Sentences with phrase «of mystical beings»

«Vampire and werewolf lovers beware; this trilogy opener offers readers a new take on an unexpected breed of mystical beings.

Even as yet another superhero origin story, there are some truly next - level visual effects and action sequences in director Scott Derrickson's film, and opening the Marvel cinematic universe up to all the possibilities that come from the realms of the mystical is an exciting prospect.

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BIODYNAMICS in the vineyard is a system of farming reliant on the cycles of the moon and mystical preparations buried in a cow's horn in the vineyard according to celestial indicators.

Only his wisdom was directed towards those hoping to become masters of business rather than masters of a mystical, intergalactic knighthood.

That, he said, was the mystical part of the journey.

But conceding that there's a mystical component to generating ideas doesn't mean you should assume that the process is out of your hands.

«It will actually be within your power to experience a crowded, hot, slow, consumer - hell type situation as not only meaningful, but sacred, on fire with the same force that made the stars: love, fellowship, the mystical oneness of all things deep down,» he said.

On a mystical level, certain sources maintain that the flatness and lack of air in matzah is a metaphor for keeping your ego in check and not getting too «puffed up» and arrogant.

That whole sort of a visionary, mystical, reality - distortion field environment that was there under Steve Jobs is no longer there.

Though the action takes place well before the 18th century, there are hints of the movement from the thinking and institutions of the middle ages — dogmatic, mystical,... Read more

My favorite is: And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerve in the brain of Jupiter.

I don't think «intuition» is some kind of mystical flow of spiritual cognition that lays dormant, then when you most need it, it arises like a vapor in your «heart».

You can't accept that atoms, molecules, chemical reactions in our bodies, and the rest of the universe just work somehow, but you can accept that a mystical all - knowing being simply created it all?

it is like human society (humanity) has grown tired of the harshness of reality and we now seek mystical ways of self - help.

Baptism is like a mystical fountain of life - giving Water.

Imagine what this world would be like if we took all the energy we put into following our respective mystical gods and worked together for the greater good of this planet.

Catholics hold that the Church is the body of Christ, a sacramental and mystical communion in which Christ is truly and effectually present and through which his justifying and sanctifying grace is mediated.

Again morals aren't derived from the «opinion» of any member of the mystical body of the church except for its head, God.

Morals aren't decided by the members of the church, which is the mystical body of Christ that you are correct in stating but wrong in stating «too bad you never learned about.».

ddeev... I think I answered this before, but to me, the prospect of a grim reality is much more satisfying than a mystical fairy land.

I am going to test some antics right away, as you seem to have some sort of mystical wisdom.

Unproven stories about mystical deities such as the Christian god are not a valid foundation for morals, especially when so much of Christian doctrine is so bigoted and violent.

East Eastern Christians see a dichotomy of God and creation Eastern theologians are largely unaffected by modernism Eastern theologians do not agonize over the existence of God Eastern theologians systematize the transcendent, the miraculous, and the mystical into their theology, without a concept of «supernatural» Eastern theologians have coherent and helpful answers for most practical spiritual problems (such as during bereavement) Eastern clergy, monastics, and lay experts have resources for spiritual direction, moral direction, and Eastern clergy, monastics, and lay experts have resources for spiritual direction, moral direction, and bereavement counseling; thus they do not outsource religious problems to secular experts.

The problem for the Catholic believer in particular is precisely the claim of the Catholic Church to be a catholic church — not a culture or a heritage, but the mystical bride of Christ — a universal and eternal possibility for conversion.

His mystical theology of uncreated grace, the purifying encounter with God in His very Godhead, is henceforth anchored to the preaching and ritual of the Church as the concrete locus of God's certain, undialectical presence.

Scholasticism Theology moved from the monastery to the university Western theology is an intellectual discipline rather than a mystical pursuit Western theology is over-systematized Western Theology is systematized, based on a legal model rather than a philosophical model Western theologians debate like lawyers, not like rabbis Reformation Catholic reformers were excommunicated and formed Protestant churches Western churches become guarantors of theological schools of thought Western church membership is often contingent on fine points of doctrine Some western Christians believe that definite beliefs are incompatible with tolerance The atmosphere arose in which anyone could start a church The legal model for western theology intensifies despite the rediscovery of the East

For the most mystical of Pentecostals, the height of spirituality is an ineffable, ecstatic experience of intimacy with God.

Perhaps the latter is true in some mystical sense but as a history scholar I can tell you that I can't think of a worse position that being an early Christian in the Roman Empire.

A Spanish Carmelite from the 16th century, he was a mystic — and mystical theologian — and a close collaborator of St. Teresa of Avila.

If someone thinks that's what racism is, then it's understandable that they would think of it as primarily something personal that would require some mystical and miraculous encounter with the Lord Himself to change.

Man, Mr Wiz — that's a convoluted mess of mystical rules ya got there.

Why is it so difficult to admit that some things are inexplicable because of our current level of intellect, rather than attributing them to a mystical being?

Let's face it, any of you people who believe in ANY mystical deity - like figure are smoking something.

He does not discuss a single major Protestant or Catholic theologian who has systematically discussed this issue of faith and history — not Karl Barth, Emil Brunner, Hans Conzelmann, Gerhard Ebeling, Hans Frei, Friedrich Gogarten, Hans Küng, Schubert Ogden, Karl Rahner, James M. Robinson or Paul Tillich (who, incidentally, is dismissed in a footnote as «too mystical for most Christians, including most Christian intellectuals»).

This mystical notion of spiritual light as arising immanently within us makes Cheever almost deaf to the classical Protestant emphasis on the transcendently revealed God who, as Karl Barth liked to say, «by himself alone can be known.»

We are left with the ontic question of whether or not brahman is «realized» The Indian mystical experience certainly occurs.

The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus... will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.

I personally think religion should not be a factor.No one should ask the candidates what their religious views are and they should never mention them.Their religious preferences have absolutely no effect on what type of leader they will be.Unless they are some kind of a religious fanatic.I think it's time for an atheist.There was not a Christian president for over the first 50 years of our nations existence.And, I do not think there has been one since.If you look it up you will find not one of our founding fathers were Christian.Not even Jefferson.I know he wrote the Jefferson bible, but, that's just because he, like the other founding fathers, did not believe Jesus to be of divine decent.So, he kept his philosophy while removing all the mystical and dogmatic concepts.

I don't need an «eternal purpose», whatever that is, especially because «eternal purpose» in reality means consuming and pondering mystical writings and sermons which are solely based in the imaginations of the authors.

As he declared in an interview with John Hersey, the sun's radiance is the emblem of an ineluctable mystical allurement that draws us either upward or downward:

I don't know what the author of the story had in mind... it could have been any number of emotionalistic, mystical - drama connotations.

And yet, this does not mean that the gospel is an invitation to mystical introspection or to the salvation of individual souls, climbing out of a lost world into the safety of the church.

My friend wasn't there, and I shared my testimony (which includes the dream the Lord gave me) with another man, who unknown to me, whispered in the ear of the new pastor that I was talking about a «mystical experience.»

Although modern academic theology prefers the mystical world of Baudrillard's praxis of location and the semiotics of a post «Saussurean world of self «referencing signifiers, it is clear that the issues raised by the Reformation simply will not go away.

By contrast to Europe's denial of its religious and moral foundations, Asia's great religious traditions, especially the mystical component expressed in Buddhism, have been elevated as spiritual powers.

I'm sorry but to take a literal translation of the Bible that a mystical being created an entire planet and everything on it in 6 days is ridiculous.

1823 letter to John Adams — «And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.

13:11) For Paul, as for the more mystical religions, the day - night division is a symbol of spiritual transformation.

The second is more along the lines of author Frank Herbert, who explored in his Byzantine * Dune * saga just about every major system of power dynamics from religious / mystical to technological to political to tribal to financial to ecological to physical.

It's a magical little city nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas that's holy to Hindus and a mystical playground for Westerners.