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The official story is someone shoot up ova 400 people from a 2 hotel bedrooms. Who is Stephen Paddock? How did he get the guns in the room? There were eyewitness accounts of multiple shooters. Those eyewitnesses are all dead now. OJ Simpson got out of jail the same day this happened, what a coincidence!!!!
Official Story
Ova 400 people were shot @ the Route 91 Harvest music festival by Stephen Paddock. He was shooting from 2 hotel rooms in Mandalay Bay. He committed suicide after he got the concert wet. It was the deadest mass shooting in U.S. history by an individual. The shooting lasted for 10 minutes on 10/7/2017. 1,000 rifle rounds were shot by Stephen. 8 bullets were shot @ a jet fuel tank. One of them hit the tank, but it didn't explode. 300 people from the concert ran to the airport 4 safety. MGM gave $800 million in a settlement to the victims because they let the guns into the hotel. Military and law enforcement folk saved lives during the shooting, so they got bravery awards.
Stephan Paddock
His father was a bank robber, who was on the FBI most wanted list. Paddock worked for the defense department and Lockheed Martin in the 80's. He worked for IRS prior to that. Eric and Stephan owned a real estate business together. Stephan owned apartments, which he sold 2012. He sold the real estate business for $2 million. Gambling was his vice; he loved video poker.
He married and divorced twice. He lived in Texas and California. Then he moved to Florida, then finally Nevada. He was an atheist and his Filipino girlfriend was Catholic. He went on 20 cruises and his girlfriend was with him for 9 of them. Several different countries were visited during the cruises. Months b4 the massacre he drunk a lot of alcohol. He was on Valium for several years as well. Depression set in after he lost a lot of $ and he was sickly. His girlfriend was sent to the Philippines and he wired her $100,000 to buy a house. Once she left, he had sex with ladies of the night.
Paddock searched for weapons online and scoped out the hotel and surrounding area b4 the shooting. He also went to other large events in other cities prior to the shooting. He had hidden cameras @ the hotel, but they weren't on record mode. Stephen was planning on escaping the shooting with the help of a accomplice. There was a bulletproof vest and gas mask in his room. Paddock bought amour-piercing rounds from Douglas Haig. He brought in 24 guns and 2400 rounds of ammo into the hotel.
Eminem wrote a song about Stephan thought process b4 he got to cappin in Vegas. It's called Darkness, there's a video too. Sometimes he get nervous b4 he goes on stage. The song is a metaphor 4 that.
Gun Blitz in Hotel Lobby
When Stephen bought gunz he passed background checks. He didn't seem insane @ the time of the purchase. He purchased the rooms @ the hotel 3 days b4 the shooting. The gunz were brought in little by little, not all @ once. It was eazy for him to get gunz into a hotel room because they don't have metal detectors.
Eyewitness Accounts
People thought it was fireworks @ first. But then they figured out it gun shots. People started screaming and running. Some people hid in a tent. People in the crowd didn't know where the shots was coming from. Several eyewitnesses said their were multiple shooters. They are all dead now.
Dennis and Lorraine Carver: When the shooting started Dennis hid Lorraine in a locker. Lorraine wrote on Facebook "I believe the shooters are gone," after the smoke cleared. Dennis phone was in the FBI possession and they erased it.
Danny Contreras: On Twitter he wrote 2 men stalked him with guns @ the concert.
Kymberly Suchomel: On Facebook she said there were multiple gunmen. Some of them chased people down.
Orville Almon: He was an entertainment lawyer. He was a lawyer 4 a singer performing @ the concert. The meeting he had with the FBI was "strange and complex." He said the FBI closed the case and will no longer do press conferences.
Chad Nishimura: He was valet @ Mandalay Bay hotel. He parked Stephen's car; he said he was a normal guy with a few bags. He explained this on the radio in Hawaii.
Deaths of Eyewitness
Dennis and Lorraine Carver car crashed and it exploded.
Danny Contreras got capped up @ home, maybe gang-related.
Kymberly Suchomel may have died of stress of the shooting and medical issues.
Orville Almon died of seizure in his sleep.
Chad Nishimura after that interview disappeared and his social accounts were deleted. His interview was also deleted. No knows what happened to Chad.
OJ Out of the Slammer
OJ Simpson is ex-NFL player. He's one of the greatest run backs of all time. He became an actor after he retired from the NFL. White people where the only people he hung around: he became an honorary white person. So, when he was accused of killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend in 1995 they felt betrayed. He went to black churches for sympathy while he was on trial. Johnny Cochran was his lawyer and said if the glove don't fit you must acquit. Robert Kardashian was his lawyer too. The verdict may have been revenge for the Rodney King verdict. Black people celebrated when he was acquitted and white people cried. He was seen as innocent by my people and guilty by white people. A year later he lost a civil case and a ghostwriter wrote a book about how OJ would've killed his ex-wife in 2007.
He got arrested in 2007 for robbing people of his memorabilia. It was 3 days after that book was published. The next year he was sent to prison. The person he stole his stuff from had tape recorder as well as one of his accomplices, so it seems like it was a setup. The audio tape by Ricco was doctored ova. He got immunity in the trial and sold the tape to TMZ. So, maybe its make believe. One of his accomplices pointed a gun @ someone and less time then OJ.
Legend has it that OJ is Khloe Kardashian dad. They have similar face structure. Conclusion
The official story is a lie and Stephen Paddock may or may not have been a shooter. Stephen use to work 4 the DoD. That's something to look @. He bought a bunch of gunz in the hotel and set up hidden cameras, or so it seem. Eyewitnesses that publicly stated there were multiple shooters died soon after, suspiciously. FBI is hiding something about the massacre. OJ Simpson got out of jail the same day as the Vegas massacre. He has a twisted history as well.
Astroworld Festival was an annual Travis Scoot concert in Huston, Texas. Travis concerts of the past were buck wild. There were different types of people in crowd. There was a lot of pandemonium @ that concert last year. There were many eye witness accounts. People tried to stop it. 10 or more people died. There were occulted elements @ this concert. There are many lawsuits against Travis Scott. He apologized, sorta kinda. What caused all this?
Travis Scott
Jacques Berman Webster II was born in 1991 in Houston, Texas. He created 3 albums and is working on a 4th. His father and grandfather were/are musicians. He dropped out of college to pursue his music career. The Classmates was a music duo he was in with his friend. The duo lasted 4 three years. Then he dropped a mix tape and went on tour 2015. After that his popularity grew. In 2017 he created his own record label called Cactus Jack Records. 2 years later he collaborated with Nike and made Cactus Jack Air Jordan 1. The following year he collaborated with McDonald's and PlayStation. He had a cameo in a movie and his foundation gave toys to kids in Houston. His girlfriend is Kylie Jenner, they have a daughter and son together.
Crowd
Raggers: Die-hard Travis Scott fans that get buck wild. They are the most hype and they like to fight each other.
Old Folks: These are the most relaxed people @ the concert. They tend to members of Generation X.
Normies: They like going to his concerts. They don't get as buck wild as the raggers. They are more chill.
Newbies: First timers, they may find his concerts shocking. Most newbies @ Astroworld, probably won't be going to any other concert of his.
Astroworld Festival
The festival is named after his 3rd album. It started in 2018, there were many performances. It had 2 stages: Thrills and Chills. The next year it had even more performances. It was cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic. Drake, Master P, SZA, Chief Keef, Earth, Wind, and Fire, 21 Savage, and Young Thug were some of artists who performed there last year.
Past Concerts
There were fights @ his concerts in the past. People battle each other in mosh pits. One guy fell off a balcony @ one of his concert. He's paralyzed now; he tried to sue him, but he was unsuccessful. He told his fans to attack someone @ one of his concerts. @ a concert in Chicago Travis told fans to hop ova the barricades. The security kept the crowd @ bay and no one was harmed. He fled the scene and got arrested later. He was charged with a misdemeanor. That same scenario happened again @ a another concert in Arkansas. People got hurt and he paid $6,800 to two victims. In the 2nd Astroworld Festival their was a stampede near the entrance. 3 people went hospital because of it.
Pandemonium
People rushed in the entrance gate. It was so many the security was paralyzed. Some people got stepped on. Once he came on stage the crowd was swaying back and forth. People was having a hard time breathing @ this point. Some people screamed his name, while others screamed help. A ambivalence was in the crowd to rescue someone. Some of members of the audience danced on top of it.
There were people injecting members of the audience with drugs. A security guard got injected there. The chief of police talked about it on TV. He said medical staff seen the injection mark on the his neck. Then he recanted his statement a week later. He did out of fear or was paid off.
Eyewitness Accounts
An eyewitness said eerie music was played b4 he came out. Some eyewitnesses saw people around them turn blue; the medical staff would move on to next person that fainted. One of the eyewitnesses said hundreds of people died @ the concert. I heard some people weren't allowed to leave. A eyewitness said that someone told them they saw babies defecating in cages.
Shut it Down
Two fans told a cameraman to stop filming, he continued. Other fans were screaming help, Travis didn't pay them any attention. He may not have heard them. Other fans were screaming too. They may have been shouting his name. Travis said help the guy that fainted in front of him. Someone helped him, then Travis kept singing.
Death
@ least 10 people died because of the concert. 9 died @ the concert and a nine year old died in the hospital. The 9 year old was on his father shoulders. The crowd went wild and knocked him ova. He was stepped on by many people. A Indian woman died, so her mother cried on TV. It looked fake because I didn't see any tears. Most of he deaths came from compression asphyxia. There were too many people in such a small space.
Occult
The astral (spiritual) world is where the afterlife takes place. People went 2 the astroworld and ended up in the astral world, what irony. The stage was a inverted cross which is satanic. There was something on the the stage that look like a stargate. In the middle of the contraption was the phrase I see you on the other side. Which is seeing someone in the astral world after they die. On his shirt there was blue people going through a mirror and coming out as red devils. It may mean people dying and going to hell. There was a lot of blue faces @ the concert, because people had a hard time breathing. Dead bodies were called smurfs by the medical staff. There were flames on stage, that goes along with the hell theme. On the flyer there was a tunnel. It reminds of the tunnel people see after they die. To enter the concert you had to go through something shaped like Travis head. It is based on a picture of people walking through the mouth of a demon head.
Lawsuits
400 people flied lawsuits against Travis and Live Nation, because of the injuries and deaths last year @ the Astroworld Festival. Those lawsuits have been combined into one lawsuit. If he loses the case he will have to pay ova a billion dollars to victims. He would be in debt 4ever. Maybe he should be.
Sorry?
His apology wasn't even a apology. He didn't even shed a tear and he's full of shit!!!!!!!! Watch this vid. It shows he's not sorry. He was trying to look sad, but he's a terrible actor.
Cause
Crowd: Most of the people @ the concert were teens and in their early 20's. Their brain aren't fully developed. They should have left the concert when they had trouble breathing. But they were star struck, so they stayed. If @ least 40% of them would have left it wouldn't have been such a disaster. The crowd is somewhat responsible 4 what happen. This reminds me of the agency vs structure debate.
Travis Scoot: He wanted the crowd to get buck wild @ his concert. He encourages it, which means he is very responsible 4 what happened. He neva tried to calm down the crowd. He denied any responsibility for what happened @ the Astrofest.
Live Nation(LN): LN had issues @ their concerts b4. They paid out $50 million after 7 people died from a stage collapsing @ a previous concert. They are to laxed on safety measures. They should've anticipated more people @ the Astroworld Festival and tried to make more space available.
ScoreMore: They have a long history of being disorganized, unprofessional, and they like to cut costs. @ one of their concerts they was suppose have 8 foot fences, but they had 6 foot fences instead. They did that because it was cheaper. They make plans @ at the last minute. @ one their events there was a limited amount of water. It took them 2 hours to resupply it.
Security: The security guards were not trained properly. They wasn't taught anything about crowd control. They gave the new employees answers on the test. Contemporary Services Corporation was contracted 4 Astroworld Festival. They should be sued too.
NRG Park: They could have made more space available. So they have some responsibility to what happened. They should put up barriers in the crowd, but that could be LN fault.
Conclusion
Travis Scott is a weird rapper from Huston,TX. He reminds me of heavy metal because of the way his concerts. The family he's apart of is musical because his father and grandfather were in the music industry. He did some shady things in the past and careless about his fans that were harmed @ his concerts.
There were different groups of people in the crowd. Old folks were the most chilled. Newbies were excited and horrified. Raggers went insane and normies didn't know it would get out of hand.
Astrofest stared in 2018. There have only been 2 festivals after that. It was cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic. Now it's cancelled 4ever, or so it seems. There were many great artists that performed @ the festivals.
His past concerts were chaotic. A guy fell of a balcony and broke his back @ one of them. He had fans fighting each other @ another one. @ other concerts he told the crowds to go through security past the barricades. He got in trouble with the law because of that. @ least 3 people were harmed @ his 2nd Astrofest.
@ the last Astrofest there was a stampede in the beginning and later on. People had a hard time breathing because it was so many people in a confined space. It got so buck wild a ambulance had to rescue someone in the crowd. Members of the audience and a security guard were injected with drugs.
There is so many eyewitness accounts. They talked how horrible the it was. One of eyewitness said it was like hell. Not surprising since there was so much devilish stuff. A eyewitness said 100's people died @ the show.
Some fans tried to shut it down. They told the cameraman to stop filming show. Travis didn't hear or care about people screaming help. He got help 4 a guy that fainted in front of him. After that he kept singing.
@ least 10 people died there and many more were injured. The families of deceased people were devastated. One of the people that died was 9 years old. A Indian women died and her mom cried on TV. But there were no tears.
There were many occulted (hidden) themes @ the concert. They dealt with the astral (spiritual) world, devil, and hell. They could be seen on stage, the flyer and even Travis shirt. The entrance was based on a demonic picture.
There were many lawsuits because of injuries and deaths @ the Astrofest. They were consolidated into one big lawsuit. It worth ova $ 1 billion. If the lawsuit goes through Travis is through.
His apology wasn't even a apology. He has no remorse for what happened. You'll see it on the video. He didn't even shed a tear.
This disaster had multiple causes. Travis could have stop the show and didn't. The security was ill prepared and to small in #. LN dropped the ball on safety measures. ScoreMore is an awful promoter. They shouldn't even exist. NRG Park is liable, they should have made the concert more spatial. The crowd holds some responsibility as well. It's eazy to point the finger, but they could have behaved betta. They should have left when their danger sense went off. Instead they chose to stay in the madness.
1. Humans first. We are more important than any deity or doctrine.
2. All humans are equal under the law. All people should be granted the same respect regardless of differences.
3. There is nothing above or below you. Everyone is on equal footing.
4. Don't worship anything. That's so unnecessary
5. All religions have pros and cons. Get into the pros and ditch the cons.
6. Fellow the 7 Keys of Life. This is the most important part.
7. There is a spiritual reality.
8. Reincarnation is real.
9. Polytheism is real.
10. Animism is real.
11. Aliens and other non-human intelligences are real.
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It was created by Mani and lasted 4 a millennium. Why did it disappear? It has unique beliefs and rituals. There was texts created for this religion. There was a Manichaean Church.
Mani
He was of Iranian origin and his parents were Elcesaites. When he was 12 and 24 his heavenly twin paid him a visit. He told him to preach the true gospel. Brahmanism and Buddhism was taught to him after he traveled to India. He came back to Persia and he was cool with the emperor. Mani was a great painter and a miracle worker. The miracles were as follows: levitation, teleportation, and healing. He also wrote 7 books. A new emperor came to power, he was Zoroastrian. He put Mani in jail and he died a month later.
History
It started in Iraq, which @ the time was apart of the Persian Empire. The first places it spread to were Egypt and Rome. It was persecuted in the Persian Empire 291 CE after Mar Sisin was killed. Laws in Rome was enacted against it in 302 CE. Manichaeism became popular in Gaul. Christians asked emperor Theodosius I to take away the civil rights of Manichaeans in 381 CE. The following year Manichaeism was suppressed. Theodosius I wanted all the monks of this religion put to death. This religion was persecuted so much that it disappeared in the Roman Empire.
Augustine converted from Manichaeism to Christianity. He felt you need more than knowledge for salvation. He became a satan (adversary) to his original religion. His view of Christianity was influenced by Manichaeism.
"Manichaeism maintained a sporadic and intermittent existence in the west Mesopotamia, Africa, Spain, France, North Italy, the Balkans for a thousand years, and flourished for a time in Persia and even further east in Northern India, Western China, and Tibet." As it spread to different kingdoms it was influenced by other religions. This became the main religion of the Uyghurs in the 8th century. It inspired rebels in China.
Manichaeans were persecuted by the caliph during the Abbasid dynasty. So they fled from Iraq to Iran. Then they moved to Uzbekistan. Emperor Xuanzong of the the Tang dynasty made it illegal 4 Chinese people to fellow this religion. He also persecuted Buddhists. Manichaeism died out because it was persecuted by several emperors. But it may have survived in small pockets in Central Asia until the Mongol conquest in the 13th century CE.
The Cathars, Paulicians, Bogomils were seen as Manichaeans by the Catholic Church. So they were persecuted by them centuries ago. None of those groups were Manichean, but they may have had similar ideas. The Cathar church structure was the same as the Manichaean Church. There maybe small groups of Manicheans in China today.
@ one time it was one of the biggest religions in the world!!!!!!!!!!!
Texts
Gospel of Mani: It was intended to replace the Christian gospels. Mani saw them as misinformed.
Treasure of Life: It's about humanity and the universe.
Epistles: Mani letters to his disciples.
Psalms and Prayers: 'Hymns written by Mani and his disciples.'
Pragmateia: This book was about the history of humanity. It is now lost in time.
Book of Giants: It about watchers and giants.
Book of Mysteries: Explains the nature of the soul.
Mani wrote all the books. 5 of the books were originally written in Syriac, the other 2 books were originally written in Persian. They were translated into many other languages after that.
Beliefs
This religion is a mixture of Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Christianity. There's a good god and a evil god. Spirit is permanent and matter is impermanent. If a person increase their virtues and decrease their vices their soul will improve.
10 Commandments of Manichaeism
"1. You shall worship the One God and not commit yourself to the worship of idols; not bowing down to physical objects or ideals in order to worship them. 2. You shall not be dishonest in your ways. 3. You shall not be greedy. 4. You shall not murder a man, a woman or a child, neither shall you abort an infant; and you shall not commit to unnecessary killing of any life including animals and plants. 5. You shall not be unfaithful to your spouse, or commit any form of sexual misconduct. 6. You shall not commit theft. 7. You shall not deceive someone in order to mislead them. 8. You shall not practice magic. 9. You shall not commit hypocrisy in any ways.
10. You shall seek peace and be fair to all regardless of a person’s ethnicity, color, nationality, religious beliefs, gender or sexuality. "
Rituals
Prayer: There are prayers for reading the gospel. They said one b4 reading the gospel. Another prayer was said after reading the gospel. The Emanations prayer praised the lord, in so many words. Prayers from the Elect (clergy) helped save the souls of the laity.
Fasting: The Elect fasted from sun up till sun down. They ate after the sun set.
Almsgiving: The Elect was given food, clothes, and shelter by laity. In return they prayed 4 them and did magic spells. The congregation gave alms weekly or monthly so the Elect didn't have to ask 4 it.
Manichaean Church
Pope: Mani was the first one. Then there was Ctesiphon and after him was Mar Sisin. Finally Abu-Hilal al-Dayhuri.
Apostles: They were second in command after the pope. Mani had 12 apostles, which is similar to Jesus.
Bishops: They were something like high priests.
Presbyters: They were the priests that led the hearers.
Elect: They took the vows of Manichaeism and were the leaders of the religion. They were everyone expect the hearers.
Hearers: They were congregation and they didn't take the vows.
Conclusion
This religion was started by Mani. It is a mixture of Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Christianity. It spread to different parts of Asia and Africa. It got snuffed out because of emperors and conquest. But it may survive in small pockets in China. Mani wrote all the texts of the religion. The beliefs can be found there-in. They had there own unique prayers, fasting, and the clergy received alms from the congregation. It had a unique church structure.
They live in northwest China. They have a rich history and culture. Today their religion is Islam, but in the past they followed other religions. Today they live in Xinjiang, which became part of the People's Republic of China in 1949. There is a East Turkestan independence movement that was created by Uyghurs. Many of them and members of other tribes have been put in internment camps.
History
They have been around 4 at least 2,000 years. They had their own empire called Uyghur Khaganate. It was in Mongolia and it was apart of the Silk Road. It lasted for about a century. It was created by 9 tribes called Toquz Oghuz. The Tang dynasty was saved by the Uyghurs, so as a reward they were given a bunch of silk. They even helped the Tang fight the Turks and the Tibetan empire centuries b4! Uyghur kings married Chinese princesses. Mou-yu made Manichaeism the state religion. The Kyrgyz took ova their empire, so they moved south and established another kingdom called Kocho.
Tocharians where already living where the Kocho kingdom was located and they where Buddhist. The Uyghurs mixed with them and the upper class Uyghurs became Buddhist. Tocharians were a Indo-European tribe; mummies of this tribe was found in western China. Chinese and Sogidians lived there as well. This kingdom was also apart of the silk road. The Mongols destroyed that kingdom centuries later. Today they are a mixture of Tiele, Mongolian, Tocharian, and Han tribes.
Today they live in villages and are farmers. They grow wheat corn, sorghum, and melons. In the cities the men extract oil from the ground. The Han started moving into Xinjiang after 1950. A bunch of them moved in after 1990. This caused tension between the Uyghur and the Han. There was a big brawl between the 2. A lot of Han people were killed. In response the government cracked down on the Uyghurs.
Culture
Clothing: They are made out of cotton, satin, and silk. They love to wear caps. Women wear earrings, bracelets, and necklaces.
Marriage: Married women have 2 hair braids and single women have as many braids as they want. Men interview the family of the bride after the proposal. During these interviews they learn about their her and her family.
Dance: They love to dance and women dance on stage often. Some women don't cover their faces either. There style of dancing is called Sanam. The dancers move their neck, fingers, eyes, and elbows. Each region has their own form of this dance.
Music: Their style of music is called Muqam and it has been around for 1500 years!!!!!! It is based on Arabic maqamat model system. They have 62 different musical instruments. One of their instruments is called a duttar. It is a 2 string guitar.
Art: They created a lot of cave painting dealing with Buddhism. Today they are still great painters and their artistry was influenced by Islam.
Language: They speak a Turkic language. It has subject-object-verb word order. It has been influenced by Persian, Arabic, Mandarin, and Russian. There are different scripts for writing Uyghur. They are as follows: Arabic, Cyrillic, and Latin. The first alphabet used by the Mongolians was the Old Uyghur alphabet. Old Uyghur alphabet is based on Aramaic.
Literature: They translated a lot of Manichean and Buddhist texts. A Uyghur wrote a dictionary on Turkic dialects. Someone else wrote a book on Islamic saints. Muyesser Abdul'ehed wrote about the struggle of his people.
Education: In the past Uyghurs were more educated than tribes around them. That was because they were civil servants in the Mongol Empire. They learned a lot after they became Muslims. Mosques and madrassas were full of knowledge. In recent years China has stopped them from getting a religious education.
Cuisine: Their food is cheap and delicious. They eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. They also eat mutton, beef, camel, horse, and diary products. The meat is halal because they are Muslims. Some of their dishes are lamb soup, naan, tandoor bread, and lamb pies.
Medicine: They practiced Unani, this is the Islamic style of medicine. It is based on ancient Greek medicine. Arabs and Persians added to it and made it popular. It is common in India and Central Asia. I believe the Mughal Empire introduced this form of medicine to the Uyghurs. Uyghurs helped improve Classical Chinese Medicine. Today many of them practice allopathic medicine.
Religions
Shamanism: All tribes start off shamanic. The Uyghurs believed everything has a spirit, some still do. The shamans use verses in the Quran to heal people and they use Arabic inscribed amulets. If you want to learn more about shamanism click here.
Tengrism: Tengri is the heavenly father and Umay is the earth mother. This religion is a mixture of folk Turk and folk Mongol religions. It is very shamanic because it comes from folk religions. Ancestor veneration is a big deal and there is over 90 deities in this belief system. Many Central Asian tribes followed this. Humans and animals have several spirits: a etheric body, a personality, and a soul that reincarnates.
Zoroastrianism: They worshiped @ fire altars. This religion is very dualistic. The ideas god vs devil, angels vs demons, heaven and hell, end times, and judgement day can be found in this religion. If you want to learn more about it, click here.
Manichaeism: This became the state religion when a khagan embraced it. He converted to it after meeting Manichean priests. This religion is a mixture of Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Christianity. My next post will be about this religion.
Buddhism: They learned it from the Tocharian and Sogdian peoples about a millennium ago. Centuries later they were influenced by Tibetan and Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhists Uyghurs were prominent in the government of the Yuan dynasty.
Nestorianism: This form of Christianity believes Jesus has 2 natures: human and divine. Uyghurs followed this form of Christianity b4 they became Muslims.
Islam: They became Muslim about 500 years ago. This was because their kingdom became a part of Moghulistan. Sunni Islam became the state religion of this empire. Some of them are Sunni, others are Sufi.
Xinjiang
Uyghurs have been there 4 at least 2,000 years. It became apart of China in 1949. The Chinese government tried to assimilate them, but it didn't work. As I wrote b4 the Uyghurs beat up the Han after they moved in the 90's. Some members of the Uyghur tribe traveled to Mecca decades ago and were influenced by Islamic fundamentalism. Some Uyghurs committed terrorist acts because they want their own country. Islamic fundamentalism is just one factor in terrorism in Xinjiang. There are several others.
East Turkestan Independence Movement+
"The desire for independence or greater political and cultural autonomy largely stems from resentment over perceived restrictions to religious and cultural expression, ethnic conflict with the local Han Chinese population, income inequality, and the perception that Beijing's government is misallocating Xinjiang's natural resource wealth."
This movement is about freeing Xinjiang from China's tyranny. The members of this movement want to rename Xinjiang to East Turkestan or Uyghurstan. China's government see this region as apart of China because it was conquered millennia ago during the Han dynasty.
There has been several different peoples in that region throughout history. So, the communists feel the land doesn't belong to the Uyghurs. This movement is seen as terrorism by the government. The Republic of China (ROC) feels Xinjiang is apart of China. In 1931 the a constitution was made by ROC that said ethnic minorities "may either join the union of Chinese Soviets or secede from them."The ROC ruled China and Taiwan until the communists tookova China. Now they only rule Taiwan.
East Turkestan Government-in-Exile is based in Washington D.C. They want independence from China, but the World Uyghur Congress wants autonomy. WUC believes they can get autonomy by being non-violent. But they are seen as terrorist by China. They are based in Germany.
Internment Camps
China (government) says they put Uyghurs in the camps to stop terrorism. Maybe they are trying to turn them into communists. Han culture was forced on them by Weng Lequan. He was ova Xinjiang and he also helped modernize it. Uyghurs are penalized for doing Islamic customs. Zhang Chunxian tookova after Weng. He was worse then Weng. Chen Quanguo tookova after Zhang and he was even worse than him!!!!!!!! He turned Xinjiang into a police state. He did this to Tibet as well b4 he was ova Uyghurland. People in these camps may be getting tortured and having their organs harvested. There are ova 100,00 people in these torture chambers. Cultural genocide comes b4 physical genocide.
Conclusion
Uyghurs have a rich history and culture. They have practiced several religions ova the centuries. They have lived in Xinjiang for ova a millennium. Some of them created there own resistance movement. The Chinese government have been putting them in in internment camps for years.
I am a great tarot reader!!!!!!! I will explain the meaning of the cards, somewhat. I will also explain spreads and decks. You will learn about my accuracy. What is the difference between intuition and the mathematical method? Can playing cards be used for divination?
Meaning
Each card has a certain meaning. Tarot cards are made up of the major & minor arcana. The major arcana are the big face cards. There are 22 cards in that section. They represent long term life changes or situations. The cards are numbered. Some of the cards are as follows: fool, hermit. sun, moon. devil, and death. The minor arcana are the small face cards and there are 4 suites. Each suite represents different elements. The minor arcana represent short term life changes or situations. Some of these cards are court cards. They are page, knight, queen, and king. Some of the cards are as follows: 2 of wands, 5 of cups, 7 of swords, and knight of pentacles. Cards reversed have the opposite meanings to upright cards, somewhat.
Major Arcana
Fool: Innocence, potentiality, and stupidity. Think of it as a new born baby.
Hermit: Inner guidance, wisdom, and loneliness. Obi-Wan Kenobi looks like him.
Sun: Success, vitality, fun, and sadness.
Moon: Subconscious, intuition, and repressed emotions.
Devil: Sexuality, addition, bondage, materialism, and detachment. It is not the literal devil.
Death: Ending, new beginning, transformation, and resistance to change. It is not literal death, don't believe the movies that show someone dying after the reader pulled the Death card. The movie creators don't understand the tarot.
Minor Arcana
2 of Wands: Making a decision, discovery, and personal goals.
5 of Cups: Failure, regret. and forgiveness.
7 of Swords: Deception, betrayal, keeping secrets.
Knight of Pentacle: Hard-work, routine, and boredom.
Spreads
They are the way you lay down the cards. Each position means something. A 3 card spread could mean past, present, and future. The Celtic Cross may be the most common spread. The reading could deal with your current situation or past/future. I will explain the spreads I created.
Elemental: The positions are earth, water, air, and fire. Earth represents your possessions or body. Water is your emotional state. Air is your thoughts or knowledge. Fire is your actions or motivation. I lay the cards next to each other.
Seasonal: Spring is what's starting. Summer is what reached maturity. Fall is what's dying. Winter is what's dead. I put the first card up, 2nd card to the right, 3rd card down, and last card left.
Directional: North is the past or ancestors. East is the energy you giving. South is the future or descendants. West is the energy you receiving. I lay the cards the same as above.
You can create your own spreads too.
Deck Rider-Waite: This deck was published in 1909. Most other decks are based on this one. I memorized the meaning of all the cards in the deck. Then I forget them, once I got a new deck. I call them the Europeans, because its images are European. Click here if you want to purchase this deck.
Melanin: This was the 2nd deck I got. It's symbolism is African. The queens are stronger than kings in this deck. This deck can be bought as a set. In the set you get the cards with a book that explain the meaning. I like this deck more than the Rider-Waite deck, because of the African symbolism. Click here if you want to purchase this deck.
Hoodoo: This is the last deck I got. It has hoodoo symbolism. It comes as a set; you get the book of meanings with the cards. This deck is super sweet because the ancestors of my tribe created Hoodoo. Click here if you want to purchase this deck.
I want 2 buy the Vudu deck, but it is out of print. Click here if you want to learn more about it.
Accuracy
Most of the reading I did for people were 100% and it dealt with their current situation. A few readings were 80%. The accuracy of a reading can get clouded by emotion, so the reader shouldn't be so emotional. It is a great idea for readers to meditate b4 each reading.
Intuition vs Mathematical Method
Some readers just know what it means when they lay the cards down. No guess work, no figuring it out. This is an example of intuition. The mathematical method is simply adding the meaning of the card with the meaning of position. That's what I do. Emotions may cloud intuition, so be careful.
Playing Cards
They are similar to the minor arcana with a few differences. The symbols are different, but they represent the same 4 elements. The court cards are different. There's a Jack instead of a Page and a Knight. They can be used the same way tarot cards are used. I learned about this @ Conjure Fest.
Conclusion
Each card has a meaning. Spreads are the way you lay the cards down. Each position the cards are in has a meaning. There are many different decks, but most are based on the Rider-Waite deck. Readings can be very accurate. Intuition is the way to go. Until then use the mathematical method. Playing cards can be used the same way tarot cards are used. You should get a reading from me, because I am rarely wrong.
