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Sun, 12 Nov 2006
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 Our Bylaws...
1. The members of The Cult of The Wise
realize that regular meetings are necessary for
the full benefit of The Cult to be made manifest
in each member. We believe that spiritual
stagnation eventually leads to spiritual death,
and therefore require regular attendance to Cult
meetings, Rites, Blots, Symbles, and Classes.
The meetings of The Cult are as follows:
• Business meetings are held monthly.
• Cult meetings (in addition to working
meetings) are held every two months.
• Family meetings are held monthly.
• Scheduled classes follow a regular
meeting schedule.
• The Althing is held yearly at Thing’s
Tide.
• Elder meetings are held as needed.
• Other meetings are held as the need
arises.
2. Any legal age adult may petition for
membership. The Cult does not admit minors for
membership or for class instruction. That
includes minor children of full members. The
Cult will provide suggested study material and
will provide resources of further assistance to
any seeking assistance.
3. Any petition for membership must be
approved by unanimous vote of the Elders and full
members of The Cult.
4. All Cult members and any potential Cult
members must be actively employed or actively
seeking gainful employment. The exception of
this rule is within cases of disability, which
will be verified by The Cult in the form of
certification of illness or disability by a
doctor.
5. All Kindred members or Kindred prospects
must have at least a High school diploma, or G.
E. D. equivalent certificate.
6. All members of The Cult are required to
take an oath to their Gods. Oaths to The Cult
are discouraged; as the ultimate goal of
membership is spiritual growth. The Cult
recognizes that spiritual growth changes people;
and Oath taking at the beginning of ones studies
may not be practical as one grows.
7. Upon full membership acceptance, the
candidate will provide the raw material of a
membership ring to the Elders. At the time of
membership approval, the ring will be given to
the candidate. The symbology of the exchange of
materials and the return of a finished product
are representations of the reason why The Cult
has members: To shape raw talent and desire into
a usable, beautiful product that serves a
purpose. Also, the historical validity of the
Elders gifting rings to new members is a gesture
of goodwill.
8. All inductions into The Cult of The Wise
will take place at our two yearly gatherings:
Ostara and Winter Finding/Harvest.
9. Any member of The Cult may relinquish
membership in The Cult at any time by appearing
before a council of the Elders.
10. If a ring bearer relinquishes membership
in The Cult, they must return the Kindred ring
and Hammer personally to an Elder immediately
upon being released from their oath. The ring
then becomes the property of The Cult, and The
Cult will decide what the best thing to do with
the ring is on a case-by-case basis. The Cult
will not provide recompense for the cost of the
ring.
11. If a member ceases to participate in the
normal Cult activities and functions of for a
period of one year or fails to communicate at all
for 6 months without good cause and fails to
exercise their right to be removed from The
Cult’s membership, the general membership may
vote to remove said member from The Cult by vote.
At that time every effort will be made to inform
the aforementioned member of the decision.
12. If, at a later date, the former member
wishes to rejoin the Kindred, they may petition
for membership from the beginning under the
general guidelines of a new membership.
13. All bylaws are open to exception and
interpretation on a case-to-case basis with a
unanimous vote by the Elders.
Posted 17:30
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2 comments
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Hello
I won't try to convert you, but I will tell you
some things. Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary.
He performed His first miricle when he was 12
years old. That miricle was making more wine at
a wedding. Many other times He made a blind man
see, made the deaf hear, and used a few pieces
of bread and 2 fish to feed a bout 5,000 people.
You know how? With the power of God, The Father
Almighty. His followers. when he was carrying
the cross, forsaken him. They stood in the
crowd, watching thier beloved friend struggle
and bleed with thorns in his forehead. He was
hung on the cross with nails in his hands in
feet. He was put between 2 criminals. When he
was put up, Jesus said, "Forgive them Father,
for they don't know what they are doing." One of
the criminals was throwing insults at Jesus.
Saying that if he was the Lord, why wouldn't he
save himself and them? The other said, "Do not
hate this man. We deserve this. This man has
done nothing wrong!" That man, in his last
breath said this to Jesus, "I have sinned
against you, I am truely sorry for what I have
done. Will you save me?" Then Jesus said, "For
what you have just said, I will take you up to
Heaven with me for eternal happiness." "For God
so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so
that everyone who believes in Him may not perish
but have eternal life." John 3:16
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Jesus
Dear "Yo-yo",
As an Elder of The Cult Of The Wise I feel it
my duty to inform you of the following bible
verses:
"I have wiped out many nations, devastating
their fortress walls and towers. Their cities
are now deserted; their streets are in silent
ruin. There are no survivors to even tell what
happened. I thought, 'Surely they will have
reverence for me now! Surely they will listen
to my warnings, so I won't need to strike
again.' But no; however much I punish them,
they continue their evil practices from dawn
till dusk and dusk till dawn." So now the LORD
says: "Be patient; the time is coming soon when
I will stand up and accuse these evil nations.
For it is my decision to gather together the
kingdoms of the earth and pour out my fiercest
anger and fury on them. All the earth will be
devoured by the fire of my jealousy. "On that
day I will purify the lips of all people, so
that everyone will be able to worship the LORD
together. My scattered people who live beyond
the rivers of Ethiopia will come to present
their offerings. (Zephaniah 3:6-10 NLT)
[The Lord speaking] "The one who has stolen
what was set apart for destruction will himself
be burned with fire, along with everything he
has, for he has broken the covenant of the LORD
and has done a horrible thing in Israel."
(Joshua 7:15 NLT)
As for you, son of man, prophesy: Thus says the
Lord GOD against the Ammonites and their
insults: A sword, a sword is drawn for
slaughter, burnished to consume and to flash
lightning, because you planned with false
visions and lying divinations to lay it on the
necks of depraved and wicked men whose day has
come when their crimes are at an end. Return it
to its sheath! In the place where you were
created, in the land of your origin, I will
judge you. I will pour out my indignation upon
you, breathing my fiery wrath upon you, I will
hand you over to ravaging men, artisans of
destruction. You shall be fuel for the fire,
your blood shall flow throughout the land. You
shall not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have
spoken. (Ezekiel 21:33-37 NAB)
A priest's daughter who loses her honor by
committing fornication and thereby dishonors her
father also, shall be burned to death.
(Leviticus 21:9 NAB)
Anyone who is captured will be run through with
a sword. Their little children will be dashed
to death right before their eyes. Their homes
will be sacked and their wives raped by the
attacking hordes. For I will stir up the Medes
against Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold
will buy them off. The attacking armies will
shoot down the young people with arrows. They
will have no mercy on helpless babies and will
show no compassion for the children. (Isaiah
13:15-18 NLT)
"Then I heard the LORD say to the other
men, "Follow him through the city and kill
everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no
mercy; have no pity! Kill them all – old and
young, girls and women and little children. But
do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin your
task right here at the Temple." So they began
by killing the seventy leaders. "Defile the
Temple!" the LORD commanded. "Fill its
courtyards with the bodies of those you kill!
Go!" So they went throughout the city and did
as they were told." (Ezekiel 9:5-7 NLT)
This is just a small except of why we have been
led down another path. An older path. A harder
path. A path that makes us responsible for
ourselves at the end of the day. For us, there
is no devine sacrifice, there is no ultimate
forgivness. There is only our deeds, and our
good name. Far be it from me to claim my
religion as better than any other. I do not
profess such a thing, for I do not find it
wise. Our members follow their ancestors. Long
before there was any physical proof of the "Cult
of the Dessert", also known as Christianity, or
Judiaism. We feel that our spirituality is
rooted deep within our DNA, for our families
have not always followed the, now primary,
religion of America, in most cases it has only
been not 4 generations since the invation of our
sacred and holy traditions. If we were to act
as Numbers 25:1-9 NLT in your bible dictates,
there would be no Christianity. No Judiaism.
But our folk held themselves acountable for
their deeds, for the wyrd that they wove into
their family orlog. Our movement has been quiet
and calculating, our Gods and Goddesses are
patient, and egar to give wisdom to those who
seek it. Wisdom runs deeper than "it's Ihova's
will" that (xyz event) happened, there is no
need to know more... Our path demands to seek
deeper wisdom, to find meaning and purpose in
every single act, rather than repeat mistakes
over and over; as humans tend to do; we force
ourselves to see our flaws and work through
those tendencies and over come whatever it is
that has led us to where we are. To over come
our vices, our habbits, our mal-adaptive coping
skills and so on. We do not aspire perfection,
not even our Gods or Godesses are perfect, we
only aspire that one be acountable, that one be
responsible, that one be brave, that one be
aware. Our Gods and Godesses do not demand a
great human sacrifice; like Ihova needing to
kill his son; to squelsh their rage against what
they have created. They instead demand that you
be acountable to yourself first, to your
children next, to your spouse then, then to your
neighbors, to your elders, to your clan, to your
community, to your state, to your country. And
you are there for acountable for what they have
created. And you learn about the most precious
thing there is in the ominverse, free will, and
the ability to controll yourself because it is
the right thing to do.
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