The Watchtowers are gardens of the four corners , the directions east, south, west, and north and are where the four elements live , that are earth air, fire and water..
In the Order of the Golden Dawn a watchtower is thought to be a spirit that lives at of one of the four cardinal points or quarters that are north, east, south, and west. They are also associated with many traditions, and with each the four elements that are earth, air, fire, and water The Watchtowers are normally evoked during casting a circle to aid power and protact it
also, the name Watchtowers may refer to the homes of the Guardians, with the guardians referred to as the Watchers or as the Guardians
the four watchtowers are set up and evoked to represent the outer barrier of your magical circle, and to to protect it and help establish a energy area in which magick can be built. Each one of these elements is evoked and welcomed into the circle by the invocation, sometimes by name, and other times by a greeting
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The watch towers are called upon to guard your circle and lend or aid their power to your ritual or spell work, the power being that of the elements earth air fire and water, with are elements that all life is created from.
there is rarely an agreements on the topic of magickal circles and how to cast one and when to call the watchtowers, or if you even do, but normally, the circle is cast and invocations, evocations or convocations are used for the elements, Elementals, or Guardians or watchtowers. Usually the person faces the corresponding direction while calling the watchtowers or the four corners. That seems to be one of the more popular ways to cast the circle modern Wiccans
In Wicca, the watch towers are the Guardians of the dimensional Planes. Each of the Watchers takes care of a Watchtower which is a one of the four quarters, and associated with the four elements of the Ritual
Circle. In the Elder traditions of Wicca they believe they are ancient Gods known as the Old Ones who guard the portals to the Other World. I find this to be a interesting thought and something I want to learn more about.. in Many Wiccan books circle-castings no longer mention the Watchtowers. Another important matter is experimentation with the attribution of elements to the directions, instead of staying with the attributions used by the Golden Dawn and Gardnerian Wicca (north/earth, east/air, south/fire, west/water). Many Wiccans see themselves as participants in an earth-based religion; they believe their practices should reflect where they live and of the local environment. Both the Golden Dawn and early Wicca were active in Great Britain; traditional attributions derived from the British climate may not work for practitioners in other areas. An instance of this problem is Wiccans living in the southern hemisphere, who believe the north, not the south, as the direction most characterized by fire and heat. Some pagans choose to follow the practices of a historical pagan group or conform to local traditions; which may dictate a change of attributions I find the watch towers and the elements they house to be very important to spell and ritual work, and I for one could not see not calling them to protect in my ritual cirice and leaned there powers or the elements in my ritual and spell work, I'm sure as my studies advance and conture to grow in my understanding that my opinion, and knowledge will grown much stronger or may even change how I feel about the watchtowers and the elements that house, but for now I feel that there aid and protection is crucial to spell and ritual work, as well as the power they add to it. I very much look forward to learning a lot more about the watch towers and also the elements and how to use them more properly with in my own ritual and spell work. Al so want to learn more about how to evoke the propally, how to give the watch towers the respect the deserve as well as how to dismiss hem the right way.As I feel it is imporant to learn how to do this the right wa, and how I will add this knowlage into my own tradtion, and belife system.
No one is one hundred percent sure why the American Civil War came to be. However, one theory that repeatedly comes up is the issue of slavery and whether it was just or wrong in America the land of the freedom throughout history and discussions. Charles B. Dew the author of, Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and The Cause of The Civil War, claims to be a southerner himself and explains his thoughts and education growing up in the south. In his youth, he was taught by his family that the reason the South went to war was to fight for their State’s rights but as an adult he explains that it may not have been the only reason they fought after researching for himself.
Have you ever seen Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Ark? In that movie if you’re paying attention you can see a faithful reproduction of the biblical account of the Ark of the Covenant – the most sacred of all objects from the Bible. It is gilded with Gold, with fine woods and carvings – with the figures of two cherubs (keruvim – those who bring God close) on top – wings outstretched and barely touching at the point where God’s presence might one day descend and perhaps glow brightly like a metaphoric shining light of truth and knowledge.
The order of the various pictures behind the chief, has great spiritual symbolism. The placement can be associated with the rise and fall of man.The lightning bolt symbolizes creation,a start of a new beginning. The eclipse of the moon is highly profound in the spiritual realm. According to Spiritual ResearchFoundation,
The Heaven’s Gate Cult is one of thousands of millennial cults and UFO- based cults throughout the world. It has existed for over 22 years now. The cult was lead by a man named Marshall Applewhite and a woman named Bonnie Nettles. They were referred to as “Do” and “Ti” by the cult. These were said to be their spiritual names. Bonnie met Marshall as a patient in a psychiatric hospital where she worked as a nurse.
The Hopi have a highly developed belief system which contains many gods and spirits. Ceremonies, rituals, dances, songs, and prayers are celebrated in year-round. The Hopi believed they were led to the arid southwestern region of America by their creator, because he knew they had the power to evoke rain with power and prayer. Consequently, the Hopi are connected to their land, its agricultural cycles and the constant quest for rainfall, in a religious way. The religious center of the community is the kiva, which is an underground room with a ladder protruding above the roof. The kiva is very important for several reasons. From the kiva, a connection is made with the center of the earth. Also, the kiva is symbolic for the emergence to this world. The room would represent the underworld and the ladder would represent the way to the upper world. In fact, a room is kept in the house to store ceremonial objects. A sacred ear of corn protects the room and symbolizes the ancestry of the family members. Kachinas are also a focal point of the religion. For a Hopi, they signify spirits of ancestors, dieties of the natural world, or intermediaries between man and gods. The Hopi believe that they are the earth's caretakers, and with the successful performance of their ceremonial cycle, the world will remain in balance, the gods will be happy and rain will come. Because they think of their crops as gifts, the Hopi Indians live in harmony with the environment.
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This story shows all the aspects of Native American religious and social beliefs. Firstly, the aspect of the "circle of life", which is probably the most important part of Native American religion, is not directly mentioned in the story. I have come to the conclusion, after much reflection to symbolism in the that the "animals with their skin off" that look like humans, are probably dead people who were reincarnated as animals, or were somehow spiritually connected to each other through the earth and the environment. Other than that, the Circle of Life is not an important part of "Wikiash and the First Totem Pole".
temples, but people do not visit them like Christians go to church. It is a
There are many wonders of the world. There is the Great Wall of China, the Coliseum, the Hagia Sophia, the Taj Mahal, and many other places across the globe that has struck wonder into the world. Yet there is a place that not even the smartest of scholars cannot seem to understand. On a grassy piece of land in England there are heavy stones that stand tall, placed side-by-side and some even lay upon one another. It is known as the Stonehenge. Many people have heard of it, and many people have theories of why these stones are standing there today. Yet no one seems to know the exact purpose of this monument. There are many other scholars who have theories about the Stonehenge being used for religious purposes as well. My theory is that the purpose of the Stonehenge for religious and ritualistic.
2) The witness that the church seeks to give in helping in the search for
... temple had four points- North, South, West and East which indicated the relationship to the sky. Only rich and people who had powerful standing were allowed in the temple. It is an example of the power structure at its finest. The sovereign was making rules and other people have to be obey them no matter what. According to ruler, poor people were allowed outside of the temple and never inside (Mesopotamia, February 5th 2014).
pray to God. As well as functioning as a House of Prayer, or 'Beit ha
When I was a child I used to be frightened of entering such a place for it seemed so imposing and somewhat dangerous, especially when music was being played. One day, in order to keep a promise I had made, I saw myself forced to enter. It took me quite a while to get the courage to pass through the old oak door, but the moment I stepped in, I realized just how enchanting and breathtaking this building could be. Its fantastic architecture and exquisite frescoes reflect perfectly the unity between this earth and the unseen kingdom of angels in such a manner that one cannot say where one ends and the other begins. The way in which the church was built is also the vivid testimony of a medieval period. Although it is a place that can sometimes be cold and ask for respect it is where prayers are answered and magic is done. An overwhelming feeling of inner harmony takes over you once you enter and God seems much closer. Darkness and light are welded perfectly together creating Redemption’s house. The tower allows you to see the entire town from the smallest river to the biggest building site, offering you its mightiness.
We live in a world full of different religions and all of them have, for the most part, a lot of similarities between them. Some of said similarities include beliefs or practices, art, statuary and architecture or buildings such as temples or churches. They serve as reminders of teachings or beliefs and also a place to gather and worship. The architecture or structures are so revered by the people who build them that they themselves become intricate works of art. Another form in use is statues. Most religions use some form of statuary as shrines to visit or pray to, also as a representation of the image portrayed by their chosen religion. A religion with a strong representation of this practice is Buddhism. Today, Buddhism is recognized as one of the world’s major religions.
According to Walton (2014), they are among the ancient structures that are most mathematically interesting. One fact about the Great Pyramid that has been confirmed by the Ministry of Antiquities is that the stars making up the constellation Orion, namely Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka, are perfectly aligned to the three pyramids: Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure (Arbuthnot, 1997). The reason being offered to explain this is that the ancient Egyptians believed that when the time of the pharaoh’s death comes, he becomes Osiris (their god of death) and since Osiris was tied to Orion, it meant that he was being sent straight back to his origin (Abou Bakr, 2013).