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The Sword of Gilead & The Book of Angels

                    To  understand  how  an  ology  plus
            mysticism, equals, an occult works out, let us take
            herbology that refers to the study of herbs as our
            example.  -  Before  modern  medicine,  this  craft  of
            the  witch  doctors and  witches  made  compounds
            from  herbs  and  plants  for  medicines.  What  they
            studied  and  learnt  from  plants  and  mixtures  of
            compounds for their healing attributes they kept
            as  a  firm  secret  only  revealed  to  fellow  witches
            and their apprentices, especially the secrets of the
            spirits  that  inhabited  them  through  their  spells
            and chants.
                    Before  my  conversion,  my  penchant  for
            neo-paganism  and  magic  was  enhanced  a  great
            deal when I cohabited with a practising witch, and
            it was during this time that I learned about white
            and  black  witchcraft  and  aspired  to  become  a
            warlock.
                    My attraction for wisdom/Knowledge also
            led  me  to  Theosophy,  as  well  as  Hinduism's
            Bhagavad  Gita,  Upanishads,  Rigveda  and
            contemporary horoscopes and a whole assortment
            of New Age beliefs and practices, including many
            forms of Yoga especially Tantric.
                    In   Deut   18:10-14,   we    see   God's
            condemnation of these practices and there we find
            the suggested derivations of the Hebrew Kashaph
            include mutterer - from a single root - or herb user -
            as a compound word formed from the roots kash,
            meaning  "herb",  and  hapaleh,  meaning,  "using".
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