Encyclopedia - Afterlife: Encyclopedia - Afterlife
The afterlife (or life after death) is a generic term referring to a continuation of existence, typically spiritual and experiential, bey...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afterlife: Encyclopedia Ii - Afterlife - Afterlife As A Belief
Many people believe in an afterlife. It is generally described as a non-verifiable and non-falsifiable belief within a religion, because ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afterlife: Encyclopedia Ii - Afterlife - Criticism
Upon death, brain activity ceases and a person's body begins to decompose. This marks the end of the individual's mind in the physical wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afterlife: Encyclopedia Of Afterlife Mythology In Different Cultures
Afterife - Life After Death An encyclopedia of different cultures mythology  around afterlife, including : Adiri, Ama-No-Hashidate...   » Read the article

Article - Pantheism: Personal Responsibility, Religious Tolerance And Reverence For All Life
 While quantum physics may be a modern development, pantheism is in fact an ancient spiritual path that holds everything in the Univ...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism And Children: Hindu View In Children And Parenting
Hinduism and Children: Hindus loves their children dearly. They believe that their children are gifts from gods and products of their pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia - Religion
Religion (see etymology below) —sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system—is commonly defined as belief concerning t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - After Life: Encyclopedia - After Life
After Life ("Wandafuru raifu", lit. "Wonderful Life") is a 1998 movie by Japanese director Koreeda Hirokazu (是枝裕和) starring Arata...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Eschatology: Encyclopedia - Jewish Eschatology
Jewish eschatology is concerned with Mashiach (the Jewish Messiah) the continuation of the Davidic line, and Olam Haba (Hebrew for "the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritualism: Encyclopedia - Spiritualism
Spiritualism may refer to a variety of modern religious ideologies, primarily active in the United States and Europe. Central tenets of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heaven: Encyclopedia - Heaven
Heaven is an afterlife concept found in many religions or spiritual philosophies. Those who believe in heaven generally hold that it (or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maimonides: Encyclopedia - Maimonides
Moshe ben Maimon (March 30, 1135–December 13, 1204) was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher. Moshe ben Maimon's Hebrew name is �...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enkidu: Encyclopedia - Enkidu
Enkidu appears in Sumerian mythology as a mythical wild-man raised by animals; his beast-like ways are finally tamed by a courtesan named...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Betty Eadie: Encyclopedia - Betty Eadie
Betty (Jean) Eadie (born 1942) is a prominent American author of several books on near-death experience (NDE). Her most notable book is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enlightenment Concept: Encyclopedia - Enlightenment Concept
Enlightenment is a fundamental concept in religion and spirituality which essentially means being illuminated by acquiring new wisdom or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Eschatology: Encyclopedia - Christian Eschatology
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Problem Of Hell: Encyclopedia - Problem Of Hell
The problem of Hell is a variant of the problem of evil, aimed specifically at religions which hold both that: An omnipotent (all-powerf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Near-death Experience: Encyclopedia - Near-death Experience
A near-death experience (NDE) is the perception reported by a person who nearly died or who was clinically dead and revived. They are som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia - Death
Death is the cessation of physical life in a living organism, or the state of the organism after that event. Death - Interpretations of d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civil Religion: Encyclopedia - Civil Religion
The intended meaning of the term civil religion often varies according to whether one is a sociologist of religion or a professional poli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Immortality: Encyclopedia - Immortality
Immortality (or eternal life) is the concept of existing for a potentially infinite, or indeterminate length, of time. Throughout history...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Soul: Encyclopedia - Egyptian Soul
In Egyptian mythology, the human soul is made up of five parts: the Ka, the Ba, the Akh, the Sheut, and the Ren. During life, the soul, i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark Spirituality: Encyclopedia - Dark Spirituality
Dark Spirituality is a broad term used to describe the Left Hand Path religions, however small groups of people are beginning to define t...   » Read the article

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

Encyclopedia - Autobot Matrix Of Leadership: Encyclopedia - Autobot Matrix Of Leadership
In the fictional Transfomers Universe, the Autobot Matrix of Leadership (or Creation Matrix) is a talisman of legend, passed down from Au...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Bereavement: Encyclopedia - Jewish Bereavement
Everything that Jews do regarding death is for one of two reasons: respect for the dead (kavod ha-met) or to console those left behind (n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Predestination: Encyclopedia - Predestination
Predestination is a religious idea, under which the relationship between the beginning of things and the destiny of things is discussed. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity
The article Judaism and Christianity compares and contrasts two closely related Abrahamic religions that are in some ways parallel to eac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian View Of Marriage: Encyclopedia - Christian View Of Marriage
The Christian view of marriage, until recently, according to a nearly universal consensus, has regarded marriage as ordained by God for t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt
Image:Egypt nefertiti.jpg Ancient Egyptian arts is an art form which is five thousand years old and emerged and took shape in the ancient...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umbra World Of Darkness: Encyclopedia - Umbra World Of Darkness
The Umbra is the spirit world, a shadow or reflection of the real world, in the World of Darkness role-playing game setting. It is inhabi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings
The culture of human beings can be defined as follows: One common understanding of culture is to see it as consisting of three elements: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia - Hell
Hell is, according to many religious beliefs, a place or a state of painful suffering. The English word 'hell' comes from the Teutonic 'H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soul: Encyclopedia - Soul
The soul, according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the ethereal substance — spirit (Hebrew:rooah or nefesh) — par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neoplatonism: Encyclopedia - Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) was a school of philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century A.D. Though based on the teachings of Pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reincarnation: Encyclopedia - Reincarnation
Reincarnation, as a doctrine or mystical belief, holds the notion that one's 'Spirit' ('Soul' depending on interpretation), 'Higher or Tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritualism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritualism - Characteristic Beliefs
The central tenet of Spiritualism is the belief in and practice of mediumship which is believed to provide evidence of the continued exis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Etymology
The origins of the word "religion" have been debated for centuries. Some explanations for the origin of the word are: re-reading--from L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Development Of Religion
There are several models for understanding how religions develop. Models which view religion as untrue include: The "Dogma Selection Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Etymology
The origins of the word "religion" have been debated for centuries. Some explanations for the origin of the word are: re-reading--from L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Approaches To The Study Of Individual Religions
Religion - Methods of studying religion subjectively in relation to one's own beliefs. These include efforts to determine the meaning a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - The Coming
Main article: Millennialism In the major Abrahamic religions, there exists the expectation of an individual who will herald the end of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Approaches To Relating To The Beliefs Of Others
Adherents of particular religions deal with the differing doctrines and practices espoused by other religions in a variety ways. All stra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Religion And Other Approaches To Forming Beliefs About The Nature Of The Universe
Humans have many different methods which attempt to answer fundamental questions about the nature of the universe and our place in it (co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark Spirituality: Encyclopedia Ii - Dark Spirituality - Spiritual Goal
Survival is often considered to be the overall goal of dark spirituality. Even in the physical, the survival of the individual is conside...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Heaven - Heaven In The Bahá'í Faith
For Bahá'ís, entry into the next life has the potential to bring great joy. Bahá'u'lláh likened death to the process of birth. He exp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Burial Rituals And Protocol: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Burial Rituals And Protocol - Why Did The Ancient Egyptians Mummify Their Dead?
Ancient Egyptians devoted their entire life to afterlife. However there was no concept of heaven or hell, instead one either existed amon...   » Read the article

Article - Afterlife: Death Is A Dream - What The Dead Have Taught Me About The Afterlife
The ability to communicate with those who have passed into the nonphysical or "died" gives a person a unique perspective on lif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - The Human Soul In Kabbalah
The Zohar posits that the human soul has three elements, the nefesh, ru'ach, and neshamah. The nefesh is found in all humans, and enters ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maimonides: Encyclopedia Ii - Maimonides - Philosophy
Through the Guide for the Perplexed and the philosophical introductions to sections of his commentaries on the Mishna, Maimonides exerted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Introduction
According to both traditional Judaism and modern scholars, a number of qualities distinguish Judaism from the other religions that existe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ship Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Ship Model - History
The art of ship modeling has existed since ancient Egypt, where they were used in burials and believed to carry the soul into the afterli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - Interpretations Of Death
In almost all societies, death has one or several symbols associated with it. Common symbols of death in Western cultures include the gri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - Interpretations Of Death
In almost all societies, death has one or several symbols associated with it. Common symbols of death in Western cultures include the gri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enlightenment Concept: Encyclopedia Ii - Enlightenment Concept - People Who Have Been Said To Be Enlightened
In our own time, Jiddu Krishnamurti is said by some to have attained Enlightenment under a pepper tree in Ojai, California in the 1920s. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - The Messiah
Jews believe that a descendant of King David will one day appear to restore the Kingdom of Israel. Jews refer to this person as Moshiach,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ship Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Ship Model - History
Ship model - The Ancient Egyptians were first to carve detailed ship models. It was a common aspect of the Egyptian funeral practice to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Predestination: Encyclopedia Ii - Predestination - Jewish Views
Generally speaking Judaism has no strong doctrine of predestination. The idea that God is omnipotent and omniscient didn't formally exist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Immortality: Encyclopedia Ii - Immortality - Concepts Of Immortality
Considerations of immortality usually bring to mind the idea of unending existence, a freedom from the concerns of annihilation and death...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucianism - Names For Confucianism
Several names for Confucianism exist in Chinese. "School of the Scholars" (pinyin Rújiā) 儒家 (Traditional and Simplified Chinese) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esotericism: Encyclopedia Ii - Esotericism - Esoteric Themes
What, in a nutshell, does "esotericism" teach? No possible answer could do justice to the myriad groups which are subsumed under this nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reincarnation: Encyclopedia Ii - Reincarnation - Theories Put Forward To Explain The Phenomenon
Reincarnation - A theory of reincarnation. A belief in reincarnation does not discount the existence of heaven, hell, or a final judgme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanism - Aspects
Humanism - Religion. While humanism in some ways fulfills or supplements the role of religions in people's lives, and therefore qualifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sumer: Encyclopedia Ii - Sumer - Agriculture And Hunting
The Sumerians grew barley, chickpeas, lentils, millet, wheat, turnips, dates, onions, garlic, lettuce, leeks and mustard. They also raise...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rock Carvings At Alta: Encyclopedia Ii - Rock Carvings At Alta - Cultural And Historical Background
At the time the carvings were created, northern Norway was inhabited by a culture of hunter-gatherers that are thought to be descendants ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rock Carvings At Alta: Encyclopedia Ii - Rock Carvings At Alta - Imagery And Interpretations
Since no written records exist from the period the carvings were created, there is no way to know what purposes they were meant to serve ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Perspectives On Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Perspectives On Jesus - Other Religions
Religious perspectives on Jesus - Bahá'í. The Bahá'í Faith consider Jesus to be a manifestation of God. God is one and has manifest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Perspectives On Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Perspectives On Jesus - Other Religions
The Bahá'í Faith consider Jesus to be a manifestation of God. God is one and has manifested himself to humanity through several histori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Age: Encyclopedia Ii - New Age - Beliefs
The following are some common — though by no means universal — beliefs found among New Agers: All humanity—indeed all life, everyt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Justice: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Justice - The Evolving Answer
Humans are vulnerable as individuals. By gathering together into bands and communities, they seek to gain strength and to address their v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Human Beings - Religion
Scientists and naturalist philosophers largely agree that humans consist of a body alone (roughly the physicalist or reductionist view); ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Nature: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Nature - Metaphysics And Ethics
There are a number of perspectives regarding the fundamental nature and substance of humans. These are by no means mutually exclusive, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Eschatology - Mashiach/messiah
The Hebrew word Mashiach (or Moshiach) means anointed one, and refers to a mortal human being. Within Judaism, the Mashiach is a human be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Satanism - Satanic Philosophy
LaVey's "9 Satanic Statements", a sort of philosophical outline to defining Satanism, were as follows: Satan represents indulgence inste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Development Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Development Of Religion - Religions As Social Construction
This group of models holds that religion is a social construction, rather than referring to actual supernatural phenomena, that is, pheno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragonriders Of Pern: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragonriders Of Pern - Pernese Worldview And Society
Dragonriders of Pern - General. In the Pern series McCaffrey attempts to portray a society caught between its attempt to build a utopia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritualism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritualism - Spiritualist Church
Spiritualist churches are places of worship for the practitioners of Spiritualism. The Spiritualist service is usually conducted by a med...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Religion - Overview
It is perhaps misleading to speak of "Greek religion." In the first place, the Greeks did not have a term for "religion" in the sense of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Satanism - Types And Approaches Within Satanism
Satanism - Margolinian Satanism. This style of Satanism was created by Rev. Michael S. Margolin when he formed his "Sinagogue of Satan"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marriage: Encyclopedia Ii - Marriage - Types Of Marriages
The type and functions of marriage vary from culture to culture. Marriage - Western world. In the Americas and Europe, in the 21st cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'í Faith - Teachings
Texts & Scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith Main article: Bahá'í teachings Bahá'í Faith - Summary. Shoghi Effendi wrote the fol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reincarnation: Encyclopedia Ii - Reincarnation - Objections To Reincarnation
Objections to metempsychosis include: that personal identity depends on memory, and we do not remember our previous incarnations. An answ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanking: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanking - Non-punitive & Voluntary Spankings
As spanking, combining physical discipline (associated with violence = drama) and buttocks (a sexy part of both gender's anatomy), always...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'í Faith - Teachings
Texts & Scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith Main articles: Bahá'í teachings, and [[]], and [[]],   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adventures In Odyssey/temp: Encyclopedia Ii - Adventures In Odyssey/temp - Format
AIO is atypical in that it does not fall cleanly into either comedy or melodrama category, and episode plots range from the farcical (e.g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marriage: Encyclopedia Ii - Marriage - Marriage Restrictions
Societies have always placed restrictions on marriage to relatives, though the degree of prohibited relationship varies widely. In almost...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Nature: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Nature - Psychology And Biology
A long standing question in philosophy and science is whether there exists an invariant human nature. For those who believe there is a hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soul: Encyclopedia Ii - Soul - Religious Views
Soul - Bahá'í beliefs. The Bahá'í Faith affirm that "the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electronic Voice Phenomena: Encyclopedia Ii - Electronic Voice Phenomena - Modern Evp
Since Jurgenson's report, thousands of people all over the world have attempted to replicate the spirit voices phenomenon, claiming succe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electronic Voice Phenomenon: Encyclopedia Ii - Electronic Voice Phenomenon - Modern Evp
Since Jurgenson's report, thousands of people all over the world have attempted to replicate the spirit voices phenomenon, claiming succe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Principles Of Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Principles Of Faith - Jewish Principles Of Faith
Jewish principles of faith - Monotheism. Judaism is based on a strict unitarian monotheism, the belief in one God. The prayer par excel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meaning Of Life: Encyclopedia Ii - Meaning Of Life - Philosophical Views
Meaning of life - Value as meaning. In that they attempt to answer the question "What is valuable in life?", theories of value are theo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Religious Accounts
Hell appears in several mythologies and religions in different guises, and is commonly inhabited by demons and the souls of dead people. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Jewish Views
Angels appear in several Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) stories, in addition to the ones previously mentioned above. These include the warn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Religious Accounts
Hell appears in several mythologies and religions in different guises, and is commonly inhabited by demons and the souls of dead people. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afterlife: Encyclopedia Ii - Afterlife - Philosophical Arguments
Some non-believers in an afterlife, influenced by positivism (philosophy), have argued that claims of an afterlife are unverifiable and u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afterlife: Encyclopedia Ii - Afterlife - Afterlife As Reward Or Punishment
One notion of afterlife which is common to Judaism (see the afterlife and olam haba ["world to come"] ), most sects of Christianity, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afterlife: Encyclopedia Ii - Afterlife - Afterlife As Reincarnation
Another afterlife concept which is found among Hindus, Buddhists, and Wiccans is reincarnation, whether as humans, animals, or as spiritu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afterlife: Encyclopedia Ii - Afterlife - Related Studies
The study of views of the afterlife is a concern of Eschatology, which deals with the soul, the resurrection of the dead, the messianic e...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vii - A
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VII - A . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article