A Nigerian Folktale of Abundance, Greed, and the Cost of Wastefulness Long ago—before the first iron was forged in the...
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A Nigerian Folktale of Abundance, Greed, and the Cost of Wastefulness Long ago—before the first iron was forged in the...
Inanna, also known as Ishtar, was the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, fertility, and war....
The God of Creation Lord Brahma is one of the most important deities in Hinduism...
Quetzalcoatl is a deity in Mesoamerican mythology, revered by many cultures in the region, including...
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While Halloween is observed on October 31, Día de Los Muertos is observed on November 2. Many of the communities that celebrate Dia de los Muertos also celebrate Halloween. The “Day of the Dead” is a tradition that started in ancient Mesoamerica, which is now Mexico and northern Central America. There, native peoples like the Aztecs, Mayas, and Toltecs held special holidays to remember their dead loved ones. Depending on whether the deceased was an adult or a kid, specific months were set aside for commemorating them. With the arrival of the Spanish, this way of remembering the dead became...
People have been burning incense made from fragrant flowers, plants, and herbs for thousands of years. One of the earliest documented ceremonial practices was the burning of incense to offer prayers to the gods. Incense is a potent way to communicate your intentions, whether you’re using it in a religious setting like the Catholic church or a pagan one like a bonfire rite. Herbs, flowers, wood bark, resins, and berries can all be used to produce your own. All but a few of them are free or inexpensive to produce at home or pick up in the woods. Commercially made...
You can sense safety and protection. You can feel the answer to something that’s been bothering you, but you haven’t been able to say it out loud yet. You have the impression that you are receiving signals and opportunities to take specific paths. While you feel comfort in difficult circumstances or joy when you are sad, you may be sensing the strength and presence of your guardian angel. When you are alone and do not have the security of knowing you are protected, you may be unable to sense the presence of your angel. If that’s the case, there are...
THE FEAR OF OLD AGE This fear stems primarily from two sources. First, consider the possibility that old age will bring poverty. Second, and by far the most common source of origin, false and cruel sectarian teachings that have been so well mixed with “fire and brimstone” and “purgatories” and other nonsense that humans have learned to fear Old Age because it meant the approach of another, and possibly a much more horrible, world than this one, which is already known to be bad enough. In the fundamental fear of old age, man has two very sound reasons for his...
Exploring the Divine Hierarchies and Rivalries Across Mythologies From the peaks of Mount Olympus to the shining gates of Asgard, humanity has long envisioned its gods as rulers seated on celestial thrones. These pantheons were more than collections of deities; they were reflections of cosmic order, human politics, and the eternal struggle between chaos and harmony. Each civilization painted its divine world like a mirror of its own. The Greeks saw a family of quarrelsome immortals whose passions echoed human frailty. The Norse envisioned grim warriors bound by fate, marching toward an inevitable end. The Egyptians established a sacred hierarchy...
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