A Tale of Biblical America

 A Handmaids Tale

By Margaret Atwood

In the near distant future according to this novel American society goes back to strict biblical roots. In the future the state of Maine is part of the country called Gilead. It is a country based on biblical precepts. The story opens up with a main character imprisoned in some sort of dorm. She ha a ritual to follow and she is not exactl a free person. The story narrates the life of thse handmaids who are forced to cover up puritan style and be dressed in red. The handmaid are there to poduce ofspring fo families who cannot have children. In the future a virus wupes out the reproductive ability of certain people which is here the handmaids come in. They have to endure so they can produce an heir. Since they are prisoners of sorts if they fail to concieve they can be sent to the colonies. Some colonies are farming colonies while others are colonies that clean nuclear waste. Those are a death sentence.

The change over seems gradual. at first she is living a normal life and then slowly the religious regime strips away the rihts and freedom o women. With her daughter and husband Luke they try to make an escapre from Gilead to Canada or England. This gets her imprisoned. She is seperated from her family. Wondering where they are always keeps her in check. She is the property of the Commander. Since he and his wife canno concieve they try using her. all former prisoner are like slave workers. THe main character falls for a man named Nick who is the commanders driver. Teh commander begins to have a relationship with the character. Fist it is in the room playing games like scabbl or chess. Nothing romantic . Then he takes her to a gentleman's club. the affair comes more physical.  In the time the commanders wife realizing the fmily cannot concieve uges the main character to have an affai with Nick and concieve.

While at the gentlemans club she reconnects with a friend called Moira who escaped. For a biblical society they sure have their Jezebel's. Eventually a plan is concoted for the characters escape. 

Enlightenment Through Torah Study

 

Shas Man

By Rabbi Pinchas Winston

This book expounds upon the mystical benefits of Talmud Study.  Studying Talmud and really understanding it can take a lifetime if not more. Fir4st off a bit of history. According to the rabbis, Moshe first received the written and oral torah on Mount Sinai. The written word was revealed while the oral torah was kept oral and known to select few.  Enter the second temple period and you have a severe roman occupation and persecution. The Oral Torah was in danger of being lost or no remembered so Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi codified the oral torah into the mishneh torah. The Mishneh would be studied and later on the commentary would be added and the commentary plus the oral law equals the talmud. There are two talmuds. One is Talmud Yerushalmi and the other is Talmud Bavli. One written in Jerusalem and the other in what is modern day Iraq.

To become a Shas man one must not only study talmud bu also le the talmud flow hough them. There is a holy liht that Hashem concealed during the time of creation. that light light is called Ohr Haganuz. It was saved for only the righteous to view in the world to come. The book is concise and kabbalistic in nature. Covering numerology and gematria. The book covers some rather intersting topics. One is hisbatlus. A person who has this exudes the service of god. They do not care what others think. They believe their success comes rom god and not self confidence. Jes especially the Chasidim believe in serving hashem with joy and  positivity. Negative thinking can bring you down while being positive can uplift you and help you serve Hashem. Thinking about past mistakes can bring us down. Set back in torah study can set us back. Here is a word of advice, " Build on positive past memories, not on negative ones. Train yourself to say, “The past is the past. This is a new experience, a new beginning, no matter how many times I have done this in the past. I am not interested in what has happened until now, only in what I can accomplish this time around.”

Great book just too short.

The Danger of the black Eyed Kids

Danger At Your Door Encounters with Black Eyed Children

By Gemma Jade

 Entities of evil. It is nightime and two children approach your car or knock at your door. As you approach them you find yourself caught between two different feeling. One is a dreadful fear that something is pure evil an these ids are malevolent. The other feeling is a compulsion like your hand has lost all voluntery control and you are opening the door against your will. the kids will say they are lost, need to use your phone or your toilet. Only one of them will speak. If you do not give in to their demands they will sport an angry tone with you. Dont let them in.

The book ish ort and concise in it's way of dealing with the black eyed children. The chapter are filled with stories of people who have had encounters with these evil beings.  Most people recount frightening circumstances. Besides the fear and dread they continually bang on their door if they do not get their way. then when you are about to call the police they suddenly disappear. What are these being? There is some speculation that they are vampires because they need your permission in order for them to enter your domain and they appear to feed off of energy. they could also be demonic or could be alien human hybrids. to be aware of them or to speak of them gets you on their radar. Once that happens the can keep coming after you. Many UFO abductees also get visits from the black eyed kids.

Often times when people encounter these beings they will find that their speech is funny and they have clohes that are from a different time and place. there  are also white eyed kids as well.  this is a fast entertaining read . Hope you enjoy.

Training Your Kajira

 Kajira Handbook

By Maste Vadim

John Norman has written 38 books in the gor chronicles. The novels have spawned a way of life and a lifestyle for a select few who choose that path. Gor is another planet in our solar system that is at the opposite side of the solar system hence we can never know of it. One day Carl Talbot is swept away to that world. Gor is a world where men are macho warriors and women are either free or slaves to their men. A female slave is called a kajira. Kajiras are under total control of their masters. their main function is to please. Now bear in mind Gor is a fictitious planet nd their way of life would be differnt from ours.

To start off the kajra needs to learn the basic position to take before her master. The slave postions are Nadu, Bara, Sula and Lesha. The Nadu position has the kajira kneel on the ground with her legs apart hands on each thigh open with palms up.  Bara position has The slave to lay facedown upon the floor, forehead lightly touching the floor, legs straight with ankles crossed and wrists crossed at the small of the back "Bara, Kajira!" he said. She rolled quickly to her stomach, placing her wrists behind her, crossed, and crossing her ankles, ready to be bound. The Sula position , a slave lays upon her back, her hands at her sides, palms upward, her legs widely spread, to await her Master's pleasure. The first Obeiscance  is when the Kajira's Master enter the room. In this position the Kajira will kneel and, bending forward, will place her head to the floor with her palms down on either side of her head. This position is to be held until the Master indicates or He instructs her to assume another position. The second Obeiscance has the kajira lie on her belly. the bara position has the kajira lay on the floor with her head turnedn to the left while her hands and feeel are crossed ready to be bound. The Lesha position is to be assumed when the master wishes to bind or collar his kajia.

On the world of Gor slaves are identified by a branded K on their thigh. Obviously here on earth we do not brand so people may decide to use tattoes.  The slave collar identifies who the slave belongs to. There are protocol on how a kajira must do things. In public she should be collared and brought to heel meaning that she walks three steps behind her master to the left. She should walk in a sensous manner and not demy her feminine beauty. Kajiras at times will be made to crawl. They must do so with their hind quarters high in the air and be sensual abou it.

Submission in the gorean sense is different from your garden variety kink. No so much emphasis on spanking and other sensual acts. pleasuring her master is important but there is much more emphasis on obedience and control. A kajira will gratify her master by walking in an alluring way. The slave dance is a slow motion dance where the kajira moves in differnt positions showing of the perfection of her body. A kajira must also know how to cook, clean and keep house. At times she will be called upon to give her master a massage. For belly dancing, I would recommend Amira Abdi, Oxana Bazaeva and Samira Zopunyan as good examples of gifted dancers. For tribal fusion dancing, I would suggest Yana Kremneva of the Kremushka dance company.

There ar several dances in the kajira repetoire. They are the belt dance, contrition dance, Sa Ela dance, Need Dance, Tether dance and the whip dance.   For music I suggest is The Masters Of Belly Dance Music. This will give you a good first exposure to a number of artists and styles of traditional music. If you should be seeking a fusion of belly dance and modern music, I would highly recommend a band by the name of Beats Antique. Of course, you are not limited to belly dance music alone; there are many different genres of music that can be used for slave dance. I have enjoyed slave dance performances that used music from artists as eclectic and varied as Dead Can Dance, Loreena MacKinnett, Peruquois and Trio Bulgarka to name but a few. All of these forms of music are vastly different from each other, yet all can work well with slave dance.

In terms of domestic service a kajia should be able to prepare food fix and mend clothing. There are protocols for serving the master wine and food. Many things are covered in this book both for  potential kajira and someone who wants to train a kajira. It is a nice short little read. I found it to be short , concise and to the point. A strength. Wish it coud have been a bitn longer. The book would benefit greatly from illustations and pictures to give better understnding of what Gorean clothes look like and what the various kajira postions look like.

King Solomon's Demon's

 The Demons of Solomon

By : Michael Ford

Goetia refers to demons. Ceremonial magicians will work with angels and demons. Original works of this nature were the greater and lesser kings of Solomon. Now contrary to popular belief King Solomon did not write this grimoire. The reason we can tell that this grimoire comes in at around the birth of christianity and maybe later. There are references to greek and roman demons. It is impotant to note that the Christians deomionized the old gods and made them wicked.   For example,   Asmodeus has the origins in the Avestan name, “aeshma”, from the Bronze Age male warrior-cults and tribes known as “Mairya”, “Maryanu” or Vedic “Marya”.      The grimoire tells the reader who the deon is and gives over a description of what the demon looks like, via illustration and tels what it's job function is. At the end of the description there is a ritual one can do to contact the demon.

As the biblical legend goes King Solomon was tasked with building the great temple in Jerusalem. His father king  David could not do it as he had too much blood on his hand. To build the temple King Solomon recieved a ring with whih to control the demons and ultimately seal them away in containers once he was through with them. Seems cruel but these demons could wreak havoc on human life. Not that it is one hundred percent cool right now.

Normnally one conjurs deities for favors. The goal of the left han path it apotheosis or becoming more divine and increasing oour competence. Apotheosis is more life absorbing the qualities of the demon you desire  The Left hand Path or Luciferianism is about making yourself godlike. I increases individuality. I have taken the liberty of putting some highlites into the review. Lucieferianism has a holy trinity but it is different from that of Christianity. There trinity is this Will, Desire and Belief . these three things are needed to make magic works. Luciferianism also liberates one from traditional magic practices that bind up our effectiveness. Here is what Luciferianism says about some of the things that we think make our magic stronger. No spells, ritual actions, chants, hymns, invocations including the trappings of planetary times, methods and “traditions” hold any power or substance for the Luciferian.    It is not the physical tools or items used in ceremonial magick which provide power: it is the simultaneous unity of Will, Desire and Belief with the disciplined mastery of self-confidence.These are tools of the expression of imagination, design and simultaneous unity of Will, Desire and Belief. Do not invest passion in the process or tools, seek Gnosis from the total invest of this Triad of the Morning Star, supported by the Four Pillars of Luciferianism:  the four pilars of Luciferianism are WISDOM, POWER, BALANCE, STRENGTH.  Theb ultimate goal of Luciferianism is liberation, illumination and Apotheosis. Liberation means giving us freedom to think independently. Illumination is gaining wisdom and insight. Apotheosis is gaining characteristics of gods or demons. What good are demons you ask.  They did teach mankind certain sciences and skills.  Beelzeboul in Luciferianism has long been recognized as the patron King of Demons who inspires divination, healing, knowledge and practice of the Black Artes (Magick) and summoning the spirits to with discipline, compel and enhancement of the energy and focus of the Ceremonial Magician.

Left handed spirituality is not all about light and love. Pain and Pleasure rotate on the same wheel. Lix Tetrax and other Solomonic demons under the regal authority of Beelzeboul, are supporting evolution, change, cultural enhancement by overcoming challenge and struggle. While peaceful bliss and a supposed ‘meek’ character is the ideal, stasis creates entropy and devolution. The Adversary does bring terror, chaos, destruction and death, this power also inspires creation, overcoming challenge, obstacles and the Will to Power seeking to master this world. Luciferians flourish by the strength of will and the discipline of our mind.

the Will of the Luciferian must confront and compel (and often devour) the energies of those who challenge.

A Tale of Two Divine Lovers

 

Loki and Sigyn

By Leah Svendsen

Loki, the joutnheim half adopted brother of Odin. Make a toast to Odin and you have to make one for Loki.  This adopted giant has never been widely reverred both historically and in the present. However , in recent times that has been changing. Afterall Loki is the one who will lead Ragnarok the final war of the gods. Loki both creates and makes trouble for the Aesir or the Gods of the air. He also finds solutions for them as well. As a joke he shaves of Skadi's golden blond hair and makes her bald. Since she is thor's wife,  Thor demands that he fix it. So of to the dwarves he goes. Going to two different clans he proposes a contest. This brings many gifts to the Gods and a toupee for Skadi but in the end Loki gets his mouth sewn shut. Another time someone steals thor's hammer. Loki dresses himself and thor up as females with the intention of marrying the person who stole it. they get the hammer back. Loli is a trickster god to say the least.

the God's are not all good and not all evil. Rather they are much like us with both good point and bad points. Hard to tell them at times from the Giants and other huge larger than life beings. In fact they even marry giants. Loki as the trickster often gets into trouble. Often times it seems he is treated more harshly than he deserves to be treated. the punishment does not fit the crime. Many times his tracks produce ifts for the gods. Once when the gods needed a wall around Asguard they promised a wall maker Freya's hand in marriage if he could complete the wall by a certain date. Freya was not happy about this. The Goddess of Love and War was too independent fo that. So Loki shape shifts into a female horse and causes the wall makers horse to runaway . He does not complete the wall in time. He gives birth o the eight legged Sleipner.

Loki can be a gender bender at times being a woman and at others a man. Despite his craziness he is the perfec deity to create a safe space for the LGBTQ folks.

He has had numerous children from different mates. With Anngrboda the forest giant he had Fenris, Jorgemonder and Hela.  Hela is queen of the underworld, Fenris is a giant wolf who eats Tyr's hand as they try to subdue it. And Jorgemonder is the midgard serpent. With Sygin he had Narvi and some other child. Of course when Loki calls out the gods at a feast, his son is killed and Loki is tied to a rock with his son's entrails while a serpent drips poison into his eyes.  The loving Sygin holds a bowl to stop the poison from going into his eyes.

The book gives a strong overview of both the rise of Heathenry and the most recent honoring of Loki and Sygin. heathenry itself is not monlihic like the major monotheistic religions appear to be, there are Odinist, Uraglawe and rokkatru. The final chapter give characteristics and traits of the deities and rituals in chapter six to honor them. The rituals are self growth rituals mostly with some honoring of holidays. perfect for those new to Loki and heathenry. Wish the rituals would go deeper then the typical self growth rituals.

Exiled from the Land of the Pharoah's

 Footprints on the Heart

By Jean Naggar

After 1956 when after a joint military maneuver involving France, Britain and Israel , the jews of Egypt are forced to leave the land of their birth. Egypt under Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal and the other three 

countries took it back so to speak. The jews of Egypt for the most part had it pretty good.  Their forced departure left their lives in upheaval and in most cases irreparably damaged. The story starts off with Sol chilling in his house which is rather big. Young Salwa ventures into this house after picking some magoes. They have breif conversation then they go back to their daily lives. Life takes them in many directions.

Sol goes of with his family to France and then to New York. Life is hard in France as the family are refugees who left everything behind. New York is also challenging. Aldo the family patririarch cannot find a job and sinkks lower and lower into despair. Sol's mom becomes determined and makes a name for herself in the finance industry. Sol goes on to be successful as well. Sulwa gets married and has two kids named Ali and Jamila. Jamila means beautiful . Her life changes becuase of her beauty.

Sol really never comes full circle with Sulwa and they do not meet again. Sulwa remains behind in her village. Jamila gets adopted at age 12 and moves to America where Malvina who owns a modeling agency gets Jamila into modeling.  her name changes to Jasmine. The story tells the ups and downs she faces in the modeling industry, relationships, temptation etc. Going through two flings which leave her disappointed . She focused on her career instead of relationships. She makes it big. 

Ali gets cauht up i the Muslim Brotherhood. After stealing food he lands in prison and from getting released he ends up working in a hospital.  Eventually he is so good he gets promoted to nurse. Modern events are pivotal in all their lives. 9/11 and the arab spring had a strong impact on all their lives. Sometimes positive and sometimes negative.