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Waters of Shiloam
Per the dream, the Jews claimed the waters of Shiloam as theirs, even though Shiloam wasn’t even a Jew, and they asserted that these waters wash them of their sins. Or more specifically, I read this ancient text about how the waters of Shiloam had supernatural properties. Seventy years after Shiloam died, the Jews then claimed these waters for themselves because it just “made sense” that the waters would belong to them – as they were jews – nevertheless Shiloam himself was a gentile. Thus, this text was sort of antisemitic in pointing all this out.
* I further discuss this dream at the end of this essay.
Ancient Cultures
I also dreamt that my Grandma asked me whether I had dreamt of certain ancient groups – I think the group names might have sounded similar to, “Noadites”, “Jeremites”, “Boamites”, or perhaps “Jereboamites”. I told her yes, and that I had had many dreams of ancient peoples with technologies. She then agreed and told me that she had seen me having these dreams every time she looked.
I later dreamt this night of seeing notes from what appeared to be a past dream of mine, which discussed ancient cultures and an ancient set of twelve apostles, separate from the apostles of the Bible and Book of Mormon.
A Demonic Astral Projection
I sometimes randomly enter into astral projections while waking up in the morning – meaning that while my eyes are closed, I feel feelings associated with Astral Projection, and then I literally feel my soul separate form my body and have vision materialize from the darkness of having my eyes closed. This astral projection was demonic, but I still think it is interesting to discuss educationally.
The astral projection started with audial hallucinations and sensations of running water and cats, including that of cats sitting on me while I was laying in bed, biting me. It’s odd, but this isn’t my only astral projection that started with audial hallucinations of cats – I think this is happening because spirits are trying to break my trance so I don’t enter astral projection. I conclude this because often astral projections of mine start with my hearing sounds that require my attention (such as people telling me to do chores), of which sounds seem deliberately placed to break my trance.
Since I wasn’t distracted, my soul separated from my body, and I came to a dimly lit mansion with a large living room containing a roaring fire. Other people sat on couches in the living room, and they were watching a presentation being given by someone, of which presentation consisted of glowing letters floating in the air.
Per the presentation, all organized religions are just distractions, including Christianity, Mormonism, and the many various sects – distracting us away from the true religion, which is the new age.
The presentation also had the disheartening message that all proselytizing types of work will have to be done again anyway, and we will have to look for the sheep again anyway.
The presentation then ended with a list of 16 principles of God, which I now forget, and had several symbols which looked New Age, as well as a very complex and elaborate symbol of a bull facing you.
Discussion
This astral projection I think is representative of the many astral projections going out across the world right now from demonic entities trying to persuade people to join the New Age. But don’t be deceived, the demonic bull seal at the bottom shows the true author of these visions – the devil. The element in the presentation about how we basically should give up on spreading the gospel because it all doesn’t matter anyway also seems to be the type of thing that the adversary would want us to believe.
I also suspect that a few of the other people in the room were other astral projectors – thus this presentation wasn’t just being given to me. But it’s hard to know these things.
A Good Astral Projection
I also had what I think was a good astral projection, in which I was in my parents’ house and missionaries repeatedly knocked on the door to give me packages. I ended up receiving so many packages that I had to move them to a nearby room to not clog up the entryway, and worried that I could have misplaced some of them. During this, I had the impression that these packages represented promised blessings.
This astral projection reminds me of one of my first experiences, recounted in Vision / Astral projection. In that experience, instead of my directly receiving blessings, I received a huge pile of letters of tasks that I was supposed to have done that I never did, as well as a whole bunch of Christmas presents that I knew represented blessings I had never received but could potentially receive or have received conditional upon my actions. Thus, this present vision is sort of a continuation of that vision from a year and a half ago.
Discussion of Waters of Shiloam
On waking, I didn’t really know what the Waters of Shiloam were, though it was a term that sounded Biblical.
However, on research I think this dream is referring to the Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem – and yes, in other spellings in the scriptures it is called the waters of Shiloah, so whether it starts with “S” or “Sh” I don’t think matters.
Scriptures about these Waters
There are several scriptures about this pool, of which here are a sample of them:
Isaiah 8:6-7
6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
Nehemiah 3:15 – records construction around the pool of Siloah in Jerusalem adjacent to the king’s garden.
John 9:6-7
6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
Waters of Shiloam used for Ritual Purification
The Jews used the waters of Shiloam as a major ritual immersion bath (mikveh), especial for the Jewish pilgrims who visited Jerusalem during Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot. This is what the Wikipedia article says about it:
According to the Jerusalem Talmud, Hagigah, the Pool of Siloam was the starting point for pilgrims who made the annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and where they ascended by foot to the inner court of the Temple Mount to bring an offertory to the Temple Court. The Pool of Siloam (perhaps referring to the Lower Pool) was used by pilgrims for ritual purification before visiting the Temple enclosure.
Sukkot Water Libation Ceremony
As described in Sukkah 4:9–5:1, every morning during the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), a priest would venture from the Temple to the waters of Shiloam to draw water with a golden jug. In a grand procession, he would then take the water back to the temple to pour it into a basin on the altar as a libation offering. Together, this whole ceremony was called the Simchat Beit HaShoeivah (“Rejoicing of the Water Drawing”).
The Future
This research clearly confirms what I learned from the dream – that the Jews really did view the water of Shiloam as having supernatural properties, including the ability to cleanse them of their sins.
I guess the shallow interpretation of the dream is that the Jews are arrogant and assume all holiness and religion belongs to themselves.
But I’m guessing this dream is also relevant because it is alluding to a time that soon comes when these waters once more will be important: Namely, per Biblical prophecy, at the advent of the millennium supernatural waters will proceed out of the mount of Olives and the temple, bringing life to the whole region and healing the dead sea (which by the way is actually the Caspian Sea because the modern understanding of Biblical geography is all off).
Here are the scriptures discussing this event:
Zechariah 14:4-8
4 ¶ And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
…8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
Ezekiel 47
1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
…8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
…12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
Joel 3:18
18 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
Thus, it appears that this water has the ability to transfigure plants around it. I wonder what it would do to people who submerged themselves in it, as they might do in baptism?
Generally, the idea that some water literally has supernatural properties provides additional meaning to the many scriptures about living waters, as well as the meaning of the Jerusalem festivals of ritual purification in the waters of Shiloah.
It also seems that you could liken the notion of water leaving the mount of Olives to a sort of baptism of the holy land. Thus, the earth was first baptized with literal water in Noah’s flood, and finally (parts of) the world will be baptized with living water during the Millenium.
I also had dreams of primary water threatening to surface into our world, recorded in Flood in Underground World, which is probably related to this discussion of the waters of Shiloah.
Confirmation
Just as I was searching for scriptural references to living waters, this video was the next recommended YouTube video for me:
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