The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

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Maat to Mythological Pantheon

799. Maat—Hebrew word for truth. Maat was also the Egyptian goddess who was believed to reign over the virtue of truth. 800. Magi—A) Median tribe. B) Priests of an image. C) A staff of Persian castle advisors. Magi is the name for five classic groups of occultic officers. Their areas of professional supernatural expertise are: 1) Teachers of sacred nature worship; 2) sign and omen interpreters; 3) conjurers; 4) exorcists; 5) soothsayers; 6) magicians; 7) diviners; 8) astrologers; 9) destiny casters; 10) star gazers; 11) lunar predictors; 12) sorcerers; 13) witchcraft; 14) spiritism; and 15) enchantments. D) The head of the mageans. As offshoots of Zoroastrianism, the magi were nature worshippers, astronomers, and the founding priests of the magic that involved nature, spirits, spells, and fate casting. See Druids, Magus, and Zoroaster. The magi were a caste of Eastern priests who were primarily astrologers, diviners and sorcerers. The book of Acts refers to the magi in mentioning Bar Jesus the sorcerer and Elymas whose name means sorcerer. The connection between the magi and their sorcery is that the two words are nearly synonymous. In the Old Testament, the magi were regular members of Babylon’s court advisors. Among the extensive spiritual abilities of the magi was dream interpretation, for which they were routinely sought. Another name for the magi is master astrologer, because astrology was fundamental to their divine service. Divination being a chief product of the magi’s services, they developed an elaborate system of religious, ritual, and divinatory tools to extract information from divine beings and to coerce their services in resolving or manipulating earthly affairs. As a priestly tribe of the ancient Medo-Persian empire, the magi were the guardians of the sacred fire and nature worshippers. They conducted funerary rites in support of their necromantic branch of mysticism. Accomplished performers of the spiritual arts, they were known for supernatural feats where magic played a primary role. With the help of conjuring spirits that inhabited them, the magi received power and skill in conversing with