The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

finance their lifestyle. From there the powerful influence of prostitution culturally affixed the word to female prostitutes. Like ancient prostitutes many whores were assigned to pagan temples to use their bodies to bring income into the temple and prosper the house of the god. The higher ones serviced the priests and influential patrons of the temple. However, its distinction from the prostitute is that the whore need not be an institutional sex provider and could be an independent or a long-term consort to a man in exchange for being kept by him. Primitive fornication was linked to deity worship so whoredom is biblically aligned with idolatry. The essence of worship is the actual entrance and control of a deity into a human to live and give its life to the soul that receives it. The intimacy shared during the physical act closely mirrors the action of a spirit migrating into a worshipper’s life. Thus, the Lord calls whoredom a chief means of transmitting spirits from one being to the next. Idolatry as the reason for doing so is seen as taking the life force and powerful authority of one’s deity and transmitting it to another. 1610. Whorish Man—Formerly a vagabond, a male wanderer. The word eventually came to refer to a man who financed his lifestyle by sexually serving women who kept him. After awhile the denigrating pleasures of sin reduced the monetary attachment, which became a matter of discretion. The whorish part remained as men used a variety of reasons to accumulate multiple sex partners. 1611. Whoredom—An institution where prostitution, harlotry, and fornication are merchandised as a part of business and industry. In such societies idolatry in the form of polytheism, adultery, numinous, and nature worship are popularized. The entire book of Hosea is devoted to the whoredom of Israel in which her God dramatically depicts His pain through the prophet’s marriage to a prostitute, symbolizing Israel’s marital infidelity to her covenant God. 1612. Wicca—A) An organization of witches. See Witch. B) One with knowledge of spell casting and enchantments. C) A sorceress or practitioner of magic. Exodus 22:18. D) A largely women’s group, it is dedicated to magic, mysticism, pagan worship, and demonism. Wiccans believe in the mother goddess identified in Scripture as Ashtoreth. In mythology this goddess figure is identified as Diana, Ishtar, and Venus. Another name for this figure is Gaia or Gaea. Wiccans subscribe to nature worship and are a mainly feminist group proselytizing for the forces of darkness. Many of them claim to be practitioners of white magic, the sort that does not harm others but supposedly helps them, fate, and destiny along a bit. Their main celebrations as a renamed witchcraft organization coincide with the spring, summer, fall, and winter equinoxes and