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US war fleet within 'STRIKE RANGE' of North Korea, ready for WW3

A US "war fleet" is within "striking distance" of North Korea.

An "armada" of American warships – led by the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson – is now within range of the Hermit Kingdom.

Donald Trump sent the Carl Vinson, guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain and guided-missile destroyers USS Michael Murphy and USS Wayne E Meyer to stop Kim Jong-un testing a new nuclear weapon or ballistic missile.

The group is now in the Philippine Sea, just east of the Japanese island of Okinawa – and is within "striking range" of North Korea. The navy fleet will continue north over the coming days.

US Navy Admiral Harry Harris, the top US Pacific commander, said the group was standing by "in strike range and power projection range of North Korea if called upon to do that.

" The fleet practiced for war with North Korea with a series of military drills yesterday.

US allies South Korea and Japan surrounded North Korea with joint exercises on both sides of the Korean peninsula. The Carl Vinson's air wing trained with the Japanese air force in the sea south of Japan.

The Wayne Meyer carried out exercises with South Korean Navy ship Wanggeon in the Yellow Sea, between China and Korea, on Tuesday.

The Lake Champlain and Michael Murphy stayed with the Carl Vinson. Another destroyer, the USS Fitzgerald trained with the Japanese destroyer the JS Chokai in the Sea of Japan, between Korea and Japan.

The Donald boasted the US was sending an "armada" of ships to sort out Crazy Kim earlier this month. He said: "We are sending an armada.

Very powerful." But he was left red-faced when the Carl Vinson strike group was spotted 3,500 miles away near Indonesia.

Admiral Harris has taken the blame for the blunder. He told Congress: "I'll take the hit for it. "Where I failed was to communicate that adequately to the press and the media, so that's all on me.".

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'North Korea WILL succeed' US military boss makes HORROR missile prediction - Duration: 3:56.

'North Korea WILL succeed' US military boss makes HORROR missile prediction

A TOP military official in charge of stopping war with North Korea has admitted Kim Jong-un WILL fire a nuclear weapon.

Speaking to a congressional panel in the United States today, Admiral Harry Harris warned he could not guarantee Kim would not do "something precipitous".

Harris, who is the commander of the US Pacific Command (Pacom), said the hermit state could throw the world over a cliff edge if it succeeds in mounting a nuclear weapon to a ballistic missile.

His comments come as Donald Trump ordered a rare classified briefing on the situation at the White House for the entire US Senate today.

Harris said: Just as Thomas Edison is believed to have failed 1,000 times before successfully inventing the light bulb, so, too, Kim Jong-un will keep trying.

One of these days soon, he will succeed. But he added the US does not know exactly when Pyongyang will be successful, saying he in not sure of the "infection point".

Tensions between the United States and North Korea have reached boiling point in recent weeks. A large military contingent – dubbed Trump's "armada" – has been sent to the regime's border to see off any potential threats.

Aircraft carrier the USS Car Vinson is currently approaching the Korea peninsula from the western Pacific Ocean after carrying out drills with two Japanese destroyers.

And Trump has laid down the World War 3 gauntlet – saying he will strike North Korea if it conducts another missile test. Admiral Harris commented on the horrifying impact a US attack on Kim could have for other countries.

A missile strike on North Korea could potentially kill millions of Koreans in Seoul as well as 24,000 US troops currently stationed in South Korea.

He told the panel: "I would say what we're faced with is that on one hand and a lot more Koreans and Japanese and Americans dying if North Korea achieves its nuclear aims and does what [Kim Jong-un] has said it's going to do.

"I don't share your confidence that North Korea is not going to attack either South Korea or Japan or the United States or our territories or our states or parts of the United States once they have the capability.

"I won't say that they will but I don't share your confidence that they won't.". But Harris also sounded a cautious note, saying all options are on the table.

He added: In confronting the reckless North Korean regime, its critical that were guided by a strong sense of resolve, both privately and publicly, both diplomatically and militarily. All options are on the table.

We want to bring Kim Jong-Un to his senses, not to his knees..

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'Move missiles to Hawaii NOW' Top US commander in SHOCK North Korea war warning - Duration: 2:27.

'Move missiles to Hawaii NOW' Top US commander in SHOCK North Korea war warning

THE US should move missiles to Hawaii to protect against a North Korean nuclear strike, a top commander has warned.

Admiral Harry Harris – American's Pacific commander – said the US needs to strengthen its missile defences, particularly in Hawaii. The Navy chief said the Hermit Kingdom is "clearly in a position to threaten Hawaii today".

The THAAD anti-missile defence system has been deployed to South Korea and will be reading "in days", Admiral Harris said. He said Hawaii's defences might make do "for now".

But he warned North Korea – which the US fears is developing a missile capable of striking mainland America – may soon be able to overwhelm them.

Admiral Harris said: "I believe that our ballistic missile architecture is sufficient to protect Hawaii today – but it can be overwhelmed. " If Kim Jong-un fired a "wave" of missiles, Hawaii wouldn't be able to shoot them all down.

The admiral suggested the military consider stationing new radar on the Pacific island – which, as the closest state to Korea, is thought to be in Crazy Kim's sights.

He said new "interceptor" missiles should also be installed to knock Kim's rockets out of the sky. The time to act is now – because the North will develop a missile and attack the US, he warned.

Admiral Harris said: "I dont share your confidence that North Korea is not going to attack either South Korea, or Japan, or the United States.once they have the capability.".

For more infomation >> 'Move missiles to Hawaii NOW' Top US commander in SHOCK North Korea war warning - Duration: 2:27.

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Holistic Tarot Companion Course: 04 Superstitions, Thoth, Theology - Duration: 34:07.

I've gotta confess: this video is for fun. I just needed a platform to talk about tarot

superstitions.

Okay, first one. Tarot is evil. Working with a tarot deck will invite in demonic spirits.

Fact or fiction?

If you're using tarot as a mind-mapping tool, to inspire your creativity, to help

you brainstorm solutions, and to tap into higher consciousness to help you problem-solve,

then you're using the tarot pretty much the same way you use Google on your iPhone.

You're using the tarot like a computing system, or data processor. It's mundane.

It's normal.

Maybe it's a little artsy fartsy.

But, you know, tarot is probably about as evil as yoga, or Harry Potter, a Himalayan

sea salt lamp, or eating vegan, so if you believe yoga, Harry Potter, Himalayan sea

salt, and veganism are evil, then I'm not going to win this debate with you.

Tarot is an inanimate object. It isn't capable of being good or evil, but people are. And

tarot readers are people. So maybe that's where things get a little dicey because what

if this dogmatic superstition contains a kernel of truth?

Tarot functions on the power of the mind and the mind is extraordinarily powerful. Given

that, there are two ways the train can get off the rails here.

First, what if you, the seeker, interact with an uninformed, unethical, irresponsible, worst

case scenario fraudulent tarot reader? For many circumstantial reasons, professional

tarot is an unregulated industry and at least from a legal or institutional standpoint,

certifications don't mean anything. You're not qualified or unqualified because of certification.

In psychological terms, tarot amplifies the power of suggestion and can be wielded in

arguably evil, malicious, or at the very least reckless ways that produce perception manipulation.

So if you, the seeker, are not grounded, shielded, and hyper-aware of what's going on, you

could get led astray by a less-than tarot reader.

Tarot readers should feel a great weight of responsibility on their shoulders when it

comes to how they deliver their readings, how they approach reading for clients, and

how to be an ally and protector. When a tarot reader is reckless and doesn't fully understand

how words can create reality, a less-than tarot reading can have potentially destructive

effects. It isn't that a tarot deck invites in demonic spirits; it's that an irresponsible

tarot reader does wield the power to inflict irreparable harm.

In energetic or more metaphysical terms, tarot is an amplifier, and it can be used to amplify

and direct the energies of its user. And if its user is malicious or reckless, then that

can be the energy the tarot amplifies and redirects out. If you're not equipped to

be immune to that kind of negativity, then there can be adverse effects.

Obviously, this situation is not unique to tarot and swindlers appear everywhere in every

form. But as I said, tarot operates on the power of the mind, whether you want to call

that psychology or spirituality, so when people say tarot is evil, it's not that it's

evil, it's just that you're putting a lot of trust in your reader, so that reader

needs to be somebody who will handle you with care.

The second point to be mindful of is how tarot can project back your deepest, darkest fears.

The darkness isn't inherent in the tarot cards. The darkness is coming from you and

the tarot is just a mirror that is reflecting back the true image of yourself. That can

be disconcerting if you're not ready for it.

In neither instance is the tarot evil. In both instances, tarot is nothing more than

a truth teller about the human condition.

It's kind of like how there is this one mirror in my house that I really dislike and

I always say it's a bad mirror because it totally magnifies my zits and pores and just,

I don't know, I just don't look good in that mirror. So I'm like, "That mirror

is a bad mirror. I don't want it in my house."

But come on. If I look into a so-called "good mirror," does it mean my zits and giant

pores no longer exist? Can I really dwell forever in the world of Photoshop and Instagram

photo filters? If I avoid the "bad mirror," then I won't get zits anymore, is that right?

Mirrors aren't good or bad just like tarot isn't good or evil. Tarot, like the mirror,

reflects back who we really are, and that so-called "bad mirror" is an important

mirror to look at if I really want to clear my complexion and address the blemishes on

my face.

When I use the "bad mirror" to spot the issues and then address those issues head-on

by seeing my dermatologist, I solve the problem and the "bad mirror" is no longer a bad

mirror because I can confidently look into that "bad mirror" and be like, dang, I

look good. To me, grounding the novice tarot reader is

such an important preliminary endeavor, that I navigate you through some of the darker

cards right up front at the start of Holistic Tarot. Be sure to review Chapter 3, "Allaying

Fears and Offering Theories" many times until you feel grounded about the matter.

Now let's talk about evil as a religious concept and as an intellectual concept. Be

wary of anyone who tells you something here of this earthly matter is only good, pure

good, or positive only, just like you'd be wary of anyone who tells you something

is pure evil or pure negative. Anything and everything you find here on Earth is going

to be a balance of both. Anything that represents itself as pure good or positive only is masking

the evil from your view and that should be very concerning to you. You want both eyes

open!

I'll address superstition with more superstition. If you believe in angels, then by universal

law, you also have to believe in demons. You can't religiously or intellectually believe

in one and not the other.

So, to those of you who believe in angels, who subscribe to a religion where angels and

demons exist, then tarot, or a deck of cards as a divinatory tool, can in religious and

intellectual theory become a portal to both the angelic realm and the demonic realm. Again,

just so we're clear, I'm addressing superstition with more superstition but hey, for some of

us, that's what it takes, right?

The tarot deck, as an inanimate object, does not have the power to filter, block, or discern

between the angelic realm and the demonic realm. Only you, as a practitioner, can do

that.

So it's never going to be about good or evil tarot decks because they're inanimate

objects. It's about how you, the human being operating the tarot deck, navigate energies

characterized as good and evil. How do you, the human, choose between courage and fear.

So. If you believe in angels and you believe in demons and you use the tarot, use the power

of prayer or the repetition of mantras and envision such invocations as the production

of an energy shield that will form a protective barrier around you and your work with the

cards. That's how you can use tarot to connect to Spirit or energies of the Universe and

block out any negative or darker energies from affecting you. You can also keep religious

relics nearby to keep you feeling safe.

Which tarot deck you choose, whether it's got a bunch of rabbits, sunshine, and rainbows,

or it's a dark gothic deck, is never going to block out good or block out evil. Only

YOU can do that with the power of your mind and will. If you do not take active ownership

of that, then you leave yourself actually quite vulnerable to becoming unconsciously

influenced by negative forces.

That's why I strongly recommend that if you are religious, then use a balanced tarot

deck so your eyes are wide open and nothing is concealed from your sight. You cannot address

problems or fight toxicity that are concealed from view.

So, addressing superstition with superstition, to shield yourself and block out negative

energies from insidiously influencing you, recite prayers to yourself prior to commencing

work with tarot and visualize the luminescent energies of those prayers forming an impenetrable

barrier around you. Keep a consecrated religious relic close to your side as you lay out the

cards. That is a far more powerful exercise than to simply find an airy fairy happy deck

that (quote) "is a non-scary tarot deck" (end quote) or a deck that has (quote) "no

negativity or evil at all" (end quote).

Next we've got a tarot superstition that is super-specific with the evil accusations.

Another oft-heard superstition is that Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot is evil.

The Thoth tarot deck was created in 1938 by the controversial occultist Aleister Crowley

and was illustrated by the artist Lady Frieda Harris.

My book Holistic Tarot does not teach the Crowley deck at all, so if you want to learn

the Crowley deck, Holistic Tarot is not the book for that.

Thoth is considered one of the prevailing tarot systems, alongside Rider-Waite-Smith.

Holistic Tarot is based on the Rider-Waite-Smith. The Thoth and the Rider-Waite-Smith are two

entirely different tarot decks and in fact, there was a bit of an interesting historic

rivalry between Crowley and Waite.

Crowley and Lady Frieda Harris met in 1937 and began the undertaking of creating the

Thoth tarot in 1938.

Lady Frieda Harris would later go on to become one of Crowley's disciples. The two finished

the deck in 1943.

If you know your world history, the political climate during that time was a bit rough.

There was, almost undeniably, a simmering darkness during that era. You witnessed the

rise of jingoism, fascism, an assault on science, an assault on religion, social oppression,

social divides, and the rise of Hitler to absolute authoritative power. World War II

erupted in 1939, just one year after Lady Frieda Harris began work on her deck, and

the world war ended in 1945, two years after the Thoth tarot was completed.

In comparison, the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot was finished around 1909 and the global landscape

prior to the two world wars was quite different. The decade when the Rider-Waite-Smith deck

was being produced was one when Sigmund Freud was publishing his seminal works, Carl Jung,

who Freud referred to as his adopted son, was publishing his research on psychology,

the unconscious, and the pathology of occult phenomena, and you've got the development

of quantum theory in physics with Planck and Einstein. Art nouveau was the popular art

style during that time, which you can see influencing Pamela Colman Smith's illustrations,

a style that was both modern and eclectic. During this time, you also had the rise of

spiritualism, peaking between the 1840s and 1920s, and so the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot,

created around the center of that era, would have captured and reflected that collective

social consciousness.

Under that same theory of consciousness, then, the Thoth tarot would have absorbed the collective

energies from the times of World War II, especially as those forces would have culminated in Europe.

Now rationally, any argument for construing a single tarot deck as evil is absurd. The

historical context is interesting, though, and spiritualists who are hyper-sensitive

might be picking up on those distinctions of energy that are the remnants of historic

and social influence.

Add to that historical context the controversy that followed Aleister Crowley. Crowley was

a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, then was in effect kicked out after

he feuded with key members, including the poet W. B. Yeats. Crowley also gained a reputation

for his sexual hedonism.

Yet by any account, Crowley was a brilliant mind and the depths of symbolism, intricacies,

and his experiential knowledge with the most occult models of ceremonial magic are the

reasons why the Thoth tarot is often considered an advanced practitioner's deck.

The superstition of Crowley's Thoth tarot being evil continues to linger, however. To

this day there are psychics, mediums, and well-known tarot readers who publicly distance

themselves from the Thoth tarot.

Another myth is that the tarot came from ancient Egypt. Now, I don't want to act like I'm

dispelling that belief outright, because the reality is, we don't know.

What historians seem to agree on today, however, is that the tarot originated from Renaissance

Italy.

What's interesting is a lot of things we think are European actually originated from

Egypt. Lady Justice, for example, the iconic allegorical personification of the law and

our legal system that is so present in the Western civil code, originated from the Egyptian

goddess Maat and the depiction of a Lady Justice balancing the scales as seen in the Book of

the Dead.

There are plenty more examples relating specifically to Judeo-Christian mythos that seem to source

inspiration from ancient Egypt, but we won't get into it here since that can get touchy

for people.

So is the notion that tarot comes from ancient Egypt a myth? From a documentary standpoint

right now, we have to say yes, it's a myth. But hey. Who knows.

Now let's talk history. During the Renaissance, regular playing cards, which originated from

China, were banned by the Church, but because of the Christian imagery on the tarot and

its association with wealthy aristocrats, such as the powerful Visconti and Sforza families

in Italy, the Church permitted the tarot as an exception to the playing card ban.

That brings us to our next superstition. Some folks say that Christians cannot use the tarot

because it's against their religion. The Bible says that God is against tarot.

I am in no position and have no qualification at all to tell you what is or is not Christian.

And I promise you, I am not trying to change a mind that's already made up. But just

as somebody who, you know, likes to read books, who's read the Bible, and the Torah, and

as someone who is an avid admirer of the historic Jesus, I'll throw in my opinion.

So the Bible says you can't buy clothes at Target, Zara, Forever 21, or any other

fast fashion retailer. What, are you serious? Okay, I'm kidding. Well, half-kidding.

Much of the mass market clothing we buy today are made with blended threads, such as the

combination of wool and linen. Yet it's pretty clear in Deuteronomy that you cannot

wear clothes of wool and linen mixed together.

Here's the thing with that, by the way. Historically, ancient Israelite priests of

the tabernacle were the ones who wore blended wool and linen. Priestly garments were made

of the wool and linen combination, so the prohibition for lay individuals against wearing

blended threads was to separate the clergy from the commoner. Blended threads, it turns

out, was actually considered godly. And you, my friend, unless you are a tabernacle priest,

are not godly enough. Ergo, Deuteronomy.

A few more fun insights from the Bible. "Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they

are keeping watch over your souls." That one is from Hebrews.

Then there's Ephesians. "For the husband is the head of the wife."

Oh, and the husband head of the household thing is innocuous compared to Timothy. "Let

a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise

authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet."

And if a woman is not a virgin on her wedding night and her father has no way of proving

that she was, then according to Deuteronomy, the men of her town must stone her to death.

Fortunately no stoning for men. Phew. If you're the man and you lied about a woman's virginity,

you get fined. 100 shekels of silver.

Also, no divorces. Christians aren't allowed to get a divorce.

The Book of Leviticus offers lifestyle instruction, which I understand all Christians follow to

the letter.

You can't shave your sideburns and you can't shave off your beard…

Right. Here's the tarot one. You shall not get a tarot reading. Kidding! It's not just

tarot, I mean, divination, seeking omens, telling fortunes. All of it. Divination and

seeking omens? More on that theme in a bit.

But yeah. Divination and seeking omens is as bad as shaving off your sideburns or shaving

off your beard!

Some of the Bible could have been written by Confucius. Case in point, respecting the

elderly. Filial piety. You know the Chinese are all about that filial piety. No wonder

it was so easy to evangelize in Asia.

Here's a bit about mediums and necromancers. So if you're going to see a tarot reader

to summon the dead, then that seems to be squarely against the Bible.

But what if you use the tarot to forecast the weather for tomorrow? I wonder if meteorology

constitutes interpreting omens. How much of science is, in effect, interpreting omens?

How I use tarot and the way tarot reading is taught in my book has nothing at all to

do with summoning the dead. Holistic Tarot teaches you how to use tarot to synthesize

logic and intuition for creative problem-solving, and to help you with personal decision-making.

You don't have to use tarot to summon the dead. It is entirely up to you what you will

and will not use tarot for. Isn't that cool?

Back to Deuteronomy. Translations matter, so here I'm putting up on the screen the

ESV, NIV, and King James. Oh! There you see it! There's that rule against interpreting

omens again. There's a rule about leaving the dead alone. No necromancy. No casting

spells. Hmm, I think I recall in the Book of Luke

and in the Book of John, Jesus bringing the dead back to life. Book of John, Jesus casts

a transmutation spell to turn water into wine. Book of Matthew, Jesus casts an abundance

spell to multiply fish and bread. You know, it makes me kind of wonder if Jesus got the

memo.

Personally, I've never been big on the ESV or NIV. I'm an old school King James kind

of girl. But for Deuteronomy, let's go back, way

back, to the original Latin Vulgate version of the Bible.

The relevant phrasing is…well, let me put it up on the screen. I'm not going to try

to pronounce that.

"Ariolos" means to consult or consulting. "Sciscitetur" translates to divination.

"Sciscitetur" is a noun. The verb form is "sciscitor," which means "to inquire,

to examine, to interrogate." The origins of the word "sciscitor" is from "scisco,"

which means to seek, to know, to ascertain.

Divination ("sciscitetur") means to inquire, to seek, and to question.

The message of Deuteronomy here is to not question and to not interrogate God, to not

seek to know for yourself what God knows. That is the implication of divination and

why divination is being barred.

Another interpretation of that passage is a prohibition against questioning or interrogating

the Church, to not seek to know for yourself what the Church knows.

So, under the latter interpretation, if you seek out someone who practices divination

or tells fortunes or interprets omens, then you are seeking out someone who challenges

the priest's authority. See, the Church wants a monopoly over the communication channels

to God. So if a diviner outside of the Church is practicing divination, which means receiving

signs from God, that diviner is challenging the Church's monopoly over the communication

channels to God. Uh oh, drams!

Here's the thing. Diviners aren't really an abomination to God. The Bible documents

God speaking to certain diviners and having them carry out his word, like Balaam, in the

Book of Numbers.

There's the prophet Elisha, a miracle worker who used magic or thaumaturgy, and is venerated

in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. If you read the Bible stories of Elisha, what he

does sure sounds like witchcraft or ceremonial magic.

There's also Moses, and then there's not only the three magi, or three wise men who

read the stars (astrology, anyone?) to prophesy the birth of Jesus, but then there is Jesus

himself, a miracle worker. He was a healer. He also casted out demons and, well, performed

exorcisms.

If you take the miracles of Jesus as documented in the Bible seriously, then Jesus in effect

was a practitioner of craft, specifically thaumaturgy, which is related to ceremonial

magic.

And, of course, God seems to be okay with at least one specific form of divination,

the Urim and Thummim. The Urim and Thummim symbolized the Light and the Dark, and used

that dichotomy of the Light and the Dark for divination. They were two—we believe stones—or

pocket-size objects that a High Priest would keep in his breastplate and use to receive

God's signs and omens through divination.

SIDEBAR: In the Chinese folk tradition, we've got this thing called the Jiao Bei, or divination

moon blocks, which uses the dichotomy of the Yin and the Yang, or the Dark and the Light,

for divination. The idea is you pray to a god and then use the two moon blocks to receive

god's answer. Kind of an interesting parallel to the Urim and Thummim of Judeo-Christian

tradition, isn't it?

Here's how I interpret the Deuteronomy passage. If you adhere to the Holy Bible, divination,

or sciscitetur, the religious instruction here is against sciscitor, which means to

interrogate, to question.

One way to interpret that, which is supported by the totality of circumstances and passages

you'll find in the Holy Bible, is to not use divination to interrogate or question

God. It's not about the Church. It's about your direct and personal relationship with

God and to defer to God.

There's Acts 17:24, if you recall, which supports this interpretation of Deuteronomy.

"The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does

not live in temples made by man."

The figures in the Bible like Balaam, Elisha, Moses, and Jesus, who weren't per se clergy

affiliated with an institution of Church, all read the signs and omens of God. As individuals

they connected to the unseen light and dark forces around us in the name of God, are under

the good graces of God and could even speak to other humans for God. Plus, the priests

of the tabernacle engaged in divination in its defined sense, but again, did so not to

question or interrogate God, but to consult God, to commune with God.

So what the Bible prohibits is the interrogation of God, not interrogation itself. Divination

to commune with God, outside of the Church, and remember, God, Lord of heaven and earth,

does not live in temples made by man, isn't expressly antithetical to the Bible.

That's presuming you even construe tarot as divination. Tarot can be used for divination,

but it isn't only used for divination. In fact, tarot began as a playing card game,

which the Church permitted. If you're using tarot as a form of mind-mapping, to help you

utilize creativity and intuition to make decisions, then that's not even divination, really.

That's using tarot as a data processor.

In other words, if you are Christian, then a cogent argument can be made that God doesn't

forbid use of tarot for divination, for reading the signs and omens of God, so long as you

defer to God.

So if you're Christian, your use of tarot will defer to God and you don't use tarot

to question or interrogate God. "The God who made this world is of Heaven and Earth,

and does not live in the temples made by Man." God, then, is present everywhere, in the unseen

forces around you, and you can use tarot to tap in to those unseen forces to commune with

God. You're not intending to use tarot to interrogate God. You're intending to use

tarot to submit to God's will and asking for omens so that you can better carry out

His will.

And if you're not Christian, everything I've said is a moot point!

Back to Bible verses. The Bible also says you can't eat at Red Lobster. Or enjoy baarbecue.

Leviticus was no foodie, I tell you. The Book of Leviticus makes it pretty clear in its

lifestyle rules to not eat shellfish or pork.

So if you don't eat lobster bakes or barbecue because the Bible says you shouldn't, and

you don't wear clothing that has been woven from both linen and wool, and you're ready

to outlaw divorce, legalize stoning women to death, and you don't shave your beard

or your sideburns, then I hear you. Tarot's probably against your version of Christianity.

Now if you cherry-pick what you want to listen to and not listen to from the Bible, then

you've got to ask yourself why do you specifically cherry-pick the part in the Bible about mediums

and necromancers? It's okay to cherry-pick but we should reflect on our own motivations.

What is it about yourself, deep down, that you don't want to confront, that compels

you to psychologically project antagonism for one cherry-picked part of the Bible over

another?

So, can Christians use the tarot? That is a question each self-identified Christian

must answer as an individual, guided of course, by your God. And while you think it over,

let's talk some more about history and culture.

At one point, tarot deck illustrations were used to impart Church teachings and Bible

stories.

In the tarot decks of the Renaissance, Key 5 of the Major Arcana was known as The Pope.

It was later changed to The Hierophant in subsequent tarot decks.

The Pope, which is renamed The Hierophant in the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot that Holistic

Tarot is based on, is about divine authority here on Earth, and as A. E. Waite, the creator

of the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck describes the card, (quote) "the order and the head

of recognized hierarchy; he is the channel of grace belonging to the world of institution;

and he is the leader of salvation for the human race at large." (end quote) And yes,

those are the Keys of St. Peter on a tarot card.

This is Key 9 in tarot, called The Hermit card. The Hermit in tarot hearkens back to

the Christian theologian who chooses an eremitic life to demonstrate devotion to God. The hermit

is a monk recognized as a spiritual and pious man who chooses a solitary life of prayer.

Of course the archetypal figure of the hermit is not limited to the Judeo-Christian faith.

Buddhism, Sufism, Islam, Taoism, Hindusim, and religions around the world all bear reference

to the archetype of the hermit, one who chooses to live as an ascetic for the cultivation

of personal spirituality.

Here, follow along in the video by turning to the Cyclopedia section in Holistic Tarot.

There is some interesting recurring imagery between The Lovers card and The Devil in the

Rider-Waite-Smith tarot.

In The Lovers card, we see imagery that will remind us of Adam and Eve in the Garden of

Eden, with Adam standing before the Tree of Life and Eve standing before the Tree of Knowledge.

Here, we also see the symbolism of the serpent in the Garden of Eden, close to Eve.

In The Devil card, knowing that per Abrahamic mythos, the serpent in The Lovers card was

the devil, here we see the Devil with the Lovers chained up beneath him.

The Devil represents the primary opponent to God, a spiritual archetype that can manifest

in our own lives as temptations or oppositions that take us farther away from our highest

goals, our highest good.

As Mary K. Greer, one of the greatest tarot luminaries of our time, describes the card,

The Devil can be a threshold guardian who appears in a reading in this provocative,

rather triggering form to warn us of danger and to protect us from walking head-first

into danger.

After The Devil card, which is Key 15, comes Key 16, The Tower.

Papus, a renowned 19th and early 20th century occultist who shaped esoteric tarot as we

know it today, described the Tower card as indicative of the literal Fall of Adam from

Eden. However, Arthur Edward Waite, in his interpretation

of the tarot, disagreed. So knowing that disagreement will inform the way you interpret The Tower

card in the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot.

Waite acknowledged, like Papus, that Key 15: The Devil and Key 16: The Tower were related

in the sense of chronology. However, Waite described Key 15: The Devil as indicating

the fall of humanity into a materialistic and animal state, whereas here in Key 16:

The Tower, catastrophe and destruction is related to intellectualism. Basically, The

Tower card is about being too proud of your own intellect and beginning to believe that

your intelligence rivals that of the Mystery of God.

Does that interpretation remind you of any particular story?

The Tower of Babel is a well-known Bible story about how humanity, united as one by a single

language, decided they would build a tower so tall it could reach heaven to establish

the glory of Man.

Man's ego angered God, so He struck down the tower, scattered humans across the earth,

and separated them with different languages.

Thus, a popular, generic interpretation for The Tower card in tarot is imminent catastrophe

if you pursue glory and are driven by selfish, ego-centric motivations. It is a reminder

of humility in the presence of Divinity and when it appears in a tarot reading, revisiting

your personal motivations and making some intellectual corrections or that revision

of perspective may be in order.

Here's an interesting twist, by the way. If you're a devout Christian, you might

have a leg up over other tarot readers because you're already familiar with much of the

religious iconography, symbolism, and context of the classical tarot imagery. Not every

tarot reader who looks at The Tower card sees the Tower of Babel, so not every tarot reader

is going to see the reference to a single language being split into many languages and

the scattering of humanity. If, however, you look at The Tower card and see the Tower of

Babel, then knowledge and your experiences will inform the way you read the Tower card.

Given the historic origins of the tarot deck documented from the Italian Renaissance and

the prevailing influence of the Catholic Church during that period, you actually see a heavy-handed

amount of Christian iconography in the tarot.

If you're using the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck, then you also know that its artist,

Pamela Colman Smith, converted to Catholicism around the time she and Arthur Edward Waite

published their deck. There are so many more examples of how Abrahamic

scripture informs the tarot and guides the tarot reader on the path to wisdom that I'd

really be going off on a long-winded tangent if I tried to cover them all in this video.

So the superstitions that have created tensions between tarot and Abrahamic scripture seems,

at the very least, to have been blown out of proportion.

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Cattle-killing endangered wolves are returning to New Mexico - Duration: 1:24.

>> THEIR LIVELIHOOD IS BEING

TAKEN AWAY, AND THEY HAVE NO DUE

PROCESS OR ANY RIGHTS TO PROTECT

THEIR RANCHING BUSINESS OR THEIR

FAMILY.

REPORTER: FRUSTRATION ON ONE

SIDE

>> THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE.

THAT'S NATURE, AND THAT'S WHAT

I'D LIKE TO SEE PROTECTED.

REPORTER: RELIEF ON THE OTHER

>> THIS IS A GIANT RELIEF FOR

THE WOLF RECOVERY PROGRAM AND

FOR WOLVES IN NEW MEXICO

REPORTER: THE STATE WITH A MAJOR

UNIVERSITY MASCOT NAMED AFTER A

WOLF, CAN NOW BE HOME TO THE

MOST ENDANGERED LAND MAMMAL IN

NORTH AMERICA

ON TUESDAY, AN APPEALS COURT

RULED THAT THE U.S.

FISH AND WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION

CAN RELEASE MEXICAN GREY WOLVES

IN NEW MEXICO.

>> TO ME, IT'S JUST A GREAT

IDEA.

IT'S A GOOD IDEA, I THINK.

REPORTER: THERE ARE LESS THAN

TWO HUNDRED LEFT IN THE WORLD,

BUT MANY OF THEM ARE IN

CAPTIVITY.

BIRD SAYS GETTING THEM INTO THE

WILD WILL BE GOOD FOR NEW MEXICO

>> WHEN YOU GET WOLVES IN THERE,

THEY SCARE THE ELK AND THE DEER,

AND THEY MOVE AROUND MORE, AND

YOU END UP WITH A MUCH HEALTHIER

ECOSYSTEM.

>> AND OF THE PEOPLE WE TALKED

TO, NONE OF THEM WERE CONCERNED

ABOUT HUMAN SAFETY, WITH THESE

WOLVES BEING REINTRODUCED INTO

NEW MEXICO.

THAT'S BECAUSE ONE OF THESE HAS

NEVER BEEN CONFIRMED TO HAVE

KILLED A PERSON IN THE LOWER 48

STATES.

BUT THE WOLVES DO ATTACK COWS

AND RANCHERS SAY THAT ATTACKS

THEIR LIVELIHOOD.

>> IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T REALIZE

WHAT WE DO, OR HOW WE DO IT, AND

SO IT'S LIKE WE'RE NOT PART OF

THE EQUATION, AND WE SHOULD BE

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U.S. senators unimpressed by classified N. Korea briefing - Duration: 1:27.

Our top story this morning...

The U.S. government has announced new plans to sharply tighten sanctions on North Korea.

Washington will also work more closely with its regional allies to bring about change

in the North.

A statement was released a few hours ago after the White House held a rare briefing with

U.S. senators.

Yu Joonhee starts us off.

Top administration officials released a statement conveying President Trump's North Korea policy,

following a rare classified briefing for all 100 members of the U.S. Senate at the White

House on Wednesday.

It called for pressuring North Korea to dismantle its nuclear and ballistic missile arsenals

by tightening economic sanctions and through close cooperation with U.S. allies and other

partners in the Asia-Pacific region.

Although it adopts a much softer tone toward Pyongyang following weeks of escalating tensions,

the statement did end on a note of defiance, saying the U.S. is ready to defend itself

and its allies if necessary.

Many of the senators who attended the closed-door briefing came out with an underwhelming impression.

In particular, Democratic senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon told CNN that the lawmakers learned

nothing new about North Korea nor Trump's strategies for dealing with the regime.

Meanwhile the situation on the Korean Peninsula remains tense, with the U.S. sending warships

to the region and moving ahead with its deployment of the THAAD missile defense system in South

Korea.

Although China has long voiced its displeasure regarding the deployment, the Trump administration

has recently made a considerable effort to enlist Beijing in pressuring North Korea.

Yu Joonhee, Arirang News.

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Canadians Get "A Little Mad" As Refugees Continue To Flood In From U.S. - politics - Duration: 5:05.

Canadians Get "A Little Mad" As Refugees Continue To Flood In From U.S.

illegally immigrating to the U.S. was over, courtesy of the Trump administration, and

that it was "Canada's turn" to welcome the world's immigrants with open arms.

"For those without documents, I think (the United States) is over.

Now it's Canada's turn."

And, with each passing month, new immigration stats from Canada seem to indicate that Reuters'

young border-hopper was a very prescient fellow indeed.

According to stats highlighted by the Financial Times today, "land border asylum claims" in

Canada continue to skyrocket with Quebec crossings up nearly 3x YoY and crossings into Ontario

surging as well.

Meanwhile, the FT insists that the following propagandastory from a man named Abdi, a Somalian

refugee who fled the U.S. out of fear of Trump, is typical of what's driving the illegal and

dangerous migrations north.

�Every time you see the TV, Trump is still talking about deportation, every time,�

Abdi says, lounging on a steel-framed bed at a Salvation Army hostel in a gritty stretch

of Winnipeg, the capital of Canada�s Manitoba province, where he has slept since sneaking

across the border in March.

�It scares me, it scares my friends, it scares everybody who is an immigrant living

in the US.�

As they gaze out of the window on to central Canada�s prairies, he and two other Somali

men recount their journey.

Abdi says that if he returns to Somalia, the fragile east African state ravaged by decades

of civil war, he would be killed, which is why he slogged through waist-deep snow and

-30C temperatures to get to Canada.

�My country for me is fire?.?.?.?you see the fire, you run away.

So I can�t return?.?.?.?but when you see [Trump] talking like that, you don�t feel

free either,� he says.

Of course, one day after Trump signed his first immigration executive order back in

January (see "Trump Signs Executive Orders To Keep "Radical Islamic Terrorists" From

Entering US, Rebuild US Military"), Canada's 'progressive' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

sent the following tweet as an apparent jab at the new U.S. administration.

And while 'open borders' sound super nice in a political speech, the practical reality

is that the majority of Canadians, just like Americans, don't approve of unfettered illegal

border crossings that place a massive financial burden on taxpayers and are often accompanied

by a surge in crime (see "Half Of Canadians Want Illegal Immigrants Deported").

Within Canada�s political arena, the issue is becoming hugely divisive, with many of

the same debates and sentiments that have been so prevalent in the US.

For Mr Trudeau, openness to refugees is a core conviction � part of the progressive

image that his father, Pierre Trudeau, who led Canada for 15 years, is credited with

shaping.

Roland Paris, a former adviser to the younger Mr Trudeau, whose cabinet includes turban-wearing

Sikhs and Muslims, says he is �unlikely to back down on this�.

But Canadians are ambivalent about this type of irregular � some say illegal � migration.

A recent poll by Reuters showed almost half of Canadians want these asylum seekers to

be deported.

Some opposition Conservative politicians have promised to deploy the military to close the

border.

With Mr Trudeau�s approval ratings at a low of 48 per cent, they sense an opportunity.

While Canada has not been shaken by populist tremors in the same way as France or the US,

anti-immigrant sentiments are moving into mainstream politics.

�There are significant portions of the population that have expressed discomfort with these

arrivals,� admits Mr Paris.

�The [Conservative candidates] see this as a potential issue to run with.�

In Emerson, opinion is divided.

Some residents spoke of plans to assimilate the Somali families permanently in a town

where there is little unemployment and farmers are often in need of help.

�We have the space in Canada.

It�s not like Europe where you have people on top of each other,� says Mr Janzen, the

mayor.

But there is also tension in the town of 678 people.

�Canada can�t take care of the whole world and it seems lately like that�s the way

it is,� says Wayne Turton, who owns a car repair shop in Emerson.

�It makes you a little cranky?.?.?.?it makes us a little mad.�

First it was just Trump supporters, but now it's looking increasingly likely that France

and Canada are also filled with a bunch of racist people intent upon protecting their

'arbitrary' borders.

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Jesus Lives. You Win. - Duration: 3:22.

So, how do you know that you're right with God

and that God accepted the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross?

How do you know for sure?

Well, Jesus died on the cross on Good Friday,

and three days later he rose from the dead on Easter Sunday.

Now, that wasn't just earth-shattering for him,

that was world-changing for you and me.

The apostle Paul tells us he, Jesus,

was delivered over to death for our sins

and was raised to life for our justification.

That word "justification" means that God declared us not guilty because of Jesus.

A good way to remember that word, justified, is "just as if I'd not sinned."

Jesus was put to death because of our sins,

but he was also raised to life

because God had accepted his sacrifice.

He declared us not guilty.

The apostle Paul, in his great resurrection chapter, 1 Corinthians:15, says this. He says,

So, I drew a picture for you.

What is this?

This is the death bee.

It's not a loaf of bread.

It's a bee. It's the death bee.

And what does the apostle Paul say is the stinger of the death bee?

It's sin.

Well, since Jesus came into this world,

and by his life and death and resurrection,

took sin away.

Can this bee hurt you anymore?

No.

I suppose it can annoy you a little bit,

that might be stretching the picture,

but it cannot hurt you anymore.

So, what does that mean for you and me?

It means that every single promise that Jesus has made to you is true.

Jesus says, "Because I live,

you also will live."

That's a promise that you can trust.

Let's just say that I told you that I'm going to die today.

But don't worry, I'll be back again to do

another 'Your Time of Grace' video on Monday.

What would you think?

It's okay, be honest.

You'd think, "You're crazy," right?

Now, what if I actually did it?

Would you believe me if I made other promises?

Absolutely, because that would mean that I'm God.

Now, I'm not God, but Jesus is because he actually did it.

That means when Jesus says that your sins are forgiven

and beautiful heaven awaits,

he means it.

Jesus lives.

That means you win.

And that changes everything.

When I'm having a bad day,

I'll call up a friend and he will, very patiently,

listen to me list off all the bad things that were happening.

And then, when I'm finished, he'll simply say,

"It's okay, Dave.

Jesus still lives."

I guess he's right.

It changes absolutely everything.

His promises are true.

Beautiful heaven awaits.

May God comfort you with that thought this weekend

as you continue to live for him.

We are so excited about the countless lives

that are being touched through these videos.

It's from support by people like you

that allow us to keep making these videos.

Would you consider becoming a Grace Partner today?

In fact, if you become a grace partner this month,

we will send you a signed copy of Pastor Mark Jeske's new book,

'More Straight Talk."

Thanks for all your support and have a great weekend.

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THAAD to be operational in South Korea in coming days: U.S. Pacific Command chief - Duration: 1:51.

The United States is also upping the ante on North Korea militarily.

One of the most senior commanders in the U.S. military says the THAAD missile defense system

in South Korea will be up and running very soon.

His remarks come as U.S. Forces Korea on Wednesday moved two... of the six mobile launch vehicles

to the deployment site.

Kim Hyo-sun reports.

The top U.S. commander in the Asia-Pacific has revealed that the THAAD missile defense

system... being installed now in South Korea... will be operational in the coming days.

Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, made the remarks Wednesday

during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee.

"The ROK-U.S. alliance decided last July to deploy THAAD, that's a Terminal High Altitude

Area Defense System, which it will be operational in the coming days and able to better defend

South Korea against the growing North Korea threat."

Hours before in South Korea,... key components of the THAAD battery,... including the radar,...

were moved to the deployment site in Seongju,... a county in Korea's southeast.

The U.S. military moved two mobile launchers to the test site on Wednesday,... and the

remaining four are expected to be transported early next month.

Harris also stressed that his top priority is to protect the United States from the rogue

regime.

"With every test, Kim Jong-un moves closer to his stated goal of a pre-emptive nuclear

strike capability against American cities, and he's not afraid to fail in public.

Defending our homeland is my top priority."

Although the close coordination between Washington and Beijing is in its early stages,... Harris

expressed confidence that North Korea has noticed a change in China's action,... calling

it an important aspect in dealing with the regime.

Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.

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Japanese Naval Destroyers Join U.S Forces In Massive Show Of Support To Stare Down North Korea - Duration: 1:51.

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US: "Miracle Drug" Naloxone Saves Lives - Duration: 6:23.

This is right when the drugs started.

14 years old, almost 15, I was a full-blown addict as far as IV heroin use.

That little checkerboard bag is what we kept all of our paraphernalia in.

I overdosed more times than I can count. And I've gotten so lucky that the times

that I have overdosed, people did have Naloxone on them.

Naloxone is an opiate-opioid antagonist, meaning it can basically neutralize

the effects of having too much opioids or opiates in your system.

So if you have any questions about the kit, call. The actual kit's two vials of medicine.

You just pop that cap, draw it up in the needle and go for the arm or the thigh.

This is a generic, inexpensive medicine that is really a miracle drug

that won't hurt you if you don't need it,

it brings you back to life almost instantly

and you don't have to be a medical person to give it to somebody.

North Carolina has a very serious opioid epidemic.

Several of its cities and counties rank among the highest in the nation

for opioid use and deaths from overdose. But North Carolina also has one of the model programs

in the country for responding to the opioid epidemic.

If you're with somebody that who you think has fallen into an overdose or you show up...

The North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition is a community network

that provides services such as clean needles and HIV/Hepatitis C testing

to help make drug use safer and prevent overdose.

In North Carolina we've seen an incredible rise of heroin overdose by over 500% since 2010.

We've also seen a recent massive problem with the rise of fentanyl-h

which is extremely worrisome but it could be a lot worse if we didn't have access

to the life-saving medication Naloxone, also known as Narcan.

We've had amazing success with it. We've had over 4,100 overdose reversals

over a 3-year period, a majority of which have come in 2016.

And we've been able to give out over 32,000 kits.

Here in Cumberland County, overdoses are a daily or weekly occurrence.

We first started issuing Narcan or Naloxone in May of 2015.

Police carrying Naloxone is very important in our community and in many others

because a lot of times the police are the first ones on the scene.

That's part of our job. Our job is to save lives.

Time equals life so if it's 5 minutes, that's 5 minutes that somebody's not breathing

where we can administer Naloxone while we're waiting for EMS.

Not enough law enforcement agencies are carrying Naloxone.

Even in North Carolina where more than 100 law enforcement units are carrying it,

that is still only 1/5 of the agencies in the state.

This life-saving medication should be affordable and available at every pharmacy in the country.

It is quite inexpensive to make.

As recently 2005, it was selling for approximately a dollar a unit.

But currently, prices depending on the format and the manufacturer

are ranging from $15 as a discounted price all the way through $3,000 and up

for a different format made by a different manufacturer.

We are very dependent on certain companies that give us donations.

And if they don't give us donations basically a lot of people die.

All of this will be gone by like tomorrow or the next day

because there's a lot of people that need it.

A lot of organizations in our state can't afford it on their own

and so they all depend on us if they want to get access to the life-saving kit.

Right now, we're fortunate that we've not having to expend any money to purchase the drug

however, if this funding runs out for the NorCar Harm Reduction Coalition,

then certainly we're going to have to seek it through our operating budget each year.

And I think you start trying to make a tough decision on how much is someone's life really worth.

Some people have asked whether giving Naloxone to a person who is using drugs enables that person

to continue using drugs. My answer to that would be first of all

that it actually enables them to continue living. They are also being offered treatment services

and other harm reduction services that actually seem

to bring them closer to getting into treatment.

I've been clean going on two years this November.

I'm in school - today was actually my first full day back in school

for the first time in almost three years. I'm going for my RN in the nursing program.

And yeah, I had a great first day so hopefully it'll, it'll stay, it'll stay that way.

To me, Naloxone, enables them to stay alive, to have an other chance,

to overcome their addiction and be productive.

'Cause you're not only talking about a person dying

you're talking about how it's going to affect their family, their friends,

children and parents, it's not just that person.

We truly believe if people don't have the opportunity to have Naloxone,

people are going to die and it's100% preventable.

Access to basic medicine such as Naloxone is a human right and why wouldn't anybody support it.

While North Carolina is taking steps to help prevent opioid overdoses,

there is much more work to be done in the US.

President Trump has the opportunity to continue

and expand public health approaches to this problem.

Naloxone should be made available and affordable to those who are at risk of overdose,

harm reduction services should be expanded for people who use drugs

and first responders should be trained to carry and use Naloxone.

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