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 - Sidereal Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Sidereal Astrology - Description
Most western astrologers adopt the tropical zodiac approach which defines the zodiac as beginning at the Northern hemisphere vernal equin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judicial Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Judicial Astrology - Description & Classical History
Judicial and Natural astrology appear to be the first known forms of ancient astrology. While natural astrology figured in the technical ...   » 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

Article - Homas: The Different Steps In A Homa And Their Significance
Detailed description of how a Homa is performed. During a homa, various rituals are performed successively in order to activate various e...   » Read the article

Article - Astrology: Astrolocality, Locational Astrology, Part I
Astrolocality is a specialized branch of astrology that in essence, takes one's natal chart and superimposes it on a map of the earth, re...   » Read the article

Article - Ayurveda, Gemstones Crystals: Vedic Gemstone Therapy
Gemstone Therapy From time immemorial gemstones have been used by all cultures of the world. Their inherent beauty is second to no other...   » Read the article

Article - Vedic Astrology: Vedic Astrology And Mental, Emotional And Spiritual Health
Vedic Astrology and Mental, Emotional and Spiritual Health In order to maintain a healthy mind we must realize the true realities of li...   » 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 - Decile: Encyclopedia - Decile
Decile. In descriptive statistics, a decile is any of the 9 values that divide the sorted data into 10 equal parts, so that each part r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uranian Astrology: Encyclopedia - Uranian Astrology
Uranian Astrology is a modern form of astrology based on teachings of German surveyor/astrologer Alfred Witte (1878-1941), founder of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Witte: Encyclopedia - Alfred Witte
Alfred Witte (2 March 1878, 21:12 LMT, Hamburg -- 4 August 1941, 4:01 MET, Hamburg) was a German astrologer and the founder of the Hambur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrology And Computers: Encyclopedia - Astrology And Computers
Computers quickly perform planetary and numerical computations that astrologers find useful. Astrology and computers - History. In the d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Validity Of Astrology: Encyclopedia - Validity Of Astrology
The validity of astrology is a controversial subject. The case for and the case against astrology's objective validity are presented here...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Astrology: Encyclopedia - Chinese Astrology
Chinese astrology is related to the Chinese calendar, particularly its 12-year cycle of animals (aka Chinese Zodiac), and the fortune-tel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Musica Universalis: Encyclopedia - Musica Universalis
Musica universalis or music of the spheres is a medieval philosophical concept that regards the proportions in the movements of the celes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clamp: Encyclopedia - Clamp
CLAMP is a team of four women who create manga. Their manga series are often made into anime after release. More than 88 million CLAMP ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1267: Encyclopedia - 1267
For broader historical context, see 1260s and 13th century. 1267 - Events. 1267 - Europe. King Afonso III of Portugal and King Alfon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Almanac: Encyclopedia - Almanac
An almanac (also spelled almanack, especially in Commonwealth English) is an annual publication containing tabular information in a parti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secretum Secretorum: Encyclopedia - Secretum Secretorum
Secretum secretorum is a medieval treatise also known as Secret of Secrets, or The Book of the Secret of Secrets, or in Arabic Kitab sirr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roger Bacon: Encyclopedia - Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon (c. 1214 – 1294), also known as Doctor Mirabilis (Latin: "astounding teacher"), was one of the most famous Franciscan friar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Magi: Encyclopedia - Biblical Magi
In Christian tradition the Magi, also known as the Three Wise Men or Kings from the east, are Zoroastrian judicial astrologers or magi wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Deunov: Encyclopedia - Peter Deunov
Image:PeterDeunov.jpg The Master Peter Deunov (July 11, 1864 - December 27, 1944) also known by his spiritual name Beinsa Douno is a Teac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atargatis: Encyclopedia - Atargatis
Atargatis, in Aramaic ‘Atar‘atah, was a Syrian deity, more commonly known to the Greeks by a shortened form of the name, Derceto or D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anecdotal Evidence: Encyclopedia - Anecdotal Evidence
Anecdotal evidence is a term used for evidence given that falsely supports a conclusion, given in an anecdote. The evidence given isn't w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabians: Encyclopedia - Sabians
Sabian is a term that has been more or less inaccurately used to describe at least three religious groups (see Mandaeanism, Harranians or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalachakra: Encyclopedia - Kalachakra
Kalachakra is a term used in Tantric Buddhism that means "time-wheel" or "time-cycles". It refers both to a Tantric deities (tib. yidam) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artist: Encyclopedia - Artist
Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. It is also used in a qualitative sense o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judicial Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Judicial Astrology - Modern Judicial Astrology & Skeptical Treatment
Today, judicial astrology is referred to as mundane, or political, astrology; however, according to the classicists, mundane astrology is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sidereal Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Sidereal Astrology - The Astronomical Constellations Of The Zodiac
Most siderial astrologers simply divide the ecliptic into 12 equal signs of 30 degrees but approximately aligned to the 12 zodiac constel...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Keyword: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Keyword
keyword Descriptive term in astrology for a planet or sign   (See also: Keyword , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Astrology - The Twelve Animals
Each individual personality is is associated with an animal which represents it. This is where many Chinese Astrology descriptions in wes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Astrology - The Twelve Animals
Each individual personality is associated with an animal which represents it. This is where many Chinese Astrology descriptions in wester...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Astrology - The Twelve Animals
Each individual personality is associated with an animal which represents it. This is where many Chinese Astrology descriptions in wester...   » 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 - Voynich Manuscript: Encyclopedia Ii - Voynich Manuscript - Description
By current estimates, the book originally had 272 pages in 17 quires of 16 pages each [2]. Only about 240 vellum pages remain today, and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gnosticism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Gnosticism
Gnosticism (from Gk. gnosis, "knowledge") A pre- Christian category of religions which emphasizes that a personal experience...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gnosticism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Gnosticism
Gnosticism (from Gk. gnosis, "knowledge") A pre- Christian category of religions which emphasizes that a personal experience...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthroposophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthroposophy - Applications
Practical results of Anthroposophy include work in: Architecture (Goetheanum), Biodynamic agriculture, Holistic Waldorf Education Astros...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthroposophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthroposophy - Applications
Practical results of Anthroposophy include work in: Architecture (Goetheanum), Biodynamic agriculture, Holistic Waldorf Education Astros...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Symbol: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Symbol - ⊙ Circle With A Point At Its Centre
The Circle with a point at its centre (⊙) is an ancient solar symbol featuring a circle with its center marked with a dot. Solar symbo...   » 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 - Validity Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Validity Of Astrology - Arguments Against Astrology
There is no viable conventional scientific case for astrology, and there are currently no credible scientists who support the idea. Here ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Temperance Tarot Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Temperance Tarot Card - Description
Temperance (Italian: La Temperanza) is a Major Arcana Tarot card, numbered VI or VII in the oldest Italian decks, but XIV in the Tarot de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Sphinx Of Giza: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Sphinx Of Giza - Description
The Great Sphinx is a half-human statue with the face of a man and the body of a lion. Carved out of the surrounding limestone bedrock, i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nostradamus: Encyclopedia Ii - Nostradamus - Methods
Nostradamus claimed to base his predictions on judicial astrology – the assessment of the 'astrological quality' of expected future eve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Lesser Key Of Solomon: Encyclopedia Ii - The Lesser Key Of Solomon - Ars Goetia
For the main article on this section, see Ars Goetia. The Ars Goetia ("the art of goetia), often simply called the Goetia, is the first s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesalius: Encyclopedia Ii - Vesalius - De Corporis Fabrica
In 1543, Vesalius published the seven-volume De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body), a groundbreaking work of human...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Myers-briggs Type Indicator: Encyclopedia Ii - Myers-briggs Type Indicator - About The Indicator
The indicator differs from standardized tests and others measuring traits, such as intelligence, instead identifying preferred types. Whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postdiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Postdiction - Steps To Avoid Postdiction
Accusations of postdiction can be avoided if the claimant follows some simple guidelines: Make one prediction per event. Structure the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fra Mauro Map: Encyclopedia Ii - Fra Mauro Map - Africa
The description of Africa is surprisingly accurate, especially in light of the fact that Portuguese explorers had not yet been beyond 12 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nostradamus: Encyclopedia Ii - Nostradamus - Preparation And Methods Of Prophecy
Nostradamus claimed to base his predictions on judicial astrology – basically, the assessment of the 'astrological quality' of expected...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Magi: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Magi - In Christianity
As judicial astrologers, the Magi were known for the respect of spiritual light and rejection of spiritual darkness. They were also respe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1267: Encyclopedia Ii - 1267 - Events
1267 - Europe. King Afonso III of Portugal and King Alfonso X of Castile sign a treaty determining the southern border between Portug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Myers-briggs Type Indicator: Encyclopedia Ii - Myers-briggs Type Indicator - Skeptical View
Scientific skeptics such as Robert Todd Carroll, author of The Skeptic's Dictionary, have presented several potential problems with the M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roger Bacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Roger Bacon - In Fiction
Many writers of earlier times have been attracted to Roger Bacon as the epitome of a wise and subtle possessor of forbidden knowledge, si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nostradamus: Encyclopedia Ii - Nostradamus - Works
The Prophecies - In this book he collected his major, long-term divinations. The first edition was published in 1555. The second, with 28...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classification Of Demons: Encyclopedia Ii - Classification Of Demons - Classification By Office
There were also classifications by office, like those written in several grimoires. Classification of demons - Le Dragon Rouge. Written...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabians: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabians - Islamic Reference
Marc Edmund Jones, founder of the Sabian Assembly, described them more or less accurately as "a Muslim group". They worship The Names (El...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sima Qian: Encyclopedia Ii - Sima Qian - Significance Of His Life
Sima Qian - As a historian. Image:Shiji.jpg Although the style and form of Chinese historical writings varied through the ages, Sima Qi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johannes Kepler: Encyclopedia Ii - Johannes Kepler - Life
Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 at the Imperial Free City of Weil der Stadt (now part of the Stuttgart Region in the German state of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johannes Kepler: Encyclopedia Ii - Johannes Kepler - Life
Johannes Kepler - Childhood and Education 1571-1594. Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 at the Imperial Free City of Weil der Stadt (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Almanac: Encyclopedia Ii - Almanac - Contemporary Almanacs
Currently published almanacs such as The New York Times Almanac have expanded their scope and contents beyond that of their historical co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabians: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabians - Sabi-mandaean Connections
Some scholars have suggested that the Mandaean religion originated with Sabeans, who came under the influence of early Sabian missionarie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Silvester Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Silvester Ii - Work
Gerbert, as a scientist, was said to be far ahead of his time. Gerbert wrote a series of works dealing with matters of the quadrivium. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Myers-briggs Type Indicator: Encyclopedia Ii - Myers-briggs Type Indicator - Temperament
Hippocrates, a Greek philosopher who lived from 460-377 B.C., proposed four humours in his writings. These were blood, phlegm, yellow bil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthroposophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthroposophy - Description
Anthroposophy, though appreciative of all religions and cultural developments, emphasizes recent Western (rather than older Hindu or Budd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition Of Music - Tripartite Definition
"Music, often an art/entertainment, is a total social fact whose definitions vary according to era and culture," according to Jean Molino...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthroposophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthroposophy - Description
Anthroposophy, though appreciative of all religions and cultural developments, emphasizes recent Western (rather than older Hindu or Budd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nostradamus: Encyclopedia Ii - Nostradamus - His Works
The Prophecies - In this book he collected his major, long-term divinations. The first edition was published in 1555. The second, with 2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algorithm: Encyclopedia Ii - Algorithm - History
The word algorithm comes from the name of the 9th century Persian astrologer Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Musa al-Khwarizmi. According to Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sirius: Encyclopedia Ii - Sirius - History
Historically, many cultures have attached special significance to Sirius. Sirius was worshipped as Sothis in the valley of the Nile long ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hipparchus Astronomer: Encyclopedia Ii - Hipparchus Astronomer - Astronomical Instruments And Astrometry
Hipparchus is credited with the invention or improvement of several astronomical instruments, which were used for a long time for naked-e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Garden Of Cyrus: Encyclopedia Ii - The Garden Of Cyrus - Text
The opening lines of The Garden of Cyrus depicts the creation of the cosmos. Like many alchemist-physicians Browne was fascinated with li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Egypt - Science
Egypt's cultural contributions have included great works of science dating from antiquity to modern times. Culture of Egypt - Ptolemy. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secretum Secretorum: Encyclopedia Ii - Secretum Secretorum - Origin
The origins of the treatise are uncertain. No Greek original exists, though there are claims in the Arabic treatise that it was translate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthroposophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthroposophy - Relationship To Natural Science
Anthroposophy explicitly extends natural science's mandate - to study the world as external observers (a mandate which has been shaken by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tarot: Encyclopedia Ii - Tarot - Storytelling And Art
The Tarot has inspired writers as well as visual artists. Italo Calvino described the Tarot as a "machine for telling stories", writing t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Age: Encyclopedia Ii - New Age - Music
See a longer description at the New Age music article Although more rock than new age in genre the 1967 successful musical Hair with its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sociobiology: Encyclopedia Ii - Sociobiology - Controversy
The application of sociobiology to humans was immediately controversial. Many people, such as Stephen Jay Gould, and Richard Lewontin fea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sociobiology: Encyclopedia Ii - Sociobiology - Controversy
The application of sociobiology to humans was immediately controversial. Many people, such as Stephen Jay Gould, and Richard Lewontin fea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Donahue: Encyclopedia Ii - Aaron Donahue - Lucifer
During the three years after his training at PsiTech, Aaron began an experiment remote viewing the 72 Goetic demons who, legend has it, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Enoch: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Of Enoch - Content
The Book of Enoch describes the fall of the Watchers who fathered the Nephilim. The fallen angels then went to Enoch to intercede on thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthroposophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthroposophy - Social Goals Of Anthroposophy
For a period after World War I, Steiner was extremely active and well-known in Germany in part because in many places he gave lectures on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Myers-briggs Type Indicator: Encyclopedia Ii - Myers-briggs Type Indicator - About The Test, Scoring And Psychometrics
The current test asks 93 forced-choice questions, which means there are only two options. Participants may skip questions if they feel th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Science: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Science - Social Accountability
Philosophy of science - Scientific infallibility. A critical question in science is, to what degree the current body of scientific know...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galileo Galilei: Encyclopedia Ii - Galileo Galilei - Experimental Science
In the pantheon of the scientific revolution, Galileo takes a high position because of his pioneering use of quantitative experiments wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giordano Bruno: Encyclopedia Ii - Giordano Bruno - The Cosmology Of Bruno's Time
In the second half of the 16th century, the theories of Copernicus began diffusing through Europe. Although Bruno did not wholly embrace ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Myers-briggs Type Indicator: Encyclopedia Ii - Myers-briggs Type Indicator - About The Test Scoring And Psychometrics
The current test asks 93 forced-choice questions, which means there are only two options. Participants may skip questions if they feel th...   » 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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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

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