Enticement

Divine Enticement argues for a reconception of theology and it subject matter as modes of seduction, of both body and mind. Theological language as evocation opens onto rereadings of faith, sacrament, ethics, prayer and scripture. The conclusion argues for a sense of theology as calling upon infinite possibility.

Lady Margaret de la Fontaine was the forgotten lady in waiting. She didn’t mind…most of the time. She liked working with Lady Savannah and the others and believed whole-heartedly in what the queen was trying to achieve in their small country of Merveille. She just wished that someone would notice her, just once. Queen Alyssa’s ladies in waiting had, one by one, met and fallen in love with their dream partners, all except Margaret, not that anybody had given her single status another thought. That didn’t mean she didn’t also wish for someone to love, but she wasn’t holding her breath, especially since her best friend, Lady Hadley Winchester, was now part of the ladies in waiting. It seemed the newest member of the group was a hit with everyone, including the queen, which was great but once again left Margaret as the wallflower. Until Brín. Brín noticed the sweet wee Maggie standing against the wall while everyone else at the ball danced and chatted. He felt a kinship with her, even across the room and sought her out for a little bit of harmless flirting. He was supposed to be checking out the candidates for his arranged marriage, but he really wasn’t keen on the whole idea. He understood his responsibility as the lost heir of a broken down estate that was haemorrhaging money, but he didn’t really see himself as the marrying kind…and even if he did, he’d want to do it for love, not money. Brín was immediately taken with Lady Margaret, but alas, she was not the debutante his advisors had picked out for him. That honour went to Maggie’s best friend, Lady Hadley. But what was a newly minted earl to do when he had the livelihoods of several staff and families to look after? Not to mention, if he didn’t find a solution he may very well lose the estate and the title that went with it.

Malik and Maliki are twin brothers from another mother; but they have the same father. They were born two minutes apart on June 10, 1990 In Brooklyn NY, at Brook dale hospital. Malik came out first then Malikis mother had him. As growing up as twins they became encountered with enticements that led them to the seven deadly sins. Like: Pride, Greed, Lust, Wrath, Gluttony, Envy and Sloth. Their Lives became intertwined with reality. They tried to live a perfectly normal life; but as they found out Life is not perfect, or Normal. Malik is sleek, and debonair, Promiscuous. Malikis sexuality has him in the closet laid back. Even though they are born under the Gemini zodiac sign they are two separate peas in the pot. Malik graduated with his Masters from Cornell University for Architecture. Maliki graduated with his Masters from Lincoln Technical Institute for Electrical Engineer. Maliki is following his brother Malik in pursuing a Life long journey in building up communities for the Homeless, HIV population, Drug rehab abilities, and the mentally declined. Maliki has always been by his twin brothers side on everything; but a turn of life style has Malik dead inside.

On the final day of the hearing to end the marriage born of Alix's gin soaked rebellion and his soon-to-be ex wife's abundant love of his bank balance, the dollar belle called her much-younger half-sister Rachel as her final witness. Had Sue's sharks been paying attention, they'd have seen their targeted deep pocket's tender concern. In seeking to avoid the family tradition of falling in love at first sight, Greek Billionaire Alixander Angelis stepped right into fate's twisted path. When his ex's bed hopping wins his freedom, Alix plans to dabble in romance with Rachel while he waits for her to mature. But she's a Carolina girl who's older than her years. She gives him an ultimatum - he must court her publicly and claim her fully or she'll walk away. He can't lose Rachel and perhaps she's right - Mother Nature doesn't have a watch or a calendar. When he gives in to her demand Alix is arrested for enticing Rachel by email. To defend himself at trial he must display his helpless adoration to a national TV audience and a Myrtle Beach jury. All of them have watches and calendars. Rachel's testimony is his best defense. She could clear him but she disappeared -- after leaving a letter filled with lies. Had he risked it all for love or had he fallen for an elaborate con?

"Enticements: Queer Legal Studies is an interdisciplinary volume that provides an array of queer theoretic descriptions of and prescriptions for the legal regulation of sex, gender and sexuality"--

John Sebastian Marlow Ward (1885-1949) was an English antiquarian, mystic, occult scholar, and museums' pioneer. Ward's provocative works on Masonic symbolism, secret societies, and spirit communications remain in print, and the innovative social history museum - the Abbey Folk Park - which he founded in New Barnet, north London in the 1930s, was later transplanted to Queensland, Australia, where it continues to flourish. His career demonstrates a remarkable fusion of the esoteric and spiritual pre-occupations of the early 20th century, with the deeper currents of antiquarianism and Christian mysticism. Ward's life of energetic work, spiritual exploration, and public activity presents a compelling narrative. His career moved from Cambridge Freemasonry and Edwardian Britain's occult revival to wartime spirit communications and mystical visions of a Pentecostal apocalypse as World War II approached. His unique and populist history museum fused a passion for Britain's disappearing heritage with his conviction that the collapse of Western civilization was imminent. When Ward was unfairly disgraced in a sensational court case in May 1945, he and his followers departed England for Cyprus in self-imposed exile. Archangels and Archaeology examines Ward's extraordinary life and career, demonstrating how these religious, intellectual, and cultural themes - so often treated in isolation - came together in the turbulent decades of the early 20th century. But, his career also has its own tragic arc: from youthful antiquarian, to the mature scholar, to full-blown mystic and eccentric religious leader, and, finally, to his own fall from public grace, in exile and decline.