The Living Temple

In the sixth installment of the award-winning Temple of Witchcraft series, popular author Christopher Penczak explores the quest of the God. In this volume, the twelve signs of the zodiac represent the God's symbolic journey through the sky. Each archetypal astrological force offers readers unique insight into the mysteries and the role of a high priest or high priestess. This manual of practical exercise, witchcraft theology, and ministerial advice also explores witchcraft and the modern world, discussing how contemporary issues can be approached from the perspective of witchcraft spirituality. A magickal education through the zodiac signs Learning tools for pagan ministers Earth stewardship and working with ley lines Ancestor work Trance work through dance and plant substances Mediumship within witchcraft Communing with your own personal twelvefold pantheon The lessons in this advanced magickal book culminate in a powerful self-initiation ritual that combines the lessons of the Goddess's descent and the God's journey, to bring awareness, understanding, and personal power.

It's time that the body reassumed its rightful place of importance in Christian life, according to Carl and LaVonne Braaten in The Living Temple. In this sourcebook for a healthier way to live, the authors discuss the body, the foods we put into it, and how Christians are to regard it. Although often slighted in Christian tradition, the body was not regarded by Paul and the early Church as "vile flesh" to be transcended, but as a living metaphor of Christ and his people and as the dwelling-place of the Holy Spirit. The body is thus to be cared for and revered. Later thinkers, including Luther, upheld this view. But today it is increasingly difficult to fulfill this biblical ideal. "Junk" food and drink can ravage the temple. Among the many practical aspects of the Braatens' discussion are: - What vital nutrients are currently being processed out of our foods and how they can be replaced - Natural medicine's to Christianity and the foods we eat - Common myths about American nutrition and why they just aren't true - The principal vitamins and minerals and the function of each in proper nutrition Select bibliographies for further reading and continuing discussion follow each chapter. The Living Temple is a sensible Christian application of one of our most vital concerns.

You are uniquely and wonderfully created as an individual. Do you ever think about how you allow yourself to feel and think daily and how the decisions you make as a result constantly influence how you 'get presented to God'? The inward shines through and affects the outward. Your behaviors are as a result of decisions you make every minute of each day. What is informing and controlling these decisions that culminate into who you are becoming and the 'You' that is being presented to God? He asks you to be a living sacrifice, Holy and acceptable to Him. How does this happen? Marguerite Okpoti Join me in this book to explore some simple and foundational ways of improving and maintaining your health and well-being on your journey in life through a holistic approach which draws from biblical principles and physical activity. This book also focuses on encouraging you to be thoroughly equipped to understand God's will for you as His temple and what is required to solidify and maintain the innate structures of this uniquely created and designed temple in fulfilling God's plan for you throughout this journey. Joseph Okpoti 'This book not only allows readers to reflect upon the ways in which the underpinning principles of the Christian faith might challenge the values and practices of modern-day life, but also how, as individuals, we see and value ourselves in relation to our own health and wellbeing. I believe that, it is by way of such reflection that our understandings of the Bible can deepen and that our desire for on-going personal development in this area will be stimulated and encouraged. Needless to say, I trust that this book will be both a stimulus and an encouragement to all who take the time to thoughtfully consider its contents'. Professor Andrew Parker Professor of Sport and Christian Outreach University of Gloucestershire, UK