hi there and good day to you all .... i purchased an album yesterday which has just been released called immortal memory by lisa gerrard & patrick cassidy, it really is beautiful in places and has a certain uplifting meloncholy throughout.
i know that sounds contradictory, but really, the first few tracks really tug at the heart strings.. if you need an aural and highly textured experience, this album is worth going for.
it really helped lift my mood and is playing in the background as i work.. one track features the lords prayer sung in aramaic taken from the peshitta version of the holy scriptures.. if you do not know who lisa gerrard is, she used to sing with a group called dead can dance and is probably most noted for her vocal work in the film gladiator.
"Shawshank Redemption" - yep, the soundtrack overall is very good indeed.
I do like some Rock, but not the hard and contemporary variety. I am quite into a Babe Ruth track called "We People Darker Than Blue" at the moment and that is a superb cover of a Curtis Mayfield record, well worth checking out.
I did the whole "metal" thing about 17 years ago. My cousin tries in vain to get me into TOOL, which I can't listen to without a high degree of irritation. Too black for my tastes.
hi there and good day to you all .... i purchased an album yesterday which has just been released called immortal memory by lisa gerrard & patrick cassidy, it really is beautiful in places and has a certain uplifting meloncholy throughout.
i know that sounds contradictory, but really, the first few tracks really tug at the heart strings.. if you need an aural and highly textured experience, this album is worth going for.
it really helped lift my mood and is playing in the background as i work.. one track features the lords prayer sung in aramaic taken from the peshitta version of the holy scriptures.. if you do not know who lisa gerrard is, she used to sing with a group called dead can dance and is probably most noted for her vocal work in the film gladiator.
Hi there and good day to you all ...
I purchased an album yesterday which has just been released called Immortal Memory by Lisa Gerrard & Patrick Cassidy, it really is beautiful in places and has a certain uplifting meloncholy throughout. I know that sounds contradictory, but really, the first few tracks really tug at the heart strings.
If you need an aural and highly textured experience, this album is worth going for. It really helped lift my mood and is playing in the background as I work.
One track features the Lords prayer sung in Aramaic taken from the Peshitta version of the Holy Scriptures.
If you do not know who Lisa Gerrard is, she used to sing with a group called Dead Can Dance and is probably most noted for her vocal work in the film Gladiator.
Do you have any recommendations for other uplifting musical experiences?
who's read about it................been involved in it.................would like to share their experience(s)?.
terri.
aka raven wind spirit
Perhaps you do, and we all have our different paths to follow. I just think that it isn't respectful to speak about someone's beliefs in such a way.
True - I should have used more tact in my initial post. The spirits do not respect the vessel they use and therefore I have little respect for the spirits. I have no power over these spirits, only a shield through Christ.
Take care with your dabblings people !
who's read about it................been involved in it.................would like to share their experience(s)?.
terri.
aka raven wind spirit
how some "Christians" interpret woman's role in the congregation
Indeed. I am having a problem with a "Christian" at the moment and the way he is treating his wife. Very sad and oppressive. When used correctly and within the right context, the headship rule can lead to a beautiful and Godly relationship IMO. But it is abused by many dim-witted and hard-hearted Christians.
The book I quoted from earlier btw is: "The Shaman's Doorway / Stephen Larsen" - actually quite a good book, but obviously I do not suggest following through on the lifestyle. A good contemporary reference nevertheless.
Another book if you can find it and you will have to ignore the cover is called The Dark Gods / Anthony Roberts (foreword by Colin Wilson) ... it is a little rare now, but has some superb information in there about common themes within the spirit world through the ages. It focuses primarily on Ufology, but then moves into other key areas and ties the ancient with the modern manifestation together very well indeed. Highly recommended.
who's read about it................been involved in it.................would like to share their experience(s)?.
terri.
aka raven wind spirit
This sounds really "good" and "healthy" doesn't it (plucked from my book collection - a pro-Shaman book believe it or not):
"The Shaman who has been elected by the spirits shows recognizable symptomology: he often becomes extremely nervous and withdrawn, and begins to act strangely. He may also experience epileptoid seizures - regarded by primitive peoples almost all over the world as the sign of a supernatural manifestation. The Siberian term for the psychological condition is amurakh: nervous, solitary, easily frightened, and with a proclivity for imitation and obscenitities" .....
Hmmm.... I wonder whose pulling those strings then
The Shaman way of life is not some kind of "Buffy-esque" teenage lifestyle choice. It is serious dabbling with spirit creatures. Fullstop.
who's read about it................been involved in it.................would like to share their experience(s)?.
terri.
aka raven wind spirit
I was a dabbler shall we say in the world of the occult for a while about 15 years ago. Entered into a coven for a while and now associate with a group who research occult matters, including certain areas I would prefer they would stay away from. They investigate to uncover the roots behind certain practises and that's all.
Personally I stay clear now due to awful choatic energies that were unleashed into my life. I became quite ill and can link my illness to that exposure.IMO there is "no difference" between spirit manifestation that now operate through "different" channels towards the earth, they are simply trying to ground themselves and use our dense matter, whilst taking vital energy. Without a doubt there is deception there. They pretend to operate through clean channels, but in reality push the mind towards a belief system that oposes the true God (the greatest spirit).
Most of the pagan customs are steeped in material idolatry for a start. Think about it, your mother gives you a teddy bear as a present, you focus all of your will upon the teddy bear and totally ignore the mother. How does this make your mother feel?
Clear moral codes are pushed to one side and idividuality is brought to the fore. The magician transcends reality using either emptying rituals, to disconnect the emotional centre away from logic through thought, achieving a state whereby morality plays no greater part than the effect of a fart in the wind. The weaker initiates achieve this by using a potent mixture of drugs or alcohol. The creator I define in my mind would not use these methods for enlightenment.
They also focus their attention towards the planets and worship even the "moon goddess" or forms there within. These customs snake straight back towards ancient Babylon. It is interesting to note how the female energy is also pushed to the fore and the male energy often demoted to slave class.
There is too much to go into my friend. Pick up a few books by Colin Wilson maybe and take the overview and decide for yourself.
It's up to you what you do and where you go and I am sorry if I jumped down your throat, I feel strongly about this subject is all.
who's read about it................been involved in it.................would like to share their experience(s)?.
terri.
aka raven wind spirit
With respect, you don't know what you are talking about.
... and you do?
How are you so sure that the spirits you communicate with are what they appear to be? Or the items you focus your will upon are not simply the dungy idols as described by the Bible?
You have no idea of my background or the people I associate with, so please do not assume that I simply speak from the seat of ignorance or as a blinkered Bible basher.
I'm sure the Wiccan faith helps to empower the individual and place great meaning upon the objective world of reality. It does away with the very concept of sin and with the need for Christ as a mediator between ourselves and God. So in that sense, we do bat from a different ball park as far as our ideas are concerned.
I know you recognize "the divine". Let me ask you a question, based upon your own understanding of "the divine", what is the hope for the future? Plus, do you believe in the cycle of rebirth? ... and finally, where are the origins of your belief system?
being brought up in the borg since birth, i beleived everything my parents taught me and showed me, i looked up to them, they were my heroes in life.. now, i look back, they lied to me, cheated me, mislead me, did not look out for my best interests, and abadonned me when i needed them the most,.
i have nothing good to say about them (or my brothers and sisters), like to tie them both to a tree and ----- them.
they are very stupid people.. i'm sure i will wrestle with this the rest of my life.. thanks so much watchtower bible and tract society !!!!!!!!!!
Secular upbringing. Both parents split when I was 12, leaving my sister and I to be raised by a father who decided it was a good idea to go out and court other women straight away, leaving us in the house alone most of the time which eventually made us both go off the rails.
Mother, neurotic, in another really bad marriage now and tied up with her own anxieties.
Both heavily into the material ways of this world. Both shy away from me because I tell them the truth as I see it "in a kind way". They hate the truth about our lives together as a family and are in deep denial + will not take responsibility for past errors.
If the scriptures did not exhort me to show honour, I would cut them off completely.
It sounds a mess, but I have got used to not really having a family. Sad eh
i don't think despite all my ups and downs, my worries, my insecurites, my trying to live life apart from that i really in my heart of hearts know to be right, that i could ever really lose my love for jehovah.
i just can't forget that what i once learnt.
it can't be undone.
"Crisis of Conscience" and "Christian Freedom" may help balance your feelings towards serving Jehovah my friend. I know how you feel when it comes to matters concerning the worship of Almighty God & his Son Jesus Christ. Reading through the Gospel accounts when your head is clear may help you. Just rest up, eat well and surround yourself with decent people for the time being. Have a decent glass of wine and listen to some uplifting music.
Do not abandon yourself to despair too easily.
who's read about it................been involved in it.................would like to share their experience(s)?.
terri.
aka raven wind spirit
imaginary friends
Dear dear - be very careful out there - they know you a lot better than you know yourself.
