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SEED OF DESTINY (Daily DevotionalSCRIPTURE: And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things,…and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. Genesis 7:23THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God has already programmed your life to be different.It has been established that God has an exemption and...

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Social media use is pervasive in our culture today. The various social media platforms we use are the 21st century version of the town square—they are modern-day spaces to exchange ideas, learn the news, and more.Once upon a time, it was trendy to think that social media was a trend—a cultural oddity of the new millennium that would pass as quickly as it...

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From the outset of my time in the public sphere, I have been against a seemingly needless division and splintering of the concept of Contemporary Paganism as a religious grouping or term. As an example, I loathe the term “neopagan” in any of its iterations. If one looks at the history of the word and concept of “paganism” as it has been used...

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Magic and religionPage issuesMagical thinking in various forms is a cultural universal and an important aspect of religion. Magic is prevalent in all societies, regardless of whether they have organized religion or more general systems of animism or shamanism. Religion and magic became conceptually separated with the development of western monotheism, where the distinction arose between supernatural events sanctioned by mainstream religious doctrine (“miracles“) and mere magic rooted in folk belief...

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