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Encyclopedia - -logy: Encyclopedia - -logy
The English suffix -ology or -logy denotes a field of study or academic discipline, and -ologist describes a person who studies that fiel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - -logy: Encyclopedia Ii - -logy - Usage
Although technically incorrect, "-ology" is sometimes used to describe a subject rather than the study of it. Technology is a typical exa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmacharya: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmacharya - Usage
This word in one common usuage generally denotes a particular phase of life (first 20-25 years of Life). Ancient Hindu culture divides th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Usage Note
Some uses of the term "Jew" are tainted by historic anti-Jewish bigotry. The correct adjectival form is "Jewish"; the use of "Jew" as an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knoppix: Encyclopedia Ii - Knoppix - Usage
Knoppix has a wide variety of free software. More than 2600 software packages are included on the DVD edition and more than 1000 are incl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Militant: Encyclopedia Ii - Militant - Mass Media Usage Of The Word
The mass media often uses the term "militant" in the context of terrorism. Journalists often apply the term militant to movements using t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heroin: Encyclopedia Ii - Heroin - Usage And Effects
Recreational uses: Euphoria Relaxation Other uses: Pain relief Cough suppressant anti-diarrheal Alcohol Barbiturates Stimulants Othe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Physical Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Physical Punishment - Modern Usage
Although the corporal punishment of adults has now been abandoned by many countries, it is still retained as a judicial sanction in some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electroconvulsive Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Electroconvulsive Therapy - Current Usage
Currently ECT is mainly used to treat severe depression, particularly if complicated by psychosis (NIH & NIMH Consensus Conference, 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Counties Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Counties Of England - Usage
During the 20th century, numerous local government reforms made the usage of county names somewhat confused. When the first county counci...   » Read the article

Article - Vastu: Vasthu, The Indian Vedic Science Of Environmental Bliss
How vastu is working and how bad vastu can be rectified. Describes earth energies impact on the chakra system. The ancient science of Vas...   » Read the article

Article - Channeling Board: Modern Use Of The Channeling Board Or Ouija Boards
Many different schools of thought exist on the usage of channeling boards, aka "Ouija boards." Some believe them to be a tool of the de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Longbow: Encyclopedia Ii - English Longbow - Usage
Longbows were difficult to master because the force required to draw the bow was very high by modern standards. Though the draw weight of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Preexistence: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Preexistence
A Theosophical definition of Preexistence :   Preexistence This term means that the human soul did not first come into being or...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Theology: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Theology
THEOLOGY: is Greek, meaning the 'Study of God and the religion and cultures effected by them. . Thealogy: new usage & spelling, th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adonai, Adonai: Theosophy Dictionary On Adonai, Adonai
Adonai 'adonai (Hebrew) (from 'adon lord)   My Lords; through usage, Lord, a plural of excellence. Originally a sort of appeal or...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psyche: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Psyche
Psyche (Greek) [from psycho breathe, blow; cf Greek pneuma from pneo to breathe, blow; Latin anima, spiritus all connected with breath...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Amen, Amen: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Amen, Amen
Amen 'amen (Hebrew) (from 'aman to be firm, faithful, trustworthy, sure)   Firmness, permanency, durability, truth, fidelity; as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Snake: Encyclopedia - Snake
Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. There are also several species of le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toilet Paper: Encyclopedia - Toilet Paper
Toilet paper (also lavatory paper or toilet tissue) is a tissue paper product designed for the cleaning of the excretory organs to remove...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Obsession: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Obsession
obsession Beset by a power of external source, usually with some haunting, fixed idea. Older usage meant the taking over of a physica...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sulfur, Sulphur: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sulfur, Sulphur
Sulfur, Sulphur In European medieval alchemy, a cosmic element of which the mineral sulfur was regarded as a manifestation or correspo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheque: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheque - Types Of Cheques
In the United States, cheques are governed by Article 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code. An order cheque – the most common form in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psalms: Encyclopedia Ii - Psalms - Sections Of The Book
In Jewish usage, the Psalter is divided, after the analogy of the Pentateuch, into five books, each closing with a doxology or benedictio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical Kana Usage: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical Kana Usage - General Differences
In historical kana usage: Two kana are used that are obsolete today: ゐ/ヰ wi and ゑ/ヱ we. These are pronounced as i and e. Words t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thealogy: Encyclopedia Ii - Thealogy - First Uses
Thealogy - First? usages. In "The Druid Chronicles (Evolved)," privately published in 1976, Isaac Bonewits used "thealogian" to refer t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biophoton: Encyclopedia Ii - Biophoton - Metaphysics
The scientific usage of the term biophoton has been overtaken by several pseudoscientific groups, new-age groups, etc. Some claim that th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skygazing: Encyclopedia Ii - Skygazing - Observations With A Refracting Telescope
A refracting telescope is an instrument that is constituted of one or several lenses and that focuses the luminous rays toward one point ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cocaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocaine - Cocaine Addiction
Cocaine addiction is the obsessive or uncontrollable abuse of cocaine. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) shows promising results. Spirit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harvard College: Encyclopedia Ii - Harvard College - History
The name Harvard College dates to 1638. In that year, the two-year-old school, which had yet to graduate its first students, was named in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsar: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsar - Etymology And Spelling
The word tsar is derived from the Latin title Caesar by way of the Old Slavonic tsesar (цесарь). The word is cognate with German Ka...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Numerals: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Numerals - Iiii Or Iv?
The notation of Roman numerals has varied through the centuries. Originally, it was common to use IIII to represent "four", because IV re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet Troll: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet Troll - Troll Culture
The long history of trolling, and the strong support for anonymous and pseudonymous discourse on the Internet, suggests that the story of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsar: Encyclopedia - Tsar
Tsar (Bulgarian and Serbian цар, Russian царь ▶ (help·info)), often spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English),...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Highness: Encyclopedia Ii - Highness - Western European Tradition
These abstractions arose in great profusion in the Roman empire, both of the East and West (subject to a now very confusion inflation and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grammar: Encyclopedia - Grammar
Grammar is the study of rules governing the use of language. The set of rules governing a particular language is also called the grammar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quotation Mark: Encyclopedia Ii - Quotation Mark - Glyphs
A list of glyphs used as quotation marks and their Unicode (and HTML) values and names follows. The Unicode standard defines two general ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1890s: Encyclopedia - 1890s
1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 The 1890s were sometimes referred to as t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahman: Encyclopedia - Brahman
Brahman (ब्रह्मन् in devanagari script) in the Vedantic (and subsequently Yogic) schools of Hinduism, is the signifying n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cochineal: Encyclopedia Ii - Cochineal - Dye
A deep crimson dye is extracted from the female cochineal insects. Cochineal is used to produce scarlet, orange and other red tints too. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atoll: Encyclopedia - Atoll
An atoll is a type of low, coral island found in tropical oceans and consisting of a coral-algal reef surrounding a central depression. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinook Jargon: Encyclopedia - Chinook Jargon
Chinook Jargon was a trade language (or pidgin) of the Pacific Northwest, which spread quickly up the West Coast from Oregon, through Was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dead White Males: Encyclopedia - Dead White Males
Dead white men or DWEM (an acronym standing for "Dead White European Male"), is a pejorative term used most commonly to refer to a tradit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toilet: Encyclopedia Ii - Toilet - Etymology
The word toilet came to be used in English along with other French fashions (first noted 1681), and originally referred to the whole comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - What Is Mythology?
In order to consider mythology, it is first necessary to consider what is meant by the term myth. The ancient Greek Μυθος originally...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyphen: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin And History Of The Hyphen
In medieval times and the early days of printing, when fonts all resembled Old English, the predecessor of the comma was a slash. As the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cocaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocaine - Legal Status
The production, the distribution and the sales of cocaine products are restricted (and illegal in most contexts) in most countries. Coca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carpet: Encyclopedia - Carpet
A carpet is any loom-woven, felted textile or grass floor covering. The term was also used for table and wall coverings, as carpets were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electricity Generation: Encyclopedia Ii - Electricity Generation - Methods Of Generating Electricity
Electricity generation - Methods for transforming other power into electrical power. Rotating turbines attached to electrical generator...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia - Meditation
Meditation like yoga originated in Vedic Hinduism many centuries ago, it was much later adopted into a wide variety of practices of relig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copt: Encyclopedia Ii - Copt - Etymology
The English word Copt is from New Latin Coptus, which is derived from Arabic qubṭi قبطي (pl: qubṭ قبط and aqbāṭ أقباط)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Hemisphere: Encyclopedia - Western Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere (capitalised) is a geopolitical term for the Americas and associated islands. It is derived from the geographical west...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empowerment: Encyclopedia Ii - Empowerment - Management
In the sphere of management and organizational theory, "empowerment" often refers loosely to processes for giving subordinates (or worker...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gospel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gospel - Canonical Gospels
Of the many gospels written in antiquity, exactly four gospels came to be accepted as part of the New Testament, or canonical. An insiste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papyrus: Encyclopedia Ii - Papyrus - Etymology
The English word papyrus derives, via Latin, from Greek πάπυρος papuros. It is interesting to note that Greek has a second word fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Word "fuck": Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Word "fuck" - Euphemisms
In situations where using or mentioning the word directly may be considered inappropriate, people often resort to euphemisms, one example...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cognitive Linguistics: Encyclopedia - Cognitive Linguistics
In linguistics and cognitive science, cognitive linguistics (CL) refers to the currently dominant school of linguistics that views the im...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hysteria: Encyclopedia - Hysteria
Hysteria is a diagnostic label applied to a state of mind, one of unmanageable fear or emotional excesses. The fear is often centered on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bachelor: Encyclopedia - Bachelor
A bachelor is an unmarried but marriageable man; some restrict the usage to men who have never been married. The female equivalent term i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euphemism: Encyclopedia Ii - Euphemism - Doublespeak
What distinguishes doublespeak from other euphemisms is its deliberate usage by governmental, military, or corporate institutions. Double...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cave: Encyclopedia - Cave
This article is about natural caves; for artificial caves used as dwellings, such as those in north China, see yaodong. A cave is a natur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Central Business District: Encyclopedia - Central Business District
Central business district (CBD) and downtown are terms referring to a commercial heart of a city. Downtown is the usual term in North Ame...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tulku, Sprul Sku: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tulku, Sprul Sku
Tulku sprul sku (Tibetan) [short for sprul pa'i sku (tul-pe-ku) from sprul pa phantom, disembodied spirit; cf Sanskrit nirmanakaya bod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Redneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Redneck - Etymology
Redneck - Possible Scots-Irish Etymology. The word redneck was first cited in Scotland. In Scotland, the National Covenant and The Sole...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Events And Trends
2000s - Technology. A huge jump in broadband internet usage, from 6% of U.S. internet users in June, 2000 to what one study predicts w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balloon: Encyclopedia Ii - Balloon - Records
Balloon - Maximum flight heights. Manned Balloon The altitude record for manned balloons is 34668 metres. It was made by Malcolm D. Ros...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bi-curious: Encyclopedia - Bi-curious
Someone who is bi-curious has a sexual orientation, behavior, or self-identification, which is close to but not quite entirely heterosexu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tory: Encyclopedia Ii - Tory - History
The term originates from the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and English Civil War of the 1640s and '50s, when it was used to describe Irish g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bureaucracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Bureaucracy - Max Weber On Bureaucracy
Max Weber has probably been one of the most influential users of the word in its social science sense. He is well-known for his study of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University College: Encyclopedia - University College
The term university college is used in a number of countries to denote institutions that provide tertiary education but do not have full ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epidemic: Encyclopedia - Epidemic
In epidemiology, an epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos people) is a disease that appears as new cases in a given human population, du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Language
The native language of the Romans was Latin, an Italic language. An inflectional and synthetic language, Latin relies little on word orde...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Soulless Beings: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Soulless Beings
A Theosophical definition of Soulless Beings :   Soulless Beings "We elbow soulless men in the streets at every turn,"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Purushottam Das Tandon: Encyclopedia Ii - Purushottam Das Tandon - Controversies
Purushottam Das Tandon - Religious Tolerance. Several controversies and contradictions abound in the life of Purushottam Das Tandon. Wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Written Cantonese: Encyclopedia - Written Cantonese
Written Cantonese refers to the written language used to write colloquial standard Cantonese using Chinese characters. Cantonese is usual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zen: Encyclopedia Ii - Zen - Zen And Western Culture
Since the 1930s in the United Kingdom, and at least since the Beatnik movement of the 1950s in the United States, the West has had a grow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kardashev Scale: Encyclopedia Ii - Kardashev Scale - Weakness By Supposition?
It has been argued that, because we cannot understand advanced civilizations, we cannot predict their behavior; thus, Kardashev's visuali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adaptation: Encyclopedia - Adaptation
A biological adaptation is an anatomical structure, physiological process or behavioral trait of an organism that has evolved over a peri...   » Read the article

Article - Wiccan Holidays: September 21 - Autumnal Equinox - Harvest Home
September 21 - Autumnal Equinox - Harvest Home In many mythologies, this is the day the Sun God, the God of Light, is killed by his riv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Honors: Encyclopedia - Latin Honors
Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. There are typ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - M: Encyclopedia - M
M is the thirteenth letter of the latin alphabet. Its name in English is em. M is also the title of a 1931 film by Fritz Lang, and its 19...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Individuality: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Individuality
A Theosophical definition of Individuality :   Individuality Theosophists draw a sharp and comprehensive distinction between in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet Explorer: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet Explorer - History
Internet Explorer is derived from Spyglass Mosaic, an early commercial web browser. In 1995, Spyglass Mosaic was licensed by Microsoft in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Comics - Forms Within Comics
Comics as an art form represents many different forms and publication formats, not all of which are physical. Comics - Cartoon. The car...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chit: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Chit
chit: (Sanskrit) "Consciousness" or "awareness."   Philosophically, "pure awareness; transcendent consc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bracket: Encyclopedia Ii - Bracket - In Writing
Brackets are punctuation marks, used in pairs to set apart or interject text within other text. Types of brackets include parentheses...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmodernism: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmodernism - Uses Of The Term
The term derives from postmodernity, which postmodern theorist Jean-François Lyotard understood to represent the culmination of the proc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism, a form of personification (applying human or animal qualities to inanimate objects) and similar to prosopopoeia (adopti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Myanmar: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Myanmar
The culture of Myanmar has been heavily influenced by Buddhism. More recently, British imperialism has influenced aspects of Burmese cult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Aircraft - Categories And Classification
Aircraft fall into two broad categories: Aircraft - Heavier than air. Heavier than air aerodynes, including autogyros, helicopters and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aum: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Aum
Aum: (Sanskrit) or (Sanskrit) Often spelled Om. The mystic syllable of Hinduism, placed at the beginning of most sacred writings. As a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Written Cantonese: Encyclopedia Ii - Written Cantonese - Cantonese Characters
Written Cantonese contains many characters not used in standard written Chinese in order to transcribe colloquially spoken words. Because...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Elemental (elementals): Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Elemental (elementals)
A Theosophical definition of Elemental (Elementals) :   Elemental (Elementals) Nature-spirits or sprites. The theosophical usag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Democracy - Essential Elements Of A Democracy
True democracy as a form of government always has the following characteristics: there is constrained freedom to further the public good...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Throne: Encyclopedia - Throne
A throne is the official chair or seat upon which a monarch is seated on state or ceremonial occasions. "Throne" in an abstract sense can...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannon: Encyclopedia - Cannon
A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a considerable distance. The term can apply to a modern da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Color Metaphors For Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Color Metaphors For Race - Western Classifications
In the West, particularly the United States, the primary color metaphor for race is the classification of persons of African ancestry as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electricity: Encyclopedia - Electricity
Electricity is a property of matter that results from the presence of electric charge. Together with magnetism, it constitutes the fundam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukkake: Encyclopedia Ii - Bukkake - Etymology
Bukkake is the noun form of the Japanese verb bukkakeru (打っ掛ける, to dash [water]), and means simply "splash" or "dash." The comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bisexuality: Encyclopedia - Bisexuality
Biological factors / Choice / Environment Demographics / History Gender role / Gender identity Human sexual behavior / Animal sexuality C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Dragon: Encyclopedia - Chinese Dragon
The Chinese dragon (龍; pinyin: lóng; Cantonese: loong; Hokkien: leng; Japanese: ryū; Korean: yong; Vietnamese: long) is a mythical cr...   » Read the article