Syllabus for

The Bible: Mystery and Magick

*Lesson 1*	Disclaimer Welcome What you will need Syllabus for The Bible: Mystery and Magick Terms Resources Discussion - Which topic(s) are you most interested in discussing? Discussion – Which topics have you already read about in other books or talked about with your friends?
*Lesson 2*	Difference between Magic and Religion Discussion - Supernatural: Magic or Miracle
*Lesson 3*	Beliefs and Practices of God’s Chosen People Discussion – What terms do you agree or disagree with?
*Lesson 4*	Astrology Believe in Ghosts Discussion – What are your thoughts on horoscopes? Discussion – Do you believe in ghosts? Discussion – Have you or someone you’ve known, seen / heard / felt any ghosts before?
*Lesson 5*	Channeling Clairvoyance Discussion – Do you agree or disagree with the term of the Bible being “channeled”?
*Lesson 6*	Controlling Spirits Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram Curses Discussion – Why do you think the Lords Prayer spoken in Hebrew would have the power to control spirits in magick spells? Discussion – What are the ethics of curses? When do you believe it is right or wrong to do them? Discussion – How do you imagine someone was taught to curse-kill someone? Discussion – How is Elisha calling on the deaths of 42 children for teasing him different then modern mass murder school shootings?
*Lesson 7*	Divination o Casting Lots o Ephod o “If… then…” Testing God o Teraphim – Household Idols o Urim & Thummim Discussion – The 11 apostles chose to “cast lots” to learn God’s will, instead of “voting”, to select who would become the next member of the leadership. Do you agree or disagree with the apostle’s method of choosing? Why or why not? Discussion – What are some names and kinds of divination you can think of? Discussion – Would you trust using a modern equivalent of a chance object(s) to find God’s will? Why or why not? Discussion – If you inherited something you were told could tell you the will of God for any question, what would you do with it?
*Lesson 8*	Divine Spiritual Possession Discussion – If someone is possessed by God, do you think they loose their free will and ability to choose what they do?
*Lesson 9*	Dreams Discussion – Do you remember your dreams often? Discussion – Can you interpret dreams? Discussion – Many nations around Israel at the time had special dream interpreters who were women. Why do you think the Bible only mentions men interpreting dreams in the Old Testament for Israel?
*Lesson 10*	Human Sacrifice Discussion – How could someone tell the difference between God telling them to kill someone, and a bad spirit telling them to kill someone? Discussion – When is human sacrifice bad?
*Lesson 11*	Magick o Earth o Air o Fire o Water o Animals o Food and Drink o Healing o Ritual o Other Discussion – Simon the Sorcerer’s powers were not said to be demonic but was called “The Great Power of God”, giving him a big ego. How would you manage your ego if you had natural magical powers? Discussion – Which magick power would you like to be capable of? Discussion – Which element of nature would like to have magical powers to control?
*Lesson 12*	Mutilation Discussion – If this happened in present day, how could it be as acceptable as it was in the Bible? Discussion – The Levite’s actions were not spoken of as being wrong or bad. Do you think he was a good man, a victim or something else?
*Lesson 13*	Near Death Experience Discussion – What is your opinion of Near Death Experiences? Discussion – If you had a Near Death Experience, would you rather speak to a general afterlife guide, a deceased relative or an angel?
*Lesson 14*	Necromancy Out of Body Experiences Raising the Dead Discussion – Since she was locally known to people, who do you think originally taught the woman of En Dor how to raise the spirits of the dead? Discussion – If you could invisibly travel out of your body to some place, where would you go?
*Lesson 15*	Scrying Sympathetic Magick Discussion – Do you think being able to scry is a skill anyone can do, or a talent only some people have? Discussion – Imagine someone wanted to make a sympathetic magic spell to change something in their life, what could they use to represent it?
*Lesson 16*	Telepathic Speaking with Animals Telepathic Reading Thoughts of Humans Teleportation Discussion – Which would you rather be able to do, read peoples thoughts or be able to teleport? Discussion – Which kind of animal would like to have a telepathic conversation with (other than your pet)? Discussion – What would you use an ability to teleport to do?
*Lesson 17*	Virgin Birth Visions Discussion – Given Mary’s young age, if this happened in present age, and Mary’s family were your neighbors (and Mary told you about an angel visiting her to ask her to get pregnant), what would you think happened for her pregnancy?
*Lesson 18*	Closing thoughts Discussion – What did you find most interesting about this course? Discussion – What could make this course better for future students?

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