The Ritual Use of Ayahuasca: The Healing Effects of Symbolic and Mythological Participation Biography Justin Panneck is a faculty member for Colorado Technical University and holds a PhD in Health Psychology from Walden University. He conducted a recent case study on the spiritual experience of practitioners in the Santo Daime Church. Based on his ayahuasca visions, Justin wrote and published a fictional book entitled The Knight of Dark Wood: The Last Tree Whisperer, which includes themes related
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Describe two (2) major themes of Christianity you view as surviving unchanged from the original teachings of Jesus and the early church. The major themes of Christianity that I view as surviving unchanged are the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Although those outside of Christianity may often attack these as if Jesus did not exist or Jesus didn't rise from the dead. However, within Christianity these views are unchanged. The crucifixion of Jesus and his ensuing death is
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Reflection Theology is the study of nature and God and how people believe the things they do and how they understand them to be true. Theology has a tendency to take a person’s belief and strip away everything and pinpoint the root of their belief. That is exactly what Theology 104 at Liberty University has done. It has narrowed down the exact reason for why I believe what I believe. It has challenged me and frustrated me to make me reevaluate some of my previous misconceptions about some of the
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is no other better calling in this life than to establish and develop good relationship with Almighty God. I want to be like Apostle Paul who said he wanted to know Jesus Christ and the supremacy of his resurrection. My soul has developed deepest desire to know God and follow what He inspires me to do. I thank God and Jesus Christ who have initiated this desire in my soul. Having received gift of salvation, by faith, I now understand that knowing and loving Him is inseparable from serving Him. Jesus
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The Book of Daniel Prior to my enrollment in a religion course, I had conducted little study on the Book of Daniel. Just as many children are raised in a Christian home, I had heard the stories of the courageous Israelites, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego’s trail in the fiery furnace, King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of a colossus figure, and how the faithful Daniel spent a night in the ferocious den of lions. However, the prophecies and predictions contained in the book had never been a topic of
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Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God. His mother was Mary, who was a virgin that conceived him by the Holy Spirit. Not much is known about Jesus' life as a child but at about the age of thirty is when Jesus was baptized by John. Jesus was thought to be sinless, and John thought it was improper for him to baptize Jesus, but he insisted John perform the ceremony. After his baptism, Jesus went into the wilderness for forty days to fast (Fisher, 2014, Chapter 9). Upon returning from the wilderness
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S VIEW ON WOMEN Reported by: Martin & Luzong The status of women in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) Passages treating women as inferior to men Exodus 1:15-16, the Pharaoh ordered the midwives to kill all Jewish boys at birth, because of the threat that they might pose to the kingdom. "And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she
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Eastern Orthodox as mentioned in The Council of Constantinople “And in the Spirit, the holy, the lordly and life-giving one, proceeding forth from the father, the one who spoke through the prophets.” On the other hand the Eastern Orthodox follows Christ, and does not accept of what the Council of Constantinople states, saying in the 3rd Council of Toledo, “Directs that the Creed according to the Council of Constantinople be accepted but that the statement on the Holy Spirit be amended to read…” lastly
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dramatizing events from the fall of Lucifer to the Last Judgment were produced on the continent. Although they contained Old Testament and nativity sequences, the cycles were primarily devoted to portraying the life and passion of Christ, his harrowing of hell, his resurrection and appearances to his disciples and to the two Marys, and his ascension. Some cycles centered on the life of the Virgin, but these were suppressed in Protestant countries during the Reformation period. Typically the plays adhered
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God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins” (NIV). John is clearly stating that Jesus Christ came to the earth and died for the sins of all people. He confirms that God sent His son, and that His son would give eternal life through a physical sacrifice. To modern readers, this statement can seem redundant as the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus is written throughout the New Testament (Gundry 539). Christians of today must understand the confirming nature of
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