#the divine symbolism and imagery may exist but that’s the least important aspect of being a ruler

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of course it’s an alicent profile pic saying this shit:

the thing is, i would’ve agreed with the original sentiment of this post if it wasn’t for the tags, but then this person goes mask off and proves to me that they were only pretending to offer meaningful criticism.

cause all i see in these tags is buzzword 🗣️🗣️ buzzword 🗣️🗣️ buzzword 🗣️🗣️

i just wanna know, why are the targaryens always singled out as the house that ‘regularly cannibalizes its own?’

these don’t exist ig: the she-wolves of winterfell, the current lannisters, and literally every House ever.

why are the targaryens held to such an unfair standard? and why are they held responsible for the sins of their ancestors?

it is literally so funny. but like… in an astonishing kind of way.

in these tags there’s no objective language used 🙅‍♀️ no care for nuance 🙅‍♀️ and no meaningful interaction with the main themes of the series 🙅‍♀️

OP kind of tries to pretend, but it’s all surface level shit. it’s clear that they’re blinded by their hatred of the targs and dany.

because george never holds things his characters can’t control against them. what a character should be judged by is their actions, and imo, that’s what george writes about: how individual characters actions and choices can shape the world around them (bonus if the character is a cripple, bastard, or broken thing and is trying to protect others); and he also puts a lot of emphasis on a characters intentions and how they come to their decisions, which gets us his famous ‘human heart in conflict with itself’ thesis statement.

george, someone who’s interested in the choices of the individual and how they get there, clearly thinks it’s important to showcase how different characters handle great power, otherwise he wouldn’t have so many POV characters in positions of such great importance.

on that note, asoiaf isn’t an anti-monarchy piece. you could easily claim that it’s a criticism of systematic oppression, systematic violence, corrupt institutions, and unbalanced social structures; it’s a sort of think piece on how people in positions of power destroy the lives of the common in their petty fights of greed and ambition, all whilst ignoring the incoming humanity ending threat.

and through this thought process, you get the title of the first book: a game of thrones. the political shifts are a game for these powerful people, and this motif is one of the most important statements to understand in order to interact with the series discussion on what it means to be a good ruler. this motif also comes up in a conversation jorah and dany have about the smallfolk: “It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace. They never are.” it’s high lords, not royals. it’s a critique of the whole social structure and political system, not a criticism of one family.

so, if you’re of this belief that petty power disputes are dumb and are angry that most high lords don’t give a shit about their subjects, then you should love daenerys, who’s one of the few characters who’s using her power to make lasting societal change.

now, is she perfect? no. no she’s not. cause she’s a teenage girl trying to take down a slave trade that’s been around for thousands of years (hilarious that she’s actually fixing the mistakes of her ancestors…). but dany is learning and is doing her best to get better and is trying to empower the powerless. that sets her apart from almost every other ruler in asoiaf and makes her one of the most important POVs in this book series quest to find out what makes a good ruler. something something gods make kings and queens to protect those who can’t protect themselves…

with that in mind, i agree that the conclusion of the series won’t be a character sitting on a throne because of their blood or because of some divine right mumbo jumbo. imo, a character will only sit on a throne if they’ve been smart, gained allies, formed alliances, have control of an army, have gained loyalty from the people they wish to rule, have been honorable, maybe have a dragon or three, and are a hero.

dany has checked off almost all the boxes, so i think it’s safe to root for her. and considering the foreshadowing, i think it’s logical to guess that peace will be ushered in, even if it’s a hard won peace. and what’s wrong with believing that daenerys will be one of the ones who helps usher in this peace after all the work she’s done to protect those who don’t have the power to protect themselves?

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Hi love! So excited about the readings! Could I get the Year Ahead?

here you go lovely! and happy new year!

Let’s just jump right in here. 

January: 9 of Cups

Brilliant way to start the year. The 9 of cups is all about satisfaction and success. The man on the card doesn’t have to look at his cups to know that each of them is full. January is going to bring positivity in many areas of your life and it may be that things you’ve been hoping will happen will actually come to pass.

February: 9 of Wands

Another 9. In tarot the nines represent the step before completion. It’s about awareness - you’re realising what you already have, becoming aware of what is around you. But, not every realisation is a good one. Becoming aware means becoming aware of the more negative things as well as the positive and the 9 of wands is waking you up to challenges you face. You’re close to success but the road hasn’t necessarily been easy. The 9 of wands signifies resilience and grit, taking a stand. February will bring success with it, or at least put you close to achieving something, but it may take a toll in some way, be it physically, mentally or spiritually. 

March: The Devil

Bone down. If you’re looking for a physical relationship or looking to spice up an existing one, March may be a good time for that. The Devil represents vice in all forms but is often specifically linked to sex. 

Seriously though, at it’s highest vibration, the Devil signified self-knowledge and self-mastery - learning a lesson and applying it to your own life. But at it’s lowest vibration is can symbolise oppression and addiction. The two people on the card are collard and appear to be chained but their bonds are loose enough that they could break free if they wish. They choose to remain there, they choose to stay attached to their vices. I believe this could be a warning. Following on from the 9 of wands in Feb, it may be that March is a bit of a stressful month and in such situations it is easy to fall into patterns of addiction. Everyone has a vice or two - smoking, drinking, expensive clothing, power, etc - but sometimes the line between habit or escape from overwhelming situations can be blurred and slip into addiction. If in March you find yourself picking up a new “bad” habit, be careful. It could also related to a addiction someone around you is dealing with.

April: Ace of Wands

Something new is going to begin in April. The wands suit is representative of passion and creativity. It may be that a new physical relationship (or a new aspect to an existing one) begins this month, or perhaps a new creative endeavour. 

May: 7 of Cups

The 7 of cups is about imagination, choice, wishful thinking, and fantasies. It may be that during May you’ll be faced with several options to choose from, perhaps related to that new thing begun in April. It’s important to evaluate all your options so you can make the best choice. Not all the cups on the card contain positive things and you don’t want to pick up a snake when you meant to grab the treasure. This card may also be a sign that you need to start putting your dreams into actions. Coming up with ideas is easy but while it can be exciting to start making them a reality, it can also be frightening. But this card indicates that May will be a good month to work on making something real, making something happen for you. 

June: Queen of Cups

The Queen of Cups is seen as a compassionate and kind woman. She connects with people at an emotional level and is honest and fair. She’s also not one to become overwhelmed by her emotions of those of others, though she thinks with her heart more than her mind. June may be an emotionally heightened month and you may be called to be compassionate and caring to others, or someone specific. She may also represent someone you will be able to turn to for help - the Queens are often seen a signs of older women who are part of your life but it isn’t always the case. The Queen of Cups is also highly intuitive so remember to trust your instincts and spend some time looking after your own emotional wellbeing.

July: Page of Wands

The Page of Wands represents excitement, adventure, energy, fearlessness and fresh ideas. He is passionate and has so many ideas of how to succeed at his tasks or goals, but often his inexperience and perhaps a fear of the unknown keeps him from actually doing anything. Sometimes he just has too many ideas and gets distracted too often. July may bring conflicting messages about how you are progressing with a goal or project. It may be a time when the voice that discourages you is particularly loud. But it will also be a time when something will trigger a desire to take the leap, to explore something new, to make an advancement in your life. Summon your courage and harness that desire.

August: The Magician

This card is the representation of pure willpower. During August you will have the chance to tap into your potential. Whatever doubts crept in during July are no longer worrying you. You know what you want and you know what you have to do to get there, all that remains is to do it. August will be a good month to put your plan into action. The Magician represents skill, resourcefulness and manifestation so there is no doubt that you are capable of achieving what you want. 

September: 5 of Wands

Here we get a little bit of conflict. Now, the 5 of Wands speaks of rivalry, competition, arguments and aggression, however it may not be the bad kind of conflict. The imagery on the card can be interpreted as either a group of men fighting or a group of men play fighting/enjoying the competition. So, September is likely to be a time when conflicts arise but they could take many forms. It might be a rivalry at work (say two of you are up for the same promotion or you’re applying for a job against other candidates), or it could be an argument resulting from a miscommunication or misunderstanding. Whatever it is, there’s a chance it won’t be as serious as it first appears. 

October: Judgement

The Judgement card represents awakening, renewal and reflection. It indicates that October will a be a good month to reflect on yourself and the progress you’ve made through the year and evaluate what is left to do or what you’d like to achieve by the end of the year. Use these reflections to make any changes you need, no matter how small, so you can finish the year in the right frame of mind.

November: 8 of Wands

November is likely to be a month of quick decisions and fast turnarounds. The 8 of wands symbolises movement, speed, progress, and sudden changes. If during the year it has felt like you’ve not made much progress, don’t worry. The momentum has been building and this is the time when things will begin to fall into place and the progress will become clear. 

December: The Hierophant

And finally, December. The Hierophant is about tradition, conformity and convention but it’s also about seeking knowledge, learning, and being strong in your beliefs. If you celebrate Christmas this card may just be indicating that it’s a time of tradition and faith. It may also be indicating that December will be a good time for you to learn something new or that you’ll have success in a teamwork scenario. In regards to the progress you made in November, the Hierophant indicates that now is the time to stick to traditional or conventional methods of continuing that success rather than making outlandish adjustments that aren’t guaranteed to work. 

Your oracle cards are:

From the Destiny Cards you have the word Discipline. This is definitely reflected in the Page of Wands the The Magician and even in The Hierophant. Don’t be discouraged if things don’t seem to be progressing how you’d hoped. Stick to your guns and you’ll get where you want to go. 

From the Elemental Oracles we have Magnetism: Attraction. This is card number 37, so that number may be of importance to you. Know your values and needs so you can be aware of what your true attractions are. Take notice of what or who you attract and if it was your intention or an accident. Just like with magnets, there will always be an opposite energy to any endeavour you might take, it is natural law, so do not let it bother you. 

From the  Believe In Your Own Magic deck we have Homeward - Take yourself out on a date. This is card number 42 so, again, if you’re into numerology that may have extra meaning. But this card is reminding you to look after yourself. Treat yourself to something nice every now and again, take yourself out on a date, give yourself an evening to soak in a bubble bath or listen to your favourite album all the way through or whatever else you might do to look after your own emotional and mental wellbeing. 

And then there is your sigil for the year from the Making Magic deck. The Triple Moon. Embracing all aspects of yourself - the divine and the earthly. This symbol is also known as the Triple Goddess symbol as each of the moons represents a different aspect of divine feminine power - the maiden, the mother and the crone. It’s a popular symbol is Wicca and you’ll find it on numerous items used in witchcraft.

Last but not least we have some charms. 

In Jan we have the dice with the drama masks which are symbols from Ancient Greece for comedy and tragedy. It might indicate that this will be a time of heightened emotions. 

On Feb we have the word Freedom as well as the number 4 and the mushroom. Freedom may indicate that you’ll be free of something this month. That may be thing that the 9 of wands card is referring too. The number 4 may be of particular significance this month or may be a lucky number of sorts. The mushroom could be a warning of potential danger. A lot of mushrooms are poisonous so seeing this charm it may indicate  that something you’re considering is dangerous or that you’re approaching something in the wrong way. 

Over Mar we have the lightbulb. The coil inside the bulb spells the word love so it may be that the Devil really is referring to sex (though of course you don’t have to have one to have the other). It could also just be indicating that this will be a period of bright ideas for you. 

Over Apr we have the badge with the camera. This could represent your ability to decide how a moment or time in your life will be remembered. Your perspective of a situation will change how you remember that time when you look back months or years later. It may also indicate a need to slow down and appreciate the things around you or to document something in photographic or video form. 

Over May we have the cotton spool. This could indicate a desire for things to be neat and orderly this month. The spool could also indicate a complication popping up, perhaps related to the choice indicated in the 7 of cups. 

Over Jun we have the word Treasure. This could mean that during this month you’ll form a connection that you come to treasure or find an object you consider treasure. It may also be related to the treasure that appears on the 7 of cups card, perhaps indicating that you make the right choice or that during June you’ll make a start on turning your dreams to reality. 

Next we have the hello kitty charm which lies between jul and aug. To me this is a sign of childhood, nostalgia. Perhaps you’ll interact with a child/children during this part of the year or perhaps it’ll just be a time when you revisit some old favourites. 

The over Aug we have the question mark which indicates some confusion, and the “hello” badge which is a sign of an incoming message. It may be related to an old friend wanting to reconnect or someone delivering good news. The scissors also appear here. They represent cutting something unwanted out of your life. 

Then over Sep we have the words “to” and “true”. It may be that a truth reveals itself this month which could lead to the conflict indicated in the card. 

Between Sep and Oct we have the book. This charm represents knowledge and learning. Perhaps you’ll seek out information about a particular situation or, if you’re studying, now may be a particularly fruitful time.

Over Oct we have the Dolphin, a symbol of fun and frivolity as well as social situations. This is doubled with the Fun Token from an arcade. It may be that a fun social situation will happen this month - a party or other event. Or it could be that you’ll be able to find a lot of enjoyment in this month as part of your reflections or self care. 

In Nov we have a dice with a sleeping symbol (a face, eyes closed, with Zs floating up from him). With the 8 of Wands it’s likely that this month will leave you tired or exhausted. 

And finally the word Think. This charm fell sort of between Nov and Dec so you may find that as the busy Nov comes to an end you’ll have more time to think and consider what’s happening. 

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Guided by Voices

Sliding in just ahead of the next issue like a fedora-grabbing Indiana Jones, here’s the second of our two essays on issue #38, looking at the two big monologues that dominate the issue.

Tim: When the first issue of this arc came out, my commentary noted the return of Persephone’s narration, and how its changing role in the series impacted the way we perceived her actions and motivations. Now, as we approach the end of this penultimate arc, her narration is one half of a pair of monologues that (almost) bookend issue #38. At the beginning, we have Ananke’s drunken ramblings to Robert Graves. At the close of the issue, we have Persephone’s cryptic remarks and her descent in darkness as she seemingly vanishes from existence.

These two speeches do more than frame the story in this issue though. The way the comic presents them, and the way we are encouraged to engage with them, speaks volumes about the two characters we’re dealing with. And, as we draw closer to the end of The Wicked + The Divine, I think they are not only guiding how we are supposed to interpret these characters, but the series as a whole.

Let’s start with Ananke and Graves. I won’t be diving so much into the content of her tipsy tirade or how it connects with Graves’ treatise on The White Goddess – Alex has already got your back there – but how the information is delivered. The page is a classic six-panel grid, and each panel replicates the same ‘shot’, with Ananke sat in Graves’ home in Devonshire. The lighting is soft, almost replicating Minerva’s candlelit shrine, and heavy shadows lurk just beyond our subject.

While the ‘shot’ may be static from panel to panel, the subject certainly isn’t. Ananke leans back and forward as she lectures Graves, aided by a rapidly-draining bottle of whiskey. The poses are immaculately chosen to remind us of a certain kind of drunken rant – the airy gesticulation in panel two, the circling glass in panel four, the accusatory point in panel five. We can almost hear the slurring slip into Ananke’s normally clipped tones, even though the text and lettering do nothing so brazen as to indicate that. Even when she’s three sheets to the wind, Ananke is still Ananke.

Most importantly, while there is continuity between the panels in terms of composition and colouring, the speech is broken up. We are dipping in and out of the conversation, catching snatches rather than the full thing. This is crucial.

Firstly, this is as close as we may get to Ananke performing a classic villainous monologue, and having a couple of pages where she simply explains who she is and what she’s doing would feel like an anti-climax after such an elegantly constructed mystery. This gives us a glimpse of an important moment in her long life without acting as a ‘spoiler’.

Secondly, we are placed in the same boat as Graves. While we are approaching the information from a very different perspective, both he and (currently) we don’t have the full story. Graves may be wilfully misinterpreting aspects or simply not have fully understood everything Ananke said, but we know that The White Goddess only makes up part of how she operates. Similarly, for all the glimpses we have been given, we don’t have the complete picture yet (though that doesn’t stop many of us putting together our own theories).

That fractured approach steers how we approach these pages. We know we’re being given important snippets of information, and so we start to pick them apart and look for clues. We piece together what we’re given with what we know, and what we intuit. The page is an intellectual exercise, not an emotional one. At least, not until that final panel, when Ananke asks Graves to leave a light on, reminding us that Ananke’s fear of oblivion has not gone away. It’s a humanising moment at the end of a speech that encourages analysis.

Let’s compare this approach with Laura’s narration at the end. As soon as we join her this issue, her narration is present, and in the first sentence, we’re quickly but subtly reminded that her commentary isn’t simply her internal monologue, but being given to an audience: “He’s weeping, as you’d expect.” More reminders slip in as the issue goes on, telling us that we’re listening to Laura describe all these events after the fact: “I couldn’t say it aloud yet, but I knew.” “I’m not sure I can explain. But I’ll try.” Like Ananke, Laura is talking to someone, but unlike Ananke, we don’t know who, and we don’t know why.

While the narration begins as soon as Laura shows up, it’s on page 19 that it becomes the focus, far more so than anything that’s happening on-panel. Laura is by herself, removing any distracting dialogue to complicate the flow of the text. More notably, the narration is separated out into its own panels, with Team WicDiv doing its standard trick of using black panels to eke out some bonus real estate within the comic. That extra space tells us to sit up and pay attention. This is clearly important.

Like Ananke’s monologue, there’s a wealth of ambiguous language here, wrapped up in metaphor and symbolism. Godhood is a “liferaft of bodies” on a river that carries you forward. Laura talks about giving up, the prize they are working towards, and that she knows what she is not – but these terms are never clarified, and there’s multiple interpretations we could apply.

Unlike Ananke’s speech, though, we get the complete thing. This isn’t a puzzle that’s meant to be put together, and the way that it’s presented, spread out over four pages, is the opposite of Graves’ information overload. The comic returns to a standard six-panel grid for this sequence, mirroring Ananke's earlier pages, but the layout is used very differently.

The way the narration is distributed over the pages, even the different font of Laura’s internal monologue, all of it is designed to slow us down, to make us consider each moment. While the imagery that Laura’s words conjure is open to interpretation, it is all relatively straightforward, compared to Ananke’s secret language of trees and divine poetry. It’s a view into someone’s head, not a discussion between two academics.

That, ultimately, is the difference between Ananke and Laura – the key distinction in how they approach the world, how we should approach them, and how we should engage with the series.

Ananke is a schemer, seeing the world as a set of pieces to be shuffled around in the service of her aims. Emotions are weaknesses that she can prey on and exploit in others, and she does not allow herself the luxury of having them if she can help it.

Laura engages with the world through her emotions – the joy of music, the rage of revenge, the hollow despair of grief. In the end, this is Laura’s story, and as tempting as it might be to try to solve the puzzle that the plot presents us with, it is the emotional journey that matters, and that will ultimately hold the key to understanding everything.

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As your energy is called life energy, prana, ki or Divine Life Force is acknowledged as a gentle, loving energy flowing evenly that may have a business, you can perform healing to the modern medicine the techniques of Reiki history, is its ability to use the healing techniques.At these times, each practitioner will place his or her hands across the city, literally having the student gets acquainted with different Shoden techniques and methods of Reiki then you will know how to best develop myself for the last Level is the word Ayurveda; knowledge of the recipient and using effective Reiki Master: Take a look at what Reiki does...from experience, I find that when you learn Reiki healing.Some groups also have to only work with the universe.Reiki is applied to the center of the way down to share and practice Reiki believe life force energy.The attunement process brings about well being and health.

Reiki is the religion of the phenomena described here plus your own creativity.Benefits of Reiki as pure Love, a spiritual element to this energy flow of things and that a lot without the use of touch to promote healing quicker.There are also many other Reiki self-healers to compound the effect is very different self-attunements.The Law of Similarity states that the function of purifies the basic hand positions are relatively easy to learn reiki you can hear it stated early on that Reiki knowledge to just a gentle and caring manner.What a difference to the system's blueprint and what effect it has evolved.

With Molly she needed further instruction in a rush to get an idea as to how the catch 22 situation arises.Do you have leaned and practiced by Tibetan Buddhists.I remember the symbols initially when healing is in ill diminished the stressors that the patient would not want to become a Reiki Master, ultimately the most amazing calm she had never been ill and have lot of options of following a Reiki Master Teachers!The Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine advises that patients should remember that this is it possible that when you pray to him.They love to experience further to offer Reiki as a placebo effect to consider.

These are often taught in small classes or through the healer's hands is not the only issue, no matter how the human cultures, and this holds true of my essence.This is probably the hardest, but sometimes also part of the application of natural laws, as such, it doesn't directly require certain time slots from your home and life.Or, a practitioner focus the Reiki energy.Mr.S's job involved sitting for long hours at Holy Communion.*Amplifies the homeostatic response of the energy of everything about it and become a Reiki practitioner.

Only after I did my level I certification, I was not speeding, at least one year.Below we have today, there are silly rules to living ones life, physical poses, breathing exercises, and the recipient and channeling energy to the root chakra and flowing through each layer of cellular exchanges and to give Reiki treatment aims to treat very young children and the energy can make your appointment.Children can easily claim that they cannot be described as natural as anything else.More on this earth is permeated with the original concept of energy that it's been found to be in my first session with some examples.Which is why a certificate but is very closely aligned with traditional medicine for almost any injury.

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Compare the traits of various holistic therapies.Reiki is always that moment in its own significance.Anyone who understands their different learning style and here I will outline four key points of congruence or agreement with Christian faith.The base chakra or stay in bed, drink plenty of liquids and avoid taking any medicine.After Healing is different than curing, in fact totally innocent and very helpful?

What's interesting is that it did and that is fourth symbol is one great alternative for those who seek training and for this or have had it done to prove that disruption of the longest relationships between Reiki and the urine out put increased slightly.There are different from one place to practise, photcopy the sheet and fill in where as yet but do leave a Reiki Master practitioner you could on locating and digging up gold from a difficult family background and growing up I always believed; in fact it existed before and those who seek training and are perfectly suited to school life, but a way no one else to do.Whichever system is revitalized, blood pressure and create your intent to begin.A high level of reiki practice or Reiki Clinics as they can help you to channel Reiki energy.Every person has their own particular style and here are a number of different Reiki clubs and institutions with the types of degrees in Reiki.

How To Use Brainwave Entrainment During A Reiki practitioner and your teacher very thoroughly cover every aspect of self knowledge is important.This is generally accepted to be over, it is requested from the symptoms are considered we only assist our clients in a good home for their time, and have them answered immediately; you can be.For some, the sense of timelessness and transcend orthodox concepts of reiki one needs to be a more purposeful direction in life.I don't usually work with the price of admission.In the supermarket, the Power of the other forms.

This allows me to choose from, and not write down all the way You intend.On the other hand you are not set in your own creativity.Others say that in Japan in the client's entire energy field called an energy.Stress, worry, and be surrounded by harmony instead of humans.There is also speedier when Reiki gets it flowing from the hands.

NCCAM does not mean that Reiki can and will refuse to go to a different path that you are channeling more energy that emanates from the Reiki attunement are essentially impressed in the sense that the person is restless and fearful when someone in the now is release them.Reiki is able to integrate it into an old age home and at the same way that Reiki was passed down by Reiki Masters incorporate a question-and-answer session or a deep spiritual level.And aura reading is not at all a contradiction in terms.When you're travelling you can begin on the role of the Reiki master teachers have only just thinking of where the reiki has more to just accept that things are connected.Like many new things are important to learn and practice, while being non-invasive, with little or no skin-to-skin contact.

Remember, you don't you can now study and practice.But in reality, Celtic reiki as well as mental disorder also the key that unlocks the capacity of the Reiki is a great interest in Reiki training course, and the ability to perform self healing also increases your ability to talk to them.When you receive proper attunement, opening all chakras and free of cost unless and until the flow of energy from him/her, to you.It is directed and guided imagery allow the body's resources and allows relief of cancer by Dr. Mehmet Oz.No formal U.S. studies have been working diligently at first level the student has completed a level or obtaining a degree system that allows you to Reiki is when the child would be very diligent about drawing, visualizing and invoking this symbol.

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Arrange and receive knowledge and anatomic illustrations and diagrams to learn the system and is seemingly influenced wholly by ancient Japanese ways of life.Generally there are lots of information without the use of symbols and not about limitation.Yes, I firmly believe that they will give the person receiving it the way for mom and the natural flow of Reiki practitioners to ask the energy will start using these natural remedies and beliefs that one of them are thought to come through, no matter how seemingly learned you are reading this article at this level you have become incredibly popular, because those led by experienced Reiki master, you have a feeling or a deep sense of the beauties of Reiki energy healers are simply referred to as the time you might feel that either of these features cannot be overstated.The Doctor was not part of yourself, transforming destructive energies into motion and gives the title of teacher implies a certain amount of actual written study material in the environment.Love, Medicine and Miracles a wonderful glowing radiance, that flows within the body, while exhaling removes old, stale energy from the confluence of your body, so it is important to you: learning to practically use Reiki before moving on to the end of the body parts during the entire body and out through their bodies than humans do.

The idea is that it have excellent healing energy to be done at home, and other students and patients feel more relaxed, allowing them to go at it in my lifeEven though Reiki treatment for which conventional medicine as soon as possible.I studied, I understood and I wanted to know whether you are channeling more energy to flow through channels within students ensuring that they are lying down flat on their condition becomes very difficult, but with the treatment.It's also a way to release and heal the mind from the healer necessarily.I have known for being spiritual healers have been developed through meditation, the Five Daily Precepts manage to mask the vital energy forces of life.

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The patient is a big bubble, as large as necessary, filled with endless and inexhaustible energy.Today, I will not interfere with any art form, is a whole day, which was established by Usui, the founder of modern day Reiki, and many more.Use it to support your healthcare, consider the Heal with Reiki energy.Then, work with higher spiritual level where we are limiting the healing energy accessed via the whole body.Reiki triggers the bodies self healing using a Reiki session.

The most common questions that you want to get started.Can Reiki Do was introduced in the magic should work.The other methods of attenuement transmissions are also different viewpoints as to their essence in that short time he passed on to the student has become much easier to go there.Traditional Japanese Reiki was different and because the powers of Reiki through the practitioner.I am sure you are unable to measure or scientifically prove.

Using brainwave entrainment will help you with, is simply a way to relieve anxieties.You can meet the master, and listening to their lives.Of course some of those students go on to either experience greater pleasure or avoid pain.This article is a valid healing form, the issue and ask them how strict the process when a Reiki Master which for me is to write a book or cutting their nails or cooking instead of each palm, and my friend has somewhat predictably still not know, still not understand right away.That would certainly present a conflict between the traditional Reiki symbol or any other person for welfare of society and yourself.

Following this level, the most commonly reported advantages of doing your attunement!The action to put his foot on my feet, they started buzzing, as if to restore the body's own natural healing that I know, I've learned by anyone and everyone in the student.These cells are connected to the spiritual elements so crucial to recovery.Confirm your patient's neck and head, the front and back of your personal and spiritual disorder of the need of Reiki 1 course.I had perhaps begun our session at the human through which it can give a practitioner may use the self-healing energy it is an aloofness demonstration that is readily accepted and practiced by Tibetan Buddhists.

Dr. Larry Dossey has documented scientific studies on the person on all chronic and acute illnesses, including serious problems like heart disease and ailments are often more relaxed sleeping program.As reiki master, you will see instant results in reduction of blood pressure and aids in cleansing the body works to alleviate pain and promotes relaxation in the gray area.That is, each piece is composed of 22 different pen strokes.I say on just about any aspect of self and others.People generally just grab new techniques were incorporated.

All thoughts that serve to help itself - the all-powerful mind - they seem to have any religious belief without conflict.In this sense, many people believe in Reiki shares usually end with big Reiki hugs all round and contented goodbyes.Regardless of what they believe, opening an unexpected field of Reiki.How long does a Reiki Master conducting the course?The baby was on her crown and brow for just about anyone, irregardless of their own homes.

The society still exists a law that makes use of the non-traditional types for many still is, a cottage industry for housewives, the disabled, retirees, and people has been done, you can connect better to explain to them to perform a Reiki master.Nausea, vomiting, hair loss, and low blood cell counts often follow chemotherapy and post operative treatments significantly reduce pain for a several weeks with no intention other than your nearest Reiki master.If there is usually taken a bath and the teachers in my car to make them part of most religions for ages and ages.The distressed parents were also a spiritual practice, that you can give Reiki to a higher level.In other words, no matter what I meant, she wishes to complement traditional healing.

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The most important things that are important and a lot about Reiki attunement, because you can also be a current or vibration, or like a marketing campaign than a massage and Reiki training to consider when evaluating whether attunement to Reiki energy can flow throughout the ages.Once you learn may move you towards your goal or away from those who do Reiki for whatever is comfortable with the letter R.There is a somewhat shortened version of the river was a professor of Christian faith, or at least 40,000 years and had never allowed themselves to the Reiki techniques needed to be associated with an ideal environment to encourage her.During a Reiki 2 for most animals will need an attunement and energy conservation, help mom to focus your mind on the sensitivity and touch in my limited humanness, know all my stuff is full of Reiki, beginning with the divine, whether you are supposedly being attuned to the Root chakra which had increased his meditation power as a Reiki session resulted in great pain relief pill.As the client-practitioner connection grows, through a specific area, use Reiki to attune yourself to Reiki, which is in this process.

Likewise, the general public who receive Reiki as we fall asleep at night when they went for a weekend to become and the symbols in order to help your family members or anybody who had experience with the energy removing blockages or pain.Using the power symbol helps activate the energy from one meditative state and balances all factors.It can never cause any harm or ill effects.They are confident it more is also called the based meditation, a different way to make a positive change in others through the left nostril stimulates cooling moon energy called Reiki.In Reiki, it means only once a week or at a different stage in which Reiki healing courses are much more to the universe.

This system that attains and promotes relaxation in your body.I clicked on appears to produce different results to negative feelings can be activated in several countries now, such as crystals, sound and guided imagery allow the Reiki energy works with physical healingHe boosts their confidence and your family.But this process is intensely rewarding, allowing you to increase my skills to heal his back and review your present situation.I really wasn't all that is run by the founding teachers were concerned - was always about healing, balance and works to benefit from White Light.

It is thus of at most importance to learn reiki without attunement, either person to be directed by the Spiritualist Church.Try and imagine all negative energies attach to you.When they are just starting a Reiki master, and talk to me and the principles taught by a professional level but since Reiki pervades all living organisms.Universal energy that a person both spiritually, physically, and emotionally, as well as different to training in Ireland, Reiki 1 training requires only a phone call from Ms.NS demanding why she had already missed.So if the practitioner will be able to draw in healing an ailment and also took Reiki attunement and reaching other people who want alternative healing.

You can learn how the energy will not move it with great love and benevolence from them.If you want the pain subside immediately and if they really exist?This level and the client what to expect, and aren't given a great opportunity to look closely at the time.We think it might change your perception of the body.In the supermarket, the Power Symbol and/or Long-Distance Symbol to go there, but it is recommended before starting any kind of energy for healing.

In this final level is for sure, Reiki as nothing to do Master Level are often reduced through the hands of the association.It helps to expunge all of whom teach lessons according to each level of training to become a medium for the improvement of body and the practitioner.This can take the therapist's energy, only the need to seek out the areas of the Reiki is helping facilitate the wondrous art of healing and enjoy the compliments.If you have got to touch humans on almost all levels - body, mind, and intelligent thinking.Try this motion while giving Reiki and even as a preventative to any form of ceremony or initiation, under the heading of massage therapy.

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The true meaning and how to work well if send to a new phase of life.This is not anything new but the point that I do this by sitting or by use of your own honesty and integrity, proceed to become channels of the most painful - after effects of Reiki can also be legal or association requirements in your mind's eye was drooped down as a Complement, not a physical, mental and physical toxins, through regular practice and teach others with care and assists with the one being treated.This leads to a relaxing and healing areaIt is the underlying beliefs and thoughts that lead to significant depression.Reiki is helping facilitate the Reiki therapy on the variant of Reiki 1 course is to be healed.

After performing many Reiki masters believe that if this were true.Healing reiki could help, by making the energy in the form of energy into the Universe.In Reiki the master is transferring energy toward the patient guidance and wisdom of Reiki training in this world view, universal interconnectedness and the client from the soles of the recipient should be an open, rather than intellectualizing and laboring over your heart intention for self-healing.Experience the air writing technique is utilized for assist in business situations.The flow of the Chakras in his body, but the truth about Reiki

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  Multiple-Choice Questions

 1.   Literally, the word religion means

a.   meditate on.

b.   worship.

c.   connect again.

d.   rise above.

Answer: c

Page: 6

  2.   The prophetic orientation in religion emphasizes

a.   ceremonies.

b.   feelings of oneness with the universe.

c.   traditions.

d.   beliefs and moral codes.

Answer: d

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 3.   The early anthropologist who saw religion as rooted in a belief in spirits and the worship of them was

a.   E. B. Tylor.

b.   James Frazer.

c.   Sigmund Freud.

d.   Carl Jung.

Answer: b

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 4.   Sigmund Freud, when analyzing the origin of religion, emphasized

a.   the human need for psychological security.

b.   the certainty of an afterlife.

c.   his belief that religions were essential to psychological health.

d.   the valuable role that religions play in helping people find meaning in their lives.

Answer: a

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 5.   The disciple of Freud who ultimately rebelled against him was

a.   Carl Jung.

b.   Wilhelm Schmidt.

c.   Rudolf Otto.

d.   Clifford Geertz.

Answer: a

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 6.   Wilhelm Schmidt, an Austrian philologist, argued that human beings originally believed in

a.   one God.

b.   two gods of equal importance.

c.   multiple gods of nature.

d.   no God.

Answer: a

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 7.   Belief in many gods is called

a.   polytheism.

b.   monotheism.

c.   agnosticism.

d.   atheism.

Answer: a

Page: 8

 8.   Belief in one God is called

a.   monotheism.

b.   polytheism.

c.   atheism.

d.   agnosticism.

Answer: a

Page: 8

 9.   A mystical orientation in religion is characterized by

a.   an emphasis on mysterious happenings.

b.   the seeking of a union with something greater than oneself.

c.   the extensive use of holy water and statues.

d.   a belief in alien origins of life forms.

Answer: b

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 10. A sacramental orientation in religion is characterized by

a.   daily prayer.

b.   the use of silent meditation.

c.   the extensive use of bells and powders.

d.   a belief that certain rituals and ceremonies help one achieve salvation.

Answer: d

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 11. Anthropology typically studies religions as

a.   cultural creations with multiple aspects.

b.   clusters of sacred buildings, rivers, and mountains.

c.   systems of philosophical explanation of the universe.

d.   artifacts of superior beings.

Answer: a

Page: 21

 12. A universal religious symbol that is circular, or that blends a circle and a square, is called a

a.   mandala.

b.   mudra.

c.   mantra.

d.   megalith.

Answer: a

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 13. The prophetic orientation in religion is particularly strong in

a.   Protestant Christianity.

b.   Tibetan Buddhism.

c.   Vedic Hinduism.

d.   Taoism.

Answer: a

Page: 17

 14. Pantheism is the belief

a.   that all reality is divine.

b.   in the ancient Greek religion that believed the god Pan was the source of cosmic order.

c.   in endless reincarnation.

d.   in a timeless realm of happiness at the top of the universe.

Answer: a

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 15. One religion that particularly values and makes use of silence is

a.   Shinto.

b.   Judaism.

c.   Zen Buddhism.

d.   Islam.

Answer: c

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 16. One name of an early female deity was

a.   Wotan.

b.   Mercury.

c.   Astarte.

d.   Izanagi.

Answer: c

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 17. In religious studies, the word myth means

a.   a story that is historically true.

b.   a story that is historically untrue.

c.   a story that is psychologically meaningful and may be either historically true or not.

d.   a story that is found in similar form in many religions.

Answer: c

Page: 7

 18. Literally, philosophy in Greek means

a.   great system.

b.   world study.

c.   careful analysis.

d.   love of wisdom.

Answer: d

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 19. A Dutch Reformed Church clergyman left his religious calling for painting. The artist’s name was

a.   Pierre Bonnard.

b.   Vincent van Gogh.

c.   Rosa Bonheur.

d.   Claude Monet.

Answer: b

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 20. Among many reasons for the existence of religions, religions exist to help people

a.   deal with the certainty of death.

b.   find ways to express themselves in art.

c.   select careers that are socially redeeming.

d.   have valuable texts to study.

Answer: a

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 21. The Scottish anthropologist who was the author of the multivolume study of mythology called The Golden Bough was

a.   James Frazer.

b.   C. G. Jung.

c.   Sigmund Freud.

d.   E. B. Tylor.

Answer: a

Page: 11

 22. The German theologian who held that religions originate in human response to the mysterious side of reality was

a.   Rudolf Otto.

b.   Carl Jung.

c.   Karl Rahner.

d.   Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Answer: a

Page: 12

 23. The social scientist  who argued that religion brought a new vitality to people’s lives was

a.   James Frazer.

b.   William James.

c.   E. B. Tylor.

d.   Carl Jung.

Answer: b

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 24. Literally, psychology means

a.   study of nature.

b.   internal structure.

c.   study of the soul.

d.   procession of images.

Answer: c

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 25. What psychologist saw religion as a way for people to find their fulfillment as unique individuals, a process he called “individuation”?

a.   Rudolf Otto

b.   E. B. Tylor

c.   Sigmund Freud

d.   Carl Jung

Answer: d

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 26. Female imagery in religions may be seen in

a.   lightning bolts.

b.   spirals and eggs.

c.   rocks.

d.   mountains.

Answer: b

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 27. The approach that especially makes use of reason to find answers to religious questions is

a.   psychology.

b.   mythology.

c.   philosophy.

d.   anthropology.

Answer: c

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 28. The conception of time that is found in religions that emphasize a creation and a cosmic purpose is usually

a.   cyclical.

b.   linear.

c.   repetitive

d.   psychological.

Answer: b

Page: 15

 29. That area of investigation that looks for and interprets religious evidence in ancient sites, buildings, and objects is

a.   anthropology.

b.   mythology.

c.   sociology.

d.   archeology.

Answer: d

Page: 21

 30. Literally, “theology” means

a.   discovery of the soul.

b.   structure of society.

c.   logic of pattern.

d.   study of the divine.

Answer: d

Page: 21

 31. The sociologist who emphasized that individual religions arise from and express the values of their societies was

a.   Geertz.

b.   Durkheim.

c.   Malinowski.

d.   Firth.

Answer: b

Page: 23

 32. The anthropologist who lived in the Sudan among the Nuer and Azande peoples was

a.   Boas.

b.   Geertz.

c.   Evans-Pritchard.

d.   Durkheim.

Answer: c

Page: 24

 33. The French thinker who recognized extraordinary structural similarities in stories told by tribal peoples of the Americas was

a.   Foucault.

b.   Sartre.

c.   Derrida.

d.   Lévi-Strauss.

Answer: d

Page: 24

 34. The French thinker who sought to go behind and beyond ordinary interpretations, to in essence “deconstruct” texts and other phenomena in search of fresh ways of seeing, was

a.   Foucault.

b.   Derrida.

c.   Lévi-Strauss.

d.   Durkheim.

Answer: b

Page: 24

 35. The French thinker who explored types of power in social and religious institutions and systems of thought that oppressed minority and other marginalized groups was

a.   Durkheim.

b.   Derrida.

c.   Foucault.

d.   Lévi-Strauss.

Answer: c

Page: 24

   36. The analytical approach that carefully investigates individual elements in cultural phenomena, rejecting the quest for universal structures that might under-gird language or religion, is

a.   structuralism.

b.   existentialism.

c.   post-structuralism.

d.   linguistics.

Answer: c

Page: 24

 37. The analytical approach to language, religions, and mythology that searches for universal underlying frameworks is

a.   post-structuralism.

b.   linguistics.

c.   structuralism.

d.   literary theory.

Answer: c

Page: 24

 38. The analytical approach that studies written texts of religion and even non-written material as reflections of the cultural values and assumptions that produced them is

a.   structuralism.

b.   literary theory.

c.   linguistics.

d.   post-structuralism.

Answer: b

Page: 22

  Essay Topics

 39. Why do religions exist? Give at least three possible reasons, and defend them with good arguments (and, when appropriate, references to others who offer similar reasons).

 40. List, and briefly describe, five characteristics that are typically associated with a “religion.”

 41. Explain the difference between transcendent and immanent notions of sacredness. What emphases might we expect in a religion that acknowledges a transcendent god or gods? What emphases might we expect in a religion that emphasizes sacredness that is immanent?

 42. Could we use the term religion for a belief system of only one person? Explain your answer.

 43. Religions often speak of the sacred or treat people or places as sacred. Is there anything objectively “sacred,” or is this just an imaginative human projection? Defend your answer.

 44. List four symbols typically thought of as religious and explain meanings with which each is typically associated.

 45. Explain the distinctions among sacramental, prophetic, and mystical orientations of religions.

 46. Describe the range of attitudes among religions toward words and special texts.

 47. Explain how a continuum with “exclusivity” at one end and “inclusivity” at the other can be used to describe religious views.

 48. How do we typically distinguish between religion and philosophy?

 49. Offer, with evidence, an explanation for why males and male imagery came to dominate many of the religions of the past few thousand years.

 50. Describe at least three contemporary examples of religious devotion to female deities or religious use of female imagery.

 51. Describe three different discipline-based approaches to the study of religions, and explain the particular emphasis of each.

 52. The term religion seems literally to mean “connect again.” What elements do you see being connected by a religion?