#spiritual essence

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[epicstoriestime]

How Jesus Would Recognize His Name: The Evolution of a Sound

Spiritual Essence The name Jesus as we know it today is a product of centuries of linguistic evolution, yet it may be far removed from the name Jesus would have recognized during his lifetime. This thought-provoking question touches upon the interplay of language, culture, and history—and the profound idea that the name of one of the most pivotal figures in human history might not even have been…

[greatenlightenment]

Spiritual Essence - Spiritual Awareness

Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? What is the big secret? What is our true history? What is our purpose? These are the very questions I ask myself in my quiet time, what is it that makes us who we are? So much to learn and so many answers that need to be answered, right? Continue reading Spiritual Essence – Spiritual Awareness

[gardeniaherbs]

Journeying with the Holy Spirit and the Essence of Simple Healing

I’m a bit stunned on how to properly speak on this topic, as it is a journey that I’m currently learning how to navigate. Building faith and trust in something you cannot see nor always hear may seem like a wasted task to some people. I’ve had the thoughts myself as to whether I should continue the venture into Spirit. If there would be any immediate difference like when I was in the new age,…

[nativeyoga]

Dr. Michael Shea - The Visionary Heart

Dr. Michael Shea��is an experienced manual therapist, craniosacral therapist, and Buddhist meditation practitioner. He is the author of several books and has trained with renowned teachers in various fields. Dr. Shea is also a student of the Dalai Lama and has a deep understanding of the connection between the physical and spiritual aspects of the human heart.Visit Michael on his…

[serpentface]

I’ve been on a gemology kick lately; so-if you feel up to it-I’d love to learn which precious and semiprecious stones occur in Imperial Wardin, and which species are considered the most valuable. Are any stones associated with specific faces of God, or otherwise carry spiritual or superstitious connotations?

Just in general, the traditional medicine practice here ascribes a spiritual Essence to each type of matter (minerals, metals, plants, different types of water, different body parts from different animals, etc) which plays into how it can or cannot be used for healing. So most commonly occurring stones are going to have Some associations Somewhere, but for a lot of them it's just going to be like 'worn around the hips in a sachet it will reduce stomach aches' or etc.

Here's a few of the big ones I've had at least partly established though (some of these are metals but bear with me)

Meteroric iron can be found in fairly large quantities here (due to the ancient impact that left the Sons Of Creation crater lake) and is considered to be the physical remnants of God's blood shed in the act of creation. This is THE holiest naturally occurring material, as it is the only substance that is regarded as being a discrete part of God's original, LIVING body (the whole World is Its dead body) and the blood is the carrier of living spirit, one of two types of soul in each body. Meteor iron is essentially God's soul in physical form.

This substance has the most severe doctrinal restrictions surrounding its use. Actual modification of meteoric iron and use of objects made from it (knives scepters etc) is considered reserved to priests and royalty, and violations can be punished very severely (though in practice this is very, very difficult to enforce outside of thefts of known meteoric iron objects, as they aren't visually distinct from other iron objects). Touching this iron is strictly forbidden for any person considered to be ritually unclean (whether as a temporary or permanent state).

Its most ubiquitous use is in the form of sacrificial blades, which are only considered legitimate when made of this substance. It's also used to make cult icons. The temple at the Sons of Creation (which is a general pilgrimage destination and the site of the annual dry season human sacrifice) holds a fairly large meteoric iron sculpture of God in Its primordial form. This cult object is venerated year round, and carried out of the temple during the offering to 'receive' the sacrifice (which signifies the completion of the annual cyclings of God's living spirit). This icon is wholly forbidden to touch for everyone but the human sacrifice themself, who lays their hands on its forehead while their throat is cut.

As a physical relic of God's original body, it's not considered uniquely related to any of the Faces but in practice is associated with Mitlamache (itself partly associated with blood and sacrifice). Galenii have their ears pierced and stretched and wear bands of meteor iron as a marker of service, and the great temple to Mitlamache in Ephennos has a large, unmodified chunk of meteor iron as a cult object that is permitted to be touched by worshippers.

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Lapis lazuli is one of the other discrete remnants of God's physical body (in this case one of three horns) though it lacks the nigh-untouchable Holy status due to being a post-death relic.

It's called 'blue moonstone' and believed to be pieces of the 'blue moon' (which isn't like, really blue, but has a slight bluish tinge). There is no Bad Place afterlife in this religion (the bad afterlife is being stuck as an earthbound ghost), but the proper afterlife is divided into three lunar lands, with the most honored dead going to those of this blue moon. This stone has particular associations with concepts of honor, piety, and physical/spiritual purity.

Deep blue colors tend to be associated with wealth and royalty, and lapis has taken on this association as well. The double-viper scepter carried by the Usoma has lapis lazuli insets for eyes and scales, and the post-cremation skulls of royalty are given a lapis crown before interment. In conjunction, lapis has gained more recent associations with the face Kusomache as the protector of royalty, and it's utilized as offerings in rites intended to bless them.

It's also among the most valued stones in general for its beauty, used in jewelry, pigments, sculpture, and very expensive blue eyeliner.

Moonstone and selenite are associated with the other two moons (the largest in the sky and the smallest respectively) and are the other two stones considered to be discrete bodily relics of God (from its other two sets of horns).

All three of these 'moonstones' are involved in funerary rites. The dead may have one of these stones placed in their hands before cremation. Dogs killed at funerals to serve as guides are encouraged to sniff these stones before their death, in order to have the scent of the lunar lands and better lead the deceased. Neither aspect is considered a hard Requirement to get the dead safely onwards, but its an additional level of failsafe.

All three are considered sacred to the Face Kusomache (rather than the more obvious lunar Mitlamache) due to their heavy association with death and the afterlife. Moonstone and selenite in particular are likened to the light from the moons and stars, and transparent selenite is used by astrologers as a lens, under the belief that it exposes subtle nuances in the light and movement of heavenly bodies. Folk belief holds that you can see ghosts by looking through selenite.

All three have some restrictions surrounding their use, but not nearly as severe as those of meteor iron. Anyone can use, wear, and modify these stones, but touching them in a ritually impure state is taboo. Some folk beliefs hold that a woman who touches any moonstone while menstruating will be cursed with barrenness, miscarriages, or death.

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Opal is heavily associated with rainbows (and rain by extension), and is considered sacred to the Face Anaemache. It is appreciated for its beauty and ascribed as having positive medicinal qualities for female fertility when worn. Broad folk belief holds that opal forms where a rainbow touches the ground, or that its a solidified drop of rain that has fallen through a rainbow.

Some South Wardi folk practices retain older Wardinae beliefs in the sky-serpent deity that physically brings the rains (often conceptualizing it as a lesser spirit that serves the Face Anaemache) and consider opals to be pieces of its shed scales. These sects share a nearly identical practice with the Cholemdinae people in using opals to both summon and repel the sky serpent as needed. A serpent effigy stitched from cloth with an opal sewn into the head can be used as the focal point for these rites. The serpent can be summoned by singing a coullagri (summoning prayer) to the effigy as it's carried into the village or crops, and providing the effigy offerings of food and drink to welcome it. In years of damaging and excessive rain, the sky-serpent is driven off with a decisively more high-energy rite where the effigy bearer runs around with the cloth serpent while others chase it, chide it for its laziness (just sitting in one place instead of bringing the rains everywhere like God intended), yell at it, whack it with flyswatters, etc, until it is carried out of the village.

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Rubies have are considered sacred stones to the face Inyamache and have strong associations with the sun, male vitality, and bravery.

They're ascribed positive medicinal qualities for male fertility and health when worn. Folk belief holds that a man clasping a ruby in one hand during sex will guarantee any resulting offspring to be male, though sources disagree on Which hand this is exactly.

Rubies have some involvement in warrior culture. Ruby-adorned khattanocuy (the khaitsmane tassels ornaments you see on the front of some characters' belts) are awarded for displays of valor, and most ceremonial weapons are decorated with ruby insets.

The (wholly mythological) spear of the culture-hero Erub is said to have had a head made entirely of ruby. It's described in texts as being given to him by (the old solar deity reinterpreted as) Inyamache, so sharp and strong that it could fly clean through a khait's body, and to 'drink the blood of its victims' (which may have been meant literally). It's widely believed that this was a real artifact, was stolen by Burri soldiers during the first period of occupation, and is now hidden somewhere in the flooded ruins of Old Bur.

Rubies aren't very well distinguished from the similar looking spinel and garnet, and the three together are usually referred to under the same name.

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Silver is regarded for its beauty and thought to have purifying/protective medicinal and apotropaic qualities. It is thought to assist in expelling disease-causing dagi spirits from the body, and is both worn and ingested as a medical treatment. High quality protective phallus/skimmer woman amulets tend to be made from silver to add Extra Protection, and drinking/eating from silver dishware is thought to help eliminate poisons.

Some folk traditions consider touching silver to be a replacement for water ablutions, though this is doctrinally condemned.

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Pearl is very similar to silver, highly regarded for its beauty, believed to have purifying and protective qualities, and sometimes being ingested medicinally. Most non-blue pelatoche eye amulets are made of pearl (or mother of pearl in some cases). It is considered sacred to the face Pelennaumache and is a key offering to this deity-aspect.

A very widespread folk belief holds that drinking while holding a pearl under the tongue prevents intoxication. This is hard to confirm or deny, as people drinking heavily with a pearl under the tongue have a tendency of accidentally swallowing said pearl in the process

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Essence

Q: What's the essence of religion?

A: What's the meaning of this moment?

- Dr Devang H Dattani

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Here we are in xxxHolic Chapter 90.

In which WHAT A MOOD. 

Sad Watanuki sitting alone by the cherry blossom tree surrounded by butterflies? Just like last chapter!

The butterflies showing up either as the pattern on his kimono or as real living butterflies? Phasing in and out of reality?Just like Yuuko!

Watanuki moodily side-eying the camera? JUST LIKE MEE. 

But I love the little touches to this one - the butterflies having the crescent moon in their wing patterns, the moon in the sky being a waning crescent (on the verge of disappearing?), and Yuuko’s stylistic smoke trails still being present, as usual, but now coming out of the butterfly incense holder now that Yuuko isn't here. I believe it's probably the same incense holder that Watanuki was holding in the cover for 88.

It’s a very nice and moody piece that perfectly matches my inner devastation :’)

[bacchuschucklefuck]

cannot fucking believed this is what I've landed on for class swap fabian and adaine motif-wise I love it here

[mscallaita]

OVERPOWER ME

I want you to be bigger than me. Big like a tree. I want you as big as a mountain. As forceful as a fountain. I want you toppling over. Closer and closer. I want to be beneath you. I want to be over the moon. I want to be in your hands: small and immovable. Delicate like glass, beautiful, usable. I want you to press your weight into me. Command yourself onto me. I want to suffocate with your masculinity. Penetrate my femininity. I want to be a delicate flower in your presence. Shower me in your essence. Ms_Callaita

[greatenlightenment]

Spiritual Essence - Spiritual Awareness - Video

[themusewithinthemusewithout]

The Mystical Rose, one of the most beautiful symbols of Western esoteric tradition, intertwined with another powerful symbol, the Holy Grail (or else "Chalice"), both symbols are vessels of the soul opening to receive the divine grace, guidance and inspiration. The shape of the rose being rather complex impresses with the beautiful organisation of its petals as well its intoxicating perfume, the golden heart of the flower hidden inside its center symbolises the Mystery of the Center (center of the Self as also found in the sacred Mandala).

The Mystical Rose is for the Western mysticism what the Sacred Lotus is for the Eastern one, the flower expressing the development of the higher consciousness and its visions. In Medieval Europe, under Persian and Arabic influences, the Rose became the symbol of the union with the Divine. A sacred Eros fitting the most noble of souls. The many petals of the flower can signify the many sides and qualities of the cultivated psyche, the multidimensional character, the fragrant qualities of the spiritual personality.

Rosa Mistica by Edgar Maxence

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

it’s so funny to me that shadow is the memed upon edgelord of the sonic cast bc his game was edgelordish like. he as a character Isn’t an edgelord- that is, someone Trying to be extremely edgy to be cool, he’s more just like… a traumatised teenager. he Does want to be seen as cool but he doesn’t do that by trying to come across as dark and tortured he’s just suicidally depressed and people pick up on it while what he does to try and seem cool is like. beating the crap out of people mostly. which means the sonic villain in the game Before shadow the hedgehog who very canonically is trying to look cool by being dark and edgy gets ignored despite like. dressing up as an emo girl version of hatsune miku and trying her absolute best to sound like a jrpg villain and dropping biblical references to seem cool. like shadow the hedgehog the game was so funnily edgy it somehow made people forget the Actual emo girl 2000s deviant art account vibes neo metal sonic actually canonically had. like if anyone’s all edge and no point it’s her.

[girlfox]

first things first, ahri's shan hai skin is mind-blowingly gorgeous. her soft wavy hair in curly cloud patterns .. her gorgeous painted tails .. the unique shape of her whiskers .. the swipe of red under her eyes .. the chunky earrings .. she's THAT GIRL. but also i'm in love with how she manipulates fire in her foxfire skin, nature/flowers/foliage in her elderwood skin, and now water in her shan hai skin. she can really truly do it all.

[srisrisriddd]

Thou Art All The Essence Of All Knower Of All Delighter Of All - Dr Devang H Dattani

Good Morning

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Bhagwan Sri Sri Sri

Doctor Devang H Dattani

Infinite SriSriSri DDD

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God Morning

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[trucygoose]

what a duo