The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

time. Changing their names, fusing with other culture’s deities and altering their shapes, forms, and rituals, they nonetheless live on to stock each generation with a ready supply of idols to worship. Generally speaking, they are all nature based as a throwback to Cain’s decision to worship the Almighty with the fruit of the ground in Genesis 4:3. In addition, they all integrate ritual sex, intoxication, immolation, and numinous functions in their worship. Invariably magic (natural and supernatural), sorcery, spells, and spell casting show up as the major veins of each religion. Varying in number from seven to twelve, the classical pantheon assigned one aspect of nature or the elements to a deity, or a deity for each month of the year. An, who became Anu, was the sky god. These were usually creator gods or key creator figures. An’s son—for they all had sons—Enlil, was the storm god who ruled the air and winds and reigned over lesser gods. Baal, Hadad, and Marduk are his biblical names. Enki, also known as Ea and Oannes and corresponding to Apsu and Nun, was the water god. Dumuzi, Ishtar’s lover, is the biblical Tammuz for whom the women in Ezekiel 8:14 were weeping. Kingu is the slave deity credited with making humanity and Dagon the corn god of the Philistines. Yam is the oceanic god and Mot the god of death and drought. The earth goddess was Ninhursag among others. See Goddesses. Utu was the sun god whose biblical name was Shamesh. Nannar, the moon god, is the biblical Sin. Inanna, the Venus goddess, is also dubbed the star of the morning. Cybele is the magna mother, great mother goddess (see elsewhere) and was paired with Dionysos, also known as Bacchus, as a divine couple. The twelve Olympian deities of the Greeks are Zeus who is also Jupiter, Hera who is Juno, and Poseidon who is Neptune. There is Demeter who is Ceres, Apollyon who is also Apollo, Ares who is Mars, Hermes who is Mercury, Hephaestas who is Vulcan, and Athena who is also Minerva. Ephesus’ Diana shows up as Artemis, and Aphrodite is Venus. Lastly there is Dionysos, who is also Bacchus. Over the millennia of earthly existence these primary manifestations of satanic seduction reappear to entice each generation to pursue eternal damnation. Many of their names are used in modern technology to identify computers and their programs, software, communications, and their servers or services. How and why their names were chosen as opposed to what exalts the Most High God is answered in higher education. Prophets should know that higher education in most countries provides extensive study of these deities under the guise of mythological education, the humanities, ancient history, or archaeology, ignoring their religious origins and