PPT-Cults Lecture -3 What The Bible Says About Magic And The Occult, Wicca & Paganism

Some Terms Divination foretelling the future by a system eg palmreading waterreading tealeaves I Ching etc Soothsaying much the same as divination but without a system false prophetic reading of omens portents and signs. Last Edit Date 10102014 102848 AM Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Walt Disney World Operating Hours December 2014 12714 12814 12914 121014 121114 121214 121314 Magic Kingdom 9am 7pm Magic Kingdom 9am 12am Magic Kingdom 9am Last Edit Date 11212014 103822 AM brPage 2br Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Walt Disney World Operating Hours March 2015 3815 3915 31015 31115 31215 31315 31415 Magic Kingdom 9am 11pm Magic Kingdom 9am 11pm Magic Kingdom RELS 225: Cults and New Religious Movements. Occult. Important: distinguish among types. Not the Middle Ages perception that all witches. Worship Satan . ritual killing. sexual orgies. diabolical acts. The history, explanation, and current issues of it all. Danielle Jenkins. History . Wicca is mainly a 20th century idea of ancient nature worship systems based out of northern Europe that existed thousands of years ago.. P RT1806_P.qxd 1/30/2004 3:35 PM Page 307 anthropological concept; but because they generallysee divinity as present in every living thing, ritualwith deities, but also with nature, community, and Mackenzie Mohr. The occult. Occult: from Latin . occultus. means “secret” or “knowledge of the hidden. ”. This is a very broad term that can be applied to refer to anything that cannot be explained by science or common knowledge. . Brainwashing. Cults. What distinguishes a harmful cult from a relatively harmless new religious movement or self-help group?. 1) Characteristics of Cults:. A captivating and authoritarian leader who claims to have all the answers to life.. CULTS. b. y June Hunt. What Is a Cult. ? . A cult is a . sect or group of people. that holds to deviant . doctrines. A cult is a . system of religious beliefs. that distorts orthodox Biblical doctrine. A Nature Based . Practice. Rachel Krogstie. 10/15/2014 . http://spiritualnetworks.com/file/pic/photo/2012/11/45a1fc0211a17b796dc543cf47f8bc6c_1024.jpg. Purpose. To educate the student nurse on the belief system of the Wicca.. What is a Cult. Every cult can be defined as a group having all of the following five characteristics:. 1. It uses psychological coercion to recruit, indoctrinate and retain its members. 2. It forms an elitist totalitarian society.. Supernatural. . in. . Victorian . Britain. Victorian . occult. a. modern phenomenon . (. distinctly. Victorian). r. eligious. . crisis. ; . scientific. . worldview. ; . pseudoscience. ; . issues. Lecture 6. High Priestess . Tehilah. . Firewind. Invocation and Ritual. Invocation. Taking energy in from an outside source to create some change or transformation in oneself. Change one’s perspective (e.g. open the mind’s eye). Religions. Difference between cults and religions. Deceit in recruitment. Totalitarian. Destroys the family unit. Isolates its members. Keeps non-believers out. Leader and follower consider the Leader to be above reproach. CONTENTS For professional diagnostic use only 25 Tests Fecal REF FECAL OCCULT BLOOD A rapid one test for the qualitative detection of h