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Paris vs NYC: What It's Like to Bike
People have been visiting Paris for centuries for the food, the wine, the museums, the cheese and even the snails, but when New Yorkers head to the City of Light these days, all they see are the bike lanes.
That's what a half-dozen envious Gothamites told Streetfilms upon their return from the French capital for his new movie, "Paris vs NYC: What It's Like to Bike" Double-wide bike lanes! Contra-flow bike lanes! Bikes lanes on car-free streets! Bike lanes bike lanes bike lanes.
But when you see great bike lanes in Paris, you're not just looking at good transport policy. You're seeing the future. "They are building the city they want to see, not the city as it is now," Kate Fillin-Yeh, a Harlem resident, told Clarence Eckerson in the viral video below. (Fillin-Yeh knows something about cities: She's director of strategy at NACTO, the National Association of City Transportation Officials.) But Fillin-Yeh is hardly alone in wishing New York would stop designing the city to accommodate existing road users — 75 percent of all space for car drivers, for example, rather than the majority of space for bus riders, pedestrians and cyclists — rather than the mode share the city claims it is trying to achieve for its non-car-using majority.
Also appearing in the film is like a Streetsblog Hall of Fame of talking heads: Mike Lydon of Street Plans, New Third Avenue advocate Paul Krikler, Queens bike advocate (and Queen of Twitter) CJ Wojtkowski, and, Streetsblog Editor Gersh Kuntzman. Check it out below, and share it with Mayor Adams. (This text reprinted from StreetsblogNYC)
Scott Ambinder Has Docked At All 1,674 Citi Bike Stations
http://www.vimeo.com/719227550 Scott Ambinder's dedication to Citi Bike is impressive. For one, he has docked at least once at all 1,674 locations throughout NYC (and New Jersey's Hoboken & Jersey City!) He's a fountain of knowledge when it comes to where stations are and what the neighborhoods look like around them. And certainly an expert on how to use the app, score membership extensions and where to look to see when a new station activates in the network.
He was always an avid Citi Bike fanatic but in the Summer of 2020 - and already a top 1% user and with Covid raging throughout NYC - he looked at the new City Explorer Map launched by Citi Bike and started pondering whether he could eventually return his bike at each docking station. Soon after he began strategizing how to attack specific neighborhood grids to maximize the number of stations on daily jaunts. But he added another impressive wrinkle to his accomplishment: he never used mass transit to start or finish his journeys (except to cross the river to NJ to get across the Hudson.)
Scott is only one of three Citi Bike members to crest the 1,600+ mark.
Streetfilms followed him around for a few hours on two days to talk about his unique feat and enthusiasm for City Bike. (Editors Note: as you will discover in the film we met one weekend after Scott offered an incredibly kind gesture of help!)
Towards the end of the film, Scott answered Streetfilms fans questions submitted for him to answer.
The NYC Cargo Bike Revolution: More Families take to the Streets!
If you've lived in New York City for a long time, you'll realize there are many more cargo bikes cruising the streets! It used to be rare you'd see one, but the last five years their presence has undoubtedly been on the rise and since Covid-19 hit in 2020 there has been a dramatic uptick for many reasons you will hear.
Back in May I decided while I was out covering other events I would find a way to fit in talking to the many families using cargo bikes in NYC and why. Sometimes it would be a tweet out just to meet me at an event I was already shooting but other times it was a completely random meet up. The comments here are really just the tip of the iceberg as several interviews didn't make the final cut. Propel Bikes, whose founder Chris Nolte we talked to, has done some cool features on Youtube but not much else out there from the NYC universe.
It's not often I do films over 10 minutes, but there is a lot of joy, information and family-fun packed into this Streetfilm and well worth the 13 minute view time. Also: for fairness I will divulge that we are a two-cargo bike family - I have owned a Workcyles FR8 since my son was born and my wife Fatima obtained a Tern bike in 2021. (She previously also had a Taga for a few years for my son's first bike riding experiences.) If you ask either of us we can extoll the many benefits for you and your kid(s) being al fresco commuting, exercising, meeting friends or shopping.
Much thanks to Jeff & Madeleine Novich (she is on Instagram at @Cargobikemomma) for gathering an initial pod meet up for an open street on 103rd Street in Manhattan. A few of these folks also appear in that Streetfilm which you can view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixKR1U0sNT8
The Uselessness of Gridlock Alert Days
We sent our reporter extraordinaire Zardoz out on NYC's streets for a few hours to check out just how NYC's issuing of a Gridlock Alert Week of traffic armageddon is going.
As always, not good. Utter uselessness. A sock puppet could have predicted this.
PSA "Secret Mission" with Janette Sadik-Khan
Here is one we really should have released a long time ago!
A few years ago "Streetopia" in NYC was conceived as an idea to get people motivated to take back their streets and change our streets for the better. The event was held at the Museum of the City of New York and Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow along with Clarence Eckerson Jr. were asked to put together this fun PSA we called "Secret Mission" to show to the hundreds of invited guests that night.
It was a huge, hysterical hit. But we never released it to the public even though we fully intended to! I'm sure JSK's fans will love it. I love it. I watch it a few times per year while looking through archives and since we are about to hit 1,000 Streetfilms I have always considered it one of the fun gems I loved to making. You know when you are out giggling and laughing between takes with your subject you are making something special.
More NYC Teens are Biking to School
Biking is cheap. Biking is fast. Biking promotes independence and exploration. Biking is great exercise. And, biking sure is FUN! What better way for New York City's teens to navigate the city and get themselves to school?
This generation is politically active and solutions-oriented. The last few weeks, we've been interviewing students - some in Queens, some in Manhattan on the Hudson River Greenway, some biking across Central Park. All of them joyful and appreciative of the time away from screens, feeling the wind in their hair and connecting with nature and those around them.
One notable incentive for these students? Schools that provide indoor, secure bike parking (here's looking at you school administrators!). Our goal is for each and every teen to have the option to safely bike, walk, scoot to school. That means we need a connected, protected, low-stress bike lane network in each and every neighborhood in this city. The city's future depends on it - quite literally.
In NYC You Can Go By Bike on the Pedestrian Signal!
So with a great "new" law on the books that allows bicycle riders to also legally use pedestrian signals (LPIs) to get a 5 to 10 second head start on drivers in NYC why did it take Streetfilms nearly a year to talk to the two people most responsible for it?
Well when it was passed council last year and slated to begin on December 20, 2019 it was the holiday season and freezing cold, and no one cares about watching videos end of year. We finally had scheduled to film it mid-March, but then Covid-19 prevented that.
I circled back around to the idea early this Fall after riding thru the NYC Summer Bicycle Boom™ explosion where I would frequently come upon LPI intersections where #bikenyc riders were frequently frozen waiting for the green light, ignoring the pedestrian beacon telling them, "Please go forth person on your bike with your walking cousins!"
So it's a good time to re-promote this great law that makes it safer for bike riders. Let those innovative who don't know it's legal to use the signals. Also, there are now so many brand new riders in the city that don't know all the rules of the road that frankly need enlightening. There are more than 4,000 of the lights.
We went to Brooklyn to the corner of Atlantic Ave & Smith Street and talked with Council member Carlos Menchaca and "The War on Cars" co-host Doug Gordon about what the law means and the journey to its realization.
How to Ride Your Bike Like a Gentleman (or a Lady)
This is a fun video. Some etiquette. Some style. Some advocacy. But all fun!
100+ Bikes Upgraded with Care at Big Fix Day BK in East New York
New York City Bike Mayor Courtney Williams provided the nucleus for Brooklyn's Big Fix Day, an event that brings out bike mechanics to the neediest area of the city, in this case East New York and the surrounding communities, to sponsor free bicycle fixing.
Notably this year, East New York, Brownsville, Canarsie and surrounding communities were hardest hit in Brooklyn by the Coronvirus epidemic. There has been a large toll economically in conjunction with the greater challenges of getting around via transportation and maintaining social distancing.
That's why Big Fix Day BK was so vital to bring mechanics and bike shop stores to the community to fix over 100 bikes for free for residents where every penny counts.
Happy Valentine's Bike Day Montage!
Well it's February 14th. And I just decided that for the first time ever Streetfilms was gonna do some happy, loving Valentine's Day biking imagery for a card to our subscribers and fans.
I sifted thru about 30 Streetfilms over the past ten years and lifted out lots of scenes of happiness from some of our videos from NYC, USA and around the world.
Bikes = Love
Madison Square Before & After Pedestrian Plazas (and more!)
Check out this video montage showing how horrible and inhumane Madison Square/Flatiron Building area was for pedestrians & cyclists in 2007 compared to now!
The Smashing Success of NYC's 14th Street Busway (featuring Zardoz)
Since just about everyone around the world has been asking where is Streetfilms' coverage of the 14th Street Busway, the true answer has basically been: just about everyone else did such a pretty good job documenting (and mostly loving) it, that I really felt this one didn't need my input or care. The world really is changing. And social media - particularly Twitter - really branded it a great change for the city on Day One: for transit users, pedestrians and bicyclists using the corridor.
But then my kid found and starting playing with this sock puppet from over 10 years ago. And, well, Zardoz, our fun and enthusiastic sock puppet correspondent was born.
From 6am thru 10pm only buses, trucks, delivery vehicles and EMS/FDNY are able to use it as a thru route. All others must turn off after only traveling one block. This still allows for drivers and car services to access the entire street, but they need to exit which has led to a vast improvement of bus speeds. But not only that but a more human environment. It can be very quiet at times. You can hear birds sing, people talk to each other. With due care you can easily cross the street almost anywhere on the corridor without fear of being killed.
The Climate March: A Streets Perspective (2019)
Where can you find the ONLY coverage of NYC's Climate Strike including a Manhattan march, a group bike ride and PARKing Day 2019 all wrapped in one tidy package?
(And also shot only by human power over 5 hours at dozens of locations?)
Well right here on Streetfilms my friends. Enjoy!
Protected Bike Lanes Make NYC Greener
In 2014 I made a short called "The Green Benefits of NYC Protected Bike Lanes" (vimeo.com/109772951) which was a minor hit. I recorded a narration talking about my experience watching how on streets that had curbside bike lanes with tree pit protection that trees were healthier, grew taller & further into the roadway and that the concrete waiting areas provided nice spots to put additional greenery & flowers.
I've seen no evidence to prove my theory wrong now four years later and after looking thru some of the footage I have shot the past two years realized I have built up quite an archive of beautiful shots showcasing that. Thus I present you this wonderful montage (and sparing you the dull voice over) of some of the eclectic stuff going on and around protected bike lanes/greenways that wouldn't be if not for the reallocation of street space to humans and bicycling. Enjoy!
Now certainly every block of every bike lane in NYC doesn't look like this, but it has been fun to watch them become lush whether it be a gardening group taking over keeping plantings, a private residence doing the greening or rogue individuals doing their own thing. Of course, NYC Parks has a hand in making improvements wherever a bike project puts up longer medians or barriers that become ripe spots for trees, which flourish.
Clusterf*ck on Varick Street: The Case for Congestion Pricing
"If you're looking for the place that shows the failure of New York City to have any sort of traffic management policy, this is the spot."
That's Doug Gordon, a.k.a. Brooklyn Spoke, who recently joined Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson Jr. in Lower Manhattan to document the lunacy at the intersection of Varick, Carmine, and Clarkson streets, where drivers converge to inch and honk their way toward the Holland Tunnel.
There's a toll on the inbound Holland Tunnel, but driving outbound is free. The main distortion stems from the free rides across all the East River bridges, along the length of Manhattan, and the east-bound Verrazano Bridge.
Put it all together, and New York's network of free roads and one-way tolls turns this neighborhood into a perpetual funnel for drivers who pay nothing to travel through the congested heart of the region. There are neighborhoods like it everywhere streets feed into free crossings into or out of the Manhattan core.
Says Doug: "This is what happens when you don't charge people anything to drive through Manhattan."
By putting a price on driving in the most crowded parts of the region, congestion pricing would thin out these car trips and divert a lot of this traffic to highways, where it belongs.
But after establishing his own panel to come up with a congestion pricing plan, Governor Cuomo chose not to put any muscle behind its recommendations this year. Assembly members like Lower Manhattan's Deborah Glick, who represents this area, continued to sit on the fence as their constituents suffer from crushing gridlock.
Thanks to do-nothing state electeds, New Yorkers who drive and the car-free majority both continue to be subjected to chaotic, dangerous, stressful conditions like the clusterfuck on Varick Street.
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Vastu today is the greatest crazeModern mind despite its all rational moorings, seems to have a fascination for this ancient science. Many amateurs go on advising its principles which may some time bring evil effects.
So I am trying to give a clear concept on thebasic principles of the ancient India Hindu Technique of Architecture i.e. vastu shashtra which ensures that it inccreases your prodictivity, all round progress and success by setting up your office or business organization. It is completely scientific.
Brain is the governing factor of the human body, if the brain is kept in proper temper its function and result is quite satisfactory and brings peace prosperity and sound health. Conversely if we neglect to take care of the brain we face a lot of difficulties and undergo various types of mental tension and discomfort so, it is our primary duty to keep our mental health inorder.
This basic principle is verified when we travel in our motor car. It is surprising that when the earth revolves at a tremendous speed of 1676 km. per hour and we drive our vehicle at a speed of 40 to 100 kms. per hour we some time feel discomfort, if we sit in opposite direction. But when we change our position by facing towards our destination, we feel quite comfortable.
We shall try to understand the basic scientific principles of vastu Sashtra. At present all the great scientists of the world are worried about pollution of the earth which is responsible for the weakening of the ozone layer in the space helps in checking the outward rays coming from different planets & sources. This may results in severe destruction of our planets & the total security may be in danger.
Our life is regulated by may global phenomenon like all corners, all directions, all objects of the world. The effects of these may sometimes be good or may bring bad result. Man has not yet been able to understand its mystery, but we can understand why it happens so by knowing the basic principles of vastu Shastra.


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import numpy as np
import random

# First implement a gradient checker by filling in the following functions
def gradcheck_naive(f, x):
    """ Gradient check for a function f.

    Arguments:
    f -- a function that takes a single argument and outputs the
         cost and its gradients
    x -- the point (numpy array) to check the gradient at
    """

    rndstate = random.getstate()
    random.setstate(rndstate)
    fx, grad = f(x) # Evaluate function value at original point
    h = 1e-4        # Do not change this!

    # Iterate over all indexes in x
    it = np.nditer(x, flags=['multi_index'], op_flags=['readwrite'])
    while not it.finished:
        ix = it.multi_index

        # Try modifying x[ix] with h defined above to compute
        # numerical gradients. Make sure you call random.setstate(rndstate)
        # before calling f(x) each time. This will make it possible
        # to test cost functions with built in randomness later.

        ### YOUR CODE HERE:
        raise NotImplementedError
        ### END YOUR CODE

        # Compare gradients
        reldiff = abs(numgrad - grad[ix]) / max(1, abs(numgrad), abs(grad[ix]))
        if reldiff > 1e-5:
            print "Gradient check failed."
            print "First gradient error found at index %s" % str(ix)
            print "Your gradient: %f \t Numerical gradient: %f" % (
                grad[ix], numgrad)
            return

        it.iternext() # Step to next dimension

    print "Gradient check passed!"

def sanity_check():
    """
    Some basic sanity checks.
    """
    quad = lambda x: (np.sum(x ** 2), x * 2)

    print "Running sanity checks..."
    gradcheck_naive(quad, np.array(123.456))      # scalar test
    gradcheck_naive(quad, np.random.randn(3,))    # 1-D test
    gradcheck_naive(quad, np.random.randn(4,5))   # 2-D test
    print ""

def your_sanity_checks():
    """
    Use this space add any additional sanity checks by running:
        python q2_gradcheck.py
    This function will not be called by the autograder, nor will
    your additional tests be graded.
    """
    print "Running your sanity checks..."
    ### YOUR CODE HERE
    raise NotImplementedError
    ### END YOUR CODE

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sanity_check()
    your_sanity_checks()

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Have you seen the film Eyes Wide Shut? If so, you may recognize some of what you are about to see. In part, the film chronicles a man named Bill Harford who discovers an elite secret society and the type of behaviours they exhibit during their "parties." Certainly there is much more to the film, but this is the important note when looking at the photos you are about to see below.
Many believe that Kubrick was trying to warn the world about the occult elite and its depraved ways with the film Eyes Wide Shut as he would have had access to this knowledge given his stature as a director at the time. Why the title Eyes Wide Shut? Well, our civilization as a whole still has its eyes wide shut, and it's said that Kubrick was trying to say this about humanity's wide scale knowledge of the elite. Kubrick died just two weeks after the film was released.
Many feel the film Eyes Wide Shut is incomplete and not quite the film Kubrick would have wanted to put out had he still been alive for the final cut. Had the scene been added to the film, it may have told a bit of a different story?
According to Eagle Scout and noted filmmaker David Lynch:
I really love Eyes Wide Shut. I just wonder if Stanley Kubrick really did finish it the way he wanted to before he died.
Some feel it was a conspiracy in itself that Kubrick died even before being able to properly release the film. That perhaps 'someone' would have wanted things left out or not fully told. While unconfirmed, it's not all that surprising when you consider who the elite are and what they've done before.
Check out this scene below if you have seen Eyes Wide Shut. Be sure to view the film first if you haven't.
Rothschild's Party
The "Surrealist Ball" was held by Marie-Hélène de Rothschild at Château de Ferrières on December 12th, 1972. It was attended by many of the rich, powerful and influential in the world including the Rothschild family, Audrey Hepburn, Salvador Dali and more. Supermodel Marisa Berenson, star of Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, attended the event and it has been said that her attendance foreshadowed Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut.
There were a number of photos taken during the oddly themed ball that surfaced and had some touting the incredible creativity while others asked questions about the creepiness and obvious relation to Eyes Wide Shut. In fact, it almost seemed like the exact type of event displayed in the film.
This party appears to be a mix of Eyes Wide Shut mixed with a Lady Gaga-style pop video. These pictures reveal the underlying symbolism and ideology of the occult elite.
Take a look at some of the images below of the 1972 Rothschild party and note the odd symbolism. Perhaps one of the most creepy.. the host wearing a giant horned animal head.
The location the ball!
The sacrificial human symbolism.. naked of course.
Welcome.. The host of the evening wearing a giant animal head with antlers.
A guest wearing multiple-faced mask. A similar mask is seen in Eyes Wide Shut (was the movie inspired by Rothschild balls?). Did this ball "devolve" into the debauchery depicted in the movie?
This article (17 Genuinely Creepy Photos From A 1972 Rothschild Dinner Party) was originally created for Collective Evolution and is published here under Creative Commons.
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"All perceptible matter comes from a primary substance, or tenuity beyond conception, filling all space, the Akasha or luminiferous ether, which is acted upon by the life giving Prana or creative force, calling into existence, in never ending cycles, all things and phenomena."
– Nikola Tesla, Man's Greatest Achievement, 1907
Depending on the philosophy or religion cited, "Akasha" generally has the same core meaning. It's Sanskrit (primary sacred language of Hinduism) for "aether," in both the elemental and metaphysical sense. The existence of this 'substance,' for lack of a better term, has been postulated by scientists and philosophers from ancient cultures, traditions, and faiths which date back thousands of years. The theme has been present from Eastern mysticism/philosophy all the way into the West and esoteric philosophy.
Keep in mind we are talking about Akasha here and not the Akashic Records.
"And they allowed Apollonius to ask questions; and he asked them of what they thought the cosmos was composed; but they replied; "Of elements." "Are there then four?" he asked. "Not four, "said Larchas, "but five." "And how can there be a fifth," said Apollonius, "alongside of water and air and earth and fire?" "There is the ether," replied the other, "which we must regard as the stuff of which gods are made; for just as all mortal creatures inhale the wire, so do immortal and divine natures inhale the ether." "Am I," said Appollonius, "to regard the universe as a living creature?" "Yes," said the other.
– The Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Philostratus, 220AD (source)
It's basically the basis of all things in the material world, and in various philosophies it's considered to be the invisible driving force behind the creation of matter. According to many it's the source of energy for material manifestation. This is intriguing, because quantum physics has been showing that human thoughts, intentions, emotions and more could have some sort of direct effect on our physical material world. Modern day scientific theories do not recognize the real existence of Akasha, but the fact that quantum physics has shown us that space is not empty is certainly lending more credibility to this ancient concept, in my opinion.
"The aakaash is not destructible, it is the primordial absolute substratum that creates cosmic matter and hence the properties of aakaash are not found in the material properties that are in a sense relative. The aakaash is the eternally existent, superfluid reality, for which creation and destruction are inapplicable….Our eyes are blind to the reality of spirit, scientific experiments cannot detect it directly, since our experiments can detect only the material properties which are not the attributes of Akasha."
– (Idham thadhakshare parame vyoman. Parame vyoman) – Paramahamsa Tewari, Engineer, Physicist, and Inventor, "Spiritual Foundations," www.tewari.org
The Akashic Records
What are the Akashic Records? According to various scholars in the realm of theosophy (esoteric philosophy), the Akashic Records are a kind of database which contain a record of the soul's journey. According to Alice A. Bailey, an author of more than two dozen books on theosophical subjects:
"The Akashic record is like an immense photographic film, registering all the desires and earth experiences of our planet. Those who perceive it will see pictured thereon: The life experiences of every human being since time began, the reactions to experience of the entire animal kingdom, the aggregation of the thought-forms of a karmic nature (based on desire) of every human unit throughout time. Herein lays the great deception of the records. Only a trained occultist can distinguish between actual experience and those astral pictures created by imagination and keen desire."
– From Light of the Soul, "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – Book 3," multiple sources on Google
According to the late Edgar Cayce, the Akashic Records can be seen as the universe's supercomputer, a central storage facility of all information for every individual who has ever lived throughout the cosmos. Apart from recording the events that occur in your life, they record every act, deed, word, thought, feeling, emotion, intent, and motive. Apparently, the records contain the entire history of every soul since the dawn of creation. (source)
They are records kept of a soul from the time it leaves its point of origin.
"The Edgar Cayce readings suggest that each of us writes the story of our lives through our thoughts, our deeds, and our interactions with the rest of creation. This information has an effect upon us in the here and now. In fact, the Akashic Records have such an impact upon our lives and the potentials and probabilities we draw toward us that any exploration of them cannot help but provide us with insights into the nature of ourselves and our relationship to the universe. There is much more to our lives, our histories, and our individual influence upon our tomorrows than we have perhaps dared to imagine." (source)
Charles Webster Leadbeater, an influential member of the Theosophical Society and an author on occult subjects, has made similar claims, stating that the records hold the history of Atlantis and various other civilizations, including Lumeria.
H.P. Blavatsky (1831-1891), a Russian immigrant, mystic, and founder of the Theosophical Society, writes that the Akasha is "one of the cosmic principles and is a plastic matter, creative in its physical nature, immutable in its higher principles. It is the quintessence of all possible forms of energy, material, psychic, or spiritual; and contains within itself the germs of universal creation, which sprout forth under the impulse of the Divine Spirit." (source)
Philosopher, educator, and founder of the Anthroposophical Society, Rudolf Steiner believed that humans (and himself) have the ability to perceive information beyond the material world. Please keep in mind that this isn't a 'pseudoscientific' idea; for a selected list of downloadable peer-reviewed journal articles reporting studies of psychic phenomena, mostly published in the 21st century, you can click HERE.
Steiner writes:
Man can penetrate to the eternal origins of the things which vanish with time. A man broadens his power of cognition in this way if he is no longer limited to external evidence where knowledge of the past is concerned. Then he can see in events what is not perceptible to the senses, that part which time cannot destroy. He penetrates from transitory to non-transitory history. It is a fact that this history is written in other characters than is ordinary history. In gnosis and in theosophy it is called the "Akasha Chronicle." . . . The one who has acquired the ability to perceive in the spiritual world comes to know past events in their eternal character. They do not stand before him like the dead testimony of history, but appear in full life. In a certain sense, what has happened takes place before him. (source)
Are The Akashic Records Real?
With the information above, I just wanted to provide a very basic and brief description of the Akashic Records. I still have a lot of research to do to further my understanding, but the essential idea has always been pretty clear to me.
So, is there any 'proof" for the existence of the Akashic Records? Well, we are limited by modern day understandings of what qualifies as proof. Anything that cannot be perceived by our physical senses, or something that is (for most) impossible to perceive, it's hard to validate its existence. The truth is, there is really no way to 'prove,' in the material way that we currently define proof, the existence of the Akashic Records, because it cannot be seen, touched, heard, or otherwise measured. But this doesn't mean we can't theorize, and as Albert Einstein once said, "everything you can imagine is real."
"The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence." – Nikola Tesla
The same can be said for consciousness, or factors that we commonly associate with consciousness; thoughts, feelings, emotions, perception, and more are directly correlated with our physical material world, and this is backed by science. This is most demonstrated by the quantum double slit experiment, and the parapsychological studies that are linked in this article above. (source) You can read more about this here.
As for the nature of consciousness itself, that's a topic for another article.
So, we do know that just because something can't be seen, touched, heard, or measured, does not mean it can't still have a direct effect on our physical material world. And we do know that (some) ancient philosophies and esoteric teachings have been validated by modern day science. As far as proving the existence of the Akashic Records, it doesn't seem to be possible.
Again, one great argument for its existence is the fact that it is an ancient concept, and occult (occult means the quest for truth, unfortunately this word carries a negative connotation) authors have been writing about for years. We've seen other concepts, like the atom, or the energy that exists all around us, or near death experiences (NDE's) and out of body experiences, written about in ancient times, as well as studied by modern day science, with some promising results. Ancient peoples may not have understood the 'science' behind the phenomena they observed, at least in the way we understand science, but their theories often prove to be correct nevertheless. Perhaps they had better methods for gaining wisdom? There are countless examples where ancient societies are considered much more 'advanced' than us, but we live in a different time.
I personally do believe that there is some sort of 'database' out there that we are all connected to, and everything about us (physical and non-physical) can be found there. But I cannot say it exists for certain, nor can I provide any proof for its existence. All I can say is that in my heart I believe it to be true. I would also like to include that I do not feel that these "records" are used for judgement in any way.
"The nature of energy is to be understood. The properties of space have to be intuitively derived from the available scientific data. We have to pick out a single elementary material particle to construct the material universe and to establish the unity of the material worlds. We need to know the attributes of the single Substance, the nonmaterial Akasha to establish the Unity behind the diverse scientific and spiritual phenomena. We need to realize the agency of Consciousness, the principle of life and death, and the intelligence of the Universe. We can certainly know these phenomena through a scientific approach but the science that shall answer the above questions shall not be the current science. It shall be a new science inclusive of a spiritual base. And that shall set the stage for a merger of science and spirituality."
– Paramahamsa Tewari, Engineer, Physicist, and Inventor, "Spiritual Foundations."
Some Further Reading, If You're Curious…
This article (The Akashic Records: What Are They & Could They Be Real?) was originally created for Collective Evolution and is published here under Creative Commons.
Whether it's ghastly demons or grisly execution scenes, this occultists' tome and witchcraft manual remains as haunting today as it was in 1775.
Photo Credit: Ancient Origins
Hybrid demons, cabalistic symbols, dancing skeletons, and dark spells of magic — these are only some of the occult elements that fill the pages of the mysterious 18th-century manuscript entitled Compendium Of Demonology And Magic. Though we may never know who created the book and why, there's one thing we do know for certain: this book is not for the faint of heart.
The Compendium Of Demonology And Magic
In 1775, someone — likely a worshipper of the occult — made it their business to compile a collection of astonishingly detailed illustrations of demons and magical rituals into one book. That book is now known as the Compendium Of Demonology And Magic.
Its original title was actually Compendium Rarissimum Totius Artis Magicae Sistematisatae Per Celeberrimos Artis Hujus Magistros, which roughly translates to "A Rare Summary Of The Entire Magical Art By The Most Famous Masters Of This Art."
Written in a mixture of German and Latin, the 18th-century demonic guide opens with an eerie page adorned by skeletons and a warning that reads "noli me tangere," meaning "do not touch me."
Its pages contain remarkably vivid drawings depicting over 30 kinds of beastly creatures from Hell as shown in the gallery above.
Evidence of the occult has been found throughout history in different parts of the world.
The illustrations appear to be watercolour and are mostly drawn on white, brown, and grey-green paper. The figures themselves are extremely dark and disturbing in nature but nonetheless fascinating to look at.
Among the bizarre demons, you'll find a giant red figure with black wings, large eyes, and snakes jutting out from its forehead. It's caught mid-spring, coming out of the ground with smoke and fire as it feeds on a bloody meal of what appear to be human limbs.
Another graphic demon depicted among the book's artwork is a creature so grotesque and mismatched in its anatomy that it resembles a Frankenstein experiment from Hell.
This demon has fire jutting out of its ears, large fangs, a misshapen abdomen covered in spots, and hooved feet. But the most disturbing thing about this figure is what it is doing: birthing small dragon-like creatures.
In addition to the demonic drawings, the author also drew what appear to be visual instructions that may be used as a reference in performing the mystic rituals written in the book.
Some of these scenes could be related to necromancy, which is the act of communicating with the dead to read, and possibly control, the future. There are also a few pages of cabalistic symbols.
The book's origins are obscure and its author remains unknown. But the misdated "year 1057" written on its cover suggests that whoever created the compendium was likely trying to pass it off as an ancient manuscript of sorts. The physical book is under the custody of the Wellcome Library in London, United Kingdom.
Historic Manuscripts Of The Occult
The Codex Gigas, otherwise known as the "Devil's Bible."
The Compendium Of Demonology And Magic, though entirely gripping in its vivid illustrations of satanic creatures, is not the only manuscript relating to witchcraft from earlier centuries.
In the 16th century, a Dutch doctor-turned-occult-practitioner named Johann Weyer published Pseudomonarchia Daemonum — known by its English title as the False Hierarchy of Demons — which was a similar compendium written in Latin. Its pages contained the names of 69 demons.
According to Weyer himself, he created the mystic book based on an earlier text about spirits and demons written by another practitioner, though it's unclear what work he was referring to.
Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, which was not his first work on demonology, was declared by Sigmund Freud as "one of the ten most significant books of all time."
Even older still is the Codex Gigas, the largest medieval manuscript in the world, measuring at a whopping 36 inches tall, 20 inches wide, and nearly nine inches thick. Historians believe it likely took over 20 years to complete the book.
Could it be any smaller when the entirety of its pages contains a multitude of texts from the Old Testament and New Testament to the Chronicle of Bohemia by Cosmas?
Illustration of the demon Buer, by Luis Breton. According to Weyer's book, Buer is the president of Hell.
But most striking is perhaps the large demonic illustration that inexplicably sits in the middle of the massive book.
Due to its old age and the effects of war, the true origin of the Codex Gigas has been lost to history. But legend has it that the entire manuscript was written in a fortnight by a monk named Herman the Recluse who was nearly buried alive for breaking his vows.
To win back his freedom, the monk obliged to write a book containing all the world's knowledge overnight.
Ironically, the monk summoned the devil to help him with the herculean task in exchange for his soul, which is how the odd drawing inside the book allegedly came to be. The historic relic, now called the "Devil's Bible," sits on display at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm.
Unfortunately, the real stories behind some of these curious manuscripts will forever remain untold.
This article (Inside The 18th-Century 'Compendium Of Demonology And Magic,' An Illustrated Guide To Hell) was originally created for All That Interesting and is published here under Creative Commons.
Cells from a woolly mammoth that died around 28,000 years ago have begun showing "signs of life" during a ground-breaking scientific experiment.
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The young woolly mammoth was dug out of Siberian permafrost in 2011. With the species being extinct for about 4,000 years, finding such a relatively intact specimen was big news – particularly since this one was 28,000 years old.
Scientists have since been eager to find out how viable the biological materials of the uncovered mammoth still are, all those millennia later. Now researchers at Kindai University in Japan have found that its DNA is partially intact – and apparently they are well in the game to restore this huge prehistoric mammal back among the living.
If they succeed, it could look something like this (at first).
Model depicting mammoth calf, Stuttgart. Image credit: Apotea
Anyway, it all comes down to the fact that the scientists at the university have managed to extract nuclei from the mammoth's cells and transplant them into mouse oocytes – cells found in ovaries that are capable of forming an egg cell after genetic division.
After that, the cells from the 28,000-year-old specimen started to show "signs of biological activities."
A time-lapse of mouse oocyte cells injected with mammoth nuclei. Kindai University/Scientific Reports
"This suggests that, despite the years that have passed, cell activity can still happen and parts of it can be recreated," said study author Kei Miyamoto from the Department of Genetic Engineering at Kindai University.
Five of the cells even showed highly unexpected and very promising results, namely signs of activity that usually only occur immediately preceding cell division.
Frozen mammoth calf "Lyuba" – it still had food in its stomach, Royal BC Museum. Image credit: Ruth Hartnup
Establishing whether the mammoth DNA could still function wasn't an easy task. Researchers began by taking bone marrow and muscle tissue samples from the animal's leg. These were then analysed for the presence of undamaged nucleus-like structures, which, once found, were extracted.
Once these nuclei cells were combined with mouse oocytes, mouse proteins were added, revealing some of the mammoth cells to be perfectly capable of nuclear reconstitution. This, finally, suggested that even 28,000-year-old mammoth remains could harbour active nuclei.
Meaning, something like, that resurrecting a specimen like this one would be quite possible.
Royal Victoria Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 2018
While Miyamoto admits that "we are very far from recreating a mammoth," plenty of researchers attempting to use gene editing to do so are confident that, that achievement is around the corner. Recent efforts, using the controversial CRISPR gene editing tool, are arguably the most promising, of late.
But do we really need to resurrect a species that went extint a long time ago?
The book contained incantations for the deceased so that she could ward off evil spirits and demons in her journey toward the underworld.
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Even those who know little of ancient Egypt's mysteries have heard of the infamous Book of the Dead. And now, researchers have found a similar text that not only predates that one, but may also be the oldest illustrated book ever uncovered.
According to The New York Times, Egyptologists found parts of an illustrated "book" that served as a guide to reach Rostau — the Underworld ruled by Osiris, the Egyptian god of death.
The incredible discovery, published in the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, happened at the village Dayr al-Barsha (or Deir el-Bersha) where the cliff-side necropolis of the region's governors who ruled during Egypt's Middle Kingdom were laid to rest inside elaborately decorated tombs.
In 2012, guided by archaeologist Harco Willems from Belgium's University of Leuven, a team of researchers investigated one of the five burial shafts located inside the tomb complex of Ahanakht. Twenty feet down inside the burial shaft, the team found the remains of a sarcophagus that appeared to be completely undisturbed despite the previous presence of grave robbers and other archaeologists at the site.
Fragments from a Book of Two Ways discovered on the coffin of a woman named Ankh inside the necropolis of Deir el-Bersha.
Judging by the remains and the setup of the sarcophagus, it belonged to an elite woman named Ankh who was related to an elite government official. Her cedar coffin had deteriorated due to being overrun by fungi but upon closer inspection, the crumbling casket revealed something unexpected.
Inside the sarcophagus were remarkable etchings explicitly quoting from the Book Of Two Ways, which is made up of hieroglyphs and illustrations describing Ankh's wayward journey into the afterlife.
"These 'coffin texts' tend to situate the deceased in the world of the gods," Willems said. "Sometimes they are combined with drawings. At Deir el-Bersha, one frequently encounters Books of Two Ways."
"The ancient Egyptians were obsessed with life in all its forms," explained Rita Lucarelli, an Egyptology curator at the University of California, Berkeley. "Death for them was a new life."
Now, researchers have yet again uncovered evidence that ancient Egypt's elaborate death customs sometimes included providing the dead with these "coffin texts" so that they could make their way to the underworld. Remarkably, each person had their own version of the text that was customized based on their status and wealth.
Ankh's guide texts incorporated incantations to help her ward off the demons she encountered on her journey. The arduous trip to reach Rostau, the markings proclaimed, would be plagued by obstacles of fire, demons, and spirits that she would have to overcome.
"This one begins with a text encircled by a red line designated as 'ring of fire,'" Willems said. "The text is about the sun god passing this protective fiery ring to reach Osiris."
Judgement scene from the Book Of The Dead, the corpus of Egyptian funerary texts that the Book Of Two Ways predates.
Researchers estimated the age of Ankh's sarcophagus texts based on inscriptions and other relics found nearby that referred to the reign of Pharaoh Mentuhotep II, who ruled until 2010 B.C.E. That means the original manual from which these texts were copied would be at least 4,000 years old, likely making it the world's oldest illustrated book ever found.
The team furthermore found two dozen extant texts of the Book Of Two Ways maps inside the burial shaft. Most etchings have been difficult to make out but the scientists believe the depictions likely illustrate rituals to bring deceased gods or dead humans back to life, symbolizing rebirth in Egyptian culture.
Perhaps further study will only help unravel more of the mysteries stirred up by this fascinating find.
This article (This Ancient Egyptian Map To The Underworld Is The Oldest Illustrated Book Ever Found) was originally created for All That Interesting and is published here under Creative Commons.

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The Cross and the Switchblade - 50th Anniversary Edition
Long before faith-based films became a regular feature of mainstream movie theaters, there was The Cross and The Switchblade. The film was made squarely within the Hollywood system, yet it was set apart by the unashamedly Christian vision of its producers. It went on to become a worldwide ministry phenomenon and it stands among the early sparks that ignited today's growing Christian film movement.
Based on the 1963 autobiography of the same name by David Wilkerson, the film depicts the unlikely efforts of a "skinny country preacher" to bring change to the desperate lives of gang members living and dying on the mean streets of New York City. Among those whose lives were transformed was the notorious gang-leader Nicky Cruz who went on to lead a decades long outreach to gang members and other distressed young people.
Wilkerson's mission to tell lost and hurting young people that there was a better way through Jesus Christ, blossomed into the Times Square Church and the international ministry of World Challenge whose mission is to bring lasting, holistic change to individuals and communities.
Although this 1970 film bears the style of a different era, the life-changing solution that David Wilkerson brought to desperate lives remains forever relevant. And fifty years later, the film, for all its retro elements, still stands up to scrutiny as a well-written, stylishly produced movie featuring sincerely passionate performances.
The story lives on in the book, in this film but more importantly in the legacy of lives transformed by the message that no one is ever so far gone that they cannot find the way home.
The Cross and the Switchblade 50th Anniversary Edition
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Dear Sir

Now that I am (at last!) able to sit to write—I must thank you, briefly, for your very kind letter of 5<hi rend="sup ">th</hi>., with extracts, &c.—But why did you trouble yourself to write so largely? busy as you must be.—Some day I hope to converse w. you about them.—

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Episcopal Priest Gives Pre-Paid Gas Cards to Women Seeking Abortions
Anyone can be a church leader in Babylon today, Episcopal priest Reverend Katherine Ragsdale in a prime example of that!
Episcopal priest Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, with her organization National Abortion Federation, will hand out pre-paid gas cards for women seeking abortions, according to FaithWire.
"Since there are a limited number of providers and states continue to impose additional restrictions, many women have to travel long distances to reach the closest provider who can help them," NAF said in a statement. "And this situation will only worsen as the political environment continues to become more hostile toward abortion rights."
Ragsdale, who is the Interim President and CEO of NAF, believes the initiative will provide more support for women "so that they can make, and act on, the best decisions for themselves and their families."
The pilot program will run for three months and start in states that have waiting periods or other abortion restrictions, LifeNews reports.
The response comes in light of several states furthering restrictive abortion limits. States such as Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana have nearly abolished terminations and several other states are poised to do the same.
Former Plymouth priest the Rev. Mally Lloyd married the Rev. Katherine Ragsdale, dean and president of the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, on New Year's Day. The Rev. Lloyd, a former pastor at Christ Church in Plymouth, is now a ranking official of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
As the first lesbian to become a leader of an Episcopal seminary, Ragsdale has been no stranger to controversy. World Magazine reported Ragsdale's allegiance lies not only with pro-choice causes, but pro-abortion.
"Abortion is a blessing and our work is not done," she said at a pro-abortion rally. "Let me hear you say it: abortion is a blessing and our work is not done. Abortion is a blessing and our work is not done. Abortion is a blessing and our work is not done.
She continued: "The ability to enjoy God's good gift of sexuality without compromising one's education, life's work, or ability to put to use God's gifts and call is simply [a] blessing."
Catherine Glenn Foster, president and CEO of Americans United for Life, the largest pro-life legal organization in the country, believes the pilot program doesn't help women but abortion centers.
Katherine Ragsdale Babylonian pastor
"This is a half-baked publicity stunt by NAF meant to create the impression that there is even a need for this," she said. "Why doesn't the abortion industry—dominated by a 'non-profit' that has over a hundred million in the bank—lower its prices instead? Because it's all about profit for them."
~ Original Post Written By Mikaela Mathews | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor
Author Babylon TodayPosted on August 30, 2019 Categories Abortion, Abortion in America, America founded on "Christianity", American Christianity, Anyone can be a Christian pastor, babylon, Catholics, Christian denominations, Christianity in America, Church Perversion, Episcopal church in the United States, false church, Gay Pastors, Homeosexuality in the church, Katherine Ragsdale, Legalized murder in America, LGBT, Modern Day Babylon, Mother of all Harlots, Perverted Catholic Priests, Perverted Pastors, Perverted Preachers, satanic temple, The "Body of Christ", The Catholic church, The fall of Babylon, The Mockery of Christianity, Uncategorized, United States of AmericaTags ANYONE can be a church leader in Babylon, christianity, Church Perversion, Episcopal church, Episcopal church leaders, God is not in religion, Killing babies is a blessing according to Katherine Ragsdale, Lesbian Episcopal priest Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, prepaid gas cards for baby killers, Pro abortionist pastor Katherine Ragsdale, religion, Reverend Katherine Ragsdale1 Comment on Episcopal Priest Gives Pre-Paid Gas Cards to Women Seeking Abortions
Pastor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Unconscious Parishioner
"Pastor" Freeman said "We insert things into people" and "you don't ask what happens [during deliverance]…
"Pastor" Meally Morris Freeman
A Minnesota opportunist who calls himself a pastor sexually assaulted a 28-year-old woman after she became unconscious during two "anointing sessions" and has now been charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct that could land him in prison for 15 years and a fine of $30,000.
A criminal complaint against Meally Morris Freeman, the 55-year-old "pastor" of Grace Mountaineer Tabernacle Church in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota said the woman accusing him of criminal behavior saw him as a "spiritual father" when she went to him for spiritual guidance starting on Sept. 20, 2017, according to Fox 9.
In January, however, she told police that Freeman sexually assaulted her at the church which led to his arrest on Tuesday.
She explained that during an anointing session at the church, the pastor anointed her with oil and advised her that she was in need of "deliverance" that would require a one-on-one session with him.
Trusting the spiritual guidance, the woman said she attended a one-on-one session with Freeman and he gave her small cups of 'oil' to drink. Soon after they began to pray, the woman says she lost consciousness…
When she woke up, the woman explained that her underwear was wet and there was oil on her stomach and near her breasts. The pastor told her he had "anointed all places, but that he didn't see all places," and informed her she needed a second session that would take place after Bible study that night. The woman said in their second deliverance session she became unconscious again but when she woke up this time her pants and underwear were hanging ripped at her ankles and her shirt and bra were pulled up over her chest.
She said the pastor, who was spraying a water bottle filled with oil on her private areas, also inappropriately touched her genitals and anus.
It wasn't until she shared what happened to a friend that the woman realized she was sexually assaulted.
The woman eventually confronted Freeman and recorded their conversation without him knowing. Freeman did not deny touching her genitals, but instead discussed the "deliverance process." He admitted he anointed her breasts with oil and told her, "We insert things into people" and "you don't ask what happens [during deliverance], you don't go into details and that deliverance can be very tempting."
The woman said at another meeting a church elder, Freeman and his wife [who should be arrested too] told her not to report the incident to police.
This disgusting so-called pastor Meally Freeman was arrested by Brooklyn Center Minnesota police Tuesday around 4 p.m. and is in custody at Hennepin County Jail.
This is an absolute mockery of God and His Kingdom…. Psalms 118:8 says It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man; it's funny how Christians seem to overlook that verse. If you need "deliverance" from sexual sins make a decision to live above all evil and JUST STOP DOING IT, then you'll be delivered! James 4:7~ Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Many unfavorable "church" situations can be avoided if Christians would obey whats written in the bible instead of just reading it.
Author Babylon TodayPosted on June 19, 2018 Categories Anyone can be a Christian pastor, babylon, Christian Teachers, christianity, Church Perversion, false church, false prophets, Hidden sexual perversion in the church, modern day christianity, Perverted Pastors, Perverted Preachers, religion, satanic temple, sexual misconduct in the church, SPIRITUAL FATHERS, The "Body of Christ", The black church, The Mockery of Christianity, Uncategorized, United States of America, USATags anointing oil, anointing session at church, fake Christians, False Christians, false church, false doctrines, false preachers, false prophet, false prophets, false religion, false teachers, Grace Mountaineer Tabernacle Church Brooklyn Center Minnesota, Grace Mountianeer Tabernacle, Meally Morris Freeman, one on one sessions in church, Pastor Meally Morris Freeman, pastors anointing women with oil, private deliverance service in the church, Pst Meally M Freeman, sexual assault during deliverance sessions in church, sexual assualt in church, spiritual deception, spiritual fathers in the church, spiritual guidance, The fall of Babylon1 Comment on Pastor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Unconscious Parishioner
California Episcopal Church Holds 'Beyoncé Mass' Where Hundreds 'Worship' With Her Songs!
"We have a community that is youthful and loving and looks to the world as a partner, not an enemy," Reverend Jude Harmon said speaking to the crowd.
I guess Jude Harmon doesn't care what God says about being "partners" with the world. "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, now ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God" James 4:4
A "church" in San Francisco, California raised eyebrows with an event they called a "Beyoncé Mass." With matters such as bibles being outlawed in California, this "church" has nothing better to do with it's time than to pay homage to Beyonce.
With hundreds in attendance, Grace Cathedral Church says the event is a chance for people to find God through secular music. Others calling it "evil," saying they're trying to substitute Jesus with Beyoncé.
Harmon says mostly in attendance are people of color and the LGBT community, including, "People on who other people's narratives have been projected. Just to be honest, the church hasn't been the best about lifting up those voices."
To take things a step further, Rev. Harmon goes on to say that Beyoncé is "a better theologian than many of the pastors and priests in the church today."
"That is not an exageration," Harmon states.
The video includes examples of Beyoncé's "religious symbolism" in her music and performances, from dressing as African deity's, the Virgin Mary, and scenes in her videos that reference the Last Supper.
The event's organizer, Rev. Yolanda Norton, told ABC7 News she uses Beyonce as a way to bring diverse groups together to talk about God.
Norton is an Assistant Professor of Old Testament at San Francisco Theological Seminary who teaches a class she calls, "Beyoncé and the Hebrew Bible."
"People think we're worshiping Beyoncé, none of that is true," she said. "This is a way to have different kinds of conversation."
During the service, Norton said in a separate interview, they use lyric's from Beyoncé's songs as examples of what the crowd's prayers to God could be. She said the service focuses on empowering women of color and other minority communities.
"I've been asked time and time again, 'Why Beyoncé?'" Norton preached to the crowd during the mass. "I believe she reminds us that you have to do your thing your way, you don't do it on demand, you don't do it for your oppressor, you don't sing when they want you to sing…you sing when God calls you to sing."
Many even pointing out parts of scripture that they say rebuke this type of gathering, including 2 Timothy 4:3-4 and Galatians 1:8.
"For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."
"Let God's curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you."
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The U.S. Episcopal Church Amends the Terms "Husband and Wife" To Find Favor With the LGBT Community
Very soon traditional marriage vows will be outlawed and a thing of the past as the Episcopal Church in the United States leads the way in amending the terms "husband" and "wife" from its marital liturgy compromising the standard of God to find favor with the LGBT community.
Very soon traditional marriage vows/ceremonies will be outlawed and a thing of the past as the Episcopal Church in the United States leads the way in amending the terms "husband" and "wife" from its marital liturgy compromising the standard of God to find favor with the LGBT community. Phrases related to "procreation" will also be deleted, to not offend those who do not identify as heterosexual despite what the bible they read each Sunday says about homosexuality.
According to LifeSite News, the change aims to make the church's marriage ceremonies more "gay-friendly." Indeed, Gay and lesbian Episcopalians have been increasingly vocal in their complaints that the language of the current liturgy (the same liturgy that has been in effect for decades) is now considered offensive and exclusionary. Being a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, the US Episcopal Church comes under the loose governance of the Church of England, and consequently the Archbishop of Canterbury.
According to the Telegraph, the Church of England's Secretary General William Nye has been heavily critical of the change to such a sacred text and even threatened to cut ties with the U.S. church if it decides to introduce the new service as standard, and toss out the current wording in its Book of Common Prayer.
The drastic change would see the new service replace the phrase "the union of husband and wife" with "the union of two people."Couples will still be able to opt for the most traditional "husband" and "wife" when making their vows, but this will not be included in the standardized version. In his letter, Nye urged that using the new language as standard would lead to a growing "pressure to dissociate" the Church of England from the U.S. Episcopal church, warning that conservative members would see any such change to marriage liturgy as "completely unacceptable." Nye warned the Episcopal Church to avoid "irrevocably redefining marriage" through railroading their new liturgical language into Church proceedings.
However, many liberal members of the Church of England have voiced their support for the move, and hit back at Nye for speaking on their behalf.
"Thank you for leading the way on this important issue," a group wrote in an open letter posted online.
"We are grateful that you have recognized that not all married couples can have children and that a gender-neutral approach will enable us to become a loving and inclusive Church for all. We still have a few problems to sort out over here with those who keep threatening to leave, but we know that your actions have given great hope to thousands and shown that the Church is not as homophobic as it can sometimes appear. We therefore want to publicly 'dissociate' ourselves from Mr Nye's initial response and are expecting 'stringent consequences' as a result of his actions."
Another liberal faith organization affiliated with the Church of England penned a direct response to Nye following his published letter.
"You will be aware that your previously undisclosed letter to The Episcopal Church has been met with anger, frustration and disappointment by many across the Church of England, on whose behalf you presume to speak," read a letter from OneBodyOneFaith, addressed to Nye.
In its "About Us" section, OneBody's website reads:
"OneBodyOneFaith works for the full inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual. transgender and intersex people in the Christian churches. We believe that human sexuality in all its richness is a gift of God gladly to be accepted, enjoyed and honoured as a way both of expressing and growing in love, and that it is entirely compatible with the Christian faith not only to love another person of the same sex, but to express that love fully in a personal sexual relationship."
The head of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, has continued to affirm the traditional definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. With that being said, Welby made some controversial remarks in a November 2017 interview in which he stated that he was unable to say whether sodomy is sinful or not.
"You know very well that is a question I can't give a straight answer to. Sorry, badly phrased there. I should have thought that one through," Welby told former Labour Party spin doctor Alastair Campbell in a candid interview at GQ Magazine.
"I don't do blanket condemnation and I haven't got a good answer to the question," he added. "I'll be really honest about that. I know I haven't got a good answer to the question. Inherently, within myself, the things that seem to me to be absolutely central are around faithfulness, stability of relationships and loving relationships."
Welby continued:
"I am also aware – a view deeply held by tradition since long before Christianity, within the Jewish tradition — that marriage is understood invariably as being between a man and a woman. Or, in various times, a man and several women, if you go back to the Old Testament. I know that the Church around the world is deeply divided on this in some places, including the Anglicans and other Churches, not just us, and we are — the vast majority of the Church is — deeply against gay sex."
Welby added: "I don't think it is sinful to say that you disagree with gay sex. But to express that by way of hatred for people is absolutely wrong in the same way as misogyny or racism is wrong."
"This is why "the church" has lost it's credibility and effectiveness in the community. The modern day church goes with the flow of the world instead of standing for and implementing an example of holiness as God requires despite who is offended by it. The actions of the Episcopal Church in the United States and it's supporters is a blatant mockery of Christianity and the message of Christ. There is absolutely no fear of God in today's church- the true gospel has been watered down, and commercialized and is in the hands of perverts masquerading as church leaders. Those who claim to be true lovers of God should come out of Babylon before it's too late!" ~ Catherine Sutton/ Winston Salem, NC
Aaron Huntsman (front L) and William Lee Jones (front R) complete their wedding vows, with Rev. Steve Torrence (C) officiating, on the steps of the Monroe County Courthouse in Key West, Florida, early January 6, 2015. The couple obtained the first same-sex marriage license issued in the Florida Keys. Same-sex marriage licenses were issued in the rest of the state starting just after midnight on Tuesday, when a stay expires on a ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle in Tallahassee, who also struck down the ban approved by Florida voters in 2008. The legalization of gay marriage in Florida means about 70 percent of Americans now live in states permitting same-sex marriage, almost double the number a year ago, according to the Human Rights Campaign, a national advocacy group. REUTERS/Carol Tedesco/Florida Keys News Bureau/Handout via Reuters (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES
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Church of England Vicar Is Caught On Video Smoking From A Crack Pipe And Watching Porn
Mr Stennett Kirby, whose brother is a minister, can be seen snorting coke…
The Church of England is said to be investigating after a newspaper published a video appearing to show a vicar from East London taking cocaine and watching explicit videos from his church owned home.
He is seen staring at a TV, apparently watching porn, and adds: "It f***ing turns me on when I have this and I watch that." Stennett Kirby, vicar of West Ham Parish Church in East London since 2007, then makes a crude mouth action reference and refers to women in a lewd way.
The vicar and his pal also discuss hiring a follow and he says: "I wish I could. If I had money, I would. I've only got £10 left." When his friend tells him he prefers prostitutes to having a relationship, unmarried Mr Kirby — on sick leave from work — agrees.
In a video released by the Sun on Sunday, the footage also apparently showed Rev Stennett Kirby talking about buying poppers which gives users a head rush from a shop in Soho.
(Purchasing poppers – a liquid which induces a head-rush high – is not a crime.)
Clear footage showed the 64-year-old priest sitting on his sofa, saying "I feel really good now" after reportedly taking cocaine.
The video also shows Rev Kirby, who has been a vicar of West Ham Parish Church since 2007, watching [allegedly] pornography with a friend.
The Church of England told the Sun on Sunday it was investigating the footage, while a spokeswoman told the newspaper: "We take this matter very seriously."
In other footage Mr Stennett Kirby, whose brother is a minister, can be seen snorting coke. His pal says taking it off the back of his hand is easier. Seconds later Mr Kirby says approvingly: "That is good." Our revelations bear similarities to the case of "Crystal Methodist" Paul Flowers.
The shamed minister and former Co-op Bank boss was suspended from the church in 2017 after he was filmed in a car counting out £300 to buy cocaine and crystal meth in a drug deal. Mr Kirby lives in a £1.5million house owned by the Diocese of Chelmsford.
Rev Kirby, who is unmarried, has reportedly been placed on sick leave.
A spokesman for the Church of England said: "We are taking this matter very seriously.
"Revd Stennett Kirby has withdrawn from all ministerial duties and a disciplinary investigation is already under way."
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Catholic Bishop Resigns Over Claims Of Celebrating Mass With A Pedophile
"To date, clerical abuse victims here have been let down, not just by the church, but also by the authorities."
According to Press Association, a Catholic bishop in Northern Ireland has resigned following claims he celebrated Mass alongside a priest he knew was a pedophile.
Dr John McAreavey was Bishop of Dromore. Diocesan secretary Fr Gerald Powell said he had resigned with "immediate effect".
Fr Malachy Finnegan has been accused of sexual abuse by 12 people.
The bishop said: "Following media reports which have disturbed and upset many people in the diocese and further afield, I have decided to resign with immediate effect.
"I shall make further comment in due course."
The former teacher at St Colman's College in Newry from 1967 to 1976 is also allegedly linked to a catalog of physical and emotional abuse against pupils. He died in 2002.
Amnesty International has called for a public inquiry into clerical sex abuse.
Amnesty's Northern Ireland director Patrick Corrigan said: "To date, clerical abuse victims here have been let down, not just by the church, but also by the authorities."
Solicitor Claire McKeegan, of KRW Law, who represents a number of Fr Finnegan's alleged victims, said she had received calls from numerous further witnesses since a settlement by one of her clients was made public recently.
She added: "The message is clear: victims demand a public inquiry into clerical abuse in Northern Ireland without any further delay.
"The victims and survivors deserve to speak about the horrific abuse that took place and be heard in a public forum tasked with sufficient powers to get to the truth.
"This case has brought to the surface yet another pedophile priest who was never investigated or exposed by the church or the police."
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Kenneth Copeland Acquires New Gulf-stream V Jet, Paid For By "Donations" From His Followers/Church and Seeks $19.5M for Upgrades and Maintenance
… an additional $17 million is necessary to help maintain the new aircraft and urged donors to prepare to give that amount as well.
Thanks to the support of his deep-pocketed partners, Kenneth Copeland of Kenneth Copeland Ministries has acquired a new multi-million dollar Gulfstream V jet that he says will help him do the Lord's work and help him avoid having to contend with "demons" that travel on commercial airlines.
Copeland's ministry announced last Friday the acquisition of the "debt free" jet, which hit the market with a $36 million price tag in 1998. The ultra-long-range business jet can accommodate up to four crew members and 14 passengers in an executive configuration, according to Gulfstream. It is unclear how much Copeland's ministry paid for the jet but AV Buyer says they currently have the lowest priced Gulf-stream V on the market priced at just under $6 million.
"Father we thank you so and I'm asking you now sir, according to your word, bless our partners beyond measure. Yes, in the name of Jesus. For you said in 2002, 'I'm sending you new partners who are very strong financially and they will obey me. And I will increase your longtime partners and they will obey me," Copeland, 81, said in a prayer of thanksgiving for the new jet."And you will not come short. And you will not fail. And you will not lack. And you will not come behind and you will not be diminished. Praise God," he said of his donors.
On the December 29, 2015, television broadcast of "Believers Voice of Victory," hosted by Copeland and Jesse Duplantis, the ministers explained that private jets were important to their business to help them, among other things, pray in privacy as the Lord leads and avoid unnecessary demons.
"We've got to have this! The mess that the airlines are in today. I would have to stop — I'm being very conservative — at least, 75-80, more like 90 percent of what we are doing. Because we can't get there! That's why we are on that airplane. We can talk to God!" Copeland said.
"Now, Oral [Roberts] used to fly airlines. But even back then it got to the place where it was agitating his spiritual. People coming up to him, he had become famous, and they wanting him to pray for them and all that," Copeland explained. "You can't, you can't manage that today. This dope-filled world, and get in a long tube with a bunch of demons. And it's deadly.
"I wanted to make that clear so the devil can't lie to you and say, 'See them there preachers spending all that money, just fat cats riding around.' No, we're not; we're in business," Copeland said.
According to Charlie Bollinger, Kenneth Copeland Ministries' partner and volunteer, "the Holy Spirit confirmed to Brother Copeland that the Gulfstream V was the plane the Lord had set aside for KCM." The ministry identified the seller of the jet as filmmaker Tyler Perry. The jet was purchased and "paid in full" during Thanksgiving week.
While the newly acquired Gulfstream V jet "is in outstanding condition and is an exceptional value," Bollinger said it will need $2.5 million in upgrades to meet new FAA standards.
"So, as Elite CX Team members, we need to set our faith NOW on receiving that additional seed so that we can sow it within the next three to four months, as the upgrades are completed," Bollinger urged Copeland's donors.
He further noted that an additional $17 million was necessary to help maintain the new aircraft and urged donors to prepare to give that amount as well.
Kenneth Copeland isn't the first mega minister to ask his flock to pay for a private plane.
In 2015 Creflo Dollars followers gave "donations" to buy him a $70 million G650. At first his request for a $300 donation from each follower was met with outrage. Later the church decided that the plane was necessary for Dollars "ministry work".
And in 2016, Copeland and fellow televangelist Jesse Duplantis defended their use of private planes on Copeland's TV show 'Believer's Voice of Victory'. On that show Copeland called flying commercial getting in 'a long tube with a bunch of demons'.
"Beyond the purchase of the Gulfstream V and its upgrades, remember that the overall Mission 3 goal is $17 million. By sowing the balance of those funds as the CX Team, we will be sowing toward: the construction of a new hangar, upgrading the existing runway, and purchasing special GV maintenance equipment," he said.
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Metro East Priest Arrested in Child Porn Case After Cyber Tip to Police
Hechenberger was charged with eight counts of possession of child pornography…
In MASCOUTAH, Illinois, A Metro East Catholic priest was charged Tuesday with 16 felony child porn charges, along with a count of meth possession.
The Rev. Gerald Hechenberger, an associate pastor at several Metro East parishes, was charged with possession and dissemination of child porn images and possession of meth.The Rev. Gerald Hechenberger, an associate pastor at several Metro East parishes, was charged with possession and dissemination of child porn images and possession of meth.
The Rev. Gerald R. Hechenberger is an associate pastor of Holy Childhood of Jesus Parish in Mascoutah, St. Pancratius Parish in Fayetteville and St. Liborius Parish in St. Libory.
Authorities got an online tip about Hechenberger and launched an investigation that included search warrants, online investigation and surveillance. A search warrant was served Monday morning at the Holy Childhood rectory. Several electronic devices were seized and Hechenberger was arrested.
On Tuesday January 9, 2018, Hechenberger was charged with eight counts of dissemination of child pornography, eight counts of possession of child pornography and one count of possession of methamphetamine.
It is unknown if Hechenberger produced any of the images himself, or if he has had any inappropriate contact with children directly, authorities said. Belleville police said parents or guardians to speak to their children if they had any contact with Hechenberger and immediately report any suspicious conduct.
Police said Hechenberger is the only person under investigation at Holy Childhood.
He was found in possession of several child porn images and videos that depict children younger than 13, police said. Hechenberger also had less than five grams of meth.
The Diocese of Belleville responded to Hechenberger's arrest in a statement Monday. Monsignor John Myler, the media contact for the diocese, emailed the diocese's statement to the Post-Dispatch but was not immediately available after charges were filed Tuesday afternoon.
"This is a very serious matter for Father Hechenberger," the statement from Monday said. "At this point, the Diocese has no reason to believe that any parishioners are affected by this matter. The Diocese is awaiting an update on information from the civil authorities, and has assured them of the Diocese's full cooperation. Beyond requesting your prayers for Father Hechenberger, the Diocese will make no further comment at this time."
The Post-Dispatch reported in 2011 that Hechenberger abruptly took a leave of absence as priest at St. John the Baptist parish in Smithton. A letter circulated by the Belleville diocese at the time said he was taking the leave to address "very serious personal, pastoral and legal challenges."The letter, sent to priests and deacons, didn't directly state the source of the challenges. Myler could not be reached Tuesday to clarify what those challenges were or how they were resolved.
~ Reported By
Erin Heffernan • 314-340-8145
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eheffernan@post-dispatch.com
This article originally ran on stltoday.com.
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Cardinal Bernard Law, who was the Archbishop of Boston when unpunished sexual misconduct within the Catholic Church surfaced, has died in Rome
the victims of sexual abuse were outraged because it gave Law a second career and a golden parachute that allowed him to stay close to the center of power in Rome and serve as a member or adviser in several influential Vatican departments.
Reported by Phillip Pullella~ Reuters
VATICAN CITY—Cardinal Bernard Law, the former Archbishop of Boston, who died on Wednesday, resigned in disgrace after covering up years of sexual abuse of children by priests and whose name became a byword for scandal in the Catholic Church.
The Vatican announced his death just before dawn on 20 December 2017.
The telegram of condolences Pope Francis sent to the dean of the College of Cardinals was unusually short and bland compared to those for other cardinals before.
Francis said he was praying that the merciful God would "welcome him in eternal peace." The pope did not mention that Law had been Archbishop of Boston and a brief Vatican biography made no mention of the circumstances of his resignation 15 years ago.
Law was Archbishop of Boston, one of the most prestigious and wealthy American archdioceses, for 18 years when Pope John Paul reluctantly accepted his resignation on Dec. 13, 2002, after a tumultuous year in church history.
A succession of devastating news stories by Boston Globe reporters showed how priests who sexually abused children had been moved from parish to parish for years under Law's tenure without parishioners or law authorities being informed.
"No words can convey the pain these survivors and their loved ones suffered," SNAP, a victims' group, said.
"Survivors of child sexual assault in Boston, who were first betrayed by Law's cover-up of sex crimes and then doubly betrayed by his subsequent promotion to Rome, were those most hurt," SNAP said in a statement.
Law's resignation sent shockwaves through the American church and had a trickle down effect around the world as the cover-up techniques used in Boston were discovered to have been used in country after country.
The story of how the Globe team brought the scandal to light in a city where few wanted to cross the politically powerful church was told in the 2015 film "Spotlight," which won the Oscar for Best Picture.
The situation in Boston turned out to be the tip of an iceberg of abuse and its cover-up, where churchmen preferred protecting the reputation of the institution rather than the innocence of children.
Thousands of cases came to light around the world as investigations encouraged long-silent victims to go public, shattering the church's reputation in places such as Ireland, and forcing it to pay some $2 billion in compensation.
"As Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Law served at a time when the church failed seriously in its responsibilities to provide pastoral care for her people, and with tragic outcomes failed to care for the children of our parish communities. I deeply regret that reality and its consequences," Law's successor in Boston, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, said in a statement.
Six months after his resignation, the Massachusetts attorney general's office announced that Law and others would not face criminal charges.
After a period in a monastery in the United States, Law moved to Rome.
In 2004 Pope John Paul appointed him to be archpriest of the Rome Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the four major basilica's of Christendom, whose gold leaf ceiling is said to be made from the first batch of the precious metal Columbus brought back from the Americas. He is likely to be buried there.
In relative terms it was an immense fall from grace. Such posts are symbolic and ceremonial. But the victims of sexual abuse were outraged because it gave Law a second career and a golden parachute that allowed him to stay close to the center of power in Rome and serve as a member or adviser in several influential Vatican departments.
He also maintained the rank of cardinal and participated in the conclave that elected Pope Benedict in 2005. Before he became ill, Law was a regular on the diplomatic circuit, attending receptions, including many in the gardens of the US Embassy to the Vatican.
While Law was an awkward presence at US receptions for a few years after his resignation, at Italian events he was treated with the same effusive obsequiousness bestowed on all cardinals – something Law appeared to enjoy.
He always declined to talk about events in Boston. "I'm retired from that," he told a reporter at one reception.
Photo credit: The Boston Globe via Getty Images
Cardinal O'Malley, Law's successor, heads a Vatican commission advising Pope Francis on how to root out sexual abuse in the Church.
But the credibility of the commission, which was formed in 2014, has been hurt by the resignation of two high-level lay members who have accused the Vatican of dragging its feet.
The terms of most members expired recently and it is not clear what Pope Francis will do with it.
Last September, Francis, addressing the commission, said the Catholic Church had moved too slowly to confront abuse.
"When consciousness arrives late, the means to resolve the problems also arrive late. I am aware of this difficulty but it is reality and I say it plainly: We arrived late. The old practice of moving people around and not confronting the problem made consciences fall asleep," the pope said.
Law was born on Nov. 4, 1931, in Torreon, Mexico, the son of a US Army official and a musician. He graduated from Harvard University and was ordained a priest in 1961.
His first assignment was in Mississippi, where he received death threats for championing civil rights. As bishop of Springfield–Cape Girardeau in Missouri, he opened a home for battered women and a center to help Vietnamese boat people.
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