The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

1597. Weapons—Symbols of power and aggression that force change or conformity upon human behavior and surrender on a person, country, or kings. Isaiah 13:5; Jeremiah 21:4 and 51:20. 1598. Week—A division of time based on the number seven and God’s cardinal powers of creation. Ancient Egyptians observed an eight-day week, which God altered in the mind of the Hebrews with His creation story dictated to Moses. Daniel 9:27; Genesis 29:27–28. See Sacred Numbers. 1599. Werewolf—An entertainment figment that portrays humans transforming into wolves at the full moon. See Wotan and Swastika. The modern-day imagination of the werewolf is rooted in Wotan’s martial aspects. Wolf pelts used by his early tribal warriors were part of the pre-combat ritual where ceremonial intoxication played a great part. Continuing to don the animal skin, the wolf clad fighter went into battle fully deprived of reason, sense, and compassion having used hallucinogens to fully be given over to the bloodlust of Wotan’s savagery. Thus the need for tearing and bloodletting was satisfied in battle. The wolf transformation is so the entranced warrior lost all presence of mind to take on the fullness of the wolfish spirit. In doing so, he is made nearly invincible and capable of sinking to the deepest depravity to engage in mortal combat. It is that state of mind that caused the myth of a werewolf transformation to take hold. Furthermore, empowered by the lunar goddess of war along with the patriarchal presence of Wotan, all worshippers gave sway to its martial savagery for triumph in war. This spirit was summoned through its ancient rituals to use the petitioner to execute its murderous agenda of destroying human beings. 1600. West—A) The direction of the setting sun. B) The west speaks to lunar forces as distinguished from the sun’s east direction, which of course refer to solar ones. The setting sun means the end of something—a day and/or a season. West, therefore, leads to darkness while the east leads to light. See East. West, moreover, is a watery direction that reflects large bodies of water such as seas and oceans. It is this watery reflection that ties it to lunar forces which are also considered to be watery. Arab is the Hebrew word for west, which denotes intermingling and trafficking. However, yam is the most frequent word used for it, which is the name for the god of water and seas. 1601. Wheat—A grain food used to make food items such as bread. Biblically, wheat, because it was a precious commodity in Bible days, was likened to something precious to God—that is, people; in particular, the souls of humanity.