The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

Basically, it is a royal headdress. Crowns are caplets bestowed for victory, valor, or special merit in civic or community service. See Headdress. 326. Crucifixion—Death on a cross, which was the typical way Roman slaves were killed. See Cross. 327. Crucify—The means of executing criminals in ancient times. This means was especially effective in that it made a public display of the executed to deter future criminals and squelch future civil disobedience. Our Savior was crucified. See Cross. 328. Crushed Grapes—God’s wrath. Wine refers to spirit. Revelation 14:18. 329. Crystal—A gemstone that symbolizes wisdom because of its clarity. In occultism, crystals are very popular for fortune-telling, seeing the future, and as a sort of talisman, a good luck charm, because unlike other ornaments they were clear. Being from the earth, as opposed to man-made glass, crystals were thus seen as tools provided by creation and its deities for augury. Crystal is quite important in prophetic genre and in spiritual knowledge. Crystal speaks to clarity of thought and revelation. This is the premise behind crystal balls. Transmission of the spiritual to the natural, underlying the basics of radio transmission. Purity that is difficult to corrupt due to its transparency is what crystal provides and implies. It is believed the Urim and Thummim were used based upon this awareness. Wisdom is synonymous with crystal, making it representative of spiritual revelation. Both are tied to gemstones as Ezekiel 1:22; Revelation 4:6, 21:11, 22:1 all show. See Augury. Job 28:17; Ezekiel 1:22. 330. Cult—A term applied to religious groups and secret societies that promote mystery and stealth isolation from family and community, asceticism, and manipulation of the will and welfare of their followers for personal gain and private advantage. Deuteronomy 23:17; 1 Kings 14:24 and 15:12; Job 36:14; 2 Kings 23:7; Hosea 4:14 (rsv); Acts 6:9 (tlb). 331. Cult of the Dead—An age-old religious practice of worshipping and glorifying the dead and the dying. It is symbolized by ghoulish grisly rites where blood figures prominently in the worship feasts (insinuative of ancient idolatrous sacrifices). Cults of the dead are throwbacks to ancient ancestral worship and seek to promote hell and corruption as more appealing to the sinner than redemption. As with all cult seductions, death cults play up freedom from morality and righteousness while promising an eternal liberty that simply cannot happen to