Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia - Candomblé
Candomblé is an Afro-American religion practiced chiefly in Brazil but also in adjacent countries. The religion came from Africa to Braz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé - Beliefs
Candomblé is a spiritualist religion and worships a number of gods or spirits, derived from African deities: the Orishas of Yoruba myth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé - Temples And Priesthood
Candomblé temples are called houses (casas), plantations (roças), or yards (terreiros). Most Candomblé houses are small, independently...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé Ketu: Encyclopedia - Candomblé Ketu
Candomblé Ketu' (or Queto in Portuguese spelling) is the largest and most influential nation (sect) of Candomblé, an Afro-American reli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Brazil: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Brazil
Brazilian Culture is of a very diverse nature. The religion of most Brazilians is Roman Catholic. In fact, Brazil is the largest country ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agogô: Encyclopedia - Agogô
An Agogô is a multiple bell used in samba baterías (percussion ensembles). It is also used in the ceremonial music of those religions i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Channelling Mediumistic: Encyclopedia - Channelling Mediumistic
Channelling or channeling is the alleged communication of information to or through a physically embodied human being (the channel or med...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba Mythology: Encyclopedia - Yoruba Mythology
The mythology of the Yoruba is sometimes claimed by its supporters to be one of the world's oldest widely practised religions. It is a ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In Brazil: Encyclopedia - Religion In Brazil
Brazil's main religion since the 16th century has been Christianity, predominantly Roman Catholicism. This religion was introduced by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African Religions: Encyclopedia - African Religions
African religions are distinct to African ethnic groups. In certain respects the term is awkward as traditional African religions have a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afro-brazilian: Encyclopedia - Afro-brazilian
Brazil obtained 37% of all African slaves traded, and more than 3 million slaves were sent to this one country. The Portuguese were the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shango: Encyclopedia - Shango
In Yorùbá mythology, Shango (Xango), or Changó in Latin America, is perhaps the most popular Orisha; he is a Sky Father, god of thunde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia - Syncretism
Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate, even opposing, beliefs and to meld practices of various schools of thought. It is espec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia - Yoruba
The Yoruba (native name Yorùbá) are the largest single ethnic group in Nigeria. The Yoruba constitute approximately 24% percent of Nige...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witchcraft: Encyclopedia - Witchcraft
The term witchcraft (and witch) is a controversial one with a complicated history. Witchcraft is viewed differently in different cultures...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbath Witchcraft: Encyclopedia - Sabbath Witchcraft
In Christian folklore, the Sabbath (also known as "Witch's Sabbath") was a gathering supposed to have been celebrated by Satanists, witch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Age: Encyclopedia - New Age
The term New Age describes a broad movement of late twentieth century and contemporary Western culture, characterised by an individual ec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia - Spiritism
Spiritism is a religious and philosophic doctrine established in France in the mid 19th Century by Allan Kardec. The term was coined by h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voodoo: Encyclopedia - Voodoo
The term Voodoo (Vodun in Benin; also Vodou or other phonetically equivalent spellings in Haiti; Vudu in the Dominican Republic) is appli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afro-brazilian: Encyclopedia Ii - Afro-brazilian - Religion
African religions such as Candomblé have millions of followers, mainly Afro-Brazilians. They are concentrated mainly in large urban cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba Mythology - Yoruba Mythology In The New World
Many ethnic Yoruba were taken as slaves to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Brazil and the rest of the New World (chiefly in th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vodun, Voudoun: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Vodun, Voudoun
Vodun or Voudoun: (1) A West African word meaning “deity” or “power.” (2) General term for a variety of eclec...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mesopaganism, Meso-paganism: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Mesopaganism, Meso-paganism
Mesopaganism or Meso-Paganism: A general term for a variety of movements both organized and nonorganized, started as attempts to recre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of Our Lady Of The Good Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of Our Lady Of The Good Death - Candomblé
In time, the Sisterhood has lessened its connection to the Catholic Church, and has become a landmark of Candomblé, the main African-bas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In Brazil - African Religions
African religions such as Candomblé have millions of followers, mainly Afro-Brazilians. They are concentrated mainly in large urban cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - Yoruba Mythology
Yoruba mythology is sometimes claimed to be one of the world's oldest widely practised religions. It is a major religion in Africa, chief...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - Yoruba Mythology
Yoruba mythology is sometimes claimed to be one of the world's oldest widely practised religions. It is a major religion in Africa, chief...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witchcraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Witchcraft - African Witchcraft
Africans have a wide range of views of traditional religions. African Christians typically accept Christian dogma as do their counterpart...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba Mythology - Deities
Yoruba deities are called Orishas. The primordial, first-existing, Orishas are called Obatala and Odùduwà, brother and sister respectiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - Yoruba Cities
The chief Yoruba cities are Lagos, Ibadan, Abeokuta, Akure, Ilorin, Ijebu Ode, Ijebu-Igbo,Ogbomoso, Ondo, Ota,Ado-Ekiti, Shagamu, Ikenne,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - Famous Yoruba People
Some famous Yoruba people include: Sade Adu, MKO Abiola, Olusegun Obasanjo, King Sunny Ade, Sir Shina Peters, Yinka Ayefele, Majek Fashe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - Famous Yoruba People
Some famous Yoruba people include: Wole Soyinka, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Hakeem Olajuwon, Sade Adu, King Sunny Ade, Tunde Kelani, Babatunde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - Culture
The Yorubas are one of the ethnic groups in Africa whose cultural heritage and legacy are recognizable in the Americas, despite the delib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritism - Spiritism And Related Religions
The term Kardecist Spiritism is often used, especially in statistics regarding religion, to differ Spiritism proper (as established by Ka...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritism - The Role Of Spiritism
Spiritism - Spiritism as a Religion. Kardec defined his doctrine as "Religion, Science and Philosophy. It is a religion in the sense th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Social And Political Roles
Overt syncretism in folk belief is a sign of cultural acceptance of an alien or previous tradition, but the "other" cult may survive or i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritism - Spiritism And Related Religions
The term Kardecist Spiritism is often used, especially in statistics regarding religion, to differ Spiritism proper (as established by Ka...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritism - The Role Of Spiritism
Spiritism - Spiritism as a Religion. Kardec defined his doctrine as "Religion, Science and Philosophy. It is a religion in the sense th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - Yoruba Cities
The chief Yoruba cities are Lagos, Ibadan, Abẹokuta, Akurẹ, Ilọrin, Ijẹbu Ode, Ijẹbu-Igbo,Ogbomọsọ, Ondo, Ọta,Ado-Ekiti, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Age: Encyclopedia Ii - New Age - Critiques Of The New Age
Major critiques of the New Age have emerged from rational philosophical and scientific views that seek to understand the nature of New Ag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritism - Spiritism And Other Religions
Spiritism - Spiritism and Christianism. Christianism has been traditionally critic of Spiritism, mostly because the Mosaic Law clearly ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Parapsychology: Dictionary Of Parapsychology T-z
A dictionary of parapsychology. Please note that words in grey are hyperlinked to a corresponding archive with articles related to that p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritism - Spiritism And Other Religions
Spiritism - Spiritism and Christianism. Christianism has been traditionally critic of Spiritism, mostly because the Mosaic Law clearly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Syncretism In Christianity
Nascent Christianity appears to have incorporated many European Pagan cultural elements, "baptizing" or "Christianizing" them to conform ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbath Witchcraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbath Witchcraft - What Has Been Said About The Sabbath
Sabbath witchcraft - Ritual elements. The Compendium Maleficarum (1608), by Francesco Maria Guazzo, aka Guaccio, Guaccius is a book pub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - Culture
The Yorubas are one of the ethnic groups in Africa whose cultural heritage and legacy are recognizable in the Americas, despite the delib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Age: Encyclopedia Ii - New Age - Definitions
Though there are no formal or definitive boundaries for membership; those who are likely to sample many diverse teachings and practices (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witchcraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Witchcraft - Theories Of Neopagan Witchcraft
Some neopagans believe that witchcraft should be used for good, and eschew any evil usages (See the Wiccan Rede and the Rule of Three (Wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witchcraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Witchcraft - Practices Typically Considered To Be Witchcraft
Influencing another person's body or property: Practices to which the witchcraft label have been historically applied are those which inf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Age: Encyclopedia Ii - New Age - Underlying Assumptions
Judging by its name, the New Age movement ought to involve millenarian claims, perhaps of a glorious future age which is about to begin. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Age: Encyclopedia Ii - New Age - History
The name New Age was popularized by the American mass media during the late 1980s, to describe the alternative spiritual subculture inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witchcraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Witchcraft - European Witchcraft
The characterization of the witch in Europe is not derived from a single source. Popular neopagan beliefs suggest that witches were femal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witchcraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Witchcraft - Middle Eastern Witchcraft
Witchcraft - Ancient Middle Eastern and Near Eastern beliefs. The belief in witchcraft and its practice seem to have been widespread in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Age: Encyclopedia Ii - New Age - Language
Many adherents of belief systems characterised as New Age rely heavily on the use of metaphors to describe experiences deemed to be beyon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - History
The Yoruba were one of the most urbanized sub-saharan Africans in the pre-colonial era, and have a history of town-dwelling that goes bac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - Precolonial Social Organization
Though monarchies were fairly common throughout the Yoruba-speaking region, they were not the only approach to government and social orga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of Our Lady Of The Good Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of Our Lady Of The Good Death - History
The history of the Irmandade da Boa Morte ("Sisterhood of the Good Death"), a religious confraternity devoted to the Assumption of the Vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - Precolonial Social Organization
Though monarchies were fairly common throughout the Yorùbá-speaking region, they were not the only approach to government and social or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Age: Encyclopedia Ii - New Age - Medicine
Many people with a New Age perspective also adopt complementary and alternative medicine. Some rely on New Age related treatments exclusi...   » 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 - Voodoo: Encyclopedia Ii - Voodoo - New World Traditions
Voodoo - Haitian Vodou. Called Sèvis Gine or "African Service" in Haiti, a Creolized form of Vodou, Haitian Vodou also has strong elem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voodoo: Encyclopedia Ii - Voodoo - New World Traditions
Voodoo - Haitian Vodou. Called Sèvis Gine or "African Service" in Haiti, a Creolized form of Vodou, Haitian Vodou also has strong elem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - History
The Yoruba were one of the most urbanized sub-saharan Africans in the pre-colonial era, and have a history of town-dwelling that goes bac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritism - An Overview
Spiritism - Basic Books. The basic doctrine of Spiritism (a.k.a. "the codification") is defined in five books written and published by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritism - An Overview
Spiritism - Basic Books. The basic doctrine of Spiritism (a.k.a. "the codification") is defined in five books written and published by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religious Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Topics - List Of Lists
Ayyavazhi Religion - Bible stories - Biblical names - Born-again Christian laypeople - Buddhist terms and concepts - Cathedrals - Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé - Nations
Brazilian slaves came from a number of ethnic groups, including Yoruba, Ewe, Fon, and Bantu. Slave handlers classified them by the shore ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé - Rituals
The candomblé ritual (toque) has two parts: the preparation, attended only by priests and initiates, which may start a week in advance; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé - Syncretism
Over the centuries Candomblé has incorporated many elements from Christianity. Crucifixes are sometimes displayed in candomblé temples,...   » Read the article

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