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The Government Communications Headquarters give signals intelligence and information assurance to the British government and military. They have missions and it been around since 1919. There are several locations for this spy agency. They have different departments and units. They have partners in crime. Sum of the staff are criminal.
Definition
It's a organization that collects intelligence on actors (nations, intelligence agencies, organizations, terrorists, etc) and counterintelligence. By doing so, they help keep Great Britain safe. They share the information they gather with the government, MI6 and MI5. It has a director and a corporate board. There's a 4 part structure, which you can read about in the department section.
Departments
Signet Mission: They analysis secret messages, IT, translation, and get signal intelligence.
Enterprise: This is the technology division, biometrics, and they mange supplier relationships.
Corporate Management: This is the bizzness side. They do human resources, audits, etc.
National Cyber Security Center: Help keep computers safe from hacking.
Mission Areas
Counter Terrorism: Protect Great Britain from terrorist attacks and it's allies.
Strategic Advantage: Spying on unfriendly countries.
Cyber Security: Keeping computers safe from hacking.
Support Defense: Protecting and supporting the military.
Serious Crime: Spying on criminals, so police can take them down.
Locations
Doughnut: This is the main building of GCHQ. It was built in 2003 and it costed ova $300 million to build. There are 16 million artifacts located in that building. It has fire and terrorism protection built in it.
London: This is where the National Cyber Security Center is located.
Manchester: Heron House was open in 2019 and it is a very nice looking building. It comes from a collaboration of GCHQ and several universities.
There are more locations but this will suffice.
History
It started out as naval and army intelligence units. They were good @ intercepting German radio transmissions. They intercepted a telegram from Germany to Mexico during WWI. Germany wanted Mexico 2 join their side in war; that was one the the U.S. got involved in the war. In 1919 these units were combined; their job was to to protect British government communication and spy on other countries. They spied on the Soviets during the Cold War. GCHQ helped Britain defeat Argentina during the Falklands War. Most people didn't know they exist until 1982. A politician mentioned them in the parliament. Kathrine Gun exposed that GCHQ was spying on UN delegates to get intel the U.S. could use to bolster support for Gulf War II.
ECHELON
It's a spy operation of the 5 eyes: U.S., U.K., New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. It was started in the 1960's to spy on the Soviet Union. Then it expanded in 2000. It intercepts phone calls, e-mails, faxes, fiber optics, and satellite communication. It can listen to different electromagnetic waves: radio and microwave. There are various listening stations throughout the world. NSA and CIA were heavily involved in human and drug trafficking in the 1970's. ECHELON was used to spy on members of U.S. congress. A New Zealand journalist wrote a book about this spy program. European bizznesses are also spied on too. U.S. citizens maybe monitored by this system. 2 journalists said this spy operation was used for industrial espionage by the NSA or CIA.
Crimes
Sum of the staff there spied on innocent people. 2 human right organizations were also spied on. Those organizations were in Egypt and South Africa. The GCHQ may have participated in abducting a Libyan couple that was anti-Gaddafi in 2004. They spy on journalists, which is illegal. A former worker tried to kill a U.S. spy that was working there. He also tried 2 kill the man that protected her too. The former worker stabbed agent 99230, because she was working @ GCHQ. He don't like the fact they spy on people and he's mentally ill.
Conclusion
GCHQ does signit and counterintelligence. It has 4 departments and several key missions. It also has various locations. This organization been around a long time. They spy on the world with the help of the NSA, Communications Security Establishment, Australian Signals Directorate, and Government Communications Security Bureau. They have committed several crimes as well.
It is a Central Asian religion with a rich history. This is the native religion Turkish, Mongol, and Yeniseian. It has its own creation story, deities, beliefs, rituals, ethics, sacred animals, and holidays. Practitioners knows about the about the 3 world of shamanism. There are 2 types of shamans in this religion. How's it doing in modern times?
Definition
This religion is very shamanic and the practitioners are animists. It is a mixture of various folk religions of Central Asia. Ancestral veneration is very important in this religion. They know humans are part of nature and we should be in harmony with the universe. Humanity is sustained by heaven, earth, ancestral spirits, and deities.
Deities
Kok Tengri: He is the "Eternal Blue Sky." He is the supreme being.
Umay: Mother goddess that "protects and educates babies." She can separate a soul from a corpse.
Erklig: He is the god of space and causes planets to move. He has a soft spot 4 Venus.
Ineshsit: She is the goddess of childbirth and labor.
Erlik: He is the god of death and he rules the underworld.
Yel Ana: She is the Hungarian goddess of the wind.
Kuara: God of thunder and son of Tengri.
Od iyesi: She is the goddess of fire and marriage.
Ay Ata: His name means "Grandfather Moon God." He is married to Gun Ana.
Gun Ana: Her name means Sun Mother."The goddess of life and fertility, warmth and health."
Mergen: He is the god of wisdom, abundance and archery.
Ak Ana: She is the water goddess and Umay older sister, maybe.
Kyzaghan: He is a war god and the Huns were big on him.
Zarlik: She is the goddess of tights, justice and judgement. She is similar to Maat.
There are many other deities, but this will suffice.
Shamans
Sum people are called to be shamans and it usually runs in the family. They help people have a betta understanding of the spiritual world. Their responsibilities are as follows: healing, divination and helping solve disputes people have with spirits. There are 2 types of shaman in this religion. They are as follows: white shaman and the black shaman. White shamans deal with calm spirits and heal people. Black shamans deal with aggressive spirits. They protect and empower warriors in battle.
Beliefs
Tengri is the supreme being, he caused the universe to come into existence. Ancestral spirits bless their descendants, because they venerate them. They are the link between humans and the divine. There are 3 worlds: upper, middle, and lower worlds. You would find this same belief in shamanism. The Tree of Life connects all 3 worlds. That reminds me of the world tree in Norse mythology. It's connected to 9 realms. Humans have 3 souls, which corresponds to the 3 worlds. Humans should always respect nature, 4 we are apart of it. Righteous people go to Ucmag by flying there or being taken there. It's like heaven in Christian theology. Evil people go to Tamag, which is like hell.
Rituals
The people that follow this religion pray to Tengri. They do it as a way of saying thank you and 4 help. Offerings are given to the various deities. Those offerings are as follows: food, incense, drink, etc.
Ritual Bath: This cleanses the individual of negative energy.
Fire Ceremonies: This purifies the environment, turn away negative energy and 'invite blessings from spirits.'
Smoke Cleansing: It cleanses the atmosphere and bring prayers to heaven.
There are ceremonies 4 birth, adulthood, marriage, and death.
Ethics
Humans are to respect nature and protect animals. All things are interconnected. People should be honest and neva try 2 deceive each other. We should all take time to betta understand each other and always be kind. We should be concerned about each other, and be able to put ourselves into someone's else shoes. Everyone is responsible 4 their own actions. People should give 2 those in need. Every person as inherent value, so they should be treat with the utmost respect!!!
Scared Animals
White Horse: It symbolizes the human soul.
Wolf: It represents loyalty, strength and courage.
Bear: It represents healing, protection, wisdom, and divine femininity.
Holidays
Navrus: This is the spring equinox; it's a new years celebration. They eat, dance and sing during this holiday 4 the return of the sun and Tengri blessings.
Tengri Ayt: This is the summer solstice. People play games and thank the sun.
Tamga: This is the fall equinox. People thank the spirits 4 harvest and give them offerings.
History
This religion started in the Bronze Age, which is ova 3,000 year ago!!! It is very shamanic and it incorporates animism. That's the belief everything has a spirit. Women has always played a major role in in this religion. Sum of them were shamans and they had a important role in ceremonies. This religion promoted gender equality. Mongols and Turks spread this religion as they they migrated across Asia. It has several similarities 2 Indo-European religions; they may have a common origin. Tengrism was the religion of the first Turkic empire. Gokturk was the name of that empire. This was the religion of the Huns, Magyars, and Bulgars. They brought with them 2 Europe, then they became Christians. The Uyghur empire was the 2nd Central Asian empire that embraced Tengrism. They mixed Zoroastrian, Buddhist, and Mani beliefs into it. Genghis Khan was a "devote follower" of this religion. The rulers of these empires saw themselves as sons of Tengri, which remind me of the mandate of heaven in China. Even when Central Asians became Christian and Muslim they still had on to Tengrist beliefs and rituals. The Soviets suppressed it, but it still lingered.
Present Day
Tengrism became popular again after the Soviet Union collapsed. Central Asians wanted to follow that old time religion, so they did. They liked that it promoted "ecological sustainability." Scholars began to research this religion; which encouraged people to practice it. Temples and scared sites that was in disarray were restored.
People
This is the the religion of Mongols, Turks, and Yeniseian people. Even though they follow the same religion, their beliefs are somewhat different. Mongols believe in 99 spirits, while the Turks believe in 17. Yeniseians were apart of the Huns centuries ago and they are related to some American Indian tribes. @ one time the Mongols had the biggest empire in the world!!!! Sum Turks became Islamic and tookova Byzantine!!!!
Conclusion
Tengrism is a Central Asian religion that was created b4 the bible. It is the folk religion of Mongols, Turks and Yeniseians. It has many deities and shamans play a huge role in it. They believe everything has a spirit and they share some of the same beliefs of Indo-Europeans. There are rituals, a code of conduct, sacred animals and 3 major holidays. Turks and Mongols spread the religion when they became imperial. It is still being practiced today!
This is a form of shamanism that is practiced in Latin America. There are different modes of healing and types of healers. Herbs are used heavily in this practice. It has its own nosology and a very rich history. You can learn this traditionally or take classes. Certain countries are poppin with Curanderismo.
Definition
This is a mixture of (native) American, African, Catholic, Unani, and Jewish healing practices. Allopathic medicine as been incorporated into it later on. Females that do this form of shamanism are called curanderas & males that do it are called curaderos. They can heal your mind, body and spirit. This form of medicine is holistic and diverse. It deals with the whole person, not just the disease. Different practitioners have different methods of healing.
Modes of Healing
There are forms of healing that are physical, mental, or spiritual. Physical healing consist of rituals. Mental healing comes from psychic powers. Spiritual healing is mediumship and/or astral projection. Each curandera/o specializes in @ least one of these areas.
Physical Rituals
Baby Healing: They can be given a massage and oil can be used. I thought of this years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Platica: This is a 'heart 2 heart' conversation. The patient tell the curandero/a their issues. This is done b4 any rituals. It is similar to talk therapy.
Limpia: It is a spiritual cleansing; it removes negative energy. There are many different ways of doing it. Some people use cleansing herbs, rum and call upon ancestral spirits of the patient. Sum even use the energy of the stars!!!!! After you receive this you will be happier.
Incense Burning: There are different incense burners, which symbolize different ideas. They ask permission from the 4 directions b4 they light the incense. Fire has transformative properties. "It nurtures us, warms us, reinvents us, forges 'us', and destroys us." This ritual harmonizes and cleanses the body. They send positive energy to the patient. The incense is moved upward from the feet of the patient, while they blow it on them.
Temazcal: It represents the womb of our mother and the womb of Mother Earth. This is a sweatlodge; it's very therapeutic. B4 entering the sweatlodge a ceremony is done @ the altar. They ask permission from the 4 directions, heaven and earth. They used rattles when they create sacred space. I did something similar in shamanic healing class. While in the sweatlodge the participants sing, hit themselves with herbs and yell to get negative energy out. After it ova the participants drink water charged with positive energy. A baby can be blessed in the temazcal. The Mayans created this form of healing and taught to the Aztec.
Feather Healing: They are used to get negative energy out the aura. They are also used in conjunction with incense.
Tonalli: It is a cleansing; it gets negative energy out of someone. It involves massaging different parts of the body. They rub out the knots in the patients body. The knots are energy blockages.
Juice Therapy: Various fruits & vegetables can cure the body of illness. Grapefruit and Papaya juice is good 4 the digestive system. Papaya juice is also good 4 you lymphatic and circulatory systems as well. Pineapple, celery parsley, and hibiscus flower are great 4 your kidneys. You can mix them together or drink them separately.
Geotherapy: It involves the use of Earth (dirt, sand, clay) 2 heal. The patient can be buried in the Earth to get rid of fever. There's a certain kinds of clay that is antibiotic and it makes the body more open to healing energies. It can also pull toxins out of the body.
Risaterapia: This is laugh therapy. They breath, relax and do different movements and laughs. It will help the patient relief stress throughout their body; which lessen the chance of them getting a disease. It is also a pain reliever.
Hidroterapia: This is water healing, commonly called hydrotherapy. You put herb in hot water and inhale the fumes. You can make a herbal tea as well and/or take a herbal bath. A herb can be used as a warm compress.
Sound Therapy: Spirits of the directions are used to heal in this modality. The practitioner get permission from your ancestors to heal you. Colyer conch shell is used; it represents the east. The east is protected by Quetzalcoatl. He's the god of transformation and gnosis. He communicates through the shell and helps the patient harmonize there life. Black Obsidian represents the north. It helps us understand the emotions that is causing us sickness. The north is protected by Tezcatilpoca. He shows us are true enemy, which is ourselves.
Music Therapy: It can help many people heal. "The drum is the heartbeat of Mother Earth." Rattles are used and some of them sound like rain. Flutes have a strong sound and can take you to another dimension. Some of them sound like birds. Sum sounds soothes and others awakens. Singing someone name helps them heal. In certain ceremonies drums are used to bring down the spirits. Sometimes people dance, which also attracts spirits. In sum rituals the 4 directions and 4 elements (earth, water, air, fire) are used. The elements represent physical reality and certain ideas. Illness can be sent back to wherever it came from.
Healing of the Elderly: Fire cupping is good 4 them and they are given dietary advice.
Mental Healing
This is talk therapy, it is psychology. The curandera/o give the patient advice on their reasoning, emotions and/or behavior. They help the patient improve their life. Talk therapy is very effective in helping people betta themselves.
Spiritual Healing
Meditation: Helps them get in touch with spirits and/or make healing energy stronger.
Visualization: They can visualize the patient being healing by energy.
Concentration: They can focus on the disease dissipating.
Trance: The practitioner shuts the conscious mind down so they can get possessed by a spirit. Then the spirit will heal the patient through curandera/o.
Astral Projection: They go in the spirit world and get the cure 4 the disease.
Types of Healers
Partera: These are midwives, they help mothers in labor and childbirth. They also help newborn babies.
Conejero/a: They help patients by listening 2 their problems and giving them advice.
Hierbero: These are herbalists, they use many different herbs to heal their patients.
Sobadoro/a: They are something like massage therapists.
Huesero: They manipulate bones like an chiropractor and osteopaths. They also have similarities to a physical therapist too. They can help you if you have joint problems.
Acupuntarista/o: They put needles in certain parts of the body for energy flow. This practice helps people heal faster and relive or alleviate sum disorders.
Senor/Senoras: They are tarot card readers and they use other methods to divine as well.
Espiritualista: They are mediums that may be able to astral project.
Herbs
You should connect to the plant b4 using it. You do this by talking to it. You can make teas, tinctures, oils, and baths with these herbs. Herbal smoke can cure or relieve disorders too.
Tobacco: It is a portal 2 the spirit world. It helps get negative energy out of the body. The juice helps get rid of rashes and wounds. The smoke is a road opener and it protects.
Calendula: It helps get rid of inflammation. Sum people use it in massage oil. You can rub on your belly, so you can see your shadow.
Dandelion: This is good against breast cancer. It can used in massage oil and it cleans the lymphatic system.
Mullein: It's improves the thyroid, lungs and menopause.
Sweetgrass: It is good 4 smudging, attracting positivity, and protection.
Watermelon: It is good @ cleansing and improving the root chakra. If you drink it for 7 days it will cleanse your whole body.
Yerba mate: It's good for the colon, stomach and throat.
Pin Pitch: They get it from a desert pine tree. It helps get rid of rashes, wounds and infections.
Silk Tassel: It's good 4 all kinds of cramps.
Aloe Vera: It's good 4 constipation and skin disorders.
Chili Pepper: Improves the digestive and circulatory system.
Rosemary: Improves the mind, liver, skin and hair.
Ginkgo Bilbao and Gotu Kola helps the brain get more oxygen. Basil can help you sleep if you have insomnia.
Nosology
Practitioners have discovered different diseases and ways of healing it. Fear can hurt the kidneys and anger can hurt the liver. Sum of the diseases correspond to illnesses in allopathic medicine. That's amazing people knew about mental problems for millennia!!!!!!! There is much to learn from this form of shamanism.
Susto: It is a traumatic experience that may cause soul lose and PTSD. Music healing and limpias are effective in getting rid of this.
Mel De Ojo: This is the evil eye, which is caused by someone looking @ you menacingly. A limpia may be able to get rid of this too.
Melarchico: This is depression, which could weaken your immune system. Risaterapia and seeing a conejero/a will help alleviate that.
Billis: This is surpassed anger, which is bad 4 the heart. A herbal bath can get rid of anger, also you write a poem when you are angry. That's a positive to express that powerful emotion.
Empacho: This is a intestinal obstruction. Juice Therapy and Mayan Abdominal massage can get rid of that.
Mal Aire: That means bad air, which is cold air or switching from cold to warm air to quickly. Negative energy can be transmitted through the air. This illness can lead to death! This illness can be cured by certain herbs and incense burning.
Mollera Caida: This is a fallen fontanel. This illness affects infants. You can get rid of it with Juice and Hydrotherapy.
Maleficio: These are curses, which could ruin your life! Hidroterapia and sound therapy could knock that right out.
Student
The traditional way of learning Curanderismo is to be mentored by a curandera/o. If you are unable to do that. You can take a in-person and/or online class. There are many of them. Coursera.org has 4 of them. Some colleges in southwest U.S. offer classes as well.
Poppin
It practiced all ova Latin America, but it's most popular in Mexico. Many people practice it in southwest U.S. as well. You can also find it in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Cuba, and Honduras. Curanderismo is very diverse, so it is done differently in every country.
Conclusion
Curanderismo is a form of shamanism popular in Latin America. It has 3 different modes of healing and various types of healers. There many magical and medicinal herbs used in healing people. It has its own nosology, sum of which agrees with modern medicine. There 3 main ways of learning it and you can find it in Mexico, Central & South America.
What religion is this? It has been around a long time. What are the symbols, beliefs, rituals, and spirits? Mediumship is pretty cool. It has acquired significant changes ova time. What are the different types? It is practiced in Latin America. How is it doing in modern times?
Definition
Its a religion created in France by Allan Kardec in the 19th century. Espiritismo is the Spanish word for Spiritism. Spiritism means spirit doctrine. Allan studied mediumship like a science. Spiritists enjoy communicating with spirits of the deceased via medium.
Beliefs
They believe in a creator, reincarnation, karma, spiritual evolution, etc. There is one most high god that made the universe. People reincarnate as someone else after they die. Spirits have the ability to evolve in the astral realm. Spirits can influence humans and humans can influence spirits. Your spiritual court are the spirits that walk with you.
Rituals
They talk to spirits of the deceased. Their altar is called boveda. They work with spirits in their court on the boveda. Practitioners will put Florida Water on their hands and move it around the body to get rid of negative energy. Then they would flick their hands @ the boveda. The spirits feed of the alcohol and negative energy. After the aura cleansing they pray and burn incense. They knock 3 times to hello to the spirits. Once they get the spirits attention they talk to them and then meditate. The spirits will communicate to them in their mind. They close out with a prayer and 3 knocks.
Sum people in Brazil went to mediums 4 healing. They would get possessed by a spirit of a doctor. Then they would heal that person or do surgery. They did it 4 free and it was effective!!!! Later on a technique was developed to send the astral body of the patient to a hospital in the astral world. The patient's past lives were viewed to see when they harmed someone. The spirit of the harmed person was getting revenge by cursing them with the help of a dark magickian. The practitioners would tell the the offended spirit what they was doing was wrong. The offended spirit would then forgive that patient and the curse would be lifted.
Spirits
There are many groups of spirits in Espiritismo, maybe 21 of them. The groups are called commissions or courts. These commissions are in Puerto Rican Espiritismo, but other versions may have the same and/or different courts. It's important 4 practitioners to develop a relationship with their ancestral spirits.
Shamans: They help with magic, healing and precognition. I think most, if not all of these spirits are Taino.
Gypsies: They help with divination and romantic relationships.
La Madama: Motherly spirits that protect children.
Pirates: These are spirits that were captains and sailors. They have great strength and courage.
Indian: These are Taino spirits that give knowledge, help with legal matters and spiritual warfare.
Asian: These spirits help with money, luck, lottery, and bizzness.
Arab: They help you work with the Jinn.
Medical: They heal and teach herbalism.
Congo: These spirits were African royalty that got enslaved during the Transaltantic Slave Trade. They help with hexing and protection.
Slaves: These are spirits of people that were enslaved by the Spanish. They can help you overcome obstacles, patience and hard work.
Babies: They like to prank and protect people.
Anima Solas: They will aid you in any endeavor as long as you give them offerings and prayers.
Liberators: They help you become a betta student and legal maters.
Heroes: They help you fight anybody.
Africans: These spirits were worshipers of various African deities. They have similar energy to those deities.
Elements: Spirits of 4 directions, which is also 4 elements.
Juanes and Marias: They have many secrets to share to their descants. They were slaves that had their name changed.
Mediumship
A medium is someone who allows spirits to possess them. People go to mediums to get messages from spirits. This is very important in Espiritismo. Practitioners can speak to their ancestral spirits and deities through mediums. It is one of the many ways to get messages from the spirit world.
Umbanda was founded by Zelio Fernandino de Moraes in the 1920's. He was a Spiritist and @ a meeting a spirit came through and gave him instructions 4 a new religion. @ the time European Spiritists thought only European spirits were enlightened. But they were racist and wrong as hell!!!!!!!!
Differences with it's Mother
Spiritism in Latin America got mixed with the beliefs of (native) Americans, Africans and Roman Catholicism. That didn't happen in France and the U.S. Which means Espiritismo is much more colorful than it predecessor. Magic rituals are a big part of it. In it's more pristine form you won't find that. Regular Spiritism is 'based on Allan Kardec's and other medium books.'
Different Types
Scientific Spiritism: It's just regular Spiritism, its not mixed with (native) American and African beliefs. They follow Kardec to the t. Most people call this type of Spiritism Mesa Blanca.
Espiritismo de Cordon: This is about healing, guidance, and advice. People make a circle around the medium and walk and chant. That ritual helps the medium go into a trance. Then the practitioners ask the medium questions and get healing. It is a mixture of Spiritism, folk Catholicism and Taino rituals.
Espiritismo Cruzao: This is a mixture of Palo, folk Catholicism, Spiritism, and other beliefs. They give offerings to spirits and use tobacco to go into a trance. Once the medium is in a trance they will contact a spirit of a deceased slave. Mass of Dead is a ritual that help a spirit of a deceased relative move to the other side. They can communicate to them as well.
Puerto Rico Indigenous Espiritismo: It's a mixture of Spiritism, Taino, African, and Spanish beliefs and rituals. There is a shaman that uses tobacco, massage therapy, and energy healing. This form of Espiritismo became a part of Sanse.
Venezuelan Spiritism: This is a mixture of (native) American, African, and Catholic beliefs. There is a queen in religion. She is the highest spirit. There is also a American man and African man. They make up a trinity. The queen was a princess in real life; the American man fought the Spanish colonizers; the African man fought the Spanish 4 freedom as well. Ancestral veneration is very important. There are many deified ancestors in this religion. Sum of them were people that fought 4 Venezuela's independence. There is a sacred mountain were the religion started. There are many other sacred places, which are "rivers & natural landscapes." There are many spiritual portals in forest. There are many courts too, I will list a few.
Celestial: Catholic saints in the heavenlies.
Indian: The queen is in this court and stellar chiefs and amazing women that fought 4 independence.
Black: Africans that fought 4 freedom.
Don Juanes: Various healers and magicians
Medical: Doctors make up this court.
Liberation: Freedom fighters
Viking: Norse warrior spirits make up this court.
African: Deities from the motherland.
Student: They help people study.
Corte Cale: Spirits that were like Robin Hood when they were alive.
Places of Worship
It is practiced in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Argentina, and Brazil. Cruzao and de Cordon are the prominent variant in Cuba. Scientific Spiritism and Indigenous Espiritismo in Puerto Rico. Venezuela got its version of it. Brazil also has Scientific Spiritism and a version mixed with various beliefs. It is practiced by sum Latin Americans in U.S. and maybe people of other ethnicities as well.
Modern Times
"It is the fastest growing religion in Brazil." Upper class Brazilians are more into Scientific Spiritism and lower class people are more likely to follow a folk version of it. The same is true in Puerto Rico. Upper class people tend to be more Spanish and lower class people tend to be more African and American. In the case of Brazil the upper class people are more Portuguese. Espiritismo as a big influence on Cuban culture.
Conclusion
Espiritismo is a Spanish word 4 Spiritism. They believe in a creator, reincarnation, mediumship, and spiritual evolution. They conduct ritual individually and socially @ the boveda. Spiritism got mixed with other religious beliefs when it got to Latin America. It got mixed with American, African, and Catholic beliefs. While more upper class people was less likely to mix it up. There are several different versions. They all share the same core beliefs, but there are significant differences as well. It is practiced in @ least 4 countries in Latin America. It is still growing in popularity in modern times.
What is cloning and long has it been around? I know of 2 main versions, duplication and replication. Sum animals have been cloned and sum people are getting their pets cloned. There are 4 different kinds of clones. What about cloning centers? Ever heard of Donald Marshall or Clonaid? Baby factories have been and/or will be created. There's a lot of clones in popular media and Hollywood.
Definition
Cloning is the process of creating a genetic copy of a organism. Cells do it all the time. Some scientists take a cell and put the nucleus of it into an egg and fertilize it or simply copy a zygote. The first clone was a salamander embryo in 1900. Other animals were cloned after that.
Types
There's duplication and replication cloning. Duplication cloning is creating a clone of someone and the clone starts off as a baby. Replication cloning is creating a clone that is the same age as the person being cloned. The duplication clone lives longer than the replicated clone.
Cloned Animals
Many animals have been cloned. Sum were endangered, others 4 food, and sum for experiments. The first time an animal was cloned was in 1958. Many different countries have cloned animals. I assume clone animals behave in the same manner as natural animals.
List
In 1958 a frog was cloned @ Oxford University.
A Asian Crap clone was created in 1963 by a Chinese embryologist.
A sheep was cloned in 1984 by a Danish biologist.
In 1986 a mouse was cloned in the Soviet Union.
Dolly was created in 1996 and lived for 7 years. She was made in Scotland.
A cow was cloned in U.S. in 1997. Then 3 more the following year.
Horses, dogs, cats, cattle, monkeys, wolves, and many other animals have been cloned by China, U.S., South Korea, France, Turkey, India, and other countries. Spain cloned an extinct animal, but it died because of lung problems. China clone pigs 4 experiments and sum of the meat sold in U.S. grocery stores is from cloned animals.
Pets Cloned
Some people get their pets cloned, which is stupid. They should just buy a new pet. The cloned pet is not the same as the original pet, even though its similar. It's pure insanity!!!!!!!! There are companies that clone pets.
List
ViaGen- It was founded in 2002. They cloned an endangered Mongolian horse. It take 4 month 4 them to clone someone's pet. This company is based in the U.S.
BioVenic- This company is based in the U.S. They operated around the globe. Chicken, livestock, pets, insects, fishes, shellfish, and shrimp are the areas of research. They improve animal breeding, medicine and food.
Sinogene- They clone cats, dogs and horses. The cloned pet lived as long as the original pet and they can breed. It cost $50,000 to clone a dog or cat. It cost $85,000 to get your horse cloned.
Gemini Genetics- This is a British company that was founded 2018. They clone dogs, cats and horses. ViaGen is their partner; it's like their big sister. They keep genetic material in containers of liquid nitrogen.
PerPETuate, Inc- It started in 1998 and 30+ countries gave them animal cells. 70+ cloned puppies have been created by them in the U.S. and South Korea. This company is in the U.S. The first pet kittens were cloned by this company.
Those were only a few companies. Cloning pets is big bizzness!!!!
Cloning Centers
China: There was going to be a huge animal cloning building in 2016, but they didn't make it. Crispr is a gene editing technique. It uses RNA to add or subtract DNA in a organism. China was the first country to use it on humans. A scientist made sum babies resistant to HIV, which made them smarter. Those girls are now toddlers, if they have kids their edited genome will be down.
United States: Many clones are created in this country. But it's classified, it happens in DUMBs. There have been clones of several presidents and celebrities. Human cloning is banned in 5 states and legal in 45 states.
Australia: The ban on cloning was lifted in 2005. Scientists can clone 4 therapeutic purposes. Embryos can now be cloned, hooray! They clone them to get the stem cells. Stem cells can be used to cure diseases.
Africa: The first cloned animal there was a cow. But most Africans are against human cloning; because death is a big deal and they feel no one who died should be cloned. Cows in Kenya were cloned to resistant to disease. A African Wildcat was cloned in Louisiana.
Japan: In 2000 a law was passed against cloning. But in 2004 they changed there mind. The deal was scientists can experiment with cloned cells, but not use them on people. They cloned sum animals years later, but they died early.
Antarctica: There is an animal there that lives underwater that can perpetually clone itself. So if it neva gets eaten or a disease, it will live 4ever!!!! Legend has it, that there was a Nazi base there and aliens. What do you think?
Types of Human Clones
Regular: They are made by in vitro fertilization or are grown in large vats.
Organic Robotoid: They are similar to regulars, but they have a biological computers 4 a brains.
Synthetics: Similar to regulars, but they are made out of pig tissue.
Doubles: They aren't clones @ all. They just look like certain famous people. I heard corpse of Hitler found in Germany was his double.
History
European scientists started working on cloning in 1885. A sea urchin was the first animal to be cloned. The next animal to be cloned was salamander. George Green said human cloning been around since 1938. He said presidents have been cloned.
Donald Marshall
His parents brought him to a cloning center when he was 5. He was tortured and abused there. They stopped abusing him because he sung great songs. Music artists copied his songs and he didn't get any credit 4 it. He was put on the cover of a Megadeath album. Many politicians and celebrities go there. Consciousness transfer technology is used to transfer people to their clone bodies. Lauryn Hill didn't like being there, so wrote a song called Get Out. Many people are tortured in the center and the Vril is there.
Clonaid
It's a cloning company that was created in 1997. It's apart of Raelism, which is a crazy UFO cult. The leader of the cult believe immorality an achieved via cloning. They have said they have created human clones ova the years, but they may have been lying.
Baby Factory
Someone came up with this concept. He said 30,000 babies can be made a year in a factory. Music can be played to babies in artificial wombs. These factories don't exist yet, @ least not publicly. Designer babies already exist. You can choose your baby's sex and physical features, if you got deep pockets.
Cloned Celebrity
Dave Chapelle: He was cloned years ago. The clone is very funny and the real Dave may still be alive.
Gucci Mane: I heard the real Gucci Mane was stabbed to death in jail. The one we see today is a clone or Hopsin in a bodysuit.
Kodak Black: He have been cloned twice or someone else is playing the character.
Rock: He have been cloned several time.
Kevin Hart: He got in a bad car accident. That may have killed him. If so he was cloned. He said he has 4 clones. Was that a joke?
Jamie Foxx: A lot of people saying he have been cloned. I believe them, because he look different. I think the jab killed him and then he was cloned. His last movie was about a clone.
Eminem: He was cloned ova a decade ago.
Joe Biden: He has several clones.
Jimmy Carter: He was cloned last century. I think there were @ least 3 clones of him. I think his hair grew from the left and one of the clone's hair grew from the right. His clones were organic robotiods.
Sum of them maybe people wearing masks.
Poplar Culture
Star Wars(clone war): In Episode II there was a clone army. They were clones of a bounty hunter named Jango Fett. They were duplication clones. One clone was a replication clone, his name is Boba Fett. Boba was raised by his father Jango until Mace Windu decapitated him. The clones were suited for different duties.
6th Day: Arnold Schwarzenegger was cloned and the clone took ova his life. He ended up killing the guy that created the clone.
Naruto: Sum ninjas have techniques that allow them to create clones. These clones are used for combat and training. If they are hit they disappear. The clones maybe made out of wood, water, chakra, etc.
Conclusion
Cloning is making a genetic copy of an organism. There are 2 types of human clones. Many animals and pets have been cloned. There are many cloning companies. There are cloning centers worldwide, most of them are in DUMBs. There are different versions of human clones. Cloning been going on since last century. Clonaid is a cloning company of a UFO cult. Donald Marshall was victimized @ a cloning center. Many celebs have been cloned and sum people wear masks. There are many clones in popular technology.
Introduction There several prominent religious cults in Rome. They are as follows: Colleges, Saturn, Asclepius, Venus Imperial cult, Cybele, Isis, Sabazios, Eleusinian Mysteries, Dionysian Mysteries, Cabeiri Mysteries, Mithraism, and Valentinianism. These cults had a big impact on Christ-insanity, which became the state religion.
Cults
The original Romans were the Latins. They had there own religion. It was later influenced by the Etruscans, then the Greeks. After Rome became an empire, people from various parts of the world came to Rome. They brought their religions with them. That why there was so many cults in Rome. There was a plethora of religious ideas. All of these cults were mini-religions.
Religious Colleges: These were organizations that performed rituals 4 a certain deity and/or did divination. The members of College of Pontiffs were politicians. There wasn't a separation between church and state. It had a a chief high priest, high priests, priests, and Vestal virgins. The high priests were called pontiffs just like priests in the Catholic Church. The pope is the modern version of the chief high priest.
There was 18 priests/priestesses that served 18 deities. They were called flame and flaminica. These priests had the power to pardon criminals and they couldn't eat certain food. To be a priest he had to married to a upper class women. He also had to do a certain marriage ceremony. His wife had to be a virgin that wasn't married b4. She became a priestess to the deity her husband was serving. Jupiter priestess sacrificed rams to him on market days. These couples worked together, even though they had different duties. If one of them died, the other one had to step down. Jupiter, Mars and Quirinus were the most important deities.
The virgins were priestess of Vesta. There was 6 of them and they had to serve for @ least 30 years. Once they got finished they could marry. The virgins were chosen when they were kids. They had to keep the fire going in Vesta temple and keep the temple clean. They got holy water from a spring, prepared food 4 public rituals and attended festivals. If the fire went out that virgin was in trouble. If one of them had sex while a serving Vesta, they were buried alive. Nuns are based off the Vestal virgins.
Augur college consisted of diviners. Some divined for people, while others got omens from deities. They got omens from thunder, lighting, birds, 4 legged animals, etc. The bird diviners had 2 different ways of diving. By the sound of the bird or it's position in the sky.
Quindecimviri sacris faciundis college read and protected the Sibylline Books. They interpreted scripture when the Senate asked them. They also divined by seeing omens. There were 15 priests in this college.
Epulones college arranged the feast @ festivals. They took the role from the pontiffs in 196 BCE. Members of this college were commoners and there was 7 of them. They used a special bowl 4 libation. The Eucharist plate the Catholic Church uses was inspired by that bowl.
Saturn: He is the god of time, farming, abundance, etc. Cronus was merged with him after the Roman conquest of Greece. He overthrew his father Uranus by castrating him. Someone told him a prophesy, one of his kids will knock off his crown. So he swallowed all his children, except Zeus. His wife gave him a stone, which he thought was his son. Zeus defeated him and he throw up his children fully grown. This cult wasn't common outside Rome. Saturnalia was his holiday, which was a lot like Christmas.
Asclepius: He was the Greek god of medicine. Imhotep maybe the inspiration for Asclepius. He is the son of Apollo. This cult was widespread throughout the Roman Empire. Members of the cult treated patients in there temples. They were doctors and their symbol was a snake.
Venus: Julius Caesar founded this cult in Rome. Julius believed she was his ancestor. It probably existed in other places b4 then. Venus was merged with Aphrodite after Rome conquered Greece. She is the goddess of love, beauty and femininity. Zeus is her nephew and she came from the foam of Uranus severed penis. The Romans thought she would switch sides during the 2nd Punic War if they build her a "magnificent" temple and she did. The first Venus cult was only for rich people. Then decades later a Venus cult 4 poor people was created. She had many different paths and 4 festivals.
Imperial: It started when Augustus was emperor. The senate would vote on a emperor to make a god. Then people would worship them. Rome was a empire when this was going on. The idea of this cult was to promote cohesion in a cosmopolitan society. This cult reminds me of Catholic saints. This cult dried up after Christianity became the state religion. But a lot of the beliefs and practices lived on in Catholicism.
Cybele: This cult comes from Phrygia. She is a mother and mountain goddess. She was a great protector. Members of the cult would sing and dance, while in a trance. They also drunk a lot of wine and the priests were feminized eunuchs called Galli. Rome was introduced to cult during the 2nd Punic War. The Roman Senate checked the Sibyline Books and from that reading they assumed by worshiping Cybele they would win the war. They were right, because they won the war. Cybele became the goddess of Rome after Augustus became emperor. In March there was an Holy Week in which she and Attis were celebrated. He was her husband. Her festival started on 4/1. There were chariot races in her honor and parade. The Galli wore helmets and carried swords in the parade. Members of the cult may have bathed in blood, practiced incest and orgies.
Isis: This cult originated in Egypt. She is very magickal and full of wisdom; she had many traits, so she was known as the Goddess with 10,000 Names. Queen of Heaven, Great Virgin and Giver of Life is sum of her epithets. Isis is a mother goddess and member of a trinity. She has a husband (Osiris) and son (Horus the Younger). That's the most famous trinity in Egypt. She helped Osiris resurrect after he was killed by Set. He was able to resurrect because she fanned his corpse with her wings. There are statues of her breastfeeding Horus, which was the inspiration of pictures of Mary breastfeeding Jesus. Her priests/priestess used holy water from the Nile. You had to be a virgin 2 be one of her priestess. If she wanted someone to get initiated in her cult, she would visit them in dream. Romans from all classes were members of this cult. From politician to slave, even though membership was low compared to other cults. But the cult had mostly poor people and women. She gave salvation to her followers by giving them a pleasant afterlife. There were several Isis festivals that dealt with prayer, her finding her husband's body and giving birth to Horus. Sometimes birds were sacrificed 2 her. Roman soldiers spread the cult throughout the empire. Barbarian (foreign) tribes worshiped her. Christians in Alexandria destroyed her temples and statues.
Sabazios: This cult was created by Thracians and Phrygians. He was depicted as a horseman battling a serpent. He castrated himself, died and resurrected. Cybele may have been his mom. Members of the cult were snake handlers; also praise singers and dancers. This cult was even in France!
Eleusinian Mysteries: It started in Greece than it moved to Rome. Members of this cult worshiped Demeter and her daughter. Anyone could join as long as they haven't murdered anyone. The mysteries dealt with Kore being kidnapped by Hades. Demeter made the Earth barren until Hades gave Persephone back. This cult may have stared with the Mycenaeans. It was practiced throughout the Roman Empire. It faded out when Christianity became popular.
Dionysian Mysteries: Dionysus is the Greek god of wine and members of his cult drunk a lot of it. They had a big party. Music, dancing, eating, drinking and a great big orgy. This cult may have been created by the Thracians. They used drugs to go into altered states of consciousness and invoked spirits. The people most attracted to this cult were women, slaves and barbarians.
Cabeiri Mysteries: It started in Greece, then spread from there. The Cabeiri were 8 deities that were siblings. They were the children of Hephaestus and his grand-niece Cabeiris. They were connected to nature, life, death, Earth, the sea, and fertility. They had the ability to cause earthquakes and fires.
Mithraism: Mithra is a Persian Sun god that made his way to Rome in 60 BCE. It was practiced by Roman soldiers for 300 years. This religion existed throughout the Roman empire. There were 7 degrees within this cult, which were associated with the 7 planets. They had temples underground. This cult was homosexual because it only allowed men in it. They had rituals similar to baptism and communion. The Christians suppressed it centuries later.
Valeninianism: This form of Gnosticism was created by Valentinus. He was taught in Alexandria and almost became a bishop in Rome, so he started a cult. They believed the Father came from the void. Sophia was his daughter; she became confused when she tried to understand him. In that confusion she gave birth to Yahweh. He was all alone, so he thought he was the only god. In his ignorance he created the phenomenal universe. Christ is her son, his job was to redeem humanity. They believed humans were body, mind and soul. Spirit is good and matter is evil. Salvation comes from knowledge, not faith and baptism was one of there sacraments. Several texts were written by them.
Impact on Christ-insanity
These pagan cults had a very big impact on Catholicism. The pope is based on pontifex maximus. Nuns are based on Vestal Virgins. Isis is the prototype of Mary. Mary is similar to Cybele as well. The saints remind of defied ancestors, which you can find in the Imperial cult. People gave each other gifts during Saturnalia, which took place in late December. Sounds like Christmas!!!!!! Mithra was a Sun god, so was Jesus. People in that cult had baptism and communion. Several of the cults dealt with resurrection.
The New State Religion
The Roman government persecuted Christians, until Christianity became the state religion. Once that happened, they persecuted pagans. The Roman brand of Christ-insanity became Catholicism. Emperor Constantine had a dream. It was a cross and in the middle it said by this sign you will conquer. Remember the Catholic Church controlled Europe throughout the dark ages. It's all politics @ the end of the day.
Conclusion
Rome had many different cults because there were many different tribes that lived there. I only wrote about 13 of them. Dogmatism wasn't popular when paganism was the rave. They had a big impact on Christ-insanity. It wouldn't even exist without paganism. Once it became a state religion, Christians became oppressive and dogmatic. Monotheism is foolish!!!! Stay away from it.
