Death has come knocking, but is Ace ready to pay the price? Fresh out of prison, Ace returns to Saint Augustine to find that his victory over the Sunset King has fueled unintended consequences. The dead wander the streets of the ancient city, and it's up to him to stop them from dragging away the population, one by one. But can he do it alone? His new partner, Araceli, continues to cling to her secrets. History buff Caleb isn't ready for primetime when it comes to facing the forces of evil. And Atofo? His crude mentor is MIA as the dead patrol the streets. Ace can only rely on his magic and the mysterious force known as Kibaga's Cloak. But even those magics have been affected by the necromantic wave. With no way to hold back the disease ravaging his insides, this might just be Ace's final mission. Only a grave sacrifice will see him through. But is he ready to pay the price?
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Scope: theology, philosophy, ethics of various religions and ethical systems and relevant portions of anthropology, mythology, folklore, biology, psychology, economics and sociology.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Grave-mounds and Their Contents" (A Manual of Archæology, as Exemplified in the Burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon Periods) by Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Left for dead in a mass grave he awoke immortal. Commanding rare magics. With no memory of who he is. Solving crimes brings him closer to the truth. Bounty Hunter, Greysen “Blade” Mallory can find anything—except his lost memories and missing past. Left for dead in a London mass grave in 1726, he awoke immortal with a command of rare magics but no manual. When he’s hired to pursue a bounty on the Oregon Coast, Greysen awakes to find a dead man and local police scouring his bungalow for clues. Including beautiful, eagle-eyed Detective Harlowe Keller who labels him a person of interest. Professionally and personally. Forced to work together, Greysen and Keller search for a killer raising the dead all along the coast as a magical war rages between the self-absorbed goddess Hecate and the quirky god of Death. The killer has clues to the fabled resurrectionist papers, documents that may hold information about Greysen’s past. As blood magic begins to appear in dangerous and public places, Greysen Mallory and Detective Keller wage their own war to stop the destruction. Grave Reckoning is the first book in The Resurrectionist Papers, a romantic paranormal mystery/suspense series featuring immortal bounty hunter, Greysen Mallory and former army sniper, Detective Harlowe Keller who solve crimes despite a host of immortals warring for territory on the Oregon Coast.
This study questions the traditional view of sacrifices in hero-cults during the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods. The analysis of the epigraphical and literary evidence for sacrifices to heroes in these periods shows, contrary to the traditional notion, that the main ritual in hero-cults was a thysia at which the worshippers consumed the meat from the animal victim. A particular handling of the animal’s blood or a holocaust, rituals previously taken to be typical for heroes, can rarely be documented and must be considered as marginal features in hero-cults. The terms eschara, escharon, bothros, enagizein, enagisma, enagismos and enagisterion, believed to be characteristic for hero-cults, are seldom used in hero-contexts before the Roman period and occur mainly in the Byzantine lexicographers and in the scholia. Since the main kind of sacrifice in hero-cults was a thysia, a ritual intimately connected with the social structure of society, the heroes must have fulfilled the same role as the gods within the Greek religious system. The fact that the heroes were dead seems to have been of little significance for the sacrificial rituals and it is questionable whether the rituals of hero-cults are to be considered as originating in the cult of the dead.
A layman Muslim asked Yasir Qadhi: “What is the ruling on invoking the engraved saints (Awlyia)?” Yasir Qadhi answered him publicly, saying, “…The second opinion is the opinion that invoking the saints (Awliya)… it is Haram (Unlawful), and it is evil, and evil innovation, a religions innovation, a Bid’ah, and it is a steppingstone to Shirk (Polytheism). It is opening the doors to Shirk (Polytheism). But it is not Shirk(Polytheism) in and of itself unless that action is accompanied by a belief that you are calling out to a god. I myself am an advocate of this second position.” Yasir Qadhi’s answer is false, baseless, misleading, deceitful, tricky, and dishonest. However, the worst thing about his answer is the sad reality that as a graduate of the Islamic University of Madinah, he was matching the argument to justify idol worship like the pagan Arabs did during the Prophet’s (s.a.w) time. The Pagan Arabs justified their idol worship saying, "We believe that Allah is the Creator, the Controller, the Provider, the Sustainer, the Giver of life and death, and the Source of every blessing." Regardless, Allah (s.w.t) still classified them as Polytheists (Mushrikun) in the Quran, and the Prophet (s.a.w) challenged them on all fronts till they gave it up. I want to ask Yasir Qadhi: "What is the difference between the pagan Arabs at the Prophet's (s.a.w) time and today's grave worshipers?" First, let me point out two major similarities:- The pagan Arabs acknowledged Allah's (s.w.t) Lordship (Rububiyyah). Today's grave worshipers also acknowledge that Allah (s.w.t) can do things that their engraved saints (Awliya) cannot do. Yet, despite their acknowledgments, they both denied Allah's (s.w.t) right to be worshiped alone (Uluhiyyiah). They both directed their worship to the engraved like the pagan Arabs directed their worship to the idols. The pagan Arabs believed that their idols have status and gained Allah's (s.w.t) honor and respect. Hence, they appointed them as Intermediaries (Wasilah), and they used to ask Allah (s.w.t) through them. Similarly, today's grave worshipers believe that the engraved saints (Awliya) have status, honor, and respect with Allah (s.w.t). Hence, they appoint them as Intermediaries (Wasilah), and they invoke Allah (s.w.t) through them as well. However, there are two major differences between the pagan Arabs of the Prophet's (s.a.w) time and today's grave worshipers: When a pagan Arab experienced severe hardship, calamity, or distress, or while making his urgent appeal (Istighathah), he called upon Allah (s.w.t) and ultimately abandoned his idols. However, when today's grave worshiper is distressed and in dire need of help, he directs his urgent appeals (Istighathah) to his saint, the engraved, the dead, and calls upon their so-called “Supreme Helpers” (Al-Ghawth Al-Azam). The second is, that I regard a pagan Arab as a Polytheist (Mushrik), but I cannot do the same to my Muslim brother, the grave worshiper, since he utters the Universal Declaration of Faith (Lā ilāha illa Allāh). I can only do that after establishing the evidence and removed the obstacles. It is to verify that he is invoking the saints (Awliya) knowingly and with willful intention. I ask Allah (s.w.t) to make this work of benefit to Muslims including our brother Yasir Qadhi. May Allah (s.w.t) guide us all. Ameen. Imam Karim Abu Zaid
