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...: Devil Worship ... Zombies ... Doomsday Cults ... Head Shrinkers ... Hungry Ghosts ... Fire Walking ... the Grim Reaper ... Witch Smellers ... Human Sacrifice ... Holy Mud ... Dervishes ... Sacred Mushrooms ... the Dance of Death ... Snake Handlers ... Sin Eaters ... Demonic Possession ... the Antichrist ... Golems ... the Temple of Rats ... Stoning the Devil ... We...

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...Black Stone of Mecca Hungry Ghosts Witch Smellers Egyptian Crocodile Worship Christian Snake Handlers The Rope to Heaven The Scapegoat Gods in Human Form Devil Worship The Sex Slaves of Paradise Animal Sacrifice Human Sacrifice Self Mummification Zombies Incorruptible Bodies The Firebird Sacred Mushrooms Demonic Possession Towers of Silence The Ghost Dan...

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...Laitman's new book not only demonstrates with examples from science and Kabbalah that the ego stands behind all human suffering, but also shows how we can use it to our benefit. With clear analyses of the human soul and its problems, the book provides a 'roadmap' indicating how we can achieve a new level of existence and fulfillment....

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........................................................... 31 Evolution of the Human Desire for Pleasure ..................................39 CHAPTER ... .............................................................................153 HUMANITY AND THE WISDOM OF KABBALAH ...................................... ... future of the state of Israel. 17 FOREWORD It is hardly a secret that humanity is in a deep crisis. Many of us already feel it. Sensations o... ...eed to understand their causes. The safest place to start is by understanding human nature and the nature of the world. If we understand our own nat... ...e desire to receive pleasure evolved in us over time, following the growth of human desires. Its first manifes- tation was in simple desires, such as... ...s of giving and receiving, intake and emission, as well as prowling and self-sacrifice are rooted in other animals’ genetic codes. 13 However, we ...

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...logy. Reading it can be useful to anyone who wants to discover new ways of thinking and acting, and who wants to transform him or herself as well as human history....

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... thinking and acting, and who wants to transform him or herself as well as human history. Antonio Mercurio 6 THE MYTH OF ULYSSES AND SECOND... ...urished themselves with nectar and ambrosia and I am firmly convinced that human beings are deeply in need of nourishing themselves with beauty, mor... ...h. The next is Secondary beauty, which is created through the artistry of human beings and once it is created, is no longer subject to death or the... ... is immortal because it lives in the works of art created and preserved by human beings. It is immortal because it lives in the archetypes found wi... ...eings. It is immortal because it lives in the archetypes found within the human species’ collective unconscious. It is immortal because it lives ... ...ts someone who mistakes his oar for a winnow. There he will offer Poseidon sacrifices, and the god will finally be placated. Afterwards, Ulysses can... ... can go home and live out a serene old age. 32 We have abolished animal sacrifices, and rightly so, but we cannot escape from offering up our wou...

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...condary Beauty”. Primary beauty is the type of beauty created by nature, and it is subject to time and death. “Secondary Beauty” is beauty created by human beings, a type of beauty that goes beyond the type created by nature and that,...

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...uth and beauty. I ask you to love this book of mine that required great sacrifice to write, great energy to put together in this form and great ... ... one Universe to Another This book deals with the main themes regarding human existence and its content is the result of both an existential and ... ...l concept of time. One opposes the other and both are terrible prisons for humanity; one creates absolute thinking and the other creates nihilism an... .......................................... 127 8 CHAPTER IX: Thinking of Human Beings as Persons and as Artists of their own Lives and of the Life ... ...wers, fruit and seeds and produces oxygen that keeps the ecosystem alive), human beings can also, if they wish, transform, synthesize, create, conden... ...h, transform, synthesize, create, condense and transmit energy. In fact, human beings transform biochemical energy and mechanical energy into rela... ...rror of final judgment or the weighing of souls (psychostasia). Too many sacrifices and renunciations are required. The life of an artist also re... ...tions are required. The life of an artist also requires renunciations and sacrifices, but there is a notable difference. Anyone who decides to foll... ...virtues are many but the favorites have been obedience, chastity, poverty, sacrifice and charity. 120 And they, too, created a soul for themselve...

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...In the words of Michael Laitman, "It is beyond human comprehension to understand the essence of such spiritual qualities as total altruism and love. This is for the simple reason that human beings cannot comprehend how such feelings can exist at all, as everyone seemingly...

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...It is beyond human comprehension to understand the essence of such spiritual qualities as total altruism and love. Even the existence of such feelings is beyond our comprehension; we seem to require an incentive to perform any act that do...

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...oks by Rabbi Michael Laitman .................... 447 Contents It is beyond human comprehension to understand the essence of such spiritual qualiti... ...uffering! How much easier would life be if the Creator were not concealed from human beings, but were clearly perceived andseenbyeachandeveryone ofus!... ...LDSBEYOND WindowtotheHeart It is clear that, since the creation of the world, humanity has suffered torment and pain in such magnitude, it has often ... ...rayers? Why did He turn away from them and scorn their suffering? All of these human beings subconsciously realized that there is a higher purpose to ... ...being united with the Creator. Why, then, is the Creator silent in response to human pleas forrelief? This can be explained as follows: people are muc... ...hatwhich isconsidered desirable. Human beings also like to rest, and will only sacrifice it when they are lacking something vital, such as food or war... ...or proximity to, theCreator. There are many examples of this in the Bible: the sacrifice of Yitzhak, the sacrifices in the Temple, and so forth. (In H... ...eous take by force." Abraham (the right line: faith above reason) was ready to sacrifice Yitzhak (the left line: reason and control of one’s spiritual...

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...his belief that crises can turn out to be glorious benefits if we draw on universal wisdom to handle them -- that challenges are simply part of every human being's journey; they are valuable catalysts for our personal growth....

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...lenges as I have learned to call them, are more than simply part of every human being's journey; they are valuable catalysts for our personal growth... ...enges as I have learned to call them, are more than simply part of every human being's journey; they are valuable catalysts for our personal growth... ...I am today if she had not been so committed to my turning out as a decent human being. Today I realize that there is more When you get to the essenc... ...commitment, a seri­ ous partnership, and the giving of yourself to another human being. At twenty-two years of age, I had no idea of what that kind ... ...ria's womb using her life-support system; the next day he was a brand-new human being with everything he would need to survive. To me, giving birth ... ...oved once and for all that the benefits of saying "yes" far out­ weigh the sacrifice of energy and time. I came away from the en­ gagement with much m...

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...every person, for every nation, and for the entire world. The structure and the perception of reality are the surface of this book. But the story of humanity, or more accurately, of the human soul, is the undercurrent that drives the reader forward in this book. It is about you, about me, about all of us. This book is about the way we were, the way we are, the way we will...

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...t only with regard to our feelings. However, because the sensory organs of non-human creatures would differ from ours, they would see the world as co... ...Kabbalah, since it is the only study that deals with the part of reality that humanity has yet to attain. But it is not enough to merely study the t... ...tor: “Who is He?” This is because the Creator is inside us, the Source of the human “self.” Hence, no matter how many times we ask ourselves, “Who a... ...h is not a historic epic, though there is a correlation be- tween the text and human history. But this is only because the construc- tion of the world... ...ld is reflected in its adjacent lower world, down to our own. Everything that humankind will have to go through during its as- cent through the world... ...aham did not go to Egypt right away. Rather, he first went to Beit-El, made a sacrifice to the Creator, and seemed to be soothed afterwards. PA RT ... ...dy Kabbalah, and thinks that this is the House of the Lord (Beit-El). When he sacrifices to the Creator and begins to examine what life really asks ...

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...ed in the armies of the prince of darkness. We do not read in these ancient memorials of any league of mutual benefit entered into between the merely human party, and his or her supernatural assistant. But modern times have amply supplied this defect. The witch or sorcerer could not secure the assistance of the demon but by a sure and faithful compact, by which the human p...

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... join the revels of evil spirits, and, by their counsel and assistance, destroy human lives, and waste the fruits of the earth, or perform feats of ... ..., has diffused itself through every climate of the world, in a certain stage of human intellect, and while refinement had not yet got the better of ... ...cient memorials of any league of mutual benefit entered into between the merely human party, and his or her supernatural assistant. But modern times... ...re the assistance of the demon but by a sure and faithful compact, by which the human party obtained the industrious and vigilant service of his fami... ... they avowed being guilty of every species of mischief, from the taking away of human life to the spoiling of milk. The names and forms of their imp... ...to the carcasses of the dead by charms ahd infernal invocations, and by deadly sacrifices and wicked oblations. There are two kinds of necroman...

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...m and the work that he begins that will shed a light in the darkness that humanity has lost itself in. Yes, my name is Trinity and I have seen many t... ...p so I didn't understand how he could remain so steadfast in his love for humanity when quite a few of its members were openly mocking him, having a... ...e World ________________________________________ Neo's Open Letter to the Human Race: Love. This is where this Book begins. The "teachings" within th... ...of society’s expectations… and like all systems, it is self- perpetuating. Human nature, from its earliest origins, teaches you that to belong is to ... ...eeper than blood, than bone, than the pulse that drives the cortex of the human brain… and fear of change may well be the most terrible of all of th... ...be seen with that person. What will it do to my reputation?" Click. They sacrifice their own awareness to fit in. To be safe. To be comfortable, acc... ...e visions, the drive, the Purpose, are neither easy nor painless. We have sacrificed almost everything to do what we're here to do. Ask questions, he... ...ll sentient beings, really - are inherently good and worth the effort and sacrifice. You're worth it to me; and everyone is loved by someone, or sho... ...se they're working for the same thing(s) you're working for. The thing we sacrifice and fight for; and the things that yes, I believe I'll ultimatel...

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...ng green eyes and warm breath blowing in her face. She's not sure if it is human. The thing from the desert with the orange eyes maybe? Can he change?... ...ad done to her husband. Were she and Marsh supposed to be some dynamic duo human-canine tag-team fighting supernatural forces of evil wherever they fo... ...nd bumped right into genie-man in the middle of the floor. He stood like a human wall, arms folded over finely carved chest as he blocked her path to ... ...her and she hated him just a little more than was probably healthy for any human to hate another. "Look, this is getting us nowhere. We're going in ci... ...brace as if she had been made for hi— E-nough! Kane chastised the strictly human half of him that responded to that mad woman in such a carnal way. De... ...ar. The mate, however, had been useless for anything but food, a necessary sacrifice. Grinning, he recollects his encounter with the male musad'afin i... ...hought, eliminate them I will. In war, as in any contest of wills, certain sacrifices must be made. He decides, then and there, to take the risk. He w...

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...ls, Brahman, Buddha, Fire, Funeral Rites, Future Life, God, Gods, Prayer, Sacrifice, Soul, &c., all the passages bearing on these subjects as they o... ...ustoms, manners, art, and economic life. For there is hardly any phase of human life that is not in some way 01' other touched upon in the Sacred Bo... ...xpress my sincere thanks to the Delegates of the University Press for the sacrifices incurred in the publication of this volume, and for the patienc... ...en who have caused an a., 25, 184 ; a Bhik­ khu who intentionally kills a human being, down to procuring a., is no Samana, 13, 235; sin of a., 7,13... ...idolatrous father, 6,189; 9, 30,278; and Nimrod, 6, 40 sq.; commanded to sacrifice Ishmael, 6, Ixxiv; 9, 172, 172 n.; entertains the angels, 6, 21... ... 38,307,315; the worlA of Brahman found by a. (brahma[arya), 1, 130 sq.; sacrifice, ABSTINENCE-ADDHAKAsi 3 the v.o-:, ?f silence, fasting, and a ... ...ound the fire, 29, 378 ; 30, 19, 142, 253 j worshipped at the VaiJVadeva sacrifice, 29, 84 sq.; invoked for the protection of a child, 29, 54 sq.;...

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...ed away from a man's skin, still insists on biting him for the pleasure of human blood." --The Iliad Homer Book I: Pala... ...lation of laws in the Land of Smiles. He had become the rescuer of whores humanizing their sorry plight. Their only sins were to be born poor and to ... ...s and the Red Sea or Buddha sabotaging a bit of the recycle factory of the human soul. "My son flew into Chaing Mai recently. I've been wondering... ...perhaps that would not be enough. Nobody was content. Like any animal, a human always yearned for more. They were trying to build up on themselves ... ... female without womanity. She was a female who advocated overcoming petty human existence for a love of ideals, compassion, and the attempts at under... ...r embarrassingly, and he would eat stray cats in the park but he would not sacrifice his newly discovered integrity for the sake of comfort. In t...

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...ole of Creation, but until recently these secrets were shrouded in mystery and misconceptions. Now the Zohar is openly unfolding its wisdom, to show humanity a way forward. Unlocking the Zohar is an invitation to a wondrous journey as we fine-tune our thoughts to maximize the spiritual benefit derived from reading in The Zohar....

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...y is this wisdom taking center stage specifically for those living today? Humanity is ever developing. In ancient times, people’s needs were very ba... ...ham the Patriarch, a resident of Ur of the chaldeans, who discovered that humankind’s program of development was prodding it toward discovering a n... ...the end, the material evolution of man on earth would exhaust itself, and humanity would discover that something beyond satisfying corporeal desire... ...n know the upper worlds. Kabbalah explains everything that has happened in human history: why we have developed one way and not another, and why all... ...f Torah and the path of suffering. Hence, the Creator eventuated and gave humanity technology, until they have invented the atom and the hydrogen bo... ...holiness. For that reason the Klipot are called “dead,” as in the verse: “sacrifices of the dead” (Psalms 106, 28). And the wicked that follow them,... ... removed from everything, all the more so from the altar, from offering a sacrifice. 64) Nadab and Abihu prove that the words, “Then fire came out f... ...fering to the Lord.” A man with male and female is worthy of making this sacrifice, and no other. 65) Although we spoke of Nadab and Abihu in a diff... ...d. And they were not worthy of offering this offering, which is above all sacrifices, since they were unmarried. Hence, they were unfit to offer a s...

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...d been created for him. It is seemingly hard to grasp, that for this small human, who grasps no more than a wisp of this world's reality, much less o... ...ies For that reason the shells are called "dead", as the verse goes: "sacrifices of the dead (Psalms 106, 28)". And the evil are attracted to th... ...e but discoveries of its nothingness and the harm in it. Indeed, when all human beings agree to abolish and eradicate their will to receive for thems... ...eeds, which the will to receive necessitate their reception. And just as human desires differ from one another, so are their needs, thoughts and ide... ...t desire in its beastliness. And although they use the mind and reason as humans do, it is, however, enough for the slave to be as his master. And i... ...d serves the beastly desire. And those whose will to receive takes mainly human desires, such as domination, over others and respect, which are abse...

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...h it cannot penetrate. For instance, scientific tools cannot measure the human soul, or the basic motivation for our actions. If it could, we would... ...e wish. But because we cannot perceive our most essential motivations, we humans, the apex of Cre- - ation, are still unaware of why we come into thi... ...ake your first steps towards understanding Introduction 11 the roots of human behavior and the laws of Nature. The contents present the essential ... ...reat 12 th century Kab- - balist, wrote that thousands of years ago, when humanity was deep in idol worship, one man couldn’t go with the flow. His... ...al manifestation of it. This was Stage o ne of the spiritual evolution of humanity. o nce Abraham discovered this truth, he began to spread the word... ... sacrificing ourselves, we are actually receiving more pleasure from the “sacrifice” than from any other option we can conceive at that mo- - ment. ...

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...second is found in the doctrine of transubstantiation; and the third is the sacrifice of the mass. The Sacrament of the Altar is not a magical device... ...rd such external practices as cannot be abrogated at once without injury to human consciences.” This is the fourth published translation of this tre... ...For while I denied the divine authority of the papacy, I still admitted its human authority. 5 But after hearing and reading the super-subtle subtle... ...ed in their Leipzig disputation in 1519. Jerome Emser (1477–1527) had been a humanist professor at Erfurt during Luther’s student days, and was later... ...antiation effected by divine power, it must be regarded as a figment of the human mind, for it rests neither on the Scriptures nor on reason, as we s... ...s neither begotten nor begets; that the soul is the substantial form of the human body. These and like assertions are made without any reason or cau... ... believed in the church today than this, that the mass is a good work and a sacrifice. And this abuse has brought an endless host of other abuses in... ...as they have done who have made of the sacrament an opus operatum 85 and a sacrifice. Let this stand, therefore, as our first and infallible propos... ...ment might be confirmed, as the blood corresponded to the testament and the sacrifice corresponded to the promise. But here Christ says “the new tes...

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... The servants who were forthwith sent into the whole world, to invite the whole human race, had express order to begin with Jerusalem, with the chil... ...f the most Holy Virgin Mary, and this with out the confusion of the two natures human and divine. Which single point kept the doctors of the first a... ...(which is doubtless the kingdom of God) should increase and extend over all the human race, and that all men should enter into the church and become ... ... I know by the same scriptures, that this blessing which I desire for the whole human race cannot be in the present state, but it shall be without fa... ...he innocent blood of eighty persons; sold as many men for slaves; made the daily sacrifice to cease; spoiled the temple of God of all its ornaments a... ... Verse 10. Should we then understand in these places all the individuals of the human race, —those not only living, but the dead also raised up? Mor... ...ulg. behold he.] The sword of the Lord is filled with blood: for the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.” To... ...srael shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without te... ... that time? Did they destroy at that time all those houses wherein were offered sacrifices to idols? What idols found the Romans in Jerusalem, save ...

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...ors and leads reality. That in- cludes the reality of this world, the whole of humanity and each and every one of us at any given moment. With the he... ... creation and is its purpose. The Creator created mankind and wishes to raise human beings to the highest pos- sible degree: that of the Creator. The... ...ll rise to a state defined as “the end of correction.” Q: What will happen if humanity refuses to accept the purpose of creation and objects to its ... ...eation and objects to its goal? Will the Creator have to destroy and recreate humanity? A: We have nothing to be afraid of, because even your questio... ...he development of the cultural world, without in- fluencing the advancement of humanity, as did western philosophy? After all, the Kabbalah sees as i... ... 4). On the one hand, this quote can be interpreted this way: a person would sacrifice everything for life, health and the possibility to go on liv...

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...st, uncompromising kind. They set a very clear goal before them: to show humankind how to achieve eternal life—filled with pleasure and unbounded, ... ...nd here there is a conduct of particular and general: General—the whole of humanity, obligated to eventually come to this immense evolvement, as it i... ...e s T u d e n T Particular—that even before the perfection of the whole of humanity, this rule is implemented in a chosen few individuals in every ge... ...hysiologists and anatomists have discovered. And there is much there that humans have yet to find. From the above, you can conclude the vast variety ... ..., for only now do they have a common language. AppEllATionS AliEn T o ThE hUmAn SpiriT With all that is said above, you will understand why we someti... ... holiness. For that reason the Klipot are called “dead,” as in the verse: “sacrifices of the dead” (Psalms 106, 28). And the wicked that follow them,... ...sting, sowing, etc. are considered to be precisely like the work with the sacrifices that the priests performed in the Temple. How is it different i... ...rformed in the Temple. How is it different if I keep the Mitzva of making sacrifices to the Creator, which is a positive 13 Mitzva, or if I can kee... ...rvests his field in order to feed his fellow person is the same as he who sacrifices to the Creator. Moreover, it seems that the Mitzva, “Love thy f...

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...f slavery, child marriage, female infanticide and the practice of suttee, as one of the important humanitarian reforms of British rule. v Histor... ...oking, of burning dung cakes used for fuel Audrey Blankenhagen 34 and the unpleasant odours of human excrement and rotting garbage, their odifero... ... shouting at and shooing away stray cows and pariah dogs, which seemed to roam at will amidst the human throng. A fair-skinned Parsi came on board w... ... of a psychic. Was Gavin French the right man for her Helen? Rosita had always believed that each human being has a soulmate with whom a union in th... ...fted Helen to her feet and the dark pools of his compassionate eyes seemed to hold the key to all human life. He picked up her palm and turned it ov... ... name for the Goddess Kali and means “Man Eater”, because of her alleged ferocious lust for blood sacrifices. She is also known as Bhowani, Durga an... ...aktavija and drank his blood, which gave her that black appearance. The ancient cult of Thuggees sacrificed to Kali with their murderous rumels and ... ... is perpetrated in her name by superstitious men who believe they can evade their khama by human sacrifice. It is not unlike the cult of devil worsh... ...ded her of Islam’s affinity to Christianity and Judaism. During this festival the Moslem servants sacrificed rams and goats to commemorate the Old T...