"Addled Parliament The Addled Parliament was the second Parliament of England of the reign of James I of England (following his 1604-11 Parliament), which sat between 5 April and 7 June 1614. Its name alludes to its ineffectiveness: it lasted no more than eight weeks and failed to resolve the conflict between the King, who wished to raise money in the form of a 'Benevolence', a grant of £65,000 and the House of Commons (who were resisting further taxation). It was dissolved by the King, who observed grimly that he was ""amazed that his ancestors should have allowed such an"
"they are impious or evil, or sent to Elysium (Islands of the Blessed) with the ""blameless"" heroes. In the Sibylline oracles, a curious hodgepodge of Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian elements, Hades again appears as the abode of the dead, and by way of folk etymology, it even derives ""Hades"" from the name Adam (the first man), saying it is because he was the first to enter there. Owing to its appearance in the New Testament of the Bible, ""Hades"" also has a distinct meaning in Christianity. Hades Hades (; ""Hádēs""; Ἅιδης ""Háidēs""), in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the"
"the east aisle. A second window dedicated to one Fannie Nuttall is located next to the right aisle, depicting the Sistine Madonna by Raphael. The name ""Bethesda"" comes from the Aramaic בית"" חסד/חסדא"" (""beth ḥesda""; ""House of Mercy""). It originally referred to the Pool of Bethesda, a pool of water in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers. ""Bethesda"" was a popular name for chapels and meeting houses among Nonconformists; Bethesda Chapels were built, for example, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Stroud, Gloucestershire, and Rillington, Yorkshire. Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Hanley Bethesda Methodist Chapel is a disused Methodist chapel, in Hanley, Staffordshire, England. Once"
"ago by the forebears of those beings known as the Great Powers, although it is said that Pelor was also involved. It's said that both good and evil deities worked together to ensure his imprisonment. As the ""Dark God"", he is credited with the corruption of the Seelie Court. Through the ""Scorpion Crown"", he is said to have destroyed the ancient kingdom of Sulm. Tharizdun was imprisoned long ago, but his prison may weaken at times, allowing his influence to creep out into the worlds beyond. Tharizdun's temple in the Yatils is thought to have been originally defeated with the"
"as hearsay. Gerald Gardner and others such as Mike Howard say the Monks worshipped ""the Goddess"". Daniel Willens argued that the group likely practiced Freemasonry, but also suggests Dashwood may have held secret Roman Catholic sacraments. He asks if Wilkes would have recognized a genuine Catholic Mass, even if he saw it himself and even if the underground version followed its public model precisely. Thelema was founded by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) who was an English occultist and writer. In 1904, Crowley claimed to have received ""The Book of the Law"" from an entity named Aiwass, which was to serve as"
"cult that brought well being to its people. This marriage honored ""the cosmic dance of masculine and feminine energies and the eternal cycles manifested by the Life Force"", with Mary Magdalene designated the ""Queen of Heaven"". Starbird does not believe that Mary Magdalen originated from the town of Magdala, saying it was originally named ""Taricheae"" in biblical times before its destruction in AD 67, and when rebuilt after the death of Mary Magdalen was renamed ""Magdala"". Margaret Starbird holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Maryland, where she majored in Medieval Studies, Comparative Literature"
"has been identified with Aphrodite herself) dedicated three statues, of Aphrodite Urania, Pandemos, and Apotrophia ( means ""Aphrodite the Expeller"", because in this role, she expels lust and evil desires from the hearts of men). Pandemos was originally an extension of the idea of the goddess of family and city life to include the whole people, the political community. Hence the name was supposed to go back to the time of Theseus, the reputed author of the reorganization of Attica and its demes. Aphrodite Pandemos was held in equal regard with Urania; she was called σεμνή (""holy""), and was served"
"Magdala Magdala (Aramaic: מגדלא / ""Magdala"", meaning ""tower""; Hebrew: מגדל / ""Migdal""; Arabic: المجدل / ""al-Majdal"") was an ancient city on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, north of Tiberias. In the Babylonian Talmud it is known as Magdala Nunayya (Aramaic: מגדלא נוניה, meaning ""Tower of the Fishes""), and which some historical geographers think may refer to Tarichaea, literally the place of processing fish. It is believed to be the birthplace of Mary Magdalene. Until the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, a small Arab village, al-Majdal, stood at the site of ancient Magdala, while nowadays the modern Israeli municipality of Migdal"
"The A∴A∴ was created in 1907 by Aleister Crowley and also teaches magick and Thelema. Their main text is ""The Book of the Law"". Builders of the Adytum (or B.O.T.A.) was created in 1922 by Paul Foster Case and was extended by Dr. Ann Davies. It teaches Hermetic Qabalah, astrology and occult tarot. Some (in many cases, equally notable) organizations. Magical organization A magical organization or magical order is an organization created for the practice of magic or to further the knowledge of magic among its members. ""Magic"" in this case refers to occult, metaphysical and paranormal activities, not to"
"of Athens. Alexicacus Alexicacus (Ancient Greek: ), the ""averter of evil"", was an epithet given by the Ancient Greeks to several deities, such as Zeus, and Apollo, who was worshiped under this name by the Athenians, because he was believed to have stopped the plague which raged at Athens in the time of the Peloponnesian War. It was also applied to Heracles. There is a statue of Apollo in the Museo delle Terme in Rome, a Roman copy of a Greek original, that is thought to be a copy of the statue of Apollo Alexicacus by Calamis that stood in"
"and has seen several empires in its history. The first is Veronath, which was known as the Golden Kingdom. It was brought down by the machinations of the demon lord Mach Ingbok, servant of wizards known as the Masters of Padmasa. Outside of the area of Veronath there are small islands known as the Cunfshon Isles. The Cunfshon Isles eventually created an army and pushed the Demonlord out of his hold to form a new empire, the Argonath. The Argonath empire was built on the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Veronath. This empire has stood ever since, gaining a"
"BABALON, which means ""wicked"". Some flavour of context in which they appear in can be found in a communication received by Dee & Kelley in 1587: Babalon Babalon (also known as the Scarlet Woman, Great Mother or Mother of Abominations) is a goddess found in the occult system of Thelema, which was established in 1904 with English author and occultist Aleister Crowley's writing of ""The Book of the Law"", her name being later given in other works. In her most abstract form, she represents the female sexual impulse and the liberated woman. In the creed of the Gnostic Mass she"
"Cernunnos Cernunnos is the conventional name given in Celtic studies to depictions of the ""horned god"" of Celtic polytheism. Cernunnos was a Celtic god of fertility, life, animals, wealth, and the underworld. The name itself is only attested once, on the 1st-century Pillar of the Boatmen, but he appears all over Gaul, and among the Celtiberians. Cernunnos is depicted with the antlers of a stag, sometimes carries a purse filled with coin, often seated cross-legged and often associated with animals and holding or wearing torcs, are known from over 50 examples in the Gallo-Roman period, mostly in north-eastern Gaul. Not"
"fresh water, and punished lawbreakers. The Aborigines in southwest Australia called the serpent the Waugyl, while the Warramunga of the east coast worshipped the mythical Wollunqua. Serpent worship was well known in ancient Europe. The Roman genius loci took the form of a serpent. In Italy, the Marsian goddess Angitia, whose name derives from the word for ""serpent,"" was associated with witches, snakes, and snake-charmers. Angitia is believed to have also been a goddess of healing. Her worship was centered in the Central Apennine region. A snake was kept and fed with milk during rites dedicated to Potrimpus, a Prussian"
"associated with springs or with fountains. The Muses themselves were sometimes called Aganippids because of their association with a fountain called Aganippe. Other fountains, Hippocrene and Pirene, were also important locations associated with the Muses. Some sources occasionally referred to the Muses as ""Corycides"" (or ""Corycian nymphs"") after a cave on Mount Parnassos, called the Corycian Cave. Pausanias referred to the Muses by the surnames ""Ardalides"" or ""Ardaliotides"", because of a sanctuary to them at Troezen said to have been built by the mythical Ardalus. The Muses were venerated especially in Boeotia, in the Valley of the Muses near Helicon,"
"of a bull, in a Roman relief at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The name of the earliest known mythical king was Nannacus (aka Annacus). This king resided at Iconium, the most eastern city of the kingdom of Phrygia at that time, and after his death, at the age of 300 years, a great flood overwhelmed the country, as had been foretold by an ancient oracle. The next king mentioned in extant classical sources was called Manis or Masdes. According to Plutarch, because of his splendid exploits, great things were called ""manic"" in Phrygia. Thereafter the kingdom of Phrygia"
"or sometimes also as Kernunno. Cernunnos Cernunnos is the conventional name given in Celtic studies to depictions of the ""horned god"" of Celtic polytheism. Cernunnos was a Celtic god of fertility, life, animals, wealth, and the underworld. The name itself is only attested once, on the 1st-century Pillar of the Boatmen, but he appears all over Gaul, and among the Celtiberians. Cernunnos is depicted with the antlers of a stag, sometimes carries a purse filled with coin, often seated cross-legged and often associated with animals and holding or wearing torcs, are known from over 50 examples in the Gallo-Roman period,"
"water would be poured over the stele and—after ritually acquiring healing powers—was collected in a basin for an afflicted person to drink. Among the ancient Greeks, the most widely used image intended to avert evil was that of the Gorgon, the head of which now may be called the ""Gorgoneion"", which features wild eyes, fangs, and protruding tongue. The full figure of the Gorgon holds the apex of the oldest remaining Greek temple where she is flanked by two lionesses. The Gorgon head was mounted on the aegis and shield of Athena. Eyes were often painted to ward off the"
"Agonius Agonius (Ancient Greek: Ἀγώνιος) or Enagonius was an epithet of several gods in Greek mythology (or a distinct deity). Aeschylus and Sophocles use it of Apollo and Zeus, and apparently in the sense of helpers in struggles and contests, or possibly as the protectors of soldiers. But Agonius is more especially used as an epithet of Hermes, who presides over all kinds of solemn contests (), such as the Agonalia. Classical scholar William Warde Fowler thought it likely the deity or the epithets were merely inventions of the pontifices. According to a 19th-century catalog of Greek and Roman art"
"Ptolemy), Divonne (Ain) (although other derivations are suggested), and Dionne (Côte-d'Or). The territory of the Celtic Cadurci, in the modern French department of Lot, was noted for its springs in antiquity; Frontinus notes that the Cadurcan town of Uxellodunum was surrounded by a river and had an abundance of freshwater sources ""(fontes)"". In ancient Roman religion, goddesses of freshwater sources are often associated with the deity Fons, god of fountains and wellheads, honored at the Fontinalia for his role in the public water supply for the city. Ausonius invokes ""fons"", the manmade outlet that makes the water available to the"
"studies as well as cross cultural and meta-analysis research. Alcohol has sometimes been invested with religious significance. In ancient Celtic religion, Sucellus or Sucellos was the god of agriculture, forests and alcoholic drinks of the Gauls. Ninkasi is the ancient Sumerian tutelary goddess of beer. In the ancient Greco-Roman religion, Dionysos (or Bacchus) was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy, of merry making and theatre. The original rite of Dionysus is associated with a wine cult and he may have been worshipped as early as c. 1500–1100 BC by Mycenean Greeks. The"
"by pious relatives. Paupers and the friendless gathered for a hundred years on the near shore according to Book VI of Vergil's Aeneid. Greeks offered propitiatory libations to prevent the deceased from returning to the upper world to ""haunt"" those who had not given them a proper burial. The far side of the river was guarded by Cerberus, the three-headed dog defeated by Heracles (Roman Hercules). Passing beyond Cerberus, the shades of the departed entered the land of the dead to be judged. The five rivers of the realm of Hades, and their symbolic meanings, are Acheron (the river of"
"alike. According to the Gospel of John, Bethesda was a ""swimming bath"" (, ""kolumbethra"") with five porticos (translated as ""porches"" by older English Bible translations). The Johannine narrative (chapter 5) describes the porticos as being a place in which large numbers of infirm people were waiting, which corresponds well with the site's 1st century AD use as an asclepieion. Some ancient biblical manuscripts argue that these people were waiting for the ""troubling of the water""; a few such manuscripts also move the setting away from Roman rituals into something more appropriate to Judaism, by adding that an angel would occasionally"
"and beating her face with her fists and her breasts with stones. This portrayal of her inspired the sculptor Donatello ( 1386 – 1466) to portray her as a gaunt and beaten ascetic in his wooden sculpture ""Penitent Magdalene"" ( 1454) for the Florence Baptistery. In 1449, King René d'Anjou gave to Angers Cathedral the amphora from Cana in which Jesus changed water to wine, acquiring it from the nuns of Marseilles, who told him that Mary Magdalene had brought it with her from Judea, relating to the legend where she was the jilted bride at the wedding after which"
"Magdala Nunaya (also, Migdal Nunnaya or Nunayah; ""Tower of Fish"") and Magdala Tza'baya (or Migdal Seb'iya; ""Magdala of the dyers"" or ""Tower of Dyers""). It is referred to by these Aramaic names in the Babylonian Talmud (""Pesahim"" 46b) and Jerusalem Talmud (""Ta'anit"" 4:8) respectively. Also known in Greek as Magdala Taricheae (""Magdala of the fish salters""), likely due to the town's famed fish-curing industry, Josephus writes of it simply as Taricheae (Ant. 14.20; 20. 159; J.W. 1. 180; 2. 252). In contrast, H.H. Kitchener of the Palestine Exploration Fund suggested that Taricheae is to be identified with the nearby ruin,"
"Muses In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses (Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι, ""Moũsai"") are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They are considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, lyric songs, and myths that were related orally for centuries in these ancient cultures. In current English usage, ""muse"" can refer in general to a person who inspires an artist, musician, or writer. The word ""Muses"" (, ""Moũsai"") perhaps came from the o-grade of the Proto-Indo-European root *""men-"" (""to think"") or from root *""men-"" (""to tower, mountain"") since all the most important cult-centres of the"
"name today. An example where the chapel has survived but the other buildings have disappeared can be found at Poznan, Poland. The name commandery for their administrative districts remains in use today by the Venerable Order of St John. Alternatively it may have been founded by the Knights Templar. In 1312 by papal decree, the property of the Templars was transferred to the Order of Hospitallers, which also absorbed many of the Templars' members. In effect, the dissolution of the Templars could be seen as the merger of the two rival orders. Whatever the case may be, and it is"
"two theories regarding the origin of the name. One is that it is a corruption of the French, ""Le toron"" des chevaliers (""The Castle"" of the Knights), named by the Crusaders. The other is that it is from the Latin, Domus bonu ""Latronis"" (The House of the Good ""Thief""), a name given by 14th century Christian pilgrims after the penitent thief who was crucified by the Romans alongside Jesus (). Adjacent to the castle ruins is the Latrun Monastery, founded in 1890 by Trappist monks dedicated to Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows. Opposite the monastery off of Highway 3"
"been reversed. The Jewish Talmud distinguishes between two Magdalas only. Some researchers think that Josephus refers to Magdala Nunayya by the Greek name Tarichaea, derived from the Greek Τάριχος or ""tarichos"", meaning 'fish preserved by salting or drying', although the matter remains disputed. Magdala's reference in is, in some editions, given as ""Magadan"" ; and in Mark 8: 10 it is ""Dalmanutha"" . Excavations at Magdala during 2007-8 were called ""The Magdala Project"". Magdala Magdala (Aramaic: מגדלא / ""Magdala"", meaning ""tower""; Hebrew: מגדל / ""Migdal""; Arabic: المجدل / ""al-Majdal"") was an ancient city on the shore of the Sea of"
"and an annual film festival in September. Archaeological finds show that in the area of the modern city there used to be an ancient Greek settlement named ""Dyrama"" (Greek: Δύραμα) or alternatively ""Hydrama"" (Greek: Ύδραμα), both meaning ""rich in water"". Some scholars associate Drama with the ancient Greek Drabescus (). Hydrama was notable as the place of worship for many Gods of classical Greek mythology, especially Apollo and Artemis. With the passage of time Dyrama became Drama. In the South Slavic languages, the city is known as Драма which is itself a transliteration of the Greek name. The municipality Drama"
"necessarily under that name. The A∴A∴ is composed of two orders, known as the inner and outer college. The outer college in its modern form was formulated in 1907 by Aleister Crowley and George Cecil Jones, claiming authority from Aiwass (the Author of The Book of the Law) and other Secret Chiefs of the planetary spiritual order after the schism in and subsequent collapse of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn at the turn of the Twentieth century. The principal holy book of the A∴A∴ is the book Crowley called ""AL"" and ""Liber Legis"", technically called ""Liber AL vel"
"recorded as Latin ""Mona"" by various Roman sources. It was likewise known to the Saxons as ""Monez"". The Brittonic original was in the past taken to have meant ""Island of the Cow"". This view is untenable, however, according to modern scientific philology, and the etymology remains a mystery. Poetic names for Anglesey include the Old Welsh ""Ynys Dywyll"" (Shady or Dark Isle) for its former groves and ""Ynys y Cedairn"" (Isle of the Brave) for its royal courts; Gerald of Wales' ""Môn Mam Cymru"" (""Môn, Mother of Wales"") for its productivity; and ""Y fêl Ynys"" (Honey Isle). Numerous megalithic monuments"
"named ""Agdus"", from which had come the stones transformed to humans by Pyrrha and Deucalion to repopulate the world after the Flood. The Great Mother of the Gods customarily rested there, and there she was assailed by the lustful Jupiter. Unable to achieve his aim, the king of gods relieved himself by masturbating on the rock, from which was born Acdestis or Agdistis, a violent and supremely powerful hermaphroditic deity. After deliberations, the gods assign the ""cura"" of this audacity to Liber, the Roman god identified with Dionysus: ""cura"" means variously ""care, concern, cure, oversight."" Liber sets a snare, replacing"