The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, bestiality, and incest. In short, the central notion is that copulation of any kind for any reason is urged for the appeasement of some fertility image or deity. So entrenched was this custom in ancient cultures that the Babylonians required every female attend their goddess’ temple once to prostitute themselves in the goddess’ honor. Young girls of the Ishtar cult were to surrender their virginity in the temple to give the goddess their first fruits before they could marry. Men of this cult were not allowed to marry virgins, because their virginity belonged to the temple deity and was to be offered to the priest as a sacrifice first. The earlier a youngster’s virginity was taken, the better, and so the practice lent itself well to pedophilia and other forms of child abuse. Proponents of harlotry deify the reproductive organs, and seek to participate in orgies as part of their rituals. Canaanite sanctuaries were giant brothels for these purposes. Polytheistic societies legalized harlotry under the heading of religion. Nahum 3:4 specifically ties it all to national witchcraft or sorcery. 605. Harp—Instrument of celestial music produced by heavenly choirs. 606. Harvest—A time to reap what has been sown during seedtime. A time of severing or separation to resemble the fruit of the ground being severed from its roots as harvest. Visions of severed branches and boughs also reflect harvest time. 607. Hathor—Egyptian goddess of shepherds. Depicted with a woman’s head and a cow’s body. 608. Hawk—Symbolic of a stalker. The hawk, too, is a predatory bird. 609. Hazon—Hebrew word for prophetic vision. 610. Head—Head symbolism in the Bible and the ancient world was quite important. It was cultural to relate anything that had power derived from or associated with wisdom, control, and authority to the head. Strong’s Concordance essentially defines the head symbolically as “first, chief, principal, highest, and authoritative.” As the center of imaginative thoughts, the head was, and still is, considered the control center that distributes decisions to the body to execute. Vitally, the head, housing the brain, serves as the intelligence processor of the human being. In figurative contexts, the head is the ruler, the governor if you will, of anything: the body, an organization, or an operation. Allegorically, the head covered refers to protection or anonymity; uncovered it means exposure or disclosure. The head intact speaks to the object or subject in question being in