The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

appointed seasons in celebration of her unrequited love for this orgiastic patron deity. Cupid is the name used today for celebration of Eros by the soul under the holiday St. Valentine’s Day. 335. Curious Arts—Found in Acts 19:19. Refers to magic and sorcery, which was very popular in Ephesus where, as a practice, it was called the black arts by the sorcerers who used them to control the spiritual spheres of their communities. Simon the sorcerer was one of the chief practitioners of these arts until he encountered the apostle Peter. 336. Curse—A term used for expletives, vulgar words to cast spells, and overall a call of evil upon a person, action, or thing. The aim of cursing is to destroy, defile, or desecrate the sacred and holy. Another word used for it or with it is swearing. Swearing adds the dimension of taking an oath or vow for the performance of the curse. Cursing is used to thwart the Creator’s ordained destiny on the one cursed. The object of cursing is to fight God’s purpose in a life by so defiling their sphere of life and human temple with vulgarity as to render them corrupt and disqualified for divine use. The curser is usually the agent of the unclean spirit seeking to recruit and divert their calling to the service of darkness. The slang version of the term cuss refers to profanity that originally started out with the same objectives in mind. Malignity, taboo, and sacred bans are all more formalized practices of employing the instrument of cursing to tear down or to execrate the spiritual capacities of the one cursed. See Numbers 22:11; Deuteronomy 11:26–29. The effect of cursing was to belittle, destroy, and condemn at the root and thus begin the process of ultimate annihilation of the object cursed. 337. Curtains—See Veils. Coverings, dividers, adornment. Absence of curtains speaks to vulnerability and exposure. Closed curtains represent secrecy, seclusion, and prohibition. Open curtains signify revelation, the entrance of light. The color and design of curtains is important to discover the nature of the message being conveyed. 338. Cush—A) Means black. B) Ham’s eldest son (Noah’s grandson). Father of the Ethiopians and grandfather of Nimrod the founder of the land of Shinar, ancient word for Babylonia, later known as Chaldea. Father of the ancient cities Calneh, Babel, Accad, and Uruk. 339. Cushi—Ethiopian.