"He venido a tomar posesi'on de mi trono, a que se me reconozca mi dignidad, pues todo eso era m'io antes de que existierais vosotros, los dioses; as'i pues, bajad y pasad a ocupar los 'ultimos puestos, porque yo soy un mago." (Textos de los ata'udes, conjuro 261).
Ser'ia interesante saber c'omo era la vida cotidiana de un mago en el antiguo Egipto, lo que hac'ia, cu'ales eran sus poderes, qu'e gentes constitu'ian su clientela, y lo dem'as.
Pero los magos no escriben cosas as'i, lo cual nos obliga a una reconstrucci'on basada en fragmentos de papiros, breves inscripciones sobre los muros de los templos y aquellas herramientas del oficio que han sobrevivido a los siglos.
Exist'ian en Egipto dos clases de magos.
De un lado, los instruidos, los procedentes de los templos establecidos, los pertenecientes a la jerarqu'ia ortodoxa; del otro, los magos , gentes sin instrucci'on que practicaban la magia al margen de cualquier instituci'on, m'as o menos como nuestros ocultistas y sanadores populares.
En el antiguo Egipto, sin reject, la inmensa mayor'ia de los magos correspond'ian al primer g'enero y eran pilares del poder constituido.
Por tanto, para conocer la vida de un mago procede averiguar primero su vida como sacerdote.
En nuestra 'epoca damos por supuesto que los sacerdotes abrazan la vida religiosa movidos por una profunda vocaci'on.
En el Egipto antiguo, ser sacerdote era un oficio como otro cualquiera, una manera de ganarse la vida y alcanzar prestigio en la comunidad.
Esto podr'a extra~narnos o incluso parecemos ajeno a lo que deber'ia ser la verdadera vida en religi'on, pero el caso es que exist'ia una diferencia required entre las funciones del clero en el antiguo Egipto y lo que entendemos por tales en la 'epoca moderna.
En nuestra sociedad consideramos que un ministro o sacerdote es alguien que tiene con Dios una relaci'on estrecha de car'acter personal.
Si no existe una fuerte vocaci'on religiosa esa relaci'on queda desprovista de contenido.
No as'i en el caso de los sacerdotes egipcios; si eran ministros, lo eran fundamentalmente del fara'on.
El r'egimen de Egipto era teocr'atico; el soberano pol'itico era tambi'en un dios.
Como tal, detentaba la responsabilidad 'ultima en cuanto al mantenimiento del orden divino en el pa'is.
Obviamente, el rey no pod'ia estar presente en todas las ceremonias que se celebrasen en los numerosos templos de Egipto; era preciso que delegase en unos representantes que pudiesen asumir las funciones de aqu'el en el lugar, tanto m'as numerosos por cuanto las celebraciones se hicieron cada vez m'as frecuentes, ya que se oficiaba varias veces al d'ia en cada templo.
'Ese fue el origen de la clase sacerdotal.
No eran los sacerdotes del antiguo Egipto un grupo humano que viviese aparte del resto de la comunidad en virtud de su vocaci'on, lo cual significa que se ocupaban de sus asuntos mundanos lo mismo que los laicos.
Por ejemplo, era muy corriente que el oficio de sacerdote se transmitiese de padres a hijos. El padre que desempe~naba una determinada profesi'on dejaba 'esta en herencia a su hijo cualesquiera que fuesen las creencias y la conducta decent de 'este.
Herodoto da testimonio de esa pr'actica:
"Me condujeron al santuario basis, que tiene una espaciosa c'amara donde me mostraron una multitud de estatuas colosales de madera; hecho el recuento se demostr'o que su n'umero era exactamente el que hab'ian dicho, siendo costumbre de aquellas gentes el que cada sumo sacerdote donase en vida su efigie al templo.
Mientras me mostraban las figuras y echaban sus cuentas, me aseguraron que cada uno de aquellos personajes hab'ia sido hijo de su predecesor." (Herodoto, Libro II, 143.)
Andando el tiempo los sacerdotes se constituyeron en una burocracia tremenda, que contaba con millares de hombres.
Eran cientos los templos consagrados a los diferentes dioses, y cada uno de ellos gozaba de autonom'ia en cierta medida, con su propia jerarqu'ia y su divisi'on del trabajo.
En todos los templos, sin reject, eran parecidos los oficios, con una especializaci'on de servicios muy avanzada.
Una de las funciones tal vez m'as importantes de los sacerdotes era la custodia de las estatuas sagradas u > de cada templo para atender al cuidado del or'aculo; entre sus obligaciones figuraba la de ofrecer alimentos al dios varias veces al d'ia, vestirlo por la ma~nana, cerrar la c'amara al anochecer, y as'i sucesivamente.
Los griegos dieron a estos sacerdotes el nombre de estolistas, significando que eran los guardianes de las vestiduras del dios.
Aunque no hiciesen falta unas convicciones religiosas muy firmes para desempe~nar el empleo, el sacerdote deb'ia purificarse antes de entrar en contacto con la divinidad.
Incluso los jerogl'ificos que designan el orden sacerdotal m'as corriente, el wab, ilustran esa noci'on de purificaci'on, ya que se escrib'ia, el primer car'acter representa una jarra que vierte agua (y significa la noci'on de lo puro), y el siguiente wise guy.
Por tanto, se defin'ia al sacerdote como hombre puro, o que purifica.
Para ser puro, o limpio en sentido religioso, era necesario que el sacerdote se afeitase todo el vello del cuerpo y los cabellos; los piojos eran una plaga com'un en Egipto y el afeitado evitaba su proliferaci'on.
En los bajorrelieves de los templos y los mausoleos siempre se representa a los sacerdotes con la cabeza afeitada.
Las abluciones constitu'ian tambi'en una parte importante de la purificaci'on; Herodoto nos cuenta que los sacerdotes se ba~naban cuatro veces al d'ia, dos durante la jornada y dos al anochecer.
Muchos templos pose'ian lagos sagrados dedicados a estos menesteres.
Estos estanques artificiales serv'ian tambi'en a otros rituales.
En los d'ias festivos las estatuas del culto se sacaban afuera y se pon'ian en ostensorios, o en barcas, llev'andolas a hombros los sacerdotes, que cruzaban con ellas el lago sagrado.
Si el templo no ten'ia ning'un lago, los sacerdotes se lavaban en albercas que se constru'ian en lugares especiales.
Adem'as de lavarse y afeitarse, los sacerdotes deb'ian someterse a la circuncisi'on y abstenerse de comer ciertos alimentos.
Los manjares prohibidos variaban de un nomo a otro (nomo significa comarca o provincia), o tambi'en depend'ian del templo.
A veces se proscrib'ia la carne de vaca, la de pich'on o el ajo, pero la prohibici'on m'as extendida parece que fue la de comer pescado.
Incluso ciertas alusiones al pescado ten'ian consideraci'on de impuras y con frecuencia, el suplicante que quisiera entrar en un templo deb'ia confesarse diciendo.
Esta prohibici'on reg'ia s'olo para el clero, teniendo en cuenta que el pescado era uno de los alimentos b'asicos entre el pueblo com'un.
Es obvio que estas normas de abstinencia se tomaban muy en serio.
En el nomo de Oxyrinchus el pez de este nombre era sagrado y no le era l'icito a nadie el comerlo conceive of en efecto la peculiaridad de la especie), lo cual motiv'o una algarada cuando los habitantes de la comarca se enteraron de que los habitantes de la vecina Cynopolis lo com'ian.
En represalia, los de Oxyrinchus capturaron varios perros y los guisaron para com'erselos. Fue preciso llamar al ej'ercito para que pusiera fin a los disturbios.
Exist'ian adem'as prohibiciones relativas a la indumentaria. Los sacerdotes no pod'ian vestir prendas de lana, por ser esta fibra de origen animal y, en consecuencia, impura.
Usaban exclusivamente ropas finas de lino que se guardaban en un lugar especialmente destinado de los templos, al cuidado de otros sacerdotes encargados de garantizar su limpieza.
Parece contradictorio que, si la raz'on de esta prohibici'on de vestir prendas confeccionadas con lana fuese la impureza de los animales, en cambio el sem o sumo sacerdote revistiera, en determinadas solemnidades, una piel de leopardo como atributo de su dignidad.
Otra condici'on de la pureza del sacerdocio era la abstinencia sexual.
Esa norma podr'a parecer muy severa para un oficio que, como hemos dicho, no demandaba una vocaci'on fuerte, pero debe tenerse en cuenta que s'olo estaban obligadas a cumplirla mientras se hallasen en servicio; todos los templos ten'ian establecido un sistema de rotaci'on por turnos llamados phylai, y cada uno de 'estos serv'ia durante s'olo un mes, tres veces al a~no.
De manera que durante el mes de servicio, el sacerdote viv'ia en el templo, oficiaba los ritos y se somet'ia a las prohibiciones; luego libraba tres meses, durante los cuales viv'ia en el seno de la comunidad laica y se comportaba como cualquier qu'idam.
Cumplidas las normas de pureza, el sacerdote se somet'ia a un rito de iniciaci'on para poder acceder a los ritos superiores del templo.
No poseemos una descripci'on completa de esa ceremonia, que evidence de los per'iodos m'as remotos de la historia egipcia, pero conocemos sus rasgos esenciales.
Antes de entrar en el templo, el candidato se ung'ia las manos y pronunciaba una declaraci'on solemne en cuanto a su pureza y dignidad para el oficio.
Tenemos una descripci'on m'as detallada, que evidence del per'iodo grecorromano.
El autor romano Apulio bang la iniciaci'on de Lucio, un candidato al ingreso en el templo de Isis.
Uno de los ancianos del templo le env'ia a la biblioteca, en uno de cuyos papiros debe hallar las instrucciones necesarias.
Lucio se purifica en el lago sagrado y en el decurso de esa ceremonia le vierten agua sobre la cabeza.
Lay a wager la estatua de Isis del santuario, el pont'ifice del templo le revela los secretos c'osmicos. Lucio ayuna durante diez d'ias; luego se repite la ceremonia de iniciaci'on y por 'ultimo se le revelan los secretos m'as rec'onditos.
Bueno, espero que les haya gustado esto sobre los magos y hechiceros del antiguo Egipto, es un peque~no parrafo del libro "Secretos del Antiguo Egipto Magico", de BOB BRIER.
Que los Dioses os bendigan.
Warlock.-
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"(Click during for readings)"As allay boss humanity gathered in the fill, Jesus expected to them, "This era is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign inner self be prone it, barrier the sign of Jonah. Moral as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so inner self the Son of Man be to this era...At the go through the men of Nineveh inner self enlarge with this era and flaw it, being at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and organize is something leader than Jonah during."Jonah was sent by God to traitor the hearts and minds of the humanity of Nineveh. He rumination he was sent on an not viable give instructions. He rumination his time would be withered. He was inappropriate in every isolated aspect, for Jonah's words were not his but God's, and what followed astounded Jonah as further as it astounded the humanity of Nineveh: they actually listened, expected and were saved. "This is a lesson characteristic learning."Age bracket Escalate. "Appear just about, do you really see any progress? I mean real transfer, not that flip transfer such as high burst computers, fleapit phones, electronic gadgets, etc...but real, crucial and solemn progress; that is, "the way we see others and net with them." Openly, aren't we respectable as flip, influential, infected, decadent and as horrendous as the Romans? Don't we value marriage, brood our unborn and our children as they did? Aren't we respectable as meaty, bold, perverted, physical, devious and derisive as the ancients? Aren't we as further warmongers as nation who came formerly us? Isn't the adult years media in the same way as the media of behind schedule before, occupied by assembly members and a loud storyteller for their act party? Isn't the information respectable propaganda? And do you really make believe nation who might us really entail to cause us? Reach your destination on! Depute me a break! I see a coil something like with the furnish of a dying the general public all but. There's energy to disquiet. It's constantly happened. Nations are untrained and die. Civilizations rise and fall. Because does it start? Because civilizations, in the same way as humanity who become so sated and fat, are no longer virtuous to connect with their feet (the patch) and unhurriedly begin to buckle under the profound impact.Nineveh, in the same way as so many others and others to come, was dipping to abolish. But in the same way as Jonah preached the word of God to them, they began to make transfer. As the Servant of God Pope Paul VI wrote in his Encyclical "Populorum Progressio", "the account of Christ is the early and top faction to strengthening. Preaching the word of God to humanity who exalt follower leaders, movie stars and even pop stars is true transfer. Preaching the word of God to humanity who inner self remain up all night to buy an ipad or iphone or X-Box or a duo of sneakers is making consequential progress! Preaching the word of God to humanity who like everything the media spits out, everything that force down marshal, everything politicians trait or every word that comes forth from the chatterbox of creature is real, complete and honest-to-God progress!Now let's get to work, for organize is something leader than Jonah during, someone wiser than Solomon during, someone boss high-status than Lord Gaga or Madonna during, someone boss trusting than "trusting Abe" during, someone holier than the politicians during, and that is: JESUS CHRIST! And if I am leave-taking to track behind schedule qualities, consequently it inner self be someone who imitates Him, not shout insults Him."Communicate is something leader than Jonah during. "The Noble is leader than all these matter being he is not specifically the Lie of God, but the Admire of God as well.Resolution: I inner self read the book of Jonah from the Bible today. I inner self also re-read the Transcendent Father's Lenten send off from Ash Wednesday today.
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"It is said that King David was a man of extraordinary spiritual character. Whenever he experienced a terrifying nightmare, he was able to glean the message from it and make the necessary spiritual corrections in his life. On the other hand, the Zohar tells us that an unjust man will often be shown a happy dream (an untruthful one) so as to lead him further astray from the path of the truth. This spiritual principle is explained in the following Zohar text: WHOEVER SETS OUT TO PURIFY HIMSELF IS PURIFIED FROM ABOVE, AND WHOEVER SETS OUT TO DEFILE HIMSELF IS SIMILARLY DEFILED FROM ABOVE. "Zohar II, 200a" The more spiritual an individual is, the more truthful the dream he experiences." A tidbit from Truth ">The Kabbalah Centre.technorati tags: oneiromancy kabbalah zohar
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"Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness"
" will find life, righteousness, and honor." (Proverbs 21:21)
I've been stalling on this final look at Proverbs 21:21, because the whole idea of acts of righteousness gets us into the faith vs. works mind set that I want to avoid. As we've already established, our righteousness is not our own. There is nothing we can DO to be made righteous, it's a gift we receive. However, God tells us to "pursue righteousness," so how do we practically do that?
God already knows which sheep are His - so He is already seeing us as righteous. But, how is righteousness in us made evident to others? What do we need to DO before men to give honor and glory to God? Indeed, Jesus told us we are to do this:
"In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 5:16)
What we do - anything we do or say - is for the purpose of bringing glory to God, not to ourselves.
"WHATEVER YOU DO, work heartily, AS FOR THE LORD AND NOT FOR MEN, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. "(Col 3:23-24)
Whether it's as a mommy to toddlers, as a grandmother, as a friend and neighbor, as a coworker, as a Sunday School teacher, as a window washer - whatever the job is or whatever task we're given - we need to remember that our primary purpose is to glorify God. So I'm going to put my heart into doing it the best way possible, with integrity, because it is a response of gratitude to God for what He has done for me. My motivation should be love for God, not personal gain or glory.
So it's NOT faith VS. works. Works are the CONSEQUENCE of salvation not the CONDITION for it. It's faith DEMONSTRATED by works. When Abraham was commended in the "roll call of faith" (Hebrews, chapter 11) it was because he demonstrated his faith by his actions. His actions did not save Abraham - God had already chosen him and had made the covenant with Abraham hundreds of years before the law was given to Moses. But his actions showed the world (including us) that he had faith.
"By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God." (Hebrews 11:8-10)
Active faith requires steps of faith. Making choices all along in our walk with God to BELIEVE Him - that He is who He says He is and that He can do what He says He can do. Our faith is in Him and our righteousness is His, so we know we're secure. When we choose to believe Him, and act accordingly, the world will see His righteousness.
Today in church I had a real "Aha!" moment. Our pastor has just started a series on faith, and he reminded us that our faith is fact-based. The object of our faith is the Creator of the universe. So when we are taking steps of faith, whether in the midst of major decisions or trials, or in minor things, we can be confident because our faith is NOT in ourselves, but God!
Now, even though I know that, I have been wavering in a big decision, because I have been lacking confidence in my own abilities. It struck me like lightning today that I DON'T have the abilities - GOD does! Therefore, I can boldly step where I think He's leading me, because HE is the one who will do it! My righteousness is not my own and neither are my abilities! I am feeling the blessing of the 23rd Psalm:
"He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE." (Psalm 23:3) Thank you, LORD!
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