said that the sultan "was of little intelligence, unpredictable, and one who could not do anything without the counsel of women". This what the French Ambassador said of Nurbanu:

[the valide sultan] who is currently called Queen, for her great prudence, authority, and esteem at this Porte in managing the affairs of importance ... allows the pashas to mete out all the favors and principal offices of this state, taking away and sharing with her Highness the [concomitant] payments, with which the said pashas enrich themselves without remitting even one asper to the treasury. The aforementioned Seigneur, [Murad], does not see any wickedness in all this, out of his love and respect that he has for his mother, as well as his avarice and desire to accumulate money. — French ambassador Jacques de Germigny

It must be said, though, that he was particularly bitter because at the Ottoman court he was largely ignored.

Nevertheless, Murad III continued to trust her mother's advice:

Of the post-Suleymanic sultans, Murad III was one of the most devoted to his mother and dependent upon her counsel. According to Paolo Contarini, who submitted his report to the Venetian government shortly before Nurbanu's death in December 1583, Murad's mother was the person on whom he most relied for guidance: "[He bases] his policies principally on the advice of his mother, it appearing to him that he could have no other advice as loving and loyal as hers, hence the reverence which he shows toward her and the esteem that he hears for her unusual qualities and many virtues. — Leslie P. Peirce. The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire

Nurbanu also secured appointments for members of her faction: two were particularly frowned upon because they had been two cooks. Ferhad and Çiğalazade Yusuf were first elevated to the rank of Paşa and then appointed "serdar of the eastern campaign and beylerbeyi of Revan".

Safiye Sultan

According to Paolo Contarini, the main reason why Nurbanu decided to neutralise Safiye was purely political: Safiye had begun to gather a faction around her (most notably Ayşe Hümaşah, Mihrimah's daughter, and her husband, the second vizier). The dismissal of Grand Vizier Sinan Paşa in 1582 was done for the same reason:

I personally believe that the Sultana’s reason to ruin Sinan Pasha was not so that she could promote this favorite Agha in his place: it was because she wanted to take vengeance for the words uttered by Sinan that empires cannot be governed through women’s counsel, [and moreover that authority did not rest with her, even though she might try to make it seem so, but rather with the sultana consort.] Thus, to conclude this argument without further divergence, I say that all the good and all the bad depends on the Valide Sultan.

I combined Peirce's and Kayaalp-Aktan's translations because Peirce's lacked the first part of the sentence and Kayaalp-Aktan's had mistakes in the middle.

Probably around this time as well, Nurbanu and her daughter Ismihan successfully divided Murad and Safiye's monogamous relationship:

A vexing incident of some importance has occurred these days concerning the Most Serene Signor [Murad] and his wife ... [I]t is common knowledge that... this Most Serene Signor ... has never wished to get intimate with any other woman though he has been constantly solicited by his mother and sisters to have children from another wife. Not succeeding to achieve this objective, they resorted to presenting beautiful female slaves to excite [Murad]. However, they have not succeeded to persuade him to change his will, since he is very much in love with his wife ... [Ismihan], seeing that [Safiye] got ugly and could no longer have children—not to mention that she is in great favor of the Gran-Signor and that she challenges the authority of the Mother Sultan, which is [considered] a very insolent thing among this people— invited [her brother] on the day the Mother Sultan would return from the baths to sojourn in a palace of [Ismihan’s] a little outside the walls of Constantinople. The Most Serene Signor, having received the invitation, immediately showed up to see his mother and to spend that night with her and his sister, leaving his wife with his son in a palace called Cinque Case [Beşevler] belonging to Her Majesty [Nurbanu]. The occasion of having her son unaccompanied by his wife helped the Mother Sultan to renew the proposal she made on many cases previously that he should produce male children with other women, since [Safiye] could have no chance of having any. And seeing that [Murad] was firm in the same decision, [Ismihan and Nurbanu] began saying that this resolution was the result of a spell cast by his wife, reminding him that many women dealing in witchcraft frequented [the Harem]. The Gran-Signor laughed it off...

In any case, when Murad returned to Topkapi the following morning, he prohibited Safiye to have visitors from outside. Nurbanu then produced a letter for Safiye in which it was mentioned an aphrodisiac; at this point, Murad started believing the accusations of witchcraft and ordered Safiye, her daughters and her servants to move to the Old Palace.

Thus Safiye was dealt with, and Nurbanu was now the only high ranking woman in the harem.

Mehmed's circumcision fest

In this same period, Şehzade Mehmed - the future Mehmed III - was circumcised.

Nurbanu is reported to have arrived in a procession of fifty-three vehicles to watch the celebration through the red lattices of the raised pavilion facing the first courtyard allocated for the female members of the imperial harem. In the following year, Nurbanu witnessed the ceremony inaugurating the commencement of her grandson’s political career and the completion of her grand philanthropic work, the Atik Valide Mosque Complex. The year 1583 simultaneously marked the high point of Nurbanu’s hegemony over the Harem, having banished Safiye and her faction to the Palace of Tears. Unfortunately, however, the Valide Sultan’s health took a bad turn. — Pinar Kayaalp-Aktan, The Atik Valide Mosque Complex: A testament of Nurbanu's prestige, power and piety

Nurbanu's death

On 6 December 1583, the Sultan, clad in black, hurried to Bahçesaray the moment he received the word that his mother was in her deathbed. There Nurbanu made her last testament, leaving two thirds of her wealth to Murad and the rest to her pious foundation, not counting some miscellaneous bequeathals. She died the following morning, with Murad at her bedside. He was inconsolable at the loss of his mother, as demonstrated by his throwing off his turban on the floor and sobbing that he was now an orphan, without help and counsel to carry the heavy burden of the empire. The news of Nurbanu’s death spread rapidly throughout Istanbul. The public reaction was that which would be accorded to the death of a padishah to the extent that Murad ordered the Head of the Janissaries and high-ranking officers to take measures against their troops’ looting the capital as they customarily would upon a sultan’s passing. A citywide curfew was simultaneously declared requiring the immediate closing of all stores and the Bedesten. The funeral procession was also of the magnitude accorded to a sultan. Murad, in his black mourning robe, led his mother’s coffin on foot up to the front gate of the palace, where he mounted his horse and trot behind the procession, with his viziers, commanders, and the ulema behind him. The black eunuchs carried the Queen Mother’s coffin on their shoulders from Nurbanu’s palace in Yenikapi to her final resting place. — Pinar Kayaalp-Aktan, The Atik Valide Mosque Complex: A testament of Nurbanu's prestige, power and piety

Nurbanu was buried next to Selim II in his mausoleum, the first consort to have been accorded this honour.

Please do not ask me again such questions, it took me at least 4 days and at the end I was pretty tired, as you can tell. I understand that not everyone has the chance to read these papers but I cannot make a summary of a 300-page dissertation and go in detail. It's like doing homework

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