The Holy Anointing Oil
The holy anointing oil described in Exodus 30:22-25 was created from 500 shekels (about 6 kg) of myrrh, half as much (about 3 kg) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels (about 3 kg) of fragrant cane (kanabos, variously translated as calamus or cannabis), 500 shekels (about 6kg) of cassia, and a hin (about 4 L) of olive oil.
The oil was used to anoint the vessels of the Tabernacle 30:26 and the High Priest, and is traditionally regarded as the oil used by prophets to anoint Saul, David, and other kings of ancient Israel.
Holy Anointing Oil Testimonials
Mindy's precious legs
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rogerchristie |
Mindy's precious legs
Dear Friends,
Aloha. I have received a personal testimony about the holy anointing oil that is so touching and so real that I want you to know about it. The people whose story this is don't have a computer, however they have promised to send me a written copy of their testimony. As soon as it arrives I will post it here for you all to enjoy. Until then, this is what I know:
I heard from Robert H. of Lahaina, Maui about a month ago with a very sad story. His sweet girlfriend, Mindy was in terrible pain and discomfort and wanted to die. She was on multiple pharmaceutical prescriptions, the strongest pain-killing kind, and yet the only remedy that gave her comfort was smoking cannabis. They had no money as every month they spent all of their small income on rent, some food and her medicines.
I connected Robert with my partner in healing sacrament on Maui. He was able to deliver some flowers to them a couple of times for free. It was a blessing and gave Mindy some well-deserved comfort. Still, her condition worsened and she wanted to die to escape the misery, the pain and the poverty.
Apparently diabeties has taken a terrible toll on her, and both of Mindy's legs were green and black and there were holes in her skin all the way to the bone. She was scheduled to have her legs amputated last week as there was no hope, according to her doctors.
When I heard this story I immediately sent Robert and Mindy a bottle of holy anointing oil with THC Ministry membership and ordainment papers for both of them. Now for the good news:
I heard back from Robert last week and he said that a miracle has happened! Get this; the holy anointing oil has caused new skin to grow on Mindy's legs! They both tell me that the skin is now fresh, pink and healthy after applying just ten drops - three times per day to her legs. A visit to the doctor last Wednesday was joyous instead of tragic. Instead of making arrangements for amputation, the doctor was completely amazed and surprised.
Yesterday I spoke with Mindy and she was HAPPY! I could feel the smile in her voice and the will to live back in her life now. Both Robert and Mindy are on a healing path and are praying and working for 'full recovery'. Apparently the healing has been so dramatic that at this rate they hope and expect Mindy to be up and possibly out of her wheelchair in a week or two.
I must say that this is a 'chicken-skin' story to tell you. It is the latest in our miracle testimonies and is my pleasure to pass along. I must say that I am drawn-in closer and closer to the Bible as we get blessings with the holy oil recipe of Exodus 30:23. There is something miraculous in this formula and it's being proven, day after day, by Lilli and Kate and Meghan and now Mindy. We also have another special holy oil testimony coming in the next few days that I know about. Have I missed anyone else?
Please remind me if I have.
What can I say? Mahalo ke akua. Hallelujah!!!!
Much love and respect to one and all,
Roger
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and the Lord just keeps on blessing!!! |
Sister Lilli
Administrator
God this is great Thank you Lord. HALLELUJAH
More testimony to Roger and the THC Ministrys sincere healing quest. And wonderful it is to the eyes, soul and spirit to read. Gods loving grace and intervention. How awesome!
God Bless you Roger , Mindy and Robert. I will be praying for a full recovery for Mindy and Robert. Much love and total respect.
rogerchristie
Founder
Cannabis Sacrament Minister
| I met Mindy and I saw her precious legs. Hello everyone, Aloha. I just returned from four terrific days and nights on Maui. One of the most special things I did was to visit Mindy and her devoted lover Robert, and I got to see Mindy's legs; her precious, pink-skinned, almost fully-healed legs! It was a sight to see and a visit to remember. What nice people, too. Mindy told me that her doctor called her (previous) condition, the 'never-healing disease'. Can you imagine? I suggest that if you ever hear that kind of negativity from your doctor that you get another doctor immediately! We visited for over an hour and had a fine time together, including tears and laughter. I even got a few revealing photographs, including one of Mindy standing outside on the lawn in the yard. That might not sound very dramatic ... until you know that Mindy has not stood on her own legs in over three years. :-} All the very best to you, Roger |
Kate
Active Forum Member
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Blessed Be! |
Sister Lilli
Administrator
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Thats BEAUTIFUL. OMG what great strides. HALLELUJAH!!!
revchaz
Active Forum Member
What an amazing story. Do we have their Doctors name and address? Have we gotten any kind of testimony/report/opinion letter from this Doctor? I think we should. I think The healing power of our Sacrament is something we need to focus on more strongly. Who can argue about our legitiment sincerity if we have proof of our intent and ABILITY to heal? Nobody I think. Great news, I hope she continues to improve and that her life if free of this disease soon. Peace |
Mystic
Administrator
Re: Mindy's precious legs Mindy's healing -- of gangrene, no less -- is a POWERFUL testimonial to the healing nature of the anointing oil. So amazing... __________________ Follow Your Bliss, Rev. Ben Power, Gaia's Sacred Tree of Life, an Holistic Ministry "In Lak'ech" ~ Ancient Mayan: 'I am another YOU.' ~  "All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the Ones we have been waiting for." ~ Hopi Elder ~ There is no way to happiness. Happiness IS the way. |
jjmcgyver
Practitioner
Re: Mindy's precious legs I can personally testify to the validity of this story. I'm the guy on Maui Roger mentions in the first post. The picture of Robert and Mindy is fantastic. It's a joyous day indeed!!  JJ MacGuyver |
Mystic
Administrator
Re: Mindy's precious legs Thank you, JJ... __________________ Follow Your Bliss, Rev. Ben Power, Gaia's Sacred Tree of Life, an Holistic Ministry "In Lak'ech" ~ Ancient Mayan: 'I am another YOU.' ~ "All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the Ones we have been waiting for." ~ Hopi Elder ~ There is no way to happiness. Happiness IS the way. |
The Caduceus
The caduceus (/k?'du?si?s/, -??s, -'dju?-; kerykeion in Greek) or Wand of Hermes is typically depicted as a short herald's staff entwined by two serpentine creatures - these are alternatively thought to depict two worms, or else two snakes - in the form of a double helix, and sometimes surmounted by wings. In later Antiquity the caduceus was an astrological symbol of commerce and in Roman iconography was often depicted being carried in the left hand of Greek god Hermes, the messenger for the gods, conductor of the dead and protector of merchants and thieves.
The caduceus has come to be used as a symbol for medicine, especially in North America, by confusion with the traditional medical symbol, the rod of Asclepius, which has only a single snake and no wings.
Origin
The distant origin of the symbol adopted by the Greeks was Mesopotamian, as has been known since the discovery of Gudea's green steatite libation vase of c. 2144-24 BCE from Lagash, conserved at the Musée du Louvre; it represents the serpent-god Ningishzida, messenger of the goddess Ishtar and awakener of vegetation after the annual killing drought.
Among the Greeks it was originally a herald's staff, sometime surmounted with wings, with two white fillets of wool attached to it. The view of Karl Otfried Müller, that the ribbons eventually "evolved into" snakes, was held for several generations of conservative mythographers, though Jane Ellen Harrison correctly detected that Hermes had originated in snake-form and that the snakes were essential to the caduceus, even though she was unaware of the Near Eastern connections. The Greek myth of origin of the staff is part of the story of Tiresias, who found two snakes copulating and killed the female with his staff. Tiresias was immediately turned into a woman, and so remained until he was able to repeat the act with the male snake seven years later. This staff later came in to the possession of the god Hermes, along with its transformative powers.
In Rome, Livy refers to the caduceator who negotiated peace arrangements under the diplomatic protection of the caduceus he carried.
Meaning
The meaning, purpose, and esoteric meaning of the caduceus can often be interpreted from the sum of its parts. The staff (particularly the herald's staff) was a symbol of authority carried in the hands of messengers. The winged quality of the wand of Hermes is in keeping with the alchemical or astrological importance of Mercury (whether taken to mean the planet, god, and element), quite often denoting fluidity, transformation, information, and new beginnings (as the elemental quarter of air is often likened to). The snake is often depicted in non Judeo-Christian traditions as a source or deliverer of wisdom. In Gnosticism the serpent represents Sophia or the manifestation of principles of the feminine divine (or Shekinah in the Judaism or Kabbalah). Note that the snakes are bound to each other in a double helix - a shape of stability, creation, and life (notably, the shape of the DNA); interesting this follows the arrangement that King Cobras take, fighting upright, face to face, trying to submit the other for sexual rights.
In this it can be seen that the caduceus represents the authority to quickly deliver vital information or wisdom to aid, assist and enlighten. It is no surprise then that the caduceus is used by a variety of professions who have a connection with Hermes or Mercury in his traditional roles as the the god of commerce, eloquence, invention, travel and thievery. Contemporary users of this symbol include merchants, journalists, and postal workers.
In the Hermetic Tradition, the caduceus is a symbol of spiritual awakening, and has been likened to the Kundalini serpents of Hindu mysticism .
Variations
In some vase paintings ancient depictions of the Greek kerykeion are radically different from the modern representation. These representations feature the two snakes atop the staff (rod), crossed to create a circle with the heads of the snakes resembling horns. This old graphic form, with an additional crossbar to the staff, has become the typographical Mercury-sign widely used in astrological and alchemistic contexts for centuries. Another simplified variant of the caduceus is to be found in dictionaries, indicating “commercial term”: the staff with two winglets attached, the snakes omitted (or reduced to a small ring in the middle).
Confusion with the rod of Asclepius
Rod of Asclepius
The caduceus is sometimes used as a symbol for medicine or doctors (instead of the rod of Asclepius) even though there is no connection with Hippocrates or the Greeks; its singularly inappropriate connotations of theft and commerce have provided fodder for academic humor. A 1992 survey of American health organisations found that 62% of professional associations used the rod of Asclepius, whereas in commercial organisations, 76% used the caduceus.
The first recorded use of the caduceus in a medical context was in the printer's vignette used by Johann Frobenius, who used the staff entwined with serpents, not winged but surmounted by doves, with the biblical epigraph "Be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves" A silver caduceus presented to Caius College, Cambridge by John Caius and carried before him on the cushion he supplied in official visits to the college remains in the College's possession. Early confusion between the symbols almost certainly arose due to the links between alchemy and Hermes, whose symbol is the caduceus. The alchemists adopted the caduceus because Hermes, the God of Messengers, was also the patron lord of gamblers, thieves, tricksters and alchemists. By the end of the 16th century, alchemy became widely associated with medicine in some areas, leading to some use of the caduceus as a medical symbol.
The main reason for the confusion over the medical use of the caduceus occurred in the United States in the 19th century, with its use by the United States Army, made official in 1902. It had appeared on the chevrons of Army hospital stewards as early as 1856. This was brought about by one Captain Reynolds, who after having the idea rejected several times by the Surgeon General, persuaded the new incumbent —Brig. Gen. William H. Forwood — to adopt it. The inconsistency was noticed several years later by the librarian to the Surgeon General, but was not changed. In 1901 the French periodical of military medicine was named La Caducée. The caduceus was formally adopted by the Medical Department of the United States Army in 1902. After World War I the caduceus was employed as an emblem by both the Army Medical Department and the Navy Hospital Corps.
There was further confusion caused by the use of the caduceus as a printer's mark (as Hermes was the god of eloquence and messengers), which appeared in many medical textbooks as a printing mark, although subsequently mistaken for a medical symbol.
Examples of usage
- The caduceus is the official magazine of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. The symbol (with a slight difference) appears on the Order's pledge pin and crest.
- Columbia Business School uses a logo derived from the caduceus symbol. they also have other references to the Greek god Hermes including an alumni magazine.
- The caduceus is used in the coat of arms of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
- The Renaissance artist Jacopo de' Barbari signed most of his work just with a (wingless) caduceus.
- Caduceus is the central medical facility in the Atlus video games Trauma Center: Under the Knife,Trauma Center: Second Opinion and Trauma Center: New Blood
Standard representation
There are three Unicode representations of the caduceus: U+2624 (?) on the Miscellaneous Symbols table, U+263F (?: the astrological form) and U+269A (?: the lexicographical form), all in the same range.
