Ancient Forms of Pre-Islamic Pagan Worship

lightgiver · 16-12-2009, 11:28 PM

Ancient Forms of {Pre-Islamic} Pagan Worship

pp. 1612-1623 of The Holy Qur'an, Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, [1946]

{Scanned at sacred-texts.com, October, 2001. This is a short excerpt from an appendix to an English translation of the Qur'an, which describes the pagan beliefs in the Arabian peninsula prior to the rise of Islam. It is written by a devout Muslim, so this point of view is evident throughout.

This is one of the few treatments of this fascinating but little-understood subject which I have found. I have appended the translation and notes for the portion of the Qur'an (Surah lxxi.) mentioned in the body of the appendix. This is also of interest because it gives the Islamic take on the story of Noah. In verse 23 of this Surah, five pre-Islamic pagan deities are mentioned by name: Wadd, Suwâ`, Yagûth, Ya`ûq and Nasr. Believers in the existence of the Necronomicon (itself purportedly a mediaeval Arabic document) will take note of Yagûth in this list. In the appendix, Ali also describes a trinity of pre-Islamic goddesses: Lât, `Uzzâ, and Manât; this information will be of interest to Wiccans.

INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: SÛRA LXXI (Nûh).

This is another early Meccan Sûra, of which the date has no significance. The theme is that while Good must uphold the standard of Truth and Righteousness, a stage is reached when it must definitely part company with Evil, lest Evil should spread its corruption abroad. This theme is embodied in the prayer of Noah just before the Flood. The story of Noah's agony is almost a Parable for the holy Prophet's persecution in the Meccan period.

C. 251. (lxxi. 1-28.).--

The Prophet's Message, as was that of Noah,
Is a warning against sin, and the Good News of Mercy
Through the door of Repentance: for God is loving
And long-suffering, and His Signs are within us
And around us. But the sinners are obstinate:
They plot against Righteousness, and place their trust
In futile falsehoods. They will be swept away,
And the earth will be purged of Evil. Let us
Pray for Mercy and Grace for ourselves,
For those nearest and dearest to us,
And for all who turn in faith to God,
In all ages and all countries,
And amongst all Peoples.

{p. 1613}

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/pip.htm

The Exorcist Soundtrack 01 - Iraq - YouTube

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

The origins of the exorcist is an ancient demon or satanic force from ancient middle eastern pagans.

Note here : Middle Eastern includes the Jews , Sabeans , Christians ( jews ) and Egyptians and the Arabs.

lightgiver · 17-12-2009, 03:15 AM

The Anunnaki (also transcribed as: Anunnaku, Ananaki) are a group of Sumerian and Akkadian deities related to, and in some cases overlapping with, the Annuna (the 'Fifty Great Gods') and the Igigi (minor gods). The name is variously written "da-nuna", "da-nuna-ke4-ne", or "da-nun-na", meaning something to the effect of 'those of royal blood'[1] or 'princely offspring'[2] or "heaven and earth" (Anu-na-ki) The Annunaki appear in the Babylonian creation myth, Enuma Elish. In the late version magnifying Marduk, after the creation of mankind, Marduk divides the Anunnaki and assigns them to their proper stations, three hundred in heaven, three hundred on the earth.[3] In gratitude, the Annunaki, the "Great Gods", built Esagila, the splendid: "They raised high the head of Esagila equaling Apsu. Having built a stage-tower as high as Apsu, they set up in it an abode for Marduk, Enlil, Ea." Then they built their own shrines.

According to later Babylonian myth, the Anunnaki were the children of Anu and Ki, brother and sister gods, themselves the children of Anshar and Kishar (Skypivot and Earthpivot, the Celestial poles). Anshar and Kishar were the children of Lahm and Lahmu ("the muddy ones"), names given to the gatekeepers of the Abzu temple at Eridu, the site at which the creation was thought to have occurred. The head of the Anunnaki council was the Great Anu, (rather than being just a sky god, Anu in Sumerian actually means "sky"), of Uruk and the other members were his offspring. His place was taken by Enlil, (En=lord, lil=wind,air), who at some time was thought to have separated heaven and earth. This resulted in an ongoing dispute between Enlil of Nippur and his half brother Enki of Eridu regarding the legitimacy of Enlil's assumption of leadership. Enki, (En=lord, Ki=Earth), in addition to being the God of fresh water, was also God of wisdom and magic, regarded by some as an alchemist. When the Igigi went on strike and refused to continue to work maintaining the universe, on the Shappatu (Hebrew: שבת, Eng: Shabbath) Enki created humankind to assume responsibility for the tasks the Gods no longer performed. The Anunnaki were the High Council of the Gods, and Anu's companions. They were distributed through the Earth and the Underworld. The best known of them were Asaru, Asarualim, Asarualimnunna, Asaruludu, En-Ki (Ea for the Akkadians), Namru, Namtillaku and Tutu.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

I wonder what is really going on in Iraq Babylon

lightgiver · 19-12-2009, 02:06 AM

Al-Uzzá (Arabic: العزى‎) was one of the three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in pre-Islamic times and was worshiped as one of the daughters of Allāh (not to be confused with the Abrahamic Allah the God worshiped by Muslims) by the pre-Islamic arabs along with Allāt and Manāt. Al-‘Uzzá was also worshipped by the Nabataeans, who equated her with the Greek goddess Aphrodite Ourania (Roman Venus Caelestis). A stone cube at aṭ-Ṭā’if (near Mecca) was held sacred as part of her cult. She is mentioned in the Qur'an Sura 53:19 as being one of the female idols that people worshipped (Islam condemns Idol worship and emphasises the divinity of God).

Al-‘Uzzá, like Hubal, was called upon for protection by the pre-Islamic Quraysh. "In 624 at the battle called 'Uhud', the war cry of the Qurayshites was, "O people of Uzzā, people of Hubal!"[1] Al-‘Uzzā also later appears in Ibn Ishaq's account of the Satanic Verses.

lightgiver · 19-12-2009, 02:09 AM

Manāt (Arabic: منات‎) was one of the three chief goddesses of Mecca. The pre-Islamic Arabs believed Manāt to be the goddess of fate. She was known by the cognate name Manawat to the Nabataeans of Petra, who equated her with the Graeco-Roman goddess Nemesis and she was considered the wife of Hubal. She is also mentioned in the Qur'an (Sura 53:20) that pre-Islamic Arabs believed as one of the daughters of Allāh along with Allāt and Al-‘Uzzá, however it is stated in the Qur'an that God has no progeny. According to Grunebaum in Classical Islam, the Arabic name of Manat is the linguistic counterpart of the Hellenistic Tyche, Dahr, fateful 'Time' who snatches men away and robs their existence of purpose and value. There are also connections with Chronos of Mithraism and Zurvan mythology. The Book of Idols describes her:

The most ancient of all these idols was Manāt. The Arabs used to name [their children] 'Abd-Manāt and Zayd-Manāt. Manāt was erected on the seashore in the vicinity of al-Mushallal in Qudayd, between Medina and Mecca. All the Arabs used to venerate her and sacrifice before her. The Aws and the Khazraj, as well as the inhabitants of Medina and Mecca and their vicinities, used to venerate Manāt, sacrifice before her, and bring unto her their offerings... The Aws and the Khazraj, as well as those Arabs among the people of Yathrib and other places who took to their way of life, were wont to go on pilgrimage and observe the vigil at all the appointed places, but not shave their heads. At the end of the pilgrimage, however, when they were about to return home, they would set out to the place where Manāt stood, shave their heads, and stay there a while. They did not consider their pilgrimage completed until they visited Manāt.
—Book of Idols, pp 12-14[4]

The Quraysh (the ruling tribe of Mecca) and other Arabs continued to worship Manat until the time of Muhammad.

lightgiver · 19-12-2009, 02:10 AM

Allat (literally, goddess in Semitic languages) was a Sumerian[1] and Semitic goddess, the queen of the underworld[2]. She was also worshipped by Carthaginians by name Allatu. For pre-Islamic Arab goddess, see Allāt

Triplets??three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in pre-Islamic times

Heard that somewhere before.

lightgiver · 19-12-2009, 02:11 AM

The Nabataeans (Arabic: الأنباط‎, Al-Anbāṭ) were an ancient Semitic people, Arabs of southern Jordan, Canaan and the northern part of Arabia, whose oasis settlements in the time of Josephus (AD 37 – c. 100), gave the name of Nabatene to the borderland between Syria and Arabia, from the Euphrates to the Red Sea. Their loosely-controlled trading network, which centered on strings of oases that they controlled, where agriculture was intensively practiced in limited areas, and on the routes that linked them, had no securely defined boundaries in the surrounding desert. Trajan conquered the Nabataean kingdom, annexing it to the Roman Empire, where their individual culture, easily identified by their characteristic finely-potted painted ceramics, became dispersed in the general Greco-Roman culture and was eventually lost.

lightgiver · 19-12-2009, 10:26 PM

Followers of the Wicca n, Dianic , and Neopagan religion s, as well as some archeologists and mythographers, believe that long before the coming of the Abrahamic religions of Judaism , Christianity , and Islam , the Triple Goddess embodied the three-fold aspect of Gaia , the Earth Mother (Roman Magna Mater ). A mother goddess was worshipped under a variety of names not only in the Ancient Near East and the Aegean and Anatolia, but also in pre-Islamic Arabia.

http://www.thaliatook.com/AMGG/arabtriple.html

lightgiver · 20-12-2009, 07:36 PM

Masih ad-Dajjal (Arabic: المسيح الدجّال‎, literally "The Impostor Messiah") is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology. He is to appear pretending to be Masih (or the Messiah) at a time in the future, before Yawm al-Qiyamah (Judgment Day). (Compare to Armilus)

Dajjal is a common Arabic word, with the meaning "to deceive", used in the sense of "false prophet", but al-Masih ad-Dajjal, with the definite article, refers to "the impostor", a specific end-of times deceiver. The term al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl (Arabic for "the false messiah") is a literal translation of the Syriac term Mšīḥā Daggālā, which had been in the common vocabulary of the Middle East and adapted into the Arabic language 400 years prior to the Qur'an via the Peshitta (which uses that term instead of the Greek "Antichristos")

The belief is based around the events prior to the Day of Judgment around the Second Coming of Isa (Jesus), when ad-Dajjal who is blind in his right eye, shall gather an army of those he has deceived and lead them in a war against Jesus, who shall be accompanied by an army of the righteous.

He will appear somewhere between Syria and Iraq, at which time Prophet Isa will return and the Mahdi will come, the Dajjal will travel the whole world preaching his falsehood but will be unable to enter Mecca or Medina.

Hadith attributed to Muhammad give many signs of the appearance of the Dajjal, and exhorted his followers to recite the first and last ten verses of Sura Al-Kahf, as protection from the trials and mischief of the Dajjal. It is said that he will have right eye damaged and the left will be working because knowledge acquired through the right eye can be noori (means that pertaining to light) and through the left naari (that pertaining to fire). It is also said that he will have the word kufr (disbelief) on his forehead.

Pazuzu is often depicted as a combination of animal and human parts with its right hand pointing upwards and its left hand downwards. It has the body of a man, the head of a lion or dog, eagle-like taloned feet, two pairs of wings, a scorpion's tail, and a serpentine penis.

Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) on an archaeological dig in Al-hadar near Nineveh in Iraq. He is then brought to a near-by hole where a small stone is found, resembling a grimacing, bestial creature. After talking to one of his supervisors, Merrin then travels to a spot where a strange statue stands, specifically Pazuzu, with a head similar to the one he found earlier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georget...ashington,_D.C.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

(Mark 5:9)

Anyone getting it yet.

Sura al-Kahf "The Cave" (Arabic: سورة الكهف‎, Sūratu al-Kahf) is the 18th surah of the Qur'an with 110 ayat. It is a Meccan sura.

Beautiful Recitation of Surah Kahf - YouTube

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Kahf

lightgiver · 21-12-2009, 08:05 PM

Mohammed Omar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohammed Omar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I wonder?

Leave no Stone unturned.

Annunaki (Mesopotamian Gods):
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/sumerg.htm

lightgiver · 21-12-2009, 08:13 PM

Pazuzu--A demon from Babylonian myth, sometimes called Zu, who stole the tablets of destiny from the dragoness Tiamat.

http://www.angelfire.com/wizard2/sum...cientOnes.html

The Atlantis Code:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/18401720/The-Atlantis-Code

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georget...ashington,_D.C.

Washing ATON.

lightgiver · 21-12-2009, 08:38 PM

LORD OF THE RINGS IS SYMBOLIC OF THE ANUNNAKI

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-an...?msg_id=00BrLM

http://blog.miragestudio7.com/tag/tower/

Demi-god Realm (Jealous God Realm)

The second highest realm of existence is called the Demi-god realm, or the Jealous God Realm. It is believed to be the realm of Titans, Asuras, and is marked by jealousy and paranoia. Those born into this realm, though blessed with a high birth, are exceedingly jealous of the God realm and of each other. They are believed to spend most of their time fighting among themselves to compete.

http://buddhism.ygoy.com/what-are-th...ddhist-realms/

bush doctor · 21-12-2009, 09:34 PM

Lord of the rings - Helms deep charge - YouTube

The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name' sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: For thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies;
Thou annointest my head with oil; My cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms Mandela Live 1988 - YouTube

Brothers in ArmsMark Knopfler

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battle raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line in your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

lightgiver · 21-12-2009, 10:09 PM

Ephesians 6:10-13

"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

lightgiver · 23-12-2009, 07:51 PM

Watching Aton.

lightgiver · 25-12-2009, 11:52 PM

Lung (Tibetan: rlung) is a word that means WIND or breath. It is a key concept in the Vajrayana traditions of Tibetan Buddhism and as such is part of the symbolic 'twilight language', used to non-conceptually point to a variety of meanings. Lung is a concept that's particularly important to understandings of the subtle body and the Three Vajras (body, speech and mind).

In Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, Pazuzu was the king of the demons of the wind.

Its enough to give anyone a heart attack

Channel, Wind and Drop

http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/b...h103.htm#t1031

Come on peeps wakey wakey.

These So called Elites who dabble in occult circles are messing with things they should not be doing and it is gonna back fire.

what goes around comes around Eventually.

lightgiver · 28-12-2009, 10:19 PM

The Arrivals pt 31 The Great Deception - BG
Пристигането част 31 (Голямата Измама)

The Arrivals pt 31 The Great Deception - BG - YouTube

lightgiver · 30-12-2009, 08:32 PM

I hope no one has been in my bathroom and took some of my hair and nail clippings

maybe they have

.......M

Evaluating necromancy

by Dorean Malandra-Dara

Necromancy is an ancient magical practice that has not begun to receive its full due throughout history. Much of the subject matter now present on the subject of Necromancy is tainted by the ceremonially occultist work by Doctors Edward Kelly and John Dee, who functioned in the service of the English crown in the seventeenth century. It is not surprising that various governments throughout history have utilized specialists in the magical arts to procure divinations which various world government officials found particularly palatable, and socially supportive for their place in history. It is also widely known that the eighteenth century revealed what could only be deemed an 'occult' revival to France, England, and the United States. During that time, a number of occult enthusiasts had turned away from Christianity to develop a system that was uniquely beneficial for the goals they desired to bring to their nations. There is, undoubtedly a general tendency to find that much of the arts which are now deemed 'dark' or 'evil' to have stemmed from believers who have broken ties with Christianity. Necromancy is no exception.

Historically speaking, Necromancy has been documented in ancient Greek and Roman societies, on the Mediterranean, and as far east as China. It could be argued that the near eastern cultures from which we find similarities with Greco-Roman Necromancy and other types of divination were also represented in the bible. The Witch of Endor, an example of which many Christians are quite fond, highlights a woman from a tribe or group of people that neighboured the Jews, to whom Saul approaches and requests that she conjure the spirit of Samael, so that, as Saul hopes, his concerns about the future will be quelled. At an even longer pace in history, necromancy was also home in Judea, but has been long since banished due to a patriarchal influence that 'that sort of activity' has no place 'in a man's world'. The condemnation of divination or magical acts such as Necromancy further served to subjugate women in the ancient world, first by condemning magic, and second by condemning magic to the sphere of women.

Many people approach the subject of Necromancy from a predominantly Christian perspective. The perspective of modern day Wiccans on Necromancy is also one that is tainted by Christian thinking. In the heart of the ideal that Necromancy is an act which seeks to subjugate spirits of the deceased through means of sympathetic magic by utilizing bodily fluids, hair and nail clippings. If anything is to blame for the baseness of mortal desire to know what the fates have proclaimed before them, then it is humanity, and not necromancy. Good and evil are concepts which develop within the framework of mortal minds. Ancient forms of Necromancy involved to a larger extent, the communication that occurs between spirit and the flesh. That communication was not always geared towards devising ways to gain knowledge. It was a two-way relationship between the earthly realm and the afterlife. One that is often lacking among modern discourses of Necromancy.

bush doctor · 07-01-2010, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lightgiver

Ancient Forms of {Pre-Islamic} Pagan Worship

pp. 1612-1623 of The Holy Qur'an, Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, [1946]

{Scanned at sacred-texts.com, October, 2001. This is a short excerpt from an appendix to an English translation of the Qur'an, which describes the pagan beliefs in the Arabian peninsula prior to the rise of Islam. It is written by a devout Muslim, so this point of view is evident throughout.

This is one of the few treatments of this fascinating but little-understood subject which I have found. I have appended the translation and notes for the portion of the Qur'an (Surah lxxi.) mentioned in the body of the appendix. This is also of interest because it gives the Islamic take on the story of Noah. In verse 23 of this Surah, five pre-Islamic pagan deities are mentioned by name: Wadd, Suwâ`, Yagûth, Ya`ûq and Nasr. Believers in the existence of the Necronomicon (itself purportedly a mediaeval Arabic document) will take note of Yagûth in this list. In the appendix, Ali also describes a trinity of pre-Islamic goddesses: Lât, `Uzzâ, and Manât; this information will be of interest to Wiccans.

INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: SÛRA LXXI (Nûh).

This is another early Meccan Sûra, of which the date has no significance. The theme is that while Good must uphold the standard of Truth and Righteousness, a stage is reached when it must definitely part company with Evil, lest Evil should spread its corruption abroad. This theme is embodied in the prayer of Noah just before the Flood. The story of Noah's agony is almost a Parable for the holy Prophet's persecution in the Meccan period.

C. 251. (lxxi. 1-28.).--

The Prophet's Message, as was that of Noah,
Is a warning against sin, and the Good News of Mercy
Through the door of Repentance: for God is loving
And long-suffering, and His Signs are within us
And around us. But the sinners are obstinate:
They plot against Righteousness, and place their trust
In futile falsehoods. They will be swept away,
And the earth will be purged of Evil. Let us
Pray for Mercy and Grace for ourselves,
For those nearest and dearest to us,
And for all who turn in faith to God,
In all ages and all countries,
And amongst all Peoples.

{p. 1613}

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/pip.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHeJG3RKrsQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1nkB2B_7yQ

The origins of the exorcist is an ancient demon or satanic force from ancient middle eastern pagans.

Note here : Middle Eastern includes the Jews , Sabeans , Christians ( jews ) and Egyptians and the Arabs.

Informative thread as usual ....

lightgiver · 22-05-2010, 12:50 AM

Al-Uzzá (Arabic: العزى‎) was one of the three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in pre-Islamic times and was worshiped as one of the daughters of Allāh by the pre-Islamic arabs along with Allāt and Manāt. Al-‘Uzzá was also worshipped by the Nabataeans, who equated her with the Greek goddess Aphrodite Ourania (Roman Venus Caelestis). A stone cube at aṭ-Ṭā’if (near Mecca) was held sacred as part of her cult. She is mentioned in the Qur'an Sura 53:19 as being one of the female idols that people worshiped (Islam condemns Idol worship and emphasises the divinity of God).

Al-‘Uzzá, like Hubal, was called upon for protection by the pre-Islamic Quraysh. "In 624 at the battle called 'Uhud', the war cry of the Qurayshites was, "O people of Uzzā, people of Hubal!"[1] Al-‘Uzzā also later appears in Ibn Ishaq's account of the Satanic Verses.

Nabataeans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nabataeans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Petra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Petra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses.

Nephilim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nephilim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In Aramaic culture, the term Nephila specifically referred to the constellation of Orion, and thus Nephilim to Orion's semi-divine descendants (cf. Anakim from Anak); the implication being that this also is the origin of the Biblical Nephilim.

Anakim

Anakim (or Anakites) are the descendants of Anak, and dwelt in the south of Canaan, in the neighbourhood of Hebron. In the days of Abraham, they inhabited the region afterwards known as Edom and Moab, east of the Jordan river. They are mentioned during the report of the spies about the inhabitants of the land of Canaan. The book of Joshua states that Joshua finally expelled them from the land, excepting a remnant that found a refuge in the cities of Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. The Philistine giant Goliath, whom David later encountered, was supposedly a descendant of the Anakim.

The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height. And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.

In ancient Aram (from which we get the Aramaic language), the constellation Orion (constellation)#Cultural significance was known as Nephila, and Orion's descendants were known as Nephilim

The current configuration of stars now known as the constellation of Orion roughly formed about 1.5 million years ago, as stars move relatively slowly from the perspective of Earth. Orion will remain recognizable in the night sky for the next 1 to 2 million years, making it one of the longest observable constellations, parallel to the rise of human civilization.

lightgiver · 16-09-2010, 11:01 PM

the Omphalos of the Goddess

The triple goddess

Pre-islamic worship of the goddess seems to be primarily associated with Al'Lat, which simply means 'goddess'. She is a triple goddess, similar to the Greek lunar deity Kore/Demeter/Hecate. Each aspect of this trinity corresponds to a phase of the moon. In the same way Al'Lat has three names known to the initiate: Q're, the crescent moon or the maiden; Al'Uzza, literally 'the strong one' who is the full moon and the mother aspect; then Al'Menat, the waning but wise goddess of fate, prophecy and divination. Islamic tradition continue to recognise these three but labels them 'daughters of Allah'.

According to Edward Rice Al'Uzza was especially worshipped at the Ka'bah where she was served by seven priestesses. Her worshippers circled the holy stone seven times - once for each of the ancient seven planets - and did so in total nudity. Near the Ka'bah is the ever-flowing well, Zamzam, which cools the throats of the countless millions of pilgrims.

In an oasis of always-flowing water, the Black Stone in its mount became an unmatched image of the goddess as giver of life. Only in the Indian continent do such physical symbols for the male and female generative powers - the lingam and yoni - continue to be worshipped with their original fervour.

It is easy to imagine that in pre-moslem times the goddess's temple at Mecca was pre-eminent - whether to celebrate life, ask protection, pray for offspring. Legend tells how Abraham, unable to produce children by his wife Sarah, came here to make love to his slave Hagar. Later, when Hagar came back to give birth, she could find no water and Abraham created the holy well of Zamzam to save the life of his first son.

When Mohammed wanted to surplant Al'Lut with Allah, this was the one Temple he must conquer. Although Mohammed did conquer the Ka'bah, little else changed. The faithful still circle the Holy of Holies seven times (although, I hasten to add, now fully clothed). The priests of the sacred shrine are still known as Beni Shaybah or 'Sons of the Old Woman' - Shaybah being, of course, the famous Queen Sheeba of Solomon's times.

Sheeba appears under the guise of Lilith in the Near East and as Hagar ('the Egyptian') in the Hebrew mythology of the Old Testament. So, rewriting the legend given above, Abraham begot his son, Ishmael - the ancestor of all Arab peoples - by the goddess on the Black Stone of the Ka'bah.

While we are tracing names, Q're (or Qure), the maiden aspect of Al'Lut, seems certain to be the origin of the Greek Kore. Camphausen suggests that the holy Koran (qur'an in Arabic) is the 'Word of Qure'. Even moslems admit that the work existed before the time of Mohammed. Legend said it was copied form a divine prototype that appeared in heaven at the beginning of time, or the Mother of the Book . Al'Uzza, the mother aspect of Al'Lut, may give us the pre-dynastic Egyptian snake goddess Ua Zit, who develops into Isis.

http://www.crystalinks.com/blackstone1.gif
An iconic black stone once venerated at the Temple of Aphrodite, near Paphos, Cyprus.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...kaaba_1315.jpg
A 1315 illustration from the Jami al-Tawarikh, inspired by the Sirah Rasul Allah story of Muhammad and the Meccan clan elders lifting the Black Stone into place.

The Black Stone (called الحجر الأسود al-Hajaru-l-Aswad in Arabic) is a Muslim relic, which according to Islamic tradition dates back to the time of Adam and Eve. It is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient sacred stone building towards which Muslims pray, in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Stone is a dark rock, polished smooth by the hands of millions of pilgrims, that has been broken into a number of fragments cemented into a silver frame in the side of the Kaaba. Although it has often been described as a meteorite, this hypothesis is now regarded as doubtful.

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as part of the Tawaf ritual of the Hajj. Many of them try, if possible, to stop and kiss the Black Stone seven times, emulating the kiss that Islamic tradition records that it received from the Prophet Muhammad.If they cannot reach it, they point to it on each of their seven circuits around the Kaaba.

Coveting the Black Stone
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Muslim pilgrims jostle for a chance to kiss the Black Stone. A guard stands ready to push away pilgrims after they have kissed the Stone.

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19-12-2009, 02:06 AM	#3
lightgiver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28,691	Al-Uzzá (Arabic: العزى‎) Al-Uzzá (Arabic: العزى‎) was one of the three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in pre-Islamic times and was worshiped as one of the daughters of Allāh (not to be confused with the Abrahamic Allah the God worshiped by Muslims) by the pre-Islamic arabs along with Allāt and Manāt. Al-‘Uzzá was also worshipped by the Nabataeans, who equated her with the Greek goddess Aphrodite Ourania (Roman Venus Caelestis). A stone cube at aṭ-Ṭā’if (near Mecca) was held sacred as part of her cult. She is mentioned in the Qur'an Sura 53:19 as being one of the female idols that people worshipped (Islam condemns Idol worship and emphasises the divinity of God). Al-‘Uzzá, like Hubal, was called upon for protection by the pre-Islamic Quraysh. "In 624 at the battle called 'Uhud', the war cry of the Qurayshites was, "O people of Uzzā, people of Hubal!"[1] Al-‘Uzzā also later appears in Ibn Ishaq's account of the Satanic Verses.

19-12-2009, 02:09 AM	#4
lightgiver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28,691	Manāt (Arabic: منات‎) Manāt (Arabic: منات‎) was one of the three chief goddesses of Mecca. The pre-Islamic Arabs believed Manāt to be the goddess of fate. She was known by the cognate name Manawat to the Nabataeans of Petra, who equated her with the Graeco-Roman goddess Nemesis and she was considered the wife of Hubal. She is also mentioned in the Qur'an (Sura 53:20) that pre-Islamic Arabs believed as one of the daughters of Allāh along with Allāt and Al-‘Uzzá, however it is stated in the Qur'an that God has no progeny. According to Grunebaum in Classical Islam, the Arabic name of Manat is the linguistic counterpart of the Hellenistic Tyche, Dahr, fateful 'Time' who snatches men away and robs their existence of purpose and value. There are also connections with Chronos of Mithraism and Zurvan mythology. The Book of Idols describes her: The most ancient of all these idols was Manāt. The Arabs used to name [their children] 'Abd-Manāt and Zayd-Manāt. Manāt was erected on the seashore in the vicinity of al-Mushallal in Qudayd, between Medina and Mecca. All the Arabs used to venerate her and sacrifice before her. The Aws and the Khazraj, as well as the inhabitants of Medina and Mecca and their vicinities, used to venerate Manāt, sacrifice before her, and bring unto her their offerings... The Aws and the Khazraj, as well as those Arabs among the people of Yathrib and other places who took to their way of life, were wont to go on pilgrimage and observe the vigil at all the appointed places, but not shave their heads. At the end of the pilgrimage, however, when they were about to return home, they would set out to the place where Manāt stood, shave their heads, and stay there a while. They did not consider their pilgrimage completed until they visited Manāt. —Book of Idols, pp 12-14[4] The Quraysh (the ruling tribe of Mecca) and other Arabs continued to worship Manat until the time of Muhammad.

19-12-2009, 02:10 AM	#5
lightgiver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28,691	Allat Allat (literally, goddess in Semitic languages) was a Sumerian[1] and Semitic goddess, the queen of the underworld[2]. She was also worshipped by Carthaginians by name Allatu. For pre-Islamic Arab goddess, see Allāt Triplets??three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in pre-Islamic times Heard that somewhere before. Last edited by lightgiver; 19-12-2009 at 02:50 AM.

19-12-2009, 02:11 AM	#6
lightgiver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28,691	The Nabataeans (Arabic: الأنباط‎, Al-Anbāṭ) The Nabataeans (Arabic: الأنباط‎, Al-Anbāṭ) were an ancient Semitic people, Arabs of southern Jordan, Canaan and the northern part of Arabia, whose oasis settlements in the time of Josephus (AD 37 – c. 100), gave the name of Nabatene to the borderland between Syria and Arabia, from the Euphrates to the Red Sea. Their loosely-controlled trading network, which centered on strings of oases that they controlled, where agriculture was intensively practiced in limited areas, and on the routes that linked them, had no securely defined boundaries in the surrounding desert. Trajan conquered the Nabataean kingdom, annexing it to the Roman Empire, where their individual culture, easily identified by their characteristic finely-potted painted ceramics, became dispersed in the general Greco-Roman culture and was eventually lost.

19-12-2009, 10:26 PM	#7
lightgiver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28,691	Triplets Followers of the Wicca n, Dianic , and Neopagan religion s, as well as some archeologists and mythographers, believe that long before the coming of the Abrahamic religions of Judaism , Christianity , and Islam , the Triple Goddess embodied the three-fold aspect of Gaia , the Earth Mother (Roman Magna Mater ). A mother goddess was worshipped under a variety of names not only in the Ancient Near East and the Aegean and Anatolia, but also in pre-Islamic Arabia. http://www.thaliatook.com/AMGG/arabtriple.html Last edited by lightgiver; 19-12-2009 at 10:45 PM.

21-12-2009, 08:13 PM	#10
lightgiver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28,691	Ancient Ones Pazuzu--A demon from Babylonian myth, sometimes called Zu, who stole the tablets of destiny from the dragoness Tiamat. http://www.angelfire.com/wizard2/sum...cientOnes.html The Atlantis Code: http://www.scribd.com/doc/18401720/The-Atlantis-Code http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georget...ashington,_D.C. Washing ATON. Last edited by lightgiver; 21-12-2009 at 08:26 PM.

21-12-2009, 08:38 PM	#11
lightgiver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28,691	Lord of the Rings LORD OF THE RINGS IS SYMBOLIC OF THE ANUNNAKI http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-an...?msg_id=00BrLM http://blog.miragestudio7.com/tag/tower/ Demi-god Realm (Jealous God Realm) The second highest realm of existence is called the Demi-god realm, or the Jealous God Realm. It is believed to be the realm of Titans, Asuras, and is marked by jealousy and paranoia. Those born into this realm, though blessed with a high birth, are exceedingly jealous of the God realm and of each other. They are believed to spend most of their time fighting among themselves to compete. http://buddhism.ygoy.com/what-are-th...ddhist-realms/ Last edited by lightgiver; 21-12-2009 at 09:02 PM.

21-12-2009, 10:09 PM	#13
lightgiver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28,691	The Armour of God Ephesians 6:10-13 "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

23-12-2009, 07:51 PM	#14
lightgiver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28,691	Cult of Aton Watching Aton.

25-12-2009, 11:52 PM	#15
lightgiver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28,691	Winds and Drops Lung (Tibetan: rlung) is a word that means WIND or breath. It is a key concept in the Vajrayana traditions of Tibetan Buddhism and as such is part of the symbolic 'twilight language', used to non-conceptually point to a variety of meanings. Lung is a concept that's particularly important to understandings of the subtle body and the Three Vajras (body, speech and mind). In Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, Pazuzu was the king of the demons of the wind. Its enough to give anyone a heart attack Channel, Wind and Drop http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/b...h103.htm#t1031 Come on peeps wakey wakey. These So called Elites who dabble in occult circles are messing with things they should not be doing and it is gonna back fire. what goes around comes around Eventually. Last edited by lightgiver; 25-12-2009 at 11:58 PM.

30-12-2009, 08:32 PM	#17
lightgiver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28,691	Ancient magical practice I hope no one has been in my bathroom and took some of my hair and nail clippings maybe they have .......M Evaluating necromancy by Dorean Malandra-Dara Necromancy is an ancient magical practice that has not begun to receive its full due throughout history. Much of the subject matter now present on the subject of Necromancy is tainted by the ceremonially occultist work by Doctors Edward Kelly and John Dee, who functioned in the service of the English crown in the seventeenth century. It is not surprising that various governments throughout history have utilized specialists in the magical arts to procure divinations which various world government officials found particularly palatable, and socially supportive for their place in history. It is also widely known that the eighteenth century revealed what could only be deemed an 'occult' revival to France, England, and the United States. During that time, a number of occult enthusiasts had turned away from Christianity to develop a system that was uniquely beneficial for the goals they desired to bring to their nations. There is, undoubtedly a general tendency to find that much of the arts which are now deemed 'dark' or 'evil' to have stemmed from believers who have broken ties with Christianity. Necromancy is no exception. Historically speaking, Necromancy has been documented in ancient Greek and Roman societies, on the Mediterranean, and as far east as China. It could be argued that the near eastern cultures from which we find similarities with Greco-Roman Necromancy and other types of divination were also represented in the bible. The Witch of Endor, an example of which many Christians are quite fond, highlights a woman from a tribe or group of people that neighboured the Jews, to whom Saul approaches and requests that she conjure the spirit of Samael, so that, as Saul hopes, his concerns about the future will be quelled. At an even longer pace in history, necromancy was also home in Judea, but has been long since banished due to a patriarchal influence that 'that sort of activity' has no place 'in a man's world'. The condemnation of divination or magical acts such as Necromancy further served to subjugate women in the ancient world, first by condemning magic, and second by condemning magic to the sphere of women. Many people approach the subject of Necromancy from a predominantly Christian perspective. The perspective of modern day Wiccans on Necromancy is also one that is tainted by Christian thinking. In the heart of the ideal that Necromancy is an act which seeks to subjugate spirits of the deceased through means of sympathetic magic by utilizing bodily fluids, hair and nail clippings. If anything is to blame for the baseness of mortal desire to know what the fates have proclaimed before them, then it is humanity, and not necromancy. Good and evil are concepts which develop within the framework of mortal minds. Ancient forms of Necromancy involved to a larger extent, the communication that occurs between spirit and the flesh. That communication was not always geared towards devising ways to gain knowledge. It was a two-way relationship between the earthly realm and the afterlife. One that is often lacking among modern discourses of Necromancy.

16-09-2010, 11:01 PM	#20
lightgiver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28,691	The Black Stone the Omphalos of the Goddess The triple goddess Pre-islamic worship of the goddess seems to be primarily associated with Al'Lat, which simply means 'goddess'. She is a triple goddess, similar to the Greek lunar deity Kore/Demeter/Hecate. Each aspect of this trinity corresponds to a phase of the moon. In the same way Al'Lat has three names known to the initiate: Q're, the crescent moon or the maiden; Al'Uzza, literally 'the strong one' who is the full moon and the mother aspect; then Al'Menat, the waning but wise goddess of fate, prophecy and divination. Islamic tradition continue to recognise these three but labels them 'daughters of Allah'. According to Edward Rice Al'Uzza was especially worshipped at the Ka'bah where she was served by seven priestesses. Her worshippers circled the holy stone seven times - once for each of the ancient seven planets - and did so in total nudity. Near the Ka'bah is the ever-flowing well, Zamzam, which cools the throats of the countless millions of pilgrims. In an oasis of always-flowing water, the Black Stone in its mount became an unmatched image of the goddess as giver of life. Only in the Indian continent do such physical symbols for the male and female generative powers - the lingam and yoni - continue to be worshipped with their original fervour. It is easy to imagine that in pre-moslem times the goddess's temple at Mecca was pre-eminent - whether to celebrate life, ask protection, pray for offspring. Legend tells how Abraham, unable to produce children by his wife Sarah, came here to make love to his slave Hagar. Later, when Hagar came back to give birth, she could find no water and Abraham created the holy well of Zamzam to save the life of his first son. When Mohammed wanted to surplant Al'Lut with Allah, this was the one Temple he must conquer. Although Mohammed did conquer the Ka'bah, little else changed. The faithful still circle the Holy of Holies seven times (although, I hasten to add, now fully clothed). The priests of the sacred shrine are still known as Beni Shaybah or 'Sons of the Old Woman' - Shaybah being, of course, the famous Queen Sheeba of Solomon's times. Sheeba appears under the guise of Lilith in the Near East and as Hagar ('the Egyptian') in the Hebrew mythology of the Old Testament. So, rewriting the legend given above, Abraham begot his son, Ishmael - the ancestor of all Arab peoples - by the goddess on the Black Stone of the Ka'bah. While we are tracing names, Q're (or Qure), the maiden aspect of Al'Lut, seems certain to be the origin of the Greek Kore. Camphausen suggests that the holy Koran (qur'an in Arabic) is the 'Word of Qure'. Even moslems admit that the work existed before the time of Mohammed. Legend said it was copied form a divine prototype that appeared in heaven at the beginning of time, or the Mother of the Book . Al'Uzza, the mother aspect of Al'Lut, may give us the pre-dynastic Egyptian snake goddess Ua Zit, who develops into Isis. http://www.crystalinks.com/blackstone1.gif An iconic black stone once venerated at the Temple of Aphrodite, near Paphos, Cyprus. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...kaaba_1315.jpg A 1315 illustration from the Jami al-Tawarikh, inspired by the Sirah Rasul Allah story of Muhammad and the Meccan clan elders lifting the Black Stone into place. The Black Stone (called الحجر الأسود al-Hajaru-l-Aswad in Arabic) is a Muslim relic, which according to Islamic tradition dates back to the time of Adam and Eve. It is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient sacred stone building towards which Muslims pray, in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Stone is a dark rock, polished smooth by the hands of millions of pilgrims, that has been broken into a number of fragments cemented into a silver frame in the side of the Kaaba. Although it has often been described as a meteorite, this hypothesis is now regarded as doubtful. Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as part of the Tawaf ritual of the Hajj. Many of them try, if possible, to stop and kiss the Black Stone seven times, emulating the kiss that Islamic tradition records that it received from the Prophet Muhammad.If they cannot reach it, they point to it on each of their seven circuits around the Kaaba. Coveting the Black Stone http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lack_Stone.jpg Muslim pilgrims jostle for a chance to kiss the Black Stone. A guard stands ready to push away pilgrims after they have kissed the Stone. http://www.crystalinks.com/blackstone.html http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/blstone.htm Last edited by lightgiver; 16-09-2010 at 11:14 PM.