Dream Interpretation Lightening

A lightning symbolizes a sudden discharge of inner tension. Sometimes it might also mean a sudden fear of punishment, or the revenge of another person. Dreaming about a lightening is almost always connected with unpleasant things, like problems in work. Getting hit by a lightening is a warning about an impending illness or annoying issues. Seeing a quick bolt of lightening, followed by thunder might indicate sudden, unusual events on the job, or a good fortune. Seeing a lightning storm predicts good fortune and new chances. If the lighting struck your house in the dream, expect financial losses or health problems.

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(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Lightening, Meaning of Dreams about Lightening, Dream Interpretation Lightening)

Lying

• To dream that you are lying to escape punishment, denotes that you will act dishonorably towards some innocent person.
• Lying to protect a friend from undeserved chastisement, denotes that you will have many unjust criticisms passed upon your conduct, but you will rise above them and enjoy prominence.
• To hear others lying, denotes that they are seeking to entrap you. Lynx.
• To dream of seeing a lynx, enemies are undermining your business and disrupting your home affairs. For a woman, this dream indicates that she has a wary woman rivaling her in the affections of her lover. If she kills the lynx, she will overcome her rival.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Lying, Meaning of Dreams about Lying, Dream Interpretation Lying)

Judgment Day

• To dream of the judgment day, foretells that you will accomplish some well-planned work, if you appear resigned and hopeful of escaping punishment. Otherwise, your work will prove a failure.
• For a young woman to appear before the judgment bar and hear the verdict of "Guilty,'' denotes that she will cause much distress among her friends by her selfish and unbecoming conduct. If she sees the dead rising, and all the earth solemnly and fearfully awaiting the end, there will be much struggling for her, and her friends will refuse her aid. It is also a forerunner of unpleasant gossip, and scandal is threatened. Business may assume hopeless aspects.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Judgment Day, Meaning of Dreams about Judgment Day, Dream Interpretation Judgment Day)

Decapitation

This dream suggests that the dreamer is losing control. In a decapitation there is a dramatic and violent separation of the head from the body. Under normal circumstances the mind controls and directs the body. This dream suggests that the dreamer may be under the control of his bodily drives and may be separated from rational thoughts and feelings. Disassociation may be occurring in regard to some behavior or issue in life. However, this dream may have other meanings. This includes excessive concern about punishment and indicates that there may be severe pressure and anxiety in the dreamer's life.

Source: Dream Lover Incorporated, http://www.dreamloverinc.com

(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Decapitation, Meaning of Dreams about Decapitation, Dream Interpretation Decapitation)

Definition and meaning of Coercive Acts:

Coercive Acts

Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing the Coercive Acts in 1774. They were unjust acts in that they intended to punish Boston and Massachusetts generally for the crime committed by a few individuals. Colonists called these (combined with the Quartering and Quebec acts) the Intolerable Acts.

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Definition and meaning of Intolerable Acts:

Intolerable Acts

Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing the Coercive Acts in 1774. They were unjust acts in that they intended to punish Boston and Massachusetts generally for the crime committed by a few individuals. Colonists called these (combined with the Quartering and Quebec acts) the Intolerable Acts.

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Definition and meaning of Judicial Branch of Government

Judicial Branch of Government - [Government]

The judicial branch of government is the branch of federal, state, or local government which interprets and applies the law, ruling if laws have been broken, and determining the punishment for the offender. It includes all the courts of the United States including the highest court, the Supreme Court.

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Definition and meaning of Judicial Branch of Government

Judicial Branch of Government - [Government]

The judicial branch of government is the branch of federal, state, or local government which interprets and applies the law, ruling if laws have been broken, and determining the punishment for the offender. It includes all the courts of the United States including the highest court, the Supreme Court.

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Atarpi (Chald.), or Atarpi-nisi, the "man". A personage who was "pious to the gods"; and who prayed the god Hea to remove the evil of drought and other things before the Deluge is sent. The story is found on one of the most ancient Babylonian tablets, and relates to the sin of the world. In the words of G. Smith "the god Elu or Bel calls together an assembly of the gods, his sons, and relates to them that he is angry at the sin of the world"; and in the fragmentary phrases of the tablet: " . . . . I made them . . . . Their wickedness I am angry at, their punishment shall not be small . . . . let food be exhausted, above let Vul drink up his rain", etc., etc. In answer to Atarpi’s prayer the god Hea announces his resolve to destroy the people he created, which he does finally by a deluge.

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Devanagari (Sanskrit). Lit., "the language or letters of the devas" or gods. The characters of the Sanskrit language.

The alphabet and the art of writing were kept secret for ages, as the Dwijas (Twice-born) and the Dikshitas (Initiates) alone were permitted to use this art. It was a crime for a. Sudra to recite a verse of the Vedas, and for any of the two lower castes (Vaisya and Sudra) to know the letters was an offence punishable by death.

Therefore is the word lipi, ‘‘writing", absent from the oldest MSS., a fact which gave the Orientalists the erroneous and rather incongruous idea that writing was not only unknown before the day of Panini, but even to that sage himself That the greatest grammarian the world has ever produced should be ignorant of writing would indeed be the greatest and most incomprehensible phenomenon of all.

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SPELLS

Incantations or invocations intended to produce an external event for good or evil (for example, ABRACADABRA). To be most effective, they should be spontaneously created to suit the person or situation for which they are intended. Stock mantrams, over-used clichés, etc. (such as "Rain, rain, go away" or "May all your troubles be little ones" or "Go to Hell!") are generally useless.

Spells too numerous to list involve quite bizarre mantras, sacrificed animal parts and extremely complicated rituals. With the egg of a black hen or the eye of a wolf buried during the full moon, secrets will be revealed, enemies punished and wealth increased. Curious substances and strange behavior of that sort are intended to conceal the genuine knowledge underlying enchantments. A good source for such spells can be found in Volume II of Christian's Histoire de la Magie, 1870.

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HOODOO: Like Santería, Hoodoo is a blending the worship of traditional Catholic saints, Christ and the Gods (loas) of Africa, for example, the Hoodoo practitioner could beg for intercession from St. Patrick and really be calling on their serpent God, Danbhalah-Wedo.

Hoodoo worshippers believe that the work of the loas appears in every facet of daily life and that pleasing the loas will gain the faithful health, wealth, and spiritual contentment. The loas speak to their devotees through spirit possession but only for a short time during ceremonies and manifest to protect, punish, confer skills and talents, prophesy, cure illness, exorcise spirits, give counsel, assist in rituals and take sacrificial offerings.

The priest (houngan) or priestess (mambo) acts as an intermediary to summon the loa and help the loa to depart when his or her business is finished. Magick, for both good and evil, is an integral part of Hoodoo. Evil is merely the mirror image of good, the magick of the spirits is there to be used, and if that is for evil, so be it. Also known as Vodoun, Voodoo, Voudou, Voudoun.

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VODOUN, VOODOO, VOUDOU, VOUDOUN (Fon, vodu, “spirit”): Like Santería, Vodoun is a blending the worship of traditional Catholic saints, Christ and the Gods (loas) of Africa, for example, a Vodoun practitioner could beg for intercession from St. Patrick and really be calling on their serpent God, Danbhalah-Wedo.

Vodoun worshippers believe that the work of the loas appears in every facet of daily life and that pleasing the loas will gain the faithful health, wealth, and spiritual contentment. The loas speak to their devotees through spirit possession but only for a short time during ceremonies and manifest to protect, punish, confer skills and talents, prophesy, cure illness, exorcise spirits, give counsel, assist in rituals and take sacrificial offerings.

The priest (houngan) or priestess (mambo) acts as an intermediary to summon the loa and help the loa to depart when his or her business is finished. Magick, for both good and evil, is an integral part of Vodoun. Evil is merely the mirror image of good, the magick of the spirits is there to be used, and if that is for evil, so be it. Also known as Hoodoo.

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Sisyphus The crafty; in Greek mythology, a son of Aeolus (the keeper of the winds), the most cunning of all men. He was punished in the underworld by being compelled to roll a heavy stone block up a hill, only upon reaching the summit to have it roll down again, where upon he repeats the processes endlessly.

Some ancient authors say he had betrayed the Mysteries of the gods; so that one intent of the legend was to point out to the masses that betrayal of the secrets of initiation brings inevitable retribution.

It also may illustrate the vanity of human ambitions, which flourish hopefully right up to the point of expected attainment, only to meet with disappointment; again it may refer to certain experiences of the disembodied relics of our personality, doomed to repeat vain acts until the energy which prompted them is worn out.

(See also: Sisyphus, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)

Avichi avici (Sanskrit) (from a not + vichi waves, pleasure)

Waveless, having no waves or movement; without happiness; without repose. "A generalized term for places of evil realizations, but not of 'punishment' in the Christian sense; where the will for evil, and the unsatisfied evil longings for pure selfishness, find their chance for expansion -- and final extinction of the entity itself. Avichi has many degrees or grades. Nature has all things in her; if she has heavens where good and true men find rest and peace and bliss, so has she other spheres and states where gravitate those who must find an outlet for the evil passions burning within. They, at the end of their avichi, go to pieces and are ground over and over, and vanish away finally like a shadow before the sunlight in the air -- ground over in Nature's laboratory" (OG 16-17).

Avichi is a state, not a locality per se; nevertheless, an entity, whatever state it may be in, must have location, and consequently so far as the human race is concerned, avichi is Myalba, our earth in certain of its lowest aspects. Furthermore, in avichi, although it can be looked upon as being the representation of stagnation of life and being in immobility, nevertheless this refers to the temporary or quasi-inability to rise along the evolutionary ladder -- yet not completely so. Beings entirely in avichi are born and reborn uninterruptedly, with scarcely intermissions of time periods. But "suppose a case of a monster of wickedness, sensuality, ambition, avarice, pride, deceit, etc.: but who nevertheless has a germ or germs of something better, flashes of a more divine nature -- where is he to go?

The said spark smouldering under a heap of dirt will counteract, nevertheless, the attraction of the eighth sphere, whither fall but absolute nonentities; 'failures of nature' to be remodelled entirely, whose divine monad separated itself from the five principles during their life-time, . . . and who have lived as soulless human beings. . . . Well, the first named entity then, cannot, with all its wickedness go to the eighth sphere -- since his wickedness is of a too spiritual, refined nature. He is a monster -- not a mere Soulless brute. He must not be simply annihilated but punished; for, annihilation, i.e. total oblivion, and the fact of being snuffed out of conscious existence, constitutes per se no punishment, and as Voltaire expressed it: 'le neant ne laisse pas d'avoir du bon.' Here is no taper-glimmer to be puffed out by a zephyr, but a strong, positive, maleficent energy, fed and developed by circumstances, some of which may have really been beyond his control. There must be for such a nature a state corresponding to Devachan, and this is found in Avitchi -- the perfect antithesis of devachan -- vulgarized by the Western nations into Hell and Heaven . . . " (ML 196-7).

As long as the entity does not sink by attraction into the Eighth Sphere, or Sphere of Death, it still has within it the possibility of regaining its foothold on the ascending evolutionary ladder and rising again. Rare indeed are those who succeed in so rising, but the case is not absolutely hopeless. And finally, an entity may be in avichi not only after death, but also during life on earth, as avichi is a state and not a place per se.

(See also: Avichi, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Spirit : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Dream: I am being menaced by a spirit

Dream: I am being menaced by a spirit

Description: You are being berated by someone who is deceased. You may feel terrified, guilty, resentful or abandoned. There are a number of variations to this jarring but rare dream theme. It may range from mild admonishment to an outright curse, or a sense of being haunted.

Frequency: Dreams of being menaced by a sprit are unusual. Some people have them occasionally, others only in dire conditions. They typically occur when you feel guilty, responsible for a death, ambivalent about the deceased, or extremely anxious about an impending or recent death.

Usual meanings: You feel alarmed, questioning whether you have done all that you could. You may question whether you are responsible for what occurred or could have done more to help. You may be questioning whether you did the right thing, feeling guilty or that you are being punished for something.

Questions to ask yourself:

• What happens during your dream?
• What is/was your relationship like with the person in the dream?
• What are your emotions in the dream?

Source: http://health.discovery.com

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Betrayal of the Mysteries Ancient writers affirm that the prime requisite of every candidate seeking entrance into the Mysteries was a pledge of utter secrecy. Persons guilty of the betrayal of the Mysteries were rigidly excluded from participation in the celebration of the rites. Likewise those were debarred who accidentally were guilty of homicide or any major crime, or who had been proved guilty of sorcery. If merely unfortunate mediums, they were taken care of in hospitals maintained for that purpose in the neighborhood of temples, and if possible restored to health; if consciously traitorous or wicked, they were dealt with in other ways.

Thus it is clear that even in the degenerate days dating from before Plato's time in the countries surrounding the Mediterranean, abuse of occult power was considered one of the most heinous of human offenses, for it struck directly at the roots of society, and it was for this last reason that betrayal of the Mysteries, sorcery, or similar offense was punished by the State itself.

The rules governing betrayal of the secrets were of the utmost severity, the common penalty for such infringement being death. Yet this was a sign of degeneration from the original purity of the Mysteries, for "never in any circumstances has the power or the force of the Lodge, has the hand of a Teacher, been raised in violence or in hatred against a betrayer, against the unfaithful, no matter how grave the crime might have been.

Their punishment was in this: they were left strictly to themselves; and the inner penalty was the withdrawal of the Deathless Watcher, the higher self within, which had been consciously and successfully invoked upon entrance into the Mysteries, and in the higher degrees of initiation had been faced, literally face to face. The early and automatic penalty was inner death by the soul-loss. The betrayer lost his soul" (Fund 254-5).

(See also: Betrayal of the Mysteries, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Definition and meaning of Persistence-and-Effort Allocation

Persistence-and-Effort Allocation - [Psychology]

Persistence-and-effort allocation relates to studies of how behavior is affected by its consequences. Behavior is learned based on attempts to avoid punishment or gain positive reinforcement or rewards. A relationship exists between the frequency of behavior and the amount of time which elapses between rewards or punishment. Learning occurs fastest during a continuous schedule of reinforcement, when every positive behavior is rewarded. However, reinforcement on a partial schedule, when rewards occur occasionally, produces more stable and longer-lasting behavior. Persistence and effort can increase the number of rewards. Most people are paid on a fixed-ratio schedule with rewards dependent on repeated behavior, number of days at work, for instance. School children who are graded on the number of pages read or the number of words typed correctly are on a fixed-ratio schedule of rewards. A variable-ratio schedule may not offer rewards at a set time or after a set number of good jobs, but the reward still provides motivation and encourages effort and persistence among those trying to earn it. Persistence and effort are affected when the time between rewards is either fixed or variable. Students tend to "cram" for a quiz or test and then not open the book until the next test is scheduled. This is an example of a fixed-interval schedule. The time between rewards is scheduled and there is no need to expend effort to study if there is little opportunity for reward. Effort is slow but steady in the case of a variable-ratio schedule and personal motivation is as important as the anticipation of a reward in maintaining persistence and effort. An example is waiting for a letter in the mail. There is little you can do to make the letter come faster, but you can check the mail box each day.

(Source: The Social Studies Center at Texas University )

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Definition and meaning of Persistence-and-Effort Allocation

Persistence-and-Effort Allocation - [Psychology]

Persistence-and-effort allocation relates to studies of how behavior is affected by its consequences. Behavior is learned based on attempts to avoid punishment or gain positive reinforcement or rewards. A relationship exists between the frequency of behavior and the amount of time which elapses between rewards or punishment. Learning occurs fastest during a continuous schedule of reinforcement, when every positive behavior is rewarded. However, reinforcement on a partial schedule, when rewards occur occasionally, produces more stable and longer-lasting behavior. Persistence and effort can increase the number of rewards. Most people are paid on a fixed-ratio schedule with rewards dependent on repeated behavior, number of days at work, for instance. School children who are graded on the number of pages read or the number of words typed correctly are on a fixed-ratio schedule of rewards. A variable-ratio schedule may not offer rewards at a set time or after a set number of good jobs, but the reward still provides motivation and encourages effort and persistence among those trying to earn it. Persistence and effort are affected when the time between rewards is either fixed or variable. Students tend to "cram" for a quiz or test and then not open the book until the next test is scheduled. This is an example of a fixed-interval schedule. The time between rewards is scheduled and there is no need to expend effort to study if there is little opportunity for reward. Effort is slow but steady in the case of a variable-ratio schedule and personal motivation is as important as the anticipation of a reward in maintaining persistence and effort. An example is waiting for a letter in the mail. There is little you can do to make the letter come faster, but you can check the mail box each day.

(Source: The Social Studies Center at Texas University )

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Hel (Icelandic) (from helju hell, death)

The mythical regent of the Norse realm of the dead, depicted as half black or blue and half flesh-colored. In myths the representative of death is usually said to be a child of mind: in the Edda she is the daughter of Loki (fire of mind) and of the giantess Angerboda (boder of regret). She rules the nine worlds of death which correspond to the nine worlds of life, and apportions to each arrival a domicile appropriate to that soul's merit or demerit. Some may frolic in sunlit meadows, others suffer agony beneath the lower gates leading to Niflhel (from nifl cloud + hel death)

where matter is ground to extinction. The realm of Hel with its varied accommodations resembles the Greek Hades more than the hell of popular belief where evil souls are sent for punishment. Rather, the kingdom of death is a restful interlude where souls spend a fitting time in their rightful environment. The Eddas relate that elves (human souls) sleep among the gods when they are feasting on the mead of a past period of life (experience); thus the resting souls are present in the divine spheres even through unconscious of their surroundings.

In the Edda's Vagtamskvadet, the tale is told of the sun god's death and departure for the house of Hel, where a sumptuous apartment is furnished for him and mead is being freshly brewed for his arrival.

(See also: Hel, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Apollo (Greek) Also called Phoebus (the pure, shining); son of Zeus and Leto (Latona), the polar region or night, and twin brother of Artemis (Diana). His birth shows the emanation of light from darkness. One of the most popular gods of Greek mythology, he is primarily the god of light, and is also associated with the sun, hence a giver of life, light, and wisdom to the earth and humanity.

Apollo and Artemis are the mystic sun and the higher occult moon (SD 2:771). Apollo stands for order, justice, law, and purification by penance. His attribute as a punisher of evil is shown by his bow, with which as an infant he slew Python. He is the deity who wards off evil; the healer, father of Aesculapius and often identified with him; and the god of divination, associated especially with the Oracle at Delphi.

The other principal seat of his worship was at Delos, his birthplace. He was also the patron of song and music, of new civic foundations, and protector of crops and flocks. His lyre is the sacred heptachord or septenary, seen in the sevenfold manifestations of the Logos in the universe and man; he is also the sun with its seven planets. He answers in some respects to the Hindu Indra and Karttikeya and in others to the Christian archangel Michael; Janus was the Roman god of light.

(See also: Apollo, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Hel (Icelandic) (from helju hell, death)

The mythical regent of the Norse realm of the dead, depicted as half black or blue and half flesh-colored. In myths the representative of death is usually said to be a child of mind: in the Edda she is the daughter of Loki (fire of mind) and of the giantess Angerboda (boder of regret). She rules the nine worlds of death which correspond to the nine worlds of life, and apportions to each arrival a domicile appropriate to that soul's merit or demerit. Some may frolic in sunlit meadows, others suffer agony beneath the lower gates leading to Niflhel (from nifl cloud + hel death)

where matter is ground to extinction. The realm of Hel with its varied accommodations resembles the Greek Hades more than the hell of popular belief where evil souls are sent for punishment. Rather, the kingdom of death is a restful interlude where souls spend a fitting time in their rightful environment. The Eddas relate that elves (human souls) sleep among the gods when they are feasting on the mead of a past period of life (experience); thus the resting souls are present in the divine spheres even through unconscious of their surroundings.

In the Edda's Vagtamskvadet, the tale is told of the sun god's death and departure for the house of Hel, where a sumptuous apartment is furnished for him and mead is being freshly brewed for his arrival.

(See also: Hekat, Heket, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)