Melchizedek taught me about omens, that they will help me pursue my personal legend. Throughout my journey I came across several omens, I slowly began to become better at interpreting what they mean. The omens taught me that everything in this world is connected, from soil to the pyramids. I learned that omens are linked to the Universal Language of the World and will always aid you during rough times. After being able to interpret many omens, I came across a strange omen, where two hawks were flying and suddenly one attacked the other, causing me to have a dream of an army marching onto the oasis.…
Throughout this semester, the class has been exposed to numerous texts which reference how people interact with the world around them. Many of the texts asserted that an ascetic lifestyle is the best way to live life, since it allows for fewer distractions to interfere with the search for happiness and meaning. Being applied by various people through different means, it has proven to be a fruitful lifestyle since it reveals truth to those who search for it. The role of isolation, asceticism, and solitary nature in humanity’s search for truth is to provide refuge from the distractions of temporal goods. Before delving into the opinions of the works discussed in class, the definition of truth should be established.…
To find life in death is to find a light in the darkness. In the Bible, Yahweh is generally associated with this light of life, yet He also causes a majority of the death and destruction within His resplendent creation. Yahweh’s creation and of humans illustrates this paradoxical relation between creation and destruction, life and death, knowledge and ignorance. When Adam and Eve…
Bast and Sekhmet Bast was a goddess in Ancient Egypt. She was worshipped as part of the Ancient Egyptian religion. She was a major goddess. She was the patron goddess of cats, protection against contagious diseases and evil spirits, love, and family. She is also closely linked with Sekhmet and they are sometimes considered to be two sides of the same coin, so to speak.…
This story has many connotations or as author Huston Smith of World's Religions, explains, "Words occupy an ambiguous place in life. They are indispensable to our humanity...but they can also deceive, or at least mislead, fabricating a virtual reality that fronts for the one that actually exists. For instance, I consider the old lady burn down the monk's hut because she felt that the monk insulted her 20 plus years of kindness. It started after the girl, with the old lady's directions, caresses the monk.…
1. What is a worldview and how does it influence your approach to life? A worldview is an array of beliefs that change how we both percieve the world and how we react to it. Many people don't think they have a worldview, however, everyone has one.…
Civilization was greatly enhanced by five major contributions from the Hebrew culture: monotheism, cultic worship ceremonies, the principles of the Torah, the idea of history and morality. These core beliefs provided the Hebrews with a self-contained culture that was unchanged by outside influences and provided for its longevity. The Hebrews were monotheistic. They believed in one God as opposed to the polytheistic belief systems of other near eastern societies.…
Roughly 76.7% of Americans report themselves as having a religious belief (Wormald, 2015). Even though most Americans are religious, religion in the professional lives of social workers and the treatment of their clients should not be permitted or used. Religion can sway personal values, create bias against people of a different religion or person that doesn’t have a religious belief and challenges ethical standards. Some believe the concept of helping others is thought not to be an instinct but something that is taught through the church and having religion. But is the desire of wanting to help and provided for others instinct or a learned behavior?…
The Old Testament is filled with the history of ancient Israel. It relates to us stories and facts of what the people of Israel endured, as well as what their way of life was like. In Genesis we find out the lifestyles of many people. For example, we read about Abraham and Sarahs hospitality, the Sodomites and Gomorites, who did not please God, as well as how to people acted in the times of Noah. The book of Exodus is filled with the history of Israel when they were slaves in Egypt, and led to freedom by Moses.…
JEWS POINT OF VIEW: Jewish concepts of creation are based on the account of Genesis and bounce back different views of that particular account. One belief central to Judaism is that Elohim (God) designed the world and believe that human beings are Elohim’s creation. A Huge number of Jews consider that the Genesis account is completely true and that the world was formed in 6 days. From this view, the world is 5,767 years old in 2006. The followers of Torah (i.e., jews) believe that each thing in the universe excluding God was brought into existence by Him out of nothingness.…
The word Blessed Be is a very sacred one, it is used to invoke a person with their blessing. You are asking that deity to come into your body while you are doing a spell or a ritual. It is mainly used during the ritual for the Five-Fold Kiss and Drawing down the Moon. Bless is an old English word that means to make holy, give thanks and to consecrate your tools. Here the Hebrew word “brk” stands for to bend, praise, and invoke a blessing and worship.…
Chasity, I really enjoyed your memoir. I was able to figure out exactly why the events in the piece have made you into who you are today, making the subject matter perfect for your memoir. I struggled a little bit with all of the back and forth between you telling us a story and you speaking to the reader directly in present tense. I think the piece would be more effective if you found a way to incorporate everything you are trying to let the reader know without having to tell them directly. For example, instead of saying “Even at 25, my mind can easily slip back into my very first memory” after having just said that the year was 1995, I would say, “The first memory I have of my mom is from when I was five years old sitting in the back…
There are two key components of human nature expressed in the book of Genesis. Genesis 1-2 addresses the beginning, when man was created, and more specifically created in the image of God. This is essential, because it displays the “goodness” in not just all of Creation but God’s distinct love for human-kind as we were blessed to be made in his image, “In the first Creation narrative, Genesis 1, God celebrates what he has made and gives humankind a position of honor and responsibility,” (Shuster, 2013). This image includes the gift of rational thought, the capability to love, our spiritual attributes and our dominion over Creation. The Garden of Eden was a temple, a paradise of perfect harmony, encompassing the true and pure relationship that God desired to have with humans.…
Everybody has their own philosophy to life which is based on their worldview. A worldview is a conceptual scheme or intellectual framework by which a person organizes and interprets their experiences (Cowan & Spiegel 2009, p. 7). The biblical worldview answers the true meaning of life. Timothy Keller states the biblical worldview as being the creation, fall, redemption and restoration (2012, p.161). The creation refers when God created the earth and the heavens and everything was good.…
Three important themes to consider when reading the Hebrew Bible are God’s relationship with humanity, humanity’s attempt to be like God, and humanity’s disobedience of God. These themes are important in any religious text because they are crucial to understanding the human condition and the purpose of human existence. Genesis reveals how God’s relationship changes because of disobedience, as well as how a desire to be equal to God motivates disobedience. This is important in how it explains the ultimate reason humans sin and how it affects God’s relationship with humanity.…