M16 Ministries

M16 Ministries VBLOG for Thursday September 26, 2013 Is divination the same as a prophetic gift? M16 Divination VBLOG Thursday September 26 2013 from Michael Norton on Vimeo . Session notes. Quoted sources: Divination in the Bible Scripture: Deuteronomy 18:9-14 Spiritism is Forbidden 9  “When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations. 10  There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11  or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12  For whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord ; and because of these detestable things the Lord your God will drive them out before you. 13  You shall be blameless before the Lord your God. 14  For those nations, which y...

Field Notes to Mystical Theology is my online filing cabinet to my current writing project, The Field Guide to Mystical Theology. Continuing on in the research of Saint Teresa of Avila's work, The Interior Castle. This is the saint's masterpiece in documenting the developing stages of a contemplative prayer life. As mentioned before, The Interior Castle is NOT a how to book on prayer. It's not about methodology. It's about transforming your life to be more like Christ through a prayer life. The early church mystic,Saint Teresa, makes it perfectly clear there is no methodology. Prayer life is about developing a deeper love for Jesus Christ. She documents, using her metaphor the interior castle (the soul), of what she feels are the seven stages of prayer life development. The first and second mansions lay the foundations of what a beginner in prayer life experiences. In the second mansions Teresa describes the inner warfare a soul encounters when it steps into the seco...