posted November 01, 2005 09:35 PM         

i've found it necessary to change
my user name here yet again...

i rather enjoy changing it time to
time, i don't mind telling people
my previous name though....
and i never use 2 names simultaneously....

anyway, i apologize to those who
suffer frustration at user name
changes.....please forgive.

love salome....
formerly Hedgwitch

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I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.

posted November 02, 2005 04:07 AM         

some say she requested the head
of john the baptist from harod,
others say it was her mother who
asked her to do so....

well, i believe none of it;
people have demonized women for
eons. i think her dance of
the seven veils has many mystical
and spiritual implications.

here's an interesting example ~

quote:

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To the ancients, The Sun, The Moon and, later, The Planets were the visible symbols of The Divine. As they studied the movements and cycles of each celestial body, they associated these heavenly lights with natural attributes in the world around them. Through the evolution of astrology, magick and philosophy, The Seven Wanderers (The Sun, Moon and the five visible Planets) became the symbols of the most significant powers both in Nature and in The Human Spirit.

For the mystic, the Seven Planetary Powers are the steps on the stairway to the highest state of enlightenment. Perceived as seven tiers on the moutain of Heaven, each sphere is associated with a state of enlightened concsiousness. It is known that the Merkabah Mystics (the precursors of the medieval Qabalists) worked with the Planetary Powers. Their techniques involved traveling through each of the "Seven Heavens" in succession and learning about each through direct experience. But of course, the celestial bodies were only the symbols of the successive veils of experience within the mystic's own soul.

The Seven Veils of Mystical Experience:
Imagination (Dreams)
Reason
Passion
Bliss (Love, Agape)
Divine Courage
Divine Compassion
Divine Knowledge (Gnosis)

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thanks for asking,
love and light to you Sunchild

salome

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I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.

posted November 02, 2005 07:24 AM         

I'll have more time to comment more tomorrow.