Encyclopedia - Ancient Domains Of Mystery: Encyclopedia - Ancient Domains Of Mystery
ADOM (short for Ancient Domains of Mystery) is a roguelike game in which your aim is to stop the forces of Chaos which are invading the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Religion - Revival Of Paganism
Many neo-pagan religious paths, such as Wicca, use aspects of ancient Greek religions in their practice; Hellenic polytheism focuses excl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Religion - Worship
The most widespread public act of worship in ancient Greece was sacrifice, whether of grain or the blood sacrifice of animals. The temple...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion: Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion
Greek religion is the polytheistic religion practiced in ancient Greece in form of cult practices, thus the practical counterpart of Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Religion - Worship
The most widespread public act of worship in ancient Greece was sacrifice, whether of grain or the blood sacrifice of animals. In general...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Religion - Overview
It is perhaps misleading to speak of "Greek religion" as a unified system of dogma or ritual; perhaps the most conspicuous aspect of the ...   » Read the article

Article - Sweat Lodge: Temazcal I/iii - The Traditional Mexican Sweat Bath
The Native American Sweat Lodge, Temazcal, is an ancient practice from the native indians of America; a sacred ritual for Healing and Pu...   » Read the article

Article - Sweat Lodge: Temazcal Ii/iii - Mexican Method Of Sweat Baths For Curative Purposes
The Native American Sweat Lodge, Temazcal, is an ancient practice from the native indians of America; a sacred ritual for Healing and Pu...   » Read the article

Article - Temazcal Iii/iii - Preparation Of The Temazcal
The Native American Sweat Lodge, Temazcal, is an ancient practice from the native indians of America; a sacred ritual for Healing and Pu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camelot: Encyclopedia - Camelot
Camelot is the name of the stronghold of the legendary King Arthur, from which he fought many of the battles that made up his life. Its s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Religion - Theology
Theology did not come naturally to a faith this diverse and essentially local. At the time of the Homeric epics, the Greeks were familiar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. It refers not only to the geographical peninsula o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eleusinian Mysteries: Encyclopedia - Eleusinian Mysteries
The Eleusinian Mysteries were annual initiation ceremonies for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis in ancient Greece. Of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Mystery Tradition: Encyclopedia - Western Mystery Tradition
The term Western mystery tradition (also Western Esoteric tradition) refers to the collection of the mystical esoteric knowledge, such as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Religion - Suppression Of Paganism
In the late 4th century, the Imperial courts were predominantly Christian; Christianity had relatively few internal quarrels; and a deep ...   » Read the article

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

Encyclopedia - Atlantis: Encyclopedia - Atlantis
The "Lost city" of Atlantis was an ancient mythical island, whose existence and location have never been confirmed. The first references ...   » 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 - Camelot: Encyclopedia Ii - Camelot - In Popular Culture
The phrase 'Camelot' is often used to refer to the period in US history of 1960-1963. More specifically, it refers to the presidency of J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camelot: Encyclopedia Ii - Camelot - Geographical References
Possible locations of Camelot include: Cadbury Castle Tintagel Castle Viroconium Caerleon-on-Usk, in South Wales Dinerth Castle near the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kratos Aurion: Encyclopedia Ii - Kratos Aurion - Biography
Kratos Aurion - Ancient Hero. Kratos's story actually begins approximately 4000 years before the events in Tales of Symphonia take plac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Religion - Theology
In the context of the Greek traditions, there was no theology in the sense of a rationalized exposition of the normative understanding of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kratos Aurion: Encyclopedia Ii - Kratos Aurion - Kratos In Flanoir
Depending on the actions of the player, it is possible to have Kratos rejoin the party later in the game. In order for this to be achieve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Conquests Of Alexander
Philip was succeeded by his 20-year-old son Alexander, who immediately set out to carry out his father's plans. He travelled to Corinth w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Society
The distinguishing features of ancient Greek society were the division between free and slave, the differing roles of men and women, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Origins
The Greeks are believed to have migrated southward into the Balkan peninsula in several waves beginning in the late 3rd millennium BC, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Rise Of Hellas
In the 8th century BC Greece began to emerge from the Dark Ages which followed the fall of the Mycenaean civilization. Literacy had been ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Social And Political Conflict
The Greek cities were originally monarchies, although many of them were very small and the term "King" (basileus) for their rulers is mis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Dominance Of Athens
The Persian Wars ushered in a century of Athenian dominance of Greek affairs. Athens was the unchallenged master of the sea, and also the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Spartan And Theban Dominance
The end of the Peloponnesian War left Sparta the master of Greece, but the narrow outlook of the Spartan warrior elite did not suit them ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Rise Of Macedon
The Kingdom of Macedon was formed in the 7th century BC out of northern Greek tribes. They played little part in Greek politics before th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Persian Wars
In Ionia (the modern Aegean coast of Turkey) the Greek cities, which included great centres such as Miletus and Halicarnassus, were unabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
In 431 BC war broke out again between Athens and Sparta and its allies. The immediate cause was a dispute between Corinth and one of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
In 431 BC war broke out again between Athens and Sparta and its allies. The immediate cause was a dispute between Corinth and one of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Mystery Tradition: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Mystery Tradition - History
The Western mystery tradition traditionally started in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Rome and Israel, while it contains many characteris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Persian Wars
In Ionia (the modern Aegean coast of Turkey) the Greek cities, which included great centres such as Miletus and Halicarnassus, were unabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
In 431 BC war broke out again between Athens and Sparta and its allies. The proximate cause was a dispute between Corinth and one of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Protodynastic Period
Along the Nile, in the 10th millennium BC, a grain-grinding culture using the earliest type of sickle blades had become replaced by anoth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Early Dynastic Period
The origins of the unified Egyptian state are unclear, and there are no contemporary sources, and later sources are unclear and contradic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Old Kingdom
Egyptologists consider the Old Kingdom as beginning with the Third Dynasty, and around the time of the Fourth Dynasty, the art of embalmi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - First Intermediate Period
This era includes the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties and into the First Intermediate Period. The Old Kingdom became weakened by famine and wea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Middle Kingdom
Around 2055 BCE, Mentuhotep II from Thebes ended this period of unrest and united the country again. He installed a new administration an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - New Kingdom
The Eighteenth Dynasty marks the beginning of the New Kingdom. Various pharaohs extended the control of Egypt further than ever before, r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Third Intermediate Period
After the death of Rameses XI, the High Priests of Amun at Thebes, in the person of Piankh, assumed control of Upper Egypt, ruling from T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Late Period
Memphis and the Delta region became the target of many attacks from the Assyrians, until Psammetichus managed to reunite Middle and Lower...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Open Problems
There are several open problems concerning ancient Egyptian history. Conclusions on the origins of the Hyksos and their first leaders are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Egyptian Chronology
Egyptian history is broken into several different periods according to the dynasty of the ruling pharaoh. The dating of events in Egyptia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Mystery Tradition: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Mystery Tradition - People
Modern people who are related to the Western mystery tradition include: Aleister Crowley, occultist Dion Fortune, magician Harvey Spence...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eratosthenes: Encyclopedia Ii - Eratosthenes - Short Summary Of Eratosthenes' Life
He was born in Cyrene (in modern-day Libya), but worked and died in Ptolemaic Alexandria. He is noted for devising a system of latitude a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eratosthenes: Encyclopedia Ii - Eratosthenes - Measurement Of The Earth
Eratosthenes knew that on the summer solstice at local noon on the Tropic of Cancer, the Sun would appear at the zenith, directly overhea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eratosthenes: Encyclopedia Ii - Eratosthenes - Other Work
Eratosthenes' other contributions include: The Sieve of Eratosthenes as a way of finding prime numbers. Possibly, the measurement of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eratosthenes: Encyclopedia Ii - Eratosthenes - The Mysterious Astronomical Distances
Eusebius of Caesarea in his Praeparatio Evangelica includes a brief chapter of three sentences on celestial distances (Book XV, Chapter 5...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosslyn Chapel: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosslyn Chapel - Architecture
Excavations carried out in the 19th century suggest that the extant chapel was intended to form part of a much larger structure, the buil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosslyn Chapel: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosslyn Chapel - Freemasonry?
The chapel has long been famous for its possible connections to Freemasonry and its attendant rituals. This was first publicised by Rober...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosslyn Chapel: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosslyn Chapel - The Holy Grail?
Because of its rumoured connections with Freemasonry, the chapel has inevitably become listed as one of the possible final resting places...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosslyn Chapel: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosslyn Chapel - Musical Cipher
In September 2005 a musical cipher hidden in mystical symbols carved into the stone ceiling of Rosslyn Chapel was reported as being unrav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Mystery Tradition: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Mystery Tradition - Philosophy
Today, the Western mystery tradition is a mixture of ancient philosophy, paganistic and Christian thought, medieval ideas, and also conta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysian Mysteries: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysian Mysteries - The Mystery Rites
The Dionysian Mysteries are believed to have consisted of two sets of rites, the secret rites of initiation just outlined and the outer p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Chronology: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Chronology - The Attraction Of Alternative Chronologies
Although Professor Heinrich Otten has called called the current scholarly consensus a "rubber chronology" that you can stretch or shrink ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Greek Dark Ages
The Greek Dark Ages (ca. 1200 BC–800 BC) refers to the period of Greek prehistory from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Myce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Ancient Greece
There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning or the end of the Ancient Greek period. In common usage it refers to al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Hellenistic Greece
The Hellenistic period of Greek history begins with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and ends with the annexation of the Greek ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Roman Period
Militarily Greece itself declined to the point that the Romans conquered the land (168 BC onwards), though Greek culture would in turn co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Medieval Greece
The history of the Byzantine Empire is described by scholar August Heisenberg as the history "of the Roman state of the Greek nation, tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Creation Of The Modern Greek State
The Ottomans ruled Greece until the early 19th century. In 1821, the Greeks rebelled in the Greek War of Independence and declared their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Mycenaean Greece Bronze Age
Mycenaean Greece, also known as Bronze Age Greece, is the Late Helladic Bronze Age civilization of Ancient Greece. It lasted from the arr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Mycenaean Greece Bronze Age
Mycenaean Greece, also known as Bronze Age Greece, is the Late Helladic Bronze Age civilization of Ancient Greece. It lasted from the arr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Medieval Greece
The history of the Byzantine Empire is described by scholar August Heisenberg as the history "of the Roman state of the Greek nation, tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Mycenaean Greece Bronze Age
Mycenaean Greece, also known as Bronze Age Greece, is the Late Helladic Bronze Age civilization of Ancient Greece. It lasted from the arr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Ancient Greece
There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning or the end of the Ancient Greek period. In common usage it refers to all...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Medieval Greece
The history of the Byzantine Empire is described by scholar August Heisenberg as the history "of the Roman state of the Greek nation, tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Ottoman Rule And The Rise Of Modern Greece
Main articles: Ottoman Greece and History of Modern Greece When the Ottomans arrived, two Greek migrations occurred. The first migration ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Magdalene: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Magdalene - Mary Magdalene In The New Testament
In Luke 8:3 she is mentioned as one of the women who "ministered to him [Christ] of their substance". The book also tells the story of an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Magdalene: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Magdalene - Identification With Other Women Of The New Testament
Tradition as early as the 3rd century [citation needed] identify Mary Magdalene with Mary of Bethany and the woman sinner, who anointed J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Magdalene: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Magdalene - Veneration Of Mary Magdalene
The Eastern Orthodox Church maintains that the saint retired to Ephesus with the Blessed Virgin and there died, that her relics were tran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Magdalene: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Magdalene - Easter Egg Tradition
For centuries, it has been the custom of many Catholic services by sharing dyed and painted eggs and proclaiming to each other, "Christ i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Magdalene: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Magdalene - The Gospel Of Mary
Further attestation of Mary of Magdala and her role among some early Christians is provided by the gnostic, apocryphal Gospel of Mary Mag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Magdalene: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Magdalene - Assertions About Mary Magdalene
Some modern writers have come up with speculative claims that Mary Magdalene was the wife of Jesus. These writers cite non-canonical and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantis: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlantis - Origin
Atlantis - Plato. Plato's accounts of Atlantis are in his works Timaeus and Critias; these are the earliest known references to the myt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantis: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlantis - Modern Interest
Atlantis - Nineteenth century. With rare exceptions, such as Francis Bacon's book The New Atlantis, interest in Atlantis mostly languis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantis: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlantis - Location Hypotheses
Atlantis - The Mediterranean. Since Donnelly's day, there have been dozens—perhaps hundreds—of locations proposed for Atlantis. Som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Magdalene: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Magdalene - Easter Egg Tradition
For centuries, it has been the custom of many Christians to share dyed and painted eggs, particularly on Easter Sunday. The eggs represen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Magdalene: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Magdalene - Mary Magdalene In The New Testament
In Luke 8:3 she is mentioned as one of the women who "ministered to him [Christ] of their substance". The book also tells the story of an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mit Mystery Hunt: Encyclopedia Ii - Mit Mystery Hunt - Types Of Puzzles
Any type of puzzle is fair game. There are regular crosswords, cryptic crosswords, logic puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, anagrams, connect-the-d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Ancient Egypt
The AMORC traces its past to Ancient Egypt because their traditions are similar in many respects to those taught by the Ancient Egyptian ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samothrace: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Samothrace
Samothrace (Ancient Greek). An island famous for its Mysteries, perhaps the oldest ever established in our present race. The Samothrac...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mystagogy: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Mystagogy
Mystagogy (Ancient Greek). The doctrines or interpretations of the sacred mysteries.   (See also: Mystagogy , Theosophy, Spiri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mysteries: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Mysteries
A Theosophical definition of Mysteries :   Mysteries The Mysteries were divided into two general parts, the Less Mysteries and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sodalian Oath: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sodalian Oath
Sodalian Oath An irrevocable pledge, implying that the final mysteries had been communicated to one so bound by oath (sod signifying s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Basileus: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Basileus
Basileus (Ancient Greek). The Archon or Chief who had the outer super-vision during the Eleusinian Mysteries. While the latter was an ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Azazel: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Azazel
Azazel (Hebrew, Jewish) "God of Victory"; the scape-goat for the sins of Israel. He who comprehends the mystery of Azazel, s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agrae: Theosophy Dictionary On Agrae
Agrae A small town on the banks of the Ilissus near Athens, where in ancient Greece in the spring were celebrated the Minor Mysteries,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eleusis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Eleusis
Eleusis (Greek) (from eleusis a coming, advent from eleusomai will come)   Seat near Athens of one of the most renown Mystery cen...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siphra' Di-tseni`utha': Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Siphra' Di-tseni`utha'
Siphra' Di-tseni`utha' (Chaldean) "Their counting or telling of the concealed mysteries," the Book of Secrets or Mysteries; ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eleusinia, Eleusinian Mysteries: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Eleusinia, Eleusinian Mysteries
Eleusinia or Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek) (from eleusinia things that are to come)   The most famous Mysteries in ancient Greece ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aporrheta: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Aporrheta
Aporrheta (Ancient Greek). Secret instructions upon esoteric subjects given during the Egyptian and Grecian Mysteries.   (See a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Phoreg: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Phoreg
Phoreg (Ancient Greek). The name of the seventh Titan not mentioned in the cosmogony of Hesiod. The "mystery" Titan. &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Church Of The Eternal Source: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Church Of The Eternal Source
CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL SOURCE: A Neo-Pagan religion founded by Don Harrison in 1970 and based on a reconstruction of the Mysteries of a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shustah Card Reading: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Shustah Card Reading
Shustah Card Reading Reading using a deck of cards with five suits of fourteen pages. Based on ancient mystery teachings, they are use...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gabhastiman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Gabhastiman
Gabhastiman (Sanskrit) Repossessed of his rays; term used of the successful initiate in the ancient Hindu Mysteries (BCW 14:260). &n...   » Read the article