The term drag queen originates in Polari, the language of gay men in England in the early part of the last century. Drag meant "clothes", and was also theatre slang for a woman's costume worn by a male actor. A queen is an effeminate gay man. Another term for drag queen, female impersonator, is common in some areas, but considered dated in others. Drag queens are generally not literally "female impersonators" in that they do not attempt to pass as women. Female impersonation, under that name, used to be ill ...

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Drag queen, Drag queen - Genres, Drag queen - Drag Shows and Venues, Drag queen - Terminology, Drag queen - Drag and transgender, Drag queen - Opinions

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Cult figure - Actors and actresses. André the Giant - 6 foot, 10 inch actor and professional wrestler dubbed the "eighth wonder of the world," also the inspiration of the street art campaign André the Giant Has a Posse Bruce Campbell - self-proclaimed B-movie actor, known for dropping memorable one-liners as Ash in the comedy/horror film The Evil Dead and its sequels Zbigniew Cybulski - actor known as the "Polish James Dean" Divine - drag queen who starred in many undergr ...

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Cult figure, Cult figure - Who is a cult figure?, Cult figure - Selected list of cult figures, Cult figure - Actors and actresses, Cult figure - Directors, Cult figure - Writers, Cult figure - Singers and musicians, Cult figure - Television and radio personalities, Cult figure - Comedians, Cult figure - Advertising people, Cult figure - Adult entertainers, Cult figure - Others

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Most movies considered "cult films" failed to achieve mainstream success upon original theatrical release, often grossing more money in video rentals and sales than in theater tickets. In most cases (but by no means all), the film hardly makes an impression with the general public and critics are often apathetic as well. However, a small, devoted group of viewers, often "film buffs" or film students, sho ...

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Cult film, Cult film - Overview, Cult film - Cult films within a particular culture, Cult film - So-bad-they’re-good cult films, Cult film - Cult film figures, Cult film - Selected list of cult film actors, Cult film - Selected list of cult film directors

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Born in Chandepalle a small town in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh,India, she had her first Samadhi at the age of six, which lasted for a whole day. When she was 12 her uncle Bulgur Venkat Reddy met her for the first time, and immediately recognized in her the girl of his visions. He became convinced that she is the Divine Mother and started to take care of her, allowing her to unfold her inner experiences. At 1974, Mr. Reddy brought her to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, of which he was a member. There Mother Mee ...

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Mother Meera, Mother Meera - Life account, Mother Meera - Activities, Mother Meera - Critics, Mother Meera - Quotes, Mother Meera - Books

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The Guru was born at Chempazhanthi a small village near Thiruvananthapuram circa 1856. As the only son of his parents, who had three daughters, the young boy was named Nānu (shortname for Nārāyanan). The small thatched house where Nānu was born is preserved to date as a historic monument. Nānu’s father Mādan Āśān, of the Valyalvārathu joint family, was, besides being an agriculturist, also a village teacher knowledgeable in astronomy, Ayurvedic medicine and the epics of Hinduism. Nānu’s uncle Krishnan Vaidyan was ...

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Narayana Guru, Narayana Guru - Early Life, Narayana Guru - Transformation as Master Yogi and Seeker of Truth, Narayana Guru - Enlightenment and its Poetic Expression, Narayana Guru - Consecration of Siva Lingam at Aruvippuram, Narayana Guru - Nārāyana Guru’s Philosophy, Narayana Guru - Nārāyana Guru Rationalism and Atheism, Narayana Guru - Works by Nārāyana Guru, Narayana Guru - In Malayalam, Narayana Guru - In Sanskrit, Narayana Guru - Notes, Narayana Guru - Bibiliography/Reference

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The Devas then presented the mighty sword to Manu, advising him to wield it with utmost care, only resorting to it for punishing the transgressors of the Dharma. Mutilations and death punishments shall never be inflicted for small transgressions. Manu used this Daevi Khadga or Divine Sword wisely and then passed it his to son Kshupa. From Kshupa it passed to Manu's other son Ikshvaku. From him it went to Pururavas, born of Ila. From him it went to Ayu. From him it passed to Nahusha. From him i ...

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Mahabharata Sword, Mahabharata Sword - Mythological creation of universe, Mahabharata Sword - Origin of sword, Mahabharata Sword - Sword with the Mythological deities, Mahabharata Sword - Sword with the historical personages, Mahabharata Sword - Historical value of the legend

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Systems of objective morality are seen as proceeding from many sources, including: The Divine, in the case of Religion. Reason and the natural world, in the case of many secular philosophies, for example utilitarianism or the categorical imperative of Kant. Reason and the divine in concert, as in the case of Thomism. Moral objectivism - The Divine alone. Many codes of objective morality hold that moral codes originat ...

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Moral objectivism, Moral objectivism - Sources of objective morality, Moral objectivism - The Divine alone, Moral objectivism - Reason alone, Moral objectivism - The divine and reason, Moral objectivism - The origin of immorality, Moral objectivism - Aristotle, Moral objectivism - St. Paul, Moral objectivism - St. Thomas Aquinas, Moral objectivism - Attaining objective morality, Moral objectivism - Moral objectivism and free will, Moral objectivism - Criticism of moral objectivism

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Shakti Wicca seeks to make a synergistic combination of the Hindu and Wiccan spiritualities, providing a structure that is familiar and accessable to Westerners. Shakti Wicca is a new, self-initatory tradition of Wicca that draws most of its spiritual inspiration from the Hindu tradition, in the same manner that other Wiccan traditions draw the bulk of their inspiration from Celtic, Norse, Greek, Roman, Egyptian or other spiritual cultures. It is considered an eclectic tradition, despite its focus on the Hindu pantheon and spiritual philosop ...

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Shakti Wicca, Shakti Wicca - What is Shakti Wicca, Shakti Wicca - Elements Unique to Shakti Wicca:, Shakti Wicca - The Shakti Wiccan Training Scheme

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The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or "cantiche"), Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise), composed respectively of 34, 33, and 33 cantos. The first cantica, Inferno, is by far the most famous of the three, and is often published separately under the title Dante's Inferno. As a part of the whole literary work, the first canto serves as an introduction to the entire Divine Comedy, making each of the canticas 33 cantos lon ...

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The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy - Structure and story, The Divine Comedy - Inferno, The Divine Comedy - Purgatorio, The Divine Comedy - Paradiso, The Divine Comedy - Thematic Concern, The Divine Comedy - Response and criticism, The Divine Comedy - Original copies, The Divine Comedy - The Divine Comedy in the arts, The Divine Comedy - Visual arts, The Divine Comedy - Literature, The Divine Comedy - Music, The Divine Comedy - Sculpture, The Divine Comedy - Notes

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Married... with Children - Bundy family. Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill)– the father figure in the Bundy family. Is usually seen in his trademark couch potato pose, sitting on the couch with one hand down the front of his pants. He was the star full back for Polk High School's football team, bound for college on an athletic scholarship – until he met Peg. Afterwards, he broke his leg, he lost his scholarship, his life fell apart, and he was stuck from then on working as a shoe salesman at New Market Mall, ...

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Married... with Children, Married... with Children - The show, Married... with Children - Remakes, Married... with Children - Characters, Married... with Children - Bundy family, Married... with Children - Neighbors, Married... with Children - Recurring characters, Married... with Children - Bundy icons, Married... with Children - Controversy & Missing episodes, Married... with Children - The Rakolta Boycott, Married... with Children - Trivia

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Ganesha - Birth of Ganesha. The first incident is the birth of Ganesha and how he got his elephant head. Once, while his mother Parvati wanted to bathe, there were no attendants around to guard her and stop anyone from accidentally entering the house. Hence she created a boy's idol out of turmeric paste which she prepared to cleanse her body (Turmeric was used for its anti-septic and cooling properties) and infused life into it, and thus Ganesha was born. Parvati ordered Ganesha not to allow anyone to enter the h ...

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Ganesha, Ganesha - Overview, Ganesha - Iconography, Ganesha - Some incidents related to Ganesha, Ganesha - Birth of Ganesha, Ganesha - Ganesha's reverence for his parents, Ganesha - Ganesha and Vyasa, Ganesha - Ganesha and the Moon, Ganesha - Ganesha as a brahmachari, Ganesha - Festivals and Worship of Ganesha, Ganesha - Vehicle of Ganesh, Ganesha - Popularity Of Ganesh, Ganesha - Other names for Ganesha, Ganesha - Other Media

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Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii to Jewish parents, she majored in drama at the University of Hawaii but got her start singing in the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in New York City, where she became friends with, among others, Barry Manilow, who was her piano accompanist. He produced her first major album, The Divine Miss M (also the name by which she is known to her fans). Her first role was in the film Hawaii in 1966, as a passenger who is shown to be seasick. Midler appeared in Fiddler on the Roof on Br ...

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Bette Midler, Bette Midler - Biography, Bette Midler - Filmography, Bette Midler - Albums

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Theosophy - Consciousness is universal and individual. According to Theosophy, nature does not operate by chance. Every event, past or present, happens because of laws which are part of a Universal Paradigm. Theosophists hold that everything, living or not, is "impregnated" with Consciousness. This paradigm has been called variously God (nonpersonal), Law, Heaven, the Great Architect, Evolution, and Logos. The term used in this article is "paradigm." See also:

Theosophy, Theosophy - Basic Theosophical beliefs, Theosophy - Consciousness is universal and individual, Theosophy - Man is provisionally immortal, Theosophy - Reincarnation is universal, Theosophy - Karma, Theosophy - Universal brotherhood, Theosophy - Evolution, Theosophy - The Septenary, Theosophy - A brief history of Theosophy, Theosophy - Music, Theosophy - Early 20th-century literary references to Theosophy, Theosophy - Notes

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The source of Western theurgy can be found in the philosophy of late Neoplatonists, especially Iamblichus. In late Neoplatonism, the universe is regarded as a series of emanations from the Godhead. Matter itself is merely the lowest of these emanations, and therefore not in essence different from the Divine. Although the number and qualities of these emanations differ, most Neoplatonists insisted that God was both singular and good. Although Neoplatonists were technically polytheists, they also embraced a form of monism: reality was varied, with varied gods, but they all ...

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Theurgy, Theurgy - Neoplatonism, Theurgy - Emperor Julian, Theurgy - Kabbalah, Theurgy - Christian theurgy, Theurgy - External link

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Like the Boy Scouts, Royal Rangers have their own distinctive uniform. Other nations have variations of the uniform, but in the United States, the Royal Ranger uniform consists of a khaki shirt and khaki slacks with black or brown shoes. The Class "A" Uniform is used for formal functions and is worn with a tie in the colour of the age group (Leaders wear Navy Blue) as well as drape medals. The Class "B" Uniform is worn for other functions and is worn with a bolo tie. Each age group has a specific color bolo tie to wear; However, many choose ...

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Royal Rangers, Royal Rangers - Age groups, Royal Rangers - The Royal Ranger emblem, Royal Rangers - The Points of the Royal Rangers emblem, Royal Rangers - Royal Rangers pledge and motto, Royal Rangers - The Royal Ranger uniform, Royal Rangers - Ranger of the year, Royal Rangers - Royal Rangers worldwide, Royal Rangers - The Americas 22 countries, Royal Rangers - Europe 24 countries, Royal Rangers - Eurasia 4 countries, Royal Rangers - Africa 4 countries, Royal Rangers - Asia/Pacific 13 countries

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Sylvester James - Albums. Sylvester & the Hot Band (performed by Sylvester & the Hot band; Blue Thumb, 1973) Bazaar (performed by Sylvester & the Hot band; Blue Thumb, 1973) Sylvester (Fantasy, 1977) Step II (Fantasy, 1978) Stars (Fantasy, 1979) Living Proof (double LP, recorded live; Fantasy, 1979) Sell My Soul (Fantasy/Honey, 1980) Too Hot To Sleep (Fantasy/Honey, 1981) Do You Wanna Funk (with Patrick Crowley; Megatone, 19 ...

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Sylvester James, Sylvester James - Discography, Sylvester James - Albums, Sylvester James - Main Singles, Sylvester James - Additional Recordings

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Theosophy - Consciousness is universal and individual. According to Theosophy, nature does not operate by chance. Every event, past or present, happens because of laws which are part of a Universal Paradigm. Theosophists hold that everything, living or not, is "impregnated" with Consciousness. This paradigm has been called variously God (nonpersonal), Law, Heaven, the Great Architect, Evolution, and Logos. The term used in this article is "paradigm." See also:

Theosophy, Theosophy - The three objects, Theosophy - Basic Theosophical beliefs, Theosophy - Consciousness is universal and individual, Theosophy - Man is provisionally immortal, Theosophy - Reincarnation is universal, Theosophy - Karma, Theosophy - Universal brotherhood, Theosophy - Evolution, Theosophy - The Septenary, Theosophy - A brief history of Theosophy, Theosophy - Music, Theosophy - Early 20th-century literary references to Theosophy, Theosophy - Notes

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Paramyogeshwar Sri Devpuriji developed Yoga Nidra and passed it on to Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji and it was taught to his disciples since 1880. On his journeys to the Himalayas, Sri Devpuriji met, among others, Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh and Swami Muktananda, who is well known in Europe and conveyed the technique of Yoga Nidra to several Yogis and Swamis, such as Swami Satyananda Saraswati and Swami Janakananda. Swami Satyananda developed the modern form of Yoga Nidra from the ancient tantric practice of nyasa meditation, which u ...

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Yoga Nidra, Yoga Nidra - History, Yoga Nidra - External link

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Quietism - Origins of Christian philosophy. The state of impeturbable serenity or ataraxia was seen as a desirable state of mind by Epicurus and the Stoic philosophers alike, and by their Roman followers, such as the emperor Marcus Aurelius. Quietism has been compared to the Buddhist doctrine of Nirvana. The possibility of achieving a sinless state and union with the Christian ...

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Quietism, Quietism - Christian philosophy, Quietism - Origins of Christian philosophy, Quietism - Theology, Quietism - Schopenhauer

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1985 in music - Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards of 1985 1985 in music - Country Music Association Awards. 1985 in music - Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision Song Contest 1985 ...

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1985 in music, 1985 in music - Events, 1985 in music - Albums released, 1985 in music - Top hits, 1985 in music - Classical music, 1985 in music - Opera, 1985 in music - Musical theater, 1985 in music - Musical films, 1985 in music - Births, 1985 in music - Deaths, 1985 in music - Awards, 1985 in music - Grammy Awards, 1985 in music - Country Music Association Awards, 1985 in music - Eurovision Song Contest, 1985 in music - Charts, 1985 in music - List of No. 1 Hits, 1985 in music - KROQ

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Polyester tells the story of housewife, Francine Fishpaw (Divine), whose life is crumbling around her in suburban Baltimore. Her husband, Elmer (David Samson) is an unappreciative lout who is the owner of the Charles Art Theatre, an X-rated movie house. Their two children, Lulu (Mary Garlington) and Dexter (Ken King) are Francine and Elmer's terroristic children. The flirtatious Lulu turns tricks down at the golf course and dates bad-boy Bobo Belsinger (Stiv Bators). Dexter, a substance-abusing hooligan with a foot fetish, is the "Bal ...

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Polyester film, Polyester film - Plot, Polyester film - Dreamlanders, Polyester film - Odorama, Polyester film - Trivia

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See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1984 1984 in music - Christmas songs. "Do They Know It's Christmas" - Band Aid "Last Christmas" - Wham! "Thank God It's Christmas" - Queen ...

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1984 in music, 1984 in music - Events, 1984 in music - Albums released, 1984 in music - Top hits, 1984 in music - Christmas songs, 1984 in music - Published popular music, 1984 in music - Classical music, 1984 in music - Opera, 1984 in music - Musical theater, 1984 in music - Musical films, 1984 in music - Births, 1984 in music - Deaths, 1984 in music - Awards, 1984 in music - Grammy Awards, 1984 in music - Country Music Association Awards, 1984 in music - Eurovision Song Contest, 1984 in music - Charts, 1984 in music - List of No. 1 Hits, 1984 in music - KROQ

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