Encyclopedia - Alchemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Alchemy - History
Alchemy encompasses several philosophical traditions spanning some four millennia and three continents. These traditions' general penchan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Doctor Alchemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Doctor Alchemy - History
Albert Desmond suffered from multiple personality disorder where, like Two-Face, one side was a harmless citizen, the other personality w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Thermodynamics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Thermodynamics - Transition From Alchemy To Chemistry
The theory of phlogiston arose in the 17th century, late in the period of alchemy. Its replacement by caloric theory in the 18th century ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alchemy: Encyclopedia - Alchemy
Alchemy is an early protoscientific and philosophical discipline combining the elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo: Encyclopedia - Leo
Leo (Latin for lion, symbol , Unicode ♌) is a constellation of the zodiac. Leo lies between dim Cancer to the west and Virgo to the eas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancer Constellation: Encyclopedia - Cancer Constellation
In astronomy and astrology, Cancer (Latin for crab, symbol , Unicode ♋) is one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac. Cancer is sm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrology: Encyclopedia - Astrology
Astrology (from Greek: αστρολογία = άστρον, astron, "star" + λόγος, logos, "word") refers to any of several traditio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian: Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian
The Rosicrucian Order is a legendary and secretive Order dating from the 15th or 17th century. It generally is associated with the symbol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal
Magic or sorcery are terms referring to the alleged influencing of events and physical phenomena by supernatural, mystical, or paranormal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voynich Manuscript: Encyclopedia - Voynich Manuscript
The Voynich manuscript is a mysterious illustrated book of unknown contents, written some 600 years ago by an anonymous author in an unid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Necromancy: Encyclopedia - Necromancy
Necromancy (Latin necromantia, Greek νεκρομαντία nekromantía) is the alleged divination by which a person raises the spirits ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo - Notable Features
This constellation contains many bright stars, such as Regulus (α Leonis), the lion's heart; Denebola (β Leonis); and γ1 Leonis (Algie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Calculus Of Angels: Encyclopedia - A Calculus Of Angels
A Calculus of Angels is the second book in Gregory Keyes' Age of Unreason series. It was initially published by Del Rey on March 30, 1999...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chemistry: Encyclopedia - Chemistry
Chemistry (derived from the Arabic word kimia, alchemy, where al is Arabic for the) is the science of matter that deals with the composit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo - History Of The Name
Early Hindu astronomers knew it as Asleha and as Sinha, the Tamil Simham but later, influenced by Greece and Rome, as Leya or Leyaya, fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo - History Of The Symbol
The adoption of this animal's form for the zodiac sign has been attributed to the fact that when the Sun was among its stars in midsummer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo - Mythology
In Greek mythology, it was identified as the Nemean Lion (and may have been a source of the tale) which was killed by Herakles during one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo - Mythology
In Greek mythology, it was identified as the Nemean Lion (and may have been a source of the tale) which was killed by Herakles during one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosicrucian - Rose Cross: Alchemy And Divine Sciences Of Healing & Of The Stars
The alchemy in the laboratory (the ancestor of modern chemistry), where the ultimate goal was understanding of the laws of Nature in orde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancer Constellation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancer Constellation - History Of The Name
The early Sanskrit name of this constellation was Karka and Karkata, the Tamil Karkatan, and the Cingalese Kathaca. The later Hindus knew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancer Constellation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancer Constellation - History Of The Symbol
The modern symbol for Cancer is the crab, but it has been represented with various types of creatures, usually those live in the water, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancer Constellation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancer Constellation - Mythology
As the constellation vaguely resembles a crab, it may, together with the Hydra constellation, form the basis of the myth of the Lernaean ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosicrucian - Influence On Freemasonry
According to Jean Pierre Bayard, two rites of Rosicrucian inspiration emerged from the end of 18th century. One was the Rectified Scottis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Astrology - Astrology And Alchemy
Alchemy in the Western World and other locations where it was widely practiced was (and in many cases still is) closely allied and intert...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Astrology - The Validity Of Astrology
Astrology is a very controversial subject. The case for and the case against astrology's objective validity are discussed more fully at V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Thermodynamics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Thermodynamics - Phenomenological Thermodynamics
History of thermodynamics - Gas laws. Years of discovery: Boyle's law (1662) Charles's law was first published by Joseph Louis Gay-Lus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Thermodynamics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Thermodynamics - Entropy And The Second Law
Even though he was working with the caloric theory, Sadi Carnot in 1824 suggested that some of the caloric available for generating usefu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ouroboros: Encyclopedia Ii - Ouroboros - Alchemy
In alchemy, the ouroboros is a purifying sigil. The famous Ouroboros drawing from the early Alchemical text The Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosicrucian - The Manifestos
If one abstracts from the symbolic associations of the rose and the cross, which have been visioned by many since ancient epochs, it is k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosicrucian - Reference Literature
Essays Alexandre David, Fama Fraternitatis - Introdution, [15]. Corinne Heline, The Seven Jewels and the Seven Stages of Initiation , [1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosicrucian - History
It is on the foundation of these teachings that Rosenkreuz conceived the plan for simultaneous and universal religious, philosophic, scie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Astrology - Astrology And The Days Of The Week
Each day of the week was created in honor of one of the seven celestial bodies (the Sun, Moon and five planets known in ancient times); a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Astrology - Description
In past centuries astrology often relied on close observation of astronomical objects, and the charting of their movements, and might be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Astrology - History Of Astrology
The study of Western astrology and the belief in it, as part of astronomy, is found in a developed form among the ancient Babylonians; an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Astrology - Effects On World Culture
Astrology has had a profound influence over the past few thousand years on Western and Eastern cultures, along with the English language....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Astrology - The Seven Liberal Arts And Astrology
In medieval Europe, a university education was divided into seven distinct areas, each represented by a particular planet and known as th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Astrology - Astrology And The Days Of The Week
Each day of the week was created in honor of one of the seven celestial bodies (the Sun, Moon and five planets known in ancient times); a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Thermodynamics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Thermodynamics - Heat Transfer
The phenomenon of heat conduction is immediately grasped in everyday life. In 1701, Sir Isaac Newton published his law of cooling. Howeve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Thermodynamics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Thermodynamics - Contributions From Antiquity
In the western philosophical tradition, after much debate about the primal element among earlier pre-Socratic philosophers, Empedocles pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Thermodynamics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Thermodynamics - Modern Theory
At its origins, thermodynamics was the study of engines. Prior to 1698 and the invention of the Savery Engine, horses were used to power ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosicrucian - Modern Groups
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, various groups styled themselves Rosicrucian. Almost all claimed to be authenti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosicrucian - Origins
According to a legend published in the 17th century Rosicrucian manifestos, the Rosicrucian Order was founded in 1407 (the early 15th cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ouroboros: Encyclopedia Ii - Ouroboros - Ouroboros In Modern Culture
Ouroboros - Chemistry. The organic chemist August Kekulé claimed that a ring in the shape of Ouroboros inspired him in his discovery o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Varieties Of Magical Practice
Magic paranormal - Magical intentions. There are several historical varieties of magical practice. Generally, magical intentions can be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Religion Paganism And Alchemy
The conceptual relationship between religion and magic is similar to the relationship between "religion" and Paganism, whereas "religion"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Magical Practices And Spells
The basic mechanism of magical practices is the spell, a spoken or written ritualistic formula that might be used in conjunction with a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - History Of Western European Magic
Magic paranormal - Magical beliefs in Western Europe. Belief in various magical practices has waxed and waned in European and Western h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Etymology
The word magic ultimately derives from Magus (Old Persian maguš), one of the Zoroastrian astrologer priests of the Medes. In the Helleni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Religion, Paganism, And Alchemy
The conceptual relationship between religion and magic is similar to the relationship between "religion" and Paganism, whereas "religion"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Religious Attitudes Towards Magic
Magic paranormal - Indigenous traditions. Appearing from aboriginal tribes in Australia and New Zealand to rainforest tribes in South A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Modern Believers In Magic
Many people in the West claim to believe in or practise various forms of magic. The forms of magic they adhere to have been reconstructed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Theories Of Magic
In an age where the existence of magical forces is no longer taken for granted, believers in magic are likely to be asked, "How does magi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Religious Ritual And Magical Thinking
Viewed from a non-theistic perspective, many religious rituals and beliefs seem similar to, or identical to, magical thinking. Related to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Magic In Fiction
In considering magic as tradition, a related category concerns magic in fiction, where it serves as a plot device, the source of magical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voynich Manuscript: Encyclopedia Ii - Voynich Manuscript - History
The history of the manuscript is still full of gaps, especially in its earliest part.[3] Since the manuscript's alphabet does not resembl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voynich Manuscript: Encyclopedia Ii - Voynich Manuscript - Theories About Authorship
Many names have been proposed as possible authors of the Voynich manuscript. Here are only the most popular ones. Voynich manuscript - R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voynich Manuscript: Encyclopedia Ii - Voynich Manuscript - Theories About Contents And Purpose
The overall impression given by the surviving leaves of the manuscript suggests that it was meant to serve as a pharmacopoeia or to addre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voynich Manuscript: Encyclopedia Ii - Voynich Manuscript - Theories About The Language
Many theories have been advanced as to the nature of the Voynich manuscript "language". Here is a partial list: Voynich manuscript - Let...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Necromancy: Encyclopedia Ii - Necromancy - Necromancy In Fiction
In fantasy and horror fiction, necromancers are often considered evil, and are sometimes said to have sold their soul to a demon or the D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Necromancy: Encyclopedia Ii - Necromancy - Necromancy In Role-playing Games
The Necromancer is also a common character class in role-playing games. In such games as Dungeons & Dragons and Diablo II, the Necrom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Necromancy: Encyclopedia Ii - Necromancy - Necromancy In History
Necromancy may or may not have a relation to shamanism, which calls upon spirits (angles of the elements and such)or 'The Great Spirit/Cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Snake Oil: Encyclopedia Ii - Snake Oil - History
Snake oil - United States. Snake oil originally came from China, where it was used as a remedy for inflammation and pain in rheumatoid ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Snake Oil: Encyclopedia Ii - Snake Oil - Composition Of Snake Oil
The composition of snake oil medicines can vary markedly between products. Snake oil sold in San Francisco Chinatown in 1989 was found to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Necromancy: Encyclopedia Ii - Necromancy - Necromancy In Role-playing Games
The Necromancer is also a common character class in role-playing games. In such games as Dungeons & Dragons and Diablo II, the Necrom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - A
List of digital library projects - Agriculture. American National Agricultural Library [59] List of digital library projects - Alch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - H
List of digital library projects - Health Care. Health Care at NIST [98] List of digital library projects - Hebrew Language Librari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Astrology - Overview
Astrology is not limited to Western astrology alone, which by itself has dozens of branches and various offshoots. In modern India the an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Astrology - History
History of astrology - Western astrology's Babylonian origins. The history of western astrology can now be traced back to ancient Babyl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Astrology - Noted Predictions
A few salient facts may be added concerning the astrologers and their predictions, remarkable either for their fulfilment or for the ruin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Astrology - Historical Proponents Of Astrology
The influence of the Medici made astrologers popular in France. Richelieu, on whose council was Jacques Gaffarel (1601-1681), the last of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Astrology - Historical Opponents Of Astrology
Lastly, we may mention a few distinguished men who ran counter to their age in denying stellar influences. Aristarchus of Samos, Martianu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Astrology - Other Miscellany
To astrological politics we owe the theory of heaven-sent rulers, instruments in the hands of Providence, and saviours of society. Napole...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - E
List of digital library projects - Economics. British Academy Portal - Economics and Economic History List of digital library proje...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - F
List of digital library projects - Fine Arts. AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service) Visual Arts British Academy Portal - History of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - B
List of digital library projects - Biology. Biology Library at Lund University List of digital library projects - Biotechnology. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - D
List of digital library projects - Dutch Language Libraries. Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Literatuur Dutch language digita...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - G
List of digital library projects - Geology. USGS U.S. Geological Survey - texts online [81] List of digital library projects - Germa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - I
Indonesian Digital Library Network IndonesiaDLN List of digital library projects - Italian language libraries. Progetto Manuzio hosts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - J
List of digital library projects - Japanese Language Libraries. Aozora Bunko digitized Japanese language texts. Project Sugita Genpaku...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - Searches And Meta-indices
List of digital library projects - Search Journals and Magazines. magportal.com findarticles.com opinion-pages.org trAce ... See al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - L
List of digital library projects - Language. Wordtheque - Word by word multilingual library [117] Early Modern Languages and Literatur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - M
List of digital library projects - Materials Science. Material;s Science at NIST List of digital library projects - Mathematics. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - N
List of digital library projects - Nanotechnology. Nanotechnology at NIST List of digital library projects - Nations and Peoples. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - O
List of digital library projects - Occult. The Hidden Gate ... See also:List of digital library projects, List of digital library p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - P
List of digital library projects - Patents. Canadian Patents Database [150] List of digital library projects - Philosophy. British...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - R
List of digital library projects - Religion. Theravada Buddhist Text Archives Internet Sacred Text Archive A Guide to Christian Litera...   » Read the article

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List of digital library projects - Science. National Science Digital Library Scientific Electronic Library Online Public Library of Sc...   » Read the article

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List of digital library projects - Tamil Language Libraries. Tamil Electronic Library List of digital library projects - Technology...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - V
List of digital library projects - Visual storytelling. THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK - a Digital Library The Visual Telling of Stories Archive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Digital Library Projects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Digital Library Projects - W
List of digital library projects - Women. The Women's Library ... See also:List of digital library projects, List of digital librar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fullmetal Alchemist: Encyclopedia Ii - Fullmetal Alchemist - Terminology
Alchemy - Alchemy within the Fullmetal Alchemist Anime refers to a three-step process. The first step is understanding the structure of m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iupac Nomenclature: Encyclopedia Ii - Iupac Nomenclature - History
The nomenclature of alchemy is rich in description, but does not effectively meet the aims outlined above. Opinions differ as to whether ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ouroboros: Encyclopedia Ii - Ouroboros - Throughout History
The name ouroboros (or, in Latinized form, uroborus) is Greek ("ουροβóρος") and means "tail-devourer". Ouroboros - Antiquity. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Parapsychology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Parapsychology - The Dawn Of Science
With the scientific revolution, and led by the British Royal Society, a distinction came to be made between "natural philosophers" (later...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Universal And Triumphant: Encyclopedia Ii - Church Universal And Triumphant - Theology
Gordon Melton lists the CUT as a religion of the Ancient Wisdom tradition akin to Theosophy and the I AM Movement. CUT theology is a sync...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Powder: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Powder - History
Many credible sources attribute the invention of black powder (火藥, huo3 yao4; lit. fire medicine) to ancient China in the 9th century...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Wizardry: Pagan Denominations Dictionary On Wizardry
WIZARDRY (Middle English, wis, “wise”): A term used in various periods of history for magicians, sorcerers or witches and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alchemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Alchemy - Overview
Alchemy - Alchemy as a proto-science. The common perception of alchemists is that they were pseudo-scientists, crackpots and charlatans...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alchemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Alchemy - Alchemy In Art And Entertainment
Alchemy - Literature. Many authors lampooned alchemists and used them as the butt of satirical attacks. Two famous examples of these in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alchemy: Encyclopedia Ii - Alchemy - Etymology
The word alchemy comes from the Arabic al-kīmiyaˀ or al-khīmiyaˀ (الكيمياء or الخيمياء), which is probably formed fro...   » Read the article